End of Round One

[imagood1]

I'm starting the Weigh/No Weigh tomorrow and promised not to get on the scales for a week....I should have weighed for the end of my induction on Monday so.....I got on the scale this morning and have decided today is the end of "round one" of my re-induction....I'm down to from 196 to 191. I'm very happy with the amount. Maybe 2 more days would have added 1 or more pounds of loss, but I'm thrilled with the GREAT WORK!

I really made an effort these past 2 weeks to make sure I was doing everthing correct...after that virus went through our home I believe even though I said I was doing everything right I wasn't watching as closely as I should have been. I wasn't eating things that I shouldn't have been but my portions weren't probably exact each time!

Took mom to the doctor yesterday and as I thought she has bronchitus - so with extreme antibiotics for the next 7 days she should be healthy again...yea!!

[Sunny_0ne]

Carole, congratulations on the 5 pounds!!!!!!!

You are a winner!!!!!! I am so proud of you!

Good to hear news of your Mom, too. Hope she's out walking with you again soon!

[imagood1]

I made a roast in the oven this morning because it's so cold here today -- it's been raining since the middle of the night and they are even threatening snow later tonight....grrrrrr!

I'm going to make vegetable beef soup for mom & DH for dinner and I've saved out a little piece of the roast beef for my dinner. They will have enough soup for a couple days and I know mom will eat it (she's not real willing to eat right now) so it's a win win for me! I did get her to eat a little potatoes & gravy I made for their dinner last night with a little bit of the roast beef ... she ate it and feels better now. She took the antibiotic without any food and it was making her sick.....I keep forgetting she hasn't taken a lot of medicine in her life and doesn't know you have to take food with it.

I can't believe I mowed on Monday and we might have snow tonight...it's very disheartening but it's also the way our Midweat weather is!!

Ok --- off to start cutting veggies up for the soup.

[Sunny_0ne]

It's still raining here, too. I'm SO glad we don't have to worry about snow, too.

Glad we' re not among the people in ND who are contending with piled up snow, single digit temperatures and massive flooding.

I know there is a sun hidden somewhere behind all those clouds, and it will peek through soon. Hopefully by tomorrow!

The soup sounds good. Hope they enjoy it.

Tonight is steak night for us if the rain lightens up enough to use the grill. If not, maybe I'll pan broil it.

[imagood1]

Originally Posted by Sunny_0ne

Tonight is steak night for us if the rain lightens up enough to use the grill. If not, maybe I'll pan broil it.

That sounds wonderful!! For this moment in time the rain has stopped but we're suppose to have another wave go through before the snow starts....grrrrrr!! I agree with you about those in North Dakota. I was living in Western New York state when Iowa flooded a few years ago and was one of the last people they let out of the state before they started closing the roads -- luckily where mom and my brother libed they had bad rains but their homes were saved from the flooding. We had flooding here lst year but our home is high enough from te Missouri River that we weren't effected. We live between the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers....we are about 5 miles from the Missouri and have to cross the bridge to get into St Louis everytime we go into the city.

Enjoy your steak!!

[imagood1]

today was great! We had snow last night but by early afternoon it was all gone, that's the nice things about this time of year - the snow doesn't last! Mom wasn't tired last night so we sat up and talked until a little after 3:00 in the morning. I fell into bed ana woke up at 8:30 feeling like I had been sleeping 8 hours...lol.

Breakfast was "the usual" - 2 scrambled eggs w/ham & cheese and hot sauce on top - coffee & water.

Lunch was egg salad (2 eggs), 4 radishes slliced, 2oz raw cauliflower & 1oz raw zucchini with 1tsp ranch dip - water. I was stuffed after all that chewing!



Dinner was fried chicken, creamed turnips, salad w/ranch dressing and broccoli. water and coffee



After dinner I had a flax cookie

[EverLosing]

Excellent pics!! Your food looks awesome!! Will you come cook for me??

[Desertthorn]

That does look good.
What part of the midwest do you live in?

[imagood1]

Yes Everlosing I'll start sending you meals...lol.

I live outside St Louis in Saint Charles, MO. We are 12 miles from Interstate 80 at Wentzville in case you look on the map. We are on the north side of the Missouri River (St Louis being on the south side of the Missouri.

I don't know why I started posting my meals, but now I really like to. It also helps because I can go back in my folder and see what I had and get ideas for meals again.

[Sunny_0ne]

Posting the photos is an excellent idea, Carole.

I will have to start photographing my meals again. I have noticed that when I photograph them, I take extra pains to make them attractive and balanced.