Woke up a smoke detector beeping...it's needs a new battery....so switching out all of them today.  Luckily we had enough batteries on hand but the pkg says best if used before 2020....LOL.....Using them anyway!

Used up the last k cup pumpkin latte this morning and it's 5 WW points!!!   NO MORE OF THOSE!

Coffee was a pumpkin latte at 5 points and 100 cals

Breakfast was 2 leftover beef and bean burritos = 17 points and 530 cals

Up and still wheezing and now a headache......not letting it stop me today though...sitting around yesterday was enough to last me for quite awhile.........there are plenty of things to do here.

Coffee = 0 points and 2 cals

The kitchen island is making me so happy...BUT,....it was damaged in 3 places.......We ordered it from Overstock.com and when i notified them of the damage with pics.....they have handled that very well...and the new replacement wood panels and top arrive today..( hopefully they aren't damaged...UGH).......but I'm happy with their response to the problem...love the island...I think I love this kitchen now...no more griping about that.

Breakfast was 2 egg omelette with 1 slice american cheese and lots of med salsa = 9 points and 298 cals.

Lunch was chicken bites, sweet potato waffle fries, lettuce with ranch, cherries = 15 points and 771 cals

1,069 cals so far today

Evening was a raspberry Built Bar and a mini bag of Quaker rice crisps and a cup of tea = 5 points and 192 cals for a total for the day of 1,261 calories

The back folds up to make more counter space or a snack bar for 2.......the boxes with the replacement parts arrived today ( they are in the boxes to the left).......

Moving slow around here today.......asthma and wheezing and just moving slowly....coffee but not hungry......days like this are just slow and sleepy...will see how it goes.  Common for this time of year so just need to rest and let it calm down......Not planning on counting points today...usually not hungry anyway.  This too shall pass...it always does....

Slept the morning away.......feeling a little more human, wheezing continues but tomorrow will get back to life as i know it regardless.  Just drinking coffee and no actual meals..just a little snacking.....and probably another nap......Sometimes this ends up in pneumonia but I guess I have never been able to prevent it in the past...so no sense wasting any more time trying this time.....will just have to wait and see.  Allergic to all penicillen and sulfa drugs so can't use those unless it becomes a lot more serious. 

Tomorrow  will be back to normal and life goes on. 

One highlight is that I did drop down a size so getting close to where I plan on maintaining.....need to get the scales out and check soon.  Need to find those goal jeans!!!! 

I'm happy to finally be back today.........Between power outages and grocery shopping last friday and buying pizza and other unnecessary foods...I have been off track and I'm not happy about it.  On Friday that shopping trip started a bad food habit back up ( I also bought some very good things)...I'm positive right now that pizza seems to be a red light food for me...then the next day...I was eating more pizza...and then the power started to flicker and go out...we got a notice that the power would be off for repairs to our entire town over several days this week...and apparently that gave me the idea that I should just go throw caution to the wind and have a free for all at the table.....( although that may have happened anyway because of some food that I had already purchased on friday)...so who knows.........................but from friday until yesterday....I ate what I wanted....pants are tight....I'm wheezing....and just generally uncomfortable.  I also stopped counting calories or figuring WW points......I guess I should call it a food fit....because that is what it was.........I'm over my little tantrum now...feeling crummy and ready to clean up my act...the power is back on and working perfectly......and I have a better mind set......and I'm ready to clean up my act again.....I'm also just realizing that just before all of that...I also just noticed that I had dropped a clothing size...which even after the 2 days of pizza.......clothes were still too big...and then it caught up with me.......I'm wondering also if I panicked.....about getting rid of a bunch of favorite clothes to trade them in for some old ones I don't like......( I suspect that is a thing).....but acknowleging that will help in the near future when I will be dealing with it again.......( in reality..just a few days).  BUT...now I know...In times of stress..I sabotagae myself.  One step forward, one step back.......not so unusual I guess...but the power is on and working well......there is good food and not so good food in the house and I need to deal with managing a happy medium between them........and life goes on.

So far this morning  is coffee = 0 points and 2 cals

To top all of this off the Hound with the jaw cancer has taken a sad turn and D is on his way to the vet this morning to have him put down.........It's been a rough few days for all of us.

