Manfred's new diet

Today's the day! Manfred just started his NEW DIET. It's the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet (fatloss4idiots.com). For the curious -- it advertises "lose 9 pounds every 11 days". I checked out (on the internet) people who had tried it, and they figured the weight loss was between 6.5 & 10 pounds. You pay $39 and you get a downloadable book.pdf and unlimited access to an online meal plan generator. It asks you to choose your favorite foods from 2 lists, then generates an 11 day regimen for 4 meals each day. You must eat four meals, and you can eat as much as you like, but don't stuff yourself. The meals are super-easy eg. turkey slices, cheese slices, yogurt; tuna salad plate, walnuts, apple; etc. There is an all-fruit day, an all-vegetable day, an all-protein day, and some meals are all-meat. The idea is to change the eating habits so there is no longer a pattern, which ups the metabolism (and puts you into a different frame of mind). After the 11 days, you eat whatever you want for 3 days and then get a new meal plan and do it again. You get to make new food choices, if you like.

Back in Victoria

We drove back pretty directly. We checked out the mudslide that detoured us-- didn't look like much. We saw lots of snow on the passes, and lots of waterfalls. We came back through the Frazer canyon-- spectacular, and I took the cable car down to "The Narrows". In Vancouver, we took the Horseshoe Bay ferry, which cost an extra $23, but it's the big new ferry from Germany. We got back to our apartment just after midnight Thursday night. I have been sick, with a cold and haven't downloaded our last photos. I also have a toothache, so don't expect much coherence from me at this time. Anyway, we are back at the phone. When we are gone, we get messages left on our phone-- they come in eamils.