Well, I am happy to report that I have lost 5 pounds! This last week was a little more challenging as I had the crud, including a sore throat....but I managed! One thing that helped is that I had a big batch of soup ready. I had taken low fat clam chowder and added chopped up shrimp and fake crab (pollack?). That hit the spot.

I took chicken and rice to work- with brown and black rice, which turned the chicken purple.....that was a conversation started. I've found that frozen greek yogurt pops are tolerable although I would not really move them to the yummy catagory. This morning (every Saturday is pancake morning here) we are trying whole wheat pancakes with agave sweetened syrup.

The biggest change I can honest say is in hunger. I don't have the constant feeling like I need to feed my face. I eat, I enjoy it and then I'm done. I guess it may really be true that artificial sweetners increase your appetite!

Looking forward to getting rid of at least 10 more pounds and then we'll see where my body wants to go from there. I'm not going to get hung up on a specific number. As long it's is UNDER a specific number :)