TUESDAY! Another very busy day. It was only slightly less busy than yesterday and less stressful. I got up and caught up on yesterday's emails and blogs. We (except my husband) ate lunch at Spaghetti Warehouse for my eldest son's birthday lunch. I did eat a couple of small pieces of sourdough bread with my meatball soup and Italian salad. Very good...no pasta for me and no red sauce. I did take a taste of some manicotti and it was super! I only had a taste and it was just too rich and way too much pasta. Glad I was able to resist.
After lunch we had to go and purchase a new UPS for our home computer network. We got a much larger one to handle the larger number of computers. IT was needed. We returned home and did a bit of computer maintenance...blowing out dust from inside computer towers....necessary from time to time.
Next, I helped my youngest son with the yard maintenance. Whew! that is some good exercise. I jumped into the shower and dressed, drove to pick up my repaired car and then gave it a quick car wash...inside and out.
Then, I drove my 5 year old nephew home and helped my youngest sister with some computer work and drove her to post an eviction notice. I got home around 9 p.m. and watched a few of my DVR'd shows.
I am just now getting ready for bed....*yawn*. I am ready to sleep!
REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
Encouragement has been my motivation. I appreciate the cheers and reading several of my friends' blogs; they are spurring me on to keep going! Some days I just don't think I will exercise, then I read one of their blogs and I immediately feel the need to keep up and drag myself up to exercise. Thank you to all your cheers and encouraging words...and keep blogging! AWESOME!
Breakfast:
Sugar - Free Orange Jell-O 1/2 cup serving
Lunch:
Italian Salad, Wedding soup, and two small slices of sourdough bread.
Dinner:
Cashew chicken...no rice and a cup of coffee with my lil'sis!
LATE snack:
Snack size bag of Orville Redenbacher Kettle Corn.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Week 25, Monday, Diet with Dianna
Monday--Monday! What a busy day! CRAZY BUSY!!!! I rose up early to get a jump start on a day I knew was going to be busy...but I was soon losing ground and was behind before the end of the day! I started my normal Monday chores: laundry and House cleaning. I got all but one load of laundry completed and the entire house vacuumed (help from Fox), dusted, mopped, and kitchen cleaned/dishes emptied from dishwasher! (I postponed breakfast until 9:30 a.m, to eat with my son...we planned to work on book edits).
I am still without a car, but thankfully, I was able to drive my daughter's car yesterday to get my errands done...life goes on; whether you have a car or not. My son and I drove my daughter to work, dropped off some of my "too big" clothes at Goodwill, and worked two hours on book edits. I got a call from my mother, worried, because the home's main server computer's uninterruptable power supply at home was squealing and wouldn't shut off. So my son and I rushed home and had to turn everything off to remove the DEAD UPS and get the computers back up and running.
Then I was off to get groceries for the week. Thanks to my son Fox...he helped me knock that out and get it home and put away! While I am checking out, my auto mechanic calls me because they need the security code for the car...something about the theft control...I had to stop and call my husband to call the mechanic to get the code to....WHATEVER!!!! AHHH!
Overflow from this past Friday... A History of last week: My car died and I had to have it towed to the mechanic on Friday. Weird, but the fuel pump died, and PRAISE GOD it was still under warranty so our only cost is labor! But the strange thing is that the ignition key has an RF chip and that communicates to the engine...theft prevention device....it died, too! If it cannot communicate with the engine it will not allow fuel to the engine to run! To replace a key like this is not cheap. Ridiculous! So I now have a new fuel pump and they are working on getting me a cheaper version of my ignition key!
On top of this busy day, I was suppose to drive across town to attend a work function with my husband ..REALLY? All this in one day? NO way! I just cannot make it. I called my hubby and he was so understanding; he let me off the hook, and agreed to attend the function..alone, without his arm candy.
Next, I finished up the last load of laundry, folding the towels and changed the bed sheets..washed and dried! It was nearly 5:30 pm when my eldest son returned from a weekend camping trip, (with some friends in Arkansas). I helped him unpack the car while my youngest son went to pick up my daughter from work! By the time we finished unpacking and getting everything put away it was 6:30 p.m.
ON TOP OF ALL THAT! Yesterday was also my eldest son's birthday so we had plans to go out to a celebratory dinner. NO way...no how! We decided to cancel the dinner thingy and order in pizza. My sweet husband sat in a huge traffic jam and finally arrived home just before the pizza arrived, about 7:45 p.m. We all gathered at the table and laughed and opened gifts and ate pizza!
Around 9 p.m. we went for a mile and a half walk and then my kids left out about 10 pm for some game release thingy, scheduled at midnight. I was the official dog sitter until they got home around 1 a.m.!
WHEW! Please! No more days like that! It was a great day; just too many things to do in one day. I'm so glad that I got up early.
