Saturday, November 04, 2023

Lunch at chops Grille at Symphony of the seas

So today November 4, 2023 and decided to have lunch here at Chops Grille. Here is our menu...  I even guessed what Brian is going to order. Lol This is our bread starter... it is pretzel and some herb bread with soft butter. 
The wild mushroom soup taste so good. I can taste the chives, enoki mushroom and it seemed it is made with portobello mushroom mix with other mushrooms... actually, its quiet good...  Brian and I enjoyed much cause we ordered they sane as an appetizer. 
It is quiet yummy... and now we are waiting for our next course.....
This is Angus Filet Mignon... it's so good, tender and juicy. It melts in your mouth.  I have no idea the difference of beef from the US and in the Mediterranean. They might be pampering their cattle, give a massage and all hehehehe

This is the simple Cesar Salad topped with slice of Filet Mignon steaks. It is the same, it is tender, juicy and it meltsnin your mouth. 

Brian and I decided to have asparagus sides. It cooked perfectly. 
we finished our meals with this dessert 
Key Lime Meringue Pie, 
Graham cracker crust. It was lemony or limey lol 😆 😂 🤣  it was so so so so good. 😋 😋 😋 😋 😋 
This is one ...



Friday, March 31, 2023

Colonoscopy procedure

I am so thankful to the Lord for having a safe colonoscopy procedure. This is a recommended procedure from my health insurance for adults reach at 50 years old. (Warning this is a long message) 😆 🤣 😂 

Ding! I just turned 50 ;) and had my yearly check up last February. Your family doctor will order this in behalf of the insurance. So, it is a MUST! It's a preventive for colon cancer and if my rectum or my large intestine has polyps, they will remove it. BUT! I have none. Thanks be to God!!! ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 . 

The nurses that assisted me there was asking me lots of questions. One thing that they were so impressed of. I have NO MEDICATIONS taken as maintenance. I even told them confidently, I'll see you guys in 10 years ;) 😉 😘 😉. You, yourself can assessed what did you do with your body. Did you treated it poorly? Or you will be good to it. 

The nurse thought of me that I maybe a nurse cause she was telling me how they gonna do to me and I was filling up some blanks of the words that she is about to tell me. And I was like, I spend my time reading after my doctor ordered this procedure. I just wanna be prepared. 

One thing, I told her. I am nervous and my BP skyrocketed to 150/50 😆 🤣 😂 😹 😆 🤣 I was like believe me, it's on my dr records. I have 110/50, I even had 90/60 back in 2015 and started going up as I am getting older. Brian rolled his eyes when I am telling him this 😆 🤣 😂 😹 

They asked me what was my secrets and I told them. Since I was young, I rather eat vegetables than meat. I am not saying meat is bad but eating in a moderation (3x a week?). I do not preferred to eat greasy food (Trans fat??) but either in boiled, grilled, pan fry (no oil) and or just paksiw (that Filipino dish I like). I tried my best to stay away eating non organic chicken and farmed raise fish like tilapia, hito or catfish, milk fish or bangus and some of the salmon. I prefer eat wildcaught fish. That's why I can't wait to be home in the Philippines and eat those small fish lol 😆 

So you will ask me, in one week there are 7 days and has 3 meals and so we are talking about 21 meals. 

Here it is, I eat eggs everyday. I remembered when I was a kid. Needed to limit in eating eggs but oh boy! If I choose to. I eat 5 eggs a day as a replacement of my protein (3 meals equivalent). If I want to make it so easy. If you think of plant base protein, we have Quinoa, tofu, seitan, and tempeh, maybe there are more but that is what I have at home. 

If I live in the Philippines, I maybe foraging jute or saluyot, alusiman or purslane and or kulitis or amaranth in the cornfields... and planted lots of malunggay. Those leafy greens are the best! I'll say, I am rich IF I have a lot of those planted in my farm. So start planting. Your flowers that you planted around your house won't give you food. 

