Thursday, July 4, 2024 - Independence Day

Happy Independence Day!

Down another pound! That makes 9!

DH slept today after working a 13 hour shift last night. I decided to make a trip to the Green Bay Botanical gardens and get more floral pics for my biz! Very hot and humid but completely cloudy which is what I want for taking the photographs.

DH and I just went out for "Lupper" since neither of us had lunch. I ordered 2 shredded chicken hard shell tacos and ate all but 2 bites. Cheap date as each is only $2.25! I'll try and have a protein heavy snack later on tonight. My goal is to get in about 1,000 calories a day and at least 80 grams of protein.

I asked before but my post was late in the day and I don't think was seen by many of you. I need suggestions on protein snacks, ways to get that extra protein in. Protein is hard for me as I don't really love meat. The vanilla protein powder I bought (and Costco sized at that) is making me feel sick. I did order a variety pack of Pure Protein ready made drinks at 30 grams of protein each. I think I remember being able to stomach them when I had VSG.

I think we might go in the hot tub if it doesn't rain tonight. Would like a glass of wine but right now that doesn't sound appealing. No cravings for sweets, what a change that is! I was craving sweet and salty snacks alternating between the two before and now no food sounds really great, but Mexican so far seems to be my favorite. DH suggested Asian tonight and that sounded disgusting. I remember having an aversion to Asian food when I was pregnant!

Hope you are all enjoying your Holiday! Praying for rain at bedtime so we can all sleep (sans fireworks)! Of course rain could bring thunder which also freaks out poor Emma dog!

Tuna salad made with cottage cheese replacing part of the mayo

Hard boiled eggs

Beef jerky

Greek Yogurt (I am currently liking Oikos vanilla)

Dry roasted edamame

Interesting - I have similar aversions/likes. I usually crave sweets and really don't care about them now. Salty stuff often tastes too salty. I still like wine but not much of it. Mexican tastes great.

I eat a lot of eggs, cottage cheese, tuna and shrimp to get protein. I use Fairlife vanilla protein drink as my coffee creamer. I also have some bags of Quest protein chips for snacks but find that I really don't want them much.

Greetings all

Happy 4th!. It's warm and sunny here which means there will be beaucoup beach fireworks. Getting out the CBD oil for poor Tesla who will be terrified. We had a few explosions last night which sounded close. It even makes me jumpy. Maybe I need a little dose too.

Yea small protein snacks Paula are a hard thing to come up with. Years ago I made some little balls with protein powder and peanut butter. Not so good. Maybe just almonds or other nuts. Jerky is good but not if meat is not high on the list. Wish I had more ideas.

Lizanne sounds like you have a super party planned. Bet you have good fireworks view. Enjoy.

Liz hope you can do something besides work on the house. Enjoy.

CC mouth dirt! My dogs get it too. I bet you get great fireworks over the water too.

We are going to watch the 4th on tv. Can't be bothered to go to a public display plus hate noise and must baby sit neurotic dogs. At least DH took both dogs for walks today so it tires them some. DH has this new electronic tracking collar for Poppy that is quite the gadget - locates her at all times and gives a map of where she has been. He takes her for a walk and then checks the map to see how accurate it is. Of course this is no longer needed as the fence is now Guantanamo safe but oh well.

Steak tonight. Did not make it last night due to DH bringing home turkey wrap.

Spent some studio time today. More banana slug figures. Easy to make. Place was pretty empty.

Diane S

I wish they had good trackers like that for when deceased DH was in wandering mode. They were some but they were very expensive and didn't work half the time.