After about 14 days of my own "Atkins and South Beach" low carbohydrate diet combo (which means "Eat the South Beach diet when you have time, otherwise follow the Atkins diet") I had lost 12 pounds. Yesterday I went to the movie theater and had some popcorn, followed by a milk shake last night. (I figured if you're going to fall off the wagon, fall hard.)

This morning I felt miserable, with aches and pains in my body, and a nice attack of the allergies and sinus problems. Are these related to one day of bad eating, or a mild change in the weather? I can't really tell this time, but I guess I'll know for sure if this is the way I feel every time I eat a big bag of popcorn. In the meantime, there's a lot more weight to lose.

FWIW, the South Beach diet could be really awesome if someone would just cut all these veggies and cook all this food for me. :)