Have come to realization that South Beach is not a winter diet for me. No farmer's markets to keep me flush in fresh vegetables. Fresh vegetables that make light meals that I want in hot weather. It's been a particularly harsh winter with subzero temperature, and salads--no matter how many different salads I can make in a day or a week--just aren't cutting it for me. I want hot food, and I'm tired of serving it up over a bed of sauteed kale.
Mostly, though, I am tired of feeling guilty. THAT is what isn't working for me, feeling like I blew it when I throw a bit of C's rice into my kale, or guilty for grabbing a handful of that chex mix on the work table, or guilty when I'm starving at 2 and eat an entire peanut-butter-to-go for some protein and snack.
That said, nor am I ready to give up. I still want to be healthy and lose weight and feel good. I just think I need to switch it up. I want to be able to eat a Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich if I want it, without feeling bad.
Calorie counting it will be.
Canceled South Beach app yesterday morning, and dragged out the measuring cups and the food scale.
This Sunday morning, instead of 100 calories of black beans, I'm putting my over-easy egg over a 100-calorie biscuit. I have a 1.5 oz slice of ham to heat up next to it.
It's amazing how naughty I feel that I'm fixing biscuits this morning. I have no concern that i might eat all 6 biscuits that are in the oven right now, I know I won't do that. I'm just....
going to go enjoy my damned biscuit now.
