SINS... typical...

6AM two heaping tbsp yoghurt (Activa with the beasties good for the guts) and one or two heaping tbsp 2% cottage cheese and two mouthfuls of skim milk.

8AM 1/4 serving of mini-wheats and 1/4 serving of Honey Nut Cheerios or an egg "McMuffin" (never two days in a row) or fruit salad.

10AM repeat 6AM.

12PM whatever I want, but only half a "normal but smallish" meal.

2PM repeat 12PM with the other half.

4PM PM and 6PM half of whatever I want. Sometimes, at 4PM, I have a LARGE bowl of butterscotch ripple ice cream and skip 6PM.

9PM Sommat like leftovers... last night, it was a toasted (white whole wheat) roast beef sandwich SLATHERED with Miracle Whip with hot water for my drink.

So, you get the idea. Eat every two hours and try to mix it up. Doesn't matter what you eat, just eat "half" or less each time. All the better if you can eat a "balanced" meal. Health Canada has great advice and there are lots of others including diabetes type eating.

At least twice a week, I make one of those meals just a tin of Del Monte French Style Geen Beans or a half a tin of corn or a tin of sardines or whatever, and I eat it over one hour. And at least twice a week, I eat a "whole meal" at 12PM and then just drink water until 4PM.

I identified what I had to cut back on. Salt... no. Nuts... no (I avert my eyes when I pass the nuts in the shops because if I have them in the house, the fat is back). Weekly, I treat myself, but don't repeat the treat for at least a month... I pig out on old cheddar mac & cheese... I pig out on lasagna... I pig out on baked spuds with enough margerine to grease an entire pig... in other words, I treat myself to comfort food weekly but I don't eat the same treat in one month.

As for the frustration of slow progress, that has been my biggest challenge. As I was a jock, it was more frustration with becoming older and not being able to admit that I just can't exercise the weight off whenever I feel like it. I finally had to accept the fact that it took 30 years to put it on and that three years to take it off is acceptale to me now. Closing on 70 pounds now, so I may bring this puppy in before schedule and under budget. If I don't, I don't. Someday I will. I ain't a young jock anymore.

Sorry for the long rambling post.