Day 74

On top of everything I have a cold, or am being overtaken by allergies. It's hard to tell. Today I actually added some honey to my tea, just so I could have a little relief. I wonder if that played havoc with my insulin. I have also found myself dreaming of summer treats, mostly August corn on the cob. I believe if things are shaping up I might have me a few of those. As for white bread (sub rolls, and the like) I think they're out of my life for good, but I find it really hard to believe that I might never eat an Italian Sub or Steak-v-cheese again. Maybe when I visit Ruby in college.

Breakfast
2 Eggs Over Easy* (see more, below)
2 Strips Turkey Bacon
Tea
2 Tsp Peanut Butter

Snack
1 Cheese Stick
20 Peanuts
15 Almonds
30 Pistachios (wow, that's a lot of nuts)
1 Apple (G.smith)
3 dried apricots

Lunch
Tuna Salad on Lettuce, Broccoli and Tomato (no dressing)

Dinner
Pink Fish a la Emily (I forgot what it was called, like Honker Sea Trout or something)
Asparagus


I noticed that Planters has a "south beach" mix on the market called "nut-trition." These marketing people think of everything! There is also supposedly a South-Beach Diet line of frozen meals, but I have yet to see it. I am ready to give my money to the enterprise, though I am certain they taste very, very bad.

*As to Amy's Egg trick—not really a trick, just a collection of tips that have worked for me when so many other things had failed. Like many other longtime readers, she was frustrated by having to read about how often I flunked eggs 101. So she watched me make them and worked with me to correct my bad habits:

First—we used olive oil instead of PAM (still South Beach friendly)
Second—we heated up the pan a LOT more than I was doing.
Third—we didn't futz with the eggs—we let it get bubbly all on its own, only using the spatula to make sure the edges weren't sticking (I was constantly using the spatula to scratch around albumeny parts to make sure the white was all cooked)
Fourth—flip the eggs by putting the spatula under the thickly cooked white part of the eggs
Fifth—turn off the heat quickly after flipping.

I have used this technique most days and so far it has never failed me yet.