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7 DAYS OF WEIGHT LOSS MEALS

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OH BOY, I have tried a few diets in my time or should I say FOOD PROGRAMS.  That sounds better for the psych because the word diet sounds like you're not thriving, but dying.  I know that when changing HABITS it may seem like a death in the family when giving up something you're addicted to.  After the dust settles, it seems to get easier.

The secret to seeing progress is STICKING with a particular way of eating and that doesn't mean in front of the TV, lying in bed, or in the car all the time.  Stuffing food in your mouth while flying out the door is NOT a healthy way to eat.  Keeping it simple makes it doable for most.  Sitting in a chair with the back upright in a relaxed atmosphere while being calm is a great place to start if you can.  

Not rushed.  MINDFUL EATING.  Take small bites that you chew about inside the mouth until the food is easily swallowed.  Deliberately suck all the flavor out of the piece of food in your mouth before allowing it to go down the hatch.  SLOW POKE EATING will help the brain register that you have eaten something allowing the tummy to satisfy the brain feed.  The flow between tummy and brain is a romance that needs to hold hands to get that sense of contented fullness.  I am now satisfied.  Take at least 20 minutes per meal to eat.  TWENTY MINUTES.

I know when I was seriously dieting a few years back, I ate soup playing a game sitting beside a clock.  I timed myself where I had to take a minute between a spoonful of soup before taking the next one.  In 20 minutes I managed to eat just the right amount of soup to satisfy my stomach and brain.

I looked this 7 day program over and know it can be done.  I won't be using non-stick pans, margarine spread, or eating shrimp, so I will substitute with something other than these.

Getting the hang of what to eat will benefit me.  A certain way of eating is put into motion.  Portion control is a key.  Slow eating here I come.

~d   

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For each of your meals, enjoy a calorie-free beverage, such as tea or water.

Day 1

Breakfast 1 ½ cup whole-grain cereal paired with 1 cup nonfat Greek yogurt and 1 cup of raspberries

Lunch Large salad with 2 cups arugula, 1 cup of carrots, 1 cup of cucumber, 1 cup of beets, and 4 ounces (oz) shrimp, paired with a whole-grain roll with 1 teaspoon (tsp) of butter, and 2 clementines

Dinner Stir-fry with 2 ½ oz boneless, skinless chicken breast, 1⁄3 cup cooked brown rice, and 2 cups sautéed bell peppers and carrots

Snack A small apple

Day 2

Breakfast 1 cup reduced-calorie, fat-free yogurt with 1 cup sliced strawberries and 1 slice of whole grain toast with 1 ½ tsp nut butter

Lunch Large salad with 2 cups romaine, 1 cup shredded carrots, 1 cup of red bell pepper slices, 1 cup diced cucumbers, and 2 ½ oz grilled boneless, skinless chicken breast, 1 tablespoon (tbsp) of olive oil and vinegar (or a less healthy option, Italian dressing), and 1 small banana

Dinner 2 oz grilled salmon with lemon spritz served on a bed of raw baby spinach (2 cups), 1 whole-grain roll with up to 1 tsp of butter, and ¾ cup of berries

Snack 1 cup celery sticks and 3 tbsp hummus

Day 3

Breakfast 1 egg cooked in a nonstick pan, 1 slice of whole-grain toast with up to 2 tsp of trans-fat-free margarine spread, and 1 medium orange

Lunch Roast beef sandwich (3 oz of lean roast beef on 1 small whole-grain roll, with mustard, lettuce, tomato, and onions), ½ cup of carrot sticks, and 1 cup of grapes

Dinner Stir-fry with 4 oz sautéed shrimp and 1 ½ cups snap peas, over 1⁄3 cup cooked brown rice

Snack A small apple

Day 4

Breakfast 1 whole-grain bagel (3-inch diameter) with up to 3 tbsp of fat-free cream cheese, and 1 medium-sized orange

Lunch Smoked turkey wrap on a 6-inch whole wheat wrap (3 ounces turkey, with lettuce, tomato, onion and salsa), 1 cup of sliced cucumbers and tomatoes in vinegar, and 1 small apple

