OUR SPRING WEATHER ARRIVED. Beautiful and lovely weather. Taking it all in. After the wintery conditions we had just two weeks ago with the arctic blast, this is the complete opposite. Freezing temps -21 to 70 degrees today. This is what I call SPRING even with it not being legally Spring on the calendar until the 20th.
I'll be walking this afternoon. Then a shower. Paperwork. More laundry. Studying. Cleaning out the linen closet, refolding the extra bedding. Week-end movie after supper. Rest.
I have come to the understanding that I am a carb addict when it comes to eating. The selection of food choices is heavy on the carbs. Portion control is changing. Eating vegetables is a must, but even with veggies, some have more carbohydrates then others. Root vegetables that grow underground have more carbs then above ground veggies. Colored veggies have more carbs than green vegetables. Such as green peppers have less carbs than yellow, red and orange.
I am changing. I have to. I want to. I am.
With having no thyroid at all, I became hypothyroid. Over the last ten years, I have gained over 40 pounds. It's fairly common to gain weight after having the thyroid removed and most doctors don't think twice about it because the text books says this happens. It's not nice to be the one gaining the weight. Well, doc I'm gaining weight. Advice: Eat less and exercise. I will. This is what I read would be said. No mention of staying on top of hormone health.
MY FITNESS PAL has a place on it that you can record the foods you eat. I started using this.
my fitness pal (dot) com
But in the mean time, I'll eat differently. Less carbs, more vegetables, some fruit, less dairy, less grain, more lean meat, water. When I eat popcorn and nuts, I'll pop one puff or one nut in my mouth at a time instead of a handful. Chew slower. Eat less. Avoiding soda pop. No coffee for now.
I'll eat differently. Aim for no GMO or genetically engineered foods. Hormone free milk. Organic range-free eggs. Hormone free Grass fed beef. Less pork. Avoid soy. Avoid 'natural flavors' which have chemical additives. Avoid high-fructose corn syrup. Hidden sugars be gone. Hidden chemicals be gone.
I'm aiming for my plate to have less carbs on it. Half the plate covered with skinny veggies then the starchy veggies on a fourth of the plate and the protein on the other fourth. The fruit on a different plate for dessert. I'll start eating the food that has the least amount of calories first, then more onto the next lowest calories ending with the food that has the most calories, leaving the fruit to be a dessert.
I end my day with organic 2% milk. Maybe I ought to start my day with it as well. Okay. Calcium.
Breakfast as of late has been 8 ounces of V8. Today I added two soft boiled eggs. Maybe tomorrow I'll add a piece of buttered toast and a glass of 2% milk. Water in between meals as a snack. Yogurt with fruit.
Sample Breakfast:
4 ounces of 2% organic milk
8 ounces of V8. Note to self: Read up on ingredients in V8. Need to do own juicing to avoid 'natural flavors' that are in V8. Natural flavors have chemical additives.
2 soft boiled eggs
2 pieces of buttered toast
OR
4 ounces of 2% organic milk
8 ounces V8
small bowl of oatmeal
small yogurt
OR
A Smoothie.
Sample Snack:
Cup of cottage cheese sprinkled with a few crumbled nuts and 6 blueberries. Water.
OR
Small yogurt with fruit mixed into it. Water.
OR
Handful of mixed nuts. Water.
OR
Small yogurt. Water.
OKAY. I'm off to a great start.
True confessions. Before, I have ate enough pasta, rice and bread to feed three people at one setting. The portions have been huge. Too large of potato portions. I have ate too many carbs for too long. Way too much for one person especially me. Over did it way too many times. DO I feel better confessing this? No. I haven't gotten it off my chest sort of speak. A few moments on the lips is a lifetime on the hips??? On the hips, but it doesn't have to be for a lifetime I pray.
I will and have deliberately cut way back on the carbs in pasta, rice, bread and potatoes. Smaller portions. I can still have them, just focus on the size of the portions. I will have to change the portion sizes by making the carbs smaller and the veggies much larger portions. When having a plated meal, I will change the portions. The plate will be half full of skinny veggies instead of a quarter of the plate being salad.
This is doable and I'm willing.
REMEMBER JACK LALANNE? I do.
We ordered the JACK LALANNE SHOW COLLECTION BUNDLE PACK of videos today. I watched his television program as a child way back when. You can watch some of these on YOU TUBE. I like the fact that you can do simple exercises in your own living room with a simple chair. No need to join a gym. I may later, but for now the gym will be in my HOME in front of the tele exercising with Jack. Let you know how it goes.
Blessings.
HOME LIFE is for me,
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