Breakfast = 1/2 Cup fage 0% yogurt, blueberries = 1 point and 209 cals

I'm now realizing that all of this happened with the sick hound....I actually went shopping friday to get him some yogurt, hamburger and anything that would be edible for him.....the pizzas were not on the list...but they went in the cart.......the sick dog was actually the first to add to my stress levels........This all was a food fit...eating like I did....did not make the dog get healthy again, it didn't keep the power on through a storm, and it didn't help in any way ( although I am still wearing my favorite clothes for a few more days)...........I am a stress eater...I knew that.....but I hadn't resisted it...coping skills need to be worked on here.  D is going to come back home from the vet today very sad.....not a good day here...but that doesn't mean that I have to kill myself with food as the weapon.

Lunch was a lenders bagel, 2 t, butter, a jif to go, cucumber, banana and blueberries = 19 points and 774 calories

Dinner = 1 cup unicorn cereal, unsweetened almond milk, 2 cuties and a cup of tea = 6 points and 1,286 cals......still have points leftover for the day but they will roll over to weeklies.....and I already have in 1,200 cals...so just letting them rollover........

Calories for the day = 1,286

Well....I think They have the electrical situation taken care of.........and it didn't take as long as they were thinking it would.......all worked out well...I'm glad to get back to the pics tomorrow.......didn't take any the last couple of days and I kind of miss it.  It has been in the blow zero range off and on here...so glad to have things working properly again. 

We have been notified that they will be working on our towns power through Thursday ......unfortunately our temps are in the single digits  ........the power has actually been flickering since saturday afternoon.....so will be spending very limited time online until then.......Hopefully will be back on friday A.M.

Deep snow here...so I'm not going anywhere and it's a good thing that I don't have cabin fever....so I feel lucky about that......After a couple of days doing battle with pizza...I am craving very simple foods like fruit and veg.  It  always seems to work that way for me...it could have gone terribly wrong and started a upward slide with the scale......but it didn't.  I'm happy to know that a couple of days of some potentially dangerous eating could end like this...and it gives me hope that I can do that occassionally in the future and not ever have things really get out of hand in a big way. 

Relying on how clothes fit has been a big help over the last coule of years...........while I have occassionally looked at the scale to make sure I was heading in the right direction....the clothes don't lie and it's easy to come to conclusions with that.......My shirts are requiring sleeves to be rolled up even more than before...I like big shirts...but these are almost too big now.  Baggy pants are a big gripe of mine...never could stand baggy pants and I have several pair that have to go soon...they are just getting on my nerves.......so time to go through my clothes again........There will still be enough in my closet so not going through and trying on older clothes just yet but I can see that I will be wearing clothes soon that I haven't fit into for many years......

I just want some simple, easy meals today.....and a fritatta or omelette will be for breakfast in awhile...with lots of veggies......funny how pizza affects me now....if I see it...I want it...and then i want to get back to the healthier stuff after that......and boy does pizza make me want to drink water...just good to know I can splurge on that stuff and get back on track.

Breakfast coffee, sf syrup a 2 egg omelette with 5 mini peppers and salsa = 4 points and 162 calories

Yup...dressing was an adventure this morning.......my clothes are too big and I'm done wearing clothes that don't fit....so I guess I will spend my day digging some old ones out.  The power and wifi keep going off and on..yet technically it's a snowy but beautiful calm morning.......as I write this...the wifi just cut out again so I don't dare try to send it right now.......Our power company sent a letter that they will be working on lines monday and tuesday.......but this is sunday...weird.......so shut offs for the next couple of days........it's winter...I wonder if they consider hours without furnaces....UGH.......a year or so ago we watched a program about people in alaska who spent a large part of the year in cabins and hunted for food and were totally isolated and were dropped off by planes......sometimes I feel like we are in alaska here...LOL......overly dramatic...but yet...it can be so isolating sometimes...........but I love it most of the time.....and the rest of the time I'm a bit uncomfortable with it.......power is undependable today.....better sign off.

Bigger snow coming and we plan to finish the kitchen Island this morning.....feeling great...slept like a log and no headaches for days......we will be at home today and staying off the roads.

Yesterdays pizza trial was a learning experience......my favorite pizza controls me...I ate half yesterday...and wanted more...deflected that with eating something else...and stayed full all night.  so it worked out......got up this morning and the other half of that pizza was controlling my mind...decided to just eat it for breakfast...so put it on a plate...nuked it for a couple of minutes and took the pic........pizza is gone now......I had taken a pic this morning and was so afraid that I would post yesterdays pic accidentally that I decided to delete yesterdays from my phone.......and then right ahead and deleted todays and I can't get it back...so I'm posting yesterdays again because they are exactly the same portions........apparently I'm in a pizza coma...........I'm kind of shocked at how certain foods can control me...and then again...I'm not.  So here is yesterdays pizza that looked exacly like this mornings pizza...LOL

pizza = 14 points and 480 cals and coffee with sf syrup = 0 points and 2 cals.

