MY HCG JOURNEY – DAY 10

WEIGHT UPDATE: LANNY - 13, ME - 5

We spent a lovely 2 days opening the trailer, cleaning the yard of fall and winter debris, and attending the wonderful Fruitland Branch. Friday night was really cold [30°] but Saturday was a beautiful day.

I didn’t take as much fruit with us as I should have. I calculated how many days we’d be there and planned exactly, but one of the oranges was bad, so that left us short. I needed to over-plan a bit. We had plenty of veggies and meat, so that was good.

Lanny likes me to fix stir-frys quite often because it looks like there is more on the plate. I don’t mind because they are tasty, and it makes him feel fuller. We did a stir-fry with Chicken, leeks, peppers, celery, asparagus, and tomatoes. If you wait until the last second to put in the tomatoes, they remain firm, but are heated through. They add a nice bright color to the dish and are surprisingly good in the stir-fry. I do not add any oil to the dish, I just cook in a non-stick pan and add a touch of water if it gets too dry. I also add a lot of spices and a few dashes of teriyaki sauce for flavoring. I use several different kinds of veggies because I’m using 500 calories as the measurement, not 3.5 oz. I am weighing the meat, but calculating the calories on the veggies. I use ‘myfooddiary.com’ for my calculations.

We took a head of cabbage with us and I cooked it for Saturday’s dinner meal. We hadn’t eaten cabbage for a long time, and it was really delicious with a little salt, pepper, and red wine vinegar. I need to add this as a veggie more often. It only takes a few minutes to boil, and is an easy additional to any meal.

The Fruitland Branch gave all the mothers a plate of chocolate covered strawberries for Mother’s Day. I accepted the plate and we brought it home and let the kids eat it. I really wasn’t even tempted to try one. [It was kind of driving Lanny crazy, though]

Favorite son and his wife [I only have one son], came over and cooked dinner for us after we got home. They know we are on a restricted diet, so they planned around what we could eat. We cooked some asparagus and Wellie made a salad. Son-son BBQed ribs and chicken. We were able to have a nice ‘legal’ meal that I didn’t have to cook. Happy Mother’s Day to me!

CALORIE COUNT FOR VEGGIES:

ASPARAGUS 4 SPEARS 12
LETTUCE 2 CUPS 15
CABBAGE 1 C BOILED 32
PEPPERS 1/2 PEPPER 25
CELERY 2 STALKS 20
CUCUMBERS 1 CUP 14
RADISHES 1 RADISH 1
TOMATOES 1 ROMA 35
ONIONS 1/4 MED 15
SPINACH 1 CUP 6