I got to be on TV!

I got to be on Studio 5 this morning, and it was a lot of fun. Those type of things have never made be nervous. I got to do some commercials as a teenager for ZCMI, too. That was fun.

I really think interviews for the newspaper make me more nervous, because you never know how they're going to tell the story.

Anyway, it was a lot of fun.

The real diet update

I went to the clinic today, where they tested my body fat to lean body mass composition. I have lost 12 pounds of body fat--woohoo! When I started this diet one month ago, I lost a lot of water weight during the detox phase. Since then, I've lost only four more pounds, but it looks like I've lost more fat and gained a little more water. I'm ok with water. Also when I started, I had 9 percent excess body fat; I'm now down to 3 percent excess. Very cool.

The trick to burning the fat, apparently, is in the ratio of protein ingested versus carbs. To continue my weight loss, they've got me on a 3 to 1 protein to carb ratio for meals (and all carbs have been vegetables or greens), with a fruit snack in the morning and an equal-ratio protein to carb snack in the afternoon.

My target weight has been pegged at 166 pounds. I currently weigh 173 pounds (down from 183 at the start), and my clothes are starting to fit pretty loosely. They were getting really snug. I told them at the clinic that I would like to weigh 155, but I'm thinking 166 is sounding pretty good. We'll see. I've never been a scale watcher, and people have always told me I look great, even at my heaviest. But I am feeling healthier and healthier. Now if I could just get this darn cold to go away...

Diet update

I go in for my checkup Monday, but I just wanted to give a quick update. A more thorough update is forthcoming, after my checkup. Ten pounds since March 6, with six of those lost in the detox phase, which was the first five days. That's just about a pound a week, which I think is sustainable. And still, no cravings for sugar. I have a chocolate (or two) here and there, and even made some cookies the other day, but overall I feel really good. I enjoyed the cookies, but didn't eat the whole batch in two days, like I normally would. They made me kind of sick, if you want the truth, even with whole wheat flour and half the sugar. Let's hope that sticks.

I purchased a couple of South Beach cookbooks, and will shop for the ingredients tonight. Yum. I can hardly wait to try some yummy new recipes. I'm also enjoying emailing back and forth with three of my sisters what we eat for the day. Beth, you wanna play?