Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three low carb pancakes
- Tuna salad (tuna, mayo, celery, hard boiled egg, sugar free relish & splenda) with cheddar cheese
- 1/4 of a piece of pumpkin bake

Low carb for Christmastime

- Two low carb pancakes
- Low carb options @ Chinese buffet
- Meatloaf

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with two small sausage patties
- Meatloaf with "just like stuffed baked potato"
- Three more pancakes
- Half of a coconut flour brownie

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four eggs with two sausage patties
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausages
- Meatloaf with "just like stuffed baked potato"

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Meatloaf
- Hot pepper jack cheese
- Two sausage patties
- Low carb brownie

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs with just like stuffed backed potato
- Meatlaof with more faux-tato stuff
- Chunky chicken vegetable soup

Low carbing it

- Four eggs
- BBQ pork steak with Dottie's green bean casserole
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two chicken tenders with green bean casserole
- Half of a bbq pork steak
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three parm-breaded chicken fingers
- Two more chicken fingers
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two chicken fingers with mockafoni & cheese
- Three hot dogs
- Two oz. pork rinds
- Four eggs

Eggs then chicken day

- Four eggs
- 2.5 parm-breaded chicken tenders
- Creamsicle jello
- Two chicken tenders w/ mockafoni & cheese
- Two more chicken tenders w/ low carb honey mustard

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs with mockafoni and cheese
- Pumpkin bake
- Zucchini lasagna
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Zucchini lasagna & pumpkin bake
- 1.5 oz pork rinds
- Two chicken breast tenders with mockafoni and cheese

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Four eggs with cheese
- Two parm-breaded chicken tenders with mockafoni and cheese

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Zucchini lasagna with creamsicle jello
- Three hot dogs with mockafoni & cheese

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs with mockafoni & cheese
- Chicken with more mocakoni
- Donut muffin (made with Jennifer Eloff's bake mix as a flour base)

Low carb menu

- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Zucchini lasagna
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Two low carb pancakes
- Chicken and mockafoni and cheese
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Two hot dogs with scrambled eggs
- Mockafoni and cheese
- Three hot dogs

Hot dog!

- Four eggs with two hot dogs
- Four eggs with a slice of ham
- Mockafoni and cheese
- 2/3 of a piece of pumpkin bake
- Three hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Mockafoni and cheese
- Pumpkin bake
- Four eggs with two hot dogs
- Italian casserole

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Italian casserole

Low carb menu

- Two eggs with diced ham
- Four eggs
- Chicken
- Italian casserole
- Ham and mockafoni and cheese
- A couple cheese slices

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Chicken
- Two eggs with ham

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken
- Three hot dogs
- 1.5 pieces of Italian casserole (really good)

Pumpkin muffin time of year

- Four eggs
- Four eggs (again)
- Chicken/mushroom/sausage casserole
- Chicken
- Pumpkin muffin w/ cream cheese frosting ~ soo good (think pumpkin spice muffin!)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Chicken
- Low carb pumpkin muffin with cream cheese frosting
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Chicken/mushroom/sausage casserole
- Three hot dogs
- Chicken with mockafoni and cheese
- More chicken
- 2/3 of a low carb brownie

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four hot dogs
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Chicken salad (chicken, celery, hard boiled egg, relish, mayo and splenda)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Meatloaf
- Chicken
- Sour cream chocolate chip low carb muffin

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Atkins meatloaf

Low carb menu, day one thousand

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Chicken with honey mustard & mockafoni and cheese
- Two low carb pancakes with Walden's syrup

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Mockafoni & cheese
- Low carb brownie

LC menu

- Four eggs
- Mockafoni and cheese with chicken
- Taco bake
- More chicken
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Chicken & Egg day

- Four eggs
- Parm-breaded chicken
- Un~potato salad
- Taco bake
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard

Still on the LC wagon

- Four eggs
- Taco bake
- Unpotato salad
- Taco bake
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausages
- Three more pancakes

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Chicken breast
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Half of a zucchini, pan-fried and coated with egg and parm
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Meatloaf

What I ate on Halloween (semi off-plan)

- Four scrambled eggs (with heavy cream mixed in)
- Two low carb pancakes
- 3 servings sunflower seeds and half of a medium popcorn
- Two low carb brownies
- Two bacon-wrapped hot dogs with cheese inside and a piece of meatloaf
- Four scrambled eggs (with heavy cream mixed in) and a sausage patty

Low carb menu

- Four eggs, scrambled with 1/4 cup heavy cream
- Two pieces of meatloaf
- Zucchini, fried with parmesan cheese
- Two low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs (bacon-wrapped and cheese-filled)
- Meatloaf with mashed cauliflower
- Chocolate low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three bacon-wrapped hot dogs, stuffed with cheese
- Meatloaf with mashed cauliflower
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four hot dogs, stuffed with cheese and wrapped with bacon
- Pork chop
- Meatloaf

Low-carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm~breaded pork chop
- 1.5 low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Four hot dogs, bacon-wrapped stuffed with cheese

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Pork chop with mashed cauliflower
- Four hot dogs with cheese and three slices of bacon

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Chicken
- Low carb brownie
- Zucchini, coated with egg and parm and fried
- Two sausage patties with 1.5 low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

- Parm~breaded pork chop
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Two hot dogs
- Two brownies with chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Chicken leg quarter with low carb honey mustard
- Three tuna patties w/ lettuce
- Parmesan~breaded pork chop with low carb ketchup (pan-fried then baked)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties with lettuce, mayo and low carb ketchup
- Two low carb pancakes
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three low carb pancakes with zero-carb syrup
- Zucchini lasagna
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken salad
- Four hot dogs
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken salad
- Pork steak with mashed cauliflower and cheesy broccoli
- Four eggs with two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken salad
- Zucchini pan fried (breaded with parm) with low carb honey mustard
- Chicken breast with honey mustard

What I ate

- Four eggs
- Chicken salad (chicken, mayo, relish, splenda, celery, green peppers)
- Chicken w/ honey mustard
- Pumpkin bake
- Two sausage patties

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Low carb waffle and a pancake
- Taco bake
- Drumstick treat
- Ham and cheesy cauliflower casserole

Low carb menu

- Low carb waffle
- Four eggs
- Hamburger patty with mashed cauliflower
- Low carb waffles
- Three hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 1.5 chicken breasts with low carb honey mustard
- Burger on a coconut cheese scone
- Three hot dogs with mashed cauliflower
- Low carb waffle 

If you like mashed cauliflower, try mixing in a dollop of mayo... It's really good!  This is a little trick ala my gf. 

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 1.5 brownies
- Two hot dogs
- Two hot dogs and two burger patties
- Four eggs with two sausages

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two sausage patties
- Chicken
- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Hamburger patty
- 1.5 low carb brownies with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty
- Four eggs
- 1 1/2 chicken breasts with low carb honey mustard
- Four eggs
- Three hot dogs
- Magic peanut butter pudding

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three pigs in a blanket
- Too much mock rice pudding
- 2/3 of a chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Two hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Sausage patty with three low carb pancakes
- Two deviled eggs with three low carb hot dogs
- Two tuna patties
- Creamsicle jello
- A few bites of tuna salad

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes
- Tuna salad
- Two whole deviled eggs
- Three low carb hot dogs (bacon-wrapped and cheese-stuft)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two sausage patties with a low carb pancake and home made maple syrup ala gf (so good!)
- Cauliflower rice
- Tuna salad
- Pepperoni and cheese
- Two sausage patties
- Three cheese-stuffed bacon-wrapped hot dogs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- An egg, a sausage patty with 2/3 of a low carb scone with mayo
- Three low carb pancakes with Walden's syrup and a sausage patty
- Skillet pizza (basically just crispy, fried cheese with pepperoni on top)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 3.5 low carb pancakes with Walden's zero carb syrup
- Creamsicle jello
- Hamburger patty with diced onion, tomato and a hot dog with cauliflower rice on the side
- Two low carb brownies

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty
- Four eggs
- Three eggs with mayo on a low carb scone
- Creamsicle jello
- Two sausage patties
- Two low carb brownies
- Hamburger patty and hot dog

Dozen eggs day

- Four eggs
- Four eggs
- Four eggs
- Sausage patty
- Creamsicle jello
- Five pineapple meatballs
- Two eggs, sausage patty with a low carb biscuit 

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Three pigs in a blanket
- Creamsicle jello
- Taco bake
- Gluten free brownie with low carb frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two hot dogs, wrapped in bacon and stuffed with cheese (aka piggies in a blanket)
- Two more piggies in a blanket
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa and sour cream
- Three more piggies in a blanket, one sans the bacon
- A few bites of gluten free brownie

