South Beach Diet – Phase 1, Day 3

This morning weigh in showed another lb drop! This is pretty good motivation to keep up with it! Now that I am having coffee, headaches have completely disappeared. I missed the morning snack today, since I was in back-to-back meetings till noon. So after breakfast, I directly went to lunch, but I had two snacks before lunch and dinner which makes it still 5 meals. Hope that is okay!

I was craving something spicy for dinner, so I made the Chicken Chili Fry using chicken breast instead of thighs as I normally would, and had it with a salad with yogurt dressing. I normally like to have this chicken fry with white rice and yogurt, so I got it as close as I could, replacing white rice with sliced romaine! Really, I didn’t miss rice at all!

Breakfast

• 1 cup regular coffee, black
• 2 eggs scrambled with Canadian bacon, onion, mushrooms, asparagus and cheese

Recipe: Saute sliced mushrooms in a little bit oil till all the moisture is gone. Season with salt and pepper. Keep aside. Blanch the asparagus and saute in the same pan. Remove and keep aside. Cut the Canadian bacon and onion into small dice.

Heat a bit of oil in the same pan and add the bacon. When it starts to brown, add the onions and cook till it is soft.

Add the sautéed mushrooms and asparagus and stir well to combine.

Mix the eggs with 2 tbsp grated cheese of your choice and pour into the pan. Add red pepper flakes and salt and some fresh herbs. Cook stirring constantly till cheese is melted and eggs are solid.

Serve hot.

Midmorning snack

• None

Lunch

• Leftover dinner from last night- Broiled Catfish in a red chili powder + coriander + cumin + lime juice marinade
• Blanched green beans stir fried with a shallots + garlic + red chilies paste.

Recipe: Heat water in a pot with 1/2 tbsp salt. When the water is boiling, add whole trimmed green beans. After the water gets back to a full boil, cook for 2 minutes. Remove the beans and plunge it in a bowl filled with cold water and ice cubes.
Pound shallots, garlic and whole red chilies in a mortar and pestle to form a coarse paste.
Heat 1/4 tsp olive oil in a pan, and add the spice paste. Season with salt. Stir fry till fragrant.
Add the drained beans and saute till the beans are coated with the paste, and heated through.

Evening Snack

• 15 almonds

Late Evening Snack

• A piece of fat free mozzarella cheese

Dinner

• Chopped Romaine salad with a quick yogurt + dill + salt dressing
• Chicken Chili Fry (Replace chicken thighs with breast)

Target Weight Loss	17.5lb
Days on Diet	2
lbs lost so far	2.0
lbs to go	15.5

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Category: Phase 1