Day Two

OK so it's going pretty well so far.
Here's what I've consumed.
eggs and salsa for breakfast
chef salad with fat free dressing for lunch
baked tilapia (recipe below), stir-fried veggies and brown rice for dinner
some cheese before bed. 1 beer, 2 glasses wine, one fight with husband over who should have custody of our child should we both perish on our way to San Fran next week.

Low points:
Being unable to refuse a taste test of seafood salad on a cracker at Sam's. I just hate those taste test people. It was awful and I immediately worried about food poisoning. Who eats seafood salad from a stranger???


Today's eating has been more difficult. My daughter wanted a bagel-chocolate chip with extra cream cheese- during our morning errands. She spent roughly an hour devouring it while feeding me bites. She is so darn cute and just too hard to say no to. We were literally "Lady and the Tramp" sharing the bagel this morning. I think I got out with only maybe 2 bites! Then while getting a diet coke before lunch she wanted french fries. I ate only 2. I am doing much better since before I most definitely would have finished the bagel and the remaining fries. My actual meals were the same as yesterday-eggs and salsa and a salad.

Exercise wise.. I walked in the botanical garden for about 45 minutes in the morning yesterday-however this is walking with a 2 year old who likes to stop a lot and look at everything. So after dinner I hopped out of the house for another 30 minute jaunt. It was dark and I'm not sure that walking in the most dangerous city in the country at roughly 7:30 pm is particularly healthy but I took my cell phone and pepper spray. It felt kind of exhilarating. I have been doing Jorge Cruise's 8 minutes in the morning for the last 5 months. I like it because you can do it at home with minimal equipment. I triple it now and do three sets of two exercises for a total of 24 minutes in the morning! So I did that this morning and I am planning on walking to the playground with my daughter after her nap since it's a balmy 50 degrees in the Lou today.

Even though I say that I'm not on the South Beach diet my menus thus far seem to scream South Beach. The first time I went on it two years ago I was a nursing mom of a 3 month old. I woke up on the morning of day two feeling light headed. I went straight to the kitchen and ate a vat of chocolate ricotta cheese.

Daughter is crying must go. Recipe later.
lad