It Rained and poured

                               

   Some times you have to be careful what you ask for.  We asked for rain and a cool breeze.  We got 6 inches and straight line winds that knocked down a 100 year old church and a pig confinment barn letting a few hundred of the beasts loose.  It knocked down the already too dry corn,  it flooded streets, but it rained and it is cooler today.  So nice in fact that I am going to actually cook in the house today.  Spagetti!  

   I have still been reading the WW materials.  I am getting the points things down which works great with prepared foods, but I can't figure out homemade.   I usually make my spagetti using a jar and then adding mushrooms, garlic, sausage etc...  I use low fat turkey sausage and then I also use wheat noodles.  How to figure that out?  Do I do it all individually?

     This is what I always hated about a structured diet plan.  When I first started my weight loss journey I said I would never diet again, just eat healthy and eat proper portions plus exercise.  It worked great at first.  The weight came off,  I felt better, no problem. 

   We really don't eat bad ever now.  I never fry, I always use the right oils, we use turkey and low fat everything and all grain.  I try to cook from scratch except for my meals at work and I eat a ton of salad.  I don't use real sugar and actually like sugar free jello.  Never was a pop drinker, so why has my weight loss stopped and gone back to gaining?  The usually problem.  Portion control.   I eat to much at one sitting. I need to get that under control again.  If it means getting out my measuring cup again, so be it.  I will do it.  I will also start keeping a food journal again.  I did it for a long time and just stopped.  Oh to be rich and just tell the cook.  Cook healthy meals and keep me at 1200 to 1400 calories a day.  Lock the kitchen and don't let me in. 

   Anyway, enough of my diet woes.   I am feeling pretty good after my bike trek from hell yesterday.   I did wake up at 5 am with a bad charlie horse, but other then that I have no ill effects.  My godlike husband however actually is sore and his back is out.  The thing is he usually suffers in silence.  I like to share my misery.  Keeping my mouth flapping gets my mind off my lungs screaming for air.  Truth is my body had no trouble with doing the 26 miles, it was my lungs.  Years of smoking and now the asthma have taken their toll.  I will never, never again go on a ride when it is that hot and humid. 

    My son is also sore today after his first night back.  They took it easy on him and everyone was happy to see him but 10 hours is hard.  After 8 he really had a bad time but he made it and is off today.  His leg is pretty swollen and I told me to wear the support hose tomorrow.

    Here is a neat poem I got off of Dottys WW board.  Its cute.

                                        God/Satan poem?

In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth and populated the Earth with broccoli, cauliflower and spinach, green and yellow and red vegetables of all kinds, so Man and Woman would live long and healthy lives.

Then using God's great gifts, Satan created Ice Cream and Donuts. And Satan said, "You want chocolate with that?" And Man said, "Yes!" and Woman said, "and as long as you're at it, add some sprinkles." And they gained 10 pounds.

So God said, "Try my fresh green salad." and said, "It is good." And Satan presented Thousand-Island Dressing, buttery croutons and garlic toast on the side. And Man and Woman unfastened their belts following the repast.

God then said, "I have sent you heart healthy vegetables and olive oil in which to cook them." and said, "It is good." And Satan brought forth deep fried fish and chicken-fried steak so big it needed its own platter. And Man gained more weight and his cholesterol went through the roof.

God then created a light, fluffy white cake, named it "Angel Food Cake," and said, "It is good." Satan then created chocolate cake and named it "Devil's Food."

God then brought forth running shoes so that His children might lose those extra pounds and said, "It is good." And Satan gave cable TV with a remote control so Man would not have to toil changing the channels. And Man and Woman laughed and cried before the flickering blue light and gained pounds.

Then God brought forth the potato, naturally low in fat and brimming with nutrition and said, "It is good." And Satan peeled off the healthful skin and sliced the starchy center into chips and deep-fried them. And Man gained pounds.

God then gave lean beef so that Man might consume fewer calories and still satisfy his appetite and said, "It is good." And Satan created the 99-cent double cheeseburger. Then said, "You want fries with that?" And Man replied, "Yes! And super size them!" And Man went into cardiac arrest.

God sighed and created quadruple bypass surgery and said, "It is good." Then Satan created HMOs.