Disappointing

Our two weeks of deprivation were supremely disappointing. Dave did not lose his belly. Not even a little of it.

The South Beach Diet books state that one should expect to lose 8 to 13 pounds during phase 1. Belly fat goes first.

But US?? Dave lost a grand total of 3 pounds. It was 5 after the first week, but he gained 2 back during the second week.

I lost a grand total of 4. Lost 3 the first week, 2 the week before that preparing myself...and gained one back last week.

We did not make it to the gym last week, though, which is probably a large contributing factor. Monday was a holiday, and I could not entice Dave to go.
Wednesday, it was pouring down rain, and Friday was our day to leave work early and go out to the Choctaw Oktoberfest.

So---no more phase 1. Even with the disappointing results, we are going to phase 2 now.
It's less strict, and is designed for slower, healthy weight loss.

It's basically how I have eaten for the past few years. The things I have changed out of necessity are adding more pasta and rice. Pasta and rice are inexpensive ways to stretch meals, but too much, even the whole grain variety, which is what I always use, is too much...

When I was living alone, my economics were pretty restrictive, and, thus, I got into some dollar stretching habits that were NOT totally south beach diet.

SO...now that I live in a two income household, and we can, SOME weeks, afford decent groceries, I will try to go back to sticking to the south beach recipes as written.

That should help some.

My 4 pounds DID make it so that I could fit into a pair of my fall/winter pants. So that mission, at the least, was partially accomplished. I'd still rather they be comfortable, and not feel tight. So, that's the next mission...and, since it's only September, I have time.