Breakfast all day long

- Four eggs with two pieces of bacon
- Two sausage patties with one low-carb pancake
- Low carb waffle with a sausage patty

Low carb menu

- Four eggs and two pieces of bacon
- Two hot dogs with a cheese round
- Four eggs and a sausage patty

4x4x4

- Four eggs
- Four eggs with two pieces of bacon
- Four eggs with three pieces of bacon

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Burger w/ lettuce
- Burger w/ lettuce
- 1.5 pieces of pumpkin bake

Low carb menu & new muffins

- Four eggs
- Burger with lettuce & smoked cheese
- Four eggs
- Two almond cheese muffins (so good and only 1.5 carbs each!)*

*I added 1/2 t of baking powder to these, doubled the recipe & added an extra egg, which made them puff up a bit more.

Low carb menu

- Pumpkin bake
- Four eggs
- Tilapia with broccoli & cauliflower
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Burger with lettuce
- Tilapia with broccoli & cauliflower
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- four eggs
- tilapia with broccoli
- burger with lettuce
- pumpkin bake 

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Half of a burger with lettuce
- Pumpkin bake
- Burger with lettuce
- Whipped cream w/ diet A&W

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Three hot dogs with broccoli
- Four eggs with a sausage patty (again)
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Broiled tilapia parmesan & broccoli
- Sausage patty
- Pumpkin bake with whipped cream

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four eggs with sausage
- Burger with two hot dogs and lettuce

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Burger with lettuce
- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes
- Smoked cheddar cheese

Good news from Surgeon

Great news at the surgeon's office!  He said that my knee looks good and I just have to come back in a year and make sure my knee is still a-okay.  He said that he could not be more pleased and that he is very happy with the results.  He is proud of me for getting off the narcs, which was not an easy thing to do.  I respect him so much and he has really changed my life. 

Now, before he operated on me at all, when my knee was still deformed, he speculated that he would have to operate on the top of my knee (which he did) and the bottom also.  However, the surgery was so successful that he is satisfied with the results and does not think additional surgery is required at this point. 

"If I were to do surgery at this point," he explained, "I feel like I would be doing it for the x-ray and not the patient."

Awesome, right?

Here is a picture of me and my fiancee, who stood by me through the entire thing, even the months when I was non-weight-bearing and stuck in a wheelchair.  This is us on the fourth floor parking ramp of the hospital. Ang, I never could have made it through without you! 

Valentines Day Eats:
- Four eggs
- Burger with lettuce
- Smoked cheddar cheese (Valentine gift was more than 2 lbs of this stuff... It's from Australia and it was aged for nine months!!)
- Four eggs with sausage

What I ate on February 13th:
- Four eggs
- Low carb goodies from Old Country Buffet
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Four eggs with a sausage patty (again)
- Two hot dogs with iceberg lettuce
- A few spoon-fulls of heavy whipping cream (tasting it while I made the whipped cream)

Surgeon appointment today... Can't wait 'til it's over! 

Early Valentine!

Cute pizza for lovers

- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Two pieces of pepperoni pizza on oopsies
- Chocolate frosting (low carb)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken & broccoli
- Two sausage patties
- Burger with lettuce & broccoli

Sweets for the sweetie, surgeon appointment & happiness book

- Four eggs
- Burger with lettuce
- 1 oz cheddar cheese
- Chicken
- Four eggs
- Two sausage patties

Today is my brother's birthday. Happy Birthday, Tony!

Lazy Sunday around here.  One dog is in the recliner in my office, snoozing and my gf and other dog are still in bed.  Ang has been sick this week, so I've been doing my best to steer clear of her.  I miss my cuddles, darn it!

I'm thinking about what I can make for my sweetie that is sweet for Valentine's day.  I was thinking about heart-shaped cookies based on this recipe, subbing out low carb bake mix for the oat fiber and such.... Or maybe just chewy chocolate chip cookies. I think she actually wants to eat off-plan on V-day, so maybe just get her some other candy.  Who knows?

I go back to my knee surgeon this week (on Wednesday) for a 18 month post-op appointment and I'm sure he will say all is well.  I'm off the narcs and I feel that my knee is still doing great... (some pain, but none that cannot be managed by some pain meds, rest and biofreeze).  So I'm expecting a thumbs-up from him.

 I avoid the scale at all costs, but my size 12 jeans still fit fine (that is the lowest size I've gotten to), so even if I've put some weight back on, it's not that much considering I've lost so much.  I probably will do a weigh-in soon when I'm feeling skinny.  Can I just say for the record that I hate the scale? 

I really have been enjoying this book on Happiness.  I enjoy that it has a scientific approach to its methods. Spending time with my art supplies makes me happy.  

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken breast
- Four eggs with a sausage patty

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Cheeseburger quiche
- Chicken
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken breast
- Cheeseburger quiche with broccoli

What are you having for Superbowl Sunday?

- Four eggs
- Cheeseburger quiche
- Four eggs

Superbowl Sunday, eh?  We have some big, fat chicken breasts baking and I whipped up some low carb honey mustard.  The gf will probably talk me into making some low carb queso which we dip iceberg lettuce or pork rinds in.

Even though it's a game that I don't even know the rules to, it is (seemingly) a good excuse to mindlessly munch.

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Cheeseburger quiche
- Salad with ham, egg, celery & low carb honey mustard
- Low carb pound cake with lemon flavored whipped cream
- Four eggs with sausage
- Cheese

Low carb days

- Four eggs
- Cheeseburger quiche
- Three bacon-wrapped cheese hot dogs
- Cheeseburger quiche