Hey
Hope you're there.
xxx.x this am. But I had already had breakfast and I had only one bm since Thursday.
The food at the convention was not buffet but sit down and we had to eat what we were served unless we had health dietary needs.
I did the best I could. Eating only 1/2 a sandwich for lunch, no dessert, no potatoes, etc.
I had guests last night and they cooked me breakfast this am (french toast with cooked apples on top) but last night I stocked up on vegies and I'm going to have salads and vegies and a hunk of meat (roasted ckn) for a few days to get back on track.
I'm also going to exercise (yoga & weights) every day.
I'm so excited to begin living my life without mom that I'm not even down about the weight gain. I know that I'll be OK and get back on track.
Don't send anymore food until I tell you. I'm going to concentrate on salads & shrimp and chicken for a while and then I'll finish up what I have in the freezer. I'll let you know when I need some more.
Love B.
ok on the food
I'm glad you're still up beat.
What are you using for weights?
How many more of those garden conventions do you have to go to...they aren't worth gaining 6 lbs!!!!
You need a refresher course. Read the first 6 pages of my cookbooks.
FF salad dressings CAN TASTE GREAT!!!
If I get you a Malibu Pilattes Chair would you use it?
Love S
OK to the refresher course. I'm going to try your ff blue cheese dressing and a caesar dressing.
No to the chair. I don't have room. I have the "body for life" book and I'm going to do those exercises for specific muscles with cans of soup at first then 2 lb and then 5 lb hand weights. I'm really grossly out of shape so I'm going to take it slow with the weights.
I love yoga and I'm going to learn to meditate. My morning schedule will be something like this:
Wake up (at whatevwer time I awake) & eat piece of fruit.
1. write 3 pgs (per "the artist's way" book to stimulate your inner creative being)
2. Meditate
3. Do yoga or weight exercises
4. walk or cut grass or work in yard.
then do whatever the day brings.
It's wonderful. I have no commitments, I'm going to plan my days around my morning schedule and I can do whatever I want.
YAH ! ! ! !
Love B.
After you are ok with the single soup cans, you can put 2 in 2 each plastic grocery bags (1 bag for each hand) then increase the can size.
The chair is not a chair. it is the size of a fat stool. It is just a very easy way to work out.
I have to mail the next cooler of food on 6/30 because I leave for NY for 2 weeks and i'm not taking my laptop.
Love S
I just went on line to see the chair. But it's still too much like work. I want to incorporate as much yoga & ballet into my work out so I'll enjoy it and want to do it.
OK on 6/30 mailing. That should be about right. Should I send the cooler back to you with all the containers that I've been saving? Will R be at the house?
B.
No on the cooler. That is for your trips to PA. This is a new cooler and you can return this one with the containers.
You will be receiving it on July 2 or 3.
I will call you 9:30 your time each morning. You will not be able to call me, as I will be turning off my phone when I go into theaters, restaurants, museums etc.Enjoy your new freedom.
Love S
B
I have/had an appt at 11:30
She's not here yet so I may miss or chat today
Are you out if Acia Berry?
Love S
No. I just refilled all my pill boxes and I have enough for another 30 days of acia berry. I have lots of detox because I was getting that myself until I discovered they were charging me 83 a month.
B.
She called and will be here in 20 min so I will be here 'til then
Love S
Hey, xxx.x this am. bm yesterday. salad last night. cut grass yesterday also.
I'm back in the groove.
Love B.
Hi,
My concern is with you 'not liking' certain things that are fat free.
Anytime there is something that you want to eat and don't know how to get the fat out, email me.
Saying that you don't like leafy veggies is not a good answer for someone on a diet. Learn to like them...by trying different ways to eat them.
Filling up on Lean Meats and Veggies is a BIG PART of
keeping your stomach satisfied,
metabolism fired up, and
exercises melting the pounds off. :~)
Tomorrow I will send a list of the best veggies to eat on a diet.
I sent you steak burgers that have every bit of fat removed from the steak before I ground it. So no more visits to Burger King.
The broths & stocks I send to make gravies with a cornstarch slurry, have almost zero fat. You can use that gravy on veggies too. I really love steamed cauliflower drizzled and tossed with Liquid Butter Buds (made liquid w hot water).
