I’m losing about 2-3 lbs a week on this diet. Which is good. Now and again we go out, have a drink, try to be at least judicious in what we get. Then get back on the strict diet. Jane’s losing at about the same rate, a little slower, but losing. And we have done the whole Nutrisystem, Mediterranean, portion control, Atkins thing—Atkins was the best, but past a certain weight, it wasn’t working. So we got with this one.<\/p>\n
Those of you who’ve been following this sage know the story: we do home-cooked South Beach, which is pretty simple in essence: you have, at each meal, a protein, as much as you want, and must-have 2 cups of non-starch veggies. At breakfast, this is a problem, but you can have v-8. Jane opts lately for green beans. For breakfast. But it works. You get two low-carb snacks, involving veggie plus cheese, peanut butter, hummus—but about a tablespoon or so. And you get a dessert after supper, with Splenda.<\/p>\n
We end up cheating by skipping snacks, because we get busy. Or because we’ve had it with the veggies. BUT, we lose.<\/p>\n
The program is supposed to include whole grain now, judiciously, maybe one piece of bread. You retreat back to strict induction if you gain a pound. We’ll see.<\/p>\n
But yay us. By what I’ve told the program, I’ve lost 11 lbs, but I actually started heavier than I admitted, by 5 lbs. So it’s really about 16. I’ve dropped 2 points of Body Mass Index, and a full size of clothing. Jane’s right with me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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