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Well, this will make a world of difference!
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Well, I wasn’t supposed to, but I did. I bought a Diet Pepsi Max and drank the thing with much pleasure. It’s not the caffeine I’m not suppose to have, it’s the artificial sweeteners (makes me crave more food – which I thought was a bunch of fooey but it’s totally true with me). Anyway, WOW! Talk about not having the funk anymore. I mean, I feel funky, but in a totally better way.
I just got back from the pool where I swam and swam and swam. No kids, no husband. Just me. My husband came home and said after dinner (which he so sweetly prepared), “how bout’ you go swim and I’ll put the kids to bed!” Yeehaw.
I’m feeling better. Caffeine does wonders. So does the exercise (although I really hate to admit it).
Plus, the moon is out and is full and is a beautiful shade of red.
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I think its a combo of not enough caffeine and PMS, but I’m really feeling and wondering if this is at all worth it. I mean, I’m not stupid. I know it is, especially now that there are true health problems. But looking at that scale is very depressing. And I’m not doing so good not sticking to a real diet. Like Rootie said, just avoiding foods all together is easier than trying to limit oneself. I’m just in a funk and wanted everyone to know it.
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Well, it’s 9:56 p.m. on Thursday evening and what am I doing? I’m waiting for a German Chocolate Ooey Gooey Butter Cake to get out of the oven so I can begin making an Orange Poppy Seed Bundt Cake. Why? Because I love my husband and he has a poster session tomorrow morning and he asked me very nicely to make something for the people to nibble on after they are finished with the lecture and presentation of posters (husbands a biochemist, does research…) Although I have found it rather empowering to be able to make these without really wanting to have any, thoughts of being able to have them are driving me nuts.
I returned to my doctor to discuss my lab results. As I thought, my cholesterol is high, not horrificly high, but high enough that it needs to come down. My good cholesterol and bad cholesterol need to trade places. Also, and the worst part, was that my glucose level was high. My doc said we can also bring that down with diet and exercise, but by all accounts, I am a diabetic. No need for medication at this point but I have to be extremely careful what sugars I put into my mouth. And for me, it’s not the direct sugars, like sweets but the carbs that I so desperately crave.
Yesterday was a rough day for me as I made my kids lunch and they love nachos. Just plain tostitos scoops with cheese melted on top of them. I had a few nibbles which turned into a frenzy of a big plate of them.
I think I’m PMSing which is a horrible time for me because I turn ravenous. Although, after reflecting on what I have been doing, I also snuck a couple of diet cokes in and I really believe that artificial sweetener does make me hungrier.
Anyway….the timer will go off and I will begin yet another tasty desert.
….On another note - do any of you do weights? Like hand weights? And if so, what is your routine. Thanks!
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We had this for dinner last night. You can doctor it up as you wish. I added mushrooms to the vegetable mix and also made some basmati rice to use as a little filling. I only added around 1/2 cup of rice. Very tasty.
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
2 teaspoon ground coriander
3 teaspoon ground red pepper
3 teaspoon dried orange peel
1 pound skinned, boned chicken breast halves, cut into strips
2 teaspoons sesame oil or vegetable oil
cooking spray
12 cups (12-inch) julienne-cut carrot
8 (1-inch) sliced green onions
3 cup fresh cilantro leaves
4 (6-inch) flour tortillas
2 cup mango chutney
tomato-curry yogurt (recipe follows)
1) Mix together first 7 ingredients,stirring to coat chicken. Cover mixture, and marinate in refrigerator 30 minutes.
2) Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a large non-stick skillet coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Add chicken; cook 8 minutes or until done. Remove chicken from skillet; keep warm. Add 1 teaspoon oil to skillet; place over medium heat until hot. Add carrot and green onions; sauté for 10 minutes or until browned. Stir in cilantro leaves.
3) Spread 3 tablespoons Tomato-Curry Yogurt over each tortilla. Top each with 1 cup chicken mixture and a cup carrot mixture. Roll up tortillas. Serve each wrap with 2 tablespoons of mango chutney.Yield: 4 servings.Tomato-Curry Yogurt:
1 cup plain low-fat yoghurt
2 cup tomato sauce
: teaspoon curry powder
3 teaspoon sugar
c teaspoon pepper
1) Stir, Cover and chill.
Thank goodness. I thought I was the only one who needed to lose some unwanted flab.
My name is actually Debbie for those of you who don’t know me. A little bit about me just sos you knows. I’m 42, just turned that on Friday. I’m married with two little boys ages 4 and 6. Their birthdays are next month so I guess I can actually say more accurately 5 and 7. Regardless. I’ve been married for 10 years. My husband is very supportive of me no matter what I look like. When we met I was probably 25 pounds lighter. Still a bit overweight back then. He used to call me his Reuben which at first I found offensive until I realized he meant the painter and not the sandwich. Let’s see… I’m 6’3″ and now weigh 264. Thank you very much. Isn’t that crazy! For lack of accepting the reasons why I’ve gotten this big I can attribute it a lot to my knee. I should have knee replacement but apparently I’m “too young” according to the docs here so I hobble like my father who just turned 77 (on 7.7.7 – just thought I’d add that info because I found it really cool). Any exercise involving walking or impact on my knee is horrific. I can manage for a while but the next day my knee is swollen and stiff and burns. The extra weight only magnifies it. Some study shows going up steps when you’re overweight adds like 70 pounds to your joints. Well, no wonder it doesn’t feel so good.
I enjoy good food. I just make poor choices which over the years have added (literally) up to a problem that I’m having to deal with. My biggest downfall would have to be drive-thrus. On sad/bad days, I go through the drive-thru with my kids (trying to sell myself that it’s because of the kids that I do it….they just love those toys….). I’ve done all the tricks with drive-thrus. Ordered like I was ordering for more than one person so I could get more food and hoping the drive thru chick doesn’t realize it’s all for me. I’d make sure I’d order 3 drinks so she must have believed there were friends at home… This is always when I’m alone. Then I drive around consuming all the food and promising God that if he allows me to eat all of this food without choking and dying on a sandwich like that chick from the Mamas and the Papas band, I’d stop doing this. God knows I’m a liar. I’ll pull into a gas station and dispose of all the wrappers and then drive around some more with the windows down so the car doesn’t smell like french fries. Then I go home and make dinner and eat again.
I went to my doctor, a great internal medicine gal, and told her I was ready to change my life. She said she wouldn’t be nice to me and I told her she could slap me if she needed to. Instead she said she would give me a plan. I thought GREAT, ANOTHER PLAN TO FAIL, and then she said “PLAN ON BEING HUNGRY!” God love her. I told her I was certain I could stick to that plan. She basically said “if it’s not good for you, don’t eat it. It’s going to be hard. You’re going to want to. But you have to decide if you are worth it and you are. Stop drinking diet beverages with artificial sweeteners. They only make you more hungry.” I only drank around 6 Diet Coke/Coke Zeros a day. So that would explain my constant hunger.
But I’m done with that. I’m saving my life. And I want to thank you all for listening and being my friend and helping me through this. I’ve “officially” started my new life on July 9th. I’m drinking my water, eating healthier. I’ve stopped drinking/using artificial sweeteners. I can have all the caffeine (coffee) I want, I just can’t put the sugar free/fat free creamer in it with the splenda. Sucks, but I’m trying. She said she wouldn’t be nice. I’ve started eating breakfast (which I put the cereal recipe under one of Rootie’s entries). I’m swimming at the pool everyday (as weather permits). My next plan is to start with weight training at home.
I’m four days into it and feeling good. I look forward to us all becoming flabulous!