Dinner 2 oz of broiled flank steak, ½ medium baked potato with up to 2 tbsp sour cream, or 1 tsp of butter, 2⁄3 cup of green beans, and 1 small pear

Snack 1 cup carrot sticks with up to 3 tbsp of fat-free ranch dressing

Day 5

Breakfast Fruit and yogurt parfait with 1 cup reduced-calorie, fat-free yogurt and 1 cup raspberries, 1 (3-inch diameter) whole-grain bagel with 1 ½ tsp of nut butter

Lunch Chicken and veggie wrap in a 6-inch whole-grain tortilla (with 2 ½ oz shredded, cooked chicken breast, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, and 2 tsp of mayonnaise), ½ cup carrot sticks, and 1 small nectarine

Dinner 3 oz of pork tenderloin, 1 cup of asparagus, 3 baby potatoes drizzled with 1 teaspoon of olive oil, and 1 cup of blueberries

Snack 1 cup of carrot sticks and 3 tbsp hummus

Day 6

Breakfast Whole-grain pancake (4-inch diameter) topped with ¾ cup of blueberries and 1 ½ tbsp of maple syrup, plus 1 cup of skim or low-fat milk

Lunch Whole-grain bagel (3-inch diameter) topped with 1 ½ tbsp of peanut butter and a sliced small banana, 1 cup of reduced-calorie, fat-free yogurt, and 4 celery stalks

Dinner Open-faced turkey burger (2 ½ oz of lean ground turkey patty with lettuce, tomato, and onion on ½ a small whole-grain bun) and 1 medium orange

Snack ½ cup celery sticks, slices from 1 small apple, and 2 ½ tsp of peanut butter

Day 7

Breakfast Whole-grain English muffin topped with 1 egg, ½ cup spinach, and tomato slices, and 2 clementines

Lunch Turkey pita (½ of a 6-inch diameter whole-grain pita filled with 4 oz deli turkey, lettuce, tomato, and onion, and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar), 3 cups of lettuce topped with ½ cup of pomegranate (or berries), and 1 tsp of olive oil and balsamic vinegar to taste

Dinner 3 oz of broiled tilapia, 3 baby red potatoes with a drizzle of olive oil, 1 1⁄3 cups green beans, and 1 cup of strawberries

Snack 15 cherries and ½ cup baby carrots

ON THE PRAIRIE ONE CHILLED SALAD IS to start with ORGANIC,
NON GMO FOODS!
2 cups of hand torn romaine lettuce or arugula,
1 cup of rinsed chick peas,
1 cup of rinsed black beans,
1 cup of sliced radishes,
1 diced apple,
1 cup of diced bell pepper,
1 cup of grapes,
1 cup of cherry tomatoes,
1 cup of blueberries,
1 cup diced cucumbers, 
and a few olives topped with a cup of croutons and salad dressing of choice.

Here's to our HEALTH!

~d

LOOKING FOR LAMP OIL, KICKING THE DEVIL IN THE TEETH and HAVING A AH-HAH MOMENT!

LOOKING FOR LAMP OIL and not finding it.  I really didn't want to purchase it by mail.  As I convert back to more primitive ways to live, I have been thinking about burning oil lamps in the evenings. 

Finding lamp oil in these parts of the world became more challenging than I wanted.  A simple trip to the Hardware store wasn't working.  Off we went for a full day of shopping.  The stores are far apart so the miles put on the car to find lamp oil turned into a full day of shopping.  Tried to make it fun and our entertainment for the day.  Walking and talking was involved.  

Dressed myself in a pair of thrift bought blue jeans.  Glad they fit.  Bargain shopping has its benefits.  Instead of spending $65-$100 for good looking bluejeans, I spent about $4.80 plus tax.  Good heavens, that's GREAT.

