Elaine, that is WONDERFUL!!!!!!!! You too, Wendy!

I need to get back on board, too. Last night we had the whole turkey dinner again, except this time we DID have the stuffing, but NOT the candied sweet potatoes. Again, I ate what I considered to be normal portions of everything (ok, it was a bit heavy on the turkey), and felt fine afterward. And yet again, in the middle of the night I woke up feeling like my stomach had expanded to three times its size.

BTW (and this is weird), when I say my "stomach" I really mean my stomach (above the waist). Back in my old carb days, when I got full and bloated I was bloated further down, above the waist, the waist, and below the waist. In other words, if I unzipped my pants, there would be no way to zip them back up. Now, even though I get full and feel a bit "bloated," it doesn't affect me the way it used to. Is that weird? Anyone else feel this way?

I don't think I gained anything, maybe a pound or two of water, because my smaller pants still fit. Yesterday I was able to get into my size 10 jeans for the first time in about a year. Did I mention that I ordered some Ann Taylor size 10 slacks, and they fit perfectly?

So today it's back to normal. Starting tomorrow, I will do 2 or 3 protein days -- heavy on the dairy to see if that makes a difference.

Oh, and Rob had this to say yesterday because we lost power:

Bawdy--next time you attempt to dust...KEEP AWAY FROM THE FUSE BOX!!!!!

What? Me dust? What kind of a high-maintenance (albeit bawdy) princess would I be if I did my own dusting?