Going into uncharted waters

As of yesterday, I started the South Beach Diet. I've NEVER been on a diet before so this should be pretty entertaining. The first phase is the hardest, so we'll see how I do the next 2 weeks.

The types of food allowed right now are pretty much EVERYTHING I don't like. I'm a terribly picky eater so here are my following options:

Breakfast:

-Scrambled Eggs
-V8 (I'm not a fan of V8 but I had no other option)

Snack 1:

-Handful of mixed nuts including cashews and almonds <-- I'm a "peanut only" fan and this by far is the hardest, these nuts are so disgusting, but it helps alot with portion because I only eat as much as I have to, I never want to eat any more

Lunch:

-Spinach salad with "Free" Italian or Ranch dressing (only the allowed amount) with chicken, leftover fish from the night before or sliced lunchmeat in the salad.

Snack 2:

-A pickle, yes that is right, pickles are A-OK and I have an industrial sized jar of whole dill pickles. Be jealous :-)

Supper:

-Fish or Chicken
-Broccolli or Green Beans (I HATE broccolli, but I can choke it down since I needed more than one option)

^That is my ENTIRE menu for the entire 2 weeks because everything else on the list makes me want to just not eat anything at all. Totally sucks being a picky eater.

I'm *hoping* to lose between 5-10lbs. They say the average in the first phase is 10-12lbs, but after talking to people who have actually been on it the going rate seems to be 5ish.

In other news the Mister is graduating from the academy in 2 weeks! I am so proud of him! I myself have finals for my first semester next week so cross your fingers!

We're also in the market for a home so we're going to have an exciting journey ahead of us! Hopefully we'll have a pretty easy time since we like to research ourselves. Tons of stuff going on!

I'll update more news as it comes to me!