What Have You Done Today That Is Healthy
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One of the recipes that I tried recently and really liked was orange chicken made with sugar free orange soda. It is really easy and very tasty. I have "made it mine", but basically it is boneless chicken breast or thighs cut in cubes, a bag of frozen pepper/onion blend, a half can of french style green beans and various spices to taste (onion powder, garlic powder, salt free greek seasoning, etc - shows Chinese 5 spice, but I didn't have it). Just throw it in a pan with a can of orange soda and cook until done. I then added another half can of soda with a bit of corn starch to thicken a bit, but that wasn't in the recipe. Then just serve over rice or cauliflower rice. Both of the guys really like it. The sauce is the best part. My BIL loves orange chicken at the Chinese restaurant and it always throws his blood sugar out of whack. This is great because of no sugar.
I haven't tried it, but I bet it would be good just thrown in the crock pot. I may try that next time.0 -
Well, a new year and the need for tracking and being open with my eating. It sure has been fun eating whatever I want and whenever I want, but I don't like the weight gained over the last couple of months.
January 2
Calories - 946
Carbs - 121 - I don't think I can watch this as closely as before due to dietary restrictions of my BIL and Bill.
Sat Fat - 11
Cholesterol - 30
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Phew, had to switch some stuff around to drop some carbs and add some protein!
Cals - 927
Carbs - 92
protein - 62
sat fat - 10
I am going to have my soup again this evening and not sure about those amounts, so these numbers may be a bit off. The soup has quite a few carbs, so for tomorrow's dinner, I can make more protein and fewer carbs. I don't like my calories to be quite that low, 950-1000 is my target.
I didn't get my walk yesterday but did do some more moving around the house and getting some things done. I had around 1200 steps yesterday. Will do more today. I did lose 1/2 a pound! LOL!
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Found where I can change my goals. I set my daily intake at 1000 calories and I'm already over that by 4 for today! If I eat everything I plan to. Getting enough protein is going to be a hard one!
Today's numbers: Cals: 1004
Carbs: 93
Protein: 62
sat fat: 10 (I'm happy about keeping this one down, should help my cholesterol)
I'm +401 for my potassium and probably more than that because I take two different potassium supplements, one is 99mg and the other is 1000mg.
I am going to have bloodwork done next Thursday so will see how all my numbers are doing. Hopefully, he will do my thyroid this time.0 -
Tuesday:
Calories - 985
Carbs - 122
Sat Fat - 11
Cholesterol - 53
I stayed within my 8 hour time frame for eating. I didn't get quite as much exercising as I did on Monday - after a storm came through and we had a flood in our newly remodeled basement. Whew, if it isn't one thing, it is another. It looks like a pretty nice day today, and I need to do some running around. Maybe I can get a walk in as well.0 -
Oh my goodness, Connie, when it rains, it pours. Literally! I hope the damage wasn't too bad. I'm getting control of my eating, but haven't been able to get back to exercising quite yet. I'm working on it0
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I guess I just deleted my comment. There wasn't any damage, just a mess.
Tonight was takeout breakfast but ate egg whites to keep the cholesterol down. Calories were taken from the website so should be accurate but don't have nutrients.
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We went out for breakfast this morning so at a mom and pop restaurant and I couldn't find their nutrition information, but I had the sausage omelet and the hashbrowns - well, half. I will eat the other half tomorrow. Here are my probably close numbers:
cals: 999
carbs: 74
sat fat: 16 (a little over)
prot: 67
sodium was way over by 449 and my potassium was 613 (no supplement today)
I don't know if any of my supplements have calories, but the ones I know do I've added (like my powders and my liquid vitamin and mineral).0 -
I had a cinnamon zucchini muffin and coffee around 11 and then didn't eat dinner until 7 because I was out grocery shopping. Dinner was garlic chicken with 1/2 cup of rice and broccoli0
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I'm really trying to stay in the 11-7 time frame for intermittent fast. I had gotten so used to grabbing a few almonds, a few Hershey Kisses, or a brownie whenever I wanted. I really need to get myself back on a healthy regime.
I didn't get to eat brunch until 11:40, so I was a bit past 7 when I realized I wasn't going to get my snack in, so I kept it in the 8 hours instead of the 11-7.
Calories: 895
Carbs: 97 - that is a little better, but I have no idea why.
Sat Fat: 14 - one over. I guess it was the cheese in my casserole along with a piece of string cheese for my snack. It seems like if my carbs are lower, the fats are higher. I guess that is normal.
Cholesterol: 130
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I'm also trying to stay within an 8 hour window with intermittent fasting. My problem is coffee. I just don't like the taste of black coffee, so I add a little cream to cut the bitterness, but I really don't want to wait until 11 for my first cup. I held off until 10 today and the rest of the day shouldn't be a problem. We're meeting friends for dinner and he works a really early shift so they eat dinner between 4:30 and 5! I should easily be done eating by 6 today.0
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Sounds like a healthy dinner, Cindy! Mine will be turkey and potato salad tonight.
I had the rest of my breakfast from yesterday (couldn't talk Wade into eating it) so my numbers are a bit higher today as well:
cals: 1062
carbs: 67
this one is high - sat fat: 20
protein: 69
I was high for sodium at 1897 and low on potassium at 683.0 -
Friday
I stayed in my 8 hours, but just checked my calories and should have eaten a bit more protein and calories
Dinner was pork loin sautéed in butter flavor Pam with onions and peppers, dry baked potato and green beans.
Calories - 809
Carbs - 105 (top of my range)
Sat fat - 9
Cholesterol - 880 -
I am planning on a bison smash burger and green beans for dinner! That helped bring up the protein.
