Oh my…my pants are tighter now. I have to control the portion of what I eat. One step at a time. Anyway, I ate the mee goreng and it was spicy–just like the “Lucky Me Pansit Canton” here in the Philippines–the spicy one.
On to another topic, I am now excited for Christmas.
Sometimes I write 
Forgot to mention in the other comment: aside from water to fill you up, choose low calorie dense foods to snack on. Right now, mandarins or clementines are my favourite – since they are in season. I tend to stay away from abananas (unless I can convince myself to have only one).