Hello Milk (Phase 2)

Okay - today I am officially starting Phase 2 of South Beach. Phase 1 was pretty succesful -- 7 lbs. -- not a bad jump start. Now I move into phase 2 which means I can introduce some other foods that have been off limits for the past 2 weeks. Phase one went by pretty quickly - it really was not at all painful.

I am mostly excited to have MILK back in my life -- I didn't miss the alcohole all that much, but the milk was a killer! So aside from milk I can now add back in red wine (which I will do and I will also extend that to include dark beer - which I'm SURE is a no-no, but screw 'em -- I'm human) and high fiber carbs such as whole grain breads and whole grain pastas. But I have really not been missing the breads and pastas -- it's nice to know I can have them -- it makes eating out easier. The only things I think I will strongly go back to (keep in stock) is low-fat milk (1/2 %) and alcohol (limited quantities (hopefully).

I know that my weight loss will not continue at the same rate as I move into Phase 2, but I did some math on this -- If I loose just 1 lb a week, by the end of July, combined with my recent 7 lbs, I would be 25lbs thinner, which is my logn term goal. That's only 4 months! I can absolutely live with that! I've been pissied off at myself for 3 years about the extra weight I let creep up on me -- four months to get rid of it is nothing!

You gotta' look at the big picture -- which in this case is a smaller picture! :)