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Greetings Friends~

Mrs B and I watched Biggest Loser last night. Wow, there are some guys competing that make me look tiny...well, small in comparison to them anyway. I am afraid if this keeps up, there will be contestants that weigh 700 pounds. Yikes. One man on the show had an initial weight of 526 pounds. Come on! Like he said, he has to lose 200 pounds just to be a 300+ pound fat guy. Double yikes. Also, enough with the men weighing in shirtless and the women in their sports bras. Cheese and rice. Give them t-shirts and spare us the trauma.

Check out Rebecca's comment on yesterday's post if you want to see a link to a helpful website. Looking at her weight loss stats, she must be doing something right so give it a glance.

This morning I had a pleasure of eating a bowl of Cheerios with skim milk and blueberries from Nik and Rebecca at Black River Blues. It tasted SO good. That's the first time I've eaten cold cereal in awhile. My blood sugar did climb a bit but it came back down to a normal level pretty quick.

At lunch I ate an Eating Right entree. It was chicken and pasta. Not bad. Something different. Twice as many carbs as I use to eat for the whole day. Once again, my blood sugar did climb but recovered in the normal manner.

Before on the low-carb type diet, I knew what I could or couldn't eat, so I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to my blood sugars except in the morning and before bed. With my new plan and increased carbs, it appears that I am elevated right after eating but when I check in two hours, the blood sugar count is reasonable.
Right now I'm happy with reasonable.

I think this new plan is a winner. I love the frozen entree for lunch because it is automatic portion control. That helps me stop when I need to. The other nice thing about them is that they have WW points right on the box. Score one for the home team.

Last night the gym was packed. All the new people, with resolutions, were there. Add in the regulars, and some current members that had been absent for a time, and you had quite a crowd. I have to remember to be patient and not get pissed about having to wait or alter my workout. Tonight should be better. It's a pattern that Mondays are packed and then as the week progresses, it tends to be less hectic. Guess that's why I really like Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I can do my thing, at my own pace. Oh well, I shouldn't complain since each soul there is trying to get fit and live better. Patience, Chet, patience.

Inspiration of the Day

Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not; it is the first lesson that ought to be learned; and however early a man's training begins, it is probably the last lesson that he learns thoroughly. - Thomas H. Huxley, 1825-1895

Recipe of the Day

The reviews for this recipe are excellent. A quick, low fat, low calorie snack. Mrs B isn't much on spicy foods but the great thing about this is that you can tweak it for each person. I'm going to give it a try. Now all I have to do is find some jicama. http://www.recipezaar.com/Jicama-Chili-Sticks-16901

Shopping Tips

Safeway has the following items on sale through next Tuesday; Eating Right frozen entrees at $1.69 each, Yoplait yogurt at 10 for $5, Select Harvest soup - Buy One Get One Free - this works out to $1.25 each when you buy 2, Foster Farm lean ground turkey 20 oz at 2 for $7, Nabisco 100 calorie snacks for $2 each, Special K cereal at $1.99 each (must buy 3), zucchini at $.99 a pound and deli sliced turkey for $4.99 a pound. Saturday and Sunday only; Fuji apples for $.78 a pound and Hostess 100 calorie snacks for $1.89.

Ralph's has the following items on sale through next Tuesday; (must be Turkey-palooza days) Jennie O lean turkey or patties 16 - 20 oz package for 2 for $4, Jennie O pan roasted turkey 32 oz. at 2 for $7, Jennie O turkey franks $1 per pack, Jennie O turkey burgers in the 3 pound package for $5.99, mini-carrots in the 1 pound bag for $1.29 each and yellow, red or orange peppers at 2 for $3.

Albertson's has the following items on sale through next Tuesday; Yoplait yogurt at $.50 each (if you buy 20, then you only pay $.40 each), Albertson's brand cheese, 6-8 oz package, chunk or shredded, for $.98 each, General Mills cereal for $1.88 each, Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, selected varieties, for $1.67 each, Progresso classic vegetable soup for $1 each and other Progresso soups (traditional, low sodium, less sodium and light) for $1.39 each.

Top Foods has the following items on sale through next Tuesday; Lean Cuisine frozen entrees, 75 varieties, for $1.69 when you buy 4 or more, Roma tomatoes for $1 a pound and Cameo or Braeburn apples for $1 a pound.

Christmas seems like a long time ago already. I AM back in the groove. My small step for today, and the next several, is to be vigilant about checking my blood sugar. FYI~ I am so darn close to getting that new gym bag that it is driving me crazy. Each day when I pack my bag and each night at the gym as I struggle to get stuff out of it, all I can think about is, how nice it would be, to have a bag that works for me. I am committed to waiting for that reward until I get to the goal (-50 pounds) that I set.

Don't forget to get your entry in each day for the gift card contest by making your comment. Mrs B is frustrated with this because we forgot her password and Google is slow in responding with assistance. Hopefully this will be remedied soon or we are going to have to start a new account for her.

Do your steps and get healthier, One Step at a Time.

Happy Trails!