Tue, Apr-05-11, 08:05
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Posts: 5
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Plan: South Beach Diet
Stats: 190.5/190.5/140
BF:
Progress: 0%
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toddswife, I am frightened too, probably because I've started and stopped so many diets in my lifetime, and I don't want to fail at this.
One thing that's helping me is that I feel I can make this a lifestyle and not just another diet. Every other diet I was on, after the weight came off, I just couldn't sustain what it took. With Weight Watchers I just couldn't keep up counting points forever. I hated counting carb grams on low carb diets. Like Dr. Agatston says in his book, counting up numbers all day is not sustainable; it's just no way to live.
I feel that the sheer genius of this plan is in its simplicity. Even my husband, who hates diets, started this yesterday. He came home from Toastmasters last night where they meet in a restaurant, and he proudly reported he had a chicken feta salad with vingarette dressing. He said he feels fantastic physically, even though it was his first day. He has metabolic syndrome and is very carb sensitive, so he's probably feeling the effects on his blood sugar right away. Usually he falls asleep after a carb heavy meal, so this is like day and night.
We can do this! The most important thing for me is to feel better (I too have metabolic syndrome) and find a new lifestyle, not just another diet. I feel I can do this. You can too!!!
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