Nothing like cold watermelon on a hot day!

For lunch today I had a Lean Cuisine bbq chicken pizza. It was very good. 9 points

For a snack this afternoon I had watermelon that my loving husband cut up for me last night. So refreshing!!


I had 2 slices of Little Caesar's pepperoni pizza for dinner. 16 points

Wednesday

I had a Special K chocolatey pretzel bar fro breakfast this morning. 2 points

For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine Deluxe pizza for 9 points. It was quite good!

For dinner tonight I had a BBQ pork chop (5 points), broccoli & chicken flavored rice (3 points), kernel corn (2 points), and 1 roll with light ICBINB (3 points). 13 points for dinner.

Raisin Bran is expensive

I had a bowl of Raisin Bran with Splenda and 2% milk for breakfast. I have no idea how many points it was, but I'm going to estimate about 6. ... Okay, I calculated the points. 1 cup of cereal is 5 points. Plus the milk and I'm looking at 8 points for breakfast. Ouch.

I had a Smart Ones chicken quesadilla for a late lunch (around 3:30). 5 points

For dinner tonight we had beer butt chicken, of which I had a breast (I'm going to count 7 points), potatoes cut up and baked under the chicken (I'll count 5 points), and green beans. 12 points

No cookies for me

For lunch today I had leftover grilled chicken & rice from Logan's. 5 points

I made Greek pork chops for dinner. I had 1 chop (5 points), 1/2 cup of broccoli & cheese flavored rice (3 points), 1/2 cup of lima beans (2 points), and 1 roll with light ICBINB (3 points). 13 points for dinner.

My husband went to Kroger tonight and brought home some Chips Ahoy cookies since they were on sale. I not so patiently awaited his arrival, knowing the cookies would accompany him. I thought I could have a couple with some milk and it wouldn't be TOO many points, and I had a few leftover for today anyway. I calculated the points and it's 5 POINTS for only 3 cookies. Hmph! That's not even including the milk. I opted to have a Smart Ones fudge sundae instead for only 4 points.

Logan's

40.6 pounds down as of today!! WOO HOO!! HIP HIP HOORAY!! YAY!! I am SO excited!! I broke a new decade!

For lunch today I had a Lean Cuisine lasagne and 2 slices of french bread with light ICBINB. 10 points

We went to Logan's for dinner and I had 1/2 of a roll with butter (I'll count 5 points), 1/2 of the mesquite grilled chicken (3 points), a little broccoli, and a salad with ranch dressing (I'll count 5 points). The kicker was that I had sweet tea with my meal though. I never actually *order* tea for myself. I usually only steal some from my husband. So, I'll say I probably drank about 5 points worth of tea. 18 points for dinner.

This evening I had some of my Blizzard that was leftover from the other night. 5 points

Chick-Fil-A

I had the JP drain taken out from my gallbladder surgery today. UGH!! So glad to have that thing gone.

For lunch today I had a Smart Ones chicken quesadilla. 5 points

A little while after lunch I had 1 piece of leftover pizza from last night. It was a small piece, so I'm counting 7 points.

Then I had an orange. Yum.

For dinner I had a Southwest Chargrilled Chicken salad from Chick-Fil-A with fat free honey mustard dressing AND the tortilla strips(9 points) and a small order of waffle fries (8 points). 17 points

Pizza & ice cream

Well, it is 1 week past my surgery date and my weight is back down to just below what I was when I first got sick. Yay!! The day I got home from the hospital I was 16 POUNDS heavier than before I got sick. I know they filled me with fluids while in the hospital, but geez!! Anyway, I'm glad it went down on its own and I didn't have to work for weeks to get it off. I am feeling pretty good today and I think I'm ready to get back in the habit of journaling my food intake each day.

Today, for lunch, I had what I've had every day this week I think - a tomato sandwich. I had never had a tomato sandwich before this week, but they're delicious. I used 2 slices of Nature's Own 100% wheat bread (3 points), 1 vine ripened tomato, 1T Kraft real mayonaise (spread between both slices of bread) (3 points), and salt and ground black pepper. I also had 11 Wavy Lays potato chips (4 points). 10 points for lunch. I will say that previously this week I was not measuring the mayo, but still spread it really thin. Even thinly spread it was more than the 1T I used today and it did taste better. LOL What doesn't taste better with more mayo??

For dinner tonight we went to a local pizza place I've been wanting to try. I had white pizza with tomatoes and mushrooms. I'll count 16 points. I ate 1/2 of a small pizza. Then I had about 1/3 of a small pb & chocolate blizzard. 5 points.

I've been in the hospital

I haven't posted since June 30th and I apologize for that. I got home from being out of town on July 4th, but that was after an ER visit in GA and a miserable ride home from GA to WV. I went to bed, but only lasted about 3 hours before I was awake with pain and ended up in the ER again here at home in WV. I was having a severe gallbladder attack. They did an ultrasound and apparently my gallbladder was full of gallstones, something I never knew. I found that out on Tuesday. They did surgery to remove my gallbladder on Wednesday. I got out of the hospital on Saturday (yesterday). It had been a pretty miserable week. The dr. said I have to be on a low fat diet for the next 2 weeks. I don't know how that will effect my current eating plan, as I don't really focus on fat. Anyway, that's where I've been. I am on pain meds and I am finding as I type this that the meds are really affecting my typing skills. LOL Hopefully I'll be back to daily posting in a week or so.