Cooking

Its Sun and we stayed in all day.  I had work to do and wanted to catch up some on the computer.  May have been over on cal last night so even though i was fine for the week i thought that i would try to watch a bit extra today.  Ended up deciding to avoid meat and had a morning star Asian style patty for dinner with my homemade vinegar slaw.  Put it on a toasted thin with a drop of mayo and it smelled a bit funny but tasted really good. Was inspired by one of the blogs this morning to start some chili..so started some black bean chili for tues when we may be snowed in....right now it is too soupy for chili but we got 2 more cans of black beans that i will add...the spices tasted good but will have to re taste after it sits.  I also roasted a cauliflower(which i love) and made kale chips(which i still don't like)...prob last time i make these unless someone else wants them.  Also made a big bowl of mixed berries with just a bit of orange and banana that i measured out for my fruit today.  I used to make quite a few vegetarian things but most of them are not low-cal...but there is no reason i can't fit some meatless days into the plan.
My leg felt better today so i started by walking...then used my 2 steps and then did the wall sits...still cant hold it long enough but at least i can go down and up. I decided to cont with the squats and lunges as they seem to be strengthening the muscles around my knee and just not doing them for a few days they were harder to do.  May be able to start walking a little longer soon..i hope so as i really miss walking.

Got a new toaster oven yesterday, but its still in the box...hopefully will get it out this week and got a few fun things to use up the gift card...it was fun to walk out with a bunch of stuff and to have paid 2 dollars.....Glad i was able to talk D into giving me a card i could use for 2 years.  I have 5 or 6 or maybe more from the clothing store that told me she didn't have anything in my size and it was now too much trouble to special order things in my size.  I wanted to call the owner and tell her what happened but i was sure it would get back to the manager(miss rude) and end up being more trouble so i just left and finally convinced D not to buy me gift card there...hes friends with the owner but he finally let it drop.  The previous manager was willing to order things for me and i shopped there at that time...i stopped when this one took over as i didn't get along with her from the get-go.  Maybe in a year or two i will fit in their clothes again but i'm not sure i want to give them my business and i hope i can make use of some of the old stuff in my closet.
I'm very happy with the way this phase is going for me, but i know Allen is disappointed in us. I've been trying to hit the combination of protein, carb, vegies that i need and keep the cal to 300 or less per meal and then 150 for 1-2 snacks...Ive tried to copy some of the meals more closely by upping the protein and skipping the milk. Wonder how this week will go with sub of beans for meat some days...guess i'll know next Sun.