And here is a pic of my coffee cup to keep this legit!

Now I am going to go research the possibility of retrieving things from the iphone trash....UGH!  Apparently there is a way to retrieve photos deleted within the last 30 days....but that option isn't showing up on my phones list.....I will be so much more careful in the future...at least moving them to the computer first.....live and learn.

Lunch

cod, corn casserole, bagel, spray butter , banana and blueberry tea = 16 points and 629 cals

1,181 cals so far

Got the kitchen island put together but 3 pieces of it are damaged.....Using it anyway for now while we wait for the replacement pieces are sent.  Spent the morning on that.

Dinner was 0% plain greek yogurt with sf syrup and a cup of coffee. = 2 points and 122 cals...

Staying up late to watch some videos and ended up eating again....

37 points and 1,105 cals of brats and pizza

Today s cals = 2,348........obviously a food fit and pizza made it possible.....I really need to keep that out of the house...although if today is anything like in the past....a huge food day like this could very well end with a loss on the scales...because I have been eating so many low cal days in a row.........

Well there is snow everywhere...and the roads are bad...d said he may just go shopping later today and that would be fine with me.  We are about halfway done putting the kitchen island together and I love it...it's exactly what we needed...no more complaints about the small kitchen.....today...i'm getting things together to put in it...when it's done.  Ordered some plactic bins for D's snacks...I don't really want to be tempted by his and I have enough of my own to use up....this way I can also repack his bins with what he needs as they empty out ( I do keep up with his blood sugar levels because he is diabetic yet he needs some carbs to keep his energy up...so it's a balance...and I put his snacks in his cupboard accordingly...when his glucose is high I take some specific things out...when he is level i add some back...( keeps him happy and healthy and doesn't make him feel like he is missing out on anything).......

Breakfast = 2 slices of 35 cal potato bread, spray butter, the last of the turkey pepperoni, 1 serving of Pioneer Woman roasted vegetable egg bits, and coffee with sf syrup = 9 points and 302 calories

Well...I ended up braving the snow ans went grocery shopping so D didn't have to...and rds were nasty but it worked out okay.   Loaded up on things for the freezer that will last us quite awhile...........so I missed lunch....and when we finally did get around to eating it was 2 1/2 hours later than usual...and I was starving......so I had 1/2 of a thin chicken alfredo pizza...and I was still hungry,,,and I considered stopping the food pics because this was just plain embarassing....I wanted more of that pizza...but decided on something else to fill me up...which was 2 of the once frozen ham and cheese sandwiches...and then I see D with a candy bar...and I had to have one of those too......well.......that was a lot of food and I'm positive that I will pay for it later...but I'm not hungry anymore...so there is that........and here are the pics.......1/2 of a thin crust chicken alfredo pizza, 2 Launch Box ham and cheese sandwiches and a candy bar = 30 points and 920 cals.

Sorry the pic is sideways and my finger is on the lens.....LOL

I seriously considered stopping the pics....but decided that would be self defeating...so here ya go.

It actually all worked out just fine...and am no where near hungry and will end the days eating with that double lunch/dinner with 1, 222 cals and it's the perfect number for me.

Got up after 6 this morning........no more naps for me.....night time is my maijor sleeping time now and I love it. 

Im have been grousing about my little kitchen here for 5 years....the other day I went online and ordered a rolling kitchen island and it arrived yesterday...i don't believe I will ever complain about this kitchen again.....we needed this.......... 

I wish the roads would get cleared here......right now it's frozen lumpy slush....and we need some specific groceries........hmmmmmm

coffee with sf syrup so far.......0 points and 2 cals

Well....more snow...so definatly not going to the store....then sinfo.....son called needing some info........and I'm staying home.

Breakfast was unicorn cereal, unsweetened almond milk, and Naked coconut water = 16 points and 338 cals

Lunch was cod, mac and cheese and peas and carrots= 9 points and 353 cals

Dinner was a steamfresh  superfoods medley of kale, sweet potato, garbanzo beans and rice and a Built Bar = 12 points and 430 cals

Total cals for the day = 1,121...and no plans to eat anymore tonight....