Walker and quad cane coming today and steel cut oats verdict!

The OT came today with the walker and quad cane.  I was not steady or secure with the quad cane.  I was steady and secure with the walker.  It felt great!  This is the walker I got today.  It is called the Xpresso.  Mine is just like this one except the frame is all silver, not orange.  My OT thinks I should be using it even in he house.  Really??  That will take some getting used to!  As will using it when I go out.  (sigh)

What I have eaten today:
 
Breakfast
1 bowl of steel cut oats with cinnamon, milk, and raisins.
First time I ever had steel cut oats.  Definitely chewier and nuttier. But I liked them.  I have to find/come up with a combination or two I like to go in the oats to mix it up.

Lunch
1 ham and cheese soft tortilla with mayo

Dinner
chicken, broccoli, onion, green pepper stir fry.  Plus 1 piece of bread with butter.

Snack
10 slices cucumber
1 single size container sugar free apple sauce

PLUS
3 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

At least 2 sets, 10 reps each leg of hip extensions
1-10:15 am
2-2:18 pm
3- 10:19 pm

Toodles!

Too many things to do = overwhelmed!

Traci had all kinds of appointments booked for this week while she was home.  It turns out that one of the appointments led to quite a few other appointments.  My daughter was overwhelmed.  :( I probably would have been too!  So she booked some of those, is taking care of another one right now, and then we will go from there.

I feel for her, but unless she asks for help, I have learned the hard way not to jump in and help her.  She is more than capable!

Traci and her boyfriend are picking up steel cut oats for me this afternoon on their way.  They are supposed to be the healthiest oats and I heard of a way to pre-prepare them!

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 smoothie with frozen fruit, yogurt, milk, 1 egg, bananas and strawberries

Lunch
1 bowl of Corn Flakes with strawberries and milk

Snack
a few whole wheat tortilla chips
10 slices english cucumber

Dinner
chili quesadilla with cheese

PLUS
3 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
NO chocolate

At least 2 sets, 10 reps each leg of hip extensions
1-8:30 am
2-2:22 pm
3-6:01 pm

Toodles!

Veggies! Plus something else...

Something I have not mentioned is that I have a genetic condition called Spino Cerebellar Ataxia It is a condition I inherited from my father's side of the family.  This affects me in a number of ways.  My balance is very bad, my memory is awful, I have double vision, I fatigue very easily.

I have been using a single point cane for 10 years.  I have been starting to think I needed a quad cane or a rollator walker UGH!  The OT (occuptaional therapist) came today and tested my strength and talked about the pros and cons for both the quad cane and the  rollator walker. In a week or so, both are going to be delivered to the house and the OT will show me how to use both.  I am going to test both out and see what works best for me and helps the most.  I have always thought, "Ewwww", rollators are for old people.  But this OT had me thinking that maybe that would be best for me.  We shall see.

In testing my strength, the OT said my glutes are very weak.  So the exercise starts TODAY, not April! Leg extensions- 2 sets of 10 reps for each leg.

I got 2 new grab bars installed in the bathroom yesterday!!  It's funny how different things are exciting to different people.  :)

I fell in the kitchen today.  :(  But I did not hit any walls or appliances!  The butter knife I was using fell.  I am not sure if I was trying to grab it before it hit the floor (stupid) or trying to get out of the way of the knife hitting my foot (smarter).  Bruises tomorrow I am sure.  :(

What I have eaten today:

LATE Breakfast
1 bowl of fruit yogurt with bananas and strawberries
I slept until 10:30am.  Massive headache!

LATE Lunch
1 toasted ham and cheese sandwich with mayo
AND some raw broccoli florets dipped in ranch dressing

I was not feeling like eating at lunchtime but I did,  The sandwich was good and I ate the broccoli plain!  But I am SO full right now. That sandwich and broccoli should have been lunch and a snack later.

Dinner
meatballs and rice

Snack
1 piece of apple pie

PLUS
only 2 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
no chocolate in the house=no late night chocolate munching

Hip extensions-2 sets, 10 reps each leg of hip extensions
1- 1:30 pm
2- 3:00 pm

Toodles!

Veggies??

Hi!

Looking at what I have been eating for the last few days, I am excited that I am eating healthy (or healthier), real food for the most part.  I am very excited that I am eating 3 meals/day!!

BUT ...what I am not excited about is the fact that I am mostly eating dairy and fruit and carbs.  I LIKE these foods the most, but they do not make for an overall healthy diet.

I need to start adding veggies.  Mind you, we usually have some sort of vegetable at dinner, either sort of on its own or in something like the spaghetti sauce tonight.  We have broccoli in the fridge now so tomorrow I am going to make an effort to replace some fruit with veggies.  Or does that even make sense, seeing as fruit and vegetables are lumped together in one food group?  I really don't know.