I did not kettlebell!
MENU:
Breakfast was;
Chick-Fil-A Chicken tenders (two...I could not eat the third one) and then Coffee at Starbucks (No sweet frappuccinos or anything like that...just a plain cup of coffee with half & half and Stevia).
Lunch...I snacked on a cup of Sugar Free Orange Jell-O and a couple of sugar free shortbread cookies
Dinner: Two slices of pizza! I was very hungry but I only ate two slices and they were very delicious! Toppings: beef, pepperoni, black olives, onion, jalapenos, and mushrooms.
NO DESSERT for me. Everyone ate cinnamon sticks...warm and gooey and covered in melted sugary icing! EEK! GET AWAY!!!!
Instead, I drank some SoBe Lifewater...Fuji Apple Pear. Hmmm! One of my favorites.
But My GOD will supply all my needs according to His riches in Glory.
I am still without a car, but thankfully, I was able to drive my daughter's car yesterday to get my errands done...life goes on; whether you have a car or not. My son and I drove my daughter to work, dropped off some of my "too big" clothes at Goodwill, and worked two hours on book edits. I got a call from my mother, worried, because the home's main server computer's uninterruptable power supply at home was squealing and wouldn't shut off. So my son and I rushed home and had to turn everything off to remove the DEAD UPS and get the computers back up and running.
Then I was off to get groceries for the week. Thanks to my son Fox...he helped me knock that out and get it home and put away! While I am checking out, my auto mechanic calls me because they need the security code for the car...something about the theft control...I had to stop and call my husband to call the mechanic to get the code to....WHATEVER!!!! AHHH!
Overflow from this past Friday... A History of last week: My car died and I had to have it towed to the mechanic on Friday. Weird, but the fuel pump died, and PRAISE GOD it was still under warranty so our only cost is labor! But the strange thing is that the ignition key has an RF chip and that communicates to the engine...theft prevention device....it died, too! If it cannot communicate with the engine it will not allow fuel to the engine to run! To replace a key like this is not cheap. Ridiculous! So I now have a new fuel pump and they are working on getting me a cheaper version of my ignition key!
On top of this busy day, I was suppose to drive across town to attend a work function with my husband ..REALLY? All this in one day? NO way! I just cannot make it. I called my hubby and he was so understanding; he let me off the hook, and agreed to attend the function..alone, without his arm candy.
Next, I finished up the last load of laundry, folding the towels and changed the bed sheets..washed and dried! It was nearly 5:30 pm when my eldest son returned from a weekend camping trip, (with some friends in Arkansas). I helped him unpack the car while my youngest son went to pick up my daughter from work! By the time we finished unpacking and getting everything put away it was 6:30 p.m.
ON TOP OF ALL THAT! Yesterday was also my eldest son's birthday so we had plans to go out to a celebratory dinner. NO way...no how! We decided to cancel the dinner thingy and order in pizza. My sweet husband sat in a huge traffic jam and finally arrived home just before the pizza arrived, about 7:45 p.m. We all gathered at the table and laughed and opened gifts and ate pizza!
Around 9 p.m. we went for a mile and a half walk and then my kids left out about 10 pm for some game release thingy, scheduled at midnight. I was the official dog sitter until they got home around 1 a.m.!
WHEW! Please! No more days like that! It was a great day; just too many things to do in one day. I'm so glad that I got up early.
I did not kettlebell!
MENU:
Breakfast was;
Chick-Fil-A Chicken tenders (two...I could not eat the third one) and then Coffee at Starbucks (No sweet frappuccinos or anything like that...just a plain cup of coffee with half & half and Stevia).
Lunch...I snacked on a cup of Sugar Free Orange Jell-O and a couple of sugar free shortbread cookies
Dinner: Two slices of pizza! I was very hungry but I only ate two slices and they were very delicious! Toppings: beef, pepperoni, black olives, onion, jalapenos, and mushrooms.
NO DESSERT for me. Everyone ate cinnamon sticks...warm and gooey and covered in melted sugary icing! EEK! GET AWAY!!!!
Instead, I drank some SoBe Lifewater...Fuji Apple Pear. Hmmm! One of my favorites.
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Week 24, Sunday
I Peter 2. 15-16, For it is God's will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons.REVELATION KNOWLEDGE: If I am a slave to God, then I cannot be a slave to food! I crave the Lord, I don't crave food! I eat to live, not live to eat! I feel the emptiness with the Word of God. I don't fill the emptiness with food!
