Pat, you are amazing! Thanks for all of the information. I know you keep asking people to tell how they've changed their diets and I was thinking about you at lunch today, so I thought I'd share. I would have had (in the old days) a bologna and cheese sandwich with mayonaise on wheat bread and a hand full of potato chips. Today I replaced that with a low fat turkey, with lettuce, tomato and red onion. Then I put on fat free thousand island dressing. (My new favorite flavor!) This was all on whole grain rye bread. And it was g-o-o-d! I replace the chips with pretzels. One thing about pretzels, I've thought of them as healthier than chips, which they are (I use the low sodium ones). Anyway, I came to realize that I was eating way too many of them. So, I started dipping them in spicy brown mustard! Not only does it give them a great flavor, but I don't mindlessly eat too many. These are the kinds of changes I'm trying to make with each meal. According to the scale today I've lost a total of 15 pounds! And you guys have made it easier than I would have ever expected. thanks to both of you, and to all of the people who post on this thread and give me inspiration! Love, Teri |