Muscle Monday or Lack thereof,

My doctor has told me I have no core muscles, not a good thing he says........ so a big yellow ball and diagrams of sorta exercises he expects me to do was handed to me.

So this has been added to the agenda for better health.

The step thing is not working too well for me right now any way.  I'm not including them in with the tread mill. 8,000 steps is as high as I got and that was only one day.  I'm having more energy though and so I'm cleaning and rearranging my sewing room and I think that counts for me. At least I'm up and moving.  Uncovering the treadmill was the first thing I did about 2 weeks ago, again.

Danice over at http://homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com/ made the comment that it seem the older we get the harder it is to loose weight.  Well you bet your booty it is.  And I have about 20 years on her.  The more time we try to lose weight the more times our metabolism gears down and the harder it is lose weight.  Just a big circle.  Now here is where the poster that Lori had put up on her blog comes in   http://theinboxjaunt.com/2016/05/04/start-today/

This is going up on my sewing wall as encouragement to keep adding to those steps.

I'm doing real well with the elimination of sugar in my diet though. Testing recipes for flavor and nutrition throughout the week.  Actually this is my personal recipe.  While I'm not a whiz at cooking photos this was an all in one dinner that Santaman stated was real good considering it was healthy.


Salsa Verde chicken and vegetables

     1 can of mixed veggies with one chicken cube and 1/2 teaspoon turmeric , simmered until cooked         down about 1/2 way.   (do not drain)

     1 lrg. chicken breast sauteed with 1/2 onion diced in 1 tbl. spoon olive oil with garlic and parsley           to taste drain on paper towel

     1 box of cooked long grained herbed rice.

      

      Mix all prepared ingredients to bake ware and microwave til heated thoroughly to your liking.

I found this delicious sugar free Banana Bread on Pinterest.  Not one person guessed it was sugar free.

Ingredients

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• 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup splenda
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 egg
• 3 ripe bananas
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan.
• In a bowl, mash bananas; add splenda, melted butter, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder and egg until well blended.
• Stir in flour and walnuts. Mix well. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• I immediately remove from the pan and cool on a wire rack

Hugs and Blessings

I'm still excited

Morning Ladies,  Well I've been looking for healthy recipes all week and ran into another blogger that is into healthy eating and homesteading.  She was just on an self imposed sugar free 4 week challenge.  This was very interesting to me and I'm trying to take the greater part of sugar out of my food.  Years  ago, 52 to be exact, when I was 16 yrs old. I was at the doctor's office looking for help to lose weight.  His advice was simply stay away from sugar. and get up move.  I did not have a clue how much sugar  is in our food before we prepare it.    Diets only work for a long as we are on them,  I can't even hazard a guess how much weight I have gained and lost over my lifetime.  Thank God in this time we have social media to look for healthy ways to live IF we truly desire be healthy.  I'm not ever counting a calorie again.  but I will be reading labels for sugar content.  This lady has really opened my eyes.

http://taylormadehomestead.com/stupid-easy-homemade-hummus-in-minutes/

It will be a slow start, financially and physically.  Infact even mentally there has to be some changes.  But they are coming.  I'm starting to restock my pantry with the right things.  It seems expensive but I'm just adding a couple of items weekly.  Just like shopping for clothes, every recipe is not going to fit your taste.  So I'll share the thing that work for me and recipes I like.  Maybe you will like them or maybe you can tweak them to your taste. 

Two of the good finds this week are listed below.

The hummus is not attractive in appearance but is tasty and  a good alternative to some dips. I'll try and take some photos in the future.

Stupid-Easy Homemade Hummus

Ingredients:

• 1 15-oz can chickpeas, drained & rinsed (or 1.5 cups cooked dry beans)
• 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup olive oil or coconut oil
• 3 Tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon onion flakes or powder
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes (I used dehydrated jalapeno powder)
• 3 Tablespoons garbanzo bean juice
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Instructions:
Dump all ingredients into Ninja & puree until smooth & creamy, add more juice as necessary to attain desired consistency.

Enjoy immediately or refrigerate for up to a week.  Hummus will get firmer at refrigeration, so if serving cold you may want to put back an additional 2 – 3 Tablespoons of the reserved juice.

~TMH~

This is a delicious salad dressing, no calories, no sugar, fat free. carbohydrate free. gluten free, and cholesterol free.  There is no nutritional value I can see.  But is sure give a good flavor to some otherwise boring things when you are short on time.  

I actually found this in Kroger pharmacy area diabetic section.

  

I'm trying a sugar free banana bread today, I'll let you know.  Since May the 3rd when I started this I have lost 4 lbs.  I have to break the habit of weighing too often, besides it not all about the weight.

Hugs and Blessings

Dresses for Africa

Hello All,  I'm getting ready to ship the little dresses I make for missions is Africa. Thought you might like to see them.  If you interested in helping with this just let me know in the comment and I'll get the information to you.  Jan over at https://sewandsowfarm.blogspot.com shares this as well you might want to check her blog out too.

These three were my favorite of this group of dresses  the smaller the dress the cuter they seem to be.

The larger t-shirts are usually not decorated and I wanted to send some larger dress too.  But I'll keep looking for some cute ones.  If any of you have some  slightly worn t-shirts that maybe your child or grandchild have worn and would like share with me for these children I'll pay the shipping.

