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I'm not as itchy. Actually, at the moment I'm not itchy at all. I didn't ride to work yesterday (Monday). And I switched back to cooperating sunscreen. I lost three pounds last week in spite of consuming just over 2000 calories a day on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Thursday and Friday I rode my bike to work and back home, so I burned more calories than I consumed, even with the increased amount. Sunday I spent an hour on the treadmill, and so again burned more calories than I consumed, even if not by that much. I think I might alternate how many calories I consume on a daily basis between 2000 and 1600. With all the riding I do, consuming 1600 just isn't enough if I do it for several days in a row. Even at 600 calories per hour average, with the riding I do, I'm burning 1500 calories a day just riding. If I'm only eating 1600 a day, I just don't have any energy to ride and I get cranky. The stress factor may have contributed to the skin problem. My body gets rather unhappy when I don't feed it enough. No concerns about me ever becoming anorexic. Ok. So yesterday was a 2000 calorie day. So today can be a 1600 calorie day. Breakfast was a bagel. That had something like a 320 calories. Whoever invented bagels was evil. But I am laying off the soy protein for a couple of days. Part of me wonders if that was part of the skin problem. I'd have the soy protein in my drink, and then I started eating tofu on a daily basis. My body is pretty sensitive to anything in extreme amounts like that. Lunch is going to be a subway sandwich. I was going to get he veggie burger, but it probably has soy in it. I guess I'll just get a cheese sandwich. Maybe I'll just go to the deli down stairs. That will probably be about 400-550 calories. Dinner. What am I going to have for dinner. What can I eat that is a change from what I usually eat. Hmmm. If I rule out tofu and black beans. Well that is a problem because those are two of my basic staples. I had mac and cheese last night. And the night before that too. I could get a pizza. The place across the street has pretty good pizza. That would take care of lunch tomorrow too. But I'll probably get pizza when my mom comes to visit. I may have to try one of the Indian restaurants.