Check my cookbooks. The first few pages explain that I never use any single FF product alone. Use 2 or 3 together. Each one brings a different taste or mouth feel to the entire end result. Adding ff mayo to ff italian dressing makes it more creamy, throw in a bit of butter buds (made liquid first with hot water) finishes it off.
You have to make the effort to make ff products taste decent.
Making FF Mayo taste good:
Whisk in a few tablespoons of the juices of a jar ob Roasted Pickled Red Bell Peppers.
Creamy Italian Dressing
2 T FF Italian dressing
1 T FF Mayo1 T
juice from Roasted Bell Peppers
opt: garlic pdr, onion pdr, chives, liquid butter buds.
Blue Cheese Dressing
2 T FF Italian dressing
1 T FF Mayo
1/2 t blue cheese crumbles(I keep these in a little plastic baggie in the freezer)
Ceasar Dressing
2 T FF Italian dressing
1 t grated Parmesan (again from a baggie in the freezer)
1 t Balsamic vinegar ( or you can sub red wine vinegar)
Baked potatoe topping:
FF sour cream
Butter Buds (made liquid w hot water)
Lemon Juice
green onions, minced
When you don't like something fat free, ask me how to fix it. If I don't already know the answer, I most likely can knock out a recipe pretty quickly. :~)
Love S
Hey,
xxx this am. Good bm yesterday, plenty of water, good walk. Going good again...thank you for not getting mad about the weight gain at the convention.
Love B.
Good on
Being upset with you for a convention you had to go to is unproductive. Focus has to be on moving forward.
But I bet yu didn't take any prunes with you :~)
Did you get the salad dressing recipes?
S
Yes, they sound good.
xxx.o this am. No bm yesterday. Prunes this am.
Rearranged all the bedrooms yesterday. I have my own separate studio and exercise room ! ! ! Went thru all my exercise & yoga books & tapes yesterday and found a wonderful New York City Ballet workout tape. I'm going to do that 3 times a week.
Rained yesterday and also today Thank god. we sure needed it. Done enough work this week. I think I'll take a little day trip to a pond place in A, 2 hrs away.
Love B.
Have you stopped going out for breakfast? drinking lawuadasa? read the first 6 pages of my books?
amount of water?
any starches?
what was for breakfast, lunch, dinner?
what is for breakfast, lunch, dinner?
Love S
Yes, no restaurant bkfsts anymore. Can't afford it. What the hell is lawaudasa?
Probably not enough water yesterday. I got busy.
Yesterday bkfst was yogurt & fruit, lunch pbj dinner salad with ckn & watered down dressing. I did have a terrible night and got up about 3 and had some toast and milk to try to get to sleep. I'm finding that if I take any kind of pain pill (tylenol, ibuprofin, aleve, etc) it's like I've had a shot of caffeine and I'm twitching for hours. Oh well.
Tonight I'll have another salad. Getting ff dressing today. Having my yogurt w/fruit this am.
B.
Liquadas are just fruit smoothies
Are you going to C's next weekend?
Contrary to popular belief, you are not charged per word in your email messages :~)
See you tomorrow
Love S
I don't know. I made the mistake of telling her I was thinking about it but I'm having second thoughts. I need to see how my money is going to go without Mom's money.
I do have some coming from you for mom ($xxx for May and 1/2 that for Jun) but I need to get some work done on the car and a few things to the rental house and my house.
No, I'm not having liquidas. I like my yogurt & chunky fruit in the am. In the winter I like my oatmeal and fruit.
B.
OK $$$ point taken. I forgot I'm not sending you a box next week. I'll send it tomorrow :~)
Love S
The box or the $.
I don't have to have either. I've been putting off the car for months. Not big deal.
B.
I will mail the money tomorrow.
Love S.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Going Green in Your Kitchen
This is off the subject of losing weight, but wanted to send it to you.
Beside recycling, which I know you are doing, here are some ideas to help you go 'green' in your kitchen. I hope we get a lot of suggestions to this one.
Veggies cut in small 'chunks' cook faster than whole ones. And they cook quicker when covered. But never cover asparagus or green beans or other veggies you want to stay nice & green.
I use my toaster oven 100 times more than my regular oven. When I do use the 'big' one, I'll usually throw in a few cleaned potatoes to bake along with whatever I'm cooking, to eat later in the week.
