South Beach Diet Day 12 - Dating and Dieting

Today's South Beach Diet Tips:

Don’t believe the “Hollywood producer” line if he drives an Isuzu Rodeo.

And now, here are the details of my 12th day on the South Beach Diet...

What I Weighed Today: 195.5 lbs. (8am)

What I Ate Today:
Breakfast: 2 oz Low-Fat String Cheese, Iced Starbucks Venti Skinny Hazelnut Latte (1/2 caff)
Lunch: The Counter Chicken Salad, Low-Fat Ranch Dressing
Snack: 2 oz Low-Fat String Cheese
Dinner: Dirty Martini, Monk Fish, Gazpacho, 2 oz Low-Fat String Cheese
Snack: none

EXERCISE:
None

So I'm coming out of Starbucks and I hear this incredibly deep voice say, “My God, you are gorgeous!” I almost don’t turn around because I am assuming he can't be talking to me. Then I think, “Hey, he COULD be talking to you dummy!'” I turn around and see a very tall, very handsome man staring at me. Well, hello there! We chat for a little while and exchange numbers and I leave. Ten minutes after I drive away he calls and says he'd love to meet me for drinks that night. Wow! Okay! This is moving a little fast for me but I figure it's just more validation and I am not pooh-poohing validation of any kind these days. It just adds fuel to my calorie-burning fire.

We met at a lovely hotel bar a few minutes from my job and he proceeded to tell me how beautiful he thought I was and how he couldn’t wait to get to know me better. He said he was a producer and claims he has a bunch of money but I am not young or naïve enough to believe that kind of information until I see the paperwork.

Actually, a few of the things he told me were a little suspect. Like that his car was stolen so the car I'd seen him driving was a loaner from a friend. Producers doing million-dollar deals don't borrow an Isuzu Rodeo when their Escalade gets stolen. They rent something similar. Whether any of it was true or not was beside the point. It was just nice to sit next to a handsome man and let him talk up a storm trying to impress me, instead of the other way around. We will see if anything comes of it. I got a free drink and some compliments. I was happy.

After I left him, I went home and tried to cook monk fish. It was disgusting. I threw that out and made a batch of gazpacho. Bingo!! Super easy and delicious. You just throw a pantload of veggies in the blender and chill it for a minute. It's kind of like chunky V-8 juice. For protein, I relied on my old favorite string cheese. I floated to bed.

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