I want to do this right.

So I wanted to try south beach, and started it for a day or two... But I ran out of veggies so fast! I felt like I bought quite a bit, but they were gone in like 2 days, and I had just spent about $35 on those. I can't spend $35 on veggies every two days because I just don't have the funds for it! I think part of the problem with the South Beach Diet is that it doesn't let you eat carbs (including fruit), at least not for the first two weeks, and of course that does make you loose weight, but I have a bad addiction to carbs, and I love fruit. So! With that said I quit the South Beach Diet. I kind of decided that dieting is stupid all together. You should just make a plan from... Say... mypyramid.gov, and then limit sugars, salts, oils, simple carbs, and discretionary calories. Then exercise 60 minutes a day, AT LEAST 5 days a week. I also don't need to worry about loosing a LOT of weight FAST. Normally, loosing weight fast is actually bad for your body and most of the time the faster you loose it, the faster you gain it back. I need to just put equal to more energy out by exercising then I put in by eating.

So, here's my mypyramid guidelines:

-- I need 6oz of grain a day, making at least 3oz or more of those grains whole grain.
-- I need 2.5 cups of veggies a day and need to vary them, aiming for this much every week:

Dark Green Vegetables = 3 cups weekly
Orange Vegetables = 2 cups weekly
Dry Beans & Peas = 3 cups weekly
Starchy Vegetables = 3 cups weekly
Other Vegetables = 6 1/2 cups weekly

-- I need 2 cups of fruit a day
-- I need 3 cups of milk a day
-- I need 5.5oz of Meats/beans (except for red meat. I don't eat red meat when I'm working out regularly because it tends to make me bulk up, and I want to be lean, not muscle-bulky)
-- I need to aim for 6 tsp of oil a day
-- I need to limit my extra fats/sugars to 265 calories. Eventually I want to completely cut out sugar unless it's natural, like from fruit.
-- I need to do at least 30 minutes of work outs a day and try to work my way up to 60 min work outs.
-- I need to continually remind myself of portion control, and also space out my meals so it's breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner. That way my metabolism keeps roaring. Lol

I realized my BIGGEST problem is eating junk. I mean, I have a MAJOR sweet-tooth, and I need to stop. What makes it worse is that I have Hypoglycemia, so if I don't stop I'm eventually going to end up with Diabetes because it runs in my family. Like, I age normal today and tracked my progress and what I ate and it was ridiculous! I'm not even going to tell you because I was embarrassed. I didn't even realize that I ate like I did. Anyway. I plan on trying to stay away from sweets or if I can't avoid it, go by some sugar-free candy just to satisfy the sweet tooth. Because all sugar sweet are is taste. Your body doesn't like it, so why put it there? Anyway. I'm going to do Zumba once a week, jog every couple of days and do circuit training. Maybe something like P90X or ... Something. Lol.

I'll probably also be posting recipes as I make stuff I like (:

I'll keep you all posted.

PS -- I think I might rename this blog "Diets Suck" lol