And my meal maker is out of town...sigh. Work does get in the way of things around here! So, having to fend for myself, I had an egg and two strips of bacon for breakfast with milk, pea soup and milk for lunch, and popcorn twists for supper. Finally, that bag of nogood is gone, and I will return to my regular foods! My snack, which I am about to make, will be veggies and dip. With this cold, my taste buds have taken a vacation, and nothing really tastes like anything. But, the old blood sugars must be catered to, so I will do what I have to do...munch my way through some carrots, broccoli and cauliflower while I catch the latest goings on in the world on the tube!
Since I don't have a very exciting menu to report on today, I will happily tell you about my new haircare products. Ojon SWA. Wow. If you have the chance to try this system? Go for it, because it has to be the best hair care stuff I have ever used, bar none. I bought mine from TSC when it was the showstopper a couple of weeks ago. Well worth the postage!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Tuesday....
a better day. Managed to get my hair done so I am not quite as frghtening!
Hubby took my car to have its snow tires installed, so I was left to my own lazy devices. My unorthodox menu follows:
Breakfast: eaten at noon, consisted of a banana (health first! LOL) 200 calories worth of popcorn twists and an icy glass of Chrystal light.
Lunch: See above!
Supper: a gorgeous steak, about 8 oz- soooo tender and tasty. Not a scrap of fat, either... and a bowl of tossed salad with 1 T Thousand Island dressing. Why does that stuff never taste as good at home? Could it be that the restaurants keep it at room temp? Of course, another glass of Chrystal light. Love that stuff!
Snack: 20 Skor Bites. Yep. I am an evil woman when I am sick.
Hubby took my car to have its snow tires installed, so I was left to my own lazy devices. My unorthodox menu follows:
Breakfast: eaten at noon, consisted of a banana (health first! LOL) 200 calories worth of popcorn twists and an icy glass of Chrystal light.
Lunch: See above!
Supper: a gorgeous steak, about 8 oz- soooo tender and tasty. Not a scrap of fat, either... and a bowl of tossed salad with 1 T Thousand Island dressing. Why does that stuff never taste as good at home? Could it be that the restaurants keep it at room temp? Of course, another glass of Chrystal light. Love that stuff!
Snack: 20 Skor Bites. Yep. I am an evil woman when I am sick.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Another day in my exciting life...
Scared myself to death when I ran into the mirrors on my closet doors! White faced, frightening hair...will this cold never go away? Another day spent dozing in front of the TV catering to bodily functions when necessay, and doing little else!
Todays exciting menu:
Breakfast: Pancakes and milk
Lunch: popcorn and fizzy cherry water
Supper: baby potatoes and cottage cheese, raw veggies and dip
Snacks: oh dear....the Bridge Mix. I ate the rest of the Turkish delight, and polished off the raisins as well. I think that counts as a fruit choice, doesn't it?
I have no idea how many calories are in NeoCitran, but at this point, I really don't care. I need to sleep at night!
Todays exciting menu:
Breakfast: Pancakes and milk
Lunch: popcorn and fizzy cherry water
Supper: baby potatoes and cottage cheese, raw veggies and dip
Snacks: oh dear....the Bridge Mix. I ate the rest of the Turkish delight, and polished off the raisins as well. I think that counts as a fruit choice, doesn't it?
I have no idea how many calories are in NeoCitran, but at this point, I really don't care. I need to sleep at night!
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Precautions
Rick went out and bought one of the new "beeping" (as in it actually beeps...not an expletive deleted!) thermometers tonight, to check our temperatures. 98.2 for me and 98.3 for him, so we just have a rotten cold, not the flu! You just can't be too cautious these days. It used to be that you stuck a glass stick in your mouth, then squinted at it, turning it every which way, to get a reading. Now? You press a button, stick it under your tongue and wait till it beeps to tell you what your temp is! Amazing. The unnerving thing about this gadget is that it came with little tiny plastic sheaths as you can use it orally, rectally, or under your armpit. Now doesn't boggle your mind? Exactly for which application is the little baggie intended? We made a pact to only use it orally, for every one's peace of mind.
