Vee getting healthy

Apr 23: Bacon Dinner

As a diabetic cursed with many other health problems, I have to watch my protein intake. Unfortunately, my picky-eater-ness makes me want to give up. Sometimes.

And sometimes, I do.

Not this meal, though.

I added a side salad to both of our meals. My son will eat bagged salad (lettuce, carrot shreds and purple cabbage) often drenched in Ranch dressing. And he will eat Olive Garden salad if I take out the pepper, croutons and olives, and is ok with their house dressing. Those are the only salads he will eat.

To MY salad, I added peanuts, croutons, green onions and thousand island. I actually like salad when my stomach is cooperative, and add when I can, boiled eggs, sliced almonds, shredded cheese, small chunks of protein like ham or turkey. I wish I ate it more often.

Question: has anybody ever used scrambled eggs in a salad instead of boiled? If so, how did it go?

Thank you for your visit... Vee

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My 28 year old (but mentally and emotionally is about 12) son, Weslee, has intractable epilepsy, autism, OCD, ADHD and lots of side effects from lots of brain surgeries. After a week stay at the Cleveland Clinic in 2024, his team of doctors is suggesting more brain surgeries. We need help to get there and back plus with copays, etc. Please donate through the link below then share this link: https://gofund.me/085ca903 ..

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Apr 21: Yogurt Parfait

Sort of cliche, but I am kicking off my 'getting healthy' regimen with a yogurt parfait.

Parfait (vanilla greek yogurt with frozen mixed fruit [ peach, pineapple, mango, and strawberries ] on the bottom, and a crumbled granola bar on top).
A cutie mandarin orange.
A bottle of water.

Probably should have added chia seeds, ground flaxseeds and protein powder. Next time.

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Apr 20: Try Try Try Again

I am back!

My health has deteriorated so badly, that I have troubles just moving around. I'm overweight again, my white blood cells platelets and iron are all low, massive migraines, my spine is out of alignment from compression, and a bunch of other things.

So I decided that I needed to make a change, and to get back to being healthy.

I really need to do it this time.

If I don't, and I die, who will take care of my son?

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After a lot of starts and stops with blogging, I will keep updating only THREE blogs:

Epilepsy Awareness, my son's struggle with seizures ...and why I am called 'That Purple Mom" (and includes my storefront): ThatPurpleMom.com
Prepping / Survival Cooking / Living, and getting through these difficult times: www.survival-cooking.blogspot.com
My journey to get healthy: www.veegettinghealthy.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by.

Vikki

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So Many Changes

I have so many balls up in the air that I am having a hard time keeping up with them all! Here's an update:

I had scope surgery on my right knee in June. It didn't help at all but the surgeon got a great look inside and found out my knees are pretty much beyond hope. Right knee replacement surgery scheduled for November. After I recover from that one, we'll do the left.
Intense pain in my back and legs led me to get more checked out. Turns out I have severe rheumatoid arthritis in my back, which means I will be in a wheelchair within 5-10 years.
Only way to delay that wheelchair is to lose weight and get healthy!
Every time I eat gluten, my back and legs hurt horribly. We're talking excrutiatingly mind-numbingly pain. So I've eliminated gluten as much as possible. Sometimes I notice it is in something I ate, but overall, I'm doing well.
I have published only one of my pieces of fiction, have written lots more AND some non-fiction, but all need another edit or two before I can release them. Since we really need the money, I gotta get busy!
Preparing for the wheelchair business means we really need a house closer to town, that we can convert to handicapped access. We still want chickens and turkeys, and hopefully goats, but I can't seem to find a decent neighborhood near Hubby's work where we can do this. Still, we're not moving for a year or so, giving us plenty of time to find a neighborhood AND for me to get through my knee operations.
We have already gotten rid of our goat herd. It was too much for Hubby to do in the mornings before work. We still have chickens and turkeys but most of them will be harvested before Thanksgiving. Yum...healthy home-grow turkey!
Weight loss isn't going great but it's going. Steady-like. I was hoping to be at 200 pounds by my November surgery but I don't think I'm going to make it. We'll see.

One more thing: one of the non-fiction books I'm writing is about making healthy homemade MREs (meals ready to eat) using dehydrated, freeze-dried and otherwise shelf-stable ingredients. As I wrote on that book this week, I realized that would be a perfect way to help my diet / getting healthy plan. All meals are portion controlled. No two meals would be alike, unless that's something I wanted. Variety...the spice of life! Low sodium. Low sugar. Gluten-free. Low carbs if I wanted that.

If you are interested in that part of my life, please go to the blog I set up specifically for my Meals In Jars (MIJ) / homemade healthy MREs diet at http://homemadehealthymres.blogspotcom

Thank you.