Slippin and Slidin......

back into the sugar and wheat habit. This, the beginning of the third month, I have just been sneaking sugar into my diet.  Come on organic gummy bears?  I stopped 3/4 the way through. Mini chocolate chips on my frozen banana?  Come on, that's a poor excuse.  A dove promise every day???  Wheat pancakes, spaghetti noodles and garlic bread??  No wonder I feel full and bloated tonight.  I HATE that feeling-the full feeling.  So on this the 3rd day of August; back on the healthy eating plan or all the hard work will be for naught.

Dieted Out?

Since I wrote on my other blog that I am blogged out, I can't even think of what to write here either.  The diet is moving along still-some sugar with the mini choc. chips and banana now, but not to worry-haven't gained any weight-lost a little.  Still not feeling quite right even though my Cat Scan came out normal. Bought a bathing suit on sale at Land's End so I can get through the winter at the pool.  That chlorine is rough on the bathing suits.  And there you have it.  Inspiring right?  NOT!!! 

Accepted

After, let's see, four months I finally feel like "one of the girls" in the pool's river walk.  These ladies have been at it for a couple of years-they all know each other and talk while walking.  Well, since I talk and SWIM, I don't get to know them as much.  But we are talking now a bit and I am slowly getting to know their names.  Some of them KNOW everything about EVERYBODY.  I don't need to know all that, just want to be friendly, you know what I mean?  Everyone exercises in the river walk a little differently; some slower than others especially, as I've mentioned, when they all walk and talk together.  It is like a log jam in the pool.  Mondays are the worse day; everybody is there. No swimming today-I was up in the night with the storm;  so slept in this morning.  I will be up and at 'em tomorrow.  

Fresh Veggies

Since I have been feeling somewhat better this week (could the Lord have cured me?-all things are possible!) I have been eating more; which makes me more interested in food.  I am sure I have gained a few pounds back, so I concentrated on the fresh veggies at the Ann Arbor Farmer's Market.  I have to say, I forgot how much I loved it there.  It is open Wednesday and Saturdays and beside the few plants I bought-we did buy some little baby potatoes and some other things.  I put them in plastic freezer zip-lock bags and close them almost all the way and then suck the air out with a straw and finish zipping them up.  They stay fresher and don't get as bruised plus taking up less room the refrigerator.  Didn't feel too good after my Cat Scan today; all the contrast I drank really made me sick.  So we will enjoy some tomorrow. We left some apricots, peaches and tomatoes out to ripen.  

Demonstration with these cute little squash

Ah.....all the air gone

Baby cukes

Peaches: this system really helps keep the peaches from bruising

Green and yellow beans; yummy fresh!

                           

Wheat

                             
Well, the headaches are back full force and I was thinking I have slowly been eating more and more wheat, and I am having bad headaches again.  There seems to be no rhyme or reason to them, except July and August are always bad-you know it's the summer harvest of wheat. I was eating wheat-free crackers and pancakes and ran out of them, so starting eating the wheat versions of the same food.  I don't know but I think it's worth it to try it.  There was a time about a month ago, I didn't have a headache for about 3 weeks.  Now if I could just leave the dark chocolate alone......

Venison

I think we are going to have some Venison for Thanksgiving, Christmas....it will probably last us all winter :) They should be nice and fat after eating our grass, plants and fallen apples all summer! Anyone have any good Venison recipes??

Now here's a guilty look if I ever saw one!!

You guys are getting mighty close to the plants there!

Say what????

Oh yea just graze away!

Coming back for a few more apples

                   

Potent Quotable

                                                             

"He has taken me to his banquet hall and his banner over me is love....strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples.  Song of Songs 2: 4-5

"For the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."  Galations 5: 22-23