Current weight: 200 [-11 lbs.]

Well, I'm 4 weeks in, and I couldn't be happer.  The pounds keep coming off and I feel great.  Here are some of the meals I've been eating:

Breakfasts:

• Cheese EggBeater omelette
• EggBeater omelette with bell peppers
• Regular eggs over easy with canadian bacon
• Instant oatmeal (Not ideal according to the book, but I only have it once in a while to break up the monotony of all the eggs.)
• Coffee and/or V8

Lunches:

• Quizno's honey mustard chicken salad
• Chipotle burrito bol
• Tropical Smoothie - Strawberry-kiwi-low-fat-yogurt smoothie and buffalo chicken wrap
• Panera bread - turkey w/ mozzarella and pesto on whole grain bread, apple
• South Beach Diet box lunches (like Lunchables for adults - these are actually really tasty and come with Jello for dessert.  I've had the caesar chicken wraps and the southwest chicken wraps.)

Dinners:

• McDonalds - Club chicken sandwich (toss the bread), side salad w/ vinaigrette dressing
• Seasoned pork chops with mixed veggies, 9-grain bread with spread
• Baked salmon with lemon juice and parmesan cheese, veggies
• Cajun-seasoned catfish with veggies
• Any sit-down restaurant: I usually order some kind of roasted or grilled chicken or maybe a lean steak like sirloin and have them substitute extra veggies for the potato.

Desserts/snacks:

• Sugar-free Jello
• Low-fat string cheese
• Fat-free vanilla yogurt
• Cashews/peanuts
• South Beach Diet snack bars (I've only tried the chocolate/peanut butter ones and they're really good.)

So as you can see I'm not exactly starving.  Here's to 4 more weeks of success!

Current weight: 203.5 [-7.5 lbs.]
Meals today:

• 2 eggs over easy with 2 slices canadian bacon, V8, coffee

Well, I gained back about 1.5 pounds, but I'm not worried - I've seen this before.  It usually happens before another big decline in weight, so it's all good...

Current weight: 204 [-7 lbs]
Meals today:

• 2 eggs over easy, V8, coffee
• Chipotle burrito bol - chicken, pinto beans, tomato salsa, sour cream, lettuce
• Handful of peanuts
• Low-fat string cheese
  
• Sliced chicken breast with veggies and tomato sauce (Lauren had this over pasta) (yum)
• Non-fat vanilla yogurt
  

Current weight: 202.5 [-8.5 lbs.]
Meals today:

• Cheese EggBeaters omelette with salsa, V8, coffee
• Strawberry/kiwi smoothie, 1/2 chef salad with thai peanut dressing
• Claim Jumper: 8oz. sirloin steak with grilled veggies, seared ahi tuna appetizer

Current weight: 203 [-8 lbs.]
Meals today:

• 2 eggs over easy, 2 slices canadian bacon, V8, coffee
• Quizno's Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
• Baked salmon w/ lemon juice, herbs and parmesan cheese (yum)
• Sugar-free creamsicle
  

Meals today:

• Some sort of eggs (can't remember), V8, coffee
• Tuna w/ mayo
• Grilled boneless pork chops w/ lemon juice and herbs
• Fat-free vanilla yogurt
  

Meals today:

• Salsa EggBeaters omelette, V8, coffee
• Quizno's Honey Mustard Chicken Salad (yum)
• Panera Bread steak and bleu cheese salad, vegetarian black bean soup
  

Well, that's the end of the first week of Phase 1. I'm 6 pounds lighter so I'm right on track with the book's estimate of 8-13 lbs. by the end of the second week. So far it's been real easy to stay on the diet - I can still go to the restaurants and fast food places I like, I just order different stuff, and it's good stuff. I really don't miss the bread and potatoes and pasta - there's plenty of other food to choose from. I can't wait for Phase 2 so I can start having some fruit. I never thought I would be so grateful to have fruit!

Current weight: 205 [-6 lbs.]
Meals today:

• EggBeaters salsa omelette, V8
• Roasted chicken, green beans, and a little clam chowder
• Chicken caesar salad
  

Current weight: 207 [-4 lbs]
Meals today:

• 2 eggs over easy, cooked with Pam, 2 slices canadian bacon, V8, coffee
• Baked salmon, vegetables, broccoli cheese soup
• Chipotle Mexican Grill - Chicken Burrito Bol w/ lettuce, sour cream, cheese, tomato salsa, black beans
• Sugar-free Jello
  

Current Weight: 207.5 [3.5 lbs. lost]
Meals today:

• EggBeaters mushroom omelette cooked w/ Pam, V8, coffee
• Chef salad (lettuce, ham, turkey, cheese, tomato) w/ balsamic vinaigrette, diet Coke
• Turkey Sausage with mixed veggies, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray
• Sugar-free Jell-o snack cup
  

Current Weight: 207 [4 lbs. lost]
Meals today:

• 2 (real) eggs over easy cooked with Pam, 2 slices canadian bacon, coffee, V8 juice
• Steak pho (sliced lean steak, broth, some veggies, hot sauce), diet coke
• Vegetable soup, cauliflower, small (~2oz) piece of steak, chicken and green beans South Beach meal
• Low fat string cheese
• Cashews

Current weight: 208.5 [2.5 lbs lost]
Meals today:

• EggBeaters (2 egg equivalent) with salsa and mushrooms, V8 juice
• Low fat string cheese
• Rib roast, shrimp, cauliflower, vegetable soup
• Cashews

Meals yesterday:

• Salsa omelette (EggBeaters), V8 juice
• Low-fat string cheese
• 1 can tuna with 2 tbsp. mayo
• Handful of cashews
• Tropical Smoothie Cafe: Sesame chicken salad, fruit smoothie (didn't realize I was cheating - this is fruit - till I had finished half of it.)
• 3 Fig Newtons (I know, cheating again, but it was a matter of survival - we were down at the Strip on New Year's Eve, I was starving, and that was the only food around.)