Day 154: This is Dieting?

Well into the disaster that is the Halloween-Thanksgiving-Christmas season, I've decided that a return to South Beach is necessary.  Not South Beach, the trendy Florida destination -  South Beach the diet.  The tenets of the SB Diet are:  lean protein (fish, chicken, lean beef) , whole carbs (brown rice, wheat pasta), and good fats (olive oil, fish).

During the first two weeks of the diet (Phase 1), you are actually supposed to lay off of all carbs and alcohol.  I'm am actually jumping straight to Phase 2, where good carbs can be re-integrated and wine is acceptable.

With a menu full of different fish and healthy sides, Cafe Maritime is an ideal dinner venue.  Tonight I started with shrimp cocktail and then had spicy blackened swordfish with steamed broccoli and string beans.  To reward myself for such a healthy and low-fat dinner choice, I paired this meal with some lovely Cakebread Sauvignon Blanc.  This is dieting??