Well, I gained a quarter pound. Not too bad, but certainly not good, as I seem to be going in the wrong direction. (Hey, Mimi, you're supposed to be losing!) That brings me to 188.6--very depressing. I MUST get back on track to lose that 20 pounds by London. This cold doesn't help, as I still feel dragged out and sick. I guess normal people don't want to eat when they're sick, but wouldn't you know, I do. Being so miserable makes me want to do anything to feel better. Hmmm...what a lot of whining I'm indulging in--buck up, Mimi!

Third entry for Monday--of course, they come up in reverse. It just occurred to me I have to weigh in tomorrow--damn! Don't think I've lost and may have gained. Will report back tomorrow.

Later on Monday: As it turned out, I did go to exercise. Leslie, Ellen, and Cookie were there and I'm glad I went. After I got home though, and had breakfast, I felt really sick and coughed a lot. Called Jen regretfully to say I had better not come up--afraid of infecting little Joel. Slept some and just sat and read must of the day. I got new biographys from the library yesterday--one of Martha Washington and one of Frank Sinatra--quite a couple, huh? I feel better now, although not completely up to par. For lunch had a hard-boiled egg and (turkey) bacon sandwich with FF mayo, followed by a few pretzels. Not sure what we'll have for dinner--all I know is I don't feel like making it.
Tomorrow, spaghetti dinner with friends at Creevey's, same place I'm having Pat's birthday party.

Haven't decided whether or not to skip 8 am exercise or not--wouldn't you know, this cold is still hanging on, now making itself evident with a deep, lingering cough.
Went a little off the beam yesterday: Had turkey bacon (never again) and potato cakes last night. Gave Pat fried eggs with it, and I had toast with butter--not a good WW choice. Later, feeling lousy as I did, I had a bowl of ice cream after wine and pretzels.
So shoot me, I'm sick! Maybe we shouldn't go up today to take Jen and Joely to lunch after all. I don't want to infect them with my cold, but maybe after this long, I'm not contagious--dunno.

After a shower, felt much better yesterday. I even went to the supermarket and got a few essentials. Had half a spaghetti squash and half an acorn squash for lunch. The big news--hey, this is my life--is that I cleaned the oven. I'm talking about a self-cleaning oven, of course, and it needed it badly; we moved in 2 1/2 years ago and this is the first time it's been cleaned. It took 4 hours and 20 minutes and smelled vile. Luckily, it was a balmy day, so we turned off the heat and opened doors and windows to ventilate. It cleaned up nicely and I promptly contributed to dirtying it again by baking chicken leg quarters in it. I flavored them with lemon/pepper seasoning and they were very good. Added the leftover diced tomatoes for Pat and mashed potatoes for both of us. Later, had wine and pretzels, then the fat-free whipped topping from the freezer. I have no sense at all of whether I'll have lost any weight this week; have the rest of today and tomorrow before I get weighed Tuesday morning.
Woke up still with some bad cold symptoms but, I think, am getting better. Tomorrow, we're going up to take Jen and Joely to lunch.

STILL feel really, really lousy. However, I did indeed make the breaded pork chops and baked apples for dinner last night, along with baked potatoes and diced tomatoes, and it was delicious. After I had my wine and pretzels, I ate the rest of the light whipped topping I had in the freezer. I'm not too proud of that, but I needed some kind of comfort food to make me feel better. (Did it? Not really.) For lunch I had had a hard-boiled egg sandwich with FF mayo, and a bowl of dump soup. No problem there.
Have no idea what to make for dinner tonight. I feel so bad maybe I'll just have soup and sandwiches, although that's probably just as much trouble to make as a regular dinner meal.
When will this rotten cold go away????

I GOTTA start proof-reading this stuff! Yeah, I'm dragged out--did I have to repeat it?