Project 52: Health Improvement Week by Week
Week 1: Follow Phase 1 of the South Beach Diet (SBD). Challenges This week got off to a rough start because my daughter was sick with an ear infection. I planned to start following the plan I made for myself on Sunday, January 4th since it was the first day of the first full week of the year, but after a late night trip to the ER for a fever that didn't want to break, a trip to the pediatrician and a visit to the pharmacy, Sunday was shot. My husband cared for our daughter while I napped (I let him sleep while I took her to the pediatrician) and when he came to wake me I asked for 10 more minutes. When he came back to wake me up again, he said, "It probably doesn't feel like it, but I let you sleep another hour." He was right; it didn't feel like it. But I got up and found it was almost time for dinner. I hadn't eaten anything so far that day except an Atkins chocolate shake- ha ha- because on the way to the pediatrician I told myself, "I'm no...