When roasting a chicken, I always bake 2. There are just soooo many ways to use it later in the week.
When making soups, I always make a BIG pot and freeze leftover soup in single serving plastic containers, collected over the years from delies.
I very rarely use plastic wrap. Instead, I'll use an empty bread bag, vegetable bag (that you put fresh veggies in at the store to get them to the checkout, or other plastic bags, at least once if not more. Example: take the 1/2 onion (or lemon or tomato, bleu cheese, etc) and place cut side down in the end, twist tight, fold ends of bag back down over the item again, twist tight again. This keeps the air out and the smell in. I store the empty bags pushed into paper towel cores.
I only use paper towels for really yucky messes or cleaning up something dropped on the floor. Soapy Dishrags for counters and stove tops.
Take 'green bags', cloth bags and used shopping bags to the grocery store.
I use old plastic bags from stores (from when I had forgotten my 'green' bags...bad on me), doubled bagged hanging from hooks on a top drawer, for yucky or spoilable garbage which I empty nightly. This way my regualr non-stinky garbage can doesn't have to be emptied just because it stinks...I can wait until it is full
Cloth napkins!! Each member of the family has a special napkin ring to identify his/her napkin until laundry day. We use washcloths when not entertaining.
I cut open old brown paper grocery bags (again from when I forgot my 'green' bags) and use the 'in' sides of them when I need to drain fried foods or washed foods.
Only use dishwasher for FULL loads and let them air dry.
And I think we all know the best way to wash dishes to save water is the soapy water sink and clear water sink(or basin) when we have a lot to wash...NEVER washing under running water. But when you only have 3 or 4 items, scrub them with a soapy scrubby, then place in the sink. Then use the water you are using to rinse one item over the other items. So that when the second item is to be rinsed, it is hardly soapy at all, and so on down the line.
Any more suggestions?
I have just now let this address out to a group belonging to Betty Crocker. I hope I can help more people lose weight.
Love S
Beside recycling, which I know you are doing, here are some ideas to help you go 'green' in your kitchen. I hope we get a lot of suggestions to this one.
Veggies cut in small 'chunks' cook faster than whole ones. And they cook quicker when covered. But never cover asparagus or green beans or other veggies you want to stay nice & green.
I use my toaster oven 100 times more than my regular oven. When I do use the 'big' one, I'll usually throw in a few cleaned potatoes to bake along with whatever I'm cooking, to eat later in the week.
When roasting a chicken, I always bake 2. There are just soooo many ways to use it later in the week.
When making soups, I always make a BIG pot and freeze leftover soup in single serving plastic containers, collected over the years from delies.
I very rarely use plastic wrap. Instead, I'll use an empty bread bag, vegetable bag (that you put fresh veggies in at the store to get them to the checkout, or other plastic bags, at least once if not more. Example: take the 1/2 onion (or lemon or tomato, bleu cheese, etc) and place cut side down in the end, twist tight, fold ends of bag back down over the item again, twist tight again. This keeps the air out and the smell in. I store the empty bags pushed into paper towel cores.
I only use paper towels for really yucky messes or cleaning up something dropped on the floor. Soapy Dishrags for counters and stove tops.
Take 'green bags', cloth bags and used shopping bags to the grocery store.
I use old plastic bags from stores (from when I had forgotten my 'green' bags...bad on me), doubled bagged hanging from hooks on a top drawer, for yucky or spoilable garbage which I empty nightly. This way my regualr non-stinky garbage can doesn't have to be emptied just because it stinks...I can wait until it is full
Cloth napkins!! Each member of the family has a special napkin ring to identify his/her napkin until laundry day. We use washcloths when not entertaining.
I cut open old brown paper grocery bags (again from when I forgot my 'green' bags) and use the 'in' sides of them when I need to drain fried foods or washed foods.
Only use dishwasher for FULL loads and let them air dry.
And I think we all know the best way to wash dishes to save water is the soapy water sink and clear water sink(or basin) when we have a lot to wash...NEVER washing under running water. But when you only have 3 or 4 items, scrub them with a soapy scrubby, then place in the sink. Then use the water you are using to rinse one item over the other items. So that when the second item is to be rinsed, it is hardly soapy at all, and so on down the line.
Any more suggestions?
