Our Actions Show Our True Priorities

Thursday, January 12, 2012

What are your priorities? What you DO is your priority.

What are you struggling with? I am struggling with making walking a priority. I did fine from Oct through the week of Dec 13 (super busy week) and have struggled ever since to get back to the daily habit of it.

"Excuses be SHELVED in 20-TWELVE."

Our ACTIONS demonstrate our real priorities.

And when I DO fight my way back to a regular, daily walking habit, I'll remember HOW MUCH HARDER IT IS to go back and start over, than it would have been to make whatever time mgmt sacrifices necessary, to have continued doing it during the week of Dec 13. It's like going back to school: no matter what it is that's going on in your life that makes it look like you HAVE to drop out, DON'T DO IT, because no matter how hard it is stay in, it will be much much harder to go back than it is to stay in.

Your actions demonstrate your true priorities.

  

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WARMSPRINGDAY 1/13/2012 4:53AM

"Excuses be SHELVED in 20-TWELVE." My struggle has been with my eating - baby steps - doing a little better. Report Inappropriate Comment

OLIVIASTRY 1/12/2012 6:21PM

I am also having trouble getting back in the swing of things after the holiday feasting. I will keep trying to increase exercise and decrease the treats! Good luck to you! Report Inappropriate Comment

B1G1F Romaine

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Found a really good sale at BILO, the sale included red leaf, green leaf, and romaine, buy one get one free, $1.99. Only 99 cents each, not per pound but for the whole head.

First time I went, the romaine was pitiful so I bought one red and one green. Went back last night because the store is near where we meet for Life Group, and the romaine selection had been replenished. I got two romaines.

I have been eating homemade soup everyday due to being sick (I need the hot liquid), and since getting the lettuce I've been eating salad with homemade dressing everyday. YES I have lost weight, already.

  

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A_NEW_JAN 1/12/2012 8:18AM

Hope you're feeling better! Report Inappropriate Comment

OOLALA53 1/12/2012 6:07AM

Sounds fresh and good! but sorry you're sick. Report Inappropriate Comment

WARMSPRINGDAY 1/11/2012 7:51PM

Hope you feel better soon! I've never seen red romaine. Report Inappropriate Comment

Tuesday

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

I have a bad wracking cough and runny eyes, but am getting better super fast.

We had our first Life Group meeting tonight, 1st one since Dec 13. I took peppermint cake. I didn't have any though, nor did I participate, trying to prevent socially embarassing coughing fits. I am usually not silent but was this time. I left the group 5 or 6 times to go cough outside.

I will sleep sitting up again tonight. I took 3 SinuFix today.

  

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NELLIEC 1/11/2012 4:15PM

I am praying you feel better soon! Report Inappropriate Comment

SinuFix Works!

Monday, January 09, 2012

I am down with crud, fever, and no voice. I tapered off my SinuFix, as a test to see if I could do without it part time, in order to conserve it and keep it from running out so fast.

And now I have the answer. Nope! One a day keeps the crud away. I used to get chronic and acute sinus / upper respiratory infections EVERY fall and EVERY spring, and sometimes all the months in between, before I found SinuFix.

I want to investigate the bigger question of why my immune system isn't up to doing it on it's own. But I haven't had time, between job hunting, no internet at home, packing, etc.

I have a theory that weightloss releases toxins which adds stress to the immune and detox systems. I had also quit eating lemons / drinking lemon water at the same time I went without SinuFix. I think I had the perfect storm conditions.

But after taking SinuFix for only 24 hours, I am at the spitting up crud stage today, which is usually 10days to several weeks in (for me, anyway). So even though really gross, I am healing very fast. Tonight I am going to sleep sitting propped up.

This morning I had no voice at all, and made hot & sour soup, I always want it when I'm sick!, and I conveniently already had the chicken broth part of the soup ready in the fridge. Emptied the car to bring in lemons and empty car trash, drank lots of hot tea with lemon and ate hot & sour soup (strange breakfast). My voice came back after the hot liquids in the am, and then has been intermittent since. Took supplements including SinuFix; washed sliced & bagged lemon slices; made Good Seasons oil & vinegar salad dressing, washed lettuce leaves from a head of red leaf and lettuce leaves from a head of green leaf, and made salad (lettuce cut with plastic knife, toms, cukes, shredded carrots). Did several batches of dishes, did laundry at the laundromat, changed my sheets, and bagged some Christmas clothes for storage and started another Goodwill clothing bag. Drove to a nearby town to fill up with cheaper gas, which just went up 12 cents (ouch), $3.34 here at the least expensive place, ate a late lunch, then came to the library to job hunt. Super busy day and I'm very tired, between all the stuff I got done plus feeling drained to begin with because of being sick. Sometimes I have chills.