Anyway, broccoli it is tomorrow, probably for a snack.  I don't want to eat it plain.  What is the healthiest thing I have in the house to dip the broccoli in, I wonder?

I really want to make these changes gradually.  I don't want to make a whole bunch of huge changes and then not be able to keep up with them.

I know the chocolate evening munching will have to go too.   :(

I also KNOW that exercise is the next BIG thing I need to address.  How about I keep dealing with food issues for a bit and make the food changes permanent in my life?  30 days for a habit right?  That is true, but I am putting off the exercise thing.  I am thinking that Aprilwould be good to look into exercise.  I want to want to be outside for exercise.  April means the snow and ice will be gone, too.


What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 bowl of fruit yogurt with strawberries

late breakfast
1 piece whole wheat pita bread with hummus

Lunch
homemade strawberry milk (milk + strawberries)

Snack
1 glass of banana strawberry smoothie (yogurt, milk, banana, strawberry)

Dinner
pasta with homemade meat sauce
1 slice apple pie at 8 pm

PLUS
3-4 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
maybe some chocolate later

DUH! and Substitions

I really wanted a sweet or salty snack food in the afternoon. But then I realized I had not had lunch, so I made a sandwich. DUH Lisa! It wasn't so much that I wanted a sweet or salty snack, I just wanted food. I was hungry. I have ignored hunger for so long that I will have to get used to listening to my body.

I am starting to look into different flours to make bread. Rebellion breaks out here if I add even the slightest bit of whole wheat flour to the bread that I make. But the white processed flour has nothing good for you in it at all. Shhhh, don't tell my hubby or daughter, but I think I am going to try rice flour.

Breakfast
1 bowl of fruit yogurt with strawberries

late breakfast
1 apple

lunch
1 toasted ham & cheese sandwich with mayo and cheese

snack
1 small glass of milk

dinner
poppyseed chicken (chicken, homemade cream of celery soup, with crackers & butter on top)
1 slice bread with butter
1 slice apple pie (the best apple pie I have EVER made BTW)

3-4 coffees with flavoured creamer
chocolate

Toodles!

Eat food, not too much, mostly plants

Today was a relatively good day, foodwise. I had no processed stuff outside of flavoured coffee creamer. I even did not partake of cookies and goodies at church during the coffee break! Eat food, not too much, mostly plants I was reminded of this yesterday. The Eat Food part, as I read yesterday as well, is to try to make sure all your food you eat is food that your great-grandmother would recognize and know. Not Too Much and Mostly Plants are self explanatory. I didn't do so well on those today. Eat Food: I ate food that my great-grandmother would recognize. :) (Well except for the flavoured creamer) :( Not Too Much: I really didn't think I ate too much today at any one point. But it is now half an hour after dinner and I am SO FULL. I have a very small appetite. It does not take much for me to be full. I need to take even smaller portions. Mostly Plants: I failed on that today. I ate some fruit, no veggies, but it certainly was not most of my food today. This is going to be the hardest part of Eat food, not too much, mostly plants to accomplish. I think I could almost give up meats without too much problem. The thing is, I could probably give up veggies too and not miss them too much! Just call me the carbs and cheese and eggs girl! What I have eaten today: Breakfast 1 bowl of fruit yogurt with bananas & strawberries Lunch 1 toasted ham and cheese sandwich with mayo and butter Dinner 1 (too large as it turned out) bowl tuna casserole (pasta, cheese sauce, tuna) 2 small glasses of milk PLUS 3-4 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer maybe some chocolate later No junk or chips or sweets (well, except for chocolate) and 3 meals again! 2 straight days of 3 meals. I probably have not done that for a while. Toodles!

What am I eating?

I am getting inspired by Trina , Allie and Candace ! They are in the process of giving up sugar and junk for a month. They are making me think about what I am eating. For example, fruit & yogurt, hard boiled eggs for breakfast and/or lunch. From scratch soups and bread for dinner.

I am still eating sugar, though. Yogurt with fruit has sugar in it. Trina is not eating that. She wants sugar-free/plain yogurt. I am going to start making all my sweets from scratch too. Yes, they have sugar, but from scratch is much better that mixes that have all the chemicals and preservatives in them. :(

Apparently the sugar-free banana muffins I am making for the girls are good!!

What I have eaten today:

Breakfast
1 bowl of fruit yogurt with strawberries
1 hard boiled egg with salt/pepper

Lunch
1 bowl of fruit yogurt with strawberries

Dinner
1 fried egg sandwich with cheese

PLUS
3-4 cups of coffee with flavoured creamer
maybe some chocolate later

Lets see how I do tomorrow. The neat thing about today, too, is that I did not skip a meal!