The guy next door just sneezed and it was REALLY loud. Why do men have such ridiculous sneezes?

He's still going..... 5 sneezes total. 
...6
7.
8.
9.
...
I think he's done.


Last night was like the most boring night out ever.


Paul #2 (mentioned in a previous post) invited me over, using the words "party" and "beer." So I wandered on over to his place at like 9 expecting a good time. 


There were 4 of us. A few more wandered in and out throughout the night, including his friend-and-now-new-roommate who is kinda creepy and keeps trying to get my number. The drunker friend-roommate got, the more insistent he became that I hang out with him. So I crawled into a dark corner of the living around 3.30 am and passed out on the couch under 5 blankets, then booked at 7.58 this morning. 


Good times.


Back down to 97 pounds. Not only did I NOT binge last night (I suck at Fridays), I also stayed under 1000 (new weekend limit is 1200). Word. Today the limit is 1200 IF I exercise. And I might treat myself to a fluffernutter--I can make it 180 calories and still a pretty decent size. :D


Here's a cute photo of my cat:

So sugar snap peas are pretty yummy. I forgot about them until I was in A&P yesterday and grabbed a bag. Only 14 cals per 10 pea pods! I just mix 'em up with some sea salt and eat them right out of the bag.

And the A&P must have restocked its supply of Cup-a-Soup because I got a bunch of new flavours. 

Speaking of soup, here is the pumpkin soup recipe I may or may not have mentioned a while ago. It is quite possibly the easiest recipe ever. 


You will need:

- 2 cups pumpkin (the canned kind is good) (160 cals)
-1/4 tsp nutmeg
- a pinch of clove (and when I say pinch, I mean take a pinch of ground clove and then take a much smaller pinch from that)
- 3 cups broth (45 cals)
- salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp white cooking wine (10 cals)
- 1/2 cup fat free half & half (40 cals)


To make it:
If you have a blender--saute 1/3 cup of minced onions in either the cooking wine or butter, and then move on to the pumpkin. You'll need to stick the whole batch of soup in the blender at the end, BEFORE adding the half & half just so there's no lumps of onions. My blender decided to pack it in after 8 years of loyal service, so I just skipped the onions. 
Heat the cooking wine in a medium-large saucepan. If you don't have wine, you can use butter instead (like 1/2 tbsp of the whipped kind--35 cals). The wine is nice because it's lower calories and it brings out all the flavours. Once the wine is heated a bit, put the 2 cups of pumpkin into the pan and stir it constantly for about 5-10 minutes. Add the nutmeg and cloves.
After 5 or 10 minutes, add the broth and keep stirring, bringing it to a boil. Once it starts bubbling, reduce the heat to a simmer. Keep it on a simmer, stirring a lot, for another 5 or 10 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Then add the half and half (to make the recipe vegan, just skip the half & half). Heat another minute or so, stirring to make sure the half & half gets blended in nicely. Then serve it. Your entire pot of soup is 255 calories without the onions (~275 with onions, and 310 if you use onions and butter instead of wine). And it's a lot of mf soup.
You'll probably need 2 cans of pumpkin and 3 cans of broth, and you'll end up with a little of each left over. I ended up having the perfect amount of both left over to make a smaller batch of the soup a few days later, which was awesome.