Tuesday, December 11, 2010

It's 5:00 am and I'm feeling rested after 4 hours of sleep, no pain just low stamina and weakness which we are trying to 'fix' by raising my low protein levels.  We are on a mission!  So look out!  Bob and I need projects and we tend to attack them with a vengeance.  Thank goodness he knows how to keep me grounded (most of the time anyway).

My goal is to make sure I eat enough protein in a day for my elevated needs right now but most importantly to make sure I don't overdo it which could probably have ill effects too.  After all, I don't want to end up looking like a body builder (lol).  So with the direction and advice from lovely Miss Sarah, Nutritionist at the Clinic here in Mount Forest, web sites were checked,  recipes were printed, Health Food Stores in Listowel were visited and then we started.  We were able to determine the amount of grams required each day.

Wonderful Bob left to go to his man-cave and I picked up another partner - Munching Myrtle.  Instead of grazing for food, I put her to work by reading labels and listing grams of protein in the things I eat on a daily basis.  I devised a chart to leave on the kitchen counter to refer to, then a chart where I am able to record my intake to make sure I am fitting into the proper total needed.  So it was a very productive day - let's hope it works.

Thanks to all the ladies who have helped to figure out how to leave comments.  Apparently the bottom line is:  write a comment, click on Anonymous and click on publish.  It seems to be working by doing it that way.  I think Google just wanted people to develop a GMail account  with them (I don't like that method) but by doing it this way, you don't have to.  By using Anonymous, I can't tell who sent it, so the gals have been adding their name at the end of their message. 

Anyway, have a great day - I intend to.