I grew weary of the boycott against bread.  After  all, what has bread ever done to me but make me happy and hold my sandwiches together.  I had bought this low carb bread online, basically for my Dad to try since he's on Atkins.  So I decided to have a cheeseburger (boca burger), and I was able to eat about half. But...  The bread did expand in my lil pouch and I thought I was gonna have to throw up, fortunately it went down but I don't think I'll be having bread again for awhile.

I know I know!  I swore I'd never get anywhere near a pork rind.  But you must understand that the only pork rinds I was familiar with were those nasty store bought kind Grandpa always came home with.  So a couple weeks ago I was searchin the web.  How come pork rinds only come in hot, cheese or barbeque?  I want all the potato chip type flavors.  So I typed in sour cream and onion pork rinds to see what it came up with.  I happened on a lil Mom and Pop site that claimed they made farm fresh pork rinds.  But the best thing?  They had like 17 flavors!  And God Bless 'em, they'd letcha sample 'em all for only $18.  They arrived today and I whipped out some cheddar and sour cream, and was pleasantly surprised.  They weren't greasy and didn't have that funky pork rindy taste.  Still I wasn't sure -- perhaps I was lil too desperate to find something satisfying and couldn't trust my own taste buds.  The real test was shoving 'em down Mother's gullet. Even she was pleasantly surprised AND asked for another.  It's official, they're damn good.  Unfortunately I got a lil over excited about the cinnamon and splenda kind -- I ralphed 'em up later.

I must admit I'm a lil paranoid over strictures, any lil twinge I find myself worrying it's a sign.  But the doctor was very confident and I'm sure I'm fine.

Since I'm two months post-op, I thought I'd list some typical things I eat throughout the day.

Filling from one chicken gordita
1/4 cup of crushed tomatoes (a lil garlic powder, a lil cayenne and splenda) 9 or 10 slices of turkey pepperoni and a slice of cheese on top. Then slap it in the microwave
1/4 cup of Nutlettes with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter
Atkins Crunchers
Scrambled eggs, a bit of a fritatta
Tofu dog with cheese wrapped in a lettuce leaf
Chili! About 1/4 to 1/2 cup
1 1/2 to 2 oz of turkey breast, chicken or lean pork
1/3 cup of Atkins cereal with 1/3 cup of Soy milk