Accountable August!

Mihani

Hi all, day 4 down on track with food. Doing close to 2 miles when I get home in the evenings. I love this weather!

Meals same today as yesterday.

bisky

Happy Wednesday!
Mihani - Great walk. I know it is difficult to get out and do it after a hard day at work but I am sure it helps with stress and well being. I enjoy listening to You Tube free audio books.

Carla - How is the breathing? Just when you got back to treadmill walking!

Magic - You know what they say about goals. Shoot for the stars and land on the moon! I had a weight loss goal I did not reach this month but will try again next month. I did reach my exercise goals.

Walked dogs a mile this a.m. Rode the peleton bike. I felt so much stronger than before my surgery. Then the afternoon tiredness hit. Tomorrow going for the last day of being able to walk dogs in the Botanic garden. Spent the morning talking with my sister in S.C. about the hurricane that turned into a tropical storm. Had a great salad: arugula with strawberries and pecans.

magic71755

Ladies I am so far behind on posts...so sorry. Trying to get into a routine here. Lulu gets her Long Walk, daily now. She's so happy. More on that later.

But the treadmill has dropped off for now. I do have time before work, so that may be something I add when I start the second week of my new schedule. 10 hours is so easy, comparatively speaking.

today
coffee
bean burrito
ezekiel sand
green smoothie in blend jet (it works...not huge, like vitamix size, but great for a healthy, little afternoon pick me up: pineapple, banana, spinach, soy milk
apple
salad when I get home.

Living life deliciously!

Thanks for letting me know you can see the smileys, @Mihani. I think they show up on the phone.

Marilynsretired

Saw doctor today re some health concerns. He told it as it is re my health.

What was said was 'don't say I will try - just do it' Eat to many carbs, drink sweet drinks, you then have made the decision to harm your kidneys and have chosen to die - change your eating to nothing processed, get moving more and more each day to increase your metoblism and you have chosen to live - your choice.

Hard words but the truth. To day 'I don't like veggys' so you eat more carbs says you do not care about your health and an early death is ok with you. Just make the change, whether you like it or not - just do it.

So today is my pre day for starting. Tomorrow September 1, I am committed to changing - I want to live the remaining of my years as healthy as possible. I want to increase my kidney function as best as possible - so to do this I no longer will say 'I will try' but I will do it now as I want to live.

Thanks for being here for me as I make some serious changes in my eating and exercise habits

Mihani

Donna, I love that! "Shoot for the stars and land on the moon" is great. The walking really does seem to be helping with my stress levels which have been a little out of control lately.

Nanc, glad you are enjoying your new hours! And yay for the smiles being back. I missed them.

I froze the rest of the lentil soup night before last so I had the last of it that I didn't freeze for lunch yesterday. I'm also out of the roasted broccoli and mini peppers that I was adding to my salads. I decided to make life easy and just threw together things I had for lunch and dinner today. I'll go the grocery on Saturday and do a big prep day.

B - oats with all the usual goodies
L - salad blend lettuce topped with cannellini beans and steamer bag mixed veggies, balsamic and brown mustard for dressing
D - salad blend lettuce with sliced grapes and artichokes, tahini

Forgot to put my fitbit on this morning which irritates me because I've been getting close to 8000 steps a day and I'll be short now. I'll put it on before I head out for my walk... just finishing dinner now. Menu will be the same tomorrow and then I'll figure out a plan for next week.

Mihani

Marilyn, we were posting at the same time. You can do it! Keep it simple. The more you eat veggies the more your tastes will change even if you don't like them now. I always loved veggies (I was vegetarian for a long time before I became vegan and then later learned more about WFPB vegan) but it took a while to change from stir-fry with oil to stir-fry with water, give up (mostly) the frankenfoods, and kale was definitely something that had to grow on me over time. Big pots of soup with loads of veggies and beans and greens help a lot in the beginning and I still make a big pot of soup or veggies with beans and greens pretty much every week. There are a bazillion recipes online if you search wfpbno soup recipes you'll be inspired. I rarely use recipes for everyday cooking but often get inspired by searching.

Here's a youtube from nutritionfacts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsJ0HTER9gI

I didn't watch it all because I have to get out for my walk, but Dr. Greger is always worth reading/watching.