South Beach Diet Phase 2, End of Week 2 Checkpoint

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Filed Under Phase 2 

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.

NewYear 2009 -151 

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.

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 Responses to “South Beach Diet Phase 2, End of Week 2 Checkpoint”

  1. priyanka says:
    January 3, 2009 at 5:41 pm

    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.

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  2. Ramya's Mane Adige says:
    January 3, 2009 at 5:56 pm

    Hey Sig,

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

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    • sig says:
      January 4, 2009 at 3:41 pm

      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 :)

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  3. Malar Gandhi says:
    January 3, 2009 at 6:25 pm

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

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  4. Sunshinemom says:
    January 3, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Happy New Year, Sig!!

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  5. revathi says:
    January 3, 2009 at 10:17 pm

    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..

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    • sig says:
      January 4, 2009 at 3:44 pm

      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!

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  6. sra says:
    January 4, 2009 at 10:35 am

    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.

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    • sig says:
      January 4, 2009 at 3:47 pm

      :) 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 ;)

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  7. Kay says:
    January 4, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    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.

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  8. Chris says:
    January 4, 2009 at 2:46 pm

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

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  9. Meg Wolff says:
    January 4, 2009 at 4:33 pm

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

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  10. aquadaze says:
    January 4, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    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 ;)

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    • sig says:
      January 4, 2009 at 6:42 pm

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

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  11. Aparna says:
    January 5, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    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

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