Today I am wearing a green shirt, amber earrings and purple beads round my
neck (got the beads from some kind shelter hosts when I was down in LA for
Katrina relief).

I have consumed about 500 calories so far today, which isn't very much, but
they were good yummy calories: 2 cookies and a handful of tasty chips. There
will be more Mardi Gras junk consumption tonight for tomorrow is the start
of lent and that means No More Sugar For Me.

No, I'm not Catholic. Just in case you're wondering. What I am is an
overweight sugar addict with a family history of adult onset diabetes. I've
been cutting way back on it recently, substituting sugar free things for
sugar-filled ones when possible, but I figured lent would be a good time to
try along with millions of other people to give up something I love for a
few weeks.

Later I will post the rules about what I will be able to eat during lent.
Now back to work! Happy Mardi Gras!