Wed 10 Oct

Scale continues to climb upward even though I think I'm still eating pretty well and doing my best to exercise and move, even when the knee is gimpy. I hope this is temporary. We had my (belated) birthday lunch with my coworkers today at El Ranchito. I tried a new dish, Puerco w/Salsa Verde. It consisted of chunks of roasted pork in a salsa verde sauce to be eaten wrapped in tortillas. Unfortunately it was not particularly attractive on the plate, being a bunch of chunks swimming in a thin green liquid. Tasted quite good, though. My car is at the shop, replacing the starter and possibly the cable. Will be nice to have a car that starts again. In the meantime, they gave me a Corolla as a loaner. Got a nice pot of butternut squash soup simmering on the stove. Used a couple of recipes as a base and added my own touches. Hope it turns out yummy! It did, it did turn out yummy! And the immersion blender makes the puree work so easy! Food: 6:45 am 1 c Trader Joe's multigrain flaxseed cereal, 1/2 c light original soy milk, 1/4 large cantaloupe, Gala apple (Vitamix sauce), coffee 12:00 pm Chips & salsa, 5 oz roast pork, salsa verde sauce, 3 homemade corn tortillas, 1/3 c refried beans w/cheese 1:00 pm Small piece applesauce cake 4:45 pm Green tea w/mint 5:45 pm Chocolate calcium chew 7:00 pm Bowl butternut squash soup, blueberry scone, 5 oz pinot grigio Exercise: 4:45-5:25 am Jane Fonda Workout with Weights 5:25-5:35 am Aerobic warm up and beginning of Brand New Butt