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Great going!!! I enjoy being useful too. HUGS!!

Thanks Rosey for saying that.... what a beautiful day it is, got my hair cut, and bought a new product that has brought out my natural curl alot... I seldom do this, so it is a red letter day fro me, I am putting myself first for a change of pace!!
did my wii again, I am almsot up to 27 hrs now. love it! did almost 45 min this am. cannot go to fitness center, but should be!! for my water therapy!
B: oats and a banana, plain tea
celery as a snack, as I packed up to leave for appts today
L: home again, and it will be my veggies soup with some barley, quinoa cooked in it and some brown rice added.

Not to bad of a day after all!
dinner was more of my soup, and snack was a few of my homemade vegan cookies, a no no!! but at least they were vegan right?
I have an uncle back in ICU and I am praying for him, to make it bak home ok!!

not too bad of a day today. started out so good, had my usual oats with fruit, then added some toast with apple butter, hit the fitness center too... walked the dog at the park, had my veggie soup for lunch, and dinner had a huge green salad. then DH had an emotional melt down for various reasons, and I had to eat some crackers, Now I feel awful.... will survive it all!!

have not posted since Wednesday, and all has not been so well.... but not to worry, McDougall revenge has kicked in to set me straight and my tummy revolting and so on, has me again convinced of this WOE. and I only went off plan a bit today.
I will learn and learn and learn again til I get it straight! this is my body, my stomach and my mind, that knows what to do.
eating a lot of veggies that I store up in the frig and lost of potatoes too.
Husband is going to start a new eating regime after the holidays... tonight I gave him some tacquitos fresh from the oven, asked me for sour cream and I said we had some vegan sour cream and he said no to that!! how odd........ and they did not tempt me at all... but left over spaghetti did... and that made me so sick too. never again.

Got to the fitness center 2x this week, and felt so good there. this is the way to health for me, will not turn my back on what is so good for me. Others may tempt me, but I will not do it!

Wow, how fantastic your husband is going to start up after the Holidays! I hope he knows that is impressive as many spouses are not inclined to join up and get healthy too. Meanwhile be strong, I messed up too today -- OMG, chocolate candies invaded my house and made me eat them. I'll be having the tummy revolt soon too -- already having insomnia due to the extreme sugar, I think. We will learn -- at some point

HUGS Carrolynne.

thanks lmggallagher and Rosey!! Yes, my tummy was still acting up this morning, it was almost like a 21 gun salute of all the discomfort I was having...
Going to make a 3 hr drive to see my fav. uncle who is now in a regular room at a hos in MD!! My aunt keeps warning me to expect to see the same man, as he is now so thin, and gaunt, it was teh liver disease that is running its course now. sooooooo....
glad I got my liver enz back to normal due to this WOE... its takes 5 yrs for the liver to be a new liver, and I am going to do it! I simply refuse to let high fatty foods kill my liver, I refuse, I refuse. The fatty liver disease is on the rise too, due to all the fast food nations out there! I really hope that this trip will convince my Dh of it too!!
In the end all we can do is save ourselves and never anyone else of anything.....
And I am doing this for me, and not anyone else!!
you all have a good day out there! and stay the path of McDougalling too!
Looking so forward to my appt with the vegan doctor on Monday too!

That is what I forgot to put on my list on my blog. I got told almost 4 years ago that I had a fatty liver. I'm not having any issues with it as long as I stick to this way of eating. Isn't it great. Get feeling better lady.

wow, Rosey, that is so cool, and I am betting on this WOE to cure our lives both of us. did you have the biopsy then? I had 2 liver scans that both said suspect fatty liver!! but now that my enz have come way way down to low normal, I am hoping that all is well in that organ. But it does take 5 yrs to completely rejuvenate itself I have been told ... so I am on my way anyway. Refuse to let it get that bad all the way to what my dear uncle has... it is very sobering and I believe that DH feels the same way too.
take care and have a good day to all out there in the McD land of good health.
Yesterday I had my oats, and 2 salads while the rest of them were eating horrid drippy fried chicken wings I was eating plain salad, and frozen veggies!! (in hospital cafeteria )
BF broiled grapefruit, and a parsley and cilantro smoothie, so good!! with some mango,banana and pineapple, green apple and some coconut milk and flax meal added too
oatmeal waiting in the wings and ready for lunch after church I think!

