By the Numbers

In order to truly know what a diet can do I felt like it was time to put it all on the line and go whole hog.  And in my case, quite literally.

So I pulled out the measuring tape the morning before I started on the South Beach Diet, three days ago, I measured my upper arm, bust, high waist, stomach right at my belly button, hips/butt, and thighs.

I also hopped on the scale and ran my BMI.

All these numbers are scary and hopefully as high as they will ever be. So here is the base line, the start of the race, and the beginning of curbing the carb cravings.

As my body is trying to kick the carb addiction, I have been being as good as I can.  I had a few glasses of wine at a wine work dinner, and a glass of sparkling at a work lunch today, but other than that I have been on the straight and narrow.

The worst temptation was the bag o' chips staring me in the face all day of the second day of the diet.  But I did not yield.  And for that I'm giving myself a gold star.