South Beach Diet, Day 1

After joining the gym with my new parter, Mr. GreenEyes, I decided it was no use working out while eating unhealthy junk. So, I looked into the South Beach Diet again. I realized that I had only ever looked into Phase 1, which is a pity and wonderful news at the same time! While phase 1 excludes many foods I like, Phase 2 is much more liberal, allowing rice, grains, fruits, and other foods I love. Plus, I have learned that many healthy foods can actually taste delicious.

So, Mr. GreenEyes and decided to go SB together. Make our hard work count. Last week we practiced a couple dishes, half on half off, but we also spent time creating a mealplan with the help of the South Beach Diet - Supercharged book so that we could begin Phase I full force this week. Yesterday we went shopping together (YAY!!! My idea of quality time!) and today we began Phase I.

For breakfast/morning snack (I woke up late) I had a Pure Protein bar, and then we went to the gym. I ran and did my lower body routine.

For lunch, Mr. GreenEyes made SB Roast Beef and Horse Radish Roll Ups. They were super easy to make and FABULOUS!!! What a great start!!!! I would eat these again anytime. Yum.

Anyway, here is the recipe. To help us get organized, we are using a software that seems really neat so far, called MacGourmet Deluxe. It's easy to make web recipes into recipes within the program, but paper recipes have to be typed in.

Tonight, we are having Moroccan Lemon Chicken with Summer Squash and Green Olives. Well, we'll be omitting the green olives. I'll let you know how it turns out later!