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Half of a parm~breaded chicken breast
- Four bacon~wrapped, cheese stuffed hot dogs
- Two pieces of taco bake with lettuce, salsa and sour cream

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty with a nuked egg on a scone
- Four eggs
- Chicken breast, breaded with parm with low carb honey mustard
- Four eggs
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa and sour cream

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 1.5 chicken breasts with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Taco bake
- Four eggs
- Brownie

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken breast, breaded with parm

- Four eggs
- Taco bake
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm~breaded chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs
- Taco bake with lettuce, sour cream and salsa

Low carb menu

- Tuna patty with lettuce
- Tuna salad with lettuce
- 1.5 chicken breasts, breaded with parm with low carb honey mustard
- Taco bake with lettuce, sour cream and salsa
- 1.5 low carb brownies with low carb chocolate frosting

Low carb menu

- Four (medium) eggs
- Two tuna patties with lettuce, mayo and ketchup
- Parmesan~breaded chicken breast
- Four eggs
- Taco bake with salsa, lettuce and sour cream

 Live your authentic self...  I would rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.  Who said this again?? :)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Tuna salad
- Taco bake with salsa, sour cream and lettuce
- Creamsicle jello
- Salad with ham, egg, cheese and ranch

Busy in the dog biz

- Four small meals of two tuna patties each (8 total!)
- Salad with iceberg lettuce, ham, egg, green pepper, cheese and ranch
- Gluten free brownie with low carb chocolate frosting

Angie's pet sitting/behavior counseling business is really picking up.  Her clients love her so much because she always goes above and beyond.  She will sometimes stay double the time, she steam cleans when needed and she basically just falls in love with their dogs and vice versa.  Yesterday, one of her clients was mad because the dogs are more excited to see her than them! (Not really mad - more like impressed.)

She hardly got any sleep because the dogs kept her up all last night on her overnight.

I made her some pepperoni pizza on oopsie-flax crust so she is good to go with meals for the weekend.

Monday and Tuesday, we have new client meetings both nights.  She really can't wait to turn in her notice to the oil change place because dogs are really where her passion lies.

Low carb menu

- Tuna salad
- Three tuna patties
- Four medium scrambled eggs
- Taco bake with lettuce, sour cream and salsa
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Scrambled eggs with ham
- Three tuna patties with mayo and one~carb ketchup
- Creamscile jello
- Taco bake with lettuce, sour cream and salsa
- Vodka and Diet Mountain Dew

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Creamsicle jello
- Tuna patty
- Low carb brownie with low carb chocolate frosting
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa and sour cream
- Scrambled eggs
- Peanuts

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm~breaded pork chop
- Half of a pork chop with mashed cauliflower
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Parm-breaded pork chop, pan fried then baked
- Creamsicle jello
- Low carb brownie with chocolate frosting
- Half of a pork chop with a coconut flour biscuit with Nature's Hollow sugar free strawberry perserves
- Four eggs with one sausage patty

This chocolate frosting is sooooooooo good and not even hard to make at all.

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a low carb pancake
- Taco bake
- Pork chop
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Taco bake with lettuce, salsa and sour cream
- Two deviled eggs
- Creamsicle jello

One year since knee surgery & one last night with the sis

- Four eggs
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Two whole deviled eggs
- Taco bake with lettuce, sour cream and salsa
- Creamsicle jello

Today marks my one-year anniversary of quitting smoking!!!  It's also one year ago today that I had my reconstructive knee surgery.  I had an open-wedge osteotomy of my femur to correct a malunion of my knee.  It's been quite a year, but overall a great one.

My little sister is spending the night with us tonight and we are taking her out to dinner and to go bowling.  Our bowling alley has 5 dollar unlimited bowling on Thursdays. She leaves in the morning to move into the dorms, so we just had to hang out with her before she leaves.  Her college is in-state, but it's a good twelve hour drive one way.  I can't believe she is going off to college already... Time sure flies!   So, it should be a fun night!

New picture and Mama gets a new pair of shoes!

Here is me and gf at a wedding from a few weeks back!  (She has the shorter hair!) We drove the bride and groom in my dad's mustang from the church to their reception. 

Got two new pairs of Skechers yesterday... One are like house slippers and the other pair are just regular brown shoes... The kind I would wear with jeans or khakis.  I need to get lifts on both of them.  It's nice now that I had my knee surgery that I only need 3/8 of an inch lift, versus a whole inch difference.    I still have one pair at the shoe repair place.  It's going to be nice to have the house slippers to putter around and and have my back be even without needing to wear my actual tennis shoes or boots.

I have a lot of work to do today.... Better get on it!

My meals yesterday were:
- Four eggs
- Two pancakes
- Three pancakes
- Two whole deviled eggs
- Green bean casserole with sausage added

RIP to Mr. Jingles.... His mommy (my super-amazing blog buddy)  must be having a sad day today....

Doggy workout room and me

- Four eggs
- Three low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello

The dogs and I have quite the morning routine going.  I put on my shoes and socks, take them out back to potty, then we all three head down to the basement.  They each get on a treadmill while I do the recumbent bike.  I get the laundry going for the first five minutes then I end up going about fifteen minutes on the bike.  Then, we all go upstairs.... They potty again and then I get my shower and basically start my day. 

The pug has always loved the treadmill since my gf has had him on it since he was 14 weeks old.  The big dog is actually starting to love it also! 

My gf is such a good dog trainer that it usually only takes her five minutes to teach a dog how to run on a treadmill.  I've seen it take close to ten with a particularly older, stubborn, dominant dog, but it always can be done. 

I have quite a bit of work on my plate today as far as web design and some graphic stuff and submitting my work to several places... and I have to hit up Walmart for a few things... and Meijer, too....for more shoes.  The shoes I got a couple days ago will not work with a lift... The shoe place said that the sole was too flimsy, which makes me sad because they were really comfortable!   I will just get take them back and get other ones, I suppose.  Maybe cute brown ones that will look cute with khakis sort of a deal.  My Meijer store has a deal this week.... Get a free 10 dollar gift card with a pair of Sketchers, so not bad at all.... Plus, lots of them are on sale now, too.

Car light on, making sausages, jeans

- Three eggs with a sausage patty
- Three low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs

My car was acting funny, so I'm taking it over to gf's oil shop today and see if they can help me out over there.  I think there is a machine that they hook up to it to help diagnose the Service Engine Soon light.... or something.

Other than that, I'm in so much pain from my TOM. Ahhhh....  Oh, well, this, too shall pass!

I still have been doing 13-15 mins per day on the recumbent bike, which does not seem like a lot, but it's helping my leg muscles build up in my knee, I think.

I've been pattying up my own sausages and they are like 10x better than the Great Value pre-pattied, pre-cooked ones from Walmart.  We pick them up when we see them for BOGO.

I ordered some new pants from Old Navy online.... Got some jeans for 18.75 and they are the only place where I can find that has a 36'' inseam for a good price.  I ordered size 10.... Even if they are little tight, they will just become my goal jeans.  

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty
- Low carb foods at Old Country Buffet: strawberries, salad, chicken dipped in ranch, two hot dogs, a few brussel sprouts, 1/4 cup green beans, some cottage cheese and some whipped cream
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs and a sausage patty
- One low carb pancake, plain

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- Burger patty with un-potato salad
- Four eggs
- Creamsicle jello
- Two low carb pancakes, plain and a burger patty

One year post-op open-wedge osteotomy of the femur

All in all, my one-year post-op knee surgery appointment went well. 

They measured the angles on my knees and they are the exact same!  This is a huge win.  Also, my bone is completely healed, which is amazing.  The x-ray showed nice, solid bone and it looks really awesome.  My surgeon is happy with my weight loss and the fact that I quit smoking.  He called me one of his "success stories," which I was tickled about.  I really respect this surgeon and so his word means a lot to me.

Really the only down-side is that I do have some pain still from the hardware.  I have a steel plate in my knee along with some long screws.  Most of the pain comes from the plate.  He said that most people do not get the hardware removed, but some do, especially if it's causing pain.  Taking it out would involve new bone growing in where the hardware once was. 

Now, the idea of them removing the hardware is not something I want to go through and I'm doing everything I can to avoid it.  I've been on the recumbent bike (13 mins a day for two days now).  I'm starting off slow and steady so that it's something that I can build on and really build up the strength in my knee.  My surgeon told me that the more that I build up the muscle in my leg, the more it will ease my pain.

I'm really banking on not having another surgery... (Well, I know eventually I will, but I want to avoid this hardware-removal if I can).  The recovery would involve months of partial-weight-bearing and that just is something I want to avoid completely if I can. 

