Go through phase 1 of South Beach Diet

Starting over, over again.

My journal on this topic is getting a little embarassing.

Well, I ran out to Gristede’s and picked up low-carb snacks. Had eggs for breakfast and a salad for lunch. Sucking down a Crystal Light right now. Feelin’ OK.

9 pounds off. Respectable. Now off to Phase 2.

Day One. I think last night’s scale shock was enough to scare me straight. I’ll check in next week and see if that was the case.

OK, this evening I topped out the scales at a whopping 200 lbs. Twenty Six Percent Body Fat. I am a Brie cheese. I am a fine, triple creme boursin.

The time, she is here. The hour? Arrived. The moment? At hand.

Also, my friend Larry (who’s going on the trip I won with me) has now lost more than ten pounds. And he’s doing this as vegetarian, which makes his choices more limited.

If he can do it, i can do it. 8 days until the trip, 8 days to lose some of this weight, and, frankly, feel better about myself, too.

OK, as of 10:30 this morning, I’m back on Phase 1.

My friend Larry’s trying it, so I’ll give it a shot as well.

In a big way. I think I’ll try Phase 2 for a bit, or something.

Defeat! Defeat at the hands of pastry! And rice.

And now, a week before Thanksgiving, and I’m going to give up stuffing?

I think this one needs to be put on the back burner for a while, sign from God or no.

So, after months of being on the “Twinkie and Coke Diet,” or its generic equivalent, today I have received a sign from The Almighty himself that I need to go back on the South Beach Diet—I won a trip to South Beach courtesy of Kraft Foods South Beach Diet food thingies….I entered a contest on their website a few months ago and I WON! Who’d have thought….?

So now I have two months to drop a number of pounds. South Beach Phase 1 starts tomorrow, November 8.