Eggface Blog

hey do ya see the super snazzy link on the right side o this page for Eggface's blog? (it has the frying pan with egg eyes and a bacon smile) If ya do, slide yer mouse over to it and giver a click! Shelly has some super awesome recipes, tips, and insights. She too has been thru da wls and will motivate you to try some new foods or shakes or snacks that are great for us post ops. Thanks Shelly, you rock girl!

New kitchen toy!!!

Here it is the Xpress Redi-Set-Go Cooker w/4 Removable Cooking Pans from QVC, item #K30405

Above are the 3 pans that came with it: mini muffin, heart shape and bundt.

This is the omelet pan above, each half is almost 6" long!!

The red unit above with lid closed. Xpress Redi-Set-Go Cooker

The egg portion is HUGE! I used 2 eggs, and some pepper, beat them and poured into each half. It took about 4 minutes to cook.

There is a 1/2 slice of ham on each half of the Arnold Select Sandwich Thin. I used the whole wheat. The thin is 100 calories for the top AND bottom, with 5 grams protein! I found them at Walmart.

There is also 1/8 cup of shredded cheese in the ham.

I ate only 1/2 of the meal, and I am full! Will save the other half for another meal!

Nutritional info: the 1/2 of the sandwich I ate gave me 215 calories and 15-1/2 grams protein.

Not too shabby! and it was delicious!

My review: Yes I LOVE IT! Altho I've only cooked one thing in it, I can see it will be very useful, especially in making bariatric friendly meals for me.

Thurs, July 1st

breakfast: scram eggs and a tsp of my apple mix

string cheese b4 i rode my bike for 30 min and walked some of it. been a LONG time since I rode and the legs were yelling!

lunch was grilled chicken, broccoli and shred cheese

had a protein shake, double scoop after lunch

1 fudge bar

1 bag of 100 cal apple cereal from Kay's Naturals

supper was grilled porkchop boneless yum!

now more iced coffee cuz im behind on my fluids!

day one is in! yeah! tomorrow I hope to walk in the morning.

fri june 4

scram eggs for breakfast

a lovely headache is with me today

and its raining, at least i dont have to water the garden.

thursday i had the usual scram eggs at breakfast and grilled chicken with cheese for lunch. supper was a couple french fries and bite of chicken wrap at a spy job i do. of course the fries have upset my system. suppose i should have bit and spit as i talked about with a friend. ya have to taste test the food for the spy job. oh well it pays a few bucks so i'll live.

at least i didn't go nuts and eat ALL the food while spying.

so far this month i have been about 98% good when it comes to food. walked twice. have 2 more spy jobs today and a couple things to pick up at the stores.

tues june 2

walked to post office and bank and back.

breakfast was a big train protein waffle with blueberries and sf syrup. piece of string cheese before walk.

Tuesday June 1st, 2010

Happy June first! I am starting again to get myself back where I need to be. I am bummed cuz I have gained and am near 200 again. I had to buy size 18 pants cuz the 14's did not fit anymore :(

that sucks, but its all my fault.

Had the usual scram egg breakfast, made a protein shake for later. Lunch was some chicken, a later snack was a bit more of scram eggs, and the rest of the chicken for the 4th meal. couple pieces of string cheese, 1/2 of the shake, and lots of iced coffee today! got another pot brewing now.

We went to the funeral of a dear little boy who was not quite 3 years old; Casey, who lost his battle with leukemia, but now is with God in heaven and suffers no more. What a beautiful little boy he was! The photos at the funeral home were so happy and his smile! He looks so like his mom Jenny, who was our neighbor--we met her when she was 5 years old. Please remember them in your prayers. Casey has an older brother who I believe is 5, Conner.

I would also appreciate prayers that I stay on track and can get this extra weight off and feel better about myself.

Ok gotta get going, have a blessed day!

wed march 17th

happy st pattys day

am wearing green and deviated from the usual breakfast with a muffin in a mug with pb, sf jelly and some davinci

sat march 6

9 am usual breakfast

lunch 2 pieces of chicken pizza and the rest of my steak/shrimp/broccoli from last nite

2 fudge bars

Friday March 5th

7:30 usual breakfast

2 pm same for lunch

1/2 fudge bar before lunch

supper i had steak, shrimp and a small salad and some broccoli

Thurs March 4

7:30 usual breakfast

1:30 lunch I had some chicken dumpling soup, and an eggs salad sandwich on wheat.

coffee and my orange drink now about 4 pm

walked with hubby and dd and dgs for half hour at school then went to the new Chinese buffet for supper. I ate mostly chicken, a few veggies, 2 bites of a donut, it all did fill me up. they tried the frog legs, i did not.

