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Screw South Beach Diet – Weight Watchers here I come

hungryguy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:48:43 +0000

So it has almost been a year since I started this blog. I must admit the weight loss was very fast with South Beach but when you cheat on South Beach you slide very quickly and the weight gain comes on even faster. At my best, I had loss around 30 pounds. I lost over 4 inches off of my waist. Wish I would have taken a photo then because within 3 months of struggling I was able to put it all back on.

So I am back here at 268 pounds again and ready for a change. Problem with South Beach is you really need to stick to it. I like my beer. I like my pizza. I like my beer with my pizza. With Weight Watchers I can stick to the plan but still allow a few days a month to indulge. So here I go again. At 268 pounds I am allowing an earth shattering 29 points per day. As well as another 35 flex points per week to use as I like.

So I am eating fruit again – yaaay! I am eating breads and whole grains – yaaay! The online version of Weight Watchers makes it really easy to track everything. So I plan on sticking to this for a good, long time. Having my first guilt free chocolate chip cookie right now… mmmmmm……

Haven’t fall off the wagon completely

hungryguy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:19:32 +0000

Bouncing from 250 lbs to 256 lbs on my weight right now. Still playing hockey 2-3 times per week but not really sticking to the South Beach Diet anymore. Trying to but every 3 or 4 days I fall of the wagon so I am not losing any weight.

Not giving up my goal of 220 right now. Just going to take some time to get my focus back and I will hit is hard again.

South Beach phase 2 excelerating weight loss

hungryguy — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:15:44 +0000

It has been awhile – just hanging in there mostly. Stuck at my 25 pounds loss UNTIL… I decided to finally (after 3 months) switch from Phase 1 to Phase 2. Yes it means I need to give more insulin (since I am type 1 diabetic) but wanted to see what it would do.

The results were amazing! After being stuck for months at 25 lost pounds I was able to lose another 4 pounds in just over a week. I finally have made it past the 10% weight loss stage. I am over 50% to my goal weight of 220pounds.

Sitting at just around 242 pounds now. I have had to give an extra 2 insulin shots per day on the days I eat whole grain bread or wraps but I can still get away without the insulin when I don’t eat the breads.

I want to get below 240 for XMAS so I am going to hit it hard the coming week. Lots of snow shovelling as it snowed over a foot here this weekend! That outta burn off the extra …

I will be posting my “before” and “during” pictures soon. I am not calling this “after” but it is AMAZING how much weight I have lost. Gone from my biggest belt setting to the tightest. From size 42 waist to 38 or less.

Looks like it will be the New Year before I complete my goal but I have come a long way so far!

Trying to get beyond the 25 pound weight loss hurdle

hungryguy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:59:43 +0000

Still on South Beach Diet. Not exercising as much as I was at the start. Not drinking beer, still. I have lost 25 pounds now since the start of my program. Seems I bounce from 20-25 pounds every few days but can’t seem to get below that 245 pound marker.

Of course I tried the colon cleanse and that was a joke, waste of money, etc, etc. Wondering what it is going to take for me to get the last 25 pounds off. Perhaps I will need to amputate a limb? Which limb would I choose – hmmm. Not a leg that’s forsure – too difficult walking. Since I use my left arm as my strength arm I guess it would have to be my right arm. All I use that for is drinking beer and I’m not drinking beer anymore so what’s the point?

I guess I’ll give it a few more weeks first. Next week I am going to Phoenix for a week of golf. If I eat right I hope the exercise and the hot weather will help get me down below that 245 pound mark.

South beach crazy weight swings

hungryguy — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:57:50 +0000

I played 4 ice hockey games in 36 hours on the weekend. It was a gruelling tournament! I broke down and had 5-6 beers total (few after a couple of games). I ended up eating carbs-a couple burgers, chips. Not too bad at all.

