Day 106: Detecto Says 203—"Nyah, Nyah"

First plateau is a very bad place to start the week. Recriminations fester, to quote "Slit Skirts." Was it the wine? The nuts? The unbelievably muggy weather that forced me inside and kept me from walking? Was it skipping the gym and failing to swim? Was it the weight of muscle? South Beach clearly says that you should keep adding carbs, dairy, etc. to your diet until you either stop losing or gain. That's how you know how much you can have in your diet. Well I guess I have found out. I know, from looking back at my diet (and even when I was writing it down during the weeks) that I had gotten to 'a lot of eating.' For instance, I went from about 45 nuts a day to more—through the 'nut mix.' Also, I went from carefully controlled nut varieties (mostly almonds and pistachios) to them all—walnuts, pecans, filberts, hazelnuts, peanuts. I went from eating a yogurt every third day to eating one nearly every day and added the 'joy sticks'—also which I ate every day. If this week (with its continual muggy weather) has anything to offer it's that I need to "get back" to more phase-y one stuff. Eggs/Bacon for breakfast; two snacks a day, skip the caffienated coffee (OK, that will be hard) and make sure I get to the gym or the pool. My default position from my goal is to get under 200 by Ruby's birthday—and that's just four pounds away, in about five weeks. If I can't get that off me, then I truly have gone 'nutso.'

Breakfast
1 Cup All-Bran/Grape Nuts
1 Cup Strawberries
3/4 Cup Fat Free Milk
Tea

Snack
1/4 Cup Mixed, Unsalted Nuts
1 Cheese Stick
1 Granny Smith Apple
12 oz. coffee (all decaf)

Lunch
2 Poached Eggs
1 Ham Steak
Green Salad with Oil & Vinegar

Dinner
Mixed Fish with Brocolli and Snow Peas

So today, all day I was conscious of not eating again. I ate the granny smith apple during a particularly long training session at work, and I suspected I could have gone without it if I had had a little more guts. Then I had a cheese stick after dinner because I was still hungry. I realize that I have to get back to basics this week, and with cooler weather, I should be able to be in a better place in two weeks. And BTW, there was a different nurse weighing me today; and we were in exam room #4 (where I got weighed last time). I'm just saying, that's all.