Detox Day 5

Day 5:

Breakfast:  My chocolate shake made with Almond Milk

Snack: I forgot to eat a snack b/c I was so busy.  I really need to not do that b/c by the time I got to lunch, I knew my sugar had dropped, and I was starving.

Lunch:  Tilapia, sweet potato (no butter), and a mixed green salad with my Warden Farms Thousand Island

Snack: Too busy and in a hurry to eat

Dinner: Great Northern Beans and Flounder or Tilapia

I have found I crave water and need to drink more.

Detox Day 4

Day 4:

Breakfast:  My chocolate shake made with Almond Milk

Snack: I forgot to eat a snack b/c I was so busy.

Lunch:  Flounder, some broccoli, and leftover carrots and peas

Snack: can of pears

Dinner: Tilapia, sweet potato, and Great Northern Beans

Everything was OK today.

One Year Ago Today

One year ago today, Granny left this earth for Heaven. 12:33 am.  That is when I got the phone call.  For the next 3 hours, I went from her house to talking to paramedics and EMTs to making phone calls to my brother and aunt to following the ambulance to the hospital to waiting to hear from the doctor.  My great aunt and I sat side-by-side as the dr gave us the official news, which I already knew in my heart.  We got to go in and say our final "good-byes."  I then gained the experience of working with the nurses on official paperwork, talking the Medical Examiner, and breaking the official news to those waiting at the hospital.  After finishing at the hospital, we went to the rehabilitation place where Mom was recovering from her broken ankle.  I know it had to be unbearably hard on her through the next few days b/c she could only leave the rehab place for a certain number of hours a day and she didn't get to say "good-bye" until the night of the visitation at the funeral home.

I gained quite a lot of life experience that day and the following days.

This last year has been filled lots of memories and a lot of work to clear out her home.  If I have learned one thing, it is this . . .
Look around.  If you aren't using it, donate, recycle, or trash it.  If you are getting up in age or are very ill, make decisions, let loved ones know, and make sure all of your business is in order.
It is hard on family members to deal with the normal stuff.  But when they are dealing with tons and tons of stuff, it is overwhelming.
Granny's business was in order, but she had so much stuff.  I'm glad she was into ceramics, sewing, crafts, quilting, crossword puzzles, gardening, and so much more.  There is just a lot of stuff to sort through.

I miss her, but I know she is happier now that she is in Heaven with Grandpa.

Detox Day 3

Day 3:

Breakfast:  My chocolate shake made with Almond Milk

Snack: banana

Lunch: Tilapia, mixed green salad, and a can of pears with no sugar added

There is this vinegar and oil dressing you are supposed to make/use on the salad.  Well, anyone who knows me knows I am picky about my salad dressing. At home I only eat Ken's Thousand Island.  When I go out, I am very picky and choose between Thousand Island, Italian, and Ranch.  There was no way I could eat a salad with the vinegar and oil dressing, so I found one at the grocery store, Walden Farm's Thousand Island, that is free of calories, gluten, carbs, fat, etc.  It is free of everything of which it can be free.  Well, it does have some taste.  It isn't horrible, but it isn't Ken's.  I have eaten it twice now (dinner last night and lunch today).  I will continue to use it until I can have mine again.

Snack: almonds

Dinner: Flounder, carrots, and peas

I have only been drinking water, but I didn't drink as much today.  I have my glass of Detox tea ready to enjoy [said with sarcasm] later tonight.

Detox Day 2

Day 2:

Breakfast:  My chocolate shake made with Almond Milk

Snack: banana

Lunch: Leftover Minestrone Soup from the Detox menu/recipes

Today, I added some salt, which made it a little better.  I ate half of today's portion too.

I had a can of pears with no sugar added.

Snack: almonds

Dinner: Leftover Salmon, stir fry vegetables, brown rice, and a mixed green salad

This tasted better tonight too.  I mixed my Salmon with the brown rice.

Again, I drank a lot of water today.  If I even thought I was hungry, I drank water.

Today, I worked hard to remember my snacks.  Yesterday, my snacks and I weren't in the same place when I should have eaten them.

I also did a 30 minute workout at Curves with a little more difficult cardio.  

Each night, before bed, Mom has a candy bar.  It is her way of surviving this.  Ha ha!  She is being so supportive, so I don't care that she eats her candy.

Detox Day 1

My BFF went to her dr's appt a few weeks ago, and after studying her blood work/panel, he suggested she do a Detox program.  To support her, if she wanted to do it, I checked into it.  I decided I wasn't going to spend the money to purchase the shakes and supplements, but I would give it a try following the menu or meal rules.

My mom has been great.  I gave her the info, she read it all, and then she went about planning our meals for 10 days.  I would have, but she just took over.  It is nice to have the support.

Day 1:
Breakfast:  My chocolate shake made with Almond Milk
(It is a shake powder I get from my dr.)
This is what I have every morning (that I have milk), so I just continued it to replace the Detox shake.

Lunch: Minestrone Soup from the Detox menu/recipes
It is made with Vegetable broth, carrots, celery, kidney beans, green beans, and tomatoes.
After beginning to eat it, I realized it needed something.  To me, it had a weird smell, and it was so bland that I only ate about half of my portion.

Dinner: Salmon, stir fry vegetables, and brown rice
Our vegetables were broccoli, carrots, corn, and edamame (sp?).  I can't have corn with the Detox, so I ate around those.

I drank 3-4 bottles of water all day, and before bed, I drank a 12-16 oz glass of warm herbal tea for Detox (according to the box).

I tell you, if it were not for Mom, I would not be doing this. Today was rough.  Nothing tasted right, and I missed my cold artificially sweetened tea and tasty not-so-great for me foods.

North Star Writing Project

Today, our district's ELL (English Language Learners) department hosted a writing workshop for ELL students from our middle schools, and it was held on my campus.  Teachers from North Texas and professors from the University of North Texas were the presenters.  There was one presenter per room and then 1 middle school teacher for every 4-5 students.  The students focused on Expository Writing.  All in all, it was a good day.  I can't wait for our teachers to use the strategies in the classroom.