Day 2

chiropractor visit this morning - some relief

learning that cereal (even all bran) without sugar isn't all that nasty, and neither is coffee with splenda (gotta save those points wherever you can)

bp 143/74 this morning

breakfast:
1 banana (2 points)
1/2 cup of all bran with 1/2 cup of 1% (2 points)
boca java tropical two-step with 2 teaspoons of non-fat creamer and 1 pack of splenda (0 points)

so compared to yesterday, a savings of 4 points for the 4 teaspoons of sugar on cereal and in coffee - at least for the time being, i think i can carry on like this without noticing too much of a change in the quality of my life

it sucks to have to measure and count everything, but maybe it will get easier once i'm used to it and don't have to do lookups or calculations

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update: 1 slice thin-crust veggie (4 points) 1 cup plain cheerios (2 points) 1 cup raw carrots (0) for lunch

18 points left for the day

5 or 6 16-oz glasses of water so far

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walked about a mile (16 blocks) while listening to dvorak

all bran snack bar (2 points)

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some celery and a scant martini before supper

very small portion of pasta, red sauce, three meatballs, steamed veggies and a tiny piece of garlic bread

1 lite beer

[sigh]

okay, i can do this again tomorrow