The anti-depressant / anti-anxiety that I take (Viibryd) basically forbids me from taking any kind of NSAID or Tramadol.  That leaves the oxycodone, which is what I've been taking.  He wants me off of that eventually, which is the main reason for him suggesting removing the hardware... so that I'm not in the kind of pain where I have to take it.  He is glad that I'm only taking about 15 mg per day, down from about 60, but we both want to get to the point where I don't need it anymore. Extra-strength Tylenol is about the only thing I'm left with, so I'm doing my best to build up my muscles to lessen the pain.

I've been staying low-carb.... but I wanted to give you guys an update!

Thanks for reading and thanks to Oct and Judith for checking in on me!

~angieloo

Eggs, please!

- Four eggs
- A burger patty and a half
- Four eggs
- Chicken salad
- Unpotato salad
- Four eggs with a sausage patty

Low-carb menu, surgeon appointment

- Four eggs
- A burger patty and a half
- Un~potato salad
- Chicken salad (chicken breast chunks, mayo, relish, splenda, green peppers, celery, salt & pepper)
- Strawberry banana creamsicle jello

I weighed in today at 203.6.... down from 205.

I have an appointment with my surgeon on Wednesday.  It's year-post-op appointment and just him making sure that everything is a~okay with my knee and it's not swinging back the other way for whatever reason.  I am not sure why, but I'm downright terrified!

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Burger
- Four eggs
- Two burger patties with mayo, mustard and low carb ketchup
- Creamsicle jello

Gettin' my burger on!

- Four eggs
- Two hamburger patties
- Two more burger patties
- Creamsicle jello
- Tuna "rice" casserole

Burger was on sale this week for $1.77 per pound, so of course I had to take full advantage of it.....

For whatever reason, I quit actually blogging on here and of course my food choices are usually far-from-intriguing.........

I turned 30, my last weigh-in was 205 which kind of pissed me off not to be under 200, but I it's still 101.6 pounds down from my highest weight, so it's not too-too bad. 

We have been working hard to get Ang's pet sitting business off the ground. 

Low carb menu

- Three eggs with one sausage patty
- Tuna "rice" casserole
- Hamburger patty
- Hamburger on a low carb scone 
- Creamsicle jello
- Two hot dogs
- Four pieces of low carb peanut butter fudge

Day of a dozen eggs

- Four eggs
- Tuna "rice" casserole
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs with a sausage patty and a scone
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Four eggs with two hot dogs
- Tuna "rice" casserole
- Three pieces of low carb peanut butter fudge

Low carb menu

- Three eggs with one sausage patty
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty
- Tuna "rice" casserole with a low carb scone
- Three pieces of low carb peanut butter fudge
- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two pieces of pepperoni pizza on oopsie-flax crust
- Three eggs, 1.75 sausage patties and 1.5 low carb scones
- Chicken breast with ranch
- Creamsicle jello
- Two low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes
- Two hot dogs
- Creamsicle jello
- Chicken
- Low carb pound cake
- Zucchini lasagna

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- One sausage patty with two low carb pancakes
- Two more pancakes
- Zucchini lasagna

Menus

Wednesday's menu
- Three eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Two tuna patties
- A tuna patty with 1/2 of a chicken breast
- Creamsicle jello

Tuesday's menu
- Two sausage patties
- Two tuna patties
- Two pancakes with a sausage patty with sugar free syrup
- Chinese buffet fail

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- Two tuna patties
- Two low carb pancakes, plain
- Two tuna patties

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Two more tuna patties
- Creamsicle jello
- Egg salad
- Sunflower kernals

Low carb menu

- Pork steak (bbq'd with low carb bbq sauce)
- Tuna salad (tuna, mayo, a little mustard, liquid splenda, relish, green peppers)
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs

Low carb menu

- Two low carb pancakes with one sausage patty
- BBQ pork steak
- Four eggs
- Two more pancakes
- Two tuna patties
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Cheese burger patty with onion
- Pork rinds with ranch
- Plain low carb pancake

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two pancakes with a sausage patty
- Creamsicle jello
- Two low carb pancakes
- 1.5 pieces of sloppy joe pie with pork rinds

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Creamsicle jello
- Two low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Three chicken thighs
- Hamburger patty with onions, mustard, mayo and low carb ketchup
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- One~third of a chicken breast dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Three hot dogs and a cheeseburger with diced onions, tomato, mayo, mustard
- Pancake, plain (eaten in the night - ugh!)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two waffles with a sausage patty and Walden Farms sugar free syrup
- 1.5 pieces of shepherd's pie
- Low carb pancake, plain

Saturday's eats

- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Ate way too much (non-low-carb foods too) at Old Country Buffet
- Drumstick treat

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty
- Four eggs
- 1.5 pieces of shepherd's pie
- Drumstick treat
- Some chicken

Low carb menu and middle of night eating

- Three eggs
- Two low carb waffles
- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs
- Half a piece of shepherd's pie**
- Drumstick treat**

I ate these in the middle of the night... Why, oh, why... No more!!!  Eating is more enjoyable when not in middle of the night....  Does anybody else do this??  

What I ate

- Four eggs
- Two low carb waffles with Walden Farms sugar free syrup
- Half of a baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Medium popcorn from movies, four peanut butter cups, 2.5 servings of Reeses pieces, almonds (felt sick after I ate this, of course)

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
-  Turkey/ham/swiss/tomato pannini on an oopsie roll
- Tuna salad
- Zucchini lasagna
- Drumstick treat

Low carb menu

- Four eggs and a sausage patty
- Turkey/swiss/ham/tomato panini on a grilled oopsie roll
- No noodle lasagna
- Creamsicle jello
- Two waffles with sugar free syrup

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with a sausage patty
- No noodle lasagna
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs
- Pumpkin bake
- Turkey, ham, swiss, tomato panini on an oopsie roll with low carb honey mustard

Low carb menu x2

Friday's menu

- Four eggs
- Tuna salad
- A few almonds
- Two low carb pancakes with one sausage patty
- Creamsicle jello
- Swiss cheese

Saturday's menu
- Four eggs with one sausage patty
- Zucchini lasagna
- Creamsicle jello
- Pumpkin bake
- Sausage patty with two low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

- Three eggs with a sausage patty
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty and Walden's sugar free syrup
- Two chicken thighs with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs with two sausage patties

Low carb menu

- Three eggs with one sausage patty
- Three eggs with one sausage
- Tuna salad
- Chicken salad
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Tuna salad
- Two low carb pancakes with sugar free syrup
- Chicken salad
- 1.5 pieces of drumstick treat
- Three low carb pancakes
- Three oz sunflower kernals

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Two low carb pancakes
- Four eggs
- Two pancakes with one sausage patty
- 2 oz sunflower kernals

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with sugar free syrup
- Chicken with low carb honey mustard
- Salad with ham, cheese, egg and honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Chicken salad
- Chicken with honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Salad with ham, cheese, egg, honey mustard and ranch
- Drumstick treat
- More jello
- A low carb pancake

Kind of low carb menu

- Four eggs
- 2.5 low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Chicken salad (chicken, green pepper, relish, mayo and liquid splenda)
- Chinese buffet  (1.5 plates low carb, half a plate not-low-carb)
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two low carb pancakes with sugar free syrup
- Atkins meatloaf with mayo and ketchup
- Chicken salad
- Four eggs
- Salad with ham, egg, cheese and low carb honey mustard

Low carb menu

- Two low carb pancakes with sugar free syrup and a sausage patty
- Four eggs with low carb ketchup
- Salad with ham, egg, cheese and low carb honey mustard dressing
- Lemon poke cake with low carb lemon flavored whipped cream

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- 1.5 pieces of low carb jello cake with lemon flavored whipped cream
- Two low carb pancakes
- Meatloaf with cheese
- Creamsicle jello
-  Low carb peanut butter cookies

Low carb menu

- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Three eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausages
- Atkins meatloaf with cheese

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Four eggs
- 1/3 of a medium popcorn
- Sunflower kernals
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- Two sausage patties
- Two pieces of low carb peanut butter fudge
- Half of a coconut flour brownie
- Salad with egg, ham, celery, cheese, ranch and low carb honey mustard
- Ham and cheesy spaghetti squash

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- Sunflower kernals
- Four eggs
- Two pieces of deep dish pizza
- Coconut flour brownie
- Three eggs with a couple thin slices of ham

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- A low-carb pancake and a sausage patty
- Four eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Salad with ham, egg, cheese and ranch
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two coconut flour brownies with low carb peanut butter frosting
- Three eggs
- One sausage patty and one low carb pancake with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Salad with ham, celery, egg, cheese and honey mustard

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty with two low carb pancakes
- Three eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Creamsicle jello
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Sunflower seeds

I haven't weighed myself in a long time, but I know that I'm on the right track and perhaps at the lowest weight that I've ever been.  I wear a size medium top (in women's) and size 12 shorts are a little loose.  I do have some 10's that fit, too. 

