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26 Saturday Mar 2016

Posted by sulis303 in family, health, life, loss, nature, technology, Uncategorized

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active, big girl pants, chemicals, dumplings, hot tub, Pro-Activ, shopping, tracks, widow

started off the day listening to a lovely song that a friend had posted on Facebook… it was so nice…

then I headed out to do a bit of shopping… took a shot of the animal tracks in the backyard on my way…

  
went to pick up the pro-activ margarine I’m using and a few potatoes for tomorrow’s dinner..

had a bit of fun and came home with these…

  

three pairs of pants, three tops and a pair of shorts… most will be great for New York I think…

emptied, cleaned and refilled the hot tub… going to try a new process that is more natural and uses less chemicals…

  
takes quite a long time to empty, but a short time to fill… I had to take out a few bucketfuls before I could turn it on, lol… that’s never happened before…

for supper I made chicken and dumplings made with whole wheat flour… decided to divide the recipe in half, which I did for the dry ingredients… but then I used the liquid measurement for the whole recipe… came out a little interesting… and very light, lol…

  

not quite the usual colour and the pot looks disgusting as it was full and some of the dumpling overflowed down the sides… maybe I need to write the proportions down right in the recipe book…

enjoyed the day…

 

changes…

16 Monday Nov 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature, technology, Uncategorized

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A1C, big girl pants, changes, cholesterol, ducks, hospital, iPhone, moments, Pro-Activ

weather wasn’t quite so nice today… it was cooler and rainy for much of the day…

arrived early at The Forks for breakfast with a dear friend, so wandered along the river walk before the rain really got going… took this picture of the newest sign…

  

looks pretty cool, but then I spotted the mallard ducks… 

  
and geese… I do love my birds…

  
also took a few pictures of St. Boniface Hospital… reminded me that George’s bypass surgery took place in November of 2008 and he enjoyed the next four years… seems like a different life ago…

  
then there were the six weeks I spent there in 2010… many hours of looking out onto the river…

  
was realizing how I have grown and changed over the last few years… 

after breakfast I stopped to visit with a former colleague… not something I would have done before without causing a lot of stress…

went to the mall, had a problem on my phone sorted out, and picked up a number of gifts for Christmas… very happy to have that pretty much done… stopped at a few other spots to finish up the shopping… am feeling more excited about Christmas this year I think…

went to the doctor and was thrilled with the report on my A1C and cholesterol… it was so good that we don’t have to think about drugs for at least the next three months…

he was astonished at how low both numbers were… woohoo… I am sure the cholesterol came down due to the Becel Pro Activ margarine I’ve been eating every day…

also feeling less concerned about checking my blood sugar more often… he had me stop testing when I saw him last and I have felt like I lost a crutch… but I can trust that I know what I can and can’t eat…

haven’t lost any weight according to their scale but I think I am actually at about 160… think I have lost about 38 pounds since last November…

during the appointment I realized that it was last November that I was diagnosed with diabetes… lots of lifestyle changes since then…

some wonderful moments to savour today…

food…

13 Tuesday Oct 2015

Posted by sulis303 in health, life, nature, technology, Uncategorized

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big girl pants, blood sugars, cookies, doctor, eating, food, Pro-Activ, resistant starch

feel like I haven’t been as good as I should have about eating lately…

yesterday, besides a lovely turkey dinner, I ate three cookies, sigh…

took the rest of them to the office this morning so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat any more of them…

my new doctor has advised that he doesn’t want me to take any blood sugar readings, because they can cause additional stress… I wonder if it causes more stress for me when I don’t know what my levels are…

today I got back on track… had a smoothie for breakfast… with berries, yogurt and spinach…

  
doesn’t look that great, but tastes good and is healthy…

for lunch I had some salmon with wild rice, and fresh veggies…

  
for my supper I had turkey leftovers, with reheated mashed potatoes and cauliflower, Brussels sprouts and turnip… instead of gravy, I decided on stuffing…

  

been doing some research and have discovered that reheated potatoes have a resistant starch when consumed… also using Pro-Activ margarine which helps lower cholesterol…

hope I can stay on track…

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