[Live] as free people, [yet] without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but [live at all times] as servants of God. (Amplified Bible)
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| 24 weeks and 31 pounds less! NICE!!!! |
This morning I slept until 8 a.m. and got up to make breakfast to only three members of our family. Leftover pancakes for the young'uns and egg, bacon and coffee for me...and a spoon full of raw steel cut oats...FIBER is my friend. I really like munching on the oats, they have such a yummy flavor...uncooked. If I were to cook the oats, they would take nearly 30 minutes. So I'll just take a spoonful and get the same benefits without all the calories. Now, from time to time I will cook some hot steamy oats...for a cold morning and add a packet of stevia and some fresh blueberries! OH! DEE-lish-ous! It's making me hungry. ~Time to get up and exercise...
My mom gave me some 5 alarm peanuts...they are so good! I grab a few and my mouth heats up. They are a fun snack and good for me!
Menu:
One pan fried egg, and one slice of bacon.
Handful of spicy peanuts
Garden Salad (Olive oil and vinegar dressing) and roasted chicken
Beef taco salad...homemade - lower in calories and lower in fat! (I use freshly ground turkey breast). SO DEE-Lishous!
1/2 cup of sugar free cherry Jell-O
GOOD DAY!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Saturday, Saturday! Week 24
Oh, I really appreciate Saturdays! A day to relax, worship the Lord, and be with my family! Awesome! I was able to walk with my husband in the cool, breezy weather. Heaven on earth. I am planning to enjoy the whole day! God is so good!
REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
ISSUE: I was reading the labels on food and I know that they are deceptive...THEY LIE. What they are telling you is not actually what is happening. The Food industry is way bigger than the sum of employees in the FDA (Food and Drug Association). There is NO possible way that they have the sheer number of inspectors to cover all the food companies that produce food in the U.S. (not even covering the food that is imported). Therefore, your best purchases for the food that you prepare for your family should be purchased at your local farmer's market or from a local farmer that you know. IN the Big city???really??? Do you know any personal farmers? NO! But just purchasing from the local farmer's market is still your best bet.
SOLUTION: Purchase fresh foods and meats...stay away from frozen and processed as much as possible. ALSO...you cannot believe everything you read...for every article that is negative there is another article that is positive or that refutes the claims. What do you do?
Don't be gullible and believe everything the media says or writes. I personally do not believe in all their scare tactics and I don't live in fear. I do, however listen the voice of the Holy Spirit to guide me into truth, and I know that God has shown me how to protect the foods I do purchase through the power of prayer. Use good judgement when purchasing processed foods; eat local-fresh!
Today's Menu
Egg, Turkey Sausage.
(I purchase locally raised farm brown eggs, cage free chickens. Yes they are more expensive. The taste is phenomenal. The egg shells are thicker and the egg yolks are deeper yellow and much larger.)
Carrots, nuts and a Sugar Free Vanilla Chai Tea Frappuccio
Salad w/ranch dressing and vegetables: carrots, cucumber, red onions...Dee-Lish!
REVELATION KNOWLEDGE:
ISSUE: I was reading the labels on food and I know that they are deceptive...THEY LIE. What they are telling you is not actually what is happening. The Food industry is way bigger than the sum of employees in the FDA (Food and Drug Association). There is NO possible way that they have the sheer number of inspectors to cover all the food companies that produce food in the U.S. (not even covering the food that is imported). Therefore, your best purchases for the food that you prepare for your family should be purchased at your local farmer's market or from a local farmer that you know. IN the Big city???really??? Do you know any personal farmers? NO! But just purchasing from the local farmer's market is still your best bet.
SOLUTION: Purchase fresh foods and meats...stay away from frozen and processed as much as possible. ALSO...you cannot believe everything you read...for every article that is negative there is another article that is positive or that refutes the claims. What do you do?
Don't be gullible and believe everything the media says or writes. I personally do not believe in all their scare tactics and I don't live in fear. I do, however listen the voice of the Holy Spirit to guide me into truth, and I know that God has shown me how to protect the foods I do purchase through the power of prayer. Use good judgement when purchasing processed foods; eat local-fresh!
Here is a link to the article: http://www.rodale.com/10-food-label-lies?cm_mmc=ETNTNL-_-725650-_-11122011-_-body
Today's Menu
Egg, Turkey Sausage.
(I purchase locally raised farm brown eggs, cage free chickens. Yes they are more expensive. The taste is phenomenal. The egg shells are thicker and the egg yolks are deeper yellow and much larger.)
Carrots, nuts and a Sugar Free Vanilla Chai Tea Frappuccio
Salad w/ranch dressing and vegetables: carrots, cucumber, red onions...Dee-Lish!
