oh  Drooooooolllll - BLT with advocado - Guess what's for lunch tomorrow.  I just discovered OMM recipe and to turn it into 2 slices bread.  Does popping it in the toaster work ok? So it has a bit more crunch.

Well week 2 came and went.  I had put the scales out of reach so I wouldn't be tempted to hop on them more than once a week.  I have worked through my dejection at what that told me today and, as much as I wanted to, I did not shoot the scales.   It doesn't seem fair ( I was reading Katary's experiences) that some people can lose so much in a week.   Then I had a chat to myself:  Did I go over 20 carbs? No.  Did I overdo portion sizes? No.  Did I over snack? No.  So I was good.  I feel better.
There was a little of "why should I bother" but overrode that.  Stayed on track.  Thinking positively.  I'm sure it will all work out in the end.   

So 'ta dah' - 1lb is consigned to the universe to find another home

PS - those scales better watch out though - it was touch and go!   

Thanks umpa - I don't know why I didn't think to do just that.  Talk about stating the obvious.
You like yours as a sidedish mouseissue.  I would eat them just like fruit (like they are).  Used to keep
them in the fruit bowl.  Now that I have to be aware of the extra carbs - I keep them in the pantry and buy only about 2-3 at a time   

hi umpa -I really miss tomatoes (I have made allowances for them in my carb count) and tomato sauce and as a pasta sauce base.  Is there a sugarfree recipe for tomato sauce you may have hidden somewhere?  I can post my t/s recipe to u but, as you would know, it has a lot of sugar, apples and of course those naughty sinful tomatoes.  Can you help?

I'm waving my arm in the air here volunteering to be the taste  tester for the whole of Australia.  Surely you need an opinion outside your home country.      oh pleasseeeeeeee

hehe - love your sense of humor

I don't think they had many fitness issues Andrea.  Dads usually went and did a full day's work, came home and worked around the house and mums did the housework without all the modern (supposedly) conveniences.  Not much in the way of computers and tv.  Takeaway food was almost none existant (it might have been otherwise in the States), the closest we got in Australia was fish and chips (fries to you I suppose) a very rare treat.  They didn't have prepackaged anything.  God I'm showing my age    It's made me think of my mothers dieting efforts - Limmits biscuits.  You had one in place of meals with a drink.  When I was older I remember reading the label and it had something like 300 cal per biscuit and thinking you would be better off have a meal.  It was like a giant icing-filled orange oreo.  I shudder to think how many carbs were in it.