Week-End Recap

As I weighed in today, the scale read 225 lbs. So, after the first two weeks of the South Beach diet and some moderate exercise, I am down 16 lbs. My clothes feel better and the pot-belly is shrinking.

I am going to continue to eat lean meats and vegetables all this week even though I can start to incorporate whole grains (whole wheat bread, brown rice, etc.). I am also going to stay away from sugars with the exception of red wine but even in drinking red wine, I will do it moderately.

SMX West is next week so I’d like to drop an additional 5-10 pounds if possible before the conference.

I’ve lost this kind of weight before. In fact the last time I went on the South Beach diet, I got down to about 210. The problem is that I didn’t stick with it. However, at almost 41 years of age (my birthday is next Wednesday), I need to stick with it this time. Even when I get to my ideal weight which is 190 - 200 lbs., I need to make sure that I don’t go back to my bad eating habits. Heart disease runs in my Dad’s side of the family so I need to maintain a health physique unless I want to start experiencing heart troubles.

Hopefully I can get back to walking today but I think I have some torn ligaments underneath my left knee. It has been about 4-5 days now since I did any real exercise.

That’s all for now. I’ll most likely start doing weekly updates now as opposed to daily unless I see some more drastic weight loss or I fall off the healthy eating wagon and then I’ll have to”blog my sin.”