July 2017

Morning weight pics for July - not a full set because I guess I forgot??

I made some salt-brine ferments: a lemon-dill sauerkraut, salsa (with tomatoes, jalapeños, and nopales (prickly pear cactus pads)), dill-garlic cucumber pickles, and jicama with dill & garlic. 

All of them turned out well except for the jicama & the cucumber pickles, both of which ended up moldy (and so I dumped them into my compost bin):

I used up all of my whey protein powder a couple of days before I could get another container of it, so I bought some vegetable-based powder to tide me over. Once my whey protein came in I switched back to it, but I'll use up the rest of the veggie powder when my "super veggie" powder runs out.

And here's my weight chart for the end of July:

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June 17 - June 30, 2017

First of all, here are the morning weight pics I have for the end of June:

On June 17, I flew up to Oakland for Sonos rehearsal. I got some trail mix for the flight:

On July 28, I started adding hemp protein to my morning smoothie. Prior to that, immediately after drinking my smoothie, I sometimes had slight intestinal cramps (from the influx of protein), but the hemp protein seems to have cured that. Yay! Here's a couple of pics of the bag I got from Marshall's:

And here's my weight chart for the end of June!

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Catching up? (June 17 - Aug 23)

I know haven't posted for a while. After I got back from New York, I got sick and then got more sick. Two trips to the Urgent Care, and 3 different antibiotics later, I finally started feeling better near the end of the Handbell Musicians of America's National Seminar in Garden Grove, CA.

Anyway, I have been taking morning weight pics (though not every day because I got out of the habit) and pics of dinner and of my food prep activities and I want to post them here to have a record of it all.

So, rather than do day-by-day posts, I'll do a single post for the rest of June, another for July, and then another up to today, Aug 23.

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Fri, June 16

Happy 16th anniversary to Brianne & me! ❤️❤️

Morning weight:

 

Still feeling yucky, but better than yesterday. Taking it easy. Sudafed to the rescue!

Breakfast: smoothie

Dinner: beans & weanies

Snack: mixed nuts & Parmesan crisps

Thurs, June 15

Happy birthday to my brother Reinhard!

Morning weight:

 

Breakfast: smoothie

Feeling very very yucky. Napped a lot. Took cold meds. Exhausted. Went to Costco to pick up some groceries and got a rotisserie chicken for dinner. 

Snacks: mixed nuts, Parmesan crisps, and kojak cheese. 

Wed, June 14

Morning weight:

 

Breakfast: smoothie

Snack: mixed nuts, Parmesan crisps, & kojak cheese 

Dinner at church, we hosted a youth bell choir from Colorado, and served dinner to them too: cheeseburger, hot dog, baked beans, slaw, a deviled egg, and fruit. 

 

Feeling tired, sniffly, & sneezy. Voice still a bit low. 

Tues, June 12

It was nice to sleep in my own bed and wake up next to my sweetie!

Morning weight:

 

Breakfast/lunch: smoothie

My throat was a bit sore, my voice husky, and a couple of times during the day I had no voice at all. 

Snacks: mixed nuts, Parmesan crisps, and kojak cheese. 

Mon, June 12

Had breakfast at the terminal again: 2 eggs over hard with bacon. 

Then took the bus back to the Newark airport. I packed a can of mixed nuts to eat on the plane (EWR-OAK, about 5 hours flight time), but there was a passenger nearby allergic to nuts, so not only did they not serve peanuts on the flight, but I couldn't eat my nuts either. My only snack options were Fritos corn chips, or Ritz crackers with cream cheese, which at least have some protein, so that's what I had. 

 

Oh yeah, the rear bathroom on the plane got stopped up somewhere just before Denver, so for the last 2.5 hours of the flight, we all had to take numbers and use the front lav. Ugh. 

Once in Oakland, my flight to Burbank was delayed, so I had some fried chicken strips with ranch dressing Plus 2 beers at the Gordon Biersch place. 

Short flight to Burbank. Brianne met me there with a diet coke and McNuggets which I ate on the drive home. Plopped into bed about 10pm. 

Sun, June 11

Breakfast from the hotel grab 'n' go place: 2 muffin-sized frittatas, one with spinach & one with salmon, plus a serving of plain Greek yogurt. 

Walked over to St Patrick's Cathedral for 10:15 service, then had lunch at the Rock Café, at the Rockefeller Center. Cheeseburger (no bun) with a side of fruit. 

 

Can you believe that cost $30?? 😱

After lunch we did a guided walking tour of the Rockefeller Center which was fascinating. Then caught a cab back to the hotel to get ready to go to Carnegie! 

 

After the concert, we all did a harbor cruise. Fun! There was a buffet, but the only protein (chicken) on it had peppers in it so I couldn't eat it. However, I had to eat *something* since I was drinking (I had one fruity drink and 2 beers) and dancing. So I had white rice and a salad. Sometimes you have to make practical decisions. 

 

Got back to the hotel at about 2am. 

Sat, June 10

Breakfast at the terminal: 2 eggs over hard with bacon. 

Lunch at the terminal: 1/4 white meat chicken with veggies. 

Spent the rest of the day sleeping because I was exhausted!

Snacks: mixed nuts and string cheese. 

A Little behind

So I got a little behind on blog entries. Was busy in NYC then the flight home then I've been battling a cold all week. My next few entries will attempt to fill in the gaps.