Emoticons

Even though I've reintroduced chicken back into my diet, it has not gone so smoothly. I cook it, but I am afraid to eat it. So I have a trick I use--I only eat 1/2. That way, I can only get 1/2 as sick, should it turn out to be poison.

Lately I've been really weak. My husband insists it's because I don't eat enough. I think he's wrong. I've introduced chicken back into my diet for crying out loud. I eat oatmeal for breakfast. I think that I am anemic again, but I'm not sure.

So, I decided tonight to enter all of the foods I've eaten today into the Pyramid Tracker device on the Food Pyramid web site. I thought I would find out how much I'm lacking in protein or iron.

After painstakingly entering everything, including all of the quantities, updating my age and weight, I was shocked to learn that I do not consume enough food each day to meet my energy needs.

All of the emoticons were either neutral or frowning.

So, although I am not hungry, I am going back to the kitchen to stir-fry up the rest of the veggies and re-heat a little chicken and rice.

I'm eating now as a finish this entry. It sucks. I have not appetite, but I'm weak.

I've eaten all veggies, and most rice. I've eaten two pieces of chicken.

OK, so I left most of the chicken on my plate.

I'll try again tomorrow.