My wheat belly is looking not too bad. I ate a bowl of boiled wheat with maple syrup and almond milk and a splash of ground flax for breakfast -- and an apple.

Midmorning snack—apple and date.

More tempting trays of goodies surrounding me at work.

Lunch—lentil soup, fresh grapes, pineapple, melon pieces.

Handful of almonds.

Fresh fruit snacking—a sample of fruit dip that my colleague made – too sweet. I said “why does fruit need dip? It defeats the purpose of eating fruit as a healthy snack.” No response. Ate a few raw veggies—no dip and a bran muffin. Does abundance suck?

Late afternoon slump binge—2 cookies, a piece of shortbread, one gingerbread man, a Nanaimo bar, and a chocolate kiss and that’s done I hope.

After work I went to a church women's Christmas craft party. I ate more lentil soup and 3 pieces of whole wheat bread, and 2 date caramel bars. By the end of the party my gut was rumbling so bad that I turned down the homemade shortbread. And that's one bad day of eating gone.