Hello my lovelies!\u00c2 Hope everyone is well.\u00c2 <\/p>\n

Thought I\u2019d give you an update on how I\u2019m doing with the South Beach Diet.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m finishing up Day 9 of Phase 1 \u2014 just 5 more days until I can start adding back fruits and grains!<\/p>\n

Last week wasn\u2019t bad at\u00c2 all.\u00c2 I didn\u2019t really get any cravings and my only issues were planning ahead for lunches.\u00c2 However, the past couple days I\u2019ve been getting cravings and those pesky thoughts in my head saying \u201c9 days is long enough\u201d or \u201cscrew it, this is too hard.\u201d\u00c2 But somehow I\u2019ve been managing to forge on.\u00c2 My biggest struggle still remains planning ahead for lunches \u2014 having some fall-backs for those days when I\u2019m caught without a lunch is coming in handy.<\/p>\n

On to the eats!<\/p>\n

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My SBD version of huevos rancheros. \u201cFried\u201d eggs over fat-free green chili and lime refried beans, some pepperjack, and hot sauce. This is actually a pic from Saturday\u2019s breakfast, but it was the same as what I had this morning, except I didn\u2019t have scallions on top.<\/p>\n

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Mid-morning snack. Kraft used to make this roasted garlic mozzarella block cheese that I loved. Sadly, I haven\u2019t seen it in years. But then I saw these new 100-calorie packs and saw that there was a garlic and herb flavored one. This tastes pretty close to that other kind they used to make! And it\u2019s pre-portioned! <\/p>\n

I had originally planned to go out and grab lunch but we had company higher-ups in the office today and they brought in lunch. It was from Fresh2Order so it should have been okay, EXCEPT that they didn\u2019t take individual orders and just brought in a bunch of stuff. And unfortunately for me, most of their stuff comes with stuff I don\u2019t like and I usually request taken off. So I opted not to eat what they brought and sat through the lunch with an angrily growling tummy. As soon as it was over I headed over to the Kroger across the street to get some rotisserie chicken from their hot bar. No pic.<\/p>\n

Luckily I was more prepared for snack time.<\/p>\n

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Turkey pepperoni and the hummus and cucumber I was supposed to have yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Dinner was quick and simple because LOST was on tonight. I marinated some salmon fillets in mojo marinade, baked them,and had mine over some spinach.<\/p>\n

My pre-LOST dessert:<\/p>\n

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This is the famous SBD peanut butter cup dessert. It\u2019s a couple no-sugar-added fudgesicles slightly melted with some natural PB and lowfat Cool Whip mixed together. I\u2019ve been looking forward to this every night for the past few days.<\/p>\n

Okay, I need time to decompress from LOST and I need to get to bed. Good night!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello my lovelies!\u00c2 Hope everyone is well.\u00c2 Thought I\u2019d give you an update on how I\u2019m doing with the South Beach Diet. I\u2019m finishing up Day 9 of Phase 1 \u2014 just 5 more days until I can start adding back fruits and grains! Last week wasn\u2019t bad at\u00c2 all.\u00c2 I didn\u2019t really get any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.spicesbites.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}