Still Sick, Tomato Soup and Pizza Friday

Still Sick

I will be posting the week 2 Peach Pants Challenge probably on Saturday or Sunday. I have been sick all week and am pretty sure I don't want to take more pictures of me looking like Frankenstein.

On Wednesday after class, my eye started to hurt and weep a little. 6 hours later my face was swollen and I called the my number one source of information, my Aunt Beth at 3am, panicking because I thought I should go to the ER.

I went to the doctor on Thursday and found out I had conjunctivitis. The doctor explained that I had Strep throat and a cold. The cold had made it's sweet way to my eye and infected it. AWESOME. I know this is way more information then you ever wanted to know about me. Unfortunately, my face looks like this:

I should model for WebMD or something. 

Tomato Soup

So in my week of being sick, I discovered a really important and frustrating thing: finding canned soup without a ton of preservatives and no animal products is pretty hard. I finally broke down and purchased a can of soup for $2.99!!!! OMG so much money. It was the one of Campbell's fresh kitchen soups. 

 There were still preservatives that I couldn't pronounce but hey, it was canned soup. I added basil and ate a pear on the side.

Pizza Friday!

This Friday I made potato, butternut squash pizza with red sauce. 

First: I cubed the butternut squash and yukon gold potatoes. I added salt and pepper and olive oil to the butternut squash and then added pesto to the potatoes. I roasted these at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, I removed the squash and cooked the potatoes for another 10 minutes.

Second: I added all cooked toppings to pizza, baked in the oven at 425 degrees for 20 minutes and served. I added fresh basil at the end and served with mixed greens on the side.

I'm being honest here, still not missing the cheese. 

We decided to go to Yogurtini for dessert. I got their vegan raspberry and pomegranate sorbet and topped it with pineapple.

Questions of the day:

What is your favorite frozen yogurt topping?

I love raspberries. I usually cover my yogurt with them.

Ever have two colds at once?

What do you eat when you're sick?

Strep Throat, Applesauce and Weight-loss Envy

I woke up this morning feeling terrible. I went into work briefly to do payroll and then straight to the doctor. Turns out I have Strep Throat.

Something you should know about me...I am the worst sick person ever. I am a whiner, I feel sorry for myself and overall just am miserable. Since strep is contagious I can't even whine and make Marty take care of me.

Here's a picture of me feeling sorry for myself:

So if you've ever had strep throat you know your throat gets super swollen. Stupid tonsils. Features of my sick meal plan:

I love applesauce and honestly it was pretty much the only thing I could swallow earlier.

Don't have soup? Not a problem. Oatmeal is an excellent supplement. I made some oatmeal Grandma Mary style, which meals classic oatmeal: brown sugar and enough milk (almond milk) to make it kind of like delicious oatmeal soup. Made me feel better and miss my grandma.

Everybody buys their oatmeal in bulk right?

I will be re-joining the world tomorrow and starting my last session in grad school! Can't wait.

Weight Loss Envy

So this is the first season of the Biggest Loser that I have watched and I can't help but have a variety of feelings when I watch the show. In the beginning, I related to the contestants, I remembered being obese, I remembered struggling to begin my weight loss journey.

When I watch now, I am filled with this weird feeling of envy. I wish I could lose weight like the contestants. 10 pounds in one week? Seriously? I haven't talked about it a lot on the blog but I am really struggling with my weight loss plateau. I think my plateau is caused by a couple of things, mainly eating more than I should. Instead of focusing on my plateau I have worked on building muscle and concentrating on my eating. Small goals like the Peach Pants Challenge.

So when I start to feel that weight loss envy, I just need to remember not to compare my success to another persons success.

Source

So I may not be a biggest loser, but a plateau will not define my success. If anything this plateau is a great example that I can maintain my weight and some day when I am in maintenance I know I can make it work.  

Questions of the Day:

Have you ever had Strep throat?

What do you eat when you're sick?

Ever experienced a weight-loss envy?