Last week I spoke to an old friend out in the LA area who has finally gotten into a diet that should not only make her feel better but should save her life. I think there are numerous health problems that were aggravated by weight, and after losing 30 pounds she is now a couple of pounds lighter than me (yet is nearly 3 inches taller). Time to take a page from my friend's example and stop drifting along at this weight where I'm not happy. I haven't gained back all that I lost last year, but enough that I'm back in fat pants again and I have less energy. I had added dairy into my diet since spring but that was a mistake; I'll make a point of eating more dark green veggies to get the calcium the dairy supposedly added in. I knew better, but I hoped I would be active enough I could get away with regular ice cream, etc. Nope.

I pulled out the Scarsdale Diet book and started with it on Monday. I use that to kind of "cleanse" my system, get off of the sugar habit, and I stopped drinking a glass of wine or a beer in the evening. But if I stay on this very long my metabolism shifts and I hit a plateau I can't get off of, so I'm staggering my diet. On weekends I'll eat normal stuff, moderately and prudently, no desserts, but adding a glass of wine or a beer, using bread and potatoes, etc. I get more exercise on the weekend so this should be a time of no weight gain or loss and simply letting the metabolism do it's usual thing.

However, this evening I'll wrap up my weekend of "normal" eating and follow the Scarsdale diet during the week. I have the weekends to look forward to with more varied eating, and last week went by very nicely. My pants aren't as tight as they were a couple of weeks ago.

SRS