haven't posted in a few days again, but have been at it big time!! my days have been well good food wise! As always oatmeal in the morning, with some fruit, and a potato, reheated up. make it to the fitness center, or walk the dog or something to loosen up my joints.
I have made up something new yesterday and today!! Nori rolls, or kimbops as they said in Korea! it was so easy to make them up!! and they were a big hit with DS too!! then today I got some beautiful collard greens, so I made up some collard warps, making up my own hummus too. I have a new gift from DS, the immersible blender and it worked wonders in a metal bowl with the chick peas and some red pepper and one clove of garlic, I added a tiny bit of lemon juice and then only water. Came out perfect!! I used my short grain brown rice that I got at the Amish store, the Lundberg brand and a real bargain there.
cheers to all out there in McDougall land of good health!

OH, forgot to say something about my doctor's appt with my new vegan doctor, the doctor who is in charge of the MAC4Wellness programs in a nearby town. She was happy about all my progress in fatty liver enz, and gallbladder and wt loss and knee inflamation gone ..... and her good advice was to add maybe a little beans daily and to always have greens 2x a day! keep exercising and eat my oatmeal daily Yes--- indeedy!! and take no pills, like calcium, kelp and multivitamin... think of the savings right there! so I have a blood test lab report to do in Feb and I can wait, I want to make sure it is paid for by insurance, and Feb will be my 1 yr date.
I will be honest, I am just not a bean person, and it is because of the digestion and gas, and even sprouting them helps a bit!!

We had a great day yesterday and I was eating my son's great fagioloa with his great homemade spaghetti sauce!! with 2 kinds of sprouted beans..... and asparagus and green salad!!
had a great day food wise

I put some beans sometimes not all the time. I'm finding the more I have them the less they make me gassy though.

Good Morning! I am watching the doc on Aspartame that was posted on the boards!! I never ever ate or drank anything that had the artificial sweeteners, and I think it was my mother that refused to let us do that when we were kids too. Now I dislike anything that is so icky sweet.

I am up way too early today, and just wanted to say that I got to the top of our mountain in our nearby Caledonia State park, for the Application Trail, yesterday with my DS!! what a wonderful gift this was for me to do ....... this is something that I never ever thought I'd be able to do again.... I still cannot believe that I did it, and even attempted it. but as it happens, he was trying to get me to go shopping and since neither one of really wanted to go and fight the crowds... then he suggested a walk and we both looked outside and since it was a bit windy, we thought of going to the state park, and the trees would block it for the most part. So I took along 2 walking sticks that Dh made for the family and off we went. Do the 2 support sticks really helped me do this and with out them I do not think it would have happened and I would have turned back soon, on the first hike up!!! Now, thinking back on the experience I never should have done it at all. the what ifs were all so huge in the headlights. what if I was way up in the mts, with all the rocks, stones, and twists and piles of leaves in the low spots of the paths, my knees and ankles could truly do all kinds of damage and how would I have gotten back down etc etc?? But hey i figured that God would be with me in this endeavor, and I really just loved walking up on the top of the mt along the Appalachian Trail. The trees are straight and tall.... and so majestic looking. You feel utterly alone on the top of the world (only me, son, who was way ahead of me... and 3 other hikers ) and I keep praying that I would not feel a sudden jolt in one of my knees, as in the past in my own back yard just hanging up laundry... The ortho docs/ LPNs, etc, all that the knees need level ground... and I keep thinking, nothing ventured, nothing gained either... Especially the way down was very very interesting, but I did it!! Slow just sure, and I got back down, over a ton of rocks, logs, and so on. I still cannot hardly believe it.
My knees must be a lot stronger, due to this WOE is all I can figure... and my exercising too... WHOOT!!