12 Weeks to a Better Me: Keeping my journal

Monday, November 9, 2009

Keeping my journal

So since I signed up for this program, I have been journaling daily on my computer. I listened to Jorge speak today about people sharing their blogs and I thought this would be a great idea. So I am going to upload my journal to date and continue to blog this journey.

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My Typical Day:

As each week goes by on this meal plan, I have begun to fall into a regiment. Here it is:

In the morning when I get up:
- 2 tsp. of Barleans Omega Swirl
- 1 tsp. of Nutri Health Probiotics mixed with a few ounces of
Sobewater Lifewater (8 oz is 6 carbs - I only have about 2 oz
so it doesn't count into my numbers)
- 1 cup of hot tea mixed with one truvia and 2 tsp. of
Benefiber and a splash of lemon juice (I used to put milk in
my tea)
- 8 ounces of Green Shake (or as my BFC friends call it - "Bug
Juice")

Breakfast - (about an hr after I have the stuff above) 5/2
count

Midmorning snack - a handful of peanuts 4 gr. carbs/
1 gr.sugar = 1/0

Lunch - 5/2 count

Dinner - 5/2 count

In the evening:
- Another glass of "Bug Juice"
- 1 cup of hot tea mixed with one truvia and 2 tsp. of
Benefiber and a splash of lemon juice (some people say that
tea (caffeine) before bed keeps them up, but it doesn't bother
me - I enjoy it.)

And, I've got to say, I am enjoying every step :)

How I am getting my family on the plan and they don't even know it...

1. Every morning my daughter takes a powdered medicine and I mix it with OJ. I can't eliminate the juice yet - (baby steps), but I bought the 50% less sugar OJ and add a little Truvia.
2. Anything that asks for milk, I have substituted Almond Breeze. She hasn't caught on and actually complimented my pancakes as tasing "the BEST ever". So far I have done this with mashed potatoes, pancakes and scrambled eggs.
3. I used to order her snacks for school recess (which included OJ). I eliminated the juice and she now brings a cool thermos that has her name on it filled with filtered water.

Treasure Finds while Food Shopping!

Aunt Jemima Buttermilk Pancakes (instead of milk I sub almond breeze) - 23 gr. carb, 4 gr. sugar for 3 4" pancakes. I add sugar free maple syrup from Probst Farms (on Jorge's list)
Barlean's Kid's Omega Swirl - check out Barlean's website - they have a bunch of kids items and my picky 6 yr. old is loving it right along with me!
Bob's Red Mill Steel Cut Oats - 27 gr. carb, 0 sugar and 4 gr. fiber. - Shop Rite
Boca Burger (Veggie Burger) - 6 gr. carb, 4 gr. fiber, 0 gr. sugar
Don Pepino Pizza Sauce - 4 gr. carb, 2 gr. sugar - ACME
Monte Bene Pasta Sauce - 2gr. carbs, 3gr. sugar - bought at Whole Foods
Ortega Black Beans - 19gr. carb. 1 gr. sugar - 7 grams of fiber - bought at Target
Pepperidge Fram Deli Flats - 7 grain - 19gr. carb, 3 gr. sugar, 5 gr. fiber for 1 roll - I like this better than any english muffin style
Rexall Cold-milled Organic Flax Seed Powder - 4 gr. carb, 0 sugar and 4 gr. fiber
Tortilla (soft taco size) - Mayan Farms Tradional Recipe Low Carb Tortilla (16 g. Carb, 0 g. Sugar, 10g. Fiber) - bought at Shop Rite - LOOK AT THE FIBER COUNT!

Inspirational Quotes

"What you risk reveals what you value".
- Jeanette Winterson

"If not now, when"?
- The Talmud

"If I have lost my confidence in myself, I have the universe against me".
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live".
- Goethe, Faust

"We must be willing to get rid of the life we planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
- Joseph Campbell, author

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes".
- Marcel Proust

"You will never find yourself until you face the truth".
- Pearl Bailey

"You only live once – but if you work it right, once is enough".
- Joe E. Lewis, Comedian

"To have that sense of one’s intrinsic worth… is potentially to have everything".

- Joan Didion

"In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside you".

- Deepak Chopra

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