New Diet Plan

Once again, traveling and the two events took their toll. Couldn’t do anything useful yesterday, all day.

Got up extremely early yesterday though. To celebrate this rare event (and to celebrate the fact that I finally got my Hilton Honors American Express card), Boyfriend and I went to the Sunday brunch at a resort hotel in Westbrook.

It was expensive, but amazing, and worth every penny. You sit in these beautiful rooms overlooking the water (too bad it was rainy yesterday). Food was healthy and very delicious. My favorite is lox with a yummy dip, and a spicy tuna roll with soy sauce.

We also had roast beef, custom-made omlettes, lots of seafood, hummus, wasabi-flavored potato gratin, and lots of dessert.

On the way back, stopped at the Premium Outlet at Clinton. Boyfriend went to his favorite store Polo while I looked at shoes at Bass and Nine West. I recently went into Nine West for the first time in several years, and was shocked at how they seemed to have completely remade their image from a rugged, mostly leather shoe store into this sexy, feminine store with nothing but slinky high heels.

Bought four pair of shoes and very happy with my purchases. (Yes, please read my description as self-proclaimed material girl. Material things really CAN improve your mood. I feel happy every time I look at my new green Tumi messenger bag.)

Came home, napped for a bit, then went to Costco for some grocery shopping. While at Costco, I randomly picked up a book – “The South Beach Diet”, and couldn’t put it down. It’s well-written and easy to read. No wonder it was so popular!

Bought the book, got home and read some more, all the while becoming more and more convinced. Remembered also that I read a Slate article a while ago that talked about different types of diets, and the author raved about how effective this diet is.

Thinking of trying it. Boyfriend has put on a little weight and the both of us could eat a lot healthier (way too much fast food and pre-cooked meals in our daily meals).

So this afternoon, if I’m not too tired, we’ll go shopping and buy tons of vegetables and fresh meats, and I’ll cook meals that conform to the South Beach Diet in the next 2 weeks.

Let’s see how long this lasts.

At night, played a little RE, watched some L&O, read more from the book “The Tipping Point”, and finally went to sleep around 1:30.

Throat began hurting a lot overnight. I think it’s because of allergies. Woke up at 8:30 and have been working from home until now. Perhaps will check in at the office later today.