Some days it is hard to decide if I have progressed toward my ultimate goals. Other days I feel like I have done a LOT. I'm not sure about today... it was a mixed deal. I had to sleep a lot, and it is the SABBATH "rest" -- which I hardly ever do completely. So, now I am up (AFTER DARK) and doing some of the things I would have done earlier, if I was up and moving around... like dishes, making food, going through MORE paper piles, planning, thinking, wondering what is happening in the world. (I will check the "news" later.)
I went through some of my food topic notes tonight... moved the most important to one page I had with a generic grocery list. Now I have all my food and shopping notes in my shopping envelope. Eventually, I will re-do the information again... and decide what matters most at that point in my life.
It was a good reminder of what to focus my shopping and eating on.
Food changes after you age.
One note I had said calorie needs decrease for every decade after 50 years of age... so I'm in the 80% range. I have to figure out what that means for my calories and portion sizes...and weight loss efforts
I found some calorie counted foods in my notes. I will try to buy the ones with the least calories and work on finding ways to eat them. I don't have my notes right here, but I do recall some veggies were pretty low. I hear fruits have more calories because of the natural sugars, but that is still OK. I like a lot of the foods listed as good for the human body... I always have. Cost has always been the challenge for me.
I was going to try for 1500 calories a day, which is low already, so I will ignore the 20% decrease stated above. How to "spend" that amount is always the problem for me... and everyone else, I assume. :-) Portion control is my issue. I'm working on storage ideas for my life... to keep me from eating more than I should.
I have been spreading my individual foods over more eating periods... like the one big red potato I made into a simple potato salad. I ate that in three portion over the day. If I can do smaller amounts, I will be full all day and not overeat. It's a hope and a prayer and a real effort for me.
One note I found said one pint of ice cream was equal in calories to a LIST of other foods, like a gallon of greens, three ears of corn, several potatoes, and something else. That was a big reminder about sweets I love... limiting them is better than eliminating them I think. I'm at the tail end of life, so I will enjoy some of my favorite foods!!! I have to find that special balance between ultimate health and human joy. :-)
Reducing the dairy and meat in my life is part of that search for a balance that will work for me. Eating smaller portions and more frequently seems to be advice for seniors... to avoid binging on the foods you really like to eat.
Today I started trying to build my exercise level with the elliptical here at the house. Very short times to start... but I hope to build them up over a reasonable amount of time. Maybe I will be able to walk to the stores by summer.
Reducing my "piles" is a long job, but it is making more spaces for other things. I am getting my belongings into places I can find them, getting ready to use up things that have waited too long to be used (like chocolate), and trying to decide what to do about Working Together's Membership Drive in December. Only about a week to work on that.
I haven't checked in on the Presidential contest for awhile. I suspect the final answer will be all over the news/internet when the decisions are finally made. Legal actions take time. I hope they lean toward TRUMP, so I don't see a lot of "truth" in the liberal media anyway.
There's not much I can do about the larger situations we face. I am busy trying to survive my own life challenges. GOD didn't provide for me... so it hasn't been my job to make things happen. I hope "someone" is standing for GOD in our world.
Until next time,
May our GOD protect us from the attacks of our enemy, the evil one, who uses others to accomplish his goals... which are never good, and always against GOD.
May He help us to join together and begin to protect each other in our communities. There is enough work to be done everywhere we live and work and pray for GOD's help.
May we live long enough to make sure the future is a prepped as it can be for those we love and who come after us and them... should it take that long for the Antichrist to get here.
In Christ...
Deborah Martin
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