PLAN

 IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN 

YOU PLAN TO FAIL.

Do you agree?

Not all cases are true.

There's some exceptions along the way.
~d

MARVELOUS MONDAY I HAVE A PLAN

HAD A VERY GOOD START TODAY ON THIS MONDAY.  Our auto insurance will be $400.oo less a year since we turned loose of one of our old jalopies.  It seems odd looking out at the drive and not seeing WALLY.  Just as well that he's gone.

I weighed myself and I'm a whopping pound lighter!  That goes to say...weigh myself each Monday morning is the way to begin the week. 

Another book I ordered came in.  Judy Lindberg McFarland's book, AGING WITHOUT GROWING OLD.  This made my heart sing as I know this book is a very good one full of information.  If I do find the one book I have lost somewhere in the house, it will be alright to have more than one.  Nutrition Express, the nutrition company that Judy started had exchanged hands as she is in her 80s.  They no longer sell her book.  So if you can find one through another company it would be a good investment to have in your HOME Library on the book shelf.  

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I first became aware of Judy back in 2000.  I was amazed at her knowledge and know how.  Still am.  

This glorious day, it started out 73 degrees and was suppose to get up to almost 90 degrees this afternoon.  With it being windy, the temps were tolerable.  I put on a short sleeve top and blue jeans to go to PHYSICAL THERAPY over in Manhattan.  The therapist asked some questions then told me what we'd be doing today.  He worked on my spine while I laid on my side.

Then I did 4 minutes of rotating my knees from side to side while lying on my back.  About half way through this, my groin area felt it.  Took a short walk.  A belt was placed under my bent knees while I was on my back for traction.  This actually felt good.  Left with a smile on my face. Mission accomplished for the day.

Off to get some iced unsweetened green tea and travel to where RETIREMENT COTTAGE is to drop off some laundry to dry and a box of glassware.  The prairie is greening up as cattle graze in the fields.  Beautiful blue skies and green grass is a pretty sight to see.  It's mental therapy for me.  

Hubby and I sat in the COTTAGE and talked about what we'd like to do to the inside of the cottage.  Then we walked around the back yard and did some planning for a rhubarb patch and where the hedge row of lilac bushes will eventually go.  The one lilac bush in the backyard is full of lavender colored blooms and we could smell the sweet fragrance as we got out of the car. Heavenly scent.  After the blooms die off THEN we'll prune the bush.  If you prune the lilac bush any other time during the year, it causes the lilac not to bloom the next Spring.  

Another drive.  Off we went to Westmoreland to turn in a car tag.  We drove around the tiny town of Westmoreland and sang along with some Blue Grass Christian music.  Driving across the Prairie listening to peppy music lifts my spirits.    

I sipped on green tea the entire time and have not ate today so far.  We will have an early supper. I'll eat only vegetables and hope to do this for 3 days to see if some weight comes off my hypothyroid body.  Then I'll return to eating vegetables, fruit, some meat, and milk.  I don't want to get discouraged about being a big woman.  Taking care of oneself at any size matters.  

I am proud of myself for not having coffee with creamer for almost 9 months.  The time of a pregnancy.  This makes me blink and think, I can't believe how time has passed with not having coffee.  Staying strong on food choices.  I have been tracking my foods on MY FITNESS PAL for 45 days.  I actually like doing this as I have a diary of what I have ate, can count the carbs and calories.

Over the week-end I tuned in to a youtube program about what's in food we eat.  I am stunned with the info I gathered.  Stunned.  Shaking off the unbelief and forging ahead to a healthier woman.  I had bought some sugar-free Metamucil and now I wish I had just purchased the regular kind without aspartame.  I will wait until payday to buy more Metamucil without artificial sweeteners.

Metamucil is going to help with lowering high cholesterol, lowering blood sugar and help me lose some weight.  All three things I am dealing with at the present.  I'm taking Omega-3 fatty acids which are suppose to help with my issues.  Stay away from Omega-6's.

I'm gathering information about inflammation in the body.  When we have inflammation, the brain sends cholesterol out to help deal with the inflammation.  If the inflammation is gone, less cholesterol in the blood stream and body.  A win win situation.  So eating foods that cause inflammation encourages the brain to send out cholesterol and now you have high cholesterol to deal with.

Back in the day, housewives across America were convinced that margarine was better for you, so out went the BUTTER and hello margarine.  To this day, my Mom eats margarine instead of butter.  My Mother-in-law did the same thing.  Now a days what does margarine do for you?  Bad ingredients that help keep you sick.  What's in margarine?  

Margarine is a butter substitute typically made by combining water and vegetable oils, such as soybean, corn, palm, canola, or olive oils. Ingredients like salt, colorings, and natural or artificial flavorings are sometimes added as well.  Why is margarine so bad for you?  In general, the more solid the margarine, the more trans fat it contains. So stick margarines usually have more trans fat than tub margarines do. Trans fat, like saturated fat, increases blood cholesterol levels and the risk of heart disease.

TRANS FATS are bad for you.  Corn is more than likely a GMO crop and high in sugar.  No no on the palm and now canola is bad.  Remember how the American Heart Association promoted canola oil being better for heart health?  Now canola oil is a beast.  

I HAVE A PLAN:  I will continue to take my thyroid meds on a empty stomach after rising in the mornings, exercise then after 30 minutes sip lemon water.  Wait 30 more minutes then take a clove of garlic and cod liver oil.  Eat a big breakfast and then clean up for the day.  Do my paperwork, laundry, rest some while reading and figuring my day.  Time for lunch.  Afterwards do a few chores and rest.  AFTERNOON TIME OFF.  Supper time.  Dishes.  Rest and watch a movie.  Bedtime and deep sleep.

Metamucil, apple cider vinegar, lecithin, Vitamin D3, vitamin pill, omega 3 pill, cinnamon pill. Extra virgin olive oil.  Concentrated effort to eat organic and non-GMO foods, drink green tea. Kale, spinach, yogurt and blueberry smoothies.   

SUPPER was all vegetables tonight.  Two thirds of the dinner plate held organic green peppers and onions prepared with cold pressed 100% extra virgin olive oil.  The other third of the plate held starchy vegetables.  Boiled potatoes topped with salsa.  Sipping green tea. Followed up with two apple cider vinegar tablets.  

 Filled my belly and I'm thankful to have this much to eat.  

I am not deprived.  Thank you Lord.

On the HOME front, I came across a nest of 3 old glass mixing bowls at the THRIFT SHOP.  Like stepping back in time.  I like the shape of these particular mixing bowls so they came HOME with me.  Only $3.50 for the set.  Very reasonable.

  We went to my favorite THRIFT SHOP in Topeka over the week-end where I purchased a THRIFT DRESS for inspiration.

It is the size of dress I am praying to wear when I hit my goal.

I thought it was a very pretty dress and I think I will be pleased as punch to be able to wear it in a year.

I will leave the dress out so I can see it when busy about the house.  Years ago, I remember reading that you should hang a swimming suit out to where you can see it to inspire you to stay focused losing weight.  Reducing isn't always an easy thing to do, but if I can look at the dress, I believe I will engage in wanting to achieve my goal.

No swimming suit for me just yet, but I think I can get away with a nice dress.

So this MONDAY, the wind blew and the temperatures are like SUMMER, auto insurance has lowered, I lost a pound, a book came in the mail, hung a dress for inspiration, I went to physical therapy, drove across the prairie and saw beautiful landscaping, day dreamed about RETIREMENT COTTAGE, looked at some old photographs, talked to a son on the phone, ate well and have time to rest. 

Thanks for stopping by.

I had a marvelous Monday,

🏡d

 

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