I am sick of eating chicken breasts all the time for dinner during my South Beach Diet already, so I tried to experiment with different way of making the chicken. Last time, I made the kimchi stir-fried chicken which was a Korean dish, so this time I decided to go for a Japanese dish, Teriyaki chicken.

For dinner, I want to have something spicy and full of flavour, yet because of the diet, I'm pretty limited. But then I found a tub of kimchi in the supermarket and a light bulb came up. In the south beach diet, I'm allowed to have spices, and chili and kimchi is basically spicy lettuce. This dish is pretty simple to make, I don't need to add in anything extra in particular really. But I know that Koreans like to add sesame oil to enhance their dishes, so I included that in my marinade as well. I just wish I can eat this with a bowl of rice or noodles...it will be a perfect combo.

This morning, I actually remembered to marinate my chicken for tonight's dinner. I followed this recipe I found online, it seems pretty easy to do and something different so I gave it a try. And then I realize, I DON'T HAVE A GRILL! Whatever, I already marinated the chicken for about 6 hours so I'm not giving this chicken up. So instead I just pan fried it.

Today, I decided to cook chicken breasts again. I mean if it's not chicken breast, I'll be eating fillet... how boring! But then, I wonder if I can actually do something like pizza pop but with chicken breasts. So I decided to insert a non-fat cheddar cheese inside the chicken breast and see how it turns out.

So I finally survived from the toughest part of the diet journey: attending friend's birthday party and dining out in a group. I guess when you have a definite goal in mind, you will automatically be very determined and conquer all obstacles ahead. That works for me at least.

Here is what I tried cooking for another night with chicken breast:

Finally, it's Friday! It's going to be the toughest because it's the weekend! So many temptations once you go out with your friends and not stay home to cook your own meal...I'll make sure I conquer the devil inside me.

For tonight's dinner, I had chicken breast again but thought it'd be a good idea to change it up a bit. So I made this Chicken lettuce wrap. Taste-wise is pretty good considering that I have to stay away from flavoured sauces. Who said your diet meal has to be boring and plain?

For Dinner, I tried out this recipe for spinach & feta stuffed chicken breast. I didn't have any feta cheese so I substituted with fat-free cheddar cheese instead. Also, my dad's friend got us this really fresh salmon sashimi so everything was fantastic and on target.

My diet journey begins again. This time trying the south beach diet plan that my friend recommends. Basically I have to stay away mainly from all kinds of starch, fatty food and sugar for two weeks, which isn't that bad but I can't eat any fruits in the first phase....Let's see how long I can last.