hi

today, I broke my rule, first thing, I got on the scale   nekkid...I am up to 210.  I really am eating considerably less, and, am encountering the slowly gain a bit of weight that most people on eating plans encounter before they start to loose.  I was on the atkins, twice, the weight watchers, once, a vegetarian, 3 or 4 times, the slight weight gain is normal.  Yes, to any of the people reading, I am seriously eating LESS!  I used to eat quite a bit more.  And my over all choices and amounts of food, it was amazing that I remained under 230, looking back.

This morning I had the other half of dinner, the vegetables and the remaining chicken quarter left from last night and for lunch I had three T (or tbsp) of peanut butter.  I am just now getting a bit hungry, it is going on 3:30.  I also had an apple.  I will need to go to dollar tree, tomorrow, or today, and get more frozen vegetables.  That place is neat, it has broccoli/cauliflower, broccoli normandy (broccoli, cauliflower and carrots), stir fry mix and a few other vegetables.  As the name of the place indicates they are all one dollar, each, and most of them come in one pound packages, but, I am half expecting the weight to drop, soon, to either 12 oz, 10 oz or 9 oz per package.  In all, it is still less expensive than going to walmart, in that I don't have to use a car for comfort for frozen foods, the dollar tree is about 7 blocks, or less, from my house, great for a bike ride or a brisk walk.  With the weather getting slowly warmer it will be easier to walk or ride a bike, it is hard in the winter.
I think I will be making fish for dinner.  Fish sounds really good.  There are so many ways to prepare it, steamed over boiling veg, roasted, with boiled veg, broken up and boiled with the fish with some cream cheese and mushrooms added to make it like a stroganoff.  I think I will add a few noodles, less than an 1/8 of a cup, uncooked, to give it some texture.  They all sound good.  The steamed sounds the best, with pepper ground over it.