Day Twenty-Nine

Yes!  Finally!  I weighed --2 again.  With a good squint, --1.  

 I did 72 minutes on the elliptical, burning 607 calories, and 5.42 miles, according to the machine.  

 I had two eggs for breakfast, leftover fish and chips for lunch, homemade split pea soup for dinner.  I snacked on a handful of almonds.  

 I bought twice as many raspberries as usual--I've got my daughter eating them, now.  And strawberries.  And cherries!  They finally had cherries.  By the time I finished all the shopping, though, I'd forgotten about them and just made dinner.  But I'll have them this week.

 Thinking about my son's upcoming birthday, I looked through my new no-sugar dessert cookbook today for cakes I could make.  The angel food looked very doable.  I can't use almond flour, though, so I bought some cake flour.  It looks like I should double the recipe to get more than one layer, and it already calls for a dozen egg whites.  Then my son told me he wants my chocolate cake.  I bet I could make that so that I could have some, too, though.

 Did not get back to the gym for weight-lifting.  After going to five stores, doing all the laundry, practicing the organ, and watching Gone with the Wind with my youngest children, so that they would finally understand why the Carol Burnett spoof on it was so funny, it was just late.  

 So, I've lost about eight pounds in four weeks.  That's not bad.

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