I wanted to weigh myself to get a realistic view of where I was at. I haven’t been following the diet very well the past couple of weeks and I was pretty sure I had done lots of damage.

Much to my surprise, I had lost more weight!

Weight: 173

It might also have something to do with the stomach virus I’ve had since Friday and the fact that I haven’t been eating much other than Lipton and crackers, but still.

I have no idea how many days it’s been. I haven’t entirely kept up with the diet, but have been trying as much as I can.

I haven’t weighed myself again, either. Will do this weekend.

Breakfast: 4 oz Dannon Carb & Sugar Control Yogurt

Snack: cashews

Lunch: South Beach Frozen Entree

Snack: South Beach 100 calorie Snack Bar

Breakfast: fruit salad

Lunch: 3 slices Papa John’s pizza (4 hour work meeting that included lunch)

Dinner: 6 skinless wings & salad

Today would have been day #44 of my South Beach diet. As you can see, I haven’t posted a daily food entry in over a week. We went out of town over the 4th of July weekend and 1) I was unable to post easily and 2) the diet was broken here and there.

It hasn’t been completely thrown out the window but over the last week there have been days where I’ve had sweets, carbs, etc. I’ve tried to limit it to only 1 meal though and make up for it with the next meal of the day.

But, this week, I resolve to get back on track. I will need to do a Phase 1 week pretty strict to get back into it.

Weighed myself (though I didn’t really want to see the damage) and was actually surprised to see not much of a difference.

Weight: between 176-177 (my scale sucks)

Breakfast: 4 oz Dannon Light & Fit Carb & Sugar Control Yogurt

Lunch: Steak ‘n Shake Beef Taco Salad – minus the taco shell, dressing, and sour cream & Sugar Free Jell-O cup

Snack: cheddar cheese stick

Snack 2: some crackers (aaaackkk…I already broke my strict promise)

Dinner: chicken & salad

Snack 3: Fiber one cereal

And, then, I COMPLETELY broke my promise and had a moment of weakness and ate out of emotion. We had a phone call that kind of upset us and I had a cupcake!!!! A stupid leftover cupcake.

Breakfast: 6 oz Yoplait Light yogurt

Lunch: salad & South Beach Meatloaf frozen entree

Snack: cashews

Dinner: yellow rice w/ beans & stew beef

I completely BLEW the diet today! I was helping out at a conference for work and there was free food being provided. I lost all will power.

Breakfast: Dunkin Donuts sausage & cheese sandwich on wheat bagel w/ medium hot chocolate

Lunch: lasagna, caesar salad & some puddingy dessert

Snack: brownie

Dinner: yellow rice w/ beans & stew beef

Had a day off from work today and went out and about with baby girl.

Breakfast: 1/2 Wheat bagel w/ fat free blueberry cream cheese (I just dipped into the tub a little bit)

Lunch: Perkins Chef Salad Deluxe

Dinner: cup of mixed fruit

After 4 weeks on (pseudo) Phase 1 – I ate some fruit here & there and was eating yogurt and had some set backs some days – I think I will move on to Phase 2 and begin to introduce bread & rice (brown) on a limited basis.

Current weight: 177 (Even after a bad week, I lost a pound!)

Breakfast: 1 turkey bacon slice & small piece of cheddar cheese

Lunch: Wendy’s Grilled Chicken Go Wrap & 5 pc nuggets

Dinner: Lipton Noodle Soup

Breakfast was skipped again! We were working on clearing out some items from the garage and it just slipped.

Lunch: Wendy’s Grilled Chicken Go Wrap & 5 pc nuggets

Dinner: Sonny’s BBQ Sliced Beef w/ corn on the cob & sweet potato

Today marks the end of 4 weeks on Phase 1! I think I will start to introduce rice & bread again, on a limited basis.

Breakfast was skipped today. Bad!

Lunch: Bennigan’s Chicken Platter (lunch size) w/ broccoli & coleslaw & diet pepsi

Dinner: fried plantains & a little bit of leftover Lipton Noodle soup (from my daughter’s dinner)