Hi. MY NAME IS DEANNA AND I'M A CARB ADDICT.

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,

🏠d

     

Keto fried chicken with broccoli and butter

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE: Grass Fed Beef Patties with Organic Ketch-up, Baby Potatoes and Green Beans

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE made easy with hamburger patties with NO BUNS.  Cutting back on carbs.  Of course it's topped with ketch-up.  Baby potatoes are a treat to use as they are already peeled ready to heat and serve.  Green beans are childhood favorites.  

Altogether it's a warm meal, easy to prepare and clean-up.

Blessings to you,

🏠d  

DEE

ON BLOGGER SINCE MARCH 2021.  Today is the 4th of March.  4 days in on the month of March.  DEE, I won't be posting your comment.  You've not posted before using this profile and probably won't again under the guise of the name DEE.  New profile of yours does not allow anyone to check your identity and that's what you want.  I once told an unidentified man that telephoned me who would not tell me who he was, a COWARD.  

You do know there are ways to check Mac addresses from where comments come from, what computer you are using and the ISP net work service provider?  In a matter of seconds your identity is known with minimal effort.  Isn't that amazing?  SO hello.  

For someone concerned about lying, please note that #45 President Trump while being the active President during his term was documented over 30,000 times for presenting falsehoods.  30,000.  Shouldn't that matter?  Does that make #45 a leftist as you say YOU LEFTIST LIE?  You say it's a sin to lie.  

Why would you support such a liar that has bragged about grabbing women, had countless affairs on all three of his wives, declared bankruptcy 6 times leaving others to hold the bag, had business dealings with mafia bosses, lies constantly, is a bully, etc.?  That's right, his character doesn't matter as long as he says he's pro-life.  It's when the baby has been born that he is no longer pro-life?  He said the corona virus is a hoax knowing he had the information in hand that it is deadly. Anything to do with #45 really ought to be checked out using a variety of trust worthy sources.  The Epoch News isn't one of them.   

My little blog is just that,  a little blog.  It's alright that you read mine.  How long have you been reading my blog?  You're lonely aren't you?

HOME LIFE is for me,

🏠d  

    

   https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/verify/verify-biden-administration-insulin-costs/531-57ea96f8-bcbf-412e-8d25-6aaaa37319b4

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/30/fact-check-biden-freezes-rule-health-center-insulin-epipen-prices/4254921001/

NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN'S FAULT

WAITING FOR THE MAIL TO ARRIVE.  

What will the mailman bring today?  Usually the mail arrives around 9 am like clockwork.  Not always, but on most days if our regular carrier comes, he is on time. I worked on bills yesterday. I hope there are no more bills delivered today.  A newspaper came yesterday and I will look it over later.  I am having my morning V8.  Lately, this is what I have for Breakfast.  

THERE's THE MAIL DROP.  9:15.  Shall go see what we got.  

A newspaper, a magazine subscription, advertisement for a cruise and a check for a discount on a cruise, the gas bill.  OH MY.  Got our natural gas bill and LORD have mercy, it doubled.  This knocks the wind out of me.  OUCH.  

The cold snap and President Trump's deregulation of the NATURAL GAS PRICING has caused a huge bill increase.  This isn't President Biden's fault, but he'll get blamed.

WHITTLING DOWN THE AMOUNT STILL OWED ON SOME MEDICAL BILLS HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO PAY OFF IT HURTS.  Even with having health insurance the cost of medical help is expensive.  Having a high utility bill to pay off couldn't come at a worse time.  Instead of being thankful that the balance is coming down, I get discouraged.  Another bill to pay.  Sigh.  

Go to the LORD in prayer.  

KEEP IN MIND, DEANNA...SPRING IS COMING!  Praise God.   The week it comes, so does Daylight Saving, St. Patrick's Day and then SPRING will sprung. 

Mid-week is here.  Like a flash, the week is disappearing right before my eyes.  I will WALK today.  DO some more laundry.  Read and pray.  Eat well.  Prepare for my husband's doctor's appointment.  More about that later.

WHAT WILL I DO GOOD FOR MYSELF TODAY?  I'll take my meds, drink water, walk, rest and pray.  

Blessings to you.

HOME LIFE is for me,

🏠d    

V8 + ENERGY

WALKING ON THE TREADMILL YESTERDAY WORE. ME. OUT.  In the evening I was whipped.  Sat in my chair and could barely move.  Blink.  Blink.  Started MARCH out right. It isn't comforting to me to wear out so easy.  

The weather was wonderful and it was wonderful to be out in it.  Car window down and a fresh breeze coming into the car.  This will be our KANSAS SPRING before it turns SPRING.  A few days of awesome weather THEN the heat will be on us like nobodies business.  

Snowmen have gone into hiding.  I will be looking for door wreaths this week to place something cheery on my front doors.  If nothing else, the doors will be cheery.

HUBBY is working on the finishing touches on completing the screened-in porch project.  We'll celebrate when he is finished.  The porch furniture will get a fresh wash then placed inside the porch.  I think I'll light some candles and put some instrumental music on low to sit out there in the evening when it is pleasant weather.  We should eat a meal and lounge.  Sounds magical to me. 

He's ordered a new ceiling fan that will come in the mail soon and then we'll go shopping for a lamp light to hang.  AWESOME.  When products can be shipped to your HOME for free, it sure helps out.  He went looking for this fan and the store didn't have it in stock, so he ordered it. Have mercy.  We could live just about anywhere and have things shipped to us.  Makes life a tad bit easier.  Hallelujah and a half.   