I need to keep blogging here, religiously because it's one of the very reasons I'm down over 100 pounds... It just keeps me accoutable!

Low carb menu

- Chicken salad
- Three low carb pancakes
- Creamsicle jello
- Atkins meatloaf
- Sausage patty with 1.5 low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Four low carb pancakes with Walden's syrup
- Creamsicle jello
- Atkins meatloaf with unpotato salad
- Chicken salad

Low carb menu

- Two tuna patties
- Two tuna patties
- Three pieces of low carb peanut butter fudge
- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes with zero-carb syrup
- Chicken salad (chicken breast meat, egg, relish, mayo, splenda)

Low carb menu

- Creamsicle jello
- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties
- Salad with ham, egg, celery, cheese and ranch
- Two low carb pancakes with a sausage patty with Walden's sugar free syrup
- A piece of low carb peanut butter fudge

Low carb menu and weening off Percocet

- Four eggs
- Two tuna patties with mayo and one-carb ketchup
- Two low carb pancakes
- Popcorn and candy at the movies (too much of the first)

I've been on pain meds for almost ten months now due to my major, reconstructive knee surgery.  I've done a good job of weening off of them and in seven weeks, I will be off them altogether! At one point, I was taking eight of the 7.5 pills now I'm taking four of the 5.0mg  I was on four this week (one day I took three and one day 3.5), and next week will be 3.5, then the next week just three, and so on.  I will keep you posted as to how it goes.

Low carb menu

- Three eggs and one sausage patty
- Three low carb pancakes
- Two low carb pancakes
- Unpotato salad
- Just like loaded baked potato w/ one carb ketchup
- Four shots of vodka with Diet Mountain Dew

Low carb menu

- Three eggs and two sausage patties
- Chicken breast with ranch
- Unpotato salad
- Creamsicle jello
- Sunflower seeds
- Salad with green peppers, hard boiled egg, celery and ranch
- Three tuna patties

Low carb menu

- Creamsicle jello
- Half of a chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Atkins meatloaf
- Unpotato salad
- More creamsicle jello
- Salad with 1/4 of a chicken breast, eggs, celery, green pepper, cheese and ranch
- A low carb pancake (plain)

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty with three low carb pancakes
- Four eggs
- Unpotato salad
- Meatloaf
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty with two low carb pancakes
- Atkins meatloaf
- Unpotato salad with Atkins meatloaf
- Four scrambled eggs

Low carb menu

- Sausage patty with two low carb pancakes and Walden Farms syrup
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Creamsicle jello
- Sunflower kernals
- Atkins meatloaf with mayo and one-carb ketchup

Went to pride today.  It was fun but hot.  We decided that next year, we are going to set up a booth for Angie's pet sitting and behavior counseling service and give away free water for the doggies at pride and free bones and stuff.

Low carb menu

- Four scrambled eggs with cheese ala girlfriend
- Two sausages with two low carb pancakes and Walden's sugar free syrup
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Atkins meatloaf with just like stuffed baked potato (made with no bacon or chives)

Low carb menu

- Two pieces of sausage quiche
- Lemon jello cake with lemon frosting
- Two parm-breaded chicken breasts with low carb honey mustard
- Two sugar free popsicles
- Sunflower seeds

Low carb menu

- Four eggs
- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Half of a chicken breast, breaded with parm

Low carb menu

- Three eggs
- Baked chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- 1.5 pieces of low carb lemon jello cake
- Three low carb pancakes
- Another chicken breast with honey mustard

Pics from my sister's grad party

Me and Dad (Dad is way taller than me just in the background more)

Me with some family in the background

I'm in a size medium dress!

Relearning life's lessons

- Lemon jello cake with lemon frosting
- Four scrambled eggs
- Swiss bunless burger with all the fixin's
 - Chinese buffet (too much food - not low carb)

They say that we have to keep re-learning life's lessons until we actually "get it."  I know that eating a bunch of junk makes me feel sick, tired, worthless and just plain horrible.

Low carb menu

- Four scrambled eggs with sausage and cheese
- Two bunless burgers with swiss cheese, diced onions, tomato, mayo, mustard and one-carb ketchup
- Two sugar free popsicles
- Pork chop, breaded with parm
- A spoonfull of natural peanut butter

Bowling tonight! 

Low carb menu

- Three scrambled eggs
- Chicken breast breaded with parm dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Three whole deviled eggs
- Drumstick treat
- Atkins meatloaf

Low carb menu

- Ham and sausage quiche with one-carb ketchup
- Three low carb pancakes with two sausage patties and Walden's sugar free syrup
- Chicken breast, breaded with parm with low carb honey mustard 
- Atkins meatloaf with mustard, mayo and ketchup

Low carb menu (at movies)

- Three scrambled eggs
- Two pieces of sausage/ham quiche
- Sunflower kernals (a whole bag which = 10 carbs)
- A handfull of popcorn at theatre
- Two low carb pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- Atkins meatloaf with mayo, mustard and one carb ketchup

Low carb menu

- Two burgers with onions, mayo, mustard and low carb ketchup
- Three scrambled eggs
- Two low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Atkins meatloaf
- Drumstick treat without the crust (double layer of peanut butter) 86 the peanuts too (Ang is not a fan of nuts)

Soo the lump in my breast was just subcutaneous fat, which is awesome.  They performed an ultrasound so that is great news.  I'm in good health!  It's so nice to have a clean bill of health.  If you don't have your health, you really don't have anything.

Ang and I are going to a movie later today... to see The Avengers.  It looks pretty good.

Please continue to pray for my family.  We are pulling together, but we are really going through a lot that I can't mention here.  A big family equals a load of drama, I suppose.  It's made me want to eat to numb the pain, which is crazy because it only work temporarily and then makes me feel completely horrible afterward.
In good news, my little sister graduates this weekend and her party is next weekend. It will be fun to see the whole family.

What are your plans for Memorial day?  We are going to see Mom and let the dogs run around in her huge yard.  We are grilling out burgers and dogs (or brats) and I'm taking cole slaw.  Mom has really let the family drama get the best of her, so we hope to help cheer her up.  I have to teach Ang the card game called Euchre because it's all my family loves to play when we all get together and she is a fast learner so it should not take too long.  That is what yahoo games are for, right??

Low carb menu

- Three scrambled eggs
- Two burgers with diced onions, mayo, mustard and one-carb ketchup
- Low carb pancakes
- Ham and sausage quiche

Low carb menu

- Three scrambled eggs
- Sugar free jello
- Half of a chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- 3.5 low carb pancakes with two sausage patties
- Two burgers with onions and 1/4 of a tomato slice

Low carb menu

- Three scrambled eggs with one-carb ketchup
- Chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Sugar free jello
- Swiss cheese burger patty with diced onions, ketchup, half of a tomato slice, mustard and mayo

Went off plan from Friday night-Monday afternoon and I did not feel good at all in doing so.  We went on vacation with my mom to a local amusement park.  Pictured: Daisy wanting in on the picture!

Low carb menu

- Two tuna patties with mayo and one-carb ketchup
- Ham/sausage quiche
- Three low carb pancakes, plain
- Two pieces of pepperoni pizza on oopsie-flax crust
- Three tuna patties

Low carb menu

- Two pieces of sausage/ham quiche
- Sunflower seeds
- Creamsicle jello
- Two pieces of flax-oopsie pizza with pepperoni, mozzarella and marinara

Low carb menu

- Creamsicle jello
- Sunflower seeds
- Four eggs with two sausage patties
- Ham and sausage quiche
- 2.5  tuna patties with cheese, mayo and ketchup

Low carb menu

- Two pork chops, breaded with parm
- Two pieces of pepperoni pizza on oopsie-flax crust
- Sunflower seeds

Low carb menu

- Pork chop breaded with parm
- Creamsicle jello
- Sunflower seeds
- Another pork chop
- Three eggs with 2.5 sausage patties with sugar free syrup
- Seven meatballs on a sesame seed bun with cheese and marinara

Low carb menu

- Meatloaf sandwich on a sesame seed bun with hot pepper cheese, mayo and one-carb ketchup
- Another meatloaf sandwich
- Sugar free popsicle
- Sunflower seeds
- Pork chop, breaded with parmesan
- Six meatballs

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with four eggs and cheese
- 2.5 pieces of oopsie-flax pizza with ranch
- Half of a pork chop, breaded with parm and pan-fried
- Meatloaf sandwich on a sesame seed bun with hot pepper cheese, mayo and one-carb ketchup

Low carb menu

- Two sausages and two pancakes
- Meatloaf sandwich on a sesame seed bun with tomato, mayo, mustard and one-carb ketchup
- Meatloaf
- Sunflower seeds
- 2/3 of another meatloaf sandwich

Low carb menu

- Three eggs with one sausage patty and cheese
- Four tuna patties with cheese, mayo and one-carb ketchup
- Two sausages with zero carb syrup
- One small piece of meatloaf with cheese
- Two sausage patties with three low carb pancakes and syrup

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Four tuna patties with hot pepper cheese, mayo and one-carb ketchup
- Two sausage patties with two and a half low carb pancakes and zero carb pancake syrup
- Creamsicle jello
- Two more tuna patties w/ cheese

Low carb menu

- Four eggs with two sausages and cheese
- Burger patty
- Two sausages with two and a half low carb pancakes with Walden Frrms syrup
- Sunflower kernals
- Two tuna patties with cheese, mayo and one carb ketchup
- 1/3 of a sugar free jello parfait

Got a new car!  Going to go to get it road-legal this morning and get the title in my name and such.... Yayyy!

