and tomorrow I'll be back to work

Coffee.Didn't feel very hungry right away - didn't want to cook - had a hard-boiled egg that was sitting in the fridge.
The hard-boiled egg just made me hungry for more, so I had some cantaloupe (140g) with the last chunk of brie (38g).
After all that, waited until mid-afternoon by which time I was really hungry for something substantial. Made a wrap with roast beef and chicken, cucumber, red onion, tomato, lettuce and mayo. Yum.
A late dinner of last night's roast beef, more cauliflower (with a bit of butter) and the ubiquitous side salad.
Also ubiquitous (at least lately) the 40 cal fudge pop.
Still craving chocolate (hormones perhaps?) had a few pecan halves while I was waiting for the water to boil so I could make...
a mug of cocoa with splenda of course.
Totals for today 1,660 calories and 57g of carbohydrates.

For the moment I'm not going to worry about the calories, just keep taking my pictures and using fitday to keep track. One thing at a time...

Heavy cream is your enemy... aparently

Started off with coffee.85g of strawberries from my own little plants and 1/2 cup yogourt.

Two servings (30g) of pork rinds. That's the last of that temptation for awhile.Swiss cheese and celery. I started with a very small piece of cheese...

but real emmental is soooo good I had to have more. I also had lots more celery but that hardly counts towards either calories or carbs.
For dinner I made the recipe of Chicken breast in creamy mushroom sauce - only we didn't have breasts, only a couple of little thighs so I threw in some frozen shrimp that we'd had for almost too long. The sauce is mostly heavy cream with a little xanthan gum to thicken. It was so good I had another spoonful for seconds. When doing low-carb and not counting calories I never worried about this, however the sauce was about 300 calories all by itself! Also a small salad.


Have been craving chocolate for most of the day - had this little treat even though I wasn't really hungry after such a rich dinner.
Still craving chocolate later on. Made cocoa with cocoa powder, splenda and more heavy cream. Again lower in carbs - but much higher in calories.
Today's calories an apalling 1,878 and 51g of carbohydrates. I did my stretches and ab exercises but still didn't go to the gym. Hoping to have the energy to do something more useful tomorrow.

my voice is almost completely gone

Woke up around 7:30 with a sore throat. It not only hurt but it felt tight as well. When I tried to speak all I got was a little squeak. I called work to say I wouldn't be coming in and there was no question listening to my cracked and squeaky voice. Started the day with a cup of throat tea (slippery elm).


I was surprisingly hungry this morning and even though I felt lousy I made myself sausage and eggs.

I went to physio since it's been five days. I managed the exercises fairly well. A couple of times when working pretty hard I felt a little shakey but managed about 90% of my workout.



When I came home I wanted a snack had a mini-pepperoni bite, a can of kipper snacks (a little bigger than a can of sardines) and eventually when I was still hungry and nothing presented itself, almost 50g of almonds.















Too tired to make dinner. Doug brought home a ready-cooked supermarket chicken (yuck) and we threw together a salad. After dinner I wanted something sweet so had the last of the yogourt (probably only 75ml) and later made myself a cup of sugar-free cocoa. I hadn't entered anything in fitday until I'd already had all this so was pleasantly surprised when the day's calories totaled up at 1,475 and 26g net carbs.