South Beach Update

I am happy to report that after one entire month of being on the new diet, Bob and I are consistently still losing weight. The first two weeks saw us both take off about ten pounds - definitely a needed reinforcement after the difficulty adjusting to the new food choices. One month in and we are both down about 13 pounds - yeah for us!!!! What's mildly discouraging is that we both have so much more weight to lose, me especially, and with us trying to have a new baby, I am looking at a limited amount of time to actually lose weight before a new pregnancy will change things. At least I can attempt to not gain as much weight this time. Those 40 pounds from the first pregnancy didn't exactly melt off. . .

However, both Bob and I are still making good food choices, and honestly, we don't even miss our carbs all that much. Our limited intake of whole wheat bread or rice is really enough right now to satisfy what we want, and the continued weight loss reinforces our choices. I'm happy to have fruit back on the menu, even if it is less than what I used to eat. China really does have nice fruit choices and I sorely missed them the first two weeks. We occasionally make dinner "on the fly" and don't resort to our old habits of (lots of) spaghetti and meatbealls or ordering pizza. Even our few nights out at a restaurant (Valentine's Day, can you really diet that night?) we made pretty good choices and didn't overindulge.

This week saw me back down a size in pants, which makes me increasingly happy to reexpand my wardrobe that began shrinking since last summer. Now our goal is to make exercise more of a priority. For Bob, he does have a good excuse - he works a lot and often late. Me, that's a different story. I don't have lots of excuses (minus the one week after I fell down the stairs and sprained my ankle - ouch!), so I really just need to get motivated and get my butt back in the gym. But, that day is not today - too many errands to run in the short amount of time I've got while the ayi is here. Of course, I could spend less time on the computer. . .