We Are The Champions
Looks like James owes me ten bucks.
Unfortunately, I didn't have much success following the SparkDiet this month. Well, I had success in *following* it, but not in losing weight because of it. My weight on March 1st was 202.5 lbs; my weight today, on April 1st, is 202 lbs. After the losses and the gains over the past month, I'm only half a pound below where I started.
Time for a new strategy.
Starting this week, I'm going to be monitoring my carbohydrate intake more closely, and to hell with calories. Well, calories are a good judge of portion size in general, so not entirely to hell with them. They just won't be my be-all end-all, man-I-fucked-up gauge.
If this doesn't do something for me, maybe I ought to go back on a "real" diet. One that's published in a book, and that I follow properly, instead of this grow-your-own bullshit I've been trying to do lately. It's obviously not as successful, and I'm obviously not a medical professional or nutritionist or personal trainer. I don't know.
I'm not going to beat myself up over it, though. I'm going to give my grow-your-own SparkDiet another, oh, two weeks or so. If I haven't lost at least three pounds by the end of two weeks — I think that's a reasonable expectation — I'm going to go back on a structured low-carb diet. Probably not Atkins, but maybe Sugar Busters or another related diet. I certainly have enough books that I've never read and reviewed for my now abandoned podcast. We'll see.
If you are trying to kill the last few pounds there is always Weight Watchers. It's not as bad as what old timers like to say it is. Heck, I still can't eat all the points that I am given.(sometimes) And to me it beats all the fad diets out there. Doctor approved too.
Kris
diana says... Mon 2 Apr 2007 | 8:22AM
If by "fad diets" you mean the Grapefruit Diet, I totally agree. If you mean low-carb diets, though, I'll try not to be offended. ;-)
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