A character trait revealed

14^th January 221.8lb

There we have it Monday January 14^th the official weigh in day – this was a much harder week to loose weight in. I even went to Tim Horton's for a Boston Cream doughnut. 

Lots of walking every day and even off to the rec center to go swimming twice.

Reflecting -- when I was laying in my hospital bed at KGH after my head on car collision I would daily make a record of the healing progress. No way would I slip back. I remember a doctor saying something about fluid intake saying he would put me back on intravenous if I did not drink more – No way - once I was off something – that was it – I was not going back on – including morphine or any other drugs they were telling me to take. Pushing the body even though it was quite helpless and would be so for nine months but nevertheless – I would stretch the limits. One example – after many months when I had graduated from the wheelchair to crutches – I hired a neighbor to rototiller my garden – then I was out in the soil – using my crutch to make a hole in the soil – drop the seed from my upright position – cover the seed with the crutch. Or in another garden bed – I sat down on a plastic lawn chair and planted in a circle all around the chair – moved the chair and repeat – the things I did.

I would hobble into the doctor consulting rooms that I was sent to by my insurance company– they would look at me – look at the paper work they had in front of them and then back at me and more than once I was told that they were expecting me to arrive in a much worse condition – I was healing in leaps and bounds. This is all to the glory of Christ the healer and the fact I set my mind to refuse to take any backward steps. Pressing onward to the goal set before me.

What has this got to do with my diet? Everything. I find myself every day recording the scale – once I have lost some pounds I push – I drive the body to make sure it stays off and more loss is forthcoming.

To have a holding pattern – or even to gain point something is acceptable as the body will retain water – but once the scale has reached a lower whole number – I better not ever see the greater again – that is my motivation – my drive – this reveals my character – my personality.

Chicken for supper

 Boiled chicken with lots of ginger.
I bought this chicken at T&T did not realize that both the head and toes were on it still.  First thing I did was to chop off the head and throw it away - I know a sacrilege - but not for my western heritage .  I placed sliced ginger and green onions under the skin and then submerged it in water in my medium pot and simmered it for 20 minutes with lots of sliced ginger in the water along with it. Turned off the heat - let it rest in the pot for 40 minutes

 After the 40 minutes I shocked the chicken in a very cold water bath. I had no ice so water was the only option. Chopping green onion for the garnish.

Eating - next time I am to use more ginger Noni said.
It must had been good for we ate all of this for our supper.

The greatest backyard in the World

 A Sunday Walk

A sunny day

 What is the motivation to get out side - to walk the 10,000 steps  or because the Dalhouise needed to go for a walk.
I think it was a combination of the two, and because the sun is shinning.
So today when I weighed in the scale read 222 lb. That is is a lost of 9 pounds since I began 31 December.

10,000 steps

Maybe you have heard the recent guidelines about walking 10,000 steps per day.
 How far is 10,000 steps anyway? 
The average person's stride length is approximately 2.5 feet long. That means it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk one mile, and 10,000 steps is close to 5 miles.
 I have set my goal to walk 10,000 steps every day.  So far two days in a row I have achieved this goal. I think Dalhouise is very happy - three walks today.
One of the benefits - eagles are still hanging around...
 

food picture of what I am eating for my diet

Weight loss challenge -
31 Dec 2012 = 229lb
4 Jan 2013 = 226.4

Food - Friends - Laughter

 New Year Eve's Party

Friends – Food – Laughter.

So much for a balanced diet. Earlier in the day all was good I only ate one cup of Rice Crispies and one cup of milk. Half of this was on cereal and other half I drank.

Lunch was a banana muffin of 50grams.

Supper was one cup of rice stick noodles cooked and 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce and 1/2 cup of left over turkey breasts.

Thus ends the healthy part of my eating.

Seven pm. Party time – there sitting on the table chocolates, candies, nuts, chicken wings, little pastries of pizza wraps, sausage rolls, potato chips and dip, banana muffins with cream cheese icing, shrimp ring, deviled eggs - bread / cakes  a punch – you know all the tasty yummy things that are not good for you.

Did I over indulge – you bet your life I did. 

December 31 -- Morning weigh in 229.0 lb  

Now for the party it self we talked – we laughed – we played a board game and because of a little mistake – I had everyone laughing so hard that it hurt and tears ran down faces. It has been years since I have lost such control. If you haven't played the game Apples to Apples I would strongly recommend it. Back to my slip of the eye – it was my turn to judge (pick) a winner of the round and I totally read the answer wrong.

The Game: two color decks – red and green. Players are dealt seven red cards with a word on it with its definition – and then the green deck has another random word that the judge draws and reads to the other players - All the other players choose from their cards a word that would best fit or match the green card word. There are times when nothing in your hand comes close – but still you pick one of your cards and discard it to a pile on the table. After which the judge picks up everyone’s discarded cards and chooses the one he likes best. Simple but fun – I like simple games.

I can't remember my green card word but the right answer on the red card that I chose was angry hornets – but I read angry hormones and very loudly read it out. Wow it only took moments before my mistake was made known. We were a gathering of Christians you know the church type of a wide age range and so my comment was all the more hilarious. I am not going to live this down.

January 1^st - Morning weigh in 230.6 lb

• well considering what I ate the night before I should be grateful it is not much more.