Cals: 1012
carbs: 68
sat fat: 14
protein: 72
sodium: -646 (1800 is my limit)
potassium: +348 (1000 is my limit)
The two fish oil capsules I take brought my calories slightly over. They are 20 calories and 2 grams of fat!0 -
I split and stacked firewood with my husband today. We were out for 2 hours, came in for lunch and went back out for another hour. Got 3 loads done, but there's still so much to do! (from the 2 trees he took down just before Christmas). I had leftover chicken and steamed broccoli with 3/4 cup veggie Alfredo pasta... maybe 355 calories... but then I had hot chocolate, so that probably added another 180 calories to my lunch. We're heading out to watch our older granddaughters play soccer and then taking them out to dinner so our son can take our daughter-in-law out for her birthday. Hopefully I'll find a low cal option0
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Phew - I am tired just thinking about splitting and stacking that firewood...but a nice cozy fire sounds good. And all of those calories burned!
Today
Calories - 874
Carbs - 78
Sat fats - 11
Cholesterol - 1520 -
Here's our word storage area... the wood on the right is from last year - so it's already seasoned. But if it gets cold this winter, we'll burn through most, if not all, of that
Here's what we got done today (the far left section):
We've still got more to cut and stack, so we'll go back out on Monday to do another 3 or 4 loads
Some of the logs are this big:
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Wow, Cindy. I remember when Wade did that chore for our little wood stove. We pretty much did the work as we needed the wood for the stove, but the trees he cut had been down for awhile, so the wood was dried out already. So glad we have a gas stove now! That was when we lived in a cabin without electricity!
I haven't figured out what I am going to eat for dinner yet, but I have 364 calories to work with to stay within my calorie range for today. Yesterday was a free day, but when I weighed this morning it hadn't added anything to my weight, so praise the Lord for that!
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We usually only cut up dead wood (which, by the way, is lighter to lift and stack), but these two trees will have to season a year or so first. At least the sun is shining today. It's more work, but the wood is free, and we'll use less natural gas for heating, so there's a savings there. And the stacking burns calories. That's my optimistic take on things. 😁 Have a great day. I'm needed outside0
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Today I was mostly in charge of running the bobcat, picking up large logs and driving them over to the log splitter. We'll hopefully have enough wood for at least the next two winters when we're done. I also went to my exercise class tonight... I haven't been in months. Every muscle in my body is sore, but it's a good sore.0
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You are right about that burning calories, Cindy. I looked up "stacking wood", it burns around 192 calories every half hour! Very good exercise! And all that fresh air - also a good benefit!
Here are my numbers for today. They include two chicken McNuggets!
Cals: 1065
carbs: 141
protein: 96
sat fat: 12
- 92 sodium
+ 554 potassium
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I was amazed at the wood! I have been pretty good for the last couple of days, but just neglected to post. Today is "cheat" day, but I am planning to just cheat a meal and not go overboard.
Editing:
Not so successful
Calories - 1170
Carbs - 130
Sat fat - 20
Cholesterol 135 - at least I did t blow that!0 -
Those "cheat" days really help me during the week, gives me something to look forward to - but like you, it can't be a gorge day either!
Here are my numbers for today:
Cals: 936
carbs: 129 (split pea soup)
sat fat: 14
protein: 88
+109 sodium; +464 potassium
I did a small workout yesterday, bicep and tricep curls; and the ones you do for the upper back; I did some squats and other standing leg exercises. It was maybe a 10 minute workout - but it was something. I will do that again today!
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Here are my numbers for today:
Cals: 1042
carbs: 87
protein: 81
sat fat: 13
sodium a little over; potassium a little under
Did two laps up and down the driveway, a little more than 400 steps. Phew, legs hurt and had a little bit of trouble catching my breath even though I was meandering!
Weight the same.0 -
I took a walk this morning - two laps down our street, which is a little over 2 miles. I'm ending the day right around 5,350 steps. I made stuffed cabbage soup for dinner yesterday and added a few leftover pot roast potatoes to it tonight, which made it a little heartier.0
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My calories were seriously low today when I slotted my food in the tracker so I ate a couple slices of low cal toast. Still ony about 760 calories, but totally full. Other numbers were fairly good.0
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Good job, gals!
Yesterday was a "trash" day for me, I ate whatever I felt like. I'll weight tomorrow to see how much damage it did.
Today's numbers: cals 1016
carbs: 70
prot: 71
sat fat: 10
sodium and potassium both in
I'll do some arm and leg exercises, but no walk, too chilly today!0 -
It's also too cold here for walking - currently 21°.
I'm making white chicken chili for dinner tonight. Haven't had breakfast yet, so I'm thinking about chaffles for brunch - mostly protein, then a hearty chicken chili for dinner. Someday I'll get back to actually counting calories instead of just estimating0 -
I don't know what tonight's calories are going to look like. I am making BBQ ribs. I found a crockpot recipe and decided to try it. It uses some BBQ sauce, but I always make my own, so we will see. The actual sauce for the ribs tasted a bit tart, so I added about a TBS of sugar free pancake syrup to it. The recipe was funny. It said to cut the ribs (3#) and lay in a single layer in the bottom of the crockpot.....you would have to have a crockpot the size of Texas to get that many ribs in a single layer. I have a large crockpot that is about 18 inches long, so I got them in two layers. Hopefully they will be done by dinner. If not done an hour before time to eat, I will finish them in the oven.
Yesterday: Again, I added in calories to my snack because I was low.
Calories: 977
Carbs: 116 (that last minute snack!)
Sat Fat: 9
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Somewhere I said I was going to have chaffles today but I ended up just grabbing a slice of peanut butter toast. We're emptying our dining room and kitchen of everything on the floor... furniture and appliances... to have our hardwood floors refinished next week. It's a bigger job than I thought it would be, but I'm getting organized and burning calories0
