South Beach Diet.... Again

I tried South Beach a few years back, and lost 7 pounds in 5 days.  For the first two weeks of the plan, there is absolutely no sugar and no carb in the diet.  Even though the weight did came off, I had no energy at all without carb.  So I stopped the diet after 5 days.  Now I am desperately to see the number goes down on the scale, and decide to try South Beach diet again.... well, sort of.  I am not super strict about not having any carb.  If I feel low energy, then I cheat by having fruit or a cracker.  And I still eat everything when I dine out, but I'll control the amount of carb that I eat.  The recipes in the South Beach diet book are actually quite good.  This was what I ate for 3 meals in day 1.


Quiche

Quiche for breakfast.  It was made with egg substitute, spinach, onion, green bell pepper, and mozzarella cheese.  I like this veggie cheese quiche a lot.  For Dr. P, I made veggie egg breakfast burrito for him using the quiche.  He liked it, too.



Chicken Breast on Romaine

Lunch was a simple chicken salad.  I cooked a chicken breast in plain water.  Dressing was 2 tablespoons for low carb red wine vinaigrette.


Grilled Salmon & Asparagus

Dinner was salmon and asparagus.  I seasoned the salmon with olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon juice, garlic, and thyme.  It was really simple to make, and the wild salmon I bought was so fresh that it just tasted great even without the seasoning.  Asparagus was blanched with salted water.

I like those dishes, and I would cook it even if I'm not on the South Beach diet.  Hopefully my cheated South Beach diet plan will work this time, too!

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