I have just now let this address out to a group belonging to Betty Crocker. I hope I can help more people lose weight.
Love S
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Garden Convention
Hey,
xxx.x this am. Down but not enough. bm yesterday, salad last might. Cutting grass today. Will drink double the water today.
Love B.
It may be time to change up your diet a bit. For 1 week, exclude all whites and starches from your diet. Not in the quantity of food. Remember you have to eat enough and often to keep your metabolism fired up.
Love S
Hey,
xxx this am. It's got to be the pbj sandwich at noon. OK. I'll cut out all whites and have just vegies, fruit & meat.
Love B.
Also try the 1 T ACV in 16 oz water 3 times a day.
Love S
Hey,
xxx.x this am. I tried to not eat anything yesterday and drank lots of water. The vinegar is awful. I think I'll try vinegar with vegies like cukes & beets instead of water.
I was starving by last night and I did eat dinner. Rest of your ham & scalloped pot. It was very good.
Yes I can go a week or more without starcjes pr anything white. I'll start today.
I was really down last night. This is such a head thing. I have to start thinking of myself as a thin, healthy eater instead of a deprived dieter. when Mom leaves I'm going to paste signs all over the house to myself to think thin, eat healthy, nibble at food, drink lots of water, etc.
as well as encouraging signs to keep me upbeat and thinking right.
I don't like to let mom on to much of my thinking. She's such a negative force.
Only 2 more days ! ! ! I'm taking her to the airport and then will be at the Gardening convention until the 22nd.
Wow, your sleep problem is awful. I've had that problem for a few days only, not for as long as you've been having it. Are you taking naps? I guess you can't think of anything that's causing it or else you could fix it. It must be driving you crazy.
Love B.
Don't go without food unless you are doing a juice fast.
Remember to take a little bottle of FF dressing with you and lots of veggies to much on.
You can do this. When ordering dinner, substitue an extra veggie for the starch...all restaurants will do this now. And ask for all sauces to be on the side.
Love S.
Hey
xxx this a.m. Wow, amazing, you're a genius. Looks like I'm back on track again. I leave early tomorrow, so I won't be chatting until I get back.
I don't want to take a cooler with me and I don't like FF dressing. I'll have salads with the dressings on the side and drink plenty of water.
Love B.
Check my books. The first few pages explain that I never use any single FF product alone. Use 2 or 3 together. Each one brings a different taste or mouth feel to the entire end result. Adding ff mayo to ff italian dressing makes it more creamy, throw in a bit of butter buds (made liquid first) finishes it off. You have to make the effort to make ff products taste decent.
See you when you get back.
Love S
xxx.x this am. Down but not enough. bm yesterday, salad last might. Cutting grass today. Will drink double the water today.
Love B.
It may be time to change up your diet a bit. For 1 week, exclude all whites and starches from your diet. Not in the quantity of food. Remember you have to eat enough and often to keep your metabolism fired up.
Love S
Hey,
xxx this am. It's got to be the pbj sandwich at noon. OK. I'll cut out all whites and have just vegies, fruit & meat.
Love B.
Also try the 1 T ACV in 16 oz water 3 times a day.
Love S
Hey,
xxx.x this am. I tried to not eat anything yesterday and drank lots of water. The vinegar is awful. I think I'll try vinegar with vegies like cukes & beets instead of water.
I was starving by last night and I did eat dinner. Rest of your ham & scalloped pot. It was very good.
Yes I can go a week or more without starcjes pr anything white. I'll start today.
I was really down last night. This is such a head thing. I have to start thinking of myself as a thin, healthy eater instead of a deprived dieter. when Mom leaves I'm going to paste signs all over the house to myself to think thin, eat healthy, nibble at food, drink lots of water, etc.
as well as encouraging signs to keep me upbeat and thinking right.
I don't like to let mom on to much of my thinking. She's such a negative force.
Only 2 more days ! ! ! I'm taking her to the airport and then will be at the Gardening convention until the 22nd.
Wow, your sleep problem is awful. I've had that problem for a few days only, not for as long as you've been having it. Are you taking naps? I guess you can't think of anything that's causing it or else you could fix it. It must be driving you crazy.
Love B.
Don't go without food unless you are doing a juice fast.
Remember to take a little bottle of FF dressing with you and lots of veggies to much on.
