Going to South Beach

Not really. We are, however, focusing on a healthy weight loss regime right now.

Dave wants to lose his belly fat, and asked me for a solution, so I gave him one. He's not entirely happy about it, but he's willing to try.
And I need to lose the 12 pounds that have come upon me VERY quickly, just over the past few months.
I need to be able to fit back into my fall and winter clothes! Right now, I CAN'T!

I have cooked and eaten, more or less, according to the guidelines of the South Beach Diet for a long time, now. I've already worn out and replaced my copy of the "Quick and Easy" cook book.

However, I've formed some bad habits (drinking beer, which I never really did before; eating too many of the bad carbs; and indulging in my cravings when they come), and since both Dave and I have a need to lose some FAT pounds, we decided to do phase 1 for two weeks.

We're already working out at the gym two to three times a week, and have been for months. We eat a pretty good diet, but something's lacking, obviously. I have PUT ON this fat during this working out and eating right...it's layered over my hard, toned muscles!!.....so, needless to say, I am SUPREMELY frustrated.

We hope to break both of our craving cycles, which phase 1 is really good at doing, and we hope to jump start better eating habits.

When we finish this 2 week period, we will better moderate those things that I know will result in instantaneously putting the weight back on!

We already eat REALLY healthy, compared to most Americans, but there are things that we eat too much of.

Like pasta and cous cous, and that yummy cinnamon swirl bread that really is just white bread, sugar, and cinnamon!! HORRIBLE!

Dave tends to crave sweets...almost violently! He eats something in that category at least once a day during work, when I am not there to stop him.

And, while I love sweets, my cravings are for salty/crunchy things, like chips. I was eating those every day for a while there, because they are readily available where I work. I've never had access to junk food like this before, and I caved.....but stopped WEEKS ago, and have not lost an ounce of fat.

And we both ADORE french fries and tater tots (we live in the town where SONIC has their corporate head quarters, and there is a SONIC on every block. There's one two doors down the street from our apartments)!

So...hopefully, we will both get through these 2 weeks without cheating (it will be easier for me, since I already stopped eating the chips at work), and we will both be thinner and happier for it!

Wish us luck! Today was our first day, and we both made it!