It will help with a lot of things including weight loss in the long run 
Oh yum the strawberry rhubarb jam sounds so good! Lol you say everyone on here is doing good but I can honestly say that I am not. I have gained 20lbs that are not baby related... unless my baby is a doughnut because that is where the weight is coming from!! sigh. Sadly I feel in a bad place to be anyone's accountability buddy right now but if it helps I read your diary pretty much daily and I am keeping tabs on your progress. My advice to you is to try to change your self speak. Not sure if I told you this before and I know this is sometimes easier said than done but if you are feeling like a failure because you messed up a bit that is not good. Not that you messed up because all of us are going to mess up at some point. We are all human and we have all had these issues for a long time or else we wouldn't be where we are. Try really hard not to beat yourself up so much and work with positive things you tell yourself. Like instead of "I am a failure because I messed up" try: "I did not make very healthy choices but I can do better." Tell yourself you are a worthwhile person and that you love yourself. It sounds so hokey and it's tough for me to do but it helps to hear the positive. I have been trying to stop myself when I say something negative and tell myself something positive instead. If you can get into the habit of saying nice things to yourself the day or 2 or 3 that you didn't eat by the book won't be so big because you are seeing the big picture. It's hard to combat the stress and bad eating habits it took you years and years to learn! It takes time and you are still here after 2 years and still working at it. That in itself is more than a lot of people. You talk about people who are here and fall off never to be heard from again. Not saying that those people gave up but I am betting that a lot of them do. That is when you really are a failure! So stop it!! Think positively! *smack* That's right there's more where that came from lol
No way that can be right!!, then I'll bounce back again... Maybe being sick has thrown me off too.
Sounds pretty good to me... I probably would have gone for breakfast though.
The panini sounded nice. Gotta watch out for mayonaise, it can be scary what it does from a fat perspective to a sandwich. I'm finding that I like some alternatives like honey mustard almost as much, and they don't have the fat. Calories seem low overall, but you know your body...
I'm trying like hell right now to adjust to a largely vegetarian diet to kill my cholesterol... Sigh... I'm not liking it much, it seems like my weight has been doing some really wierd fluctuations. like as much as 10 lbs in a single day
Then for lunch I had stuff we made in class. I had 2 potato hashbrowns, 3oz or less of chicken, and 2 oz of pasta. My totals so far today are 751 calories, 97 carbs, 22 fat, and 46 protein.
Don't get so down on yourself and plan ahead. Do you need to do a Stuart Smalley affirmation?? 
You're good enough, smart enough and gosh darn it, people like you. 
So are you following the tv commercials about oatmeal and other cereals helping to lower cholesterol?
