Get-Away Guilt!

•May 22, 2013 • Leave a Comment
It's all about love and friendship, not calories!!!

It’s all about love and friendship, not calories!!!

I have a get-away guilt puppy this morning. I went away on a “Girls’ Weekend” to Saltspring Island” with five of my closest and oldest (in duration, not age!!!!!!) friends. It was a milestone marker for two of the group and much fun and relaxation for the rest of us. Three from the Island, three from the mainland (Calgary and Hope) and we met in the middle of the Gulf Islands.

But the guilt!!! I did not get to spend my daughter’s birthday with her. I didn’t want to leave Norm alone so he went to Calgary for a “Guys’ Weekend”, one of the husbands there even got a beer keg fridge for the occasion (he said). So, I didn’t have too much guilt over leaving Norm.But…I did take extra days off work on either end of the weekend and others had to pick up my slack. I ate and drank too much. I did not do all the walking I had promised myself I would do. I had even packed my walking poles but Hummingbird Hill B&B had way too many very long hills.

I did climb a significant hill each night to sleep in a Japanese teahouse (it was so cool). And I didn’t eat any “bad” snacks. We had gone to two wineries, a brewery and the Saltspring Island Cheese Factory. So, crackers, goat cheese, pork pepperoni, hummus, oatmeal cookies, beer and wine were snacks of the day.

OK, I just got back from my Dr’s appointment. I did gain a little weight but…Michelle said that it was OK because I was supposed to have fun. We had a wonderful talk about sharing with our friends and that I was a “smart” woman and I know what to do. She’s right! So now, I’m not feeling quite so guilty and can start right back at it.

Food and exercise journal, here I come. Thanks for listening.  ;D Diane

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Guess What? The Fat Gene is also The Couch Potato Gene!

•May 18, 2013 • Leave a Comment

fat geneGuess what? There is a couch potato gene and I’ve got it. Seriously, I saw it on the news and then when I looked it up, there are all kinds of articles about the FTO gene. and it turns out the FTO gene is also the obesity gene. What am I supposed to do when it’s in my genes (and my jeans)?

I always wondered why it was so hard for me to get into exercise. I know I feel better when I do it and I know it will help prolong my life in a good way. I’ve even had the “euphoric” feeling after exercise. The people who are looking at the study and then putting people with the FTO gene on an exercise program say that people with the gene feel an amazing sense of accomplishment and self-satisfaction after exercise. But…even this huge positive outcome does not make getting to the exercise any easier. Sigh! I definitely have it.

I know I have the FTO gene because my husband and I can eat exactly the same things (good-for-you, low-calorie etc.) and he will lose weight but I will gain. I probably started life with a bigger BMI. All my siblings have it, my Mom had it etc… The good news? Neither of my kids have it. They love exercise. They do it for fun!!!!! I will admit that if it wasn’t for them and a couple of close friends, I wouldn’t get any exercise.

Of course this is not an excuse, it’s a reason and, we all know, that if you know the reason something is happening (or in my case, not happening), you can adjust to it. I am not lazy, my genes are. My surgeon told me to add an exercise journal to my food journal. Well, that definitely helps. I’m counting the incidental exercise and try to wear my pedometer everywhere. Is nodding an exercise? Dancing is. I’ll dance more.

Well. I’m off to girl’s weekend today. Six mid-life-adjustment women celebrating the passage into the “New 40″ of two of us. I left the food choices up to Lynn so I know we’ll be eating healthy and we’ll be on Saltspring Island, and that’s inspiration in itself. I packed my walking sticks so I had better use them. I did make the birthday carrot cake, but a tiny slice won’t hurt me too much if I avoid the potato chips which no packed, right?

I’m putting my newest “dance-walking” fave on the bottom of this post. Inez and Dancing on the Run.

Thanks for listening. ;D Diane

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Listening to Myself (and Oprah, Dr Phil, Dr Oz etc…)

•May 15, 2013 • 1 Comment

I get the best advice from myself but do I listen?????

Talk to myselfThanks for listening. ;D Diane

 

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Don’t Grocery Shop On An Empty Stomach

•May 14, 2013 • Leave a Comment
Common Sense????

Common Sense????

In an article in the Time Colonist of May 9, 2013, a new JAMA Internal Medicine study said that we shouldn’t go shopping on an empty stomach. DUH! My Mom told me that half a century ago. If we/they put half of the money that goes to studies of common sense facts, we could cure diabetes and most cancers, too.

The article even states that it is “common sense” not to shop on an empty stomach. Guess what we do? Yep, we buy more things than we need and the things we buy are higher in calories and include snack foods we wouldn’t include if we were shopping after eating. Once again, “DUH!”

Does losing weight always come down to eat less and burn more? Once again, yes.

Enough for today. Thanks for listening. ;D Diane

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Setting Achievable Goals – Bah Ha Ha!

•May 8, 2013 • Leave a Comment

consistant dietI have no problem setting goals. But!!!!….setting achievable goals, that’s another thing altogether.

Lose weight, work out, clean the basement, these are all things I have set as goals but I have given them no specifics or deadlines. I guess that just makes them dream goals. When I don’t accomplish these goals or stop trying to do them or just keep them posted and say, “I’m working on it.” I feel very bad about myself. I feel like a failure. Who WANTS to feel like a failure?

I, personally, believe that my failure is to set achievable goals. An achievable goal has to be realistic, doable and make you feel good when you achieve it.

So, what am I able to do and will I do it? When will I do it? What will it look like. Hmmmm…. I’ll start with today.

