Happy Birthday to ME!

Lol. Today is my birthday, and I have the day off!!! I am spending it with my Mom, we're going to be out and about all day, so goodness knows what I will be eating... To at least start the day off right, I had this:



It's one egg, scrambled in the microwave, then I folded in a slice of american cheese. YUM!!! Only 130 calories (70 in the egg and 60 in the cheese) and 10 grams of protein. I am comletely satisfied! YUM

As for myself, I am now 4 days from being 10 months out and I feel really great, well except for my cramps (TOTM). Blech, what a way to ruin a day. LOL. Oh well, it's life.

So for fun, I took some pics of myself this morning. :) Here they are:



I am wearing a hippy shirt that puffs out a bit. I like it anyhow.
Until later!

Lil Moon

I am back!

Sorry for the lull in my postings, I have been given an opportunity at work that I am very happy to have, it's just been a little stressful getting used to, but I am feeling pretty comfortable now.

Anywho, here's what I have been eating lately:

Breakfast: protein shake, today was chocolate banana.
sn: Yogurt with fruit
Lunch: Steamed veggies and a gorton's fish filet
sn: Deli turkey and cheese
S: Tonight I had a slice of veggie pizza and some sliced cucumbers
sn: It will be sugar free pudding with whipped cream

Here's a picture of my snacks and lunch:



So, I think it's pretty good. High protein, low carb for the most part. The place we got the pizza from makes it with a pretty thin crust, so not to bad. Plus, I didn't have any other bread today.

How are all of you?

PHEW!

Ok, I am fine, all of my tests came back fine, I do not have liver cancer, cirrosis or anything like that, thank goodness!!! Actually, my liver is LESS fatty than before the surgery! YAY! Just want to put everyone's mind at ease, I will start posting again soon, I promise, just don't have access to my computer as much as usual since my finance's computer crashed... Yeah, that's life and his business is a lot of online! Sorry guys, love you and will post food soon! :)
Lil Moon

I am a-Okay!

I don't have a liver problem. Thank goodness! I will start posting again, soon, I promise, I am just taking a small break. Love you all! Lil Moon :)

Still here

Hi guys. Sorry it's been a while, but man, life catches up to you, you know?

I have been doing alright. I am a bit on the worried side at the moment as I have elevated levels of something to do with my liver and my Surgeon thought it was serious enough to send me to a specialist. So, this past Thursday I saw the specialist. Very nice man, friendly. Said it could be a number of things, and I was getting a vibe that it may not be good. So, he is sending me to have an ultrasound (appointment is Monday) and a BOATLOAD of blood work (which I will also have done Monday while I am in the hospital for the Ultrasound). Then, they need two weeks to get the results and I go in for the results on March 30. Sigh, keeping my fingers crossed that everything is ok.

As for food, I ate really well and healthy today, here are the eats:

B: Scrambled eggs and 6 homefries
L: Blueberry Chobani topped with 1/4 cup fresh berries (Raspberries, Blueberries and Strawberries) and 1 tbsp Lowfat granola. YUM!

Sn: Choco-Banana Protein Shake
S: Chicken, veggies and 1/4 cup pasta
sn: Apple, peeled and sliced with pb.

Nummy day and very nutritious.
Talk to you all soon.

Mmmmm, SOUFFLE!!!

Ok, so back in the day when I was reading all of Eggface's Blog (pre-surgery to help tell myself I would eat normal again someday after surgery), I saw her posting about these Protein powder souffle's and thought, yeah right, souffle's are supposed to be the most difficult thing to make.

I was SOOOOO wrong!

I made these today:

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2008/09/chocolate-banana-heaven.html



They are probably one of the best things I have had since surgery! OMG! They really do taste like chocolate coconut banana bread! I had mine right out of the oven and will have one in the am for breakfast tomorrow!

I made mine with this protein:



I went to the health food store next to my house yesterday and they were going out of business! It's so sad, but I totally scored on protein!!! I bought the above protein (the Dessert proteins are among my favorite's)! This one is Chocolate Coconut and I also bought a container of Chocolate Fudge.

In addition to those, I really scored on Nectar! I have the Strawberry Kiwi at home, and I love it. Lately, I have been having one scoop and one sf fruit punch packet (I have market pantry brand from Target) in 26 oz water for two of my snacks each day. Needless to say, I wanted to try another flavor (hence the reason I went to the health store in the first place) and I picked up two containers of the Crystal Sky. Oh my GOODNESS! It is soooooo good!!! YUM YUM!

Yesterday I was in the mood for Italian, so I broke out my Trader Joe's Grilled Chicken Patties and Garden Pasta (which a great friend told me about) and I made me some chicken parm with pasta. I eat 2 oz of the pasta which the box says is an equivalent of 1/2 serving of veggies. I guess this is one of those things that could be true or could not be true, but it is blended with Tomatoes, Spinach and Carrots. You can taste them in it, but not so much that you feel like it's not pasta, it still has a pasta taste. I fixed the Chicken Patty as the box said to, same with the pasta and topped them both with some Prego Trad Sauce and a lil Parmesan. I could only eat half (I was having a small pouch day).



Well, I am incredibly tired, so I am going to relax now. Good night all!

Blah! It's been a CRAZY week!

I know, I am so sorry, been a few days. Crazy one's for sure. I have so much going on a work, I can barely make supper when I get home. Tonight we went to my DF parents for supper. His mom made a delicious pork and keilbasa thing of which the french name ecapes me. It was like a stew (with cannelini beans-one can pureed and one whole beans, tomatoes, garlic, onions, herbs, etc...). I had a cup of it. YUM!

Now I am home, having my final snack of the day, a mini pizza. Meh, it didn't come out so great, which stinks because in theory, it sounded awesome. I had made my Fiance Shrimp Scampi for valentine's day and I put sun dried tomatoes in it, so I had left overs of the tomatoes and I love those. They are a little chewy, so chew very carefully and I wouldn't advise eating them until you are a ways out from surgery. Anyhow, here's what I attempted:


It's a half a flat out sandwich roll thing topped with the sun dried tomatoes, pizza cheese, garlic powder and pizza seasoning. Toasted for about 3 mins. Like I said, it wasn't so hot. I think it needed some tomato sauce or something. I couldn't taste the tomatoes as much as I thought I would. If any of you come up with something better for the tomatoes, please, let me know!!!! I have more!

I also got my food together for tomorrow.

For breakfast I will have a Nectar protein drink. My friend Nan showed me how to make them taste really good! You take 24 oz water, 1 scoop of nectar (I have strawberry kiwi) and one crystal lite (or in my case, market pantry-Target brand) fruit punch packet. Mix well. NOM NOM!


So that is my breakfast and afternoon snack.

My am snack is Chobani and Crispix and lunch is 2.4 oz turkey breast (deli), 1 oz cheese and 2 oz pickles.

Dinner and last snack are tbd.





Oh, here's an updated pic of me. Dave took me out for Mexican on Sunday night for Valentine's day! He had the band sneak up behind me and they sang a beautiful song for us! He's so awesome!

Yes, I had one glass of wine. I was a little tipsy, but fine. My surgeon said it was ok.