Health and Fitness, June 2013

[Twins' Mom]

Healthy breakfast and lunch today for a change! Oatmeal with a sprinkle of walnuts and a peach sliced up in it, and for lunch a wrap with chicken, a little humus, sprinkle of goat cheese, roasted red peppers and artichoke hearts (from jars) and a couple of slivered basil leaves. Yum.

[Ivy]

Harriet, 2 medications I'm on tell me that I cannot be in the sunshine, need to be very careful of sun stroke, use SPF, wear a big hat, long sleeves, and wrap-around eye-glasses, and not be out very long. Also, my other doctor told me to "up" my Vitamin D-3 to prevent depression, too. Also, the allergies are what's caused the asthma problem, so right now, I'm staying put indoors, for now. But on rainy days and T-storms days, it's NOT hard to STAY indoors!

I stretched good and walked 15 min., stretched good and did a load of laundry, so have been active a lot back and forth to the laptop writing, too. I rested with my body pillow on the bed, but I kept thinking about a short story, so just got up, edited, proofed, and got it printed and ready to go out the door tomorrow. It prevented me from taking a nice nap, so out-it-goes!

I've been having back pain, so ordered a memory foam lumbar pillow, which arrives on July 5. I'm so happy! Ddil, Dson, the 6 grsons, & 1 dgd will be here July 4, when I measure dgd for her halter and hoody. Since the lumbar pillow arrives the 5th, I'll be sitting to crochet, using the pillow to crochet for dgd. It couldn't be coming at a more perfect time.

I ate healthy all day! My peak flow readings are coming up. It was 360 this morning and 370 tonight and the doctor wants me at 400. I continue to take 2-a-day readings, then in 1 month, dr. wants me to phone in the day's average over the 1 month period. I feel much better, only used the rescue inhaler once on last Sat. and not since! This QVAR is wonderful for me. I'm so pleased. I'll slowly add more activity, I'm sorting, etc... But tomorrow, I plan on doing 2 stretching-walking-stretching sessions. I'm slowly building up.

[Nancy]

Mowed the neighbors front yd. , our front and back yard and I did 10 mi. on the ex. bike! So all counting that for my exercise today!

[Cowinkie]

i slept through the night w/o meds.... hope I can make that happen tonight as well.

No sugar yesterday...no that's not completely true I did steal a bite from Sweetie's pizza, but it was a very, very small one. This morning I "rode" my Gazelle two miles while watching Perry Mason. I've been mentally beating myself up for not wanting to exercise, but now that I've discovered there is a medical reason for my fatigue I'm not being so hard on myself. My dr's appointment is not on till July 9th...so I will stay away from sugar and do what I can on my Gazelle and let the cards fall where they may.

[Cowinkie]

2 - Minute Chocolate Cake with Almond Flour

Ingredients:

1/4 cup Truvia baking blend
1/2 cup almond flour
3 tbsp unsweetened coca powder
1/8 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 tbsp coconut oil
1 egg
2 tbsp half and half

Directions:
Mix all ingredients together in a bowl until the mixture is even and smooth (no lumps)
Pour 1/4 of the mixture into a mug and microwave for 2 minutes
Refrigerate remaining batter for later!

You can make your own whipped cream by using Truvia and top the cake with that..... No sugar

Yummmmmm..........sounds good to me

[Ivy]

I walked 1/2 hour today, today, all at one time, had no asthma, wasn't winded or light-headed at all. The QVAR medication is a miracle for taking away asthma symptoms. I'm so happy with it.

[Harriet]

Almond flour - will have to check that out at the healthy foods store. Buying half-and-half for such a small use will probably bug me. (I'm so cheap! I will probably try whole milk since the boys drink that.) Otherwise, should be easy to try!

I ate exclusively from Cruise's "Quick Meals" book yesterday for a total of 6 grams of sugar.

30 minutes workout yesterday.

Ivy, yes, then I see that you are doing the right thing to stay away from much sunshine - I was wondering about the possibility of outdoor allergens. Oh, well. Good job building up the walking.

Nancy, even mowing the neighbor's yard? You are leaving me in the dust!

HRH has lost 9 pounds in 3 months, according to dr. today. He's interested in the new book, VB6: Eat Vegan Until 6:00 by Mark Bittman the famous chef. Bittman's dr told him he should become a vegan but he lives/works in a world of all types of cooking. So he found a way to try part-time and still improve his health.

[Cowinkie]

I just got off my Gazelle. Did my two miles. Didn't take meds to sleep last night and didn't sleep very well. Debating on whether I will try to go without again tonight. Too many "off" nights are really bad for me, so will make the decision based on how I feel when I go to bed tonight.

Ate well yesterday and got in all my water. Harriet...I by the 1/2 and 1/2 to use in my morning coffee. It is a treat to myself since I don't do smoothies or ice cream. I usually alternate days that I use it. I like my coffee black so I can drink it either way.

Chopped all my veggies up yesterday so I am set for the next few days.

[Nancy]

Walked one mi. pushing baby in stroller and going up & down stairs my ex. today.

[Cowinkie]

Eat on my plan and rode my Gazelle 2.5 miles. Going to eat a chicken salad for dinner...too hot for much more