My day went something like this:  🚘Put fuel in auto so no threat of running out of petro while traveling across the beautiful Kansas Prairie in the Flint Hills to go shopping. 
📮Post Office mail pick up.
💊Pharmacy to pick up meds.  
🚗Aired car tire.
🛠Hardware store to look for lamp oil.  None.  I think I bought their last bottle the last time I was in there and they haven't restocked.
🥗Lunch (salad) for a healthy meal.  Drank water so I could spend money elsewhere for green tea.  While I was there I made a hair appointment by phone for a 6 o'clock shampoo.
🍵Starbucks for Trenta unsweetened Iced Green Tea.  My favorite.
👞Browns Shoe Fit for shoe insert for hubby.  Received $15.oo off from coupon.
🛍Flower Shoppe and Gift Store to look.  Purchased special measuring spoons and tongs.
🗄Menards to look at cabinet doors, buy Hubby a pair of cheap bluejeans, water, and wipes.
👗Marshalls just to look but found an extra pair of tongs.
💇Bellus Academy.  I had an appointment and when I arrived I was told that only one student showed up and was booked.  No shampoo for me.  Was I disappointed?  Yes, a little, but took it as a sign that I shouldn't have my hair shampooed there.
🕯Home Depot to look for lamp oil and look at cabinet doors.
🆃Target to look for lamp oil and just goof off.  Picked up some veggies.
🌮Light supper from Taco Johns.  Taco day with discounted food.  Sat in car at Walmart's parking lot to eat.  Can you imagine living in your car and sleeping in the parking lot at Walmart at night?  No, but there are people who do this.
🆆Walmart to look for lamp oil.  Bingo.  They had some.  Purchased and later realized I bought the wrong kind.  Oops.  Will have to return it.  Will check other Hardware Stores.
🛒Dillons to get peanut butter.
🏡Home to unload.

Hubby checked a local Hardware Store that had some lamp oil that was blue with fragrance.  He came home empty handed and went back to get some for me after I said let's try it.  So now we have some blue lamp oil.  I will return the Walmart brand that we got and go to another Hardware store for clear lamp oil if they have it.  

Hubby told me he needs to go back to Topeka to have his phone worked on as the part that was needed has come in.  Okay.  Off I go and I think I'll see if JC PENNEY salon will shampoo my hair.  Shall try.  Had a better idea.  Will call WASHBURN School of Cosmetology to get an appointment.  Did and it's a go.  This will be a first time for me to go there.  Curious how it will be.

GENERAL THOUGHTS.  Bathroom remodel is coming along.  Decluttering slowly continues to happen.  
Dreams float around inside my head.  
First things first.  Get settled into the COTTAGE even if the rooms are not remodeled yet.  I've had time to think about beautifying the place and how to do it.  Seems like my body does not keep up with the fast pace of thinking about what can be done.  
When looking for lamp oil takes so much effort and time searching I'd probably be better off ordering on line.  
I did order a couple of t-shirts online for us about chem-trails.  Waiting for these.

I shall not put my life on hold because I am OBESE.  I have before.  Breaking the chains off of me has been a long time in coming.  As I work at thinning down and hopefully get HEALTHIER, (maybe it should be the other way around) I shall not exclude myself from doing things and going places because I am extremely overweight.  The devil just got kicked in the teeth.  Not in this stronghold now.  Set free by the LORD.  A change of attitude.  

I remember when I was 15 years old as a Sophomore in High school.  I had a hangup about being so tall compared to my peers.  I stood head and shoulders above the other girls and felt like a freak.  When I was in P.E. Class playing basketball, I realized that I was coordinated.  The thought came over me that I could do what the other girls were doing and do it well.  My perspective changed at that moment in time.  Now as I have aged, I've had other challenges for sure that have placed me in a vice script.  Another hiccup to get rid of.  Having a ah-hah moment can still come at the least expected times.  AH-HAH!  
 

GOD BLESS and may you have a sweet day!  It's Rosh Hashanah so I shall eat some apple dipped in honey to represent a sweet year to come.  Even though I am not JEWISH I shall take some time to think about some traditions that are up lifting.  My apple shall be HONEY CRISP! Thinking about the things of GOD is a growing time that is a blessing.  Amen and amen.

~d

SMILING AS I GO

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A SMILE CAME OVER ME WHEN I REALIZED THAT AT THE END OF THIS MONTH, I will go by our old house in a different community.  I needed to smile. It will have been a year since I saw our lovely two story on a large corner lot across the street from the DITTO MANSION.  A young couple with three children and a dog bought it.  I hope they are very happy there.

