Looking backwards and forwards over the weeks of the Diet of 2023, it becomes obvious that this has, so far, been a maintenance diet and not a reducingdiet. It is even more obvious if you use the database tools to examine daily caloric input.
No regrets, there. My ribs needed a little extra while my body knits them back together. There will be another week (at least) and as many as three before the ribs can be declared healed. My damaged right knee was overlooked in the hospital as being comparatively minor. Now it is the more painful injury, and oh yes, the ribs still hurt.