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Did I just not know what to write or is the title a reflection of my mood? At this point I just don’t know.

Did my weigh-in this morning and down another pound, but that’s probably more reflective of my being a bit sick yesterday. Don’t know what was wrong, just suddenly got extremely nauseous at work around lunchtime, so I came home. The nausea faded until late in the evening, when it came back slightly. But, I wasn’t able to eat much, so hopefully I won’t have a rebound after eating today. Especially considering this weekend was a total bust, diet-wise.

A night of way too many drinks on Friday night, although I didn’t have much dinner, but the calories from drinks add up. Saturday, I only ate 1 major meal, but it was good ol’ Southern comfort food, chicken fried steak, 2 eggs over medium, country potatoes, toast and grits, along with a corn muffin with butter. Then my friend Grace took me to her favorite place for pie and I had a slice of the banana cream she recommended. Went to a friends place to watch a boxing match and avoided the pizza, but did have a nice glass of wine. And then Sunday, went to dim sum with a couple of friends, followed by half of a cheeseburger for lunch (took the other half home) with some potato salad and some cookies and other sweets from a wonderful bakery. Dinner was at a Korean sushi place, where I had some spicy pork with some tuna and salmon sashimi. So, now to recover over the week.

WI: 186.8

So, on to a better week, hopefully. But, how do I stay on track while in Vegas this weekend?

Breakfast: 365 (Whole Foods brand) Nonfat Peach Yogurt
Lunch: Organic Bistro Sockeye Salmon Cakes Whole Life Meal with Ginger-Bean Medley and Confetti Pilaf. I really wanted to like this more than I did, but then again, I got it knowing that I’m not a big fan of salmon, but I’m trying to teach myself to like it. I did like the medley with ginger-scented (couldn’t taste or smell it) edamame, sugar snap peas and green beans, but the pilaf was ‘meh.’ At least this meal had tons of vegetables, as do apparently all of the meals in this line. The lack of non-carb heavy meals in the diet frozen dinners usually annoys me, but is this meal worth the higher calorie count and larger price tag? I’ll try some of the other meals by Organic Bistro to find out. Otherwise I’ll just stick to buying frozen veggies and stirring them into my frozen meals.
Dinner: Amy’s Organics Black Bean Tamale Verde with Rice Whole Meal. Yum! At least for the verde sauce, really tangy and perfect. The tamale was good and moist, but otherwise lacked flavor, other than the verde sauce and the masa. The rice was pretty decent and moist.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Skin & Makeup

The worst of the redness is gone, thank god, but there is still enough ugly discoloration under my eyes that it’s embarrassing to go anywhere. The skin around my eyes is very itchy today, but I’m hoping it healing itching, instead of irritated itching. Hopefully, by tomorrow it will be even better; otherwise I have to fill that prescription for topical steroids, which I’m very wary about putting near my eyes.

Skincare, Toiletries and Makeup Used

• Previous night
  • Murad Energizing Pomegranate Cleanser
  • Murad Energizing Pomegranate Moisturizer SPF 15
  • Frederic Fekkai Glossing Shampoo
  • Frederic Fekkai Glossing Conditioner
  • LUSH Flying Fox Body Wash (Honey, jasmine and ylang ylang a.k.a. sex in a bottle)
  • Shea Butter (to moisturize my eyelids)
  • Eucerin Calming Crème (on my legs)
• Morning
  • Murad Energizing Pomegranate Moisturizer SPF 15
  • Neosporin LT Lip Treatment
  • Aquaphor Healing Ointment (around my eyes to moisturize)
  • Cortisone cream (for the insane itching)

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Health, Fitness & Diet

Yesterday’s weigh-in at the Dr’s office and posting my reflections yesterday inspired to keep a more balanced day. I think I did well, overall. Now, to get some exercise added in.

Today’s Diet

• Breakfast
  • 3oz Stonyfield Farm All Natural Fat Free Yogurt Black Cherry – 1pt
  • 3/4 cup Silk Vanilla Soymilk Plus Fiber – 1 pt
  • 1/2 cup blueberries – 0.5 pt
  • 1 cup pineapple -1 pt
  • 1/2 cup General Mills Fiber One – 0 pt
• Lunch
  • Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli – 7 pt
• Snack
  • 1 serving Fiber One Chewy Bar – Chocolate & Oat – 2 pt
  • 1/2 cup cauliflower – 0 pt
  • 1/2 cup celery – 0 pt
  • 1/2 cup broccoli – 0 pt
• Dinner
  • Taco Bueno Crispy Chicken Taco – 3 pt
  • Taco Bueno Chicken Crunchy Burrito without queso – 6 pt
  • 1 container Dole Peaches & crème parfait – 2 pt

Reflections on today’s meal: I think I balanced my meals very well today, I ate plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables. Even with eating out at Taco Bueno, I was able to stay on-plan, actually coming in 0.5pts under my daily target, by checking out the website and calculating what the points would be before ordering.

Food Finds:

· Silk Vanilla Soymilk plus Fiber is the first soymilk is the first soymilk I’ve ever liked, and the addition of fiber brings the point total down.

· General Mills Fiber One actually tastes pretty good and is filling, the ½ cup serving is 0 POINTS!

· Lean Cuisine Butternut Squash Ravioli is one of my newest favorites when it comes to frozen dinners, the ravioli is amazingly good and it has 2 servings of vegetables per entrée

· Fiber One Chocolate & Oat Chewy Bar is very good, but I still prefer the peanut butter version

Notes for tomorrow’s meals: I need to take in the peaches I have here at home, but will still need to pick up some more fresh fruit soon, and some raw almonds.

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The book scene

www.PaperbackSwap.com Books Sent or Received Today:

• Received: Italian Chic, the Italian Approach to Affordable Elegance by Susan Summers
  • What can I say, I love to read about the fashion of different cultures
• Sent: Hot Pink by Susan Johnson
  • This came off of my bookshelf, without being read