Things are lookin' good on the Beach

Sooooooo.....over christmas I decided to step on the scale at my mom's house. I knew I had put on a few pounds over the years, but I had no idea I'd be in for such a shock. I thought "Yeah, I've probably put on 10 or so pounds"....nothing could have prepared me for the number that appeard on the digital readout. One-Hundred Ninety-Two. What!?!?! Can that be right??!?!?

So I figured, I've got to go on a diet before this gets REALLY out of hand. There was no way I was going to be faithful to a diet before New Years....and then there was the Rose Bowl on Jan 4th, so that was out. So I decided I'd start it that Sunday after the Rose Bowl. Carefully choosing from the myriad of fad diets these days, I picked the South Beach Diet Online. Its worked out really well, after 2 weeks I've lost almost 14 lbs. My goal is to lose 30 lbs, so almost halfway there! Wooo!!

So my kids are having to eat, for the most part, what I do. They haven't complained, in fact they eat mostly the same as we always have...its just that the sugary maple-laden baked beans we used to eat are replaced by pinto beans, or black-eyed peas.

Imagine their suprise when I bought them Donuts for breakfast one morning. I never saw a box of donuts devoured so quickly! Then, on Sunday, a 2nd box of donuts for them. It wasn't long before my 7 year old quipped - "Dad, you just want to feed us donuts so you'll be skinnier than us!" The perspective of a child is a never-ending source of amusement, I think I laughed for about an hour over that one.

Here's to the next 15 lbs I need to shed!