Low carb menu

- Two parmesan-breaded pork chops with one~carb ketchup
- Three pieces of oopsie-pizza with ham, pepperoni, marinara sauce, mozz, green pepper and mushrooms

This crust is really good.  It's basically eggs, cream cheese and 1/4 cup flax meal added in... oopsie-style.  You can even pick it up with your hands!

Low carb menu

- Hamburger patty with tomato, mayo, mustard, ketchup with 2.5 deviled eggs
- Two sausage patties with four eggs
- Two pieces of low carb lemon pound cake and natural peanut butter
- Zucchini breaded with parm
- Zucchini/mushroom/yellow squash fried in olive oil
- Pork chop, breaded with parm dipped in low carb ketchup

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with four eggs
- Two pork ribs with one~carb ketchup
- Pork chop, breaded with parm
- Egg, deviled
- A few fried zucchini slices (breaded with parm)

Sunday's low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with four scrambled eggs and cheese
- Creamsicle jello
- Fried zucchini and yellow squash, breaded with parm
- Burger with tomato, mayo, ketchup and mustard (bunless of course)

Low carb menu

- Low carb lemon pound cake
- Sausage/egg/cheese scramble
- Green bean casserole with ham and chicken added in
- Low carb options at chinese buffet: salad with egg, ranch, cucumber; cottage cheese, cheesy spinach, green beans, roasted chicken and chicken kebabs
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Beef jerky
- Pork rinds with Mexican dip
- Bacon
- Pork rib with one~carb ketchup and mashed cauliflower and cheesy broccoli
- Dottie's green bean casserole with ham and chicken added
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two pieces of chicken/mushroom/sausage casserole
- Bacon
- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs and cheese

Low carb menu

- Two sausages with three eggs and cheese
- Two sausages with three pancakes with Walden's sugar free syrup
- 1.5 pieces of chicken/mushroom/sausage casserole with parm
- 2.5 whole deviled eggs
- Lemon creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs and cheese
- Two whole deviled eggs
- Two low carb pancakes
- Half of a pork chop, battered with parm
- Chicken/mushroom/sausage casserole
- Orange jello creamsicle

Low carb menu and anxiety

- Salad with iceberg lettuce, ham, cheese, celery and hard boiled egg with ranch
- Three whole deviled eggs
- 1.5 pork chops, breaded with parm with one~carb ketchup
- Two low carb pancakes
- Another pork chop
- Strawberry banana creamsicle jello

Scheduled an appointment for Friday to see my doctor for my anxiety. This is something I've struggled with for many years and I'm finally biting the bullet and going in. I deserve to live my best life, period.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three eggs and cheese scramble
- Five chicken fingers, breaded with parm dipped in ranch dressing
- Salad with ham, cheese, celery, egg and ranch
- Scotcharoo
- Lemon creamsicle jello

While working out, I realized that I have a space between my thighs...

Tomorrow morning, my gf and I are going to a networking event early in the morning. Our land lady is serving the breakfast and we will have a great opportunity to pass out her information on pet sitting and behavior counseling. It's very exciting yet scary all at the same time. Grass roots marketing at its finest, baby!

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs and cheese
- Three scotcharoos
- 1.5 pork chops, breaded with parm and fried with one~carb ketchup
- Three chicken fingers, breaded with parm and fried w/ Ranch

Weighed in a 202.6! That is 2.4 lbs down in a few days, so that is great news. I've been working out along with eating very low carb, mostly meat.

Low carb menu

- One sausage patty with three eggs
- Two scotcharoos (maybe more!)
- Two chicken leg quarters with home made bbq sauce and honey mustard
- Two sausage patties with sugar free syrup

Low carb menu

- Two scotcharoos
- Two bbq chicken leg quarters dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Four whole deviled eggs
- Cheese omelet
- Creamy cheesy squash casserole

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs
- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs
- Seven meatballs on a low carb sesame seed bun with mayo and honey mustard
- Five meatballs, plain
- Five scotcahroos

Weighed in at 205.0. A couple pounds up from last week... Not shocked at all because I had a huge deviation on Easter.... Candy, way too much at the Chinese buffet, donuts, movie theatre popcorn and just grossed myself out and felt terrible afterward. I have my physical tomorrow. I think I'm going to politely (yet assertively) tell them my weight instead of getting on their scale, which will only mess with my mind in a not-so-good way. I read that in a comment on another weight-loss blog and I think for me, it's a good idea. I'm not being in denial - I got on the scale and I know my weight and it needs to come back down. It's about eight pounds up from my lowest recorded weigh-in, which is unacceptable. Weight is just so easy to put on and so hard to take off, especially the smaller you get. I have found that since I allowed myself to go completely off-plan on Sunday, my cravings have been back and it sucks. However, I am grabbing the bull by the horns, which is the only way to tackle such an issue.

I started the Ripped in 30 again yesterday, only this time, I'm using five pound hand weights and doing the cardio in a way that is basically just walking in place because of my still~healing knee.

I am excited to see how my fasting blood work comes back tomorrow. Should be interesting.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs
- Salad with ham, egg, cheese, celery and low carb honey mustard
- Ribs with low carb bbq sauce with two whole deviled eggs
- Three scotcharoos
- Creamy squash casserole

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with two scrambled eggs and one~carb ketchup
- Creamsicle jello
- Two sausage patties
- Salad with ham, celery, egg, cheese and low carb honey mustard
- A rib with bbq sauce
- A few bites of creamy squash casserole

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with 1.5 pancakes with sugar free syrup
- Two bbq chicken leg quarters with honey mustard
- Shepherd's pie
- House salad with ranch
- Half of a roasted chicken with ranch and green beans with bacon
- Pumpkin frosted cookies
- Creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Ground beef/hot dog/green pepper/onion swiss quiche
- More quiche
- Pork rinds with Mexican dip
- Four scrambled eggs
- Two plain pancakes

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet with two sausage patties
- Hamburger patty with lettuce, mayo, mustard and ketchup
- Two pieces of shepherd's pie
- Hamburger/hotdog/green pepper/onion/swiss cheese quiche
- Two pieces of strawberry~banana sugar free jello creamsicle
- Pork rinds with Mexican dip

Low carb menu

- Four scrambled eggs with one~carb ketchup
- Two hot dogs with mustard and ketchup
- Shepherd's pie with parmesan cheese
- Salad with ham, eggs, celery, cheese and low carb honey mustard
- Pork rinds with Mexican dip
- Three pieces orange creamsicle jello

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with two low carb pancakes
- Three low carb pancakes
- Pork rinds with Mexican dip
- Cheeseburger with two sesame seed bun, mayo, lettuce, mustard and low carb ketchup

This Mexican dip is good - really good....

Weigh~in: 202.6. Ugh, I have to get back in the 190's... Too many peanuts, cheese and just doing emotional eating when I'm not even hungry. I've had a very stressful week in terms of having health issues with my dog and that has just been the tip of the iceberg.

I can't let the outward stresses destroy my emotional stability.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Three tuna patties with mayo and one~carb ketchup
- Half of a sesame seed bun with natural peanut butter (a lot of pb)
- Three tuna patties with mayo and ketchup
- Plain hot dog
- Three tuna patties with mayo and ketchup

Low carb menu

- Hamburger patty with one~carb ketchup
- Low carb pancakes with sugar free syrup
- Beef jerky
- Mock rice pudding
- A few pork rinds with Mexican dip
- A couple bites of a sesame seed bun
- Two plain low carb pancakes

Low carb menu

Saturday's Eats

- Tuna patty
- Almonds, cheese slices and pork rinds with mexican dip
- Three tuna patties with mayo and one~carb ketchup
- Bacon burger on a sesame seed bun with ketchup
- A little natural peanut butter

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Two sausage patties with a cheese omelet
- Taco salad with lettuce, taco meat, salsa, cheese and sour cream
- Three low carb pancakes with Mrs. Butterworth's sugar free syrup

Menu, Movie and Lumina

- Three scramble eggs with cheddar cheese and salsa
- Two and a half tuna patties
- Popcorn and m&ms

Maybe it was because I slept for part of it and never read the book or maybe I just have too high of movie expectations, but I really wasn't that into the "Hunger Games" movie. It was okay, but nothing like what the hype made it sound like it was going to be. Am I becoming a movie snob?

