Trying To Get Healthy

  Well, as I posted in my New Years post, I am set on getting healthy and getting this weight off! I haven't weighed since my last post, and I am not sure if I have lost anything or not. But....I am staying on track with my low carb, and eating lots of chicken and veggies. It's going well! I have been walking somewhere from 1 to 2.5 miles a day, outside since it's pretty, at the Ymca. For some reason, I can walk longer if I'm outside? Strange. I will say though, checking labels, buying the right foods, and finding good buys on those foods has proven a job itself.
   I mentioned I hurt my hip last post. Well, I am going to the chiro 3 times a week, and it is doing better. I have a great chiro, and he has a new patient class for well, all the new patients. Technically, I'm not a new patient, but I never went to the class. The mere thought of sitting still for a few hours sends terror through me. If you have ADD, you know what I mean. However, I was so into what he had to say. He brought up a lot about healthy eating and exercise. A lot about the additives in foods, drinks, and vitamins too. Just a few things he touched on were red dyes, aspertame, glycol, and sodas. I won't go into it all here, but, you really should google the effects of these things to your body. Something he said that really stuck with me, and you may or may not believe this, but, he said there are so many people who say oh I'm sick, it runs in my family, or it's hereditary. He said think about it, if your grandmother fried all her foods, didn't exercise or just eat right in general, than chances are, your mother did not either. And, if your mother ate out, took you out for fast food all the time, then you are most likely doing the same, and so will your kids. Now, I thought, well, I do stay feeling bad a lot, but my mother and her mother don't. Then it hit me, my mother never has been a fast food fan, she has always exercised, ate right, etc. She also did not take us out to eat all the time. She's 60, and my dad 61, and can run circles around me any day! But, "I" have ate out, ate wrong, not always exercised, and I am teaching those ways of life to my children, and I am sure that's how they would raise their children. Therefore, it stopped that night. NO MORE! We have started a new eating plan here, and guess what, no one has really complained. It is hard with my oldest being such a picky eater and not liking any meat. She has never, ever eaten red meat. So, she will get lots of fruits and whole grains. I also got a call from our lovely dr that my hubbys cholesterol is not good at all. Now, he is going to take some working on. He loves red meat, milk and Mtn Dew. But, I am sure with enough nagging, I can persuade him to turn things around. 
  I also decided to check several fast food sites and read their nutritional info. Oh wow at the sodium in  everything! And, I thought the grilled chicken or salads were safer than the burgers. Nope, not at all. You should google that too, lol!

                                                                               linklink             Ok, enough on that stuff. On the home front, both girls made A honor roll, and Britany and several of her BFFs  made Junior Beta Club. I am so proud of them both!Both girls had a sweet friends bday party on Friday and had alot of fun. Ms Priss  went with her BFF to a museum to have an American Girl tea party! She had a blast! Brit's youth group had a Super Bowl Party Sunday evening and she really enjoyed that. Sydney's birthday is less than 2 weeks away! She is getting excited.  Hope everyone has a blessed week!