Progress Report on the diet and exercise regime...

Back here I wrote about how I had been told by the doctor, that if I don't lose weight, exercise and change my eating habits, I was going to have to be put on diabetes medication.  

So here we are just over a month later and I thought I'd update you on how things are going.

We went to see the dietitian and the kinesiologist/diabetes educator.  Have to say it wasn't very helpful seeing the kinesiologist/diabetes educator; but did learn a couple of helpful things from the dietitian.  Which were:

1. every 4 grams of sugar per serving = 1 teaspoon of sugar
2. the 5% to 15% ratio.  Under 5% per serving is great.  Over 15% depending on what it is, is not.  For example sodium.  Between the two is okay in moderation.

So we have changed our eating habits.  I have been walking a bit.  Did not walk last week, as it was so hot and humid, but have managed to walk every day this week and have achieved over 10,000 steps every day since Monday. 

What all this translates to is I have lost 8 lbs since June 25th.  Not the greatest loss, but it is going in the right direction.  I have booked an appointment to have my blood work done on August 27th and am back at the doctors on September 4th.  So I have another month to work on it all.  I would love to get another 10 lbs off by then, but we'll see.  

Eating better is more important that losing the weight the dietitian said.

However despite me not being a big ice cream fan I could murder a hot fudge sundae😁

Busy week ahead of us..........

Our daughter will be having her baby girl......finally!!!

Going to spend Tuesday doing a big batch cook for both ourselves and our daughter and family.  She found having meals on hand, just waiting to be heated up after having Our Little Munchkin was the best thing.

Having a wheat free diet seems to be the latest thing out there.  I thought this looked interesting and have signed up.

My pot of knitted hexagons is getting fuller and brighter!

Made this elephant for Our Little Princess:

 Haven't seen Our Little Princess and family for a couple of weeks, need to fit in a visit with them sometime.

Then The Lakeside Yarn Crawl starts on June 18th.

You can read more about that here.

Be back later in the week.

And you probably think I never listen to what you say!!!

Remember I mentioned I am not on a diet, as that is a four letter word for failure, but I am trying to cut back a bit and have cut out all eating after supper and was going to cut out my mid afternoon snack?  I think everyone said no to that one.  So after thinking about it for the last couple of days, I decided you were right and I was wrong!!!!  Now if dh was reading this he would have keeled over at that statement, as according to him I never admit I am wrong!!!

Mind you according to him he never falls asleep when the news is on, but I digress.  So I have decided to cut out my mid-morning snack instead as I always have a good breakfast of cereal, a banana and a cup of tea.  So that will get me through to lunch time no problem and I do tend to be busier in the morning than in the afternoon.  I have also set myself a sort of goal to lose 6.2 lbs during the month of February which may not seem like a lot to others, but remember I am not on a diet, nor am I exercising, as remember I am allergic to that as well!!!  The exercise will start at some point, but I can only do one thing at a time and remember it's all about baby steps so I don't get fed up!!

This is all a big deal for me and a huge step.  I am doing this for health reasons, as I know when I go back to the doctors for my yearly physical he is going to have a hissy fit.  So there you go, thought I'd let you know what I had decided.

Back in July of last year I did a post about our woodpile, see here  As usual we ordered 3 bush cords to last us the winter.  The other day part of the woodpile fell down and it wasn't until then we saw how little we had left for the winter:

We are half way through winter but are more than half way through our logs.  Not that we will run out as I have a pile on the other side of the garage and a few stacked between a couple of trees.  It's just that it hasn't been a bad winter (touch wood) so far and it has been mild for us.  Mind you we have had the fire on 24/7 since the beginning of November.

When I was down the old basement today I checked on how much oil there was in the tank and I see the marker is between 3/4 and 1/2, right on target.  I will leave it for a couple more weeks and then get it filled up, which should cost around $400.

February is generally the coldest, longest, most miserable month of the year, at least in my opinion.  Not helped by my mother telling me how all the snow drops are out, there are daffodils in bloom and there's a touch of Spring in the air in England..........I'll hopefully be saying that by April, if we're lucky!!

A Big Thank You........

for everyone that pops by and visits me at my blog.  However don't be shy in leaving a comment, even if all you say is hello.........

To all my new followers, a big thank you as well, I would love to get above 300 followers, that's my next goal.


I have set myself a challenge which will be good for me, and that is not having anything to eat after my supper.  I have a habit of snacking while I am watching tv, which is a bad habit.  It's been nearly a week now and although I have had the urge to snack I have been good and haven't.  It's not a lot but it's a start.  I also want to cut out having a snack in the afternoon next when I have a cup of tea.  I'll start on that next week, as having a cup of tea generally means having a cookie or a piece of cake.


I am taking baby steps and don't want to tell myself I am going on a diet, as that will totally put me off and I won't do it.  It's a mind game thing with me, because as soon as I think of the word diet, it means I can't have anything to eat.  So I will try it this way to see how things go.

Cindy posted a good recipe on her blog the other day.  She actually posts good recipes on her blog most days.  Anyhow, I did "my version" of her recipe by using and Old El Paso Taco kit instead.  It was not too bad, I didn't use the full seasoning package that came with the kit as I find it too spicy for me.  This is what mine looked like, click on the link above to see what the original looks like.

I know no low calorie, but remember I'm not actually on a diet per se!!!