I made a promise that I would not go by it for a complete year AFTER WE MOVED OUT and I have honored this so far.  I am frequently in the community and have had to make an effort to stay away.  ANOTHER GOAL will be accomplished when I do not go by until the end of OCTOBER.

We lived there 6 and a half years.  Each HALLOWEEN, I enjoyed treating the trick-o-treaters.  It will be bitter sweet to see the house again.  Through the years it will be bitter sweet if I am given the opportunity to drive by and say hello to the place.  I mustn't be sad as LIFE GOES ON.  

I can now look at the two story stone house we lived in for almost 10 years that's in the community I live in now without any heart pangs.  

When our COTTAGE is spruced up to being decent then I will SMILE really big about our retirement cottage where we live.  We are blessed to have a roof over our heads that's paid for. Taxes, insurance and of course maintenance is part of our expenses.  We continue to downsize a little here and a little there.  Tis a huge adjustment.  HUGE.  I'm not there yet.

I have tried to stop spending so much money during the month of September.  I spent LOW as possible.  It needs to be a way of LIFE?  I know I can do better.  I am having thoughts about ways to SAVE more money as I grow older.  I believe I can do it.  I will make a sign/poster to remind me of this challenge.

Hubby has been working at hanging and painting crown molding in the Bathroom.  The room is looking so pretty and so much better than it did when we moved into the COTTAGE.  He'd hope to have the clawfoot tub in place today, but there will be a delay as we have to go to Manhattan and Wamego for some important things.  Perhaps tomorrow the tub will go in place.  Can't hardly wait.  

When I look at how much better the room looks compared to what it did, I can't help put get a little excited that the other rooms will follow.  

While in Manhattan, I'd like to go to the BEAUTY School to have them shampoo my hair.  I'd be a WALK-IN so I hope they can squeeze me in.  Hubby is taking a NAP on the sofa.  Fatigue came over him.  I understand this as I suffer from it as well.  Sometimes there's no warning, it just hits.  

I best go get groomed so I can go to town and get some important stuff done.  It will be pleasant to drive slow and sight see the landscape as we drive along going in slow-mo.  I love this.

GOD BLESS,

~d

NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST....CHEMTRAILS IN KANSAS NEED BANNED

HALF A MILE AROUND THE TRACK as that's all I had to give walking today as both of my hips lock up when my thyroid numbers are off.  Very uncomfortable.  They're off.  If I can waddled about our COTTAGE doing a few chores, I can be a HAPPY camper. ⛺ 

📬Afterwards, we went to the Post Office.  No mail.  Drove around some so I can get some fresh air and sunshine.  Went HOME to write my Kansas Senator Jerry Moran about chemtrails.  

Last August, I emailed him and previously sent him a paper letter.  Waiting for a reply as none has come.  Understandably he is a busy man, but he is my Representative.  

The first go round I mailed a paper letter to his Manhattan, KS office.  This go round, all of his offices are receiving a paper letter.  7 in all.  Then if I hear nothing back, a nice letter to the Editor of a couple of newspapers will be sent.  I am very curious about his stance concerning CHEM-TRAILS in the Kansas skies and will Kansas be signing into law a chemtrail ban.

The Tennessee Governor signed a chemtrails ban into law making it a reality that chemtrails are acknowledged in the United States of AMERICA and not part of a conspiracy theory.

🥜Many times before the word gets out about a concern, the one making noise is considered a NUT CASE.  🥜🥜 Hello Somebody, I'm probably viewed as a conspiracy theorist that's a NUT CASE.  Pecan, walnut or cashew...nuts have their place in this world, right?  

When enough voices are put out there, it's more likely to make the noise needed to get attention from our Representatives.  I suppose I ought to contact my GOVERNOR about the chemtrails concerns. 🛩🛩🛩🛩🛩🛩🛩

Still reading about the damage chemtrails contribute to.  It seems like 3 days after the chemtrails are spotted in the sky, asthma patients have breathing issues and the weather does a wonky thing.

MORE TO FOLLOW...

Much to do.  

Best get after it.

