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Spanish tortilla!

I live in Miami and can tell you that Cuban coffee is like no other! I'm from California and every time I go home for a trip I miss my morning cafe Cubano. Our favorite Cuban restaurant serves it and it is always delicious! Name of the place is La Palma, it's on Calle Ocho, serves amazing home-cooked food, and it's open 24 hours.

French fries dipped in a chocolate milkshake.

Ham and white beans over cornbread with yellow mustard on top.

A cheese omelet with strawberry preserves. This one really accentuates the saltiness of the cheese and the sweetness of the strawberries. YUM!

Delicious! I live in Miami and my boyfriend is Cuban so we eat TONS of Cuban food and I think any type of pastelito equals awesomeness. My favorites are still the little sweet ones with the savory ground beef inside. Great flavor combo.

I see the problem here though, I once ordered an Iced Coffee at a cafe close by and not only did they sweeten it but they added a lot of cream to it. As I'm lactose intolerant I had to take it back. When I asked them for another one the manager gave me a look and said, "That's how we make them, I thought you knew." I promptly replied with "Really? I've never been to a coffee joint where they didn't ask you before adding sugar and cream to your coffee." I find it incredibly odd when other people want to doctor my drinks for me, unless I'm ordering something fancy and more complicated than coffee or espresso.

Hello Ed! I've been reading your articles for some time now and I must say I am very impressed at your dedication. Good for you! That said, the human body's weight fluctuates from day to day. All that is based upon sodium intake, vitamin intake, water retention level and so on. Don't be too down on yourself if you seem to fluctuate a bit. It will balance out.

Haha, I recently took a trip to Miami (a food oriented city if there ever was one! Bring on the cubano sandwiches!) to visit my boyfriend. I knew that we were going to eat out for nearly every meal as he lives with his parents and didn't want me to have to cook (I told him I'd love to cook, but he insisted). When I left California I weighed 113-114 (I should probably mention I'm 22 and only 5'4"). When I came back I was 117-118. Just one week and I'd gained 4-5 pounds. I expected something like this, but of course it's frustrating. So my solution? Don't focus too much on how much you weigh in one day. The week after I came home my weight was all over the charts: anywhere from 115-119 which is a big fluctuation for someone my size.

Bottom line; you've done great so far. One day did not ruin it! Just go back to your routine and you'll get back in the groove. Don't stress about it. At this point in the diet you've come so very very far. Like Jbout said, one breather doesn't make you the old Ed. You're still doing great. Keep it up! :)