Rough day, tired and hungry for solace.

Woke up around 5am and couldn't get back to sleep. Eventually got up and made coffee.Sometime later two fried eggs and one piece of bacon.
Coffee for my morning coffee break.
Lunch was the handy little Gold Seal Smoked Tuna w/ginger, my usual piles o' veg and 1/2 cup of raspberries. An easy lunch to put together.
By afternoon break I was completely shattered. We were working understaffed and it seemed quite busy. My bad foot was really bad and the good one was pretty sore too. My left knee was also very sore. I think I took about five ibuprofen between 11am and 4pm trying to make it manageable. Here's the rest of the coffee and 35g of almonds that I probably wouldn't have eaten if I hadn't been feeling so wretched.
Easy dinner tonight. We had one wrap left so we made one thick one with turkey, ham, cuke, tomato and mayonnaise and cut it in half. We also had my homemade chicken soup with a handful of dreamfields pasta and eight fresh crimini mushrooms cut up into it. Also rather a lot of chicken bits I picked off the carcasses when making the broth.
Bowl number two.
Still feeling tired and sore I wanted a little treat and found six chocolate covered nsa almonds lurking in the freezer.
The almonds were very moreish and in the end I caved and had 33g of blue cheese and 45g of strawberries for a snack. I actually managed to forget to take a picture and was suitably appalled but and more worried about getting a decent night's sleep and how I'll feel about exercising tomorrow morning.
Total calories for today 1,581 and 48g of carbohydrates.

in pyjamas all day

I had such great hopes for today. Shopping, laundry, meal planning, cooking... Instead I played on the computer and flopped around on the couch like a large marine mammal. Had tea with my peanut butter and jam sandwich for breakfast because I was hoping to get some more sleep.
Didn't work so I gave up and had coffee before the headache got too bad.
Many hours later I gave in to the need for nourishment and used boughten chicken broth a large mushroom and a few tidbits of chicken - maybe 2 oz. to make a quick bowl of soup.
My dinner was the same as last night because I couldn't be bothered to do anything else. The salad was considerably smaller this time and I finished it all.
Butterscotch nsa pudding is almost impossible to make without lumps, especially when I'm feeling lazy. I had another bowl tonight since I had calories to spare.
While watching Doctor Who I enjoyed a mug of cocoa. In spite of having these two "treats" I'm barely over 1,000 calories for the day. Since I was only slightly more active than your average giant sloth I'm not worried about too little.

Sick, sick, sickey sick sick

I woke up around 5am with the feeling that I had been gargling broken glass. I got up and took two aspirin and made myself a cup of herbal tea. My stomach was so growly I ate a hard-boiled egg. After a couple of hours I left instruction for Doug to buy s-f gingerale before he left for work, then went back to bed.

The stove clock (illuminated by the flash I can now tell it needs cleaning badly) says 1:45. I was finally up again and having my "morning" coffee. A little while later I started in on the gingerale and had a bowl of cottage cheese. Then half an Atkins bar. Throat not so bad but have that woozy in the head and all-over malaise of my body desperately fighting some bug.

Around 4pm Doug called and asked if I wanted him to come straight home. Rats. I had completely forgotten the after-work gathering at Bart's. While I did want him to come home and say poor baby and possibly bring groceries, I knew I could manage on my own and he hardly ever gets to socialize so...
I found a big container of chicken stock in the freezer and a chicken breast. While they were thawing I ate some sardines since I was suddenly craving something that wasn't sweet. Poached the chicken breast in the stock and added about 12 pieces of Dreamfield's pasta. The only suitable veg in the house was a few snow peas so in they go. Voila, homemade chicken soup.



Had a bowl of yogourt for dessert. And more gingerale.



Doug's finally home and asking if he can get me anything. Lots more gingerale, the other 1/2 of the Atkins bar and the last of the strong cheddar. In spite of grazing most of the day fitday only counts 1,229 calories. Go fig. Off to bed. Hope I'm feeling better tomorrow.

Hit the snooze button one too many times this morning and had to rush to get going on time. Cereal was easiest. And coffee.

Was still full from breakfast when break came around so I just had a little coffee.

Lunch was homemade chicken soup. Threw a couple of mushrooms in with my stock with chicken bits to make it a bit more substantial. That's a piece of Balderson's Heritage Cheddar (3 years!) in the foreground. Also raspberry jell-o and in the back celery, radishes and jicama.




Probably because lunch was pretty light I was quite peckish by the time my afternoon break rolled around - and I had to go to physio after work - so I didn't feel too badly eating about 30g each of almonds and salami slices. Also the little bit of coffee I had left.


Just as I was leaving work, tasting salami, I decided a couple (or 4) of mints were in order before getting to my physiotherapy appointment.

Dinner was left-overs again. Pot roast (only about 4 oz left) another 1/2 cup of broccoli and the side salad.


Discovered that I was pretty low in calories and carbs for the day so had the last of the tiny sliver of Manchego cheese and a couple of bites of honeydew. That barely made a difference and only made me hungrier so I made a pot of tea and pulled out the other half of the coconut Atkins bar from the other day. That gives me a total of 1,524 calories and slightly under 30g net of carbohydrates.