Two pounds down! Another good thing about the start of a diet: the water weight loss. But I've been good, so it's probably at least PARTLY "real" weight. The joys of perimenopause: still no period, no clue when it's coming, so I don't know how to factor that in.

Had my dog to the vet's for her annual check-up; and found out she's getting above her ideal weight. So we're suffering together on diets .

I tried the No-Pudge Fudge Brownie one-brownie microwave recipe last night, and it really works! A real tasting brownie in a couple of minutes. (And only one, not a whole pan that I would keep "trimming the edges" on until it was trimmed to nothing.)

Congratulations to everyone who posted a loss or kept steady despite the odds.