You can do this. When ordering dinner, substitue an extra veggie for the starch...all restaurants will do this now. And ask for all sauces to be on the side.
Love S.
Hey
xxx this a.m. Wow, amazing, you're a genius. Looks like I'm back on track again. I leave early tomorrow, so I won't be chatting until I get back.
I don't want to take a cooler with me and I don't like FF dressing. I'll have salads with the dressings on the side and drink plenty of water.
Love B.
Check my books. The first few pages explain that I never use any single FF product alone. Use 2 or 3 together. Each one brings a different taste or mouth feel to the entire end result. Adding ff mayo to ff italian dressing makes it more creamy, throw in a bit of butter buds (made liquid first) finishes it off. You have to make the effort to make ff products taste decent.
See you when you get back.
Love S
Friday, June 12, 2009
Happy Birthday
Hey,
xxx.. this am. Don't know why. Yesterday I had yogurt & fruit for bkfst, pbj for lunch & left over beef stew & small salad for din with yogurt later.
Must be water. 90 degrees yesterday with no a/c. Today is supposed to be cooler. Doing work at other house at 9:00 this am.
B
Cutting grass today too so I'll get my exercise in.
The note on ACV was interesting. I don't have high blood press or chol but I might try it.
Love B.
Be sure to drink plenty of water too
what's for dinner?
Love S
Your leftover thanksgiving dinner
B
Well, luckily for you that's the end of the improperly packaged tksgiving dinners :`)
Last time I made TG dinner, I packed each item separately. Should be MUCH better. I told you it would be a learning experience :~)
I've tapered off cooking for awhile. We are eating up all the things you said you don't like , to clean out my freezer. We're having Morroccan veggies tonight. We had hummus and pita bread for lunch.
We eat the lazagna when we get cravings for pizza.
You do need to eat more fresh or frozen veggies
Love S
I'll have to look up my blood type. xxx.x this am. I thought with all the exercise yesterday, this am I'd be down further. I did drink lots of water tho and small bm.
You're right, I don't eat enough vegies. I'm trying tho. I don't feel like working in yard today. I may run away from home today. Leaving soon. Only 10 more days til I'm free ! ! ! ! !
Love B.
You're going to have to sing, sing, sing afte mom leaves in order to get over the guilt you will feel for 'abandoning her'. It takes more than just her not being there with you for you to reall feel free of her.
Love S
HEYYYY
xx.x this am ! ! ! Big bm yesterday & salad last night for dinner. However, I'll probably now bounce up and down a few times before I finally settle on xxx.
Yippee.
More yard work today. Spaghetti for dinner.
B
YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
Hopefully whole wheat, right?
Love S
Yes. and re your prior e=mail yesterday. I don't feel guilty at all about Mom. I did at first but I did everything I could and she has just about given up doing anything or wanting to do anything and I think she realizes it's time to do this. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself :).
B
Great for you. It took me at least 2 years of singing to not feel guilty for not going home or calling. And it wasn't really until she started acusing me of breaking into her house and eating cereal that I totally gave up on her.
Love S
You know I'm convinced that was one of the first signs of dementia. I read a book that said that's a sign. And when she was in Alameda with me, she thought someone had broken in a few times and taken things.
signing off
B
No matter. We are OK. Signing off.
Love B.
Well,
xxx.x today. I have to admit I had a fast food burger for lunch & now I don't feel so hot. Maybe my body is not used to all that grease. Going back to bed, unless I throw up first
B
Hey,
xxx.x today. I guess I've got to stay away form fast food burgers. I'm running away from home again today. Talk to you tomorrow.
B
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, Happy Birthday to you, You ran away to soooon, Happy Birthday to you.
I didn't have a chance to answer wish you HBD before you ran away.
Take plenty of water and veggies
Love S
xxx.. this am. Don't know why. Yesterday I had yogurt & fruit for bkfst, pbj for lunch & left over beef stew & small salad for din with yogurt later.
Must be water. 90 degrees yesterday with no a/c. Today is supposed to be cooler. Doing work at other house at 9:00 this am.
B
Cutting grass today too so I'll get my exercise in.
The note on ACV was interesting. I don't have high blood press or chol but I might try it.
Love B.
Be sure to drink plenty of water too
what's for dinner?