~d

CANDY BARS AND CRACK

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MONDAY.  I WOKE UP WITH TERRIBLY DRY EYES.  This is something I've noticed after having too much sugar the day before.  AND I DID have way too much sugar the day before.  Not a good thing to have.  Sugar is addictive and does awful things to the body especially when eating too much. 

 
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I had some miniature candy bars as I sampled our HALLOWEEN STASH purchased from SAMs and Hubby made a graham cracker treat with pecans and caramel on top.  It's like CRACK.  I know I overdosed on this stuff.  I fell off the wagon this week-end and must climb back on.  So today is that day AGAIN.  I have to do better.  The sugar is not going to change the fact that I am stressed out from the remodeling projects that are going on or need done.  Candy bars and crack are a huge NO NO for me.  Eating this stuff caused my eyes to dry out.  I caught on that this is what happens when too much sugar is in my system.  DRIED EYES.  🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

Today, the new week is in full force.  I jotted down on a list the things I need to get done.  I am hopeful that I will accomplish what needs to get done even if it takes me all day.  As I lay down at night to fall asleep, I usually go over the list in my head what I would like to get done and begin decorating the house in my head and pray.

Wake up.
Toilet
Wash hands
Comb hair
Take morning meds with Spring Water
Jot down and review the days events
BLOG
Get dressed

Go for morning walk
Cool off
Go get the mail
Go Home
Put a load of laundry in
Clean up
Read mail
Breakfast/Brunch
Breakfast clean-up
Morning chores
Rest
Laundry
Read
Lunch
Lunch clean-up
NAP
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I've got to squeeze in writing and working on some kind of HOBBY for relaxation and for the sake of doing something else besides chores all the time.  Know what I mean, Vern.

It never goes the way I plan, but that's alright.  Somehow it helps keep me going and stay on track.

The outdoors temps are cooling this time of year in the mornings and it is the best time of the day to go WALK. As it usually warms up by afternoon and gets too hot for comfort.  Yesterday, it reached into he high 80s almost 90 and I have no business being outdoors walking in the heat even if it is good to sweat I don't do very well.  🍫🍫🍫🍫🍫

I best get to it.  I will phone in a prescription after the Pharmacy opens.  A small gift needs wrapped and placed in the mail.  Questions for the thyroid visit need typed up and ready to go. Tomatoes picked from garden.  Sofa vacuumed.  A newspaper article typed up.  Correspondences made about my Mom's new address.  Laundry worked on.  Things to put away or give away.  Car cleaned out.

This is the day that the Lord has made.  I will rejoice and be glad in it.  Amen.  Being a HOMEMAKER is an honor.  I have to stay focused and remind myself of what my ministry is.

~d🏡

CURIOUS GEORGE and GRANNY NANNY CHRONICLES

SATURDAY BABY SITTING HAPPENED.  I went over about 8:45 am and stayed until 3 or so.  He was the best lil guy.  He's nearly 3 years old and letting it be known when he needs to use the toilet.  Watching CURIOUS GEORGE videos kept him busy while I read.  I still like the CURIOUS GEORGE videos myself. 

I took a few pics of him as he watched George and got tickled how squirmy his body was, but his face stayed focused at the computer screen.  He loves CURIOUS GEORGE.  

For now this is one of his favorites.  

I really thought he'd be very unhappy when he'd have to stop watching George when time to eat, but he wasn't.  I fixed him a small lunch, had it ready when I went over to the computer closing the lid as I told him it was time for LUNCH.  He ran over to his chair and ate.  As he drank his milk from a Sippy Cup, he began to get heavy lidded and I knew he would be ready for a nap after LUNCH.

It all went very well.  I told him when he finished his LUNCH that he needed to use the toilet then take a NAP.  He got out of his chair and started to whimper for his mom.  I told him she'd be HOME later.  He stopped and requested his tiny pillow from the sofa, so I told him I'd get it and then he wanted some books.  I told him he could get them.  He covered himself up with a blanket, lied down and started looking at a book.

I walked out of his room and went to the living room to sit.  About 5 minutes later I checked on him and he was asleep with the book over his face.  I removed the books from his bed and went to have some quiet time in the living room.

