Silver Linings

Originally, this post was to be titled “Debbi and the Terrible, Horrible, No-good, Very Bad Day.”  Because really, when your day starts at 2:45 A.M. to the sound of your dog tossing his…um…dog cookies all over your wood floors, you can pretty much tell what kind of day it’s going to be. But ironically, as… Continue reading Silver Linings

South Beach Update: Running Hard on the Beach

So, maybe this uber-busy, super-stressed schedule is good for me after all.  Sure, I may not have time to keep the house clean, and my kids may run out of clean underwear, and the dog may go days before I remember to feed him.  (I’m kidding.)  But I did drop another pound this week, bringing… Continue reading South Beach Update: Running Hard on the Beach

South Beach Update: Hurricane season!

Recently our lives have resembled hurricane season.  Storms building, gathering strength, traveling full-tilt toward landfall, only to wreak havoc and leave us battered and shaken, trying to rebuild and shore up our strength before the next storm strikes. As a result, my focus has not been on my diet the way it should be.  And… Continue reading South Beach Update: Hurricane season!

South Beach Update – Week 11

How easy is the South Beach Diet, you ask?  So easy that you can even eat SB-friendly in a hospital cafeteria! Last week was by far the craziest week diet-wise that I could have ever anticipated.  Between doctor’s appointments, dentist appointments, “feminine issues”, Cub Scout and Girl Scout meetings, volunteering and crazy last-minute sleepovers, the… Continue reading South Beach Update – Week 11

South Beach Update – Week 10

As with any marathon, you reach a point where you’re just “in the zone” and your body is cruising on autopilot. And then there’s the point where you hit “the wall.” In some regards, I feel like we’re starting to really get the hang of this lifestyle.  In some respects, we’re totally “in the zone.” … Continue reading South Beach Update – Week 10

Is this diet South Beach friendly?

There’s a friend of ours, who is undergoing a similar situation in her life, and she shared with me one of the ways she is coping with the stress.  It’s all about the food choices we make.  Some are good, and others are not.  Proper nutrition is definitely a way to keep your body in… Continue reading Is this diet South Beach friendly?