Love S
Your leftover thanksgiving dinner
B
Well, luckily for you that's the end of the improperly packaged tksgiving dinners :`)
Last time I made TG dinner, I packed each item separately. Should be MUCH better. I told you it would be a learning experience :~)
I've tapered off cooking for awhile. We are eating up all the things you said you don't like , to clean out my freezer. We're having Morroccan veggies tonight. We had hummus and pita bread for lunch.
We eat the lazagna when we get cravings for pizza.
You do need to eat more fresh or frozen veggies
Love S
I'll have to look up my blood type. xxx.x this am. I thought with all the exercise yesterday, this am I'd be down further. I did drink lots of water tho and small bm.
You're right, I don't eat enough vegies. I'm trying tho. I don't feel like working in yard today. I may run away from home today. Leaving soon. Only 10 more days til I'm free ! ! ! ! !
Love B.
You're going to have to sing, sing, sing afte mom leaves in order to get over the guilt you will feel for 'abandoning her'. It takes more than just her not being there with you for you to reall feel free of her.
Love S
HEYYYY
xx.x this am ! ! ! Big bm yesterday & salad last night for dinner. However, I'll probably now bounce up and down a few times before I finally settle on xxx.
Yippee.
More yard work today. Spaghetti for dinner.
B
YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!
Hopefully whole wheat, right?
Love S
Yes. and re your prior e=mail yesterday. I don't feel guilty at all about Mom. I did at first but I did everything I could and she has just about given up doing anything or wanting to do anything and I think she realizes it's time to do this. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself :).
B
Great for you. It took me at least 2 years of singing to not feel guilty for not going home or calling. And it wasn't really until she started acusing me of breaking into her house and eating cereal that I totally gave up on her.
Love S
You know I'm convinced that was one of the first signs of dementia. I read a book that said that's a sign. And when she was in Alameda with me, she thought someone had broken in a few times and taken things.
signing off
B
No matter. We are OK. Signing off.
Love B.
Well,
xxx.x today. I have to admit I had a fast food burger for lunch & now I don't feel so hot. Maybe my body is not used to all that grease. Going back to bed, unless I throw up first
B
Hey,
xxx.x today. I guess I've got to stay away form fast food burgers. I'm running away from home again today. Talk to you tomorrow.
B
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU, Happy Birthday to you, You ran away to soooon, Happy Birthday to you.
I didn't have a chance to answer wish you HBD before you ran away.
Take plenty of water and veggies
Love S
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Apple Cider Vinegar
Hey,
Sorry I missed this morning. I overslept and we walked later than usual.
xxx this am. That's OK. I'm on it. Beef stew was good. Mom even ate some.
Love B.
xxx again today. Small bm yesterday. Hot as h here. In the low 80s. That's hot for us. No A/C. Supposed to get down to the 70s this weekend thank god.
Love B.
Did you know that runnig for 10 min is better for your heart than walking briskly for 30?
Love S
No. I'd rather cut grass for 20 min. :)
B
What's for dinner?
S
Last night I had 3/4 of a chicken breast, 1 ear of corn (no butter or salt) and cantelope & strawberries. I think tonight I'm having a salad. Mom will eat the leftover ckn. It's too hot to even heat something on the stove.
B
xxx.x this am. Don't know why. Yesterday I had yogurt & fruit for bkfst, pbj for lunch & left over beef stew & small salad for din with yogurt later.
Must be water. 90 degrees yesterday with no a/c. Today is supposed to be cooler. Doing work at other house at 9:00 this am. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Love B.
Be sure to drink plenty of water too
what's for dinner?
Love S
B
Does the below sound familuar??
After doing much research on home remedies for high blood pressure, weight, low energy problems, I decided to go that route first. I found STRENUOUS aerobic exercise, daily, to be the only thing to reliably make a difference, but it was exhausting. (Simple walking, gardening or cycling wasn't enough...) After reading the thousands of posts on Apple Cider Vinegar ( ACV) I gave it a try. I started puttig 1 teaspoon of ACV in 8 oz of water, 3 times a day. WOW! I feel so much better now. Thank all you folks that posted! My guess is, that I wasn't producing enough stomach acid to process the nutrients I was taking in, properly. (Stress and adrenaline will shut down digestion, and digestive juices. This could also just be a natural aging affect or an inherited trait, too.) Anyway, I think the ACV added just enough acid to digest my food properly and especially make use of the magnesium/calcium and potassium I was taking.(The holy triumvirate of blood pressure.) This is my guess... Thank you all for posting your reviews. They were most helpful.
xxx.x this am. Huge BM yesterday. I was just full of shit.
