I titled my last blog post "The Lost Month" and suggested that I had considered calling it the "Lost Summer." Since that post on August 5 was my only post for the month, maybe I should have.
Anyway, I started the month of August a half pound lighter than my one year anniversary of the diet on May 15, and ended August a pound heavier than that.
Proof we'd slipped into all sorts of bad habits was abounding. . . so the last week of August and the very first few days of September, we celebrated our return to being serious about the South Beach Diet by finishing off all of the carbohydrates in the house.
We returned to Phase I of the diet (basically eat only meat and vegetables) on Tuesday morning the 4th of September, and it's worked as advertised once again. As of this morning, I'm 215.8 pounds, which is down about 5 pounds from last weekend, down 5.2 pounds from "Day 1" of the second year of the diet and down 66.2 pounds from where I started in May 2011.
We're still not going to be as strict as we were last year, but we ARE still dieting. (For example, the boys have asked for Papa John's Pizza for tonight, as a reward for good behavior the first two weeks of school, so we're relenting and ordering.)
Here's a product plug, for those who've stuck with me. . .
We stumbled upon Jennie-O's "Turkey Ham" a few weeks ago and tried it. The boys not only didn't realize it wasn't the genuine article, but Joshua (my pickiest eater) actually asked during the meal if we could "have this again soon." It comes in about a 2.25 pound block and we roast it in the oven for 30 minutes at 350 degrees and carve at the table like you would a normal ham.
A 58 gram slice is a proper serving, and 4.5 grams of fat with 2 grams of carbs. Works great for the diet.
