Felt a bit better today, so actually went for a 20 min. walk outside this afternoon. Still have to take it easy, since chest congestion remains.

I wasn’t good again, today! All those scrumptious, homemade cookies baked by our neighbor, Chandriga, from scratch! Had them with Twining’s Decaf English Breakfast tea w/lemons from our beautiful lemon tree out back, and brown sugar cubes. YUM.

Brekky:  Organic corn flakes sweetened w/juice w/nonfat milk, coffee w/nonfat milk, fruit (persimmon, apple, banana, 1 pineapple guava, blueberries) and cookies!!!

Lunch:  Bowl of homemade Hungarian white bean soup (w/hamhocks & veggies), leftover macaroni & cheese, veggies. Tea and cookies for dessert.

Snack: Carr’s crackers, Tillamook Cheddar, some black pepper potato chips, tortilla chips, glass of white wine. Oh, my.

Dinner:  Sole (broiled by hubby), peas and carrots, steamed spinach, slice of sourdough, tbsp. of sauce for fish.

Dessert: Will probably have more tea w/lemon  & cookies.

It’s becoming my mantra: I can hardly wait till I’m whole again and can resume exercising.  I’m still getting over my bronchitis!

Brekky: 1 slice whole wheat honey bran toast w/bit o butter & grapefruit marmalade, coffee w/nonfat milk, a bit of fruit (persimmmon, apple, banana, blueberry)

Lunch: At FarmHouse:  coffee, 2 slices whole wheat toast w/ butter & 3 tsp. of seedless blackberry jam, fruit=banana, watermelon, strawberry, cantelope

Snack: Ruined it all! 1-1.5 oz cheddar cheese, 10-15 black pepper chips, some tortilla chips, 3 Carr’s crackers, 4-6 oz. white wine

Dinner:  Homemade macarani & cheese (2 platefuls), salad = letttuce, red cabbage, celery, green onion, red onion, 1/2 small avocado, 1/2 small tomato w/wine vinegar, steamed veggies = corn & beans (homegrown, blanched, & frozen) + carrots

Dessert:  Cookies (baked by neighbor Chandriga from scratch) and tea

Still not fully recovered from (what hubby Michael insists was) viral or bacterial bronchitis. Therefore, no exercise. I can hardly wait till this week-end (estimated time of full recovery).

Brekky: Hubby’s alarm didn’t go off again, so again, had to fix my own.  Farina (3 tbsp. to 3/4 c. water) w/a bit of maple syrup & milk, coffee w/milk, 1 slice toast from home-baked honey-bran bread, w/bit o butter and grapefruit marmalade, little fruit: banana, blueberries, persimmon, apple, mango.

Lunch: Too tired & hungry by ~2PM to fix my own, so went to Farm House & had a BLT on whole wheat toast w/coffee & 1 non-dairy creamer.

Dinner: Two big bowls of homemade Hungarian white bean soup w/hamhocks & veggies. YUM.

Dessert: Nibbled on 3 types of cookies (Xmas gifts from friends & neighbors) w/Decaf English breakfast tea w/lemon & brown sugar cubes. Finished some of brekky fruit.

None. Still getting over bronchitis/pneumonia.  Looking forward to easing into exercise starting this week-end, if I’m feeling better.

Brekky: Had to make my own, since hubby’s alarm didn’t go off. Teensy fruit: 1 sliced up pineapple guava, a few slices of apple, a few slices of Fuyu persimmon; coffee (El Imposible from El Salvador); 1 slice w/w toast w/a little butter, a little peanut butter, a little grapefruit marmalade.

Lunch: Back at Farm House: coffee, 2 slices of toast w/butter, 3 tsp. seedless blackberry jam, small dish of fruit=watermelon, a strawberry, 1 pineapple slice, a few slices of banana.

Dinner: at Govinda’s in Santa Rosa: salad (spinach, lettuce, beets, carrots) w/tofu-dill dressing; brown rice, veggie curry and boiled veggies on top; Traditional Medicinals Throat Coat tea.

Dessert:  Tea w/lemon and 1 tsp. honey

Feeling hungry, but keep telling myself remember how you feel when you give in to instant gratification (e.g., ice cream, pies, cakes, cookies) vs. when you don’t.

Nothing, I’m afraid.  It’s about my 5th straight day of being bed-ridden, due to bacterial either bronchitis or pneumonia–so exercise is out till about this week-end, if my recovery proceeds OK. Been on a course of antibiotics, which has obviously helped. However, the overwhelming fatigue that has accompanied this illness is unprecedented in my experience.

Brekky: Oatmeal (prepared by hubby) w/a bit of maple syrup & skim milk; fruit consisting of a few slices of apple, persimmon (the hard kind–nearing the last of the season from our tree), pineapple guavas (from our neighbor’s yard), and a few banana slices.

Lunch: Chicken broth with ~1/3c. of angel hair noodles, boiled veggies, 1-2 oz. boiled chicken w/bit of mustard.

Snack: an orange w/tea

Dinner: Repeat of lunch.