South Beach Diet – Phase 1, Day 4
Today the morning weigh-in showed only a 1/2 lb loss compared to a a whole pound each on the previous days. But still it is going down, which is great news! Today I had lunch and dinner outside, due to previous commitments. I was a really good girl, stuck with the program!
Lunch was at a Mexican restaurant. I ordered the chicken fajitas naked. Didn’t touch any of the sides except for a bit of guacamole and some lettuce salad. Most of the salad was under the refried beans, so I ate only a bit.
Then for dinner I went out with friends to a fabulous new restaurant in Kirkland – Cafe Harlequin. That menu was so tempting, also M & M were having wine which made me crave so bad. But I had some water with lime and lemon slices and had about 3-4 bottles of water throughout the night.
Our waitress was super friendly and super supportive. After I explained my dietary restrictions, she helped me find items from the menu and gladly accepted slight modifications. I had the baby spinach salad with toasted pecans and goat cheese without the sliced pears and substituted the sherry vinaigrette with the lemon-garlic-vinaigrette. I got the dressing on the side, so that I won’t overdo it. For the main course I got the Seared Salmon Stemperata without the french green lentils. This came with bell peppers, olives, capers and mint. I picked out all the capers, since I wasn’t sure if it was allowed, but after coming home and checking the book I realized that capers are fine. Salmon was super delicious! This restaurant was so good, I can’t wait to go back after the first phase is over!
I was not that diligent about eating vegetables today though. I had no time in the morning to make a salad or some sautéed vegetables for a snack later in the day. The spinach salad I had for dinner was my lone source of veggies today. 
Breakfast
- 2 eggs scrambled with onions and 1 slice of Canadian bacon diced and mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup regular coffee
Mid-morning Snack
- 15 almonds
Lunch
- Restaurant – Naked chicken fajitas + 1 tbsp guacamole
Evening snack
- 1 wedge fat free laughing cow cheese
- 1 cup regular coffee, black
- 1 string cheese stick, later in the evening
Dinner
- Restaurant – Spinach salad with goat cheese and pecans and Seared Salmon
I am not very happy with today’s diet. Hope it hasn’t undone anything.
| Target Weight Loss | 17.5lb |
| Days on Diet | 3 |
| lbs lost so far | 2.5 |
| lbs to go | 15 |
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Good going..But I have a doubt..How do u eat the cheese?As it is,alone??
Wow, Sig, it has been a while since I did the usual blog rounds and am impressed with your determination.
Winter is usually the worst time for me to start any weight loss plan – I get zero exercise which makes it tough
I love the items you have listed, btw, I can easily live on them, minus the bacon and meats
Good Luck! I am cheering for you (even if to secretly motivate myself heh-heh)
It won’t undo anything…
stay at it girl.
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Hi Varsha, I eat the cheese as it is, these are individually packaged as snacks to go, so it is easy. Of course, it is better to combine it some veggies like celery sticks for the evening snack, but that is more work.
Good for you! I didn’t weigh myself for the first couple days because I didn’t have a scale. Now am on day 11 and have lost only a couple pounds! I really ate like the SBD dictates before I knew about it plus a little french bread and some ice cream hear and there. I have been virtuous but I guess I am a slow loser.
congrats to you and keep up the good work!
Hi Ladies,
How are you, I too have recently started the South Beach on Monday 1/9/09. I haven’t weighed myself but then again I never looked at weight loss until it was a good amount. What I do look at is inches. My goal is 30lbs…although everyone says that’s alot. I don’t think so…given that I am a 190lbs. So good luck to you Sheela, good luck to us all!
Ingrid
Good for u being good at the restaurant when u could have easily jumped outta the diet and ate bread. I’m starting 2moro…
Good luck Cici!
south beach diet is not bad at all. it is just like the Atkins diet which is based on low carb diet.
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