Day 254: Satisfying Your Sweet Tooth

From the South Beach Newsletter: Looking for sweet treats that won't sabotage your diet? Sugar substitutes such as aspartame and saccharin are fine (but cancer causing-Ed.) on The South Beach Diet. So is Splenda (not yet proven-Ed.), a natural sugar substitute made from sugar cane. Here's what Dr. Agatston recommends for satisfying your sweet tooth:
• Sugar-free gelatin
• Ricotta cheese with vanilla or almond extract and mixed with a
sugar substitute
• Sugar-free fudgsicles
• Sugar-free hard candies
• Sugar-free Popsicles
• Sugarless chewing gum
• Cocoa powder, no-added-sugar
• Sugar-free, caffeine-free carbonated sodas
• Sugar-free, caffeine-free drink mixes (like Crystal Lite)

Breakfast
2 slices When Pigs Fly Bread
Super Chunky Peanut Butter
Tea

Snack
1/4 cup almonds/cashews
8 dried apricots
1 joy stick
60 pistachios

Lunch
Salad with Cheese, Tuna, Red Peppers

Dinner
Sweet Hot and Sour Tilapia
Bok Choy

Am sensing a complete nut-attack coming on. Mostly, it is caused by stress but the next most common cause is SITTING TOO CLOSE TO THE PISTACHIOS. Note to self: bring in celery sticks to work. Emily continues to do amazing things in the wok. However, from studying models of excellent nutrition, I am clearly not eating enough 'orange' foods. Also very low on red foods, now that I'm off pizza. My barber keeps trying to talk me into jogging. He says his metabolism is so high he can eat anything he wants and drink anything he wants. That sounds good, but I'm not sure I can get into jogging (or running as 'they' call it).