My car is being taken away today and I'm kind of sad about it. However, it was a good car for me for 11 years and now it's time for it to be a good car for someone else!

Low carb menu

- Two hot dogs fried up with diced green peppers and three eggs with one~carb ketchup
- A piece and a half of mock rice pudding
- Half a piece of zucchini lasagna with a buttered sesame seed bun
- A piece and a half of mock rice pudding
- Zucchini lasagna with a buttered sesame seed bun
- Pepperoni slices

Tomorrow is my little sister's eighteenth birthday. I called the local flower shoppe and arranged for them to deliver flowers and a balloon to the high school. I think it's fun for girls to get flowers at school to show them off to all of their friends. I told them that her favorite color is purple, so they are going to include some gorgeous purples in her bouquet. It makes me feel old, her growing up! I was 12 when my dad met my stepmom and 12 when she was born.

Tonight, we are going to see Hunger Games. I haven't read it, but Angie has and is looking forward to it.

Also, I decided to donate my old car to the wounded veterans through Purple Hearts. I'm kind of sad to see it go, but excited to see it going to a good cause. If you have a vehicle you are wanting to get rid of, you should check it out because it looks like a promising organization. My gf has donated a car to them also and that is how out I found about it.

Low carb menu

- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Two sausage patties with mashed cauliflower
- Cheese omelet
- Taco meat
- Zucchini lasagna with a buttered sesame seed bun

Weigh~in: 198.4.

I found this video fascinating.... Let me know if you enjoy it as well!

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Egg salad
- Cheese omelet
- Zucchini lasagna
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Two sausage patties and mashed cauliflower with butter

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs with one~carb ketchup
- Salad with egg salad, chicken pieces, cheese and low carb honey mustard
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Un~potato salad

Low carb menu

- Egg salad on a sesame seed bun
- Unpotato salad
- Three chicken strips, breaded with parm on a sesame seed bun with low carb honey mustard
- Pepperoni
- Seven meatballs on a sesame seed bun with one~carb ketchup and mayo
- A few bites of unpotato salad

Low carb menu and smaller shorts!

- Two chicken strips with low carb honey mustard with unpotato salad
- Egg salad on a sesame seed bun
- Two tuna patties on half a sesame seed bun with mayo and low carb ketchup with cheese
- Pepperoni dipped in ranch
- Un-potato salad

I went Goodwill today and got four pairs of shorts and four summer shirts. They were all size 12's and one size 10! The shirts were all size Large and one Medium!!!

My body is definitely changing and I'm loving it.

Low carb menu

- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Egg salad on a low carb sesame bun with pork rinds
- Four chicken strips with low carb honey mustard
- Unpotato salad
- Two tuna patties with mayo and ketchup

Weigh~in: 198.4

Low carb menu

- Egg salad with pork rinds
- Two tuna patties with mayo and one~carb ketchup
- BBQ pork steak with unpotato salad
- Egg salad with pork rinds
- Sesame seed bun

The sandwich bun was pretty impressive and way better than the traditional oopsie roll.

Low carb menu

- Tuna patty with mayo and one~carb ketchup
- Pork steak with low carb bbq sauce
- Celery sticks with ranch
- Egg salad with pork rinds
- A few bites of un~potato salad (tried some while making it)

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Parmesan-breaded chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Two tuna patties with mayo and one-carb ketchup
- BBQ pork steak with deviled eggs

Low carb menu

- Turkey, tomato and cheese panini on an oopsie roll
- Pulled pork with low carb ketchup with mashed cauliflower and butter
- Chicken breast, breaded with Parmesan cheese dipped in ranch dressing with mashed cauliflower on the side
- Three tuna patties with mayo

Weigh~in: 198.8.

I had some non-scale victories this past week. I found a couple dresses at the local Goodwill, one was a size large and the other was a medium! I even ordered a size medium for my free t-shirt with my last Netrition order, so it's safe to say that I'm getting smaller. I mean, a medium is small, right? Well, I guess a medium is a medium, but you know what I'm saying ;)

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with scrambled eggs and low carb ketchup
- Pumpkin bake
- Parmesan-breaded chicken breast with low carb honey mustard
- Pork roast with low carb ketchup

Low carb menu

- Half of a pork chop, breaded with parm with low carb honey mustard
- Zucchini flax muffin with butter
- Chicken breast, breaded with parm with honey mustard with buttered broccoli
- Another chicken breast
- Seven meatballs with mashed cauliflower
- Pumpkin bake

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Pork chop breaded with parmesan and low carb honey mustard with buttered broccoli
- Two sausage patties with a cheese omelet
- 1/3 of a zucchini flax muffin

Low carb menu

- Parm~breaded pork chop dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Three tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup with some buttered broccoli
- Half of a pork chop with honey mustard
- A little over one sausage patty, cut up and scrambled with three eggs and low carb ketchup

Low carb menu, weigh-in and reactions to weight loss

- Two sausage patties with a cheese omelet
- Parmesan-breaded pork chop with low carb honey mustard
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup

I weighed in at 197.6. Yay! I'm on the right track. Last Wednesday, I was up to 203 point-something, so I'm definitely moving in the right direction. Eating mostly meat really does well for my body. Also, my daily walks with the dogs make me feel so good, especially this week with the weather being in the 60's.

This weekend, I'm going to see a lot of my relatives that I haven't seen in at least a year, so it will be interesting to say the least. I hope they don't make too big of a deal about my weight loss. If I'm good enough now, that I've lost over 100 lbs, then what about before? sort of a deal. It's my mom's side of the family and weight is always a hot button issue. Did you see so-and-so? kind of thing... Oh, well... Don't get me wrong, it's FUN when people notice and acknowledge my hard work, but there is kind of a fine line. But it really doesn't matter... I'm doing what I'm doing to be happier and healthier and the nicer body is just a side effect to that. I just hate how our society puts skinnier as better.

It's my body and I get to decide how I will respond to the situation. It will actually be fun, I'm thinking. I'm excited to show off my wonderful girlfriend to the family. She is just so lovable and everybody eats her up, so that is actually the least of my worries. I have SUCH a huge family... My mom is one of nine kids and my dad is one of eight kids, and most of them had kids, so I have a slew of aunts, uncles and cousins. I want to do some thrifting on Friday to get some cute clothes to wear, because most of my summer tops are size XL and I'm into a Large now, plus I need new shorts. Especially when I'm still losing weight, I can't see going to a high-end store for my clothes when the thrift store has so many great options.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Un-potato salad
- Pork chop, breaded with parmesan cheese dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Two tuna patties

Exercise: Just under 40 min walk

Low carb menu

- Chicken breast, breaded with Parm, dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup with un~potato salad
- Another chicken breast with honey mustard and some deviled eggs
- Un~potato salad

Took a nice thirty-minute walk with the dogs and my gf. We had a nice walk at the college across the street from us.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three eggs and low carb ketchup
- Half an oz of cheese
- Deviled eggs
- 1.5 chicken breasts, breaded with parm, dipped in low carb honey mustard with mashed cauliflower
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup

Low carb menu, weigh-in and engagement rings

- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Cheese omelet with two sausage patties
- Unpotato salad
- Chicken breast, breaded with parm, dipped in low carb honey mustard
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup

I weighed in this morning at 199.4! Wahooooo! Just a couple days ago, I was up to 203, so that was a welcome number on the scale.

I walked the dogs yesterday, once for about 30 mins and one tiny walk. They loved it and I did too. I also did the ab roller and worked out my abs in a major way. I feel great when I work out. The gf and I have been doing some engagement ring shopping... Now we just need to find a state that will legally marry us! I'm thinking white gold and just a simple type ring.... It's infuriating that most states do not allow it, but eventually that will be the case. My state is just behind the times, I guess. My ring size went from a 10.25 to a size 7.5, so that is huge! Does anybody know any good online resources for rings?

Headed to the chiro today and also headed to the vet for a suspicoius bump on Daisy's eye. It grew now it's looking kind of crusty, so she needs to be seen. Afterward, we are taking the dogs to see my mom and we are taking her dinner. Mashed cauliflower, zucchini flax muffins and parm-breaded chicken breasts are on the menu... Deviled eggs, too.

What is on your agenda for the weekend??

