Day One hundred and seventy-nine

Lunch: Pizza (fresh water mozzarella, spinach, and marinara on a whole wheat sandwich thin), baby carrots, cut-up apples and grapes.

Dinner: Orient express (chicken and veggie stir-fry; recipe: Annabel Karmel), and fresh strawberries.

Day Forty-six

Sandwich bread: Whole wheat (bread machine). Another recipe from Sarah H., fellow domestic goddess.

Dinner: Teriyaki stir-fry over lo-mein noodles (chicken, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, and water chestnuts) and sliced pear.