Going to Bed Without Supper
The last two nights I have been so icky feeling and experiencing so much back pain that all I have wanted to do was lie down. That, of course, led to me falling asleep two nights in a row at 8 p.m. DH said he thought he was fighting off some kind of "bug" earlier in the week, so I guess he passed it on to me. I don't feel horrible, I just don't feel up to snuff, you know?
The upside to this is I have missed my last meal of the day two days running. I've probably only eaten about 1100 calories each day, which is low for me. The scale has finally dropped back to where it was before the Ultra TOM 2000 hit last week. Phew!
Also, due to being financially strapped at the end of the month, I've been eating the last of the JC meals from the freezer. That also dropped my calorie count, I think. However, reading the labels on one of those boxes just makes me cringe. Even the wheat french toast isn't made with whole wheat bread. The first ingredient is enriched flour! Well, once they're gone, they'll be gone for good and there will be no more high fructose corn syrup in my kitchen (except in DH's Archway cookies, which are gross. I asked him once why he buys bad cookies when there are good cookies to be had, and he said, "Because if i did you would eat them all.")
As for returning to the Ultrametabolism detox phase, I may do that after I return from my trip to Chicago coming up soon. Dear readers, this is not a detox like a colon cleanse. This is just the first phase of the Ultrametabolism eating plan where you don't eat dairy, gluten, or eggs. I think I lost a lot of weight in this phase because not eating the gluten forced me to get my carbs elsewhere. I've only added back the dairy in yogurt form and the occasional bit of cheese.
When I do this, I will not go back to restricting eggs, only dairy and gluten again, as I think those were the things that made the difference. The bread is the real thing. If you can't eat bread, it forces you to get creative. I really like the alternative grains, actually, like quinoa and amaranth. So don't worry, I'm really just cutting back on carbs a little, not "detoxing" in the truest sense.
As for tracking my food, I honestly don't know how to do that on Ultrametabolism. The recipes have so many ingredients. Without a software program (which I no longer have since it crashed and burned), I don't know how to keep up with it all. Plus there's no "recommended" amount of any particular thing. The book publishes a calorie amount after each recipe, but I discovered from entering in the recipes myself that the book is full of misprints. Plus, the amounts really vary wildly depending on the brand of an item you use or if you tweak the recipe.
I don't think Ultrametabolism is necessarily compatible with the standard exchange system--it doesn't feature dairy and allows way more carbs. How do people on WW Core track? Saras?
Sunday update: Back up a pound. My weight today is exactly the same as it was five weeks ago. Blah. 
I've been utilizing the new photo album feature. I've added back in some progress pics I had to cut out for space, and I've added some family pics in a 2nd album. Check them out!
To answer your question yes, I have been told that all the processed food at Jenny Craig is probably my culprit, my ex-fiance/the one that got away/now a doctor friend says it's a multitude of things. The top thing being the fact that I stopped smoking. He had this whole supplement cocktail for me to take including DLP which is supposed to help rebuild intestinal strength and how it moves food.