Stage One

I’m on week 2 of the Oprah, (Bob Greene) Best Life Diet and so far it’s not that difficult. The first month, you drink water with every meal, take a vitamin supplement and don’t eat anything 2 hours before bedtime. You are also supposed to up your activity just a bit and eliminate pasta and alcohol. You weigh yourself at the beginning and then don’t weigh yourself again until the month is up. After that you move one to stage two, adding more eliminations and increasing exercise again. The premise is if you get the mind-set right the first month, the remaining stages shouldn’t be so difficult. We’ll see. I’m bound and determined to lose this dang baby weight. I feel awful. And because I don’t fit into any of my old clothes sweatpants have become my standard uniform. If you’ve seen me in the past five months, you’ll be nodding at that last line. That’s not to say when I lose the baby weight I’m back to stilettos and mini-skirts. Although that’s mostly because I haven’t worn either since my clubbing daze back in high school… but I might be tempted to pull out the overalls again.