Friday, November 11, 2011
I like Friday! Week 24, Diet with Dianna
Fun Friday! Whoo-hoo. Did some volunteer computer work, ate breakfast, got dressed, did a little more volunteer computer work, and then headed off to work on some book edits and lunch. After lunch the car would not start...well it actually made the cranking noise, but wasn't getting any fuel. Uh, oh! Called a tow truck and it is sitting at our mechanic's garage. Possible fuel pump or fuel sensor (in most Ford Product that are the Crown Victoria, Mercury Marquis and similar cars). WE just replaced the entire fuel tank assembly last summer. Ford thought that the fuel pump and tank should all be one unit....therefore it all has to be replaced when it fails! BOO-HISS! Mean ol' Ford! This Grand Marquis was a FREE gift from my Grandfather for us to drive, since we didn't have a car. I'm not complaining, mind you, but I don't really like (nor would I purposefully purchase) FORD products...
The day was, absolutely gorgeous, windy, partly cloudy, and cool. We stood outside waiting for the tow truck and my husband that was on his way from the other side of town to rescue us from the parking lot. The tow truck driver, Charlie, was so very kind. His truck cab only seated two additional riders, therefore, one of our party would have been stranded. He waited with us until our ride showed up. We followed him to the garage and our mechanic met us out front..."This doesn't look good..." he says to me. We laugh and he already had a bay cleared for our car to be pushed into. ~Side note: we spend a lot of time and money with this mechanic. My husband is a very gifted man and perfectly capable of doing the repairs, but chooses not to when we have a mechanic that will do it for nearly peanuts and he has all the employees and tools, and lifts, and the such.
We also use this opportunity to be a witness to him for Christ. He was raised in a Buddhist family. He no longer follows the Buddhist ways, but he doesn't follow any thing. He is such a kind, honest and caring person. We would love for him to join us in eternity! I don't know why our car has been attacked with malfunctioning, but we are God's tools and He will provide for the expense of repairs! No worries!
Revelation Knowledge:
Sitting in the car, listening to the engine turning but not getting fuel reminded me of dieting. We diet and sometimes forget that our bodies need fuel. Not enough of the right kind of fuel (nutrition) and our bodies will get tired quickly and begin to hurt and our brain gets fuzzy...putt-putt-sputter-blahhhh.
Too much fuel and we get bogged down, tired quickly, gasping for air, needing to pull over for frequent pit stops...equally bad.
Eating and exercising is just like maintenance on your vehicle. Add in the right type of fuel, right air pressure in the tires, regular preventative maintenance, and it will last for a long time. That's the way it is for our bodies, too.
Eat the right kinds of food, exercise, and regular checkups and our bodies will last for a long, long time.
Today's Menu:
One egg-fried, two turkey sausage patties, coffee
Half a Schlotzsky's Small Original Sandwich and a few Jalapeno chips.
Saltgrass Steakhouse - small dinner salad, one slice of bread, and some fried mushrooms! DEE-LISH!
The day was, absolutely gorgeous, windy, partly cloudy, and cool. We stood outside waiting for the tow truck and my husband that was on his way from the other side of town to rescue us from the parking lot. The tow truck driver, Charlie, was so very kind. His truck cab only seated two additional riders, therefore, one of our party would have been stranded. He waited with us until our ride showed up. We followed him to the garage and our mechanic met us out front..."This doesn't look good..." he says to me. We laugh and he already had a bay cleared for our car to be pushed into. ~Side note: we spend a lot of time and money with this mechanic. My husband is a very gifted man and perfectly capable of doing the repairs, but chooses not to when we have a mechanic that will do it for nearly peanuts and he has all the employees and tools, and lifts, and the such.
We also use this opportunity to be a witness to him for Christ. He was raised in a Buddhist family. He no longer follows the Buddhist ways, but he doesn't follow any thing. He is such a kind, honest and caring person. We would love for him to join us in eternity! I don't know why our car has been attacked with malfunctioning, but we are God's tools and He will provide for the expense of repairs! No worries!
Revelation Knowledge:
Sitting in the car, listening to the engine turning but not getting fuel reminded me of dieting. We diet and sometimes forget that our bodies need fuel. Not enough of the right kind of fuel (nutrition) and our bodies will get tired quickly and begin to hurt and our brain gets fuzzy...putt-putt-sputter-blahhhh.
Too much fuel and we get bogged down, tired quickly, gasping for air, needing to pull over for frequent pit stops...equally bad.
Eating and exercising is just like maintenance on your vehicle. Add in the right type of fuel, right air pressure in the tires, regular preventative maintenance, and it will last for a long time. That's the way it is for our bodies, too.
Eat the right kinds of food, exercise, and regular checkups and our bodies will last for a long, long time.
Scripture:Isaiah 40:28-31: The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.
Today's Menu:
One egg-fried, two turkey sausage patties, coffee
Half a Schlotzsky's Small Original Sandwich and a few Jalapeno chips.
Saltgrass Steakhouse - small dinner salad, one slice of bread, and some fried mushrooms! DEE-LISH!
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