The scale was hidden for the past couple of weeks or so. All through Spring Break, as that part of the house was being worked on, at least.
I got on it Thursday for the first time in a while.
220.
Hmm. Okay. I had the feeling I had gained a couple of pounds back. If we look at the fact that my weight was consistent at 216, and I was relatively lazy during the break...That's only a 4 pound weight gain. Plus, it was evening and I'd eaten, etc. etc.
So yesterday morning, 218. Today...217.
I'm still not back to my old, pre-GF routine. And I won't be until after payday. (Do you have any idea how expensive it is to buy healthy foods???) That doesn't mean I'm junking out or anything. It's just that my options are limited.
This past week, I had my salad every day. I didn't get to make my soup, so it was salad and a sandwich. I didn't have as much stuff to put on my salad, either.
I will be trying to get some vegetable soup made up tomorrow. I guess it might be soup and a sandwich this week. I have no $$ to get stuff for salad.
I did make some homemade tomato soup. Probably not the
healthiest thing.
Melt a couple tablespoons of butter. Chop up bacon into small pieces and fry in the butter. (The biggest thing here is that you are trying to get the flavor of the bacon, plus a little fat. I have saved bacon grease and just tossed in a spoonful or two and let it melt down.) Chop up onions, carrots, celery, and garlic. Remove the bacon when it's crispy, and toss in the chopped veggies. Let the veggies start to get tender, then add a carton of stock (usually, we use chicken, but today I used organic, low sodium vegetable broth, and it was still yummy.) Add in canned tomatoes (I use at least one large can and one small can. You can use whole, diced, crushed, whatever. Usually, I have a large can of whole or diced and a small can of stewed. Tonight, I used a large can of diced, and small cans of diced and fire roasted--3, I think.)
Once you add in the tomatoes, let it simmer for twenty minutes or so -- until it is heated all the way through. Get out your immersion blender and whiz until the soup is smooth, then add cream (half and half, whipping cream, milk...whatever you got on hand...), continuing to whiz until well-mixed. Serve garnished with a little shredded cheese (if that's what you like) and the bacon that you cooked at the beginning.
Usually, I used stewed tomatoes and don't add the carrots and the celery. Tonight, I had carrots but no celery. I probably put 2 cups of chopped carrots into the pot...and no one is the wiser. Same with the vegetable broth instead of the chicken broth. No comments made to say that the soup tasted funny or different than usual. (I think it turned out quite well, too.)
So...tomorrow, I will make a vegetable soup. I will do what I can to get through the next week (and a couple of days!) without any money. And maybe I can get back on track.