His folks were on their way back to the house by this time.  Actually the Baby sitting job went FAST.  Went HOME and took a NAP for myself.  Tired.  SO tired.

On Friday, I went to have some LABS done for my yearly thyroid exam.  By evening the numbers were in my health portal.  No wonder I'm so tired and somewhat sad.  My TSH numbers are way too low so I will lower the dose of my medicine and see the ENDOCRINOLOGIST later in October.  I believe my numbers are wonky low because of a couple of medicines I started taking.  I believe it has messed with me.  humph.  

We went to Topeka for the labs, ate lunch and stopped off at SAMs.  It was a short trip for the day, but always a pleasure to get away for a few hours also seeing the gorgeous Prairie landscape displaying seasonal beauty along the highways and byways.  AUTUMN colors are coming forth and I can't help but admire them in all their glory.  I know cold weather is coming and it isn't what I look forward to, but if I focus on the beauty of the landscape knowing we're one day closer to SPRING I should be alright.  Appreciating the differences in NATURE is far better than shivering in the cold.  Bundle up Buttercup.

I had time to rethink about having a miniature vegetable garden next SPRING beside the house where the sun will hit.  I believe it will be for the best to stay with miniature veggies in this small spot that we will work up next SPRING.  Cherry Tomatoes, Baby Cucumbers, Scallion Onions, Bibb Lettuce, miniature Peppers will be the produce to grow in this spot.  A SALAD GARDEN.  

There's an area alongside the Garage that might work for Carrots, New Potatoes, Squash and Zucchini.  

AUTUMN clean-up.  I need to clear out the containers that held our tiny tomatoes and peppers this year along the house.  The abundant crop did super and blessed us with such tasty produce.

I dead headed some of the mums out front of the porch.  The blossoms were plenty and I'm hoping to have more during AUTUMN.  It's the best I can do right now for front porch decor. Giving it some thought where I will WINTER the Geraniums before ice cold weather comes. With the temps in the 60s, it's lovely to have the screen window on the storm door open.  The air conditioning was turned off and fresh air is coming into the house.  

THIS WEEK-END, I need to return to walking at the football field and track.  I've stayed busy, but haven't deliberately walked my mile each day.  STILL, I've made a conscious effort to stay in motion.  

With my thyroid numbers too low, I really can tell that I am fatigue more so than normal. Waiting for the numbers to rise will take a couple of weeks.  This bothers me as I wait, but there isn't much I can do about it other than to faithfully take the meds on an empty stomach and WAIT.  Keep on keeping on staying busy.

AUTUMN is here where I purchased a ceramic pumpkin at a thrift shoppe.  She'll go in the center of the dining room table.  I had better get busy decorating the porch as time flies so quickly where HOLIDAY decorating changes her theme toward the CHRISTMAS tune.  

While shopping at the thrift shoppe, a lovely Amish women with four daughters arrived in their car all dressed in their religious attire.  These peeps were not in horse and buggy.  No pics.  They purchased plain colored men's shirts.  I know the mom got a bargain on the clothing as the prices are competitive.  $6 per shirt instead of $60 from the mall. A few years back, the shirts would have been a dollar. 

I wish I had decorated the porch in September for AUTUMN.  Gosh, if I could just get my act together I'd be ahead of the game.  The gorgeous decorating I have seen on videos and pictures makes my heart swoon. 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕 

So blessed.

~d🏡

1 Tbsp of Peanut Butter: Lowers Blood Sugar, A1C, Insulin Resistance & ...

WELP...I guess I should eat PEANUT BUTTER to help with health issues if the peanut butter is fit to eat. A tablespoon a day?  I'll give it a go.

God bless,

~d

THE POLITE LADIES APPROACH TO THYROID HEALTH

HAVE MERCY.  I just spent the morning and early afternoon playing TELEPHONE TAG with a Heart Hospital about scheduling a thyroid ultra sound for my yearly Thyroid Cancer Appointment to find out there was no work order for a TUS from my endocrinologist specialist.  Okay, getting in contact with the Endocrinologist Office to speak about this hic-up took some time plus researching in my health portal to find out the wrong work order was placed a year ago.

