Dieting

I've succumbed to the inevitable and embarked on a weight-loss program. We decided to jump-start it with the Cabbage Soup diet, a quirky 7-day program that promises a loss of up to 10 lbs. In our case, it was about 9-1/2 pounds each. It is a cleansing diet based on the eponymous cabbage soup and is essentially a low-cal, high-fiber diet.

Now we are embarking on a Salad Week to keep the weight-loss momentum going. The plan going forward is to reduce portion size and to severely reduce carbohydrate and particularly gluten consumption to change our eating habits in favor of foods with a lower glycemic index.