Yesterday, I was reflecting on my diet success this year, and it all got put into perspective. A friend of mine announced her pregnancy on Christmas day, and posted a Facebook Status complaining about having gained "3 pounds over Christmas." I shrugged, and pulled up my spreadsheet . . . and discovered that I'm up 4.5 pounds in December. (Although only 2 pounds since Christmas Eve)
Overall, I'm grateful, but the Holiday Season (As expected), has been pretty rough on the diet. I thought I'd share all the numbers, though.
My official first day of the diet was May 15, when my scale showed me at 277 pounds. My last "pre-diet" doctor's visit earlier in the week, his scale showed 278. I've since found out that my peak weight a few weeks earlier had been 282.
My lowest weight since the diet started was the morning before we celebrated my wife's birthday -- when I weighed 231.0 As much as it pains me to say it, I gained 10 pounds over the holidays. I peaked at 241 pounds on December 28, which is the morning after my wedding anniversary.
The good news is I'm already down two pounds since my peak.
So . . . on to the New Year! As we've done in the past, we're going back to phase 1 of the diet starting on January 2. The menu planning has started, but for the first two weeks of the year, there will be no fruit, no bread, no pasta and no "goodies" of any kind. We've done this 3 times before, and while it's not a lot of fun, the weight loss can be significant.
Should you wish to join us on this weight-loss plan, we're following The South Beach Diet: www.southbeachdiet.com
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