I've recently restarted Phase One of the South Beach Diet for the umpteenth time. I've previously lost up to 23 lbs on this diet, and generally find it much easier to stick to than others. Even when I'm eating fairly bad, I usually keep the principals in mind when choosing what to eat. Unfortunately though, I always end up cheating too much and the diet has never fully stuck. Therefore, I've been yo-yoing between about 185 and 209 lbs for the last several years, though I've managed to stay below 200 for over a year now. Currently, I'm at 193.6 lbs, having lost 5.5 lbs in my first 10 days of Phase One.
The reason for my sudden return to the Beach is a forthcoming job interview for a very *big* job at a California university. Of course, I would have preferred to go to this interview as a much thinner version of my current self, but like most things involved in my interview prep, I have procrastinated until the last possible moment. Oh well, at least I have a cute suit to wear!
Another example of my extreme procrastination is that I am sitting here, posting my first entry in a diet blog instead of working on my presentation or reading the copious amounts of literature I have planned to get through before the big 2-day interview…yes 2-day interview…better get right on that.
