TIS SUNDAY MORNING and the first full week of JANUARY 2023 has happened. How'd it go? Eating differently, putting CHRISTMAS DECOR away and packing small items. MORNIN'. WELCOME TO THE WONDER ZONE.
Extremely busy week for me. Started cutting calories this week. 5 out of 7 days were very low cal days allowing higher calories on the 6th and 7th days before entering into THE WONDER ZONE this week. Did some shopping, banking business and baby sitting. Packing and sorting. The general home keeping chores. Researching and preparing for a couple of doctor's appointments this month. Hubby visited the chiropractor for his ears and neck adjustments. Looked at Christmas sales and said NO.
TODAY is the first day for the WONDER ZONE. This is what I will call it where I will be eating a great deal of the MIRACLE SOUP made up of cabbage, celery, tomatoes, green peppers and strong concentration on ONIONS plus a 7 day diet.
This is day one of THE WONDER DIET with fruit and the MIRACLE SOUP that I will call THE WONDER SOUP! I believe I can do this week and be alright mentally and physically. Breakfast is fruit of grapes, cherries and blueberries. Lunch will be WONDER SOUP and probably an apple then Supper will be strawberries and grapefruit. WATER.
Getting acquainted with Intermittent Fasting. I have been doing more of this as of late. After eating at night, I do not eat again for at least 12 hours. Didn't think I could do this, but I am managing alright. If I'm going to be serious about losing weight then I have to be PRO-ACTIVE and do something about it besides wishful thinking and only talking about weight loss.
IT WILL BE WONDERFUL to lose this weight that has been hanging around for too long. Since I am HYPOTHYROID, I have to play by different rules because the 1200 calories a day rule of thumb does not work for me. I have to cut the calories way below the 1200 most days and allow a few high cal days in there to keep me going.
Grains, dairy and meats have to be cut way back even grass fed meat. ALMOND MILK allowed. I have graduated to eating very little bread, but when I do I try to eat something like KILLER DAVE's or EZEKIEL BREAD which is a dense bread full of goodness. ALLOWED GREEN TEA. Vitamins and Supplements upped and SPRING water allowed. Legumes, nuts and seeds incorporated into diet in small amounts. I'm alright with NO COFFEE and SODA POP. Not a prob bob. It's the SWEETS that are a challenge.
WATCHFUL eye on additives and having gone ORGANIC. This is doable and I actually LIKE doing organic. UPPING THE VEGGIES has grown on me. Cutting back on potatoes, rice and pasta is doable. I can have potatoes, but when I do it must be a much smaller portion than before. Much smaller. Cutting back on pork products altogether. High Fructose Corn Syrup is a goner. SOY-FREE EGGS a must. HIGHLY PROCESSED FOODS have to be rarely eaten. DONUTS are far and few between. Breakfast cereal gone. OATMEAL instead. Some cocoa is added to cooked oatmeal for health benefits and a teaspoon of natural maple syrup to sweeten topped with blueberries and sprinkled with small amount of chopped nuts.
Cooking with extra virgin olive oil. Going to have to cut out the salad dressings and use apple cider vinegar with olive oil for salads. The size portions of food on my smaller plates morphed into a different look and the food pyramid has changed. What now is on my plate is so different than what I grew up eating. I praise GOD that I can eat differently more in lines to what HIS WORD shares about the do and don'ts of food. It's a wonder that I did not do this in my younger days, but have to encourage myself that there is HOPE...it's called CHANGE! I HAVE ENTERED THE WONDER ZONE!!!
It will not be a SPRINT losing weight. It will be a MARATHON where it becomes a LIFE STYLE and not a FAD DIET at all. I will tip the scales come this SUMMER more in lines of where I NEED to be. Praying and doing this thing called CHANGE.
NOW FOR DOWNSIZING our earthly belongings and getting in lines with being EXTREMELY ORGANIZED focusing on nutrition, exercise, Bible reading, writing, drawing, slowing down and breathing taking in a richer and healthier way of living.
HOME FRONT: THE CHRISTMAS TREE is bare and waiting to be disassembled. The dining room table is covered with CHRISTMAS decor. By the end of next week, I hope these things will be boxed up and returned to storage so I'm wrapping and packing storage tubs. Storage will be over at the shed across the river. Downstairs where they use to be stored is still full of tubs that I need to go through and thin out. I stood down in the basement wondering how on earth will years worth of collecting all fit in the new location? It won't all fit, so another project takes place of thinning out and donating more items. Time is a precious commodity and I have to get this done so I can work on packing boxes full of items not pertaining to CHRISTMAS to be moved to the CARRIAGE HOUSE and eventually moved to the COTTAGE.
THINGS to definitely KEEP. Garland, greenery sprigs, wreaths, Nativity Scenes, artificial trees, some ornaments, Hallmark ornaments, candles, lights, some snowmen, angels, nutcrackers, some Santas, and....shall see. Don't worry about it. This will get done. It will and I will be alright.
Making preparations in my head as how to do go through everything and downsize. A cerebral exercise. Taking photos of items and documenting them so I will create a new album for recall.
Hubby has taken apart all five muscle racks and transported them to the new storage shed. A lot of work if you ask me. My part is to go through EVERYTHING, sort through and donate, carry CHRISTMAS storage tubs that are in the COTTAGE utility room to the shed and to transport the tubs that are still in the basement here to the shed which means carrying them up the stairs, carrying them to the car, load them, drive them over to the shed, unload them and carry them to the shed placing them on the muscle racks.
Looking at the number of storage tubs makes my head spin. I HAVE TO THIN OUT the decor. I could have opened a CHRISTMAS STORE. Missed my calling? No, but discovered being too materialistic verses minimalist. Another area of LIFE that has got to change and be more wholesome.
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