The Weight Thing: Day 73

No breakfast, but the day started off with great promise, as Karen announced she was going to experiment with a ropa vieja recipe that night.

For lunch, inspired by Marie's blog, we went to Cool Runnings in Cary. I ordered the ribs, which were on special. They were as awesome as Marie said they'd be. I also had plantains and a pineapple soda (sugar).

For dinner, Karen made ropa vieja, black beans, and rice. I drank root beer (caffeine/sugar). Let me take a moment to say that I've been eating ropa vieja for about 20 years now, since I first tried it in Tampa. The best ropa vieja that I'd ever had was at La Teresita. Until now. If I hadn't wanted to leave room for dessert, I would have made a big pig out of myself and gotten thirds.

Dessert, you see, was Karen's tres leche cake effort. And it was *better*, in my estimation, than what we got at Carmen's. The cake at Carmen's was blissfully good. Karen's was above and beyond that. Her review of the cake: "It'll be better tomorrow."

Happy New Year!