Day 3--I'm going to need diapers, people.

Got groceries yesterday. Fresh veggies and good meats and cheeses I am allowed to eat. It's nice that the South Beach Diet allows me to cook--as opposed to fasting before surgery. I enjoy cooking new recipes, so have already tried two new ones. I love most foods, so it's not so hard now that I have things to prepare besides eggs and chicken breasts.

Last night, I had dinner with Cindy at Matito's. KILLER fish and veggies. Several choices of fresh fish on the menu even. I will be back there. I ordered my dinner without rice and the waitress (Cindy's previous student) asked me why. In my very open and honest fashion, I told her. Lo and behold a testimonial came down upon us! The waitress has an aunt who has had the surgery and a girlfriend who had it done. Her aunt is happy and looks so young. Not a wrinkle on her! So glad to know my wrinkles will disappear.

Reader, I aim to be brutally honest with you during this whole process. I've read many blogs of people going through the surgery and weight loss and always appreciate honesty. Sometimes honesty ain't pretty, but it's real. Let's get real, shall we? Here's the deal with these low carb diets. They give me diarrhea. Serious runs. I remember when Atkins was the rage. Everyone else was having the opposite problem. Not Sara P. I always got the runs. This South Beach program has thrown me for a serious loop. Last night after dinner, I was home watching Last Comic Standing. One man cracked me up so hard that I pooped my pants. WHOA. I laugh a lot. I can't live not knowing if poop is going to shoot out of me when someone cracks a good one! THEN (here's where I get scared) just moments ago, as I was sitting down to blog, I sneezed and...WHOA. It's like a toddler is living here. I have to do this program until the 16th. I'd like to think I'd have some control over my bodily functions until that time.