YUMBILINA

Made a delightful conncoction tonight... . 

5 oz white wine

1 pound of shrimp

 half a sweet onion

 2 green onions

1/2 a red pepper

1/4 cup mushroom

1 zuchini

2 tablespoons roasted garlic

a few handfuls cilantro

a lime

2 roma tomatos

salt and pepper to taste

spray pan with  pam olive oil

when pan is warm  add shrimp

wine and garlic saute Do NOT overcook SHRIMP

remove shrimp from heat reserve any left over liquid and pour back in pain

prior to this I used my ninja chopper,  on all the veggies..

I then took the mixture with the resevered liquid from the shrimp and put it back in the pan and sauted the veggies up.. it took about 5 minutes as the veggies were finally chopped.. then I added the shrimp back in warmed it all up.. served steaming hot in bowls.. and it was a wonderful dinner...

Other wise its all good.. my last day of pt was today and tomorrow at 530 I am up and ready for the gym..

NEW ADDITIONS

As I mentioned before I am loving my sports blender.. serious passionate love..

I am even more in love with my new Ninja Chopper...  I made a wonderful strawberry and mango puree ( the mango was frozen cubes... and with the fresh strawberries created a slushy natural delight... Steve and I shared it.. and he loved it.. I loved when he said you know we now have all sorts of possibilities with this not only with fruits but think of the salsa we can make to accompany chicken  or something  there are a world of possibilities... i was just thinking more of an easy chopping device.. Gotta keep my hands of the jalepenos... no more chemical burns for me... and I was thinking of the fruit and other veggies too..

We took a great motorcycle ride around the city .. it was fun.. and came home.. doing the usual house stuff now and taking it easy..
Been a sweet day..

Othewise back to the grind tomorrow...
starting the day with the gym and a homemade smoothie.. and then its off to workie we go..

POSITIVE THINGS

It is always good to do positive changes... .  When I go to the gym which is now 5 day  a week.. .or 3 days if I am going to PT as well... because I exercise in PT as well.. bike  etc...   I strive for better goals each time... Yesterday at the gym .. I had a great work out.. everything was in my favor..  7 miles,  great on rpms and heart rate up for over 20 minutes as well as increasing my time by 5 minutes.. 35 minutes now.. Eventually I will be riding the bike 45 -60 minutes..   Doing more stretching and yoga style moves to help with my balance issues and build strength in core muscles..  I feel pretty good.. have had some pain issues.. but we did some new therapies today and I feel a bit better... All in all its great...

I am enjoyng my Oster sports blender.. made a  great smoothie for breakfast... 195 calories of pure goodness... good alternative to the premade shakes~

In other news.. life is good.. and happy its Friday!

A WHOLE MESS OF STUFF ..

Sometimes I get so amazed that a simple movement can relieve pain.. I had PT early this morning and we went over some new stretches and exercises to help me build strength... Already sans the leg brace about a little over a month now.. I can walk down steps using both feet instead of just leading with the right foot.. that is  a nice acomplishment.. my pain levels in my foot are now managable.. the neck and shoulder are getting better.. I have a 4 hour pain patch on now... and will take that off this afternoon... I have new posture exercises to work on... and for the first time in about a year I am going to take one of my pups for a short walk... ( don't want to press my luck too much)  ..
I am really enjoying these shakes   ~ 150 calories and 13 grams protein make for a good breakfast.. ~ courtesey of my buddy ALLAN 


 He is a super person in my opinion...  he is my go to person for ideas that might help make this journey just a little easier.. He is is smart guy that has lost ... well.. lets just say he has lost a person in size.. well over 150 pounds... so in my book he is a good resource... and he is no bullshitter so if you are afraid of the truth... don't read him... if you like wit and honesty... then he is a great read.. I wish he did  not feel he had to explain himself all the time..  I feel bad about that for him..but I guess he just wants to make it clear where he comes from.. and what you will get if you read him......

So at the PTs office today I was realizing that a simple move.. a simple action can create relief.. you can apply that too food as well.. any simple action you make regarding eating can create relief... by that I mean if you chose not to eat something that is n ot healthy for you and opt to eat something that is healthy .. you give your body something needs.. if you give your body something it needs.. something with vitamins in it.. or fiber or protein then your body repays you by working better.  It is the small things that lead to the bigger things I do believe.. Again I will use my progress in the last couple weeks as an example.. last week my hip was causing me horrible pain... it was do to over extension when exercising for cardio on the bike... but doing stretches specifically for that area.. consistently over the past week.. has helped relieve this issue..Everything leads to the big thing... feeling good...

I Love to peruse blogs... sometimes I leave a comment something I just read... sometimes I am baffled.. and sometimes I am impressed...   I am impressed by those who have lost and successfully kept of a good amount of weight...  I am baffled by those that are morbidly obese yet they still think even a child size milk shake is an okay food to eat... .. just cut down but eat the same pollution they have always eaten... I am not saying they won't lose weight.. but slowly I am learning.. that when you eat the healthier foods .. the more volume rich foods ... like a good arugala salad with chopped veggies an a light dressing ... how filling it because you are chewing and crunching ( NO CRUTONS !!!!  VEGGIES) .. and getting filled up on good things.. I prefer a low cal and low fat ranch dressing... and I also like balsamic vinegarete as well...  I love to eat sugar snap beans and carrots... I love the world possibilites in working with raw and frozen veggies... early peas in said salad...  edamame in said salad.. etc.. all good for you and filling...

