My daily Journey to a healthier life style

Date:   3/17/2011 3:48:00 PM ( 14 y ago)

March 16, 2011

It is a lovely day.

Today, as I was driving to work, KLOVE was talking about how today is John 3:16 day. I was surprised because I have never heard of it before, but still it was inspiring and lovely to focus on that piece of scripture today.

I laid in bed too long in the morning, as I was feeling really achy, and the acetone smell was outrageous that I couldn't hand it. I got up early (around 6:00) to brush my teeth, scrap my tongue and use a bit of mouth wash. After that I got back into bed and tried to sleep some more. I have to say the hardest thing is the weight of Mekong laying on me that make it harder for me to sleep.

So since I didn't get out of bed until around 8:25 a.m., I didn't listen to the Bible or read my Focus for Lent like I usually do. I was feeling really rough that I didn't really want to go to work. Yay, detoxification! NOT!

Work just dragged on and was so very slow, due to my off feelings, which at times the smell coming from me made me want to gag. I am glad that no one was a around me much of the day.

As to how I am feeling and how it is going. Here it is: my urine is cloudy at times, but it is very frothy. My ketone strips tell met that I have high ketones in my system, so I am trying to drink enough water to help flush them out. I haven't had any nausea, but I am certain that I will have it here soon. I had a bit of a sour stomach but it didn't last long. My hands are always cold, and that is one reason why I crawl into be when I get home, so I can get warm with heat pad. It was 40 degrees out, which was lovely but my hands were frozen. Sometimes they feel like ice! My legs are okay because I am still wearing my legwarmers under my pants as well as wear a tank top under my main shirt, so I am not freeze anywhere but my hands and sometimes my face and neck. Funny. I am getting chills, which sometimes cause me to sneeze. I can feel the goosebumps on my arms when I get chills or get cold. It is horrible. I need a warm blankie, but I know it is part of the process of water fasting.

I noticed that my fingers are much skinner then they were 8 days ago. My two rings whirl around easily on both of my hands. They are a size 7, as they can be fit on 6 fingers (three on each hand: middle, index and thumb). I was feeling around on my body ( I know that sounds risque, but it is how I am when I am fasting) and I can feel my hip bones again, which I haven't felt them it probably going on a year and half (since Phil moved in). I hand also feel my collar bones too, but I can't see them. I have been watching my breast very carefully, as I really don't want to lose what I have there. Plus I don't want to lose to the point I sag either. So far, in all the weight that I have lost since November 1, 2010, my breast size has not changed with I am happy with. Other then that, my hands and feet look tiny, and my neck is getting thinner and more willowy, when I look. When I hold up my head, my neck almost looks elegant and swan like, even thought it is not really long. I have been wondering if I am going to be able to get back to my original size I was when I was 18 years old. I was a size 3 / 4 and I was 104 pounds. I read that what yous should look like and weight on average is based on what your parents looked like at 18 years old. Well, my mother was very skinny, as well as my father was. So I know that I should be an average weight, which is between 104-115 pounds. I would love to get back to 104 pounds, but if I can hit 107 pounds, adding 8 pounds for intestinal weight which would come to 115, I will be happy. But. . .

But, I am still going to lose that little fast food fat leech that is hanging out around my navel. My best friend, Christy says by her visual estimation that it is probably about 5 pounds of fat, but no more then 7 pounds. I told her that it drives me nuts to have it there now. She did remind me that it has been reduced to what it originally was, as the measurements are the proof. In my excitement to lose it, I had forgotten that. LOL. It probably will be the last 5 pound (the hardest) to lose. POOOH! I have also noticed that my size 6 pants are a little bit loose as well. They are stretch material pants, and their waist area, does not come up as high as the black dress pants I have do. I tried those one, and they still don't fit me as I would like them too. They still feel too tight. It might be me as well, as I do like slightly loose, as it if more comfortable then binding. Back in last October 2010, when I was wearing size 10s, it was very binding and sometimes I would have a ridge in my skin where they were cutting into it. Yep, I had the choice then to either purchase a size larger or lose some weight. I really woke up regarding my weight and how I really eat. It makes me think that people don't gain weight instantly, but they gain it over time (such as me in a year and half). It also make me think about my mother and how she has gained weight. It is something you either fight or accept, and most people in America seems to be accepting a heavier weight, but in the long run they will be also accepting heart disease, diabetes, and other health problems.

