Day Two

I'm down about half a pound from yesterday. We went out to lunch/dinner and I ate a Cobb Salad--not sure how perfectly it followed the diet, since it did have a little bacon in it, (you should avoid bacon on SB unless it is turkey bacon) and I didn't know the fat content of the cheese, but in general it seemed pretty close to what I am supposed to do--it was a test of my willpower since we ate at "the Cheesecake Factory" but had no cheesecake. I did however have two godiva dark chocolate truffles later and half of a coconut macaroon. And although you are supposed to avoid alcohol during phase one, I did have a glass or two. I have one bottle that is open that I need to finish off, so I will probably do that this weekend and start a more strict Phase One on Monday. In Phase Two you can have glass of wine with dinner and occasional dark chocolate.
Today for breakfast I was out of eggs (poor planning on my part) So I had to improvise. I made vegetable hash (I didn't use the recipe from the book, instead I made my own following my recipe--I just used olive oil instead of butter, and chopped up about an ounce of onion, red pepper, orange pepper, and 1 cup mushrooms, and fried it in the oil until it was partially carmelized, then I added minced leftover sirloin steak from the other night. It was good. It ended up tasting something like beef fajitas--but without the cumin or chilis--I just added salt and pepper.
I'm not sure what the rest of the day holds since we are going to a movie this afternoon, and I'm not sure what the rest of the group wants to do. Although we will probably be home for dinner. Yesterday we went to Shoreline to the Crest Cinema to see "Ne le dis à personne" which was a French film based on the Harlan Coben novel of the same name "Tell No One". The director was Guillaume Canet who also had a part in the film as Phillipe Neuville. He is a very popular French actor, and something of a hearthrob. It was a very good film. Harlan Coben's novels are interesting--he is not a really amazing writer, but once you start one of his books, you tend to get "hooked". The movie was much better than the book in my opinion--and the fact that it was French and filmed in France very much appealed to me. Maybe I am something of a snob...in any case, I recommend it!
Today we are planning to see Seven Pounds.