Aha!

I cannot believe it, but it's true.  One week of subsisting on soup, yogurt, oatmeal and mashed fruit and veggies, and there is a visible difference in my weight, confirmed this morning by the scale.  Those uh, somewhat tight jeans are a little looser, and I can see a difference in the mirror.  Confirmed also by two people so far.

Ha!  A most welcome side-effect of this whole ordeal.  Reason to smile, indeedy.