StephiCat's Journal, 18 March 2014

3/18/2014 2:57 AM

What to write about today.

I had way too much sodium yesterday. Sigh. I didn’t do it on purpose. I was trying to pour just a smidge of dressing on my salad when a whole glob just poured out.

I think I’m going to learn how to make my own dressings.

I still probably don’t eat enough. Food has become a challenge a chore. It’s something I have to do. It’s not something I enjoy. But to be truly honest, I don’t think I ever enjoyed it. In the back of my mind has been this running conversation for as long as I can remember, am I going to get enough; am I eating enough; is this healthy; is that healthy; this isn’t good for me; that isn’t good for me; I don’t like the way this tastes; that takes too long to cook; it’ll spoil before I finish it and I’ll have wasted my money; you can’t throw away good food; etc, etc, etc. Heavy sigh, and now that I’m diabetic the rules and requirements are more stringent.

Enough of that! I refuse to feel sorry for myself. It is what it is; deal with it.

I decided to throw away my TV yesterday. I’ve been thinking about doing that for a long time. I don’t consider it particularly entertaining and if I want news, I can get it on the internet.

I figured my time could be better spent on things I love like drawing and writing, and on beings I love like my cats, family and friends.

I started the Exercise 5 X per week challenge yesterday. I signed up and everything but I can’t figure out how to record exercises done so it shows up in the challenge ‘cause I exercised yesterday. I entered into my exercise calendar but it didn’t log in the challenge. I must be doing something wrong but I can’t figure out what it is.

I woke up an hour early this morning and now I’m starting to feel sleepy. This is very annoying because I tried to fall back asleep for 30 minutes and my mind was wide awake. It just would not go back to sleep. And I can’t even remember what I was thinking about. I wasn’t worrying. If I had been, I would have been journaling about that; and as you can see, my entry has been all over the place this morning.

3:24 AM

Diet Calendar Entries for 18 March 2014:
1257 kcal Fat: 84.04g | Prot: 47.01g | Carb: 92.10g.   Breakfast: Kirkland Signature Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar, Cooked Spaghetti Squash, Pesto Sauce. Lunch: Wal-Mart Iceberg Salad. Dinner: Chili, Egg Omelet or Scrambled Egg. Snacks/Other: Low Sodium Peanut Butter, Russell Stover Sugar Free Chocolate Covered Peanuts, Kirkland Signature Chocolate Chip Chewy Granola Bar, Peanuts. more...
3553 kcal Activities & Exercise: Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...


Comments 
I learned a neat trick for using less dressing on my salads - I put the dressing in a separate little cup, then I dip my fork in the dressing, then I take a bite of salad. You get a taste of dressing in every bite and it helps me not to over indulge on dressing!  
18 Mar 14 by member: Reeserose
I kind of did something similar today. I used my fork to spoon dressing onto the salad. I don't think I got more than a teaspoonful of salad today; and I spent the day without the heart flutters; so that really helped with the sodium. 
19 Mar 14 by member: StephiCat
I've started using just plain Balsamic Vinegar as a salad dressing. Sometimes I'll make a simple vinegarette with olive oil and some spices. I tend to really like the flavor profile of Balsamic. My favorites are the Gold Label (square bottle) at Trader Joes or a brand that I buy online. I LOVE the brand I buy online because he has a lot of flavors. My favorites are the fig and the cherry. I'll drizzle it on roasted veggies too. I'm not spamming for this company - I just really really love his products. Came across the line a few years ago at an arts and crafts fair. If you'd like the name, just post and I'll list it. I've found that a good quality balsamic is thick -- almost like maple syrup. I know it has some sugars in it -- but it's replacing a lot of fats in my diet like butter on the veggies and mayo based dressings on my salad.  
19 Mar 14 by member: Vickie 5966
Whoops -- forgot to mention that the other reason I use balsamic a lot is that it's substantially lower in sodium. My DH has high BP so I really try to keep an eye on his sodium intake.  
19 Mar 14 by member: Vickie 5966

     
 

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