Hope you are all doing well out there in blogger-land... I'm having a pretty good day so far! Scheduled my yearly pap smear for next Friday along with my lab work. We try to make all appointments on Fridays because that is my girlfriend's day off work.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties with three scrambled eggs and low carb ketchup
- Two more sausage patties with three scrambled eggs and ketchup

- Zucchini flax muffin (if you like zucchini bread, you will enjoy this a lot)

Exercise: 37 min walk with the pups - no cane!

Low carb menu and weigh in

- Unpotato salad
- Two sausage patties
- Cheese omelet with half an oopsie roll with mayo
- Ham
- Ham/broccoli/ground beef/cauliflower/red pepper cheesy casserole

Weekly weigh~in: 203.6. Seriously, that is seven pounds in two weeks! I'm going to transition back into eating more meat and less of the casserole stuff. I'm just so frustrated. I did eat a ton of popcorn last week. I'm just so... over it. I can't keep gaining.

What I don't get is that yesterday, my jeans (size 12) felt bigger than they have been EVER, so maybe I *am* gaining muscle. I feel like that is an excuse, though.

We cleaned out my car last night and I'm going to put it up for sale. It's an older car that doesn't even run very well, so I'm not quite sure what to do with it.

I'm kind of down today, but I'm going to focus more on living my life and worry less about what is going on on the scale. I feel like the less I stress over it, the more I'm okay with whatever it is. I realize it makes no sense, but it's how I feel.

Took the dogs for a thirty minute walk yesterday. I feel like I have just let carb creep set in in a big way and the buck stops here, baby! I do better when I eat things like chicken breast, pork chops, etc, so that is what I'm moving back to.

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet
- Some ham
- Cheese omelet with half an oopsie roll with mayo and low carb ketchup

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet
- Chicken cauliflower broccoli mushroom dish
- Three pieces of deep dish pizza with ranch and parmesan and hot and spicy pork rinds
- Two sausage patties
- Drumstick treat

Low carb menu

- Two pieces of low carb lemon pound cake with lemon flavored whipped cream
- Home made pulled pork with home made bbq sauce
- A bite of cheddar cheese and some smoked swiss cheese
- Hot and spicy pork rinds
- Broccoli and chicken cauliflower "rice" with Dottie's cream of mushroom soup as a base

We went to my mom's house for my nephew's third birthday party. We took him to the store to pick out a little present and he chose this cute little guitar. I avoided all the processed carbs, which is pretty easy once you set your mind to it. For me, it's the "Will I or won't I go off plan" that really can mess with me... or it used to. Now, with my plan of losing eight pounds per month, it's easier to stay on-track.

My mom got sent up north for some elective overtime and she happily took it. She works for the power company and when there is a wire down, she jumps on it so to speak. I sent her with some low carb goodies (pound cake and pizza) for her trip since it can be a little tricky to stick to plan when you are stuck in a car, especially when you are just getting started.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet
- Chicken broccoli cauliflower "rice" thing
- Three pieces of low carb pizza
- Pork bbq with low carb bbq sauce

Low carb menu and dermatologist appointment

- Cheese omelet
- Broccoli/chicken cauliflower "rice" mushroom dish
- Cheese omelet
- Turkey/ham/cheese/tomato grilled oopsie sandwich with low carb honey mustard

Off to the dermatologist today to get the results of the mole that they took. I'm sure it will be
a-okay. Will check in later......

Edited to add: The mole was benign. Wahoo!

Low carb menu, going for walks, and I love water

- Chicken/broccoli (cauliflower) "rice" with Dottie's cream of mushroom soup as a base for the sauce
- Cheese omelet
- Movie theatre popcorn

So, my walk yesterday was phenomenal. I also went for ANOTHER walk with the dogs just because I could. I would say that it was amazingly phenomenal, but that would be the understatement of the century. It was soooo awesome. I'm proud of where I've come and excited about where I'm going. I've lost over 100 pounds and overcome so much with undergoing knee surgery. It was hands-down the most difficult thing that I've ever accomplished and I'm a stronger and healthier person because of it. I never even suspected that another knee surgery could make me better, but it so did.

We went and saw Chronicle yesterday. It was okay... Not my favorite. I wanted to go off plan a little bit and I need to remember that I feel sick after going off plan, which is not fun. Today, I feel dehydrated even though I drank SO MUCH water yesterday. I just woke up less than an hour ago and I feel so dehydrated, which makes no sense. I've already drank several glasses of water, like two big glasses that are probably two cups each.

It's going to be a great month!! I plan to get down to 192 by April 1. If I lose eight pounds per month for four months, I will be at an ideal weight by the time I turn thirty! I actually only need to lose around 23 pounds to be considered "normal" weight.

Does anybody have big goals for this month? It's a brand new month, baby... We have a clean slate!

Went for a walk

I went on a walk... No cane! It was just under 30 mins and it felt sooo great. The weather was beautiful and I had both dogs by my side. I stayed close by the house, just in case I had knee pain. I'm too thrilled about my knee surgery. Just over six months out and finally, I'm up and about without my cane.

It's the little things that make this life so enjoyable.

Low carb menu and weigh-in

- Two tuna patties with cheese, mayo and low carb ketchup
- Turkey~ham~cheese~tomato paninni on an oopsie roll with low carb honey mustard
- Chicken/broccoli (cauliflower) "rice" with Dottie's cream of mushroom soup as a base for the sauce
- Two more tuna patties
- Another paninni

Weekly Wednesday weigh-in: 200.6. Three pounds UP from last week. Ughhh... I am going to focus more on stopping eating when I'm satisfied. Too often, the food is just so good and I don't want the experience to end, so I will eat everything on my plate, even if I don't need it to be satisfied.

I'm also going to focus more on drinking more water so that my hunger-signal does not go off when I'm just thirsty. I'm also going to steer clear from eating out and if I do, it will be just a regular restaurant, NOT a buffet.

I also had my little brother and sister down for the weekend, and while I stayed almost 100% on plan, I went a little crazy with the amount of food, etc. Instead of eating three pieces of low carb pizza, I would be okay with one piece and maybe a scrambled egg or two.... that kind of thing.

Hope you are all having an enjoyable leap day!

Low carb menu

- Sausage, mushroom and ham quiche
- Quiche
- Quiche
- A plain oopsie roll
- Chicken/broccoli (cauliflower) "rice" with Dottie's cream of mushroom soup as a base for the sauce

Low carb menu

- Sausage~ham~mushroom quiche
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Three pieces of low carb pizza with ranch dressing and parm

Low carb menu

- Four tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Drumstick treat
- 1.3 oz almonds
- A little movie theatre popcorn
- Two jumbo beef jerky sticks
- Drumstick treat
- Three pieces of deep dish pizza with parm and ranch

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Low carb choices at buffet (salad, chicken dipped in ranch, a few bites of roast beef, some ham)
- Drumstick treat
- Two pieces of deep dish pizza and some ham/broccoli/mushroom/green pepper/cauliflower cheesy casserole

Low carb menu

- BBQ pork steak
- Sausage
- Three tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Ham, broccoli, cauliflower, green pepper and mushroom cheesy casserole
- Two pieces of low carb pizza
- Drumstick treat

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet
- Pork chop breaded with parm with low carb ketchup
- Ham~broccoli~cauliflower~green pepper~mushroom cheesy casserole
- Half of a bbq pork steak with scrambled eggs
- Lemon pound cake with lemon flavored whipped cream

Low carb menu and weigh-in

- 1.5 pork chops, breaded with Parmesan and dipped in low carb ketchup
- Shepherd's pie
- Ham, green pepper, broccoli, mushroom and cauliflower cheesy casserole
- Half of a bbq pork steak

I weighed in at 197.2. Lowest weight ever! That puts me at 23 lbs to lose before I get to a normal weight. I couldn't be more thrilled. I'm in a women's size 12 Tall jeans and a women's size Large top. I wonder what size I will be in when I reach goal.

Tomorrow marks the 6 month anniversary from when I quit smoking and had my reconstructive knee surgery. I'm finally in less pain now than pre-surgery, which is amazing.

Low carb menu

- Shepherd's pie
- Low carb lemon cake with lemon flavored whipped cream
- Beef jerky
- 1.5 pork chops, breaded with Parmesan and dipped in ketchup
- Cheese omelet
- Two sausage patties

Low carb menu, taking charge of my health

- Two sausage patties
- Two tuna patties with low carb ketchup and mayo
- Two more tuna patties with ketchup and mayo

Dermatology update: They took a mole off Friday and I'm waiting on the results. I went for YEARS with going to the doctor barely once a year, for my physical and such. This was mandatory to get the birth control that I was on. I was on an oral birth control (which started off to regulate my cycle) for over a decade, closer to fifteen years.