Cutting grass today so I'll get my exercise in.
The note on ACV was interesting. I don't have high blood press or chol but I might try it.
Love B.
Sorry I missed this morning. I overslept and we walked later than usual.
xxx this am. That's OK. I'm on it. Beef stew was good. Mom even ate some.
Love B.
xxx again today. Small bm yesterday. Hot as h here. In the low 80s. That's hot for us. No A/C. Supposed to get down to the 70s this weekend thank god.
Love B.
Did you know that runnig for 10 min is better for your heart than walking briskly for 30?
Love S
No. I'd rather cut grass for 20 min. :)
B
What's for dinner?
S
Last night I had 3/4 of a chicken breast, 1 ear of corn (no butter or salt) and cantelope & strawberries. I think tonight I'm having a salad. Mom will eat the leftover ckn. It's too hot to even heat something on the stove.
B
xxx.x this am. Don't know why. Yesterday I had yogurt & fruit for bkfst, pbj for lunch & left over beef stew & small salad for din with yogurt later.
Must be water. 90 degrees yesterday with no a/c. Today is supposed to be cooler. Doing work at other house at 9:00 this am. I'll talk to you tomorrow.
Love B.
Be sure to drink plenty of water too
what's for dinner?
Love S
B
Does the below sound familuar??
After doing much research on home remedies for high blood pressure, weight, low energy problems, I decided to go that route first. I found STRENUOUS aerobic exercise, daily, to be the only thing to reliably make a difference, but it was exhausting. (Simple walking, gardening or cycling wasn't enough...) After reading the thousands of posts on Apple Cider Vinegar ( ACV) I gave it a try. I started puttig 1 teaspoon of ACV in 8 oz of water, 3 times a day. WOW! I feel so much better now. Thank all you folks that posted! My guess is, that I wasn't producing enough stomach acid to process the nutrients I was taking in, properly. (Stress and adrenaline will shut down digestion, and digestive juices. This could also just be a natural aging affect or an inherited trait, too.) Anyway, I think the ACV added just enough acid to digest my food properly and especially make use of the magnesium/calcium and potassium I was taking.(The holy triumvirate of blood pressure.) This is my guess... Thank you all for posting your reviews. They were most helpful.
xxx.x this am. Huge BM yesterday. I was just full of shit.
Cutting grass today so I'll get my exercise in.
The note on ACV was interesting. I don't have high blood press or chol but I might try it.
Love B.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Broccoli Salad Anyone? D??
Are you there?
Have you used your new veggie slicer yet. Time for a Salad Bar Party?
Love S
xxx.x for today and yesterday. No bm. Out of my regular routine with D here. Maybe I'll take exlax today.
Signing off now. We are going to the beach.
Love, B
Hate to see you taking exlax so much. Prunes are more natural. We need to get your system working for itself...not relying on drugs.
What's for dinner tonight?
You asked me once for a certain broccoli salad. Is this the one?
4 stalks broccli, steamed aldente, chopped
1/2 red onion, minced
1/3 c raisins2 gr onions, sl
1/2 c FF mayo combine these & toss w above
1 T white vinegar
1 T juice from jar of roasted red bell peppers
s & p
sweet opt: add splenda to taste
opt: 1 T bacon bits OR sunflower seeds...NOT BOTH
Love S
Hey,
xxx.x this am. Had big bm yesterday. Going to rain forest today.
I love having D visit but it's keeping me from working in the yard which I also love and is good exercise.
D goes home on Monday. We may go to BC where her sister lives tomorrow so I won't be writing. we'll spend the night there and I'll take her down to S from BC on Monday am.
Love B.
ok great!!
you finally broke the xxx barrier.
See you Monday then
Sam
xxx.x this am.
WOW!!! SOOOOOOO informative!
S
Sorry. I've been on the phone with L for 45 min. She always hates it when I make noises about hanging up first so I hung on and talked and wrote that un informative e-mail.
