Palin? Excellent!

I went App Happy…

iPod touch apps…

• Weight watchers calculator AND tracker!
• shopping list (grocer-by category)
• games (tetris, sudoku)
• restaurant nutrition lists
• to do list (by urgency)

I normally have all this “stuff” on pieces of paper (except for the games) or on my computer (which doesn’t fit in my purse - almost)

(the 5.5 is important to me because I’ve been looking for a calculator that will give me half points!)

Photo Hunt: Colorful

I was in Indiana Tuesday with my sister-in-law Judy. We went on a “quilt tour” in Amish country and saw this mural and this (below) garden

(the quilt pattern of the garden is “Lone Star”.

For more information on the tour, visit this site.
PhotoHunt

Confession Time…

Teetering between having a few wheat products in the house (no-pudge brownie mix) and going totally wheat free…

I made a single serving of no-pudge brownies (chocolate)…

After having been off of wheat for only 3 days…I’m experiencing a lot of congestion in my nose and throat.  Okay…I guess it’s confimed.

Adrenal Support Food List…

Tiro…I found the website!

This site puts the list in the most understandable form.  Good luck!

Fit Friday - 8/15/2008

A couple of days were an exercise no-go.  Shoot one day was a “I-don’t-want-to-move” day - a migraine yesterday had me moving between office and bed all day, with a couple of excursions downstairs for food.  (I have an electric water-heater-pot and a coffee press - the best way to make coffee - in my office and that’s where my 1/2 bath is…so unless I want food I don’t have to leave my bedroom/office area.)

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I lost 3-1/4 pounds - the first loss in many weeks.

The secret?  Lower carb, higher fat - but still following Weight Watchers points.  Because of thyroid and PCOS, the needs my body needs are a little different, but I still will not lose while not restricting calories.  I went to a naturopath who did NOT give me a formula, but gave me guidelines with which to make my own formula (for those who need formulas)

- 50% of my calories from fat (with the majority coming from “healthy” fat - monounsaturated) - and the fat in eggs (while saturated) is okay so even eggs are unlimited.
- 50% of the volume on my plate coming from fresh or lightly steamed fruits and vegetables

- Take my weight in pounds and eat half that many grams of protein

- The rest of my calories in complex carbs (but never wheat or dairy)

- no wheat or dairy (but I can “cheat” with kefir and yogurt)

- lots of water…half my weight in ounces

There is no limitation on calories…the lower carb, higher protein and healthy fat makes my body burn it differently - thermogenic.  The drain yesterday may have been from the shift in my body, but I am eating enough carbs for fuel.  The fat and protein guidelines make me put the emphasis on not wasting the complex carbs on “stuff”.
What I know is that this works and (knowing from the past how I do even as low as Atkins) my body feels better.

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(sigh)…Here is the list of food restrictions (allergy and otherwise)

- dairy

- peanuts (due to a mold allergy giving me asthma attacks)

- potatoes, eggplants (off the table) and limited tomatoes and green peppers; these are nightshade plants and they cause - in me (YMMV) joint pain)

- wheat

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Another new blog for me!

I set up a little blog just for recipes - most of them have a combination of low-cal, moderate carb.

MzEllen Cooks (sometimes).  (I rarely cook in the summer…my son takes over with the grill.)

And here’s a recipe:  Fast and Easy Chicken in Salsa with Zucchini.

I feel drained today…

Due to a physical thing…I think I’m going to break out the iron supplement.

And drink way more water.

This is my first day of low carb…and non-wheat…and non-dairy.

I woke up with a migraine…and it has been a very lazy day…

The Naturopath…

Did this thing call “sclerology”…took photos of my eyes and told me that everything that’s going on in my body - my body knows and the eyes will tell.

He told me that my iron is low and my zinc is low (how many folks think about their zinc being low…only mine is - according to blood tests that were run because of my sense of smell, which is sometimes the result of a zinc issus)

He agreed (according to my symptoms) that there’s some thyroid thing going on and sold me a thyroid support supplement (which I can get online…for more money, so he gave me the better deal).

He also said that most folks who live in Western Civilization have a few other things going on in the digestive tract and told me to try (at least for a few weeks) eliminating wheat and dairy.  (Yogurt, kefir and fermented dairy is ok once in a while.)

Yesterday was a big splurge in the wheat department (think Amish-made bread, noodles and apple dumplings).  Today is wheat free, but I’m drinking the rest of my skim milk.

After that’s gone, I’ll switch to almond milk.

Even since starting “thyadine” a week or so ago, I feel “brighter”.  We’ll see how it goes for the rest of it.

ABC Wednesday - D

dragonfly

dune

duck

diet coke and mentos

Tweaking the Plan

Weight Watchers isn’t doing it for me.  But…the beauty of FLEX to that I can use (the tracking tools, point system, etc.) and don’t worry about the rest.  I paid to go until I had the tools I needed and now I have the material.

I have PCOS, diagnosed over 20 years ago.  I also strongly suspect I have thyroid issues (low body temp, thinning hair) that is not showing up in blood tests (looking for a doctor who will treat the patient, not the number).  My fasting blood sugar is perfect, as is my blood pressure.  My cholesterol is high (212).  I’d like to lose 60-70 pounds.

Weight Watchers (as written) doesn’t work.

Atkins (as written) doesn’t work (I did Atkins at less than 25 grams of carb a day for 3 months and lost 4 pounds).  I’m a little OCD when it comes to logging what I eat…I use a MasterCook recipe just to put my daily eating into.  So I have a good handle on what I eat.

So…combining the two.

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Chicago…

We spent a few nice days in Chicago with my husband’s sisters.

• We spent a day at Arlington Race Track (I’m thinking that if I get sunburned enough to see where my cross sits…that makes me a “crispy critter”.

• Sunday afternoon we went to Chicago Botanical Gardens

• Monday we wandered around the Museum of Science and Industry

• Tuesday we spent at Brookfield Zoo

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We had a very nice trip, but it is also nice to be home.