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Day 180

Yesterday was the first day of my convalescence (or Conga Lessons, as my friend Jason calls it).  
If you're looking for a conga line at the wedding, sorry to disappoint, but NO.
After a whopping four hours of not-so-great sleep, I woke up and sat in bed and read the interwebs, took some more Vicodin, and Chris nicely set up the humidifier for me since I still felt really dried out (now with bonus nausea).  I'm still very puffy--I can't get my engagement ring back on yet.  Sad girl.
Self portrait.
After somehow deciding to reading the Lord of the Rings wiki (turns out I've been pronouncing Celebrian's name wrong this WHOLE TIME), I took a long nap.  
Reading nerdy web site while medicated is totally the way to go through life.
Then I got up, had two glasses of water, and made the bed so I would feel mildly productive, and took a shower so I'd feel mildly human.  After that, it was time for lunch, so I had the other half of my mango, four glasses of water, four whole grain crackers, and more chicken & noodles.  Total: 6 points
Today's Fine Art in Blogging is by Carmen Beecher.
For dinner, I made these mini Bisquick pot pies, which I made healthier by using Heart Smart Bisquick, reduced fat cheese, and an extra half cup of mixed veggies in place of 6 ounces of the chicken.  They were pretty good, but next time I'd just make the filling and serve it with biscuits.  I also felt well enough to have a spinach and tomato salad with a teaspoon of olive oil, and two glasses of skim milk.  Total: 11 points


I bet you could make these healthy by using Heart Smart Bisquick, veggies, and chicken.

 Then I cleaned out two of the kitchen cabinets.  I'm trying to make sure I get plenty of rest, but still move around a little so I don't totally lose my mind.  Here's the cabinet before:

And after:

And what did we learn?  First, that no one in this house needs to buy mustard (3 large bottles), farro (3 packages), or vanilla (4 bottles) anytime soon.  Also, that we love tea (seven different boxes--but you can NEVER have enough tea), and finally, we're doing very well on the whole grains section (whole grain orzo, brown rice, the aforementioned farro, whole wheat panko, whole grain elbow noodles, etc.).  I only had to throw a few expired things away, I made a bag to donate to the local food pantry, and there were a lot of canned veggies that got moved to the canned veggie cabinet.  A minor success for a Tuesday.

I was/am still feeling really dehydrated, so I had a cup of decaf hot tea with a cookie, followed by two glasses of water.  Total: 3 points

Liquids: 11/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 1/2
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: yes, crackers
Exercise: still not allowed
Total: 20/26 points
Weekly Points: 19/49 for the week

 We'll give the day a Kate in what I think is a super cute dress (from what we can see in this picture).
Kate at Grimsby

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