Sunday, Week 8:

GOD wants our best, deserves our best and demands our best!  Praise God!

Week 1 through Week 7, I started on this "Get Healthy" journey.  I began taking the prescribed vitamins and thyroid medications advised by my Endocrinologist.  I started using the LIVESTRONG.COM website to track my food intake.  I did not feel well enough to start an exercise program.  But now, starting Week 8 I am feeling better.  I have lost 17 lbs. and I am ready to take it to the next level.

Today:  I am trying to do better and be better each and every day.  Today was a fabulous and restful day.  After worship, the family ate at Gringo's.   Eating out is no problem now.  After a few weeks using LIVESTRONG.COM I have come to know how many calories are in the foods I am choosing to eat and I am able to make better choices.  Today I ate 2 ribs, 2 shrimp, and 1 wrapped fajita.  I make a light lemonade to drink; water with Splenda and lemon to taste.

What better way to spend the rest of the Lord's day than to have the family come to the house and spend the day playing and napping with the grand baby.  Arianna is 4 weeks old!!

Calorie Goal: 1,582  Calories Consumed: 1,477  Calories Burned: 0 Net Calories: 1,477

Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Breakfast Eggs Over Easy	1.00	175	16g	243mg	179mg	1g	0g	0g	6g
Mrs Baird's Honey Wheat Bread	1.00	80	1g	0mg	110mg	14g	3g	1g	3g
Sheddsspread Country Crock	1.00	35	4g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Welch's Light Grape Juice New Welch's Light Grape Juice	1.00	50	0g	0mg	80mg	13g	12g	0g	0g
Lunch Pork Ribs	1.00	240	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
bacon wrapped shrimp	2.00	48	1g	41mg	416mg	2g	1g	0g	8g
Fajitas	1.00	350	4g	20mg	640mg	43g	4g	5g	14g
Snack after Lunch Frozen Popsicles	1.00	50	0g	0mg	5mg	12g	12g	0g	0g
Dinner Talapia	1.00	147	6g	50mg	434mg	3g	1g	1g	21g
Orval Kent Green Beans In A Mushroom Sauce	3.00	135	5g	0mg	1,920mg	18g	6g	3g	3g
Mrs Baird's Honey Wheat Bread	1.00	80	1g	0mg	110mg	14g	3g	1g	3g
Sheddsspread Country Crock	1.00	35	4g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Snack after Dinner coffee coffee	1.00	2	0g	0mg	4mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Great Value Heavy Whipping Cream	1.00	50	5g	20mg	5mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals		Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
		1,477	46g	374mg	4,013mg	119g	42g	10g	58g

Read more: http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/#ixzz1Z2LzmXAL

Inspirational Thought:

I always knew that when you exercise... you burn calories.  But I never thought about those calories as erasing that amount of calories from what you have eaten that day.  In other words, adding those calories back to your calories to eat for the day.  Woo Hoo!!  I have found a great reason to exercise.  Wish me luck!