Life-Changing Grilled Fish

And now for something totally new and different...again.

I'm going back on the South Beach diet. It worked quite well the first time around. In fact, I lost at least 25 pounds in relatively short order. However, I quickly got into my old habits of eating too much and drinking too much and ignoring exercise. So, here I sit, fat and unhappy about my too-big waist and my too-little stamina.

Today, I'm back on the diet. Grilled meat in small doses and grilled fish in somewhat larger doses. Grilled vegetables in even larger doses. Laying off the milk and cheese, despite the fact they're supposed to be OK for the diet, because the doctor I'm seeing these days thinks my triglycerides are far too high, going through the roof.

I need to feel smaller than my clothes again. I need to see only two chins, where there are now a baker's dozen. So, another diet. What I really need is to change my lifestyle...exercise every day, drink lots of water and not much (or any) booze, eat vegetables, and avoid breads and such. Last time around, I was able to deal with the diet by adding spices to otherwise uninteresting fare and I suspect I'll do the same this time around.

The scale will get used every morning...and I will record my weight. I should publish it here for the world to see. That ought to give me some incentive to drop it! At the same time, I really need to get in the habit of checking my blood pressure at least once a week...it's another thing my cardiologist rants about (my failure to check it periodically).

Tomorrow, or the next day, I'll be back at my political, social, and economic diatribes. For today, though, I'm going head to head with my overweight and undermuscled body.

But all that is after tonight's meal...my wife wants to use a many-dollars-off coupon at Lawry's so we can have prime rib. A fitting feast in preparation for the famine.