Hic-up and a half.  Wrong work order from the professionals.  Okay. I'm the little 'ole lady that this wrong info was played on.

The Thyroid Ultrasound is to be done before the yearly appointment so the doc can go over the report with the patient while they are present at the appointment.

Putting it in a nut shell the TUS won't be done until two weeks after my appointment.  Tadaah!  I can read the results in my health portal afterwards, but if I have questions then it's up to me to go the extra mile and ask the doc questions through the health portal.  No need to see a doc when I'm expected to read for myself the report on-line.

I will follow through with my yearly appointment with the lab results already done THEN get the TUS and wait for the ultra-sound results on-line.  This will be my last visit with this circus.  I will stay on top of my TSH numbers and ultrasounds through my regular doc and WALK-IN-LABS. No need to see the ENDOCRINOLOGIST anymore.  My experience with this particular medical facility/company has been a rocky road where I am better informed about Thyroid issues through reading on my own.

FOR 14 YEARS, I was not told to avoid dairy products after taking morning thyroid meds by my Endo.  A list of don'ts has transpired and it wasn't my Endocrinologist that educated me. With my constant weight gain, I was ignored when I asked questions it went nowhere.  With my fatigue, it went nowhere.  Caffeine can interfere with thyroid meds absorption.  They were not the ones that informed me of this.  What vitamins and supplements should I take? NO comment. Are there foods I should avoid?  

I've drawn a conclusion that the Endocrinologist believe that if their patient's TSH numbers are within the so-called range, then they have done their job even if the patient still feels horrible with hypothyroidism symptoms.  They will do no more investigating with additional blood test. It's narrowed down to the patient probably NOT TAKING their meds even if the patient has faithfully taken the meds as instructed.  

What course of action is done if I have been faithful in taking meds, but my TSH does not stabilize?  What test are done to investigate? How well is the T4 converting to T3?  Is the T3 too low?  Is it pooling as reverse T3?  NO answers.  

I've found out elsewhere that what one's T3 numbers are more important than T4.  They have not checked my T3 number.  Tis always T4.  How does one raise their T3 so my body functions optimal???  I can go to Walk in labs and get a blood test that indicates what the T3 is, but without medical help, I don't believe I can raise it to where it will be optimal.  Will have to check into this.  If my T3 is raised, I should feel good and lose weight.

With my appointment in October, I will read the questions I have written down and see if they suggest anything and if they don't, I will politely and quietly excuse myself from their presence and be done with their establishment.  

I'm very blonde.  Slow at times.  I stayed with this particular ENDOCRINOLOGIST giving it a go hoping they would help me feel better, energized and lose weight.  Going to a functional doctor about my thyroid issues is an option.  Out of pocket expenses to follow.  Frustrations can run wild.

Being POLITE when at the Doctor's office is the way I prefer.  So be it.  Admitting that I have to do medical care differently than what I have received is being PROACTIVE.  So you can be polite and proactive at the same time.  Amen and amen.  I know better that 14 years is a while to suffer with having NO THYROID and only replacing a person with T4 isn't the same as receiving T1, T2, T3, T4, and Calcitonin. 

Off I go on another adventure.
~d

EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE I CRAVE PEANUT BUTTER

THAT'S FOR SURE.  I get to craving peanut butter.  Not always sure why.  I had asked my hubby to pick me up ONE piece of peanut butter fudge since he was going to be in the community that has a candy shoppe and save it for me until I returned HOME.  He did and I have munched on it today.  

As I was traveling back to KANSAS on Tuesday, I went through Topeka and stopped at GOD'S STOREHOUSE where they sell wonderful peanut butter cookies.  I bought one and was one happy old lady.

~PROTEIN~

What is it when we crave some food?  Our body is needing something that food has in it.  I'd read protein.  PROTEIN.

From cutting calories, I'm needing more protein.

https://cravemagnificence.com/craving-peanut-butter/#google_vignette

When I was in Iowa, I was thinking about purchasing a jar of peanut butter, but didn't.  So with all this craving peanut butter, I think I need more protein.  YUMMERS.

