Low carb menu of course

- Four eggs
- Cheeseburger quiche
- Salad with ham, egg, celery & low carb honey mustard
- Three bacon-wrapped cheese-stuffed hot dogs

Low carb

- Four eggs
- Chicken & broccoli
- Three cheese-filled bacon-stuffed hot dogs with buttered broccoli & cauliflower

Low carbing

- Four eggs
- Chicken & broccoli
- Three cheese filled bacon-wrapped hot dogs

Low carbing

- Four eggs
- Two bacon-wrapped cheese hot dogs (aka pigs in a blanket)
- Chicken breast with buttered broccoli
- Low carb pound cake with lemon flavored whipped cream
- Two pigs in a blanket

Low carb queso

- Scrambled eggs
- Sausage patty
- A few pork rinds with Mexican dip
- Cheese burger patty with lettuce
- Cheese

It's Saturday and I'm feeling fine!

- Four eggs
- Three tuna patties
- Boneless, skinless chicken breast (not that the skin would be unhealthy, they were just on sale this way) with low carb honey mustard
- Four eggs

My mood is finally feeling "up" after feeling somewhat down-in-the-dumps (possibly) from coming off the pain pills.

Low carb eating

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Hamburger patty with lettuce
- 1/2 a piece of pumpkin bake with whipped cream

If you like pumpkin pie, then you will LOVE pumpkin bake!

Fancy new-to-us couch

We got a new couch off Craigslist!  It is a nice, brownish-reddish Hancock & Moore leather sofa.  We got it for the bargain price of $75.  They had an absolutely huge farm and huge mansion of a house located on a lake.  They were moving, so basically getting rid of all their stuff. 

Day two off the Percocet and I'm feeling better by the minute.  I did feel a bit flu-ish yesterday and today, but I think it's only looking up from here.

Yesterday's menu was:
- Four eggs
- 2.5 tuna patties
- Pumpkin bake with whipped cream
- Four eggs
- 1.5 oz of Wisconsin aged cheddar cheese (so good from Aldi)

Low carbing and shopping

- Four eggs
- Two cheese burger patties with lettuce
- Chicken vegetable soup
- Two tuna patties with lettuce

Going shopping today for onions, burger and snow boots for the gf.  You know, just the basics!

Happy MLK Day to all!

Quiet afternoon & new neighbors

- Four eggs
- Cheese burger patty with lettuce
- Three tuna patties *

*I like to add in some diced green peppers to the tuna patties.  It gives them a little extra oomph.

The gf and our two dogs are all napping in our bed.  It's too adorable, so I'm trying to be quiet.

We are getting new neighbors next door... hope they are good ones because we share a wall with them! 

Med change & good books

- Four eggs
- 2/3 of a piece of Atkins cheesecake
- Cheeseburger patty with lettuce
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Pumpkin bake

Finally getting off the Percocet!  I've been on it since August of 2011, which is a long time.  I was on morphine in the hospital and I've been getting the percs from my surgeon.  He has been wanting me off it because it's not good to build a tolerance to it.  In his words, our bodies get really good at digesting it and getting rid of it and then it's nearly impossible for it to be effective at all post-surgery.  If you want to be scared straight, just think of post-op pain and absolutely nothing will help the pain you are in.  OUCH and scary as shit, right? 

I have four knee surgeries under my belt (due to my congenital deformity of my knees) and I'm certain that I will have many more.  Wednesday will be my last day on it and I've been cutting back half a pill every three days, which has been exceedingly effective for me.

I'm now taking Tramadol for my osteoathritis knee pain along with Naproxen, which is basically a Rx dosage of Aleve.  The Naproxen works on my inflammation symptoms and the Tramadol works on the pain that my brain feels.  Tramadol works like an opiate, but it isn't one.

I was avoiding taking the anti-inflammatory along with the Tramadol because of the psych drug I am on (Viibryd).  Basically, the Viibryd label says that Tramadol and any NSAID (anti-inflammation drug) can lead to intestinal bleeding when taken when you're on the Viibryd. My doctor has me taking an acid-reducer to avoid this.

Basically, I'm happy as a clam to finally be on a path to taking meds that help me and are sustainable to take long-term.  Getting off the opiates is a big, fat "no fun," but the positives outweigh the negatives.

The gf's dog business is taking off more and more.

I'm really so fortunate to have a sit-down job and the ability to work from home as well.  I did the recumbent bike for 30 mins a couple days ago (inspired by Trophy Wife Oct), but I overdid it a little bit because my knee hurt for a couple days.  My surgeon tells me that biking will help me build more muscles around the joint, which will lessen the work that the actual joint has to do.

I've been reading Cheryl Strayed's books and I think I'm on the last-of-three books that she has published.  A good book is awesome!  Also, helping the gf edit her books and she is an amazing, talented author as well.

All is well in the world!  I will try and keep my blog entries more than just what I ate (which is eggstremely boring).

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken
- Four hot dogs
- Burger with lettuce, mayo, ketchup & a few diced green peppers

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken
- Salisbury steak
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Egg day

- Four eggs
- Chicken
- One deviled egg
- Pork rinds (bbq)
- Four eggs
- Pumpkin bake 

Low carbing it

- Four eggs
- Chicken
- Salisbury steak
- Two deviled eggs
- 1.5 oz pork rinds
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy
- Three deviled eggs
- Chicken
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm-breaded pork chop
- Mock rice pudding
- A few hot and spicy pork rinds 
- Salisbury steak with Dottie's mushroom soup on top

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Pork chop
- Burger patty
- Two hot dogs with three scrambled eggs

Low carbing

- Four eggs
- Two parm-breaded pork chops
- Two low carb pancakes
- 1.5 low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm-breaded pork chop with a just like loaded baked potato
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parmesan-breaded pork chop
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa & sour cream
- Four eggs

Low carbing

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Pumpkin bake
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa & sour cream
- 1/4 cup sunflower kernels

Low carbin

- Four eggs
- Two low carb waffles
- Two sausage patties
- Three hot dogs
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa & Daisy sour cream

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 3/4 of a low carb waffle with a sausage patty
- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with a low carb waffle
- Three parm-breaded chicken tenders
- Two chicken fingers
- Two more chicken fingers