Eggs, broccoli, grated cheese, coffee
(Planned) slice of birthday cake
Ground Turkey in marinara sauce, parmesan cheese

1.4 miles
water about 1L

Weight was up only 1lb this morning, for a 10.2 net loss. Onward!

Today was gray and cold with showers. Not your typical N. Calif day in May. My ambition for exercise fizzled out. Food was pretty good.
Late breakfast of 2 eggs with broccoli and a little cheese; coffee/ lightener.
Lunch cold chicken breast that I had marinated in evoo, coco aminos, fresh rosemary, garlic powder, navel orange
Dinner Butternut squash spirals, with canned chopped tomato and grated parmesan, big green salad with crunchy vegs and my favorite dressing: 7 Seas package mix, still good after all these yrs.

Maybe a tiny bit of yogurt later on.

Weight is down -2.4 (-12.8)
Today should dry with some sun. I have a pair of woodpeckers visiting my bird feeder. They have been clinging to the screen door, probably grabbing little spiders in the shingled siding to feed their chicks. It’s fun to see them so close, with a view of their underside. They are such beautiful birds. Time to get into my day, a nap is in the plans for later on.

Another drizzly day in May.
Breakfast of eggs, salsa, cheese, coffee/lightener
Lunch HB eggs in coleslaw with my 2nd fave dressing of ketchup & mayo., coffee/lightener
Dinner will be a green salad, fake garlic mashed potatoes with mixed veggies. I love using up my accumulated protein packets. They are actually tasty!

Yesterday was a good day. I enjoyed my birthday meal of ribeye steak, fresh steamed veggies, 1/2 of the steak fries, 1/2 of birthday cupcake, some of the bread and butter. Dessert of 2 sugar free hard candies. Later on a chicken breast.

Not surprisingly, I am not hungry at all this morning. I skipped weighing. It will be up for a few days. Today is paperwork day. Rain is coming again. I may haul out my SAD light. My productivity and outlook fluctuate with the amount of sunshine and it is more pronounced as I get older.

Eggs, canned chopped tomatoes, cheese, coffee/lightener
Chicken breast marinated in evoo, coco aminos, rosemary, garlic
frozen mixed vegs

Taxes finally done. It took all day, hence no exercise. I could not organize myself until now. What a relief. Silver lining to virus is the filing extension. A lot of emotion connected to 2019. No wonder I had a hard time reliving it via the documents.

Hi Sundove! How are you? How’s retirement?

Heyyyy IPN! Good to see you though I wish you could stay Retirement is all that it’s cracked up to be! Love love love it! How are you doing? I hope all is well in these unusual times.

Continuing, the day feels a little random. A protein bar that was in my purse was eaten, as well as a big carrot.

For dinner, I’ll have turkey marinara without the pasta, maybe some canned spinach from my stash. Time to shop for fresh produce. EDIT This was so good, with the added spinach and a little parmesan.

It’s nice to be in a supermarket with lots of (masked) people. It feels almost normal

Monday
Weight is up .2 from last week's low
A busy week of packing and real estate chores, searching for a temporary place to call home. After today the weather should be sunny, and that will help a lot. I ate a second serving of dinner later in the evening. I fed my cat some mayonnaise and did not have any myself, yay me.

Plan for today
Egg scramble with canned spinach and a little grated cheese, coffee, lightener
Cole slaw with HB eggs, evoo dressing instead of the kryptonite mayo
Something light in the evening, either a protein packet of mashed potatoes, or yogurt.
Snacks will be sweet navel orange, carrot, and maybe another coffee.

Other goals are 2 L water; some stretching and maybe pilates/wts. I'm going easy with walking today due to the weather and blood donation yesterday.

Lunch came a little soon after breakfast. My new salad dressing discovery needs it’s own post. I find salad dressings to be triggers to serious overeating. They often are loaded with sugar, or have mayo, at least the ones I like. So I generally avoid them. But I love cole slaw. Really, a little evoo and chopped egg are fine. But I tried Bolthouse Farms Salsa Ranch Yogurt dressing. It was so good! 45 cals, 3 carbs/ 2 TBS. I used to love Kinder Salsa Ranch dressing but can no longer find it. I am happy, because cole slaw is one of my mainstays.

So far so good. The evening is young and I will not be complacent. The morning’s warm sunshine gave way to a chilly afternoon. I spent it dismantling my bird feeders. I think that has me in a sad frame of mind.

Meals were as planned, except dinner. A yummy broiled marinated chicken breast, seasoned frozen broccoli, navel orange.
The chicken marinade is so simple and I love it. Evoo, coco aminos or balsamic vinegar, fresh rosemary, garlic powder.

Water intake-check. I walked a bit, but the main exercise was from cleaning. Upper body consisted of scrubbing my balcony railings. I accomplished a lot of tasks today, not the least of which was mailing off my tax info to my tax guy. Some pampering might cheer me up, maybe a nice hot shower.

Wednesday May 20

Up early thanks to my feline alarm clock, who may still be on Minnesota time.
Today
eggs, spinach, cheese, coffee, lightener
steak burrito, discarded most of the rice, beans, wrap

I’m excited about warm weather forecast