Well, I thought I would let everyone put a face to my name - so here's a picture of me and my youngest brother Rocco, at the San Gennaro Festival in NYC this past weekend. Rocco is in the process of eating a "mozzareppa", which is a newly invented fatteningly delicious (probably) food - basically it's like a mozarella stick in the shape of a pancake. It really didn't even tempt me - all I could think of was the grease - and I had my MF shakes, etc. so I was satisfied.
Second pic is just me - and yes, I survived the day WITHOUT cheating at all - I just planned exactly what time, etc. I was going to have my MF shakes. We had to get back on our bus at 5:45 so we ate around 3:30 (my L&G was veal and peppers--only ate half the veal cuz I wasn't sure I should be eating it, but it was the best choice on the menu), told them to leave the pasta OUT and give me a salad instead. Restaurant people, I have found, are usually happy to comply with special requests - you just can't be afraid to be a little agressive. Anyway, we had a wonderful time and I actually came home and got up the next morning and lost another pound! Total is now 21 !
I never would hae been able to survive an Italian festival without eating all that good/bad stuff in the past, but I just kept telling myself that it will all still be there when I'm ready to have it again but right now, MF is my "medicine" and everything else is "anti-medicine" !