Re: Was: cholesterol issue & heart attack scare / Now: Planning strategies

[Guest guest]

Wow, some great ideas Fran! Hows the planning thing

going for you? Do you see a lot of benefit and peace

in having back-up plans and being prepared?

So today I had a similar kind of emergency. My alarm

clock didn't go off (I screwed with the settings.. bad

idea) and I woke up very late.

I knew I didn't have time to steam my veggies and did

not want to eat my emergency food. So what I did was

put some meat on to saute while I took a quick shower,

then grabbed my steamer and a bag of broccoli and put

it in a bag to take with me.

When I got to work I put my steamer on the counter and

loaded it up with veggies and mixed that with the meat

I had sauted. Close call!

Unfortunately someone put a note on my steamer that

said " Smells! " because I guess they don't like the

smell of steamed broccoli. Made me feel a little bad

but I won't be doing this often so oh well.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

--- fgourd <fgourd@...> wrote:

> Hi Val,

> I sure hope you feel better now. There are times

> when we don't

> control situations (like when this person took your

> bag of healthy

> food with her).

> Like Debby, I find the only way I can follow the

> diet is by planning,

> and it really, really works; other wise, my goose is

> cooked. I find

> that planning becomes increasingly important the

> more one is busy

> (difficult to do in that case, I know). I also cook

> all my food for

> the day first thing in the morning; whatever I

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/

[Guest guest]

Debby wrote: " Hows the planning thing going for you? Do you see a

lot of benefit and peace in having back-up plans and being prepared?

So today I had a similar kind of emergency. My alarm

clock didn't go off (I screwed with the settings.. bad

idea) and I woke up very late.

---------------

Hi Debby, it's so great that you could turn things around so well!

Congrats!

Re: Planning:

- I cannot do without planning or all hell brakes loose. Even with

planning I have the hardest time staying on track (will post more on

that), but at least my base is there (good meat and veggies, good

fats, supplements).

- Like you, I find that having food prepared in advance for the day

makes all the difference in the world (my challenge is around my

meals).

- My planning includes: menu planning, cooking, and grocery lists.

- I have been planning and preparing my food ahead of time for the

whole day for the last 4 years, so it's well integrated in my

routine. Four years ago, my environmental M.D. put me on a rotation

diet of meat, fats (alas, was veg. oils, so that changed), low carb

veggies, no grains nor high carb veggies, because I had adverse

reactions to so many foods (at the time, I ate some 4 meats

inexpensive enough for my budget, and some 4 to 8 low carb veggies).

Since the diet called every day for a different family of each food I

ate, I learned to plan not only meals, but to make grocery lists. I

don't follow this rotation diet intentionaly to the letter anymore,

but I like to change food everyday, so I end up rotating for variety.

However, I don't mind eating the same leftover meat the next day, or

veggies two days in a row.

- I also integrated pretty well supplements in the last 4 years;

made it an automatic thing over time, pretty much like brushing my

teeth. Still working on the rest.

Take good care,

Fran :- )

[Guest guest]

--- fgourd <fgourd@...> wrote:

> Re: Planning:

> - I cannot do without planning or all hell brakes

> loose. Even with planning I have the hardest time

staying on track

> (will post more on that), but at least my base is

there (good meat and

> veggies, good fats, supplements).

Yep, I know what you mean. On a perfect day I get

enough sleep, plenty of water, relax a bit, take my

supplements, exercise, eat my food at good times, etc.

But I rarely have a perfect day and so usually one or

more of those things doesn't go exactly right. But I

do my best to get all of those things done and just

give myself credit for what I do.

> - Like you, I find that having food prepared in

> advance for the day makes all the difference in the

world (my challenge

> is around my meals).

Can I ask what that challenge is?

> - I have been planning and preparing my food ahead

> of time for the

> whole day for the last 4 years, so it's well

That's awesome! I think at first a routine seems

overwhelming, and it is a little hard at first, but

later on there is a wonderful peace with not having

another thing that you really have to think about,

because you kind of do it on auto pilot.. wouldn't you

agree?

> - I also integrated pretty well supplements in the

> last 4 years;

> made it an automatic thing over time, pretty much

> like brushing my

> teeth.

Yup, I've gotten the supplement thing down a lot

better too. Although I only take mine once a day

because that's enough routine for me. So I take them

in the morning when I am making my food. I keep

vitamin C in a little tin in my purse though and take

that when ever I see my tin.

I take 2 grams in the morning and then if I take some

from my tin here and there, plus the 2 grams I get

from my food, I'm doing OK.

Luv,

Debby

San , CA

It is a lot easier to act ourselves into new thinking than to think ourselves

into a new action.

My son Hunter Hudson (10/11/04) http://debbypadilla.0catch.com/hunter/