Low Sugar Cereals

Post Great Grains had less sugar than similar cereals.  I like to eat raisin bran, but the raisin just add too much sugar almost 20 g of sugar per cup of cereal.  I like sweet stuff.  "Barbara's" trademark Puffins cereal Peanut Butter & Chocolate has ONLY 6 g of sugar and 105 mg of salt per 3/4 cup.  I can live with this. 
I switched to powered nonfat milk.  2% is NOT ok for weightloss or diabetes.

Canadian Farm Organic Chocolate O's 8 g of sugar and 95 mg of salt per 3/4 cup!

Egg Yolks - I don't miss them Spiced in a whole grain sandwich.

Scrambled egg whites with Mrs. Dash Table Blend, some purple onion, a teaspoon of mayo on Orowheat sandwich thins with some lettuce.  Very low fat, low salt, no sugar breakfast.

No Fat No Salt in Mrs Dash seasonings

Lemon Pepper Mrs. Dash on fish and I only put Crisco olive oil spray on the cookie sheet.  I used butter buds on the waved broccoli.  Very filling and not fattening at all.

Mrs. Dash instead of fat and salt

Mrs. Dash lemon pepper or table blend or one of the other spices add taste without fat or salt.  I am really using these a lot and the lemon pepper is great on fish.  I used the crisco olive oil spray and fish and mrs. dash and that was it and it was very good.  Practically no calories.  I added broccoli waved with butter buds and a salad.

I learned that Por Vida is an initiative to encourage restaurants to offer a menu choice that is low fat, low sugar & low salt, with healthy portions.

• Do you know what 5 lbs of fat looks like?  Yuck.  The instructor passed around what looked like a quarter section of a good sized watermelon and then the same size in muscle did feel heavier.

• 2% milk is not ok.  Ok.  I bought the Greek yogurt after the class since the yogurt I was buying had 28 g of sugar and the Greek yogurt has twice the protein.  

• I received some valuable tools at last night’s diabetes class.  Measuring cups, measuring spoons, pedometer (5000 steps at least and 10,000 steps to lose weight), and a poster that shows a healthy plate with information on servings and servings sizes on the back of the poster.  Corn and peas are starches, not vegetables.  I did not know this.  I am happy to know I can eat 1-2 servings of these per meal.  I was surprised to know that a person should only eat one teaspoon of salt per day.  Yikes.  Everyone was surprised about the one teaspoon of oil or fat per meal. 

• So last night my grocery list included:

Mrs. Dash, Splenda Mocha Coffee packets, Butter Buds, Crisco Olive Oil Cooking spray, Balsamic & Red Wine vinegars.  I bought some roasted almonds.  Eating a few of these  with coffee satisfies my craving for chocolate.

• I learned that Por Vida is an initiative to encourage restaurants to offer a menu choice that is low fat, low sugar & low salt, with  healthy portions.

Math Board Games & Puzzles

Math Board Games & Puzzles http://www.math-board-games.com/
The preview pictures look like really fun games and puzzles.

Printable Book 27 pages Shape Pictures of the Alphabet

http://www.leonoreshield.com/

This is a 27 page book that illustrates the alphabet.  The idea is that the early learner will look at the top, middle, and bottom of the letter shape in order to recognize it more easily.

Handy Illustration to Help Remember the Quadratic Equation

http://www.leonoreshield.com/

Printable PDF of One Page/Foldable Eight Page Booklet-Principles & Elements of Art

Printable PDF of One Page/Foldable Eight Page Booklet-Principles & Elements of Art is at  www.leonoreshield.com

Breakdown on Low Glycemic Index

Carbs No Protein Yes

Carbs release insulin and tells most cells not to release any fat to burn.  Too many carbs (300 avg intake is way too many) and you crave more sweets because excessive insulin takes all sugar out of your blood.  Sugar damages your body; that’s why insulin is important.

Low carb diet means less hunger and no loss of muscle because you are eating more protein. 

What you don’t want from too much insulin:

1. Converts sugar in the blood to fat in the cells — tells the body to store all the fat it can while the sugar is available

2. Tells the cells not to burn any fat, since there are plenty of sugar molecules to burn

3. Makes you crave more carbs

What you do want:

Keep your carbs under 30 per day. 

Meat (that is not processed with carbs, such as chicken fried steak)

Broccoli

Spinach

Celery

Asparagus

Cauliflower

Lettuce

Cabbage

Mushrooms

Berries are low in sugar and high in fiber.

Nuts are low in carbs and high in omega-3 fats.

And try to eat very little (or NONE) of these:

Grains (that means no rice; you can substitute bean sprouts for rice)

Potatoes

Sugars

http://www.youmeworks.com/whylowcarb.html

Collage Idea

My next collage idea is my 2011 year and or a Joy to the World Collage.

Affordable Housing - Response to Roland Shield on Facebook

The people who build homes want to get to the other side too.  People with money who want to be innovative are not being encouraged.  Affordable housing, that is $300.00 a month that is not going to become a crack slum would probably need lots of creative ideas.  I think rent averaging would be nice, like utilities.  Property taxes make affordable housing impossible because the property owners have to pay that.

On the no income, no job side of that, there is no place to live unless you have support or want to live in a shelter or with friends who will put up with you.  For low income students or single mothers or families with children or a couple who have low income jobs there are only agencies to be directed to.  I frankly don’t know what students do. 

I think that some kind of contest to create affordable community housing that people could eventually buy or maybe even smart investors could buy would be a good idea.  If business people could profit from the affordable community living in some way like a free building for a business like a market or tax credits for a while.  Like patch a road, but without making it crappy.

Treasures in Heaven--Realizing the Strength of Love. What a true friend we have in Jesus.