and back to work - for now

No adverse effects from the antibiotics yet - cross fingers! Coffee and two scoops of Whey Gourmet milk chocolate flavour protein shake.40g salami, 50g cheese, jicama, radish and celery.
Coffee.
Afternoon snack (there being 6 hours today between lunch and quitting time) 1/2 cup yogourt and two bits of celery with smoked salmon flavoured cream cheese.


Doug made dinner tonight. Taco salad. Lettuce, tomato, 120g of lean ground beef, 40g of shredded cheese and a big blog of sour cream.
Later while watching one of our new favorite shows "Chuck" I split a small bag of Power Pop, popcorn with Doug. Only 25g and very moreish - Doug talked me out of any more though. Thanks!
Total calories 1,656 and only 35g of carbohydrates. Yay me!

Yay! I remembered where the gym was.

Finally made it to the gym after a 10 day hiatus. Didn't work particularly hard because of the big gap but made a decent effort and sweated a bit.

Started this morning with coffee......and because I was going to work-out I had a double scoop of Whey Gourmet vanilla with some strawberries for added flavour and fibre.
Mid-afternoon, knowing I would never make it until 7pm when Doug got home I had 50g of salami and 41g of soy nuts.
For dinner I made taco salad with lots of romaine, half a tomato, 140g of seasoned ground beef, 40g of shredded cheddar and 45g of sour cream. Very tasty and very filling.
Later on I had 100g of cantaloupe melon. Yum!
Totals for today an excellent 1,387 calories and 32g of carbohydrates. That's what I like to see. Now I just have to make the gym a habit and all will be well.

Trying to get back to normal

Coffee.
Wrap with 115g chicken, 20g cheese, 20g tomatoes, 15g onions and cucumber. Oh yeah, and mayo.
Taco salad for dinner. Big pile of lettuce, 140g lean ground beef, 40g cheese, tomatoes and two big dollops of sour cream.
Dessert by way of nsa Frozen Dessert Bars (cuz you can't call them ice cream) 120 calories each but worth it now and again.
Totals for today: 1,336 calories and 30g carbohydrates. That's more like it.

More compliments/comments every day at work!

Lately at work I get a comment or compliment at least once a day from people I know and sometimes from people I don't ever remember seeing before. Yay!

Morning coffee.One slice bacon, 2 eggs.
Coffee at break time.
Lunch is egg salad with capers (2 eggs), celery, one and a half of those little cucumbers, four radishes and half a cup of rhubarb.
For dinner a taco salad. One of the few times I'm tempted to eat past the point of satiety. Lettuce, seasoned ground beef (140g), half a medium tomato, 40g of cheese (I took more than usual because I had not eaten by cheese snack earlier in the day), and two dollops of sour cream (43g). All told about 650 calories just for the salad.
Afterwards I had a mixed berry flavour creamsicle. At 20 calories obviously not real food - but it still tastes like a treat.
Total for today 1,332 calories and 30g of carbohydrates.

the end of a long week.

As I suspected I did have a medium mug of decaf last night.Then the real thing this morning.
One slice bacon, two fried eggs for breakfast.
My little thermos of coffee at breaktime.
I used the same flatbread that I had for lunch yesterday and packed myself a wrap that I heated in the lunchroom microwave. Inside is cheese, roast beef, a little mayo and lots of lettuce. On the side are a couple of pieces of jicama that were already cut and cherry jell-o for dessert.
Yogourt with sugar-free torani vanilla syrup and the rest of the coffee for afternoon break.
Not having planned anything (once again) I grabbed some ground beef from the freezer and by the time Doug got home I was almost ready to make a Taco Salad again. 125g beef, tomatoes, lettuce, cheese and a big dollop of sour cream. Yum.
Total calories for today 1,466 and 34g carbohydrates. Pretty good, eh?

Calories closer to normal

Started today with a bowl of 1/2 cup (125ml) yogourt and 110g of my rhubarb. And coffee.More coffee for my morning break.
Lunch was tuna salad, avocado (1/4 of an avocado, 45g) celery, radish and jicama.
By the time Doug got home at 6:30 I was really hungry so we had a huge Taco Salad. 60g mixed greens, 115g lean ground beef, 70g chopped tomatoes, 50g shredded cheese and 45g of sour cream. It was delish and I probably ate more than I really needed to just because I wolfed it down.
A few minutes ago I poured myself a diet ginger-ale and had three of the little piller's tid-bitz.
Calories for today 1,407 and 30g carbohydrates.

now if I could only make myself heard

While my throat isn't as sore, I'm having trouble speaking up and am worried that this may turn into laryngitis.

Scrambled eggs for breakfast. Doug made the bacon, sliced the tomatoes and broke the eggs for me. I scrambled. Three of the small slices of bacon two eggs, two cherry tomatoes and coffee.


Today was the last Sunday of the season at work. Usually on Sundays we have chips or candies or both. Today available to tempt me were (clockwise from the front) cheap choco-covered graham crackers, rockets, marshmallow strawberries, Piller's bite size pepperoni, fun-size nestle chocolate bars, all-dressed flavour chips, hershey's dark chocolate mix, turtles, fruit drink and diet coke.

Today at work for my break I had my coffee and an entire Atkin's almond brownie protein bar. It was very sweet and very filling and worked well to keep me out of all the snackage.









We needed something easy for dinner tonight since I'm right out of energy. I cooked up some organic lean ground beef with taco seasoning and Doug helped me throw together one of our favorites the Taco Salad. 2 handfuls of romaine, about 170g of ground beef (yikes!) 1/2 a medium tomato, 40g shredded cheese and two tablespoons of sour cream.














Even after the huge salad I wanted something like dessert. I found the last 5 brazil nuts and had them with some diet soda.