I didn't walk today, because of empty gas tank and driving to fill up. Have to plan better next time for NO EXCUSES.

SHELVE The Excuses in 20-TWELVE.

It is very rainy and dreary, depressing type of weather, WHICH I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR BECAUSE IT'S TOO WARM TO FREEZE. I am under alot of stress and don't want to even consider dealing with snow or sleet in addition to everything else (thank you Jesus we don't have that, as it IS winter ya know - I am grateful). It's supposed to rainy off and on for the next few days WHICH I AM EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR.

I need to repack ministorage, time is of the essence it has to be done NOW, and haven't even started.

Tomorrow is another day.

  

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WILLITWORK1 1/10/2012 8:57PM

I will have to check into that sinufix stuff. Never heard of it. Also, never thought about making hot and sour soup. That sounds wonderful. I've only gotten it at Chinese places. Makes me hungry to think about it but I'm all out of calories for the day. Get well! Report Inappropriate Comment

NELLIEC 1/10/2012 1:48PM

My son Jason has been bringing boxes here to his sister's garage from his storage. He is hoping to get the remaining stuff (a little bit of furniture) into a smaller unit for less monthly expense. Report Inappropriate Comment

WARMSPRINGDAY 1/9/2012 8:47PM

One day at a time - one foot in front of the other! I am doing a study of Joyce Meyer's book "Power Thoughts." Power Thought #1 You can do everything in life that you need to do, in Christ. Power Thought #2 God loves you unconditionally. Report Inappropriate Comment

$1.00 BARGAIN!!, McD's McDouble

Sunday, January 08, 2012

Plug it into Nutrition Tracker and see for yourself; you'll find almost 400 reasons to JUST SAY NO.

1 small sandwich for "only a dollar" that is gone in 3-4 bites:
390 calories
19 grams of fat



Would you like a drink with that? Yes, please. That's also only $1 on special for the 32oz cup; what a bargain!! Only $2 total for a McDouble and a coke!!!

(Or small fry, or a sundae, or pies, or ... or ... or ... hey I want VALUE, and these are all on the VALUE menu!!)

NO, i DON'T want a diet drink because that contains aspartame, sucralose, neotame, and the like. Regular coke or sweet tea or other non-diet drink, please!

WHAT A BARGAIN!!!!!!!!!

Not in nutrition, it's not.
Not in BMI, it's not.
Not in the health goals you want for yourself, it's not.
Not in being kind and nourishing to yourself, it's not.

I have a question: when you use the word, "bargain", what do you mean by that?

700 calories, for a burger and a drink - that's with NO refills.

Do you know how much salad and vegetables you could eat for 400 calories, instead of one small sandwich? Your stomach is not satisfied with the small sandwich when you're through consuming it, all too quickly. And another reason you're still hungry after eating it is that your body was expecting and hoping phytochemicals and real nutrition was being sent down; and when the order wasn't filled it senses it still hasn't been fed yet, and tells you to eat more and try again.

Instead of the small burger you could eat a large volume to keep you full for a long time, AND it would be nutritious, of real food veggies, and of real food lean protein. Put olive oil dressing on the salad and you'd STILL have a meal much more highly nutritious than the burger.

Thank you Nutrition Tracker. I no longer eat dollar anythings at McDonalds. It is NOT a "value". And it is NOT a "bargain".

Oh come on now; are sure you don't want that tasty bargain? You know you love them. Come on, it's a small little burger. And it's so small, that come on!, adding the small little treat of the sundae (or drink, fry, or pie) to it won't hurt you.

NO THANK YOU.

  

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WARMSPRINGDAY 1/9/2012 8:44PM

Heard that! Report Inappropriate Comment

KICKBOXER75 1/9/2012 2:46AM

What they don't tell you is that 1 dollar bargain may cost you thousands of dollars in treating health issues years down the road! Report Inappropriate Comment

BROCCOLIROSE 1/8/2012 9:14PM

Loved getting to the point in this program that I went for "quantity and quality" over "fast and easy".....yup, you can sure eat a lot for that amount of calories! Great blog post! Report Inappropriate Comment

_SELDOM 1/8/2012 9:11PM

I'm with you!! No, thank you. Report Inappropriate Comment