Wed.

Hello everyone,well this is the week everyone eats, parties and has fun. So don't eat to much and try and stay away from all those pies, cakes and candies. Next week the whole world will be making New year resolution. I am just going to try and stick to good eating habits. With my knee the way it is, I am not going to be able to do to much, so I really have to watch myself. So everyone take care and drive carefully over the holidays and I will be back Jan. 1.

Thursday

Well today is cookie day, I have everything ready to mix up, I am just waiting for my butter to get soft. Tomorrow is the big contest, my daughter Heather sent me a picture of her mixing bowl with all the goodies in it. So now all we have to see is Carries mixing bowl so we know that she is not cheating. It should be a lot of fun and I am going to win this years, #1 that is going to be me. Have a great day.

Wednesday

Good morning, it is 5 am and I am wide awake. I was tired last night so I went to bed at 8:30 and I woke up early today. It sounds like it is raining outside so I won't get to do much out there. I will clean up my kitchen today and get ready to make my Angel sugar cookies tomorrow. I want to wait until the last day before the contest so I won't eat them, that way I will make them put them into the refrigerator to get cold then on Friday morning bake cookies.
This should be a fun time, I get to have all the grad kids together. So take care and be careful of what you eat it is so easy to gain a few pound over the holidays.

Tuesday

Well we are in the final count down until cookie day, I got some sprinkles and white frosting yesterday. I guess I will make them on Thursday. I have been eating really bad the last couple of days, I have to get it together. It will be a lot better after all the goodies are gone or I get some will power. I know it is driving me crazy to have to sit around so much but with my knee the way it is, I really have no choice. I am sick of watching TV and just wish I could get outside and do something in the yard but I try for a short time and I am in pain. So all I can do is my best. So don't let all that great food get to you this December try and eat right most of the time, then when we fall off the wagon it won't be so bad. So when I win the Cookie contest you all can write in and ask for the winning cookie recipe, that doesn't mean I will give it up.

Thursday

Yesterday I went and found out how much I weigh. It is still 228 so I guess I will go for the 8 pounds first. Let see if I can loose 8 pounds. Today is December 10 so I will give myself until January 10. One of the ladies at the classes I went to said, don't weight yourself every day or even once a week. Do it once a month and then you can really see a difference, so I am going to start today and see what happens. I will keep a real good record of what I eat and my food exchanges and see if I can do this. It is really hard, we all love food but I love life even more so I would like to be around for a while and not have all that blood sugar problems. take care and stick with it.

Tuesday

Well now that I have all the information I need for the food exchange I am going to go and weight myself at the gym today. I can not exercise but I can use my pulley while I sit in a chair that are on my bedroom door. That is all I can do right now, I cannot do anything with my knees the way the are. I have to be very careful not to fall, I cannot afford anymore black and blue knees from falling. So I am going to try my best and not eat all the cookies at the cookie contest and we shell see what the new year has to bring to this 63 year old women. Maybe Mr. Wonderful will be out there just waiting for me, what do you think?

Sunday

I have been giving this food exchange thing a try and it work pretty well. I finally found what the exchange is suppose to be for 1200 calories a day. For the whole day it is to be starch 5 servings , protein 4 serving, veg. 2 servings fruit 3 servings and milk 2 servings. Then when I have breakfast I just look under starch and I could have 1 bread, or 1/2 cup cream of wheat, or 1/3 cup bran buds, or 1/2 shredded wheat. 1 egg or 1 tablespoon peanut butter, or 2 slices of bacon. 1 small orange. Lunch you could have sandwich with 6 thin slices of no fat ham, lettuce, tomatoes. fruit. So you see you really get a lot. but over the weekend it has been a little hard had a few cookies and a little ice cream but I will be right back on it on Monday.

Thursday

I have been trying to finger out this carb thing and it was to confusing for me so I decided to go with the exchange list. That makes it really simple, first you are to have 1 starch, 2 protein, 1 veg., 1 milk, 1 fat and l fruit at each meal. I have to ask about snacks. Then you go to the list and pick one from each group, so it works for breakfast, lunch and dinner. For instants breakfast yesterday I had 1 bread, 2 slices of bacon and 1 egg. I could of had 4 bacon and no egg so it just depends on what you feel like eating. today I had 1/2 cup cream of wheat, 1 serving of bacon and a half an apple. I was suppose to eat 4 bacon but that seems like a lot. Last night for dinner I had 1/2 cup pasta, 4 oz of chicken and salad.
This would be good when you go out you can kind of finger what you can eat before you get there or you can just take your list with you. Well I will give this a try this week and next and see how I do. I guess if I didn't have fruit with dinner then I could have it as a snack later. So as long as you exchange in the list you are eating just about the same each time in calories, carb., protein and fat. So this could work well, we shell see. Take care and happy dieting.

Tuesday

Well it is getting closer to the cookie contest, I have found a great recipe and I am going to be the winner this year. The only problem is that I like my cookies crunchy and other people like them soft so I guess we will just have to wait and see who the victor is. I went to my diabetes class yesterday and we went over counting carbs and how many you are suppose to eat with each meal, It seemed like a lot. I think it was 20 to 35 with each meal that is like having two pieces of bread , milk is a carb to, banana is a carb. I am confused. I guess I will just have to take my time and figure this out. take care and keep on trying, don't give up, I know sometime you just want to say the heck with it but after seeing a man on TV that was over 1000. pd. I will never give us. talk to you tomorrow.