The reality is when you drink that milkshake.. or eat those fries.. or that honeybun or whatever.. it just goes in and comes out and leaves artery clogging residue behind.  ..
I am living to not be a statistic...
I am Fighting to manage pain..

IF ONLY

IF THIS WERE REALLY TRUE  and I do not doubt that  iin some way it might  be true.... how nice it would be  EAT YOUR CAKE AND LOSE WEIGHT  oh and here is more .. uhm  food for thought....
These theories are shaking up the diet industry .. I have often talked about Fork over Knives..  ( check it out on the internet if you have not seen it...FORKS OVER KNIVES  anyways one of the doctors featured in the documentary is Dr. John Mcdougall..   here is his lastest book that  will be out in May... I think a lot of people will be freaked out by this info.. especially those who are huge Adkin's believers.. etc...  Dr. John McDougall    check his website out... We are not ready to be Vegans yet.. so we try to stick to a more plant based diet .. and  meats are smaller portions..

GOT UP this am.. did the gym... had my breakfast ( Carnation NSA  Essentials premade shake)   .. we went chinese for lunch I ate chicken and veggies.. was not super hungry so I did not eat too much.. Tonite we are creating Chicken with Zuchini and bowtie pasta in a light tomato sauce... its more of a summer dish but I like how easy it is to make..  here is the link to the recipe  SHRIMP WITH ZUCHINI AND BOWTIE PASTA

  LOOKS GOOD !

 I have become a huge fan of  arugala and chopping up all types of veggies to make a rockin' salad... might pair that with dinner tonight or save it for tomorrow night.. so Yum...

Staying in the 1200 to 1300 range... don't feel that comfortable with the exta 100 calories but I am trying to stick to the test results and see what happens.. if I keep feeling this way I am going to ask them to revise things a little and ..  just keep it at between 1100 and 1200..

Hope Monday is treating you well...

ACK JALEPENO DISASTER

Made a great dinner much to my detriment...   from now on... I wear gloves when working with these deadly little green things... I had never used them before.. tonight was the first time.. so I had no idea what  a raw Jalepeno could do to me... I cut up two of them.. washed my hands about 3 times.. about 30 minutes later my fingers were on fire.. two hours later the inside of my nose was on fire.. ( apparently I had inhaled some of the oil from the back of my hand when I  rubbed my nose...
Eventually found that lime juice and greek yogurt helped significantly with the  pain.. both up my nose.( minute amounts) and slathered all over my hands... shit I was a mess... the dinner was suberb though but not sure if it is worth the pain lol...

DAY 2 DONE...

 feel good... and feel focused.. that being said.. believe me it would be far easier to feed my pain right now.. have had a rough pain day today .. lots of chest pain ( part of fibromyalgia)  I have great excuses to eat things that will not benefit my body..  oh and for the record I just read that the Jalepenos are great to reduce inflammation and help with  ta da  FIBRO .. shit.. no thanks.. LOL... anyways.. as I was saying.. I could do so much more damage to my body if I wanted... the reality... feeding this old body of mine healthy food.. is a good thing... trying new recipes... with my husband ... is actually fun... seeing him enjoying new dishes.. makes me happy..   We are making a keepr list  of recipes... tomorrow we go back to the  store to reload on our cilantro .. tomatos and other assorted  veggies.. made a fantastic salad tonight arugala  red peppers  scallions, cucumbers brocoli slaw...  dressing on the side... have plenty for tomorrow nights meal... either salmon , chicken or turkey burgers not sure which we are doing...

For Steve's  60th bday in May .. I bought him an early gift a  Traeger Grill   ... YUM  have had some great chicken off of this.. even tasted a steak that Steve made... totally delicous... looking forward to trying fish on it next...  and grillling lots of veggies on it too .. .

Here is THURSDAYS DINNER CILANTRO LIME SHRIMP

TONIGHTS MENU   CILANTRO LIME TILAPIA TACOS 

YAY FOR THURSDAY!!

So I went to my meeting  and took the RMR... it came across with some suprising news  in fact so suprise my doc was even surprised as well as the nutritionist.. too.. she is a tiny little person and told me my metabolism was better than hers even... So this was a positive.. everything else came out as expected.. still have to keep up with the potassium supliments as well as getting 76 grams of  protein and including extra  potassium rich foods in the plan... to make it really simple.. we decided that I will count calories and  protein... keeping my calories at 1300 or below and making sure to get in the protein in that calorie range which  is easy..

was glad to hear I can still use plant based protein  as I digest that so much easier... so I am working with that as well.. all and all it will not be an easy road.. goals are set... I am focused and I feel good...