Oh Crap! – Musings of an Unperfect Mommy

Looking Ahead…

October 17, 2013

…to my next thyroid and cholesterol check in February. Bleh. At least I think they’ll check both then. I kind of forgot that I was supposed to be working on getting my cholesterol under control. But I was really thinking about it today (Because I’m sure as hell not adding any more meds into my repertoire!) and I know I have to make dietary changes. Although, to my credit, I already have been. I’ve been an avid label reader for awhile and am choosing lower salt and cholesterol processed foods (the few I do eat), but I’m still not into the fruit and vegetable vibe and I know I have to get into it. So…I caved. I watched Hungry Girl this morning. :-O

I really don’t like many of her recipes because they seem to rely heavily on processed foods – including those awful low fat ones. I’m more of a whole foods girl – preferring to eat foods the way God made them – so I refuse to eat low fat cheese slices which have more chemical ingredients than you can imagine. I’ll opt for smaller portions of real cheese. After considering that I do need to change my ways, I watched this morning to see what she had to offer. And there were a couple of good things – kale “chips” and butternut squash fries (baked actually). I could do those!

So, I signed up for her e-mails and looked around at the archives – what I found out wasn’t pretty. All those Starbucks drinks I’ve been sucking down? Yeah, loaded with fat and calories! Somehow I seem to be oblivious to those coffee drinks and pretend that they are calorie free I guess. But they aren’t, so I’m going to have to really stick to ONE a week and that’s it. There was a lot of other good information on making better food choices so I think I’ll stick with it for awhile. Maybe Hungry Girl won’t be so bad after all and I might even learn something. It would probably be even better to write down my downfall foods and find “swaps” for those that are healthier. I need all the help I can get!

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On October 19, 2013 at 1:17 AM, dxprog said:

I TOLD you those coffees were the product of Satan. Case in point: http://i.imgur.com/guxJNzK.png

On October 22, 2013 at 1:29 AM, java_queen said:

*rolling eyes*

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