Well, I changed things up today and HAD breakfast... two pouches of whole wheat cream of wheat with some melted "christmas" candy coated chocolate eggs (aren't these supposed to be easter only?), a tiny bit of cocoa and some greek yogurt.

Just under 600 Cal with a trace of peanut butter helped get me all the way to a very late dinner which started with a 500g of fine green beans and a jar of classico (plus 12g of cheese-cellulose-leftover trimmings, I mean parmesan, plus some dried chillies )

Once it all settles down we shall see what happens. I think some yogurt thingy is likely since protein is "only" 81g as of right now and I have enough Cals to play with.

Actually given the time I am going to hit the yogurt right away because running at a 1500 Cal deficit pace at 8pm usually ends up with me blowing it all in a spectacular hamster meltdown (especially since I am aiming for sub 500 Cal deficits to gently move back down!)

lauriekallis wrote: »

Good thinking, PAV, on hitting yogurt right away - hope you did. That is a lead I need to follow.
That is one of the weirdest breakfast combinations ever though!!!!

PAVs meals are beginning to sound “ normal “ to me lol…is this good or bad?

Connie I see hope, I see hope! Laurie stop laughing your (soon to be even more) little *kitten* off... If I didn't know better I would think you were laughing "with" me with an @ sign

That's a really good idea Connie. I will do the yogurt cherry pie filling thing today! Woohoo!

And no. Regular cherry yogurt is not nearly the same. Way more cherry from the cherry pie variety!

I'm finding myself craving cream of wheat or cocoa wheat, but hubby can't eat it and I know its not the most filling of foods for me anyway

I was supposed to fast today, but after going to the doctor to figure out what I did to my hand (x-ray results should be back tomorrow to tell if I broke it or not) and going grocery shopping, I knew I wasn't going to make it.

HOWEVER, I am only 8 calories over my limit today! I didn't eat anything until 4 pm when i stopped and got a drink and a couple of chicken tenders to get me home.

Supper was chicken breasts smothered in a mushroom sauce with onion, red bell pepper, taragon, and cashew milk and it turned out very, very good! And the only reason it was 530 calories is because I didn't cut the chicken breast in half since the suckers in the store are HUGE!

Then I popped open a jar of banana squash I had canned earlier this year and spiced it up with a little tumeric and cinnamon with sweetener, then added in some broccoli for green stuff. made carbquick low carb biscuits too, and with all of that for dinner, I am stuffed!

Dessert is going to be hot cocoa with a bit of heavy cream in it

I stole some of the girl's oven baked tilapia and also some of her butternut squash! I didn't dig into any of her pasta... but I did add about 400 Cal worth of shoesting frozen potatoes on the baking sheet--and I kept them all for myself!

Lunch was thick cut chinese noodles in chicken soup base with lots of garlic and some fine green beans too. Still a bit short on protein so will probably grab 0% greek yogurt when we come back from our night-time "pee"

Working on my meal plan for next week while I wait for this program to run at work (the testing environment runs SO SLOW and I can't do anything else until it is done). Right now I have breakfast and dinners figured out... but I need lunches.

Breakfast: Bagels with cream cheese, sliced turkey, and greens

Dinners:
- Branzino, Mediterranean roasted vegetables, rice or pasta of some sort
- Hibachi chicken, veggie fried rice, sautéed zucchini/mushrooms/onions
- Keilbasa, fried potatoes and onions, sourkraut
- BBQ chicken breasts, roasted brussel sprouts, mashed "baked" potatoes

I also think I may get some yogurt and pie filling lol. Sounds like a good replacement for ice cream which I need to get out of the freezer. Snacks will also include fruit of some sort, string cheese, and popcorn.

Still working on adding stuff into my diet and trying to listen to my hunger cues. I was doing well with the hunger thing until the last couple of weeks. So want to get back on that!

Now to figure out lunches...

PAV, bought a bag of regular coleslaw - thinking I would make it with ramen noodles at some point - but I forgot the ramen noodles so that will have to happen next bag of coleslaw since I'm still isolating and can't just run to the store.

For brunch today - I just lawyer a few handfuls of the slaw under my other food - sort of used it as a base - and it was fantastic! Lots of extra fibre and vitamins and bulk. Some fun crunch. No need for dressing or anything. I think this coleslaw will become a new staple.

For supper today - something with The Boy - finally! Watermelon? Chicken-less fingers? Little gem potatoes? Broccoli? Carrots? Whatever his heart desires - and he is such a sweetheart that he tries to think of things that he knows will make me happy too.

Out of curiosity Connie, do you guys still test for rhymes with Ovid, or just assume that all colds are? Hope that whatever you've got just goes away!

I would have never guessed that what I had last week was Covid, it was pretty mild, except it started with my son who was tested at work - positive - and ran through all of the rest of us with similar symptoms except for my grandson who reacted quite differently. So our best guess is we have all had the omicron variant of covid now. Three of us were double vaccinated, 1 of the 3 had their booster, one son isn't vaccinated at all. The vaccination status didn't change anything for any of us - but then again we are all pretty healthy and I'm the oldest at 58.

Testing is more limited here at the moment - and apparently false negative tests are common - so we didn't bother. Just hunkered down, self isolated, and grumbled.

I had tuna for lunch mixed with lots of diced celery and onions, a T. of relish and 2 T. Light mayonaise all on top of some greens….

Afraid dinner is another can of soup and I told poor John he is on his own!

and pickled red onion!!!!!!!!

More canned soup today….kids are ordering pizza for dinner….I have been eating very much at goal this week…might have pizza and might not!

Delicious and quick! I usually add some picking spice mix (store bought - just a spoonful or so) and whatever other herb I might have on hand - a sprig of rosemary or sage (it looks really nice in the jar too). These onions are delicious - they make everything exciting.

https://www.loveandlemons.com/pickled-red-onions/

Our son in law treated us all tonight with pizza….our grandsons girlfriend has been here two weeks and she is going home tomorrow….they have been gaming friends for a few years and she came down for her vacation and so they could meet in person….she is in culinary school so they went to a lot of different places to eat here and she cooked for him…she. A couple of years older than him but seems like a really nice girl and he is mature for his age….of course now they are madly in love….not sure how 950 miles between them is going to work out….but they both had a great time!