Good day yesterday. I finally got the Christmas decorations put away, and Pat broke up the cardboard boxes we discarded, so the garage looks better. Then went to Boscov's, and down to Ventnor for a quick look. Didn't get home until after 4:00 and hadn't had lunch, so I had half an acorn squash and broccoli. For dinner, had oven-baked chicken leg quarters with lemon/pepper seasoning , baked potato (used the sour cream--yummy!), and gave Pat corn, although I didn't have any. Boy, did that taste good! As the French say, "Appetite is the best sauce." Well, that's a paraphrase, but there's no doubt food tastes best when you're really hungry.
Hmmm...that's the ironic and discouraging thing about dieting: Sometimes, you get really, really famished and food tastes so marvelous you want to eat and eat. When you're not dieting, you often overeat, so you're never really hungry, and you never get that great feeling of being wonderfully satisfied and full. You keep trying to enjoy eating when you're already sated, and it doesn't work. Not a very profound observation, but something to muse about.
Evening was good. Just had my popcorn and one glass of wine. Also had the Jello/yogurt treat with FF topping--very good and very allowed.
Today, we go up for Joel's birthday. Will report back.
P.S. Must remember to mention exercise--will do soon.