Friday BOTT updates

Hope everyone s off to a fantastic start this morning. Tess is certainly on my mind and in my prayers. So glad that this is behind her and the healing can begin.

Thanks to all of yall who have offered thoughts and prayers for my Moma and my family.

I'm determined to have a good day today. I got up earlier than normal and have a feeling of accomplishment.

Wake Up: Skim milk and morning meds

commute:  coffee

Breakfast:  oatmeal with 1/2 diced apple and cinnamon

Lunch:     Chef salad

snack:   1/2 apple with peanut butter

dinner:    Seafood of some sort (going out)

Good evening, BOTT friends,

Rainy night for us at this time, and that is great!  I love me some rainy days, and especially rainy nights.  Throw in a little thunder and lightning, and I'm all set.  Got my workout in this evening on my recumbent bike for 40 minutes, covering 4.3 miles.  My stamina is still not up to par, but I'm getting there.  At 40 minutes in the past, I would've easily covered twice the miles.

I'm just grateful that I am able to do something other than sit/lie around, and don't have to wear my back brace all the time.  Still, there's the ever looming possibility that I may have to have surgery.  We shall see about that, but meanwhile, I will continue to build up my strength and stamina.

I had a weird craving tonight for oatmeal...been thinking about it all day.  So since I was intending to have lean beef meatballs, but didn't have any on hand, I decided on oatmeal with a turkey bacon chaser.  Today I ate:

B:  1 egg, 3 strips turkey bacon on sandwich thin with 1 oz pepper jack cheese

S:  protein shake made with half 1% milk and half water

L:  1 c tuna salad, 1/4 c egg salad, both made with light mayo, 1 oz plain pork rinds

D:  2 pkts instant plain oatmeal with 2 tbsps toasted pecans, cinnamon, splenda and 1/4 c 1% milk, 3 strips turkey bacon

That's it for me.  Settling down to watch some late night TV, and I hope everyone has a pleasant night.