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October 6, 2019- Keto begins...

Here We Go Again Trying this blogging thing again as I embark on my new journey with Keto.  I should probably just call it low carb, because my goal isn't Ketosis.  I just want to eat better in order to lose weight, and most of all feel better.  This year has been a bit crazy, health wise.  I was diagnosed with Ideopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in February, after passing out in my bathroom.  Yeah, the symptoms had been there since Summer 18.  Shortness of breath was the biggest. I couldn't walk a my driveway without stopping to catch my breath, or I would get dizzy/lightheaded.  Climbing stairs was almost impossible, I had to stop in the middle at the landing, and catch my breath.  I thought I had just gotten too sedentary after starting to work at home.  It was embarrassing.  I felt tired and fat and lazy.  Little did I know, that I actually had something wrong with my lungs that was causing the right side of my heart to go into failure.  Something that is supe
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Spring is here!

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Despite the snowman picture above, Spring is here.  That snowgirl melted quickly, thankfully!  April is one of my favorite times of the year, because we can finally get outdoors and enjoy some fresh air after being stuck in the house all winter.  We've been going for lots of walks! Leftover bananas in the freezer means banana muffins.  I took a banana bread recipe and substituted the oil with applesauce (left about 1 tbsp of oil in the recipe) and also substitued the milk with almond milk and the sugar with splenda.  Simple substitutions in your favorite recipe can make a low calorie, delicious subsitute.  These muffins were only 107 calories each :).  Jarrod's 30th Birthday was on April 7th.  Jarrod wanted his favorite cake (yellow cake with peanut butter frosting) and I came up with a healthy version for his birthday.  What I did was made the box cake mix (the sugar free kind) with diet cream soda.  The cake was still very moist and yummy, without using any added calories
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Quilting and Yummy Food!

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Here is the promised picture of the craft project that I had been working on.  This is a baby quilt that I made for my long time friend, Laura.  She is due to have her first baby (a boy) in May.  Throughout the years of our friendship (since Kindergarten) we have made each other gifts for birthdays and Christmas.  So, when I found out she was having a baby, I figured I would try to make her a baby blanket.  With the help of my Mother-in-Law, Ginny (a lot of help- Thank you, Ginny!), I finished this quilt in about 2 months.  I waited till I found out she was having a boy and a theme to their nursery (airplanes)... I found a couple fabrics with airplanes and went from there.  I didn't follow a pattern, because I was mostly just learning to quilt and sew... I cut each of those blocks individually, which took a while.   I've already started on my next quilt.  :)  It's been a while since I've posted on here...  been sick this last week with a cold, so I haven't exercise
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Cheated last night..

I have to be honest, I totally went over calories last night at Tranchemontagne's...  we had the catfish again!  Still really good, but didn't taste as good... the corn cakes were thin and didn't really taste like corn, plus they added onions in it, not just the jalepenos.  The catfish and coleslaw still tasted amazing though.  I also had house chips and catfish fingers as an appetizer.... *cough* cheesecake *cough* and some alcoholic beverages, I haven't even gone on myfitnesspal to check out the damage, but the scale definitely showed me this morning, 2 lb gain.  UGH!  It's just not worth it!  I didn't have to overdo it, but I did, and now I regret it.  Unfortunately I got up too late this morning to hit the gym, we're heading to Bangor in an hour...  but tomorrow and Monday, I will put in 90 minutes at least!  This is my vow! 
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5 Lbs Lost this week!!!

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Spaghetti Squash = YUM! Tonight we had a couple small spaghetti squash in the fridge to use up from last week.  I didn't really feel like spaghetti sauce, so I decided to make it with some pesto sauce.. plus it's Saint Patty's Day and pesto is green ;). I roasted my squash in a 325 oven for 45 minutes (or until fork tender)...  meanwhile I got my veggies ready.  I fried a whole head of cauliflower, then added some mushrooms... cooked till tender.  I added a few sliced collassal green olives, scallions, and about 1/2 cup of classico pesto sauce.  I took the spaghetti squash and scraped some of the squash strings, and then topped each one with the veggie mixture.  I topped with some reduced fat mozzerella cheese and broiled in the oven for a few minutes.  It was delicious!  :)  Yesterday was Wednesday Weigh In and I'm happy to say that I lost 5 lbs this week!!!!  My wonderful husband lost 4.2 lbs!!!!!!  We are on a roll!!!  :)  So happy that what we're doing is wor
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Cornbread Pancakes!

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A few weeks ago, the hubby and I went out to Tranchemontagne's, a new restaurant here in Westbrook that just opened up.  We decided to have the catfish special, and it was probably one of THE BEST things I've ever put in my mouth.  Silly old me, thought I could recreate it at home.  Well...  I think I need to go back to Tranchemontagne's and give it a few more tries, because mine, not as good...  The meal is blackened cajun catfish over coleslaw and corn cakes with some guacamole on top.  The corn cakes were delicious, but could have had a bit more grittiness to it... maybe more cornmeal then flour in the ratio would have helped.  I used a mandoline to cut up some jalepenos in the corncakes, and I think they were a little too thin because I barely tasted them.  Cornbread Pancakes 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup cornmeal 1/4 cup splenda 2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups milk (I used unsweetened original almon milk) 1/4 cup vegetable oil (
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