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South Beach Diet Phase 2, End of Week 2 Checkpoint

3 January 2009 21 Comments

I had many slips this past week. A bunch of us went out for a prix-fixe New Year’s eve dinner, and of course one of the courses was dessert. After all it was New Year’s eve, not a night to think about any kind of self-control or deprivation. So I had my hazelnut gelato, Look how big the portion was, but I just had one scoop.

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Earlier in the week there was a potluck holiday party. It is tough to stick to the diet at a potluck. If you just go to a friend’s place for dinner, you could pick and choose the dishes, it is okay to skip a dish if one person cooked the whole meal. But at a potluck, you can’t really skip any dish without offending someone. So I tasted everything, including a black forest pudding and a kheer. There was another dinner on New Year’s day at a new friend’s place, it was a six course meal and most of the dishes were so new to me (some authentic Marathi and Gujarati dishes) and the fact that all the dishes were extremely delicious really didn’t help the cause. I overate again, that too late into the night. So the scale showed a lot of fluctuations over the past 7 days, and ultimately I am +0.5lb from where I started. Only consolation is that all the slips were totally worth it, it was the holiday season after all!

I did try out some new dishes last week, I will post the recipes later in the week. For now, I will share some of my favorite South Beach snacks here.

Edamame – Fresh soybeans are full of proteins and they make a quick snack. Frozen edamame can be found shelled or in the pod. Use shelled ones for an on-the-go snack or in salads.But at home I love having the whole edamame sprinkled with some salt, it is more fun to eat them whole.
Laughing Cow Light Cheese – I love how creamy and mild these are. At home I spread this on celery sticks, but it can also work as a snack to go on its own.
Hummus – Hummus makes a quick and healthy dip for crudités, or even whole grain crackers after phase 1. I’ve been using store-bought, but it will be even better to make your own, which I will be doing soon.
Almonds – Almonds are full of protein, iron and magnesium and contain higher fiber content than other nuts. These are my saviors as there is no prep-work. It is better to store the almonds and other nuts in the freezer or refrigerator as the nuts will go rancid quickly at room temperature due to the high oil content. I love having almonds straight out of the freezer, but if that’s not your forte, just microwave high for 1 minute to warm these up.

Featured South Beach Dinner – No-oil baked Chicken in a Garlic-Cilantro-Mint Marinade

Use this recipe, but use chicken breast instead of thighs.

And finally, here is the latest stats. This week’s change is +0.5lbs.

Target Weight Loss	17.5lb
Days on Diet	26
lbs lost so far	7.5
lbs to go	10

Check out all the posts in my South Beach Diet series here.

Whatever your weight loss plans are for this new year, I’d love to hear about those. Do share!

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21 Comments »

priyanka said:

Happy New year Sig….Have yet to start on my new year resolution- got to lose 10 lbs- i guess food blogging doesnt help(just like you i gained weight a couple of years after i came to the US). Had fun reading your posts and the way you have outlined the weight loss plan in detail.

# 3 January 2009 at 5:41 pm

Ramya's Mane Adige said:

Hey Sig,

New Year Wishes to you and Siv!!!! Don’t even get me started on over eating during holidays like you said, hard to skip any dish at potlucks!!!

# 3 January 2009 at 5:56 pm

Malar Gandhi said:

OMG what a lovely snap, great picture, food looks very inviting….recipe sounds interesting too…

# 3 January 2009 at 6:25 pm

Sunshinemom said:

Happy New Year, Sig!!

# 3 January 2009 at 6:58 pm

revathi said:

Happy New Year to you and Siv !!

Now my new year resolution is simple. To get to my pre-pregnancy body… Easier said than done ! Wish u luck with your SB diet and wish me luck with my resolution..

# 3 January 2009 at 10:17 pm

sra said:

Way to go, Sig! I made sure I didn’t break my diet on New Year’s Day in a bout of superstition – of course, I also didn’t go anywhere except work and home, but that helped.

# 4 January 2009 at 10:35 am

Kay said:

Hi Sig! Thanks for the new year wishes. Wish you a very happy new year too!

South Beach diet, eh! Coool! and congrats on your weightloss! I have been following a similar diet.. as in whole carbs for breakfast and no carbs for lunch and dinner.. You can read about diet in my journal… http://liveloveworkout.blogspot.com/ Drop by sometime. I’d love to learn from your diet too.

# 4 January 2009 at 12:43 pm

Chris said:

Thanks for the Happy New Year wishes, back at you! And, we love cilantro and mint, so that chicken looks right up our alley.

# 4 January 2009 at 2:46 pm

sig (author) said:

Good luck with your weightloss resolution Priyanka!

# 4 January 2009 at 3:40 pm

sig (author) said:

Thanks Ramya! Yeah, we all tend to overeat during the holidays, the good news is there is still time before the summer to lose all that weight

# 4 January 2009 at 3:41 pm

sig (author) said:

Thanks Malar! Welcome to L2E!

# 4 January 2009 at 3:41 pm

sig (author) said:

Thanks Sunshinemom!

# 4 January 2009 at 3:43 pm

sig (author) said:

Thanks Revathi, and I wish you the same!
Good luck with your resolution… Are you on a diet or exercise plan or both? Whatever way you choose, I hope you reach your target soon!

# 4 January 2009 at 3:44 pm

sig (author) said:

that’s good… I am not superstitious about the New Year’s eve/day. If there was any truth to it, I’d have been waking up with a horrible hangover everyday these past few years

# 4 January 2009 at 3:47 pm

sig (author) said:

Hi Kay, just checked out your blog… Great job girl! Good luck with the program…

# 4 January 2009 at 3:47 pm

sig (author) said:

Thanks Chris!

# 4 January 2009 at 3:48 pm

Meg Wolff said:

Hello,
I came over from Kitchen Tantra. I like your snack suggestions. Your site looks nice. Thanks.

# 4 January 2009 at 4:33 pm

aquadaze said:

Wow, the chicken looks yum! And hey, who wouldn’t want to indulge a little during the holiday season…at least you ate, i drank…and well, not all of it was water or fruit juiceis all I’m willing to say

# 4 January 2009 at 6:06 pm

sig (author) said:

Hi Meg, thanks for dropping by. Let me extend an official welcome! Hope to see you around here more!

# 4 January 2009 at 6:40 pm

sig (author) said:

LOL, yeah drinking on New Year’s eve goes without saying… I don’t even consider that an indulgence anymore… Thanks for dropping by!

# 4 January 2009 at 6:42 pm

Aparna said:

I have been away from bloghopping for a bit and missed quite a few posts.
First, best wishes for a happy, peaceful and prosperous New Year (and a lighter one too).

I see you’re successfully forging ahead with your weight loss plan. Congrats! Let me see where mine takes me.:D

# 5 January 2009 at 6:45 pm