Feeling Better

WooooHooo! I must say I am feeling so much better!!! Thank you JESUS!!!! I also wanted to share my little revelation I had during my sickness. Have you ever eat until you felt sick? Or stuffed yourself so much that you just wanted to lie down? Well I have more times than not. The Monday before I was sick with the stomach virus, I ate everything and anything. It was one of those days I felt like eating everything in the house and I did. No......I'm not proud of it, but I did it :( So anyway, Tuesday morning when I got up sick and started throwing up.......stuff just kept coming up and coming up. I could literally feel it from the very bottom of my stomach. (I hope this doesn't make you sick) As I threw up I realized how unhealthy it was for my poor stomach to be putting so much junk into it. So I started some research and learnt some new facts about over~eating and digestion. I want to share these with you.

Normal digestion usually takes from 24 - 27 hrs.

2. When you overeat, you will feel lethargic. Your body’s energy will be used to digest and assimilate foods, leaving less energy for mental ability and physical tasks.

3. If your body is constantly processing food, there is less attention focused on body cleansing and rebuilding. The same goes if you eat late at night before bed. Instead of nightly cleansing, your body will still be digesting and assimilating food. Instead of waking feeling refreshed, you’ll feel like you were hit by a truck.

4. Toxins can be re-absorbed into the body when they sit in the digestive tract for a long period of time.

After reading these facts I thought, "No wonder I'm always so tired when I first get up in the morning and have NO energy!" My greatest downfall in eating is my serving sizes. Although it states, 14 chips is the recommended serving size, I eat half the bag. Self control has never been a strong suit of mine. This year I am woking on these two "MAJOR" problems. I have many of course, but these are my hardest. Yesterday ALDI's had kitchen food scales on sale and I went and bought one. Let me tell you, this baby is my new BFF!!!!! :)

I love the scales! I can measure anything up to 11 lbs. The food scale has already helped my diet by helping me cook just enough instead of too much. Usually when I cook I just throw stuff together and never measure food. I end up with leftovers that I usually eat on while I clean up the kitchen. I used my scales last night to make Chris and I steak salad for supper and it worked perfect!





I fixed exactly 3oz of meat for each of us. There was no leftovers and no over~eating. We had just enough to fill our bellies, but not stuff us. I recommend anyone having portion control and serving size issues to get one. They have really helped me!

Here's my recipe for one salad:

2 cups fresh baby spinach
1/2 cup fresh sliced mushrooms
1/2 a medium size vine ripe tomoato
3 oz. Tyson pre cooked streak strips
1 tablespoon Hendrickson's sweet vinegar and olive oil dressing
2 teaspoon grated parmesian cheese

Try it sometime. This is very filling and at only 225 calories, you can't go wrong.

Hopefully everyone is having a great New Year in the our Lord!

God Bless and Happy Healthy Eating,
Lacey McKinney

An Unexpected New Year

Let me start by saying Happy New Year!!!! I gotta tell ya that this New Year came in like a flood! It started Sunday night. Chris and I keep Kari and Malachi while Ashlee was in OH with her mother. We finally got the kids in the bed and situated around 10pm. I turned on their veggie-tales and put my night mask on and fell into a wonderous sleep. My sleep was short lived when around mid-night Chris woke me up and all I could hear was someone puking. It was Malachi. He threw up all over the bed and Kari's arm and let me just say, "We had a mess!" I grabbed Malachi and put him straight in the tub and Chris got Kari to the couch and threw all the bedding in the washer. Malachi was pasty white and shaking all over (bless his heart) and Kari was crying for her mommy nonstop. I finally got Malachi cleaned up and everyone settled in the living room, hoping to get some sleep. Malachi drifted off, but Kari was still crying every 10 minuets. The only way I could get her to settle down was to call Pappy and have him come get her, and play a matching game while we waited. We played for a while, it was now around 2:30. All a sudden we heard Malachi...... yes.... puking again. So we went back to the bathroom and threw more stuff in the washer. Thankfully, by this time, reinforcements were here! Dad loaded both kids up and I laid on the couch to catch a few zzz's before work. I did not get enough sleep and ended up calling in and getting to rest and be home with Chris. Monday morning, Dad called and Kari was puking and sick. They ended up taking her to the ER. They gave her some meds and sent her home. Ashlee got home Monday eve and around 7pm she called and she was sick and puking. This morning I woke up and felt my stomach churning. I have been sick all day and felt like I threw all my insides up! Praise God I am much much better now, just a little weak. Mom called this eve and said now Dad has it.....I hope Chris doesn't get it. I can't stand being sick. This has been a very unexpected New Year for sure. I hope it's not a sign of what this year will be like.................:)

Chris B-Day

Happy Birthday Chris!!! We surprised Chris with a little B-Day outing at Chilli's with the family. He thought it would just be us. We had a lovely meal and then hit the mall and Meenchie's for frozen yogurt. It was a fun night.