I haven't forsaken you, Gracious Queens! I'll be back tonight with my regular report. The last 3 days have been weird...or maybe it's just me!

I feel like I've done OK today eating-wise.

Breakfast: cubed, fried potatoes topped with s. cream, cheese, scallions and tomatoes, washed down with one of those super-thick, all juice/puree bottled drinks. Num.

Lunch: avocado, tomato, cucumber, sprouts sandwich "with everything" on dark rye.

Not great, both meals fatty, carb-y and probably high-cal, but simple, wholesome food and I'm flyin' high on my veggie servings. AND, I didn't get chips with the sandwich. AND, I'm doing great water-wise.

I feel good about it.

Arabella, can I puh-LEEZE have your consent to shamelessly plagiarize your "wellness checklist" and even use it on this thread? Please? It's so bloody good...

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
2 small ww tortillas w/ egg sub., lite cheese, salsa, veg. 'sausage'

brown rice and veg. chili w/ lite sour cream and cheddar
corn muffin
apple**oatmeal cookie

ww pita w/ sauce, spinach, onions, peppers, rice mozzarella
lowfat ice cream sandwich {Healthy Choice caramel one--really good!}

Calories: 1740
water: 6 glasses
vitamins: no---gotta make it a habit
Exercise: 4 miles treadmill [one hour]

Cerise, Good to see you here. Keep posting! And thanks for your kind words--hey don't be surprised if you hear from me, okay?

Last night's food report:

Snack after work: large bowl of air-popped corn sprinkled with soy sauce

Dinner: white rice with sauteed spinach, tomatoes, mushrooms, scallions (sauteed in peanut oil)

Dessert: 1 cup serving of mint choc. ice cream (full fat. Ulp)

Today's breakfast: plain toasted bagel, one cream cheese packet, orange, apple.

Exercise: none yet, meeting with a trainer tonight to get a weight training prog. going!!

Vitamins: one multi, one C, 1/3 daily intake of calcium/magnesium/zinc.

Tuesday

mixed cereal w/2% milk - 2 a.m.
2 halves of English muffin w/ pb
2 Viactivs
one slice toasted rye w/cottage cheese and a smidge of jam on top
apple
carrot
slim a bear
pretzel stix (too many - abt a serving and a half)
small steak sandwich
1 1/2 svg wax beans
applesauce
TWO small servings sponge cake - together they made one real serving but it was the fact that I had the second... however then I did not feel the need of an additional pretzel or thirty - still way high on carbs today

One 15 minute walk

Wise choices, In Control Empress. My own calories/carbs were higher yesterday as well. Sort of planned out and ergo not a total loss of control. I hope.

Starting out w/slimfast today. And planning to up my water consumption. I've had enough fluid w/tea and Tab but seem to be retaining more that way. So that's today's goal. More H 2 O.

Well, Anagramatic, I did succumb to the pb cup today (only two!), but like thou, I'm not totally out of control!!! I'm doing more water also as I need to work a meeting tonight and need to be clear headed!!!!

Reporting exercise early and will post menu later or tomorrow. Did 10 plus 35 min. weights (light total body) at gym and 30 min. yoga at home ... (LOVE these tapes and ordered more!).

Slimfast shake
2 viactivs
orange
cottage cheese (a bit more than a half cup serving)
skintchy piece of sponge cake
applesauce
a whopper and a half (pickle, lettuce, onion)
slim a bear
popcorn - small serving
Fruit Loops

35 minute walk in the park

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Coffee w/ ff 12/ and 1/2
2 cups grapefruit juice

crustless brocolli quiche
1/2 c, ww couscous w/ vegs.
apple

2 small ww tortillas w/ humuus, ff feta, vegs.
1 cup tomato soup

snax: 1 cup hot chocolate
3 raspberry tarts**3 choc. kisses**1/2 brownie [at reception]

exercise: 40 min. bellydance
55 min. cardio/ sculpt video
25 min. dumbells

coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
crustless brocolli quiche
Go-Lean bar

2 bran bread w/ lite cream cheese, peanut butter, lettuce, carrots
apple
banana

ww bun and Boca burger w/ ketchup, mustard, lettuce
6 chocolate covered strawberries

exercise: 25 min. 'abs' video
3 miles treadmill

Me again, sorry, overposting ... I just posted this on the BFL thread:

"Guys, due to technical difficulties (e.g, an uncontrollable lust for dulce de leche), I'm having yet another off program day and am going to try to do well tomorrow and Saturday, but am really cancelling my official EFL start day until Sunday. I do my weight management in three-week "initiatives" and am starting a new one on Easter."

I'll share with thou s that the dulce de leche came about after I had a mini argument with a woman in Walmart. She called me "dear" ... ugh! Anyone in that situation would obviously have done exactly as I did ... go on a dulce de leche binge.

I'm keeping track of calories and will post my report tonight. It won't be pretty 'cause I'm NOT done eating!