My chiropractor told me that birth control tricks the body into thinking it's already pregnant. I must admit, when I came off of it, I did notice a huge decrease in my appetite. I went off the pill (to the shot) and it was HORRIFIC at best. It was a big whirlwind inside Planned Parenthood. My blood pressure was at Stage III hypertension due to smoking and being morbidly obese, and they informed me that I should not be on the pill at all if I'm susceptible to migraines. The next thing I knew, the receptionist was giving me a shot in my arm almost without warning and I was handed a stack of stapled-papers on "the shot." I came home and read all kinds of horror stories about the Depo shot. After that, I was not in a relationship anyway and then now I'm with my girlfriend, so thankfully, birth control needs are not at the top of my list.

To get on with it, I'm taking better care of myself these days. I'm worth a trip to a pricey-specialist, even if we have to cut back on the expensive stuff for a while. So now, when I have a mole that I don't like the looks of or that looks like it's asymmetrical and evolving, I get that thing hacked off and biopsied! They said that due to my family history of skin cancer and the fact that I have lots of moles (aka beauty marks), I should get a once-over yearly anyway.

It seems that losing weight has all been under the greater umbrella of, "I'm demanding health because I deserve to be happy and healthy." I think it all comes down to loving myself enough to take good care of myself, which sounds so cheesy but it's true.

This has included finally seeking out a surgeon I can trust to fix my messed up knee, going to the dermatologist and on and on. Within the next month, I am going to schedule an appointment with a new doctor in the area for my yearly physical. I was not impressed with my last primary care physician at all and she did not seem to hear or understand my needs. That seemed good enough for me at the time because I do not think that I was even addressing my own health needs. When I went to her for pain management before my surgery, she ended the visit with asking me if I hurt my knee. I wanted to cry. DID I HURT MY KNEE? Ummm, I just told you that it has been the wrong angle since I was twelve years old due to a surgery-gone-wrong and now you are acting like I just fell off my bike or something?? I haven't been back to her since. Not only was there a language barrier between me and my then-doc, but she just didn't seem to care. Her mind seemed a million miles away most days.

Even though I visited the chiro earlier this month, I'm headed back today. The girlfriend gave me a really good massage last night, which made the foot of my bad knee tingle and pulsate. My surgeon speculated that the numbness in my foot was probably due to a mal-alignment of my spine, due to the fact that my left leg is a little shorter than my right foot. This theory is probably true because when she was giving me a massage, it was almost like the blood just started flowing properly down my leg into the foot! I have also noticed slight color difference in my legs, my surgical one being red and splotchy, which my doc assures me is "from the surgery."

I still can't believe that I am always in and out of the doc, but it feels good when I get a clean bill of health and it's nice to not dread it so much anymore. I really think that the part I hated the most was getting on the scale, which seems crazy now that I look back on it.

A few days ago, I mentioned that I was over twenty pounds overweight, which seemed to shock my mom.

"You are not overweight," she was horrified. I corrected her and told her that according to the charts, I am, in fact, overweight. I was wondering why she would even question this, but I was in a size women's medium sweater which fits very nicely. Maybe I don't look as big as I think I still do. I have heard of other bloggers saying the same thing about other people's comments shocking them.

Low carb menu

- Sausage, egg and cheese with an oopsie roll
- Two tuna patties with mayo and low carb ketchup
- Shepherd's pie
- Two tuna patties with mayo and more ketchup
- 1.3 oz natural, unsalted almonds
- Popcorn

We went to see "The Vow" and it was really sweet.

Low carb menu

- Two sausage patties
- Cheese omelet
- Pistachios
- Deviled eggs
- Shepherd's pie
- More shepherd's pie

Low carb menu

- Sausage, egg and cheese on an oopsie roll
- Half a piece of shepherd's pie
- Three tuna patties with low carb ketchup
- Two pieces of lemon pound cake with low carb lemon frosting

Headed to the dermatologist today. My mom had a melanoma and I have a lot of moles, so they do a once-over each year. Last year, they removed two moles and took biopsies, which came back benign, thank goodness. Then, I'm getting my taxes done. They made a mistake last year, so I'm hopeful that they can rectify their error. It will amount to me getting an extra thousand or so back, so they'd better! We are taking the dogs to see my mom and are having dinner over there. I made a double recipe of the shepherd's pie and we are taking some of the pink cake from Valentine's Day.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Low carb menu

- Cheese omelet
- BBQ chicken leg quarter
- Shepherd's pie
- Low carb brownie with low carb peanut butter frosting

Best.news.ever!

Good news! My surgeon examined my hip-to-toe x-rays and said that I don't need surgery, at least not that he could justify doing! I'm over-the-moon THRILLED.

He is doing more x-rays again in six months and if the arthritis sets in again (or the angle starts going wrong again), then he may consider it again in the next few years. He is going to keep his eye on me...

But for now, it's celebration time, baby!

Thanks for the good thoughts and being so supportive through all of the updates about my knee!

I told him how grateful I am for his work on my knee and he said that what he is most impressed by are the lifestyle changes I've made... (quitting smoking and losing weight). I said I'm a whole new woman.

"Yeah, but I thought the old one was pretty good, too," he replied.

If you need a reconstructive knee surgery in Kalamazoo, MI, go with Doctor Bernard Roehr!

Low carb menu

- Shepherd's pie
- Two sausage patties
- Cheese omelet
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Low carb options at the Old Country Buffet, including salad, chicken, ham, burger patties and a bite of cottage cheese

Headed to the knee surgeon this morning. I wonder if he will think that I need surgery again or what. I have some questions/concerns for him, which I'm writing down because who knows when I will see him again. Last time I saw him, it was December 1 and I was not yet on my cane.... Now I forget to use it half the time.

We made it through Valentine's Day, yall!

I'm off to whip up some cheese omelets before we have to leave.

Low carb menu

-Pork bbq with home made bbq sauce
- Unptoato salad
- Two poached eggs on a buttered oopsie roll
- Quarter pound hamburger on half an oopsie with tomato and onion
- BBQ chicken quarter with low carb bbq sauce
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting

Happy Valentine's Day to you all! Angie and I exchanged gifts last night. She got me a beautiful recipe book which is full of blank recipe cards and is just gorgeous. She said that I should have my own cookbook and I've been searching for a way to organize my favorite recipes. I also received a beautiful angel. I'm big on my guardian angel and it has a beautiful love quote carved into it and she is holding a heart. She also got me a heart coffee mug (I drink a LOT of coffee), a rose bush plant, a wood wick candle and a Dog Whisperer magazine. (She is an ambassador for Cesar Milan). We couldn't resist because it was midnight and she has a long shift today.

I got her new cologne, a lily candle holder, the rest of the Harry Potter dvds, candy and a beanie baby.

I made a pink low carb pound cake and I will probably make some cute pink frosting to go on it.

Low carb menu, scary movie and x-rays

- Unpotato salad
- Pork bbq with home made low carb bbq sauce
- Cheese omelet
- Shepherd's pie
- Low carb brownie with peanut butter frosting
- Beef stick (two carbs)
- BBQ pork rinds

We went and saw The Woman in Black last night. It was pretty scary and pretty good. Angie is such a Harry Potter buff, so we just had to go see it to see what Daniel Radcliffe is up to these days. We were referring to him as Harry throughout the movie. He will always be Harry to us. I had to use the bathroom during the movie and I made Angie go with me. I stayed on plan and smuggled in some low carb munchies for me to enjoy during the movie.

I'm going in for a hip-to-toe x-ray today if anybody at Radiology answers the phone. There is a specific technician that my surgeon insists on me seeing and she was out of town all week. Today is Monday and my appointment with him is on Wednesday, so I really have to get in today to see her. Her colleague told me she should be in today and tomorrow, so I'm hopeful. My surgeon will hold up a straight ruler or something like that from my middle of my hip aiming downward, seeing where my leg now falls to see if it was successful enough to not require more work or not. Before this last surgery, my leg did not even fall in the range of the ruler at all. It was way off to the left!

I'm really banking on the fact that my knee will be so well-aligned now that I will not require a second surgery. If I do need another surgery, this one will be pretty much the same, but slightly less-severe, due to the fact that it will be on my tibia this time. The tibia is smaller than the femur, so I'm guessing the healing time would be faster. Same basic process, though... Remove a wedge of bone from my hip, saw my leg bone in half, insert the hip bone from my hip into the leg to make it more aligned, holding it there with nuts and bolts and a plate... Aka open-wedge osteotomy. Let's all send out good thoughts to the universe that I will not require this second surgery, but if I do, at least I know I'm in the best hands ever. I think my surgeon who performed the surgery is top-notch and I trust him more than any doc I've ever come across. I see him on Wednesday, so I'm excited/nervous/anxious about that. Where is the valium when I need it?