9th May 2017
Don't expect to see
a change if you don't make one.
Started my day with
oats strawberries and unsweetened almond milk yesterday, think I'm happier with
skimmed milk but it was okay. By the
time it came to eat again, I was already hungry and impatient for it to cook so
had leftover stewing steak on a jacket potato, the edamame beans weren't cooked
so I ended up eating them afterwards from a cup, nice snack though, I could actually
eat them like that, I like a lot, frozen too, so I can have them in the
cupboard. I'd also eaten a warby thin
whilst I was waiting for it all to cook.
Now I'm beginning to wander if it was because I didn't have my usual
cooked breakfast that I'd got hungry like that, or was it just one of those
days. I made a cold pasta salad for my
tea, it was alright and now I've just realised why I then started craving cheese,
good strong cheese. It was because none
of my meals yesterday had done it for me, none of them had satisfied me in the
taste stakes, I was left unfulfilled. I just couldn't be bothered to cook, not today
though, I'm going to make the effort to cook today and have something tasty. I really fancy salmon, so if there's none in
the fridge, I'll nip in the Co-op.
I had a lovely chat
yesterday morning with a members wife who gave me a number to call, her friend
works at carers support and had told her to get me to ring. They were both very helpful and she's going
to arrange for someone to come out in a couple of weeks to see how they can
help me as the carer. I wonder if they
supply carers wine allowance :)
I'm still on top of
the housework, hoovered through yesterday, mom did the living room then I did
the rest, cleared more out of the utility room, even washed the dogs bed - oh
yeah, we are all over this domesticated goddess lark! I'm seeing it as my daily workout, it might
not be 'fun' but I never thought an hour at the gym was either and both burn
calories but one leaves me with a tidy house, so no brainer really in my eyes.
Alfie and me had
two walks, the second one involved walking slowly over to the park and then
plonking himself down to watch the world go by, it was actually quite nice to
sit on the grass for 10-15 minutes and enjoy getting a bit of Vitamin D.
I had a phone call
from a member who'd been told they had high cholesterol and they needed to eat
a healthy diet, then told that yes the Weight Watchers diet was the best
option. So what causes it?
- eating a diet high in saturated fat
- not being physically active
- being overweight or obese
- smoking
- having a large waist circumference.
These
are the obvious causes but there are secondary ones;
- type 2 diabetes
- underactive thyroid gland (hypothyroid)
- kidney problems
- liver problems
- alcohol intake
Improving your levels can take a good 6
months, but you can see improvements in 3-4 weeks, another reason to lose some
weight, oh okay and reduce my alcohol intake a little bit, although my
cholesterol was alright when I had my last medical. Best not to tempt fate though ay, I'm still
after losing a stone no matter how long it takes me.
For even more information check out this website https://heartuk.org.uk/health-and-high-cholesterol/what-causes-high-cholesterol,
ooo it says soya foods are good and my edamame beans come under that group,
oats are good too. There are not miracle
foods but following Weight Watchers naturally reduces your saturated fat intake
which is only a good thing.
Okay back to food because
that's what floats my boat most days, I have crumpets left in the cupboard,
thins and bread, so whatever I have for breakfast will involve them, bacon, egg
and thins maybe. I'm sure there's a few mushrooms left too, I need to remember
to add cherry tomatoes to my shopping list too.
Right let's get
this day started, I've been awake since 4am as you do, woke a few times in the
night, got stuff going through my head but I've still managed to sleep
inbetween! Going to use that extra time to do an online
delivery, using my Asda pass ain't I, the delivery I had last week was much
better.
Here's to another
good day! Oh and I did have a chunk of
cheese last night, I couldn't resist, but I sliced it thinly and ate it with
chunks of pineapple so added a little bit of balance, 1 slice of low calorie
bread with cucumber. Could've been
worse, could've been a cheese and onion sarnie and a bag of crisps! See look at the positives BeYOUtiful, always
see the good. xx
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