Wed March 3

7:30 usual breakfast and vitamins

lunch was 2 hard boiled eggs around noon and later at 4ish a turkey and cheese unwich from JJ's.

more string cheese later.

Tues March 2

8 am ususal breakfast

too early of a snack of the cinnamon apple cereal and peanuts

now drinkin coffee

had some popcorn and lunch was chicken with tomato sauce and lots of cheese under said broiler

breakdown, feel free to check the oh no box for me please

rest of cold pizza and the last 3" of the bread with pb and sf jelly

its been a strange afternoon/evening.

Happy March!! Monday March 1st

7:45 same breakfast

today is a new month and we are starting over with exercise, planning to walk 5 times a week, not eating junk or soda. just had my vitamins. gonna tackle the to do list.

lunch rest of taco chicken with cheese and a bit of salsa

snacked on string cheese and part of a protein shake

supper was late and pizza with extra cheese

walked for 30 min pushing stroller

1 sf fudge bar

fri feb. 26

8 ish, usual breakfast minus the cottagy cheese

thurs feb 25

8ish usual breakfast minus cottagy cheese (and yes I realize the cottage does not have a "y", but when I type it, it does)

coffee is brewing.

lunch, i had taco chicken, shred cheese and a bit of salsa.

supper I made everyone else french toast and I had a big train sf choc chip waffle with sf syrup. the waffles i make are not the full size, about 3/4 size. while it was tasty, it did not fill me up like a dense protein like chicken would.

i had a sf fudge bar somewhere during the day and microwave popcorn.

Wed. feb. 24

usual breakfast about 7:30

couple pieces of string cheese before noon

note to self: do NOT eat mcdonalds mcdouble ever again! too greasy and not to mention there is a BUN! so the 1/2 mcdouble and 1/2 fries did nothing but make me feel yucky.

oh well

supper was more string cheese, more protein shake, and 1/2 a serving of the usual breakfast minus the cottagy cheese

I have plans to start up the exercising on March 1st. doing at least 3 days a week if not 5, walking. wish me luck!

tues feb 23

8ish same breakfast

popcorn before lunch and the other half of my protein shake from yest

late lunch of rest of steak from day b4 and 2 eggs.

supper was about 3 string cheese sticks and a bag of cereal and peanuts.

monday feb 22

8ish usual breakfast having made a dozen eggs in it.

i tossed out all the rest of the sugar stuff in the pantry and made a big bag of all cake mixes and chips to take to church to the shopping cart for the food pantry.

1ish steak and eggs. nothing since breakfast cept coffee and flavored water. ok i just had 2 sf fudge bars (which are 1/2 of a full bar so i had a full bar's worth)

supper i had same as breakfast and cheated with a piece of cheezy garlic bread. not too bad of a cheat compared to last weeks slips.

sunday feb 21

8 am usual breakfast, need to make another batch of scram eggs for the next few days and buy some more cottage cheese.

tonite is the soup meal. 1 more batch of split pea with ham to make this afternoon.

i have discovered that i have a really hard time with temptation at gas stations, with soda and donuts. i have, however, decided a few things that need to be done in my life, and want this week to start them.

another horrible day. cookies, soups with potatoes in them, it went from bad to worse.

Sat feb. 20th

breakfast at 8 am usual, however fell off the wagon right after with a bag of fritoes and a tootsie pop. eating right is a mental thing, you have to THINK what you are eating. sometimes its just habit. grrrrr.

tummy is rumbling now at 11. hopefully rest of day will be better. later tonite im making split pea with ham for a soup event at an area church tomorrow.

well things went down hill, lunch was at kfc, i had grilled chicken and a diet pepsi, and a chocolate bar. piece of string cheese

supper i finished the rest of the tbone from the day b4, had 1/2 of a slice of pepperoni pizza, sip of beer and i dont recall what else.

not a good day at all.

Friday Feb. 19th

8 am breakfast is the same most of the time, its just easiest to pop it in the micro and eat.

11:30 cereal and peanuts (there is a pattern here folks!)

12ish fudge bar, sf of course

2:30 turkey chili with northern beans made fresh this morning (was not that great cuz what i had didn't have that much turkey in it)

supper, i forgot when, but had a tbone, well 1/2 of it, with fried onions

and a soda :( i know boo hiss

Thursday Feb 18th

8:30 same breakfast, and coffee brewing. i am not in as much pain today but around the waistband it is hurting. upper back is better right now.

10:45 had a sf fudge bar. so how many of you are reading my food journal besides Penny? LOL anyone? Buehler? Buehler?

