I have now been caffeine an saccharin free for almost 3 weeks. Wow!! The caffeine thing is kicking mt butt. I have been using Splenda to sweeten things and have been really careful with what I am eating. I have only been doing fresh fruits, veggies, chicken, lean pork and yogurt.
I have had to switch to 1% lowfat yogurt- so it would not have the artificial sweetener- and it holds my hunger much better.
My scale is still a few pounds down so that is good. Here is to a great week!

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Here is some good news, especially for me who looovvvees any type of nut. Macadamia nuts are now being given the thumbs up and should be included among other nuts that have qualified health claims.
Included in a heart healthy diet, macadamia nuts did reduce total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein and triglyceride levels.
Up to this point, macadamia nuts as well as Brazil nuts and cashews were not included in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s list of nuts with qualified health claims due to their saturated fat level of 6g per 50 grams of nuts and the cut off being 4 …read more

In the first study that followed children through their developmental years into their teens, more proof that we need to educate our youth on good nutrition, exercise and risk factors associated with heart disease.
Young children who lead inactive lifestyles are five-to-six times more likely to be at serious risk of heart disease, with that degree of danger emerging as early as their teenage years, according to a new study by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
It is so important to get our kids out there and off the couch. Let them pick a sport, any …read more

Well, well well… I have started jogging again. I have kept it quiet the last few weeks as I did not want to jinx myself! I have had back surgeries, 7 knee operations and countless other scopes and broken bones and such- athlete my whole life. I am feeling good for the most part. I do have some minor aches and pains but I can deal with them. It feels so darn good to run again. I am slow, 10 minute mile, but I smile the whole darn time.
Bloodsugars have continued to be good as well, between 78 and 110. …read more

Ok thank goodness, my exercising butt has kicked it into high gear and I lost those pesky few pounds that I had gained over the last week. My bloodsugar numbers were 93, 101 and 88. And I also made sure that my nutrition got back on track. Whew!
Breakfast- 1/2 apple and a small glass of skim milk.
Lunch- 4 piece chicken nuggets and a half of a banana.
Snack- handful of raisins.
Dinner- scrambled eggs, turkey bacon, fruit.
And my walk was long and glorious. I also did my sit ups, push up, and weights. Let’s hope I can keep on track. Here is …read more

Well, we are feeling better for the most part around my house. My middle daughter is still hurtin’ a little. Her “belly still hurrrrtttsss”. We are almost back to normal though, as normal as we can be, haha.
My bloodsugars are back on track as well. I was 101 last night and 94 and 98 today. I ate a vanilla low carb yogurt for breakfast and I was oh so bad at lunch. I was embarrassingly bad. I met my hubby for lunch. You see during all that sickness over the weekend, he was on a 6 day golf outing with …read more