Frittatas are good!

Glad to report that I managed to make the egg white frittata I was talking about yesterday, and it actually came out really well! Not sure that it technically qualifies as a frittata, but I bought a red pepper and some zucchini, which I sauteed with onion in a little olive oil. Once these were nice and soft, I added in some lean chopped up ham. I put this in a rectangular casserole with about a cup and a half of southern style frozen hash browns. I poured about a cup and a half of egg whites over this mix, then sprinkled a tiny bit of grated parmesan over the top. I cooked it until the middle was firm, probably a half hour at 400 degrees. I sliced it into about 6 squares, which when I put it into recipe builder came out to about 3 pts. apiece. Had this with some cut up apples this morning for breakfast--very indulgent! Once I figure out how to take and post photos better, I'd like to post some pix.

It's good I made some soft food, because I woke up with a hella toothache this morning! I have been doing lots of dental work lately, catching up on work not done over the last four years in Russia. Don't ask me why, but I was very hesitant about going to the dentist there--their medical standards are not that great, IMHO, and the traffic was TERRIBLE. I felt like I was taking my life in my hands every time I went out, so I rarely took trips that I deemed "optional." Anyhow, now I'm paying the price. I was at the dentist last week, got started on a root canal on one side of my mouth, and now I have a toothache on the other side, where I have had a tooth that has already been a lot of trouble over the years. Sigh. Maybe I'll be forced on an all liquid diet if both sides are out of commission.

I did continue to write everything down last night. I even did this before deciding whether to have a dessert. In fact, I chose a yogurt because I hadn't gotten much dairy in during the day. Wow, I'm almost acting like a rational grownup here, eating healthy and getting dental work done...what's next, doing my taxes well before April 15? Well, let's not get too crazy here.

I also did at least a token amount of exercise last night--15 minutes of the Sansone video. My muscles felt really tired from the night before, so I did not push too hard. My goal is still to be strong enough for our upcoming trip to Australia (end of March) to enjoy our activities there. Luckily, I don't see any half-marathons in our future, so we should be OK. I have had too many vacations where I'm sitting and watching the action, and I don't like that--I want to be part of it! So I have to keep that in mind when I want to wimp out on the exercise. Life is too short to be spent sitting on the bench.