12:30 lunch as the mex place in Kiel, El Camino. Yes, I had some chips and salsa and took the tortilla off my tostada and shell off my taco. yum!

3ish snack of bag of peanuts and bag of Kays cinnamon cereal

Last night kind of went way down hill. I made steak and shrimp for the family and after I had a diet pepsi and 2 cinnamon rolls.

tomorrow will be a new day!

wed. feb 17

last nite sucked, i had bad back pains yest so went to chiro, it helped but got worse last nite again, had a pain pill cuz i could not stand it, and put heating pad on. the pain pill helped me sleep but i forgot to take my migraine med so woke with a migraine and more back pain.

8 am usual breakfast, while i am making deviled eggs for soup at church tonite. must go study sign language and the other classes, big test today and giving my talk tonite at class.

got a c on the test grrr. and had a handful of raisins, peanuts and about 6 m&ms (from trail mix) gonna go lie down on heating pad and have a sf fudge bar first. studied sign lang. am ready for class, weather is not cooperating was snowing.

2:15 ish, well i guess when you find something you like, eat it a lot. i think the chicken was grilled, or boiled, not sure, but i had cut it up into chunks, and frozen it. had about a cup, slathered with a wee bit of sgetti sauce and a ton of cheese, and broiled it in the oven. OhMyGosh! its yummy, burned the cheese a bit but added some of the Kay's Natural parmesan chips (crushed) to it. im full and not even done with it! see what a dense protein does to fill you up. i don't feel any better tho, cept the lunch is good.

2 pieces of string cheese on the way home from school, part of a protein shake.

supper was breakfast again and part of a cheese bun with pepperoni and sgetti sauce.

Tues Feb 16

7 am breakfast same as yest. i made the dozen scram eggs with ham for the next few days.

now its been 30 min since i ate so i can start on the orange drink. i am bummed today due to some personal issues and trying to decide how to deal with them.

10:50 am having a bag of the Kaye's Naturals, the apple/cinnamon cereal and small pack of peanuts. wanted a crunch. making a pot of coffee, 2 scoops of highlander grog and 1 scoop of choc caramel all decaf.

1 pm finishing yesterdays protein shake

2:30 same as last nites supper the chicken, sgetti sauce and lots of cheese broiled till the cheese was crispy. I also had a spoonful of smashed taters and a couple spoonfulls of cheezy soup. and a bite of a roll. I think thats all :)

7:45 prime rib, 1 devil egg, a bacon wrapped water chestnut, 2 small slices of cheese, 1 slice of summer sausage, steamed green/yell0w beans, 5 mini carrots with dip, 1 meatball, a few bites of super thin cut carrot cake (thinnest I have ever seen a cake sliced about 1/4" if that wide), one bite of chocolate cake

Feb 15th

My friend Penny suggested I blog what I eat as a diary so I am accountable and its kind of like a journal and we all know how much I "love to journal" (not!) so here I go :) (thanks Penny! are you journaling too?)

Monday, Feb. 15th

Breakfast at 7:45 am

1/2 cup scram egg

1 tbsp. apple mix (apples, splenda, sf butterscotch pudding, bit of lemon juice, cinnamon, all cooked in the pressure cooker for 15 min)

2 tbsp. cottage cheese

Also made one of my usual protein shakes, 1 scoop cookies n cream matrix, 1/2 scoop of choc matrix, 2 pieces of banana about 1" each, sprinkle of sf white choc pudding, some davinci and ice. made about a 20 oz shake, which I will later divide up into 2 servings.

Am going now to sort the bird category of the unmounteds so I can try to get my dining room table back. It's covered with rubber! Literally!

Later I will make a dozen eggs for the scram egg that I usually eat for breakfast, that will last me about 5 days, eggs are 99¢ a dozen at Kwik Trip right now! I stocked up for the deviled eggs I make for church's soup supper which starts this week with Ash Wed. services.

Midmorning I am drinking orange walmart brand of cl, and a highlander grog/choc fudge mix of decaf and skim.

11:30 2 pieces of string cheese

Lunch around 1 pm was more of my chef salad from yest. I had a hankering for turkey and salad so got a chef salad. It gave me 2 meals!

Protein coffee or most of one, around 5ish, then at 6:30 I had about a cup of diced chicken broiled with some tomato sauce and lots of cheese. 1 tsp of peanut butter cuz i was still "hungry" after and a sf fudge bar.

now i'll work on more of the orange fake cl and ice water the rest of the nite. did not get the walk with the stroller in cuz the school was busy with a tournament.

time for homework!