Say goodbye to my baby vessel

I've officially started my South Beach diet last Friday. For those of you that don't know how this works I will give you a little run down. The first two weeks are to jump start your metabolism and teach your body to burn fat instead of sugars and starch. Basically, my diet consists of salads, veggies, lean meats & fish, low fat cheese, water, tea, V8. Low sugar, low carb. Unlike the Atkins diet, I can reintroduce carbs after the first 2 weeks but it will be moderate and whole grains. I hate the word diet but with reading the South Beach book I've realize it basically teaches you how to eat right for long term heart health.

So I started this thing, and so far so good until yesterday. I made the mistake of heading into Super Walmart on an empty stomach. I was doing pretty good. Only putting stuff in my cart that was healthy for me, until..... I hit the holiday candy isle. Bill asked me to send him Christmas candy for the stockings he's making for his soldiers. Well long story short, I ripped open a box of chocolate covered marshmallow rice crispy treats and DEVOURED them. To any on looker I'm sure I looked hideous, but I didn't care. That was the best damn chocolate covered love I've ever experienced.

After that I went and had lunch and I didn't have the best lunch because well I had already ruined my diet for the day anyways so I had bbq chips and chili. Hey I figured I might as well. After all, it was a window of opportunity.

So today I've started over. I think I'm good to go. I'll keep you posted.

My starting weight 180lbs.