A day of funny flavors

I started taking a new birth control pill, and I think it's contributing to my moodiness lately. My breasts are swollen and tender, so maybe it's also causing water retention - I dunno. For some reason this diet has me weigh myself every day, and not only am I not making progress - it seems I'm gaining weight this week. Argh.

Breakfast

• bran flakes with skim milk
• 3 prunes
• chunk of aged Vermont Cheddar cheese

I was kind of dissatisfied with the cereal and fruit, so I went for the cheese early on. I also counted it as my fat serving.

Lunch

• cheese tortellini
• salad with fat-free Italian dressing
• Dannon Light n' Fit Creamy French vanilla yogurt

The tortellini tasted funny to me, but it seemed good enough. The sauce was also a little off, as if it had cheese or some protein mixed in. It was satisfying enough, but not what I'd been looking forward to. I also barely tasted the yogurt.

Snack

• 3 prunes
• Dannon Light n' Fit peach yogurt

Again, I wasn't really in the mood for either of these and found the flavors off. At this point I began to think it wasn't the food - maybe it was me.

Dinner

• beef & mushroom gravy with orzo pasta
• steamed broccoli
• 3 prunes

Ugh. The gravy was overabundant and tasted weird. There was plenty of beef, but it tasted too mushroomy. The broccoli I made tasted freezer-burned. I just didn't enjoy this dinner at all.

Dessert

• chocolate chip cookies

Finally something good! After so many funky tastes and an admittedly cranky mood all day, I made sure I picked a dessert that couldn't possibly go wrong. The cookies tasted surprisingly similar to Famous Amos mini cookies, which made me very happy.