| Wilabea
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| Greetings! A colleague at work had been on SB since January and by April had lost 30 or 35 lbs, and after talking with her about the additional health benefits, I decided to give it a try. (Diabetes and heart disease run in my family) I started 4/21 and lost 5 lbs in Phase 1. I was disappointed it wasn't more, but I admit that I did immediately start to feel better--less bloated and more in control of what I put in my mouth. May was a bit of a blur, being a very busy month for us and then me fumbling with the transition to Phase 2, but last week I backed up, stayed on Phase 1 for a few days, and figured out how to reintroduce Phase 2 carbs and lose weight. I was having two problems: first, I was not watching my portions, or the daily total of what I was eating. I had done WW for a while two years ago and went from 200 lbs to 160 but stopped a year ago and the pounds crept up to my SB start weight of 179. So I decided to combine the two diets--following SB food plan, while calculating the points from WW, so that I would be able to control how much I'm eating. Second problem, I wasn't exercising at all, but I've finally been able to commit mentally to walking the dog every morning--and walking him! I feel very good so far and haven't been shaky at all during the day since I've really backed away from carbs. |
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Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:41 am |
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| kelsey
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Welcome to the beach. It sounds like you have a fantastic plan. I am diabetic and this SB diet has reduced my medicines byt a very lot. I went from 4 shots a day to 1. Isnt that so fantastic. Lisa is doing SB and weight watchers too and I think it will work for her.
Kelsey |
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Fri Jun 04, 2004 2:46 am |
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| Wilabea
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Kelsey, thanks for the encouragement! (ok so I sneaked a peek at your journal) You've come a long way already. I must say that I've been reading up on the bariatric surgery because they hold meetings where I work and if you don't change your eating habits you'll stretch out your stomach and be back where you started. But you've already changed your habits and seen wonderful results!
Have a great time at hubby's party this weekend. Make a nice dish that you know you can eat without feeling guilty!! (I'm making a main dish and a dessert that I can eat for a dinner at church on Sunday so I won't get cranky about it) Wilabea's mom |
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Fri Jun 04, 2004 3:22 am |
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| Wilabea
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Well, it's been almost a month since I started posting...and since my last post. Just too tired at the end of some very long days at work. Still keeping track of what I'm eating in a notebook (I'm doing SB and counting WW points), and weighing obsessively twice each morning. The scale hasn't moved a bit but I think I've learned some things...we went on vacation for a week and saw friends and the outlaws, and I managed to do very well (Ph 2)--and you notice how many carbs people eat and how much of that is part of the American lifestyle... So I did very well except the last day when I had fast food---made me sick all night, and we were a day's drive still from home. Man, if something like that doesn't swear you off fast food...
Still, I'm tired of obsessing about food and weight. Why should I feel such self loathing over 20 lbs, which seem so impossible to lose? I know alot of the rut is the stress...we are packing to move to Germany at the end of the summer for DH's studies...that doesn't help at all. My clothes are fitting very good, I'm between a 12/14 now but I am just so tired of THINKING about it all the time!!
We're going away camping for a week Sunday, so I'll have to deal with avoiding the heavy greasy casseroles etc that the familiy always serves. I'm trying to think of this trip as more of a nature/activity focused vacation than a sitting around vacation (as it usually is). Running around with the kids on day trips and hikes will be a good way to fit it all in. I hope! I need to be strong, and at the very least, maintain while I'm gone. |
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Thu Jul 01, 2004 1:58 pm |
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