Starwarsandcupcakes

Sorry I’ve been missing but my baby sister had mini strokes on top of sepsis a couple weeks ago and since I speak “medicalese” (per my mother) I took hospital duties which meant a lot of unseasoned soups, green beans and too many coffees and snacks. But now that she’s awake and learning to feed herself again I can step back a bit. (It’s been stressful!) Anyway, todays micro pizza slices (sauce cup for reference- didn’t use) because the restaurant didn’t deliver my salad. 😞

Dinner last night. I just couldn’t be bothered with anything else. 260 calories for the chips and about 45 for the salsa.

Roasted veggie salad and chicken leg for dinner last night.

Vegan calzones with diced onion, baby bellas, and green bell peppers mixed with chopped up vegan breakfast sausage and marinara in homemade dough. It made 8. I’m eating 1, meal prepping 2 for lunches this week, and freezing the rest.

I’ve just decided today that my kids are lame-o’s when it comes to food and going places. We went for Mexican for dinner and y’all, the amount of “I don’t like this. Can we go home?” 🙃😒 I need lunch date people. Or maybe I should try dating. 😬

Whew. I was worried there’s for a second when you said chux, like “what is she doing with bed pads that I need to be concerned for her health?!” (The picture is what I thought you meant. 😂) Also, I grew up calling those cloths handi-wipes because they’re handy for your hands but I can see how you could chuck them after you’re done using them.

@GreenTealael will be happy to know that I finally started working on that budget blog. As such all the meals I’ve posted in the last week have been part of it. 😂 Surprise! 🎉 Spoilers though- it’s $35US average a week, not just $35 a week because I needed some sanity the first couple weeks. Anyway, the first picture is some prep work- tepache, pickled daikon, and pickled tomatoes. The second is tonight’s dinner of kimchi scrambled eggs, soy marinated eomuk and mushrooms, and some of the pickled daikon.

Spoiler alert- I had a repeat of the same for lunch but with peanut butter and my snack was a piece of bread. This however, is dinner- curried soya chunks with bread because I was too lazy to make rice. Also, just look at this bread! 😍

Breakfast of procrastinators right here- a packet of Parle G cookies and a Diet Pepsi. 😂🤷‍♀️

Breakfast, lunch, and snacks today- PB oatmeal with blackberries, lentil stew, celery and hummus and the popcorn I already know I’m not gonna eat. I also had a protein shake mixed with my coffee this morning which is included in the calorie count.

Depending on age, risk factors, cardiovascular health, and doctor discretion stress tests are ideal. They let your doctor know if there’s further issues that need to be addressed with more invasive procedures. I wouldn’t worry about it too much.

The big cheese changes every year. Last year it was a sharp yellow cheddar. They have cheese day where they cut the cheese and have a sampling while packaging it for sale.

Went to one of my favorite places today l- the international grocery store! It’s about an hour drive from my house but it’s the only place I can buy 50lbs of good quality rice for $25US anywhere near me. Get a load of all that cheese and olives! Also, we spend most of your time wandering around the Asian aisles. I can take more pictures of what I picked up later but those cheese wafers definitely came home with me!

A before and after of the sandwich and salad and then last nights dinner of fish, wasa, and cucumber and sun dried tomato dip.

The first is leftover Indian inspired chicken, rice, and sautéed zucchini. The second is a bowl of soy ginger chicken and broccoli and a bowl with cottage cheese, strawberries, and crushed graham crackers.

Lunch- cucumber sandwich with a parfait of yogurt, peaches, hemp seed, flax seed, raisins, and honey. Dinner- as listed. A whole serving of chicken was 8oz and I knew I couldn’t eat it. The Indian chicken is seasoned with equal amounts cumin, dried ground coriander, turmeric, curry powder(not in recipe), garlic powder(not in recipe), and onion powder, then with salt, pepper, and 1.5tbsp olive oil to coat. I baked thin slices at 400F (200-205C) for about 18 minutes. The original recipe called for pan frying in more olive oil.

Strangely, I think you’re right. Next time the orange will be in the side.

Weird salad addition alert- romaine, spicy peanuts, chicken thigh, mandarin orange, sesame ginger dressing, and… roasted red potatoes.

Having grown up in Midwestern USA there are some things that are just inescapable- like tater tot casserole. It’s not as terrible as it sounds when it comes to most midwestern dishes. 😂

Also, dinner last night- spinach gnocchi with roasted onion and zucchini tossed in pesto. I packed the leftovers for lunch.

I made cookies! 😍 Chocolate orange shortbread with a dark chocolate orange ganache, almond cookies, and ultimate chocolate chip (3 kinds of chips) cookies.

Are you and is your health worth the minor inconvenience of a 2 week liquid diet? Think of it as a 2 week mindset reset. Remind yourself that every 10lbs lost takes 20lbs off your knees and less strain on the rest of your body. You can do it.

Nope, was pretty much told that whatever it was fixed itself and that since I could keep down foods I could go home. So who knows. 🤷‍♀️

My lovely meals from the past few days! 🙃 Transient ischemic bowel (or that’s what they told me) so I won myself a 3 1/2 day hospital stay with 2 being npo. I’ll spare you the first meal of blended chicken noodle soup (it was terrible!). The next meal was “ground beef stroganoff”, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, and broccoli with apple crisp (I had the rest with peanut butter and ice cream before bed). Also, those hospital eggs are DRY and the peanut butter went into my oatmeal.

Salad for dinner- romaine, mandarin oranges, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, almonds, sesame seeds, fake chicken tenders, and Asian sesame dressing.