Actually, having a "flu kit" as a recent flyer pointed out, is a good idea. The thermometer was the only thing we didn't have, but goodness knows what the other items were. I just know we had them on hand...likely Tylenol, or something of that nature. We should have kept the flyer, as it was brief, and to the point. Regrettably forgettable though!
Breakfast: Chips and eggs, two slices of bacon and milk
Lunch: popcorn twists, cherry fizzy water
Supper: sliced black forest ham (four yummy slices were 100 calories), 1/2 cup of potato salad, 1/2 cup of bean salad, beet pickles and about eight Turkish delight pieces and six peanuts out of a bag of Bridge Mix.
I am sick. Give me a break! LOL
Actually, having a "flu kit" as a recent flyer pointed out, is a good idea. The thermometer was the only thing we didn't have, but goodness knows what the other items were. I just know we had them on hand...likely Tylenol, or something of that nature. We should have kept the flyer, as it was brief, and to the point. Regrettably forgettable though!
Breakfast: Chips and eggs, two slices of bacon and milk
Lunch: popcorn twists, cherry fizzy water
Supper: sliced black forest ham (four yummy slices were 100 calories), 1/2 cup of potato salad, 1/2 cup of bean salad, beet pickles and about eight Turkish delight pieces and six peanuts out of a bag of Bridge Mix.
I am sick. Give me a break! LOL
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Found some new snackage...
Old Dutch Popcorn Twists. They give you the taste of popcorn without the hulls that cause all sorts of grief to your digestive tract AND your teeth! I am definitely a salty snack person, and can take or leave the sweets...but GIVE ME MY SALTY SNACKS! One portion a day is about 120 calories, so it isn't a big deal. I can fit it in between all the good stuff quite easily, nutritionally void as it may be!
Menu for today:
Breakfast/lunch was pea soup, gluten free crackers; a glass of milk and a good munch of the veggie tray and dip. MMMM good.
Supper: Will likely be the remains of the pea soup and perhaps a cabbage roll or two...or three!
Having a cold really shuts down your appetite, which is a dangerous thing.
If I do not consume enough calories my body shuts down and refuses to budge the numbers on the scale. The full fat dip that came with the veggies is doing the trick because I woke up to a pound lost this morning. Eventually, the weight will go away and stay away, leaving me with a new benchmark number to hover around for the next few months! Up, down, up, down...I never know exactly what I will weigh and when, but I must satisfy myself that it is going down. At times it seems to have very little to do with consumption of calories, which is absolutely bizarre. The days I think I will show a gain? I don't. The days I think I should show a loss? I don't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Other than the obvious, of course. No one can have pizza for supper one night and show a loss in the morning, gluten free or not! That stuff is bloat on the hoof!
Anyway, I continue the struggle, and wish with all my heart that I could be one of the miracle people that shed 100 pounds in a year. Just isn't happening for me that quickly. It almost makes me wish that I did have serious overeating problems...it would be so much easier to just stop eating excessive amounts or binging than having a system that makes me cling to every molecule that comes my way!
Menu for today:
Breakfast/lunch was pea soup, gluten free crackers; a glass of milk and a good munch of the veggie tray and dip. MMMM good.
Supper: Will likely be the remains of the pea soup and perhaps a cabbage roll or two...or three!
Having a cold really shuts down your appetite, which is a dangerous thing.
If I do not consume enough calories my body shuts down and refuses to budge the numbers on the scale. The full fat dip that came with the veggies is doing the trick because I woke up to a pound lost this morning. Eventually, the weight will go away and stay away, leaving me with a new benchmark number to hover around for the next few months! Up, down, up, down...I never know exactly what I will weigh and when, but I must satisfy myself that it is going down. At times it seems to have very little to do with consumption of calories, which is absolutely bizarre. The days I think I will show a gain? I don't. The days I think I should show a loss? I don't. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Other than the obvious, of course. No one can have pizza for supper one night and show a loss in the morning, gluten free or not! That stuff is bloat on the hoof!
Anyway, I continue the struggle, and wish with all my heart that I could be one of the miracle people that shed 100 pounds in a year. Just isn't happening for me that quickly. It almost makes me wish that I did have serious overeating problems...it would be so much easier to just stop eating excessive amounts or binging than having a system that makes me cling to every molecule that comes my way!
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