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Day 182

I got almost ten hours of uninterrupted sleep Wednesday night--score!  Lunch was (let's say it together now) chicken and noodles.  I also had a banana and two glasses of water and some whole wheat crackers.  Total: 11 points
Today's Fine Art in Blogging painting is by R. Joanne Johnson.
Then I itemized and bagged up some clothes for charity, which was one of my planned post-surgery projects.  I always save the free big plastic bags that charities mail out because "they're good bags!" as my grandmother would say.  Well, turns out that I have over ten of them.  Which means that I have skipped becoming my mother, and just become my grandmother instead.

 I felt really worn out after that, so I watched some tv and had a bowl of rice chex and milk.  Then, the doorbell rang and it was a package from Marvie, who sent me some get well cake pops!  So I had to eat one.  It was delicious.  Total: 9 points
Handmade Get Well Cake Pops
Adorable...and tasty!
We were going to try to go to Target and just walk around as a "get Alyssa out of the house" field trip in the evening, but I decided that I'd rather have a two hour nap.  So Chris ran some errands and then picked up kabobs on the way home.  Dinner was chicken, rice, and a big bowl of blueberries, plus two cups of water.  Total: 9 points

And then I didn't feel that great, so I drank a cup of hot tea and ate some British biscuits and thought of Kate Middleton.  Total: 6 points

 So in summary, I just kind of ate things yesterday, but I was actually hungry.  I could have done better with the dairy, veggies, and oils.  Alas, tomorrow is another day.

 Liquids: 6/6
Dairy: 1/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 3/5
Protein: 3/2
Whole Grains: yes, rice chex
Exercise: still not allowed
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 9/49 for the week

We'll give it a confused looking Charles.
prince-harrys-bride-to-be: Favorite Charles Pictures 7/8

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