  1. I will walk for at least half an hour today. (I can do this and I want to do this)
  2. I will eat no bad carbs today. (It’s breakfast time and I just had a wonderful no-carb omelette, so this sounds easy. Now, if I can get past Tim Horton’s, it’ll work.)

I believe that by putting the “today” in my goals, I can achieve them – TODAY! I am not going to whine about it. I will lose weight and change my bad eating habits. I will built new good habits. And setting achievable goals, maybe each morning, will help me go step by step.

I will put the guilt puppy to sleep!

I will put the guilt puppy to sleep!

If I know I have two weeks to achieve a goal I will put things off, and if I have a bad “fat-girl” day, I know I still have a few days before I see the scale. So, I’m not very consistent. But, I’m beginning to doubt myself already. I’ve been gung-ho before and eventually lost interest or just plain ignored my goals. So how can I make this stick? I’ve tried using guilt and since I’m a dyed-in-the-wool emotional eater (every time I have an emotion – I eat), guilt makes me eat.

Ok, I can do this. I have set two goals for today (Oh, yeah, I’ll vote today, too!) and I will achieve them. I do believe in positive thinking and all the newspapers say so, too. Oprah, Dr. Phil, Dr. Oz and Liz Lemon all say so, too, and we know they know everything.

Thanks for listening. ;D

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Dr Oz and Deepak Chopra say I Flunked the F.L.U.N.C. Diet

•May 5, 2013 • Leave a Comment

meditationI only caught a small bit of Deepak Chopra on Dr Oz the other day. They were enlightening us and the world on the 21 Day Meditation Cleanse. I love these guys. I truly trust Deepak Chopra. He is able to bring the wisdom and lore from the east and blend it into our tawdry western existence.

“…the most important factor in reducing stress and preparing for meditation is to keep the body nourished. ” Deepak Chopra

I tuned in right when they were talking about making sure you (meaning me specifically) eliminated F.L.U.N.C. foods from our diets.  What the hell are  F.L.U.N.C. foods?

F – frozen

L – leftovers

U – unnatural

N – nuked

C – canned

He explained “…these are all dead foods and our body needs live foods. After one week of removing FLUNC foods from your diet, you will see a difference in how you feel.”

Well if I eliminated these foods I would only have organic meat (But maybe not meat, because is it natural to kill and butcher things to eat?), unprocessed grains, fresh fruit and vegetables.  No genetically modified crap for sure. Is cheese “unnatural?” How about home canned fruit and veggies. And leftovers – what about left over salad. Would we have to shop, prepare and eat all our daily foods each day?

Obviously, I flunked. I could not, would not cut out all these types of foods for 21 days. I did not continue to listen when they were extolling the virtues of including foods with the “Six Tastes” in each meal. Wha??????

These are :

  • Astringent Foods – These are foods that have a puckering effect on the body like green apples, edamame, red peppers, yellow peppers and beans.

  • Bitter Foods – These are foods like broccoli, green peppers, red cabbage, asparagus and cauliflower.

  • Pungent Foods – These are spicy foods that stimulate your metabolism, such as onions, leeks, ginger and garlic.

  • Salty Foods –You want to include foods with natural salt in them like fish, but make sure to consume salt in moderation.

  • Sour Foods – These include grapefruit, tomatoes and berries.

  • Sweet Foods – These do not include food that contain processed sugar but rather foods like whole grain bread and nuts. He said these foods have a sweet aftertaste.

“Deepak Chopra cautioned everyone who did not want to include all six tastes into every meal they eat because he said they can lead to cravings, which in turn leads to eating unhealthy junk foods.”

He also said I should only be eating the amount I can hold in my hands. HE SHOULD ON ME!!!! But I understand why. he wants me to be healthy…I do, too.

What about popsicles made of fruit? Wouldn’t they be classified as the F in FLUNC?

Thanks for listening. ;D Diane

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Fat Flush Diet – Even Dr Oz Says It Works

•April 29, 2013 • 2 Comments
Fat Flush Water

These are a little over-packed but you can keep adding water to them.

I posted about the goodness of fruit yesterday and all day the pictures and recipe for the “Fat Flush” fruit water was popping up all over my Facebook.It was mentioned by Kim Lyons on the “Biggest Loser” and even Dr Oz has said this will work if you do it over 10 days. Click on the underlined part and it will take there. His ten-day plan does add a lot of really cool ways to make your day-to-day eating healthier like green carbs over brown carbs. Makes sense to me.

Personally I like the pictures. The recipe is so simple.

Fat Flush Water

Ingredients, per 1 pitcher

Water
1 sliced grapefruit
1 tangerine – sliced or just peel
½ cucumber, sliced
2 peppermint leaves
Ice

Directions

Wash the fruit first, cut it then combine ingredients in a large pitcher.

The grapefruit is loaded with vitamin C to help your body turn fat into fuel. The tangerine increases your sensitivity to insulin, stabilizes blood sugar, and stimulates genes to burn fat. Cucumber helps you feel full and acts as a natural diuretic, which means less bloating and water retention. And lastly, it has peppermint, which is not only refreshing but also promotes better digestion and stomach calm. Make a big pitcher of Fat Flush Water every morning. The longer it sits, the better it will taste. Drink at least one 8 ounce glass three times a day before each meal for 10 days straight. You can do it directly into your water bottles, too.

I like it. Try it and tell me how it works for you. I have to go now and plant some more mint. But I can’t help thinking what this would be like if I replaced the water with vodka?

Thanks for listening. ;D Diane

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