Apologies, Dear Readers, for the delayed posts -- between RT work and a round of post frustration (we're talking like nearly an entire day of blogshit, here, guys -- I mean, you're forgiven and all, but write some scheduled task to periodically dump the tran log, 'k?? 'Cuz all of these lost posts are for the friggin' burdz, man...word...) it's been tough to stay current. Anyhew.......

Day 14 - Friday, Friday, Friday, Friday {*....Snoopy dance....*}
B-fast: I'm tellin' ya -- Your Narrator is all about this shit, man -- one serving (~1 cup after preparation) of Hodgson Mill oat bran hot cereal. Plain. 2 cups of coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk. Two more cups in course of day, black.
Lunch: One bowl of vegan 7-bean soup, from across the street.
Dinner: The usual salad -- red/green lettuce, spinach, onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, carrots, chopped mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted), chopped canned beets. Topped with roasted almond slivers and The Muse's homemade fat-free ranch dressing. One bowl of Amazing Cabbage-enhanced 18-bean soup (~1 cup).
Water to drink.

After dinner: One martini, dry. Tanqueray Malacca gin, Noilly Pratt Original French dry vermouth, splash of Rose's Lime Juice. Shaken, not stirred. Four miniature green Spanish olives (whatever that means -- do they make their own refried beans??), w/ pimentos. On a toothpick. La Russa brand, if you must know. Oh yeah.

Nod to Decadence: After lunch, had a tall latte, with 3 shots of espresso.

Cravings, if any: Fried chicken (?!?!?????).

Day 13 - Thursday
B-fast: One serving (~1 cup after preparation) of Hodgson Mill oat bran hot cereal. Plain. 2 cups of coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk. Had one more cup, at office, ~4 pm, black.
Lunch: One bowl of the Amazing Cabbage-enhanced Manischewitz 18-bean soup.
Dinner: A salad day. The usual -- red/green lettuce, spinach, onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, carrots, chopped mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Topped with roasted almond slivers and homemade fat-free ranch dressing. Skim milk to drink, ~ 2 cups.

After dinner: Nothing.

Denied, if anything: Invitation to lunch on quesadillas w/ boss. (She took it well.)

Cravings, if any: Can't recall.

Nod to Decadence: Had small handful of chocolate-covered popcorn (read: ~ 5 individual corns), further evidence that work is bad for your health.

Rewards: Licked knife used to make child's PBnJ sandwich for school lunch.

Day 12 - Wednesday
B-fast: One serving (~1 cup after preparation) of Hodgson Mill oat bran hot cereal. Plain. 2 cups of coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk. (Additional 2 cups over course of day in office, black.)
Lunch: One bowl of Bean Cuisine's Lots of Lentil Soup, also Cabbage-enhanced.
Dinner: A salad day. The usual -- red/green lettuce, spinach, onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, carrots, chopped mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Topped with roasted almond slivers and homemade fat-free ranch dressing. Water to drink.

After dinner: Nothing.

Denied, if anything: Evening cup of tea.

Cravings, if any: Peanut butter and jelly.

Day 10 - Monday
B-fast: One serving (~1 cup after preparation) of Hodgson Mill oat bran hot cereal. Plain. Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Lunch: Skipped.
Dinner: Should have been a salad day, but made it a salad and soup day, since we spent much of the weekend making big pots of soup. Salad was the usual -- red/green lettuce, spinach, onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, carrots, chopped mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Homemade fat-free ranch dressing. One bowl (~2 cups) of homemade 18-bean soup (from a mix by Manischewitz, w/ onions, carrots, celery, cabbage, and 18 kinds of beans). Cup of skim milk.

After dinner: Nothing.

Denied, if anything: Evening cup of tea.

Cravings, if any: Doritos, from seeing them in the grocery store.

Day 9 - Sunday
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 4 cups.
Lunch/Dinner: Had a big chain restaurant steak salad -- more or less heathly, except for the garlic breadstick, the cheddar cheese, the hadful of french fries and the parmesan peppercorn ranch dressing. Otherwise, a big bowl of veggies. Washed down with one India Pale Ale.

After dinner: Had some celery sticks with homemade fat-free ranch dressing (fat-free yogurt, skim milk and one of those ranch dressing packets). Also sucked on some frozen fruit, plain. Also, had a bowl of homemade 18-bean soup, which was on the burner for the coming week.

Denied, if anything: Appetizers, coffee and apple pie, at restaurant -- aside from their obvious desire to move more product, you'd think a restaurant would suspend this tactic in favor of better health.

Cravings, if any: Can't remember.

Rewards, if any: See "After dinner" notes.

Day 8 Saturday
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 4 cups.
Lunch: Skipped.
Dinner: Vietnamese, again. 1 small eggroll, 1 regular vegetarian spring roll, and two fried wontons. Chicken curry (coconut milk again....didn't plan on that...). Beverage: Water.

Snacks/Misc: Hung out with friends, which was fun. Unfortunately included 4 Double-Diamond ales, and shameless handfulls of salted nuts and M&Ms.

Denied, if anything: Sadly, no.

Cravings, if any: Vietnamese food.