Years ago when I first went into a Health Food Store in Manhattan, Kansas, I noticed the peanut butter making machine.  This was a new concept to me making one's own peanut butter.  It was before I took an interest in making my own ANYTHING.  I was so conditioned to just buy store bought everything.  I am a true consumer and the stores love to see me coming as they know I purchase store bought items.  

Have I changed?  I still buy already made items in the jar.  Now days I am more of a label reading buyer.  Selecting less ingredients in things.

It's alright to change your mind and I have.  I keep doing this.

DO YOU GET FOOD CRAVINGS?

Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe from the past.

https://homehavenministry.blogspot.com/2009/08/life-just-easier-peanut-butter-cookies.html

~d

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ON THE ROAD AGAIN AND A BATHROOM REMODEL

I DROVE HOME ALONE ALL BY MYSELF, but I wasn't lonely as I prayed practically all the way HOME for 5 hours.  Had an incredible drive through IOWA, MISSOURI and finally back to KANSAS.  Went last week to spend some time with my 92 year old Mom and Sister in IOWA.

Went to a doctor's appointment with Mom and we girls did a ton of shopping and talking.  I am officially dog tired.  

HUBBY stayed HOME to work on our bathroom and it is coming together beautifully.  I decided that I could handle the trip by myself with GOD helping me.  He didn't disappoint me.

The scenery was gorgeous.  Hints of AUTUMN are present as AUTUMN began on Sunday.  It rained some as I drove HOME.  Lots of semi-trailer trucks on the interstates and highways.  When I pulled up to my COTTAGE yard, I was relieved that I was HOME again.  I had a neat time with family, but am pleased to be HOME with my HUBBY.

I phoned my Mom when I arrived HOME so she'd know I arrived safely.  She was excited to tell me that a different apartment had opened up across the hall from where she lives that faces the South to where the patio would be getting full sun.  The apartment she's in faces North and the patio has a huge tree by it that cast branches onto the patio where she can't use it.  Just yesterday while we were parking the car to get out to go inside of the building where she lives, she said she wished that she had gotten one of the apartments right there.  She got her WISH.

This evening, the Iowa family is working on moving her stuff across the hall into the new apartment.  Heavens, this all happened so fast it makes my head spin.  She had just told us that she wished that her apartment was on the other side of the building.  Well, tonight it is.  She started moving her clothes this afternoon.  Wham.

I can't turn around and return to IOWA right now to help her move.  I had no way of knowing that she'd get a different apartment so quickly.  If I did I would be no good as my energy is GONE.  A 5 hour drive may not be anything to some, but to me, I do not travel the best.  Low energy doesn't multiply more energy for me.  It drains it.  So much for being 69.

As I drove alone, I felt empowered as I have seldom traveled alone without my Husband by my side and here I was navigating strange territory.  It's important to be somewhat independent as an older gal, huh?  I had time to think out loud and run through my mind steps of what to do next with shuffling furniture in the COTTAGE to make the place more manageable for us.  

HUBBY remained HOME so he could work on the bathroom.  It's looking nice to me.  Soon the clawfoot tub will be installed and we can bathe in comfort.  We purchased the tub so long ago, I can't remember when we got it exactly, but the feet were nickeled about a year ago waiting for their place on the tub.  It's a small tub and we bought it for the rock house with a tight fitting bathroom.  Hung unto it and are now using it for this small COTTAGE bathroom which isn't overly large.  

The 124 year old closet door is mahogany!

Rain Glass for privacy.

Still some work to do on it, but it's looking very nice right now.  We had started gutting the bathroom over three years ago when we weren't living in the COTTAGE yet...it's been a long drawn out remodel for us.  LONG DRAWN OUT.  Hello somebody.

I can't help but get somewhat excited that it is just about completed.  Visions of the next step in fitting into our retirement COTTAGE dance about in me head.  I want to go with lots of white and soft grays.

BEFORE PICS OF THE MESS WE STARTED WITH.

The remodeling of the old Bathroom reminds me of when CHRIST takes us where we are and begins to clean us up after we receive HIM as savior and become filled with the HOLY SPIRIT.

HE loves us so much that HE wants us to be who we should be in HIM.  HE loves us into a new creature in HIM.

Be it ever so humble...there's no place like HOME,

~d