A Step in the Right Direction!

Happy Friday everyone! Snowy, windy and cold here. Won't this winter come to an end soon please??The weekend forecast calls for some warming up and it should be close to 60 on Monday.  That's the day I'm having my knee arthroscopy.

I have been having trouble since I did those boot camp classes in November.  My knee has had fluid drained from it, but it remained swollen, tender and caused me to walk with a straight leg limp most of the time. The Dr. finally ordered an MRI and it shows that I have a completely torn medial ( near the inside of your knee) meniscus. We only get two meniscus when we come into this world. They are little rubbery, crescent shaped cushions of cartilage that protect your thigh bone and your shin bone from rubbng against each other. Mine is a complete tear and it's not repairable. So Monday they are going to go in and clean it up, take out what they need to and hopefully I'll be able to walk normal again. My cartilage is gone and he tells me it's bone on bone in the inner part of my knee, so I'm sure somewhere down the line, hopefully not for awhile, I'll be looking at a knee replacement.


I have been trying to be very diligent with my recording of what goes into my mouth these last two weeks. That's an area that I have  never been too good at. I am using myfitnesspal.com and I'm kind of getting addicted to it. Once you get the hang out of, I think you will really like it, so try it if you haven't already. The app for the iphone is great, because there is a bar code scanner. You can scan the bar codes off whatever you eat, and it automatically adds it to your food diary. I am being really careful with my carb and sugar counts and staying with in the 15 sugar/6 carb serving guidelines. I am not sticking to an exact number of calories, but starting at 1200 and usually going over to about 1500. For me personally I can overdo the low s/c food items ( cheeses, nuts, fats) and I need to watch how quickly they add up. It's easy to see that on myfitnesspal and it's a good way to add or subtract food items before I eat them to see where I'll end up. It's working and those pounds I gained since our Italian vacation and Chrismas are starting to come off.

This week I rediscovered a refreshing beverage that I had forgotten about. It's called Steaz zero calorie sparkling green tea. It is sweetened with Erythritol and Stevia. It has zero calories and zero carbs and is very refreshing.













Also I rediscovered the Smart & Delicious Tortillas. I haven't bought them in awhile and I made a delicious fajita on a warm tortilla filled with grilled chicken, cheese, avocado, sour cream and salsa. the s/c value on these tortillas is 1/1.

I also used one to make a white "pizza." I spread some ricotta on the tortilla, and topped it with some spinach, grilled chicken and mozzarella cheese. A few minutes in the oven and it was hot and bubbly.

 

 

One last thing, my daughter-in-law just sent me a short wedding highlight video. The whole thing is finally done and I can't wait to see it. Here's the link if any of you want to see it.

 

http://www.tljstudios.com/private/meghanandryan.htm

 

 Hope you all have a wonderful weekend. I'll check in next week after my visit to the OR!! XO
 
Thought for the day....actually seven of them:
 

Seven Ways to Have a Good Day

 1.    Talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

2.    Look at the sunny side of everything.

3.    Think only of the best, work only for the best, and expect only the best.

4.    Be as enthusiastic about success of others as you are about your own.

5.    Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

6.    Give everyone a smile.

7.    Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others