Just a quick note...

Hello all! It's very late at night, but I wanted to do a quick note to keep the words flowing! Today was my son's birthday, and everyone ordered out and ate birthday cake--except me. And you know what? It didn't bother me at all! I made a little bit different recipe to give me a treat, and I was fine. Okay, I know you're wondering WHAT I ate--well, I usually have been making a sort of mock spaghetti for my evening meal: first I boil the chicken or meat, then add chopped tomato, garlic and spices, and lastly I add in miracle noodles. It's great--but last round, I was using CANNED tomatoes, or canned tomato sauce! And I was missing the flavor--it tasted more like real spaghetti. In the interest of losing more weight, I'd been sticking to fresh tomatoes--but I let myself have the treat of the canned tomato sauce tonight so I wouldn't feel deprived. Yes, I read the label carefully, and it had no sugar or things that looked like MSG, and they were organic tomatoes--so I felt okay about eating them. YUM! And we'll see what the scale says tomorrow, but I'm okay with it even if I stall. It was worth it!

Also--I finally passed through that hurdle where I have more energy and am no longer as hungry! Yay! I actually feel pretty good most of the time, even when I'm eating very little. Today was the 10-day mark of VLCD, so it took a while to reach that point.

So it's very late, and I need to uphold my promise of being a quickie! Until next time, Merry