While I was sitting at my desk today, she came up in the late morning and dropped this plate off for me. It’s cauliflower with some hummus, along with some turkey rolls (the insides have Muenster cheese and a light coating of peanut butter [with no sugar in it]).
Well, that was a good run while it lasted. With all that I was posting lately about South Beach, I turned right around today and took a meal off.
Ever since we discovered cauliflower mashed potatoes, that’s been a nice go-to that feels like cheating (but technically isn’t, since it’s made with cauliflower). That said, it’s also made of a great deal of sodium, so there’s your trade-off.
Despite the title (it was just something random that popped in my head), I really haven’t been ignoring the bathroom scale. I know enough to not try to weigh myself every single day, given the daily fluctuations that exist outside of any diet/regimen. Usually, I’ll hop on the scale prior to taking my morning shower….
I held off weighing myself all last week, figuring that the day to day fluctuations don’t really provide much indication of progress. About a week in now, I hopped on the scale before my morning shower and clocked in at 189.4.
Today, we planned an early breakfast at Roister as our last hurrah, before the diet begins. And afterwards, we’d go shopping to get a week’s supply of healthier food, as we plan on ordering out much less and cooking for ourselves much more.
Got home, and given how nice it was outside… I decided to go camp out on the back porch. Since we now have chairs and a table back here, I’ve found myself more drawn to spend time out here.
During the first week, we took great pains to cook enough so that we had food for the following day’s lunch. In the second week, we’ve toned that down a bit – where I’ve opted to forego any leftovers, and have contented myself with eating at Chipotle (a bowl with no rice or cheese), or having my weird JJ sandwiches.
Yesterday morning, Liz and I went to Bang Bang Pie for breakfast. We’re starting South Beach again today, and decided we would have one final indulgent meal out – and Bang Bang Pie was it!