Five Days of South Beach

‎5 days into SouthBeach and happy as all be...this is the diet that addresses what my body in particular needs. AS someone who is always a few pounds and a few years away from diabetes I know I need to watch the crap I'm eating in a different way. For me, not all foods are equal. Limiting my carbs and lowering sugar to as close to zero as possible will make my pancreas a heck of a lot happier. 

As for appetite? What appetite? I find that if I haven't eaten dinner by 6 PM then I am really no longer hungry. The longer without food the less hungry I am. I know wacky, but I'm sure it has to do with the amount of insulin in my bloodstream. 

So tonight I'm driving home from a long meeting and I'm snacking on seaweed crisps and a cheese stick and the rest of this primal strip seitan jerky. I'm thinking: 'there's dinner". I did have a sugarfree ice cream thing from a new brand called Clemmy's (sugarfree ice cream things are ok on SB, but I only plan to have one every other day at most). Then when I got home I had some sliced turkey on lettuce and a 1/3 avacado. Now it's tea time.

Oh, I'm 2 kilos lighter: 77 down to 75 now. :D


What did I eat today:

black bean burger with laughing cow wedge
eggplant/tofu dish
seitan strip
two cheese sticks
glass of almond/coconut milk
seaweed crisps
Clemmy's sugar free ice cream
turkey on salad with olives and avacado

First Day of SB and I want to fill my gob!!!!!

I had to take control.  It was like a leaky roof.  That hole was only gonna get bigger.  Except for me that hole was the foothold that diabetes was going to have if I gained any more weight.  Everytime you take in carbs the body is producing insulin.  I was taking in copious carbs, thus copious insulin. All that insulin adds fat to the waistline, but worse that that, it starts slowly changing the cellular structure of the body.

I do not want to have to take medications.

I don't want to say at age 60, "if only I knew then....."  I have to stop it now.

I'm not hungry right now, but I am longing to stuff my gob with something.  That's pretty much the habit I fell into this past year.  Lots of stuffing of the face and why?  I don't even know.  Mostly a bad habit.

Today I had two eggs scrambled with tomato, feta cheese, and veggie sausage.  Later I had a salad with some turkey meat on it and 2 cheese sticks.  My snack was some kale chips.

So for nine days I won't be drinking.  I finally think I am getting it with regards to alcohol.  If it isn't gourmet, it isn't worth it (same thing for dessert).  I bought a wine I used to like and found it tasted cheap and vinegary.  As for beer.  My new favorite was Shock Top wheat IPA with coriander and orange peel.  It's like this special treat to have it and after two that is totally all you want.

But for nine days, no carbs.

Wish me luck!