I'm baaack

We got back from Portland last Tuesday. Everything went well. My sister looked beautiful. I'm very happy for both her and her new husband. My boys were the only kids at the wedding, so we left after we ate at the reception. I couldn't really watch them because I was at the wedding party table and they were with DH at another table. He really took one for the team this trip. He basically was a chauffeur and a babysitter the whole time. He was good about it, though. I felt bad for him.
I gained two pounds during the trip, due to only fast food and restaurants the whole time. I am considering it a victory, however. It was only two pounds when it could have been more.
Now that I'm back and settled in, I'm tweaking my diet again. I'm poring over my raw food cookbooks again. Or is it un-cookbooks since there's no actual cooking involved? I am juicing every other day, because those juices can be pretty high in calories, so every other day evens it out a bit. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself:)
Yoga is going well. I didn't hurt nearly as much after last Friday's class. In speech/communications, I have actually gotten up and spoken two times. For me this is crazy! And for my nutrition class, we have a project involving keeping track of our intake for three days, two of which must be Saturday and Sunday. We have special software that came with the text, and all these reports to print out and hand in along with two questionnaires about our results. I'm looking forward to this project. I've already done my three days of food intake, and am just waiting to do the questionnaires.
According to The CR Way, I should be consuming 1600 calories a day for a 20% reduction in calories. They have me set for my age and activity level at 2000 calories as a base. So figure subtract 400 for a 20% reduction, making 1600. I don't know, that seems high to me, but then again, I've been trying to lose weight forever, so maybe I've been going too low. Anyway, I'm going to set my goal for 1600. I'll report back on how it's working out.