Breakfast: Whipped up a little omelet and drank a glass of V8 juice.
Walking and snacks I met up with my walking friends and we drove 30 minutes to a nice walk and enjoyed an easy paced 10 kilometer walk. On the way back, I passed around the remaining edamame and these friends had no trouble obeying the instruction to shuck them before eating. Neither had eaten edamame before and both enjoyed it. We stopped at a farmers market on the way back and I stocked up on some produce.
Lunch and Biking: I had a salad with some grilled chicken for lunch, and for a later snack I had some hummus on celery. In the afternoon I finally got to take my new Trek 300 Navigator bike out for a spin.
Dinner: Grilled pork chops with grilled vegetables.
Day 12
Weighing in: down a half pound, still not down to that false low registered on Day 9.Breakfast: A quick scrambled egg plus a cup of gazpacho.
Snack and lunch: Gazpacho and grilled chicken, with string cheese as a snack. Afternoon snack of hummus on celery.
Dinner: Shrimp salad. I bought frozen cooked shrimp and let them defrost/marinate all day in a bowl with some Paul Newman's Caesar Dressing. I prepared greens with some tomato and onion and a little reduced fat shredded cheese. Then topped with the cold shrimp and more caesar dressing to taste. My husband loved it. Dessert: Mocha Ricotta.
DO NOT DO THIS DIET WHILE MARATHON TRAINING!
I got email today from one of my walking team who was extremely impressed by the change in me in only 10 days - and she wanted to go on the diet right now.
I told her, "No, the marathon is only a month away and you are doing both speed and distance workouts. If you go on a low carb diet your endurance and energy will be sapped because it depletes your muscle glycogen. Even worse, during a distance walk you will be bathing your muscles in ammonia as your body tries to use protein as a fuel source."
Even in the South Beach Diet book, Dr. Agaston says that you should eat carbs when you exercise. After an hour workout, he says to have some white bread or whatever to replenish your muscle energy. He is right. For anyone training for a marathon, half-marathon, or speed event - do not go on this diet. Stick with a diet that uses traditional amounts of carbohydrates.
I chose this time to go on the diet specifically because I had two weeks where I had to walk slower and at far shorter distance than I was used to walking. In coming weeks I will be walking half-marathon distances but at a fairly slow pace. I will be in Phase 2 of the South Beach diet and able to add back in fruit and whole grains as carbohydrate sources. During those longer workouts, I will be eating carbohydrates the evening before, morning of, and taking in Gatorade or other carbo-electrolyte sports drink throughout my walks. To do otherwise is just plain wrong.
I also plan to walk the Portland Marathon in a month, barring further flare up of my iliotibial band syndrome. I will have carbs for two days before and during, and then for at least a day aferwards.
If I see any problems with carbs, I will go back onto Phase 1 after the marathon for a week or so before again starting Phase 2. For me, safety for my body comes before weight loss. Next: Day 13 and 14