Say a prayer for these children, they have nothing.  And the safety of the missionaries, we are so blessed. 

Have a good evening, hugs and Blessings

Look what I found today

   Good Morning, at least it is here.  I just realized how few pictures of myself I have.  This is Christmas 2016.  And weighing in at 230 lbs.

May the 2 was my 68th birthday.  It was the first day of the rest of my healthy life. I spent the day looking for healthy recipes and ideas to make this new life possible.  And low and behold look what I found today. 

http://theinboxjaunt.com/2016/05/02/quilt-and-exercise-challenge-one-run-for-the-roses/

  While this is short term it will help me establish goals and good habits for the long term goal. That would be to weight 175 lbs. by next May 2, my current weight is 224 lbs.  I'm a type two diabetic and already have a heart stint.  My doctor said this is doable.  And gave me the go ahead.  God has things for me to do according to his purpose and I can't do them if I don't start taking care of the body he gave me.  While it is about the pounds there is so much more involved.  I’m going to blog about this to help me be more accountable.   I will do that on every Monday.  Hope you follow along, I don't want to be talking to myself.  I will share the best recipe of the week.  And tips that work for me as I find them.  Would love to hear any that you have tried and worked for you. 

1. This weeks goal is to learn to work the pedometer I located on my phone, and apply the “my fitness” app.
2. stick to 3 meals a day 2 small snacks (diabetic)
3. Treadmill Tues and Thursday and Sat. 10 min.

I’m so happy to have found this, I’ll take all the help God wants to send my way.  Thank you Lori....be sure and visit the link above, Lori is a magnificent quilter and reaches out to help others with her tutorials.  She also has some classes on http://www.craftsy.com/

Blessings and Hugs

http://theinboxjaunt.com/2016/05/02/quilt-and-exercise-challenge-one-run-for-the-roses/

  While this is short term it will help me establish goals and good habits for the long term goal. That would be to weight 175 lbs. by next May 2, my current weight is 224 lbs.  I'm a type two diabetic and already have a heart stint.  My doctor said this is doable.  And gave me the go ahead.  God has things for me to do according to his purpose and I can't do them if I don't start taking care of the body he gave me.  While it is about the pounds there is so much more involved.  I’m going to blog about this to help me be more accountable.   I will do that on every Monday.  Hope you follow along, I don't want to be talking to myself.  I will share the best recipe of the week.  And tips that work for me as I find them.  Would love to hear any that you have tried and worked for you. 

1. This weeks goal is to learn to work the pedometer I located on my phone, and apply the “my fitness” app.
2. stick to 3 meals a day 2 small snacks (diabetic)
3. Treadmill Tues and Thursday and Sat. 10 min.

I’m so happy to have found this, I’ll take all the help God wants to send my way.  Thank you Lori....be sure and visit the link above, Lori is a magnificent quilter and reaches out to help others with her tutorials.  She also has some classes on http://www.craftsy.com/

Blessings and Hugs

 While this is short term it will help me establish goals and good habits for the long term goal. That would be to weight 175 lbs. by next May 2, my current weight is 224 lbs.  I'm a type two diabetic and already have a heart stint.  My doctor said this is doable.  And gave me the go ahead.  God has things for me to do according to his purpose and I can't do them if I don't start taking care of the body he gave me.  While it is about the pounds there is so much more involved.  I’m going to blog about this to help me be more accountable.   I will do that on every Monday.  Hope you follow along, I don't want to be talking to myself.  I will share the best recipe of the week.  And tips that work for me as I find them.  Would love to hear any that you have tried and worked for you. 

1. This weeks goal is to learn to work the pedometer I located on my phone, and apply the “my fitness” app.
2. stick to 3 meals a day 2 small snacks (diabetic)
3. Treadmill Tues and Thursday and Sat. 10 min.

I’m so happy to have found this, I’ll take all the help God wants to send my way.  Thank you Lori....be sure and visit the link above, Lori is a magnificent quilter and reaches out to help others with her tutorials.  She also has some classes on http://www.craftsy.com/

Blessings and Hugs

http://theinboxjaunt.com/2016/05/02/quilt-and-exercise-challenge-one-run-for-the-roses/

  While this is short term it will help me establish goals and good habits for the long term goal. That would be to weight 175 lbs. by next May 2, my current weight is 224 lbs.  I'm a type two diabetic and already have a heart stint.  My doctor said this is doable.  And gave me the go ahead.  God has things for me to do according to his purpose and I can't do them if I don't start taking care of the body he gave me.  While it is about the pounds there is so much more involved.  I’m going to blog about this to help me be more accountable.   I will do that on every Monday.  Hope you follow along, I don't want to be talking to myself.  I will share the best recipe of the week.  And tips that work for me as I find them.  Would love to hear any that you have tried and worked for you. 

1. This weeks goal is to learn to work the pedometer I located on my phone, and apply the “my fitness” app.
2. stick to 3 meals a day 2 small snacks (diabetic)
3. Treadmill Tues and Thursday and Sat. 10 min.

I’m so happy to have found this, I’ll take all the help God wants to send my way.  Thank you Lori....be sure and visit the link above, Lori is a magnificent quilter and reaches out to help others with her tutorials.  She also has some classes on http://www.craftsy.com/

Blessings and Hugs