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11/21/2003 Archived Entry: "DIET...I MADE IT THROUGH DAY ONE"

DIET...I MADE IT THROUGH DAY ONE

I had an encouraging letter from a friend/reader this morning that was helpful. Tips from everyone will be appreciated. Yesterday went very smoothly with no food cravings at all. I'm not exactly sure what I should or should not eat on a low-carb diet, but I gather the idea is to keep the carb intake to a minimum. Duh. Someone said "20...read the labels".

I have the South Beach Diet Book that I bought a couple weeks ago...on a premonition I guess. I didn't open it until two days ago and now I keep it right beside my computer so I can read and highlight stuff. I grew up believing you weren't supposed to mark in books and it has taken me a long time to rid myself of that notion. Now I mark them up anyway that I find helpful. Highlighters are great for getting around those old notions.

So far, it looks like the first few days to two weeks will be the ones to mind carefully. I think I can do that. About the only thing on the list that I will really miss is GOOD bread...the sourdough kind from Wheatfields. I'll have to put a lock on my freezer door. I don't care for pasta, won't miss potatoes or those other white things I'm to avoid. But I do like fruits and veggies, which are my mainstays. Now it's going to be meat and high protein foods that generally I don't have very often. It's worth a try. If it works for most other people, I'll try to make it work for me.

I do best with a list of foods I can eat and ones I can't. Maybe I can get that compiled later on today. There are plenty of recipes in the South Beach book, but as usual, many of the ingredients can't be obtained locally. I think it must be easy to diet in California.

Keep the suggestions coming!