Marrow Donor....

Just got a call and email about being a possible marrow/blood cell donor match for someone! Just gotta go through a few more tests to narrow down whether I actually am a match.

This is very exciting!  Of course I may not actually be a match-this was just a preliminary match from their huge database of donors.

But it’s still exciting to think I may be able to help someone in such a way.

Feeling good

I've lost 8 pounds!  I know this isn't a whole lot in the long run, but it feels good to me because I'm doing it the healthy way and I don't feel deprived.  I allow myself a couple small pieces of chocolate for dessert and I don't feel guilty at all.  And tonight some friends came over and we just had a girls night in-and I allowed myself about 2 scoops of frozen yogurt. 

It helps to remind myself that if I do want a certain food-like more chocolate, that it will still be there tomorrow.  The few pieces I had were not the last bits of food I will ever eat.  And if for some reason they were-they tasted darn good! 

I've tried crash dieting before, many times; and I see very quick results, but I could never keep them up for too long because I was so hungry.  But now, I have pre-portioned snacks that I can just grab and go.  And then I don't continue to eat and eat and eat.  I feel like that was a big struggle, so now I'm doing much better with that.  I feel that this way I can keep it up for the long run and it helps that I'm seeing results.  It's been about 2 pounds per week-which is respected as a healthy amount. 

Anyway, time for bed; I just wanted to share my success so far.

Healthy Living

I've been doing pretty good on my new healthy "kick" which I hope turns into a lifestyle.  I had a good breakfast, a small snack when I was hungry, some homemade tacos for lunch-which were probably not the best-but they did fill me up for a while, I worked out with a Tae Bo dvd, and had a nicely portioned supper. 

I've been looking into portion control, since I think that's one of my main struggles.  But I was doing some reading about portion sizes and proportions and ratios and such.  And basically learned that with a 9 inch plate, 1/4 should be protein, 1/4 should be whole grain, and 1/2 should be vegetable; then add a glass of milk to drink (or some other small dairy source) and maybe a small serving of fruit.  So I had a small boneless skinless chicken breast-baked, some whole wheat couscous-using chicken broth instead of water-and adding a pinch of some seasoning like garlic, and green beans for my veggie-I LOVE green beans-they are one of my favorite veggies.

I'm also drinking more water since I stopped drinking soda.  This coming Monday it will be 3 weeks/21 days without soda.  And I don't crave it like I thought I would.  Now, if I am in the mood for a drink that's not milk or water, I drink Minute Maid light lemonade. But I don't drink that very much either-I'm just finding myself reaching for a glass of water much more often than I used to. 

I feel as though the Lord is leading me down a healthier path.  Simply trying to take better care of myself.