Well, So Much for That

As you may have read in an earlier post, I started back on Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet on Monday, April 4th. If you don't know what Phase 1 is, I will give you a brief synopsis:

On Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet, you are not allowed to have any fruit, breads, fruit juice, certain veggies, or sugar of any kind. The reason for this is you are trying to break your body of craving sugar all the time by stabilizing your blood sugar levels. You are to stay on Phase 1 for at least two weeks and if you mess up and eat carbs, you have to start all over. Then, after this initial "no sugar" phase, you can begin Phase 2, in which you can slowly add healthy carbs, such as whole grain breads, back into your diet. 

So, last week, I was sooo prepared. I had containers filled with salads and chili and ready made veggies that I could heat up if I got hungry. I had Atkins bars and other non-sugar snacks on hand at all times. And I made it all the way until yesterday without eating a single carb. It was wonderful and I didn't get hungry at all---because I was PREPARED.

This week = not so much. I spent too much time off gallivanting with friends and family last weekend instead of taking time out to prepare my food for the week. (I should have planned better!) My hubby is getting sick so he needs more attention than normal. And last, but not least, my wonderful womanly visitor came and I feel like crap! Needless to say, all of this has left me unprepared. Thus, I have been grabbing the quickest, easiest, most comforting foods this week, which would just happen to be...CARBS like the ones pictured below. Looks like (once my life gets put back in place) I will be starting all over again. For now, this week has been an...

EPIC FAIL