I took a water pill last night and peed all night. I was trying to combat the 9 hr drive to and from the airport with D yesterday. Always makes me retain water. I may gain some water back today.
Doing good.
Love B.
Well you're down 28 lbs. Was that the broccoli recipe you wanted? How do you like the veggie slicer?
What's for dinner?
I need to know how many dinners you have left.
Love S
I have a broccoli recipe and it's almost like that one. Broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers, bacon bits, and dressing is just ff mayo, vinegar and splenda. Very good.
No I haven't used the vegie slicer. D and I ate a lot of salads when she was here but I don't have much counter space and it's easier with 2 people to just do things by hand. Is that a good enough excuse? I'm just not a gadget person.
We're having beef stew tonight. I have about 14 dinners left. That's counting 4 dinners for the alfredo sauce (which I know I'll love) and 2 for the steak spinach pinwheels. DON"T SEND ANY MORE FOOD UNTIL I ASK YOU TO PLEASE> I'll let you know when I get down to a few days worth.
Love B
OK
That's about what I figured, but couldn't be sure 'cause you kept forgetting to tell me what you ate and I couldn't cross them off my 'sent' list.
I wasn't planning on sending anything until June 16 to arrive June 18. The new things next time will be the Hawiian chicken I forgot last time, Shrimp Kabobs and baked Chimichangas
But I'll wait 'til you tell me you have only 5 left.
Love S
Have you used your new veggie slicer yet. Time for a Salad Bar Party?
Love S
xxx.x for today and yesterday. No bm. Out of my regular routine with D here. Maybe I'll take exlax today.
Signing off now. We are going to the beach.
Love, B
Hate to see you taking exlax so much. Prunes are more natural. We need to get your system working for itself...not relying on drugs.
What's for dinner tonight?
You asked me once for a certain broccoli salad. Is this the one?
4 stalks broccli, steamed aldente, chopped
1/2 red onion, minced
1/3 c raisins2 gr onions, sl
1/2 c FF mayo combine these & toss w above
1 T white vinegar
1 T juice from jar of roasted red bell peppers
s & p
sweet opt: add splenda to taste
opt: 1 T bacon bits OR sunflower seeds...NOT BOTH
Love S
Hey,
xxx.x this am. Had big bm yesterday. Going to rain forest today.
I love having D visit but it's keeping me from working in the yard which I also love and is good exercise.
D goes home on Monday. We may go to BC where her sister lives tomorrow so I won't be writing. we'll spend the night there and I'll take her down to S from BC on Monday am.
Love B.
ok great!!
you finally broke the xxx barrier.
See you Monday then
Sam
xxx.x this am.
WOW!!! SOOOOOOO informative!
S
Sorry. I've been on the phone with L for 45 min. She always hates it when I make noises about hanging up first so I hung on and talked and wrote that un informative e-mail.
I took a water pill last night and peed all night. I was trying to combat the 9 hr drive to and from the airport with D yesterday. Always makes me retain water. I may gain some water back today.
Doing good.
Love B.
Well you're down 28 lbs. Was that the broccoli recipe you wanted? How do you like the veggie slicer?
What's for dinner?
I need to know how many dinners you have left.
Love S
I have a broccoli recipe and it's almost like that one. Broccoli, cauliflower, red peppers, bacon bits, and dressing is just ff mayo, vinegar and splenda. Very good.
No I haven't used the vegie slicer. D and I ate a lot of salads when she was here but I don't have much counter space and it's easier with 2 people to just do things by hand. Is that a good enough excuse? I'm just not a gadget person.
We're having beef stew tonight. I have about 14 dinners left. That's counting 4 dinners for the alfredo sauce (which I know I'll love) and 2 for the steak spinach pinwheels. DON"T SEND ANY MORE FOOD UNTIL I ASK YOU TO PLEASE> I'll let you know when I get down to a few days worth.
Love B
OK
That's about what I figured, but couldn't be sure 'cause you kept forgetting to tell me what you ate and I couldn't cross them off my 'sent' list.
I wasn't planning on sending anything until June 16 to arrive June 18. The new things next time will be the Hawiian chicken I forgot last time, Shrimp Kabobs and baked Chimichangas
But I'll wait 'til you tell me you have only 5 left.
Love S
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