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Day 7 of Conga Lessons (convalescence)...

 Lunch was chicken and noodles, plus a cup of pineapple (from my fruit basket), and two cups of water.  Total: 5 points

 I actually felt well enough to go out to dinner!  And Ford's Fish Shack didn't have a wait!  It's a surgery miracle!  
This is one of the pictures that comes up when you do a google image search for "miracles happen."
Yeah, I don't know either.

 So dinner was a corn muffin, a salad, angry mussels, and half of a slice of blueberry pie.  Plus two glasses of iced tea, and a glass of wine (I know!) since I didn't need any Vicodin that day.  Total: 19 points
Today's Fine Art in Blogging is by Damon Crook.

Liquids: 4/6
Dairy: 0/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 0/2
Fruits/Veggies: 3/5
Protein: 2/2
Whole Grains: no
Exercise: Nope.
Total: 24/26 points
Weekly Points: 24/49 for the week

Well, that was a disaster.  I was under in points, but nutritionally, I mostly ate sugar.
Camilla thinks it is funny.
Conga Lessons Day 8...

 Monday lunch was a cup of chicken and noodles (the last one--so sad!) and four glasses of water.  Total: 5 points

 Then I made some Skinnytaste crockpot applesauce with all of the apples I got in the fruit basket from work.  I don't even use the brown sugar anymore--as long as there aren't too many green apples in the mix, it isn't needed.

 Dinner was a turkey taco in a whole grain tortilla, half a cup of fat free refried beans, a cup of tomatoes with a teaspoon of olive oil, and two more glasses of water.  Total: 6 points

 Dessert was a slice of Skinnytaste banana nut bread and two glasses of milk.  Total: 8 points

I was going to stay up and have some more fruits/veggies, but I thought "I'm tired and not hungry, and that doesn't make any sense."  So I went to bed.

Liquids: 8/6
Dairy: 2/2 
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 1/2
Fruits/Veggies: 3/5
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: yes, whole grain tortilla wrap
Exercise: no
Total: 19/26 points
Weekly Points: 24/49 for the week

 Not perfect, but better than the day before.  We'll give it a Queen Lilibet, wearing ALL THE AQUAMARINES!

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