I have to take an active role in my health, that also means watching what I eat, not just exercise.

I have been craving taco like fixings. But healthy, like avocado, chicken, homemade salsa, and bean sprouts. Why bean sprouts? I don't know. But I am seriously going to think about investing in a little bean sprouter (which I have never done myself, I have always bought them at the store in the past) as I think it will be good for me. Once in a great while, I have bought them for meals like homemade Chinese food, but I have never tried them in pitas, salads or the like. I probably will after my re-feeding stage is over, will try a couple in meals and go from there. But I am craving taco stuff. Not necessarily junk food, but crunchy, veggity, goodness like fresh green peppers, onions, tomatoes, lettuce with shredded chicken and slices of avocado. LOL, I am making myself hungry. Oh well, I will eat again, once my fast is over with. No reason to get big eyes or an imaginative brain over food. It is not time for me yet.

But. . .

I do have a recipe to post. I already have a homemade recipe to make corn tortillas, This way eventually I will be able to put them to good use. Here it is:



Baked Tortilla chips and Taco shells

Here’s an easy way to bake your own tortilla chips!
Soft corn tortillas

Preheat oven to 325 F. and place yellow corn tortillas on the wire rack. Bake until they begin to turn a darker color, about ten minutes, but remove immediately, as they will burn if left in the oven any longer.

To make non-fat crispy taco shells, place each tortilla so that it is centered over two of the wires on the rack, placing the edges of the tortillas under the other wires. Bake as above – they will curl around in an upside-down ‘U’ shape to make perfect taco shells.

From Dr. Neal Pinckney, Healing Heart Foundation




Also here is the taco that I have been kind of dreaming about, but far other ingredients it:

Shredded Chicken Tacos

Ingredients

Whole Wheat Tortillas
Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast (cutlets work well too)
1 can diced tomatoes w/ chiles
1 bag Birds Eye Pepper Stir Fry (green pepper, red pepper, and onion)
Homemade Taco Seasoning (cumin, onion powder, garlic powder, chili powder)
4 tbs fat free sour cream (.5 tbs per taco)
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Black Beans


Directions

Makes 4 servings, 2 tacos each

**This recipe includes black beans that have been soaked, not from a can. Put 2 cups black beans in a bowl and soak in cold water overnight**

1. Pour one can of diced tomatoes in pan with chicken breasts. Cover chicken with taco seasoning and cook until done.

2. Remove chicken from pan and set aside to cool.

3. Cook Pepper Stir Fry in same pan with diced tomatoes.

4. While that's cooking, shred chicken with fingers.

5. Warm tortillas in microwave or oven.

6. Wrap each taco with chicken, peppers, black beans, a little cheese and sour cream and you are set!

*I usually serve this with some rice pilaf for a yummy meal!

Number of Servings: 4



One thing that bugged me about this recipe, she doesn't talk about cooking the beans, just soaking them. LOL You would think I would be thinking about St. Patrick's Day food, but I went with a recipe that I was craving. LOL No more thinking about food for me. My stomach is feeling sour. It must be time to drink some water. LOL

Well, I didn't do much, as I hadn't planned on going home and crawling to to bed, but that is what I did after I did a couple things. I returned my movies (and rented more) and put gas in my car. It is outrageous that I put $20.00 in my tank and I only got a little over 5 gallons of gas! I miss the days that I put only $10.00 in weekly. Last year, it jumped to $15.00 and now it is $20.00. My budget allows me to put an amount in weekly and I ration it at times if I am going somewhere special out of town. Like that is going to happen anytime soon. Ha! I am glad that I got a raise, because that will pay for the extra amount I have to put in my car for gas. I am not complaining too much, as I read that gas is about $4.46 in California. It is only $3.59 here in Central Ohio.

So when I got home, I took a couple of my movies, and headed to the bedroom. I am was really really rough and I wanted to lay down and rest. Of course, I brushed my teeth one more time. I believe that made it the 4th time today and it was only about 6:15 p.m.

Mekong was all for laying in bed with me, as I watched “Space Chimps for a little while. I tried to read, but I couldn't concentrate long enough to really get much reading done. I just relaxed and drank a little bit of water. Mostly I just laid there and relaxed until I fell asleep around 9:30

I have a feeling that tomorrow will be a rougher day for me, as well as smelly, and colder.

EXERICISE: walked 1.79 Miles,

WATER INTAKE: 12 ounces

WEIGHT: Unknown


 

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