Monday morning my weight gain was up 13pounds! Finally today a couple days later I am back down 7 pounds. What the hell is going on here? Water retention? What about the 6 hours of skating?

cupcakes, chocolate and hamburgers – South Beach meltdown

hungryguy — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:51:10 +0000

Well, it has been over 2 months since starting the program and the last 24 hours has been my worst breakdown yet. First a double bacon cheeseburger and a deep fried chicken burger at Burger King last night. Today I had some chocolate Halloween treats and 3 sugary cupcakes. I must say I felt so sick and tired after the sweet stuff I thought I would die. But 1-2 hours later I was craving for more!!!

Bad, Bad, Bad. So far no weight gain – still at my 20 pounds lost since 2 months ago. However I wonder what the fallout of the last 24 hours will be in the near future. I have got to get back on track fast or I may be in big big trouble. Tomorrow is Halloween – I have got to hold out!!

The alcohol you really can drink on south beach diet

hungryguy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:59:19 +0000

So almost 2 months now since I started my program. Still hanging mainly onto South Beach diet phase 1 but I have ventured a bit into phase 2 (fruit mainly). I have experimented with alcohol to see what results. I have found that beer is the worst (obviously), hard alcohol (rum) is also bad. After more than 2 of these drinks are consumed the result is bloating and weight gain which takes 3-5 days to take off after…

However, I experimented with a bottle of red wine last night. I drank probably 4-5 glasses or just over 1/2 of a bottle. There was no bloating and in the morning my weight had actually gone down!!! Only 1 pound down but still the results were amazing. I have come to the conclusion that red wine is one of the only alcohol drinks a person can have on south beach diet without suffering adverse consequences. Of course I will continue to study this further!

evercleanse colon cleanse does not work – what a joke

hungryguy — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:17:31 +0000

Well, only 3 days left and I have gone through the month program on this evercleanse stuff. I have taken the supplements, taken the solution and it has done nothing for me. Not only has it done nothing but when I ordered they talked me into buying a 3 month supply for $199. I decided to do that. Now, as I reach the end of one month I only have maybe 1-2 weeks of the fibre left!!!! What a rip off… These guys should be stopped from pulling this scam.

I am going to continue to take the final 3 days in good faith but if nothing has happened yet I don’t think anything will happen. Stay away from this stuff. Seems they run a good scam right through the process. Example: They told me if during the first 30 days I am unhappy with the program I can get a money back refund. TRUTH is that they only refund the unopened portion of the supply. At this point everything had to be opened just to get through the one month.

I don’t consider myself a gullible person but the radio advertising and the salesperson took me to the cleaners on this one. I wouldn’t have minded losing the $199 if the stuff actually worked but I am left with no results, no supply left and $199 lighter in the wallet.

Perhaps I will phone them and see what they say. Do you think they will give me my money back or help me at all? I don’t think so…

Eat six cookies, gain 10 pounds on South Beach Diet

hungryguy — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:33:12 +0000

Seriously, I went through Thanksgiving dinner with NO STUFFING, NO POTATOES. I had Turkey and vegetables only. However I had 6 (OK maybe low fat, high fibre cookies and my weight shot up to 257 pounds from 247 the day before.

What the heck is up with that!!! Everything I ate all day couldn’t have weighed 10pounds! I have no idea how my weight could have gone up that much. I am back on track today. Not breaking any rules. Hope to be back down below 250 in the next couple days. THAT SUX – I should have had stuffing, potatoes and pumpkin pie!

A couple pounds loss – better than nothing

hungryguy — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:56:30 +0000

After my last blogging rant about being stuck at 250 pounds for weeks and weeks I finally saw the scale reading 248 this morning! Perhaps I should complain more often. Good to see a few pounds down to keep the incentive to keep going.

Still the colon cleanse is doing nothing. I paid $200 for a 3 months supply. With the program I am almost done 1/2 of it and not even a month gone by yet. Starting to think this colon cleanse is a real rip off! Waste of money, waste of time. Still I will continue to the end of the month. If nothing by then I will really go off!