Friday For Sure

I am drinking coffee and looking at counter tops online.  I need to pick something out.  We are meeting the real estate lady today and we will see what's up on the house...  We are also going to look at one more house, but I want the old crappy house. LOL.

Breakfast for me today was an egg and toast.  

Lunch will probably be soup. I have some tomatoes about to go bad so I am cooking them into some cream of tomato soup.

Dinner: we are eating out but I plan on ordering fish. 

Snacks....I have got to finish off this watermelon so all snacking will contain watermelon. 

Ladies, I hope your day is good.   Later today, I may have a little surprise post.  Maybe. 

Hello, everyone!

It's been a rough week for me in that I am in a "high pain phase" from my cancer meds, so I am not focusing much on writing. It is easier for me to soothe myself with artwork....naturally, NOT the artwork that NEEDS to be created, but rather, simply designing my own ideas for a few pieces.

Meanwhile, I watch my calorie intake. I have been thinking about Jeannie's post on WHY we eat at night or what we don't really want but eat it anyways. It seems to me almost OBSCENE that I could be BORED. Me who always has at least six windows open in the internet with a list a yard long of projects that have deadlines coming closer and closer.

However, I have found that having legitimate snacks available, even if I do not WANT any, it helps. Also, I carry a water bottle around everywhere  or drink alot of herbal teas. Right now I am drinking hot GINGER tea made with a piece of ginger root and boiling water plus a 1/2 tsp of natural honey. I do allow myself a square or two of dark chocolate daily...milk chocolate makes me nauseous. In retrospect, I find that the heat and humidity has really affected me so that I rarely feel any need for something to eat though I KNOW, mentally, that I must eat...this has been since my surgery and I get enormous glee at this fact, considering I once weighed 431 pounds. I am now between 285 and 290...back and forth this last two weeks. But now, people are REALLY noticing the changes. A male friend told me yesterday that my complexion even GLOWS...wow.I have thirty five more pounds to lose before I can get my knees replaced.

I had lunch out twice with friends.I order from the APPETIZER menu but after a few bites, I lose interest. I try to plan ahead.  On Saturday, I will be at another lunch appointment. I have already chosen the COBB SALAD which, naturally, I will not be able to finish..I usually just eat the meat, cheese & egg and that is more than enough for me.

Breakfast: ginger tea and a piece of hard cheddar cheese

Snack: a fresh local peach

Lunch: 1/2 cup of "chili"-baked assorted beans, lentils and lean ground beef

Snack: yogurt

Dinner: small green salad with cold leftover chicken breast, nuts and seeds

Bedtime Snack: peach

I am bouncing back and forth within five pounds of my lowest weight because I've been out all week and cannot take my fluid pills on a regular basis...frustrating but I do understand how this works for my body. I have to be patient (and I am NOT a patient person).

Our son Dan and his gang returned home this week...their small plane took eleven hours with three fuel fill-ups due to severe winds from Nova Scotia to Niagara, Ontario, but they got home safely (see my FaceBook page for photos if you wish).

I am so enjoying Eileen's postings too.

It's 9:30 p.m. and just walked in the door.  We left at 8:30 this morning for the northern section of Yellowstone.  We saw a couple of waterfalls, some bison, 3 mountain goats, several pronghorns, BUT no wolves.  I so wanted to see the wolves.

We visited Mammoth Hot Springs and did the walking tour of Historic Fort Yellowstone.  The Springs were very interesting.  I post pictures on facebook because I can't seem to get the hang of posting here.  If you would like to see them send me a friend request  on facebook and you'll see them.  Lamar Valley ( the 33 mile stretch from the NE entrance via Cooke City, MT) is a totally different terrain from the East entrance but is the most likely area to see wolves.  It is mostly grasslands covered in sagebrush and many creeks and rivers.  A different beauty but still beauty. 

I have walked 8,057 steps so thought I would take another walk now but have decided that it would not be wise.  I have had a long day and have to get up at 6:00 in the morning and leave here by 7:00 to meet a group at the Meeteetsee museum to take a tour of Kirwin a ghost town about half an hour outside of Meeteetsee.  That decision means I won't make the 10,000 I wanted to but better safe than sorry.

Breakfast - Oatnut toast with SF peach jam

lunch - 2 ribs no sauce, cauliflower, and corn muffin.

dinner - 1/2 hamburger with 1/2 side of homemade French fries

snack - crackers with peanut butter

Probably more carbs than I should have eaten