Category: Beth’s Personal “stuff’”

The weight thing? Ohhhh…yeah. That. Ah-hem. Ummmm…

Actually I had been doing really well, with the exception of Thin Mint girl scout cookies that David brought home. Damn those cookies!! They are EVIL I tell you! And this is coming from a lady who was a girl scout for 11 years. They are eee-vil…like the fru-its of the deee-vil.

Last week I managed to be down a total of 6.5 lbs. I am up a couple from that now. Ick. Time for some real motivation.

The warm weather we’ve been having lately has really made me feel motivated. Yesterday I woke up thinking to myself that what I really need is a change in dieting. All these years I’ve been considered a Diet Guru of sorts, because I have been on nearly every diet in existence, and have written about each of them and my experiences thoroughly. For years, I kept an online blog called “Beth’s Diet Journal” which received over 300 hits a day. My faithful followers read each entry about how I struggled and succeeded in losing a total of 50 lbs. The diets that worked best for me were the Susanne Somers diet, “Somersizing” and “The Fat Flush” detox diet. All the other ones I have tried worked for while but eventually I fell off the wagon. So lately, I’ve been on a combination of those two diets and doing fairly well… obviously. Losing 6.5 lbs in 3 weeks is nothing to sneeze at. But I’ve not been motivated to exercise alot. So I thought “I need a change…a new challenge.”

I thought about what kind of diets are out there that I have yet to try (there are few, trust me). Then I thought of the South Beach Diet. Frankly, every time I read or heard something about it I rolled my eyes thinking it was just another fad. Until yesterday, I didn’t pay any attention to it. So I decided for once to do some actual research on South Beach Diet, and I liked what I found. I went to Amazon.com and read hundreds of reviews and overall it seemed very positive and hopeful. So, I gathered up my Barnes and Noble coupons and headed to the store. When I stepped outside, the warm air made me realize that, with the exception of a few cold snaps, SPRING IS HERE! And, I need to lose at least 15 lbs to wear my cute little capri pants I love so well.  Anyway, I bought the paperback version for $15 and the Dining out Guide companion for $7. They had a great looking hard-back cookbook for around $30, but I figured I’d start with the basics and go from there.

I like South Beach principles because, unlike the two-week fat flush, you can have 2 servings of lowfat dairy per day with some nuts and seeds. That may not seems like a big deal, but it will help me to stick with it. I typically lose 10-14lbs during the 2 week fat flush. South Beach promises on their 2 week induction that you will lose 8-10 lbs, so we will see. I think it is a very healthy, well rounded and balanced diet. Actually I’m kind of excited to try something new!! As far as exercise… I plan on doing the elliptical part of the time and aerobic dancing the other part. Dancing keeps me motivated and it is fun for me. I get more out of it then feeling like a caged-up rat on the treadmill.

So here I go… bearing my soul to you all. If nothing else, maybe it will give others who read some hope and inspiration to do the same along with me.

Come on Spring!!