TODAY, I am recovering from walking.  Gladly.  Worked on paperwork this morning after a nice Breakfast.  Laundry going.  Blue jean FEVER.  I have had a vacation from doing laundry as of late.  Better get back on the BAND WAGON and get caught back up.  

SIPPING ON A V8-ENERGY POMEGRANATE BLUEBERRY DRINK this afternoon and luvin it.  

I picked up some last time I was at SAMS.  Had no idea how good they were. Impressed and only has 50 calories per 8 ounce can.  Some caffeine from green tea and black tea.

When checking out V8, I discovered that V8 has quite a few different flavors of energy drinks. Will be on the hunt for them.  For now the POMEGRANATE BLUEBERRY turns my crank!  grins.

PEACH MANGO.  BLACK CHERRY.  ORANGE PINEAPPLE.  To name a few.  

https://www.campbells.com/v8/where-to-buy/

  

 

LIFTS MY SPIRITS!  Looking forward to trying some in the near future.  Yummers.

Blessings to you!

HOME LIFE is for me,

🏠d

BLOGGING FOR PLEASURE

I have blogged for over ten years.  I started blogging as a diversion to get away from spending so much time on the computer researching.  BLOGGING saved the day in which I went a different direction freeing up spent energy that was exhausting.  I was re-inventing myself.  

I have enjoyed this journey.  NOW I must start a new project.  Focusing on health.  With it being MARCH 1st, I am going to intentionally focus on my health.  I will concentrate more on walking each day and if this means my house is not speck and span clean, so be it.  The dust in the corner will be taken care of when I get a chance.   

More disciplined I must be concerning health.

I will continue organizing, thinning out clutter, turning loose, and making peace with myself.  I will give myself license to not care so much about as much.  Actually there is only so much I can do anyways.  Spending so much time worrying does not make a person healthier.  It makes one weaker and sicker.  That saying, let go and let GOD, is taking place.  

My journey to make me healthier will be deliberate.  Starting today, I will faithfully walk, rest, read, pray, do paperwork, laundry, grocery shop, prepare foods to eat, etc.

So be it.

Many of the blogs I have followed stopped due to change toward blogging or the blogger has died.  

Some ventured off to Instagram, etc.  Facebook is a different story.  FB buddies have become so political that I have grown weary of the put downs.  It's not healthy to be saturated with such vile subject matter.  

I still enjoy blogging.  SO for now, I will continue blogging for personal pleasure.

SPRING is 20 days out.  Praise GOD.  

HAppY THOUGHTS, d     

O Glorious Love - Violin Solo - Music Camp 2016 Concert

SUNDAY PRAYERS

 BLESSINGS,

d

7-UP AND SATURDAY SLUMP

PRAYING FOR A BRIGHTER DAY.  I have a little something going on with my body. Sipping 7-up, eating jello, napping off and on throughout the day.  Slight temp.  YESTERDAY WAS ROUGH as I couldn't stay awake and had intense intestinal cramps with stomach ache. Really bad.

TODAY, I improved.  I will allow myself time to heal in the quiet.  

When jello doesn't appeal to me, I know I'm sick.  I eagerly sip 7-UP.  Alright with the calories. Not much else makes it way to my mouth.  Keep hydrated and rest.  Best medicine I can suggest. 

CURIOUS ABOUT 7-UP's origin?    

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Up

     https://www.7up.com/en

ALL THE BEST TO YOU.

HOME LIFE is for me,

🏠d

DINING ON THE PRAIRIE: Grass Fed Pot Roast, Carrots and Two Types of Potatoes

HAVE MERCY...it was so good.  Kind of like Yankee Pot Roast in Kansas.  

THE POT ROAST was slow cooked in my crockpot for 7 and a half hours so the roast was very tender.  Beforehand I seared the roast, I poured some olive oil in the crock pot and cut up an onion to simmer in the olive oil while I seared the sides of the roast in oil.  I used a cast iron skillet on the range before transporting the roast to the crockpot.

For an hour I let the roast cook in the olive oil with onions then added spring water covering the roast.  After an hour in the water, I added carrots and potatoes.  

It turned out well.  Of course I love organic ketch-up so I topped it off with some.  Hubby made the gravy for the potatoes.  He's a gravy kind of guy.  Together we had a wonderful meal on a cold day.

Next, I'll make stew with the left overs by adding corn, green beans and stewed tomatoes.  Dining On The Prairie is delicious. 

Blessings,

🏠d 

 

KALE

Of all the super healthy greens, kale is king.

WHERE'S POPEYE WHEN YOU NEED HIM?  Instead of spinach eat KALE?  Eat both and then some.  

When did KALE get so popular to eat?

I don't have a clue.  

I ACTUALLY ATE SOME KALE mixed in with broccoli this pat week.  Ummmmm.  I didn't like it, but I ate it anyways.  It looked a lot like a mixture between lettuce and spinach, but nasty tasting.  I'd rather eat spinach. 

ONE OF THE MOST NUTRIENT DENSE VEGETABLES I hear is KALE.  Did some reading about other ways to prepare it SO I will try fixing some at HOME because Hubby and I need NUTRIENT-DENSE FOOD.

Be sure to wash the product extra good before preparing to eat because this vegetable is known to be one of the dirtiest products due to being heavily sprayed with pesticides.  I'll be looking for ORGANIC.  

https://experiencelife.com/article/how-to-cook-kale/ 

I pray that I can stay faithful in eating nutrient dense foods.  It's a BIG NO on the liver, shellfish, seaweed and sardines.  The rest, NO PROBLEM.

Have you found yourself needing change in your food program, diet, what's on your plate?

I have.

There's HOPE.  It's called change.

HOME LIFE is for me,

🏠d