The plus of eating those, you have plenty of energy. So, I am ready to summit in Mt Apo for the 4th time. ❤️ 💖 💗 

I told the Dr that i am going hike Mt Apo for a day and has 10,000 feet elevation above sea level.. he was like huh! For a day? he is also a hiker and like to travel. 

When he came in to the room before they will give me an anesthesia. He googled it where is Bansalan trail and the elevation of the starting point. He might be going and hike. I told him, pls let me know I'll guide you going up to Mt Apo summit. 

So when the dr give it a go for giving me the meds and anesthesia, I went to lala land. I planned of watching my gut in the screen but i fall asleep. When I woke up, Brian is with me and the nurse gave me a juice. (See me in the photo)

When we all are cleared of checking out, we went to the habachi place and I wanna eat salmon... but unfortunately, I only have a bite of rice and I am done. I throw up the juice that I was drinking. 

 So guys, Health is wealth. ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 ❤️ 💙 💜 💖 💗 Be good to your body.

Sunday, March 05, 2023

Restaurant Bruce Lee Used to eat in Seattle

My husband and his Co workers planned to have lunch at Chinatown in downtown Seattle. They choose to explore Tai Tung Restaurant 











Sunday, December 05, 2021

2nd day of my Energy Journey

This is gonna be fun. 

Saturday, December 04, 2021

December 4,2021 Journal Entry

December 4, 2021
First day for the second phase of my Energy back program. 

I am a morning person and I can shift energy but then in the middle of the day. I crashed.  Energy level 3

Breakfast: it sounds so small but I drink lots of water plus it's been more than a month I am doing 2 meals a day and so my stomach shrink... yeah my stomach is small I think cause I tried to loose weight before this Energy program I am in. 

Breakfast: done and I felt full...
Lunch: I felt full... I think I will ask my coach Belldon Colme if I will lower the amount of food. 


Main course: turkey stir fry plus 
cauliflower steaks... and we add half oranges 
Our dinner is so yummy: apple chicken burger garnish with apple slaw. Plus stir fry red Swiss chard...

After watching the pastries rung by the cashier, my brain lit and say... that is really yummy lol... but there is more yummy that Brian and I made. Our dinner, chicken burger with apple slaw added by Swiss chard leafy greens

December 2, Journal Entry

My photo taken last 12/3/2021. We were about to go watch movie

                                
This is our first day in our phase. Let's get Indulge. Probably eating out tonight.

Betty: Weigh in 135.4 lbs
Brian Skelly  weigh in 266.8 lbs 
Weighed without clothing 😆 and after peeing. 

Weight goal 100lbs and Brian is 165lbs. 
Energy goal scale 8-10, 10 is high

Drinking water 1/2 of my weight in oz as recommended...

We ate as much in what we have in the fridge... we were indulging... who cares for today. My coach wanted us to gain 5 lbs for two days. I just have the hard time though.

Second day at indulge phase.... Brian and I went out. We watch movie and ate pretzel bites with cheese pizza and drink sodas... after our dinner. We ate at olive garden... I was stuffed,,,... 

My weight did not go up when I weighed in the morning and so I am hoping the next day when I weigh again. I gain some weight.,,




Nutritional Fitness Program: Getting Back my energy

December 1, 2021 Journal Entry

 Back in 2001, I was so happy, lots of energy, and in shape. Yes I was 100 lbs that time when i got married to my husband. Brian was 218 lbs which the maximum weight of the Navy allowed him.

My diet was mostly eating vegetables, fish, rice and meat 2-3 times a week. 
This was our engagement photo

My weight back in 2013 was 105 lbs and sometimes 110 lbs... I was pescaterian in diet. I exercise 3 times a week and run 2 days in a week. My energy that time was okay .  I took a nap in the middle of the day to replenish my energy. 
Tomorrow is my formal start of my Energy back program from Nutritional Fitness. I won't call it weight loss program cause I want my energy back....Imagine the time when I was young at 16, that young age. 

Weight goal 100 lbs
Energy goal scale 1-10, where 10 is high. I want it 8-10..

Brian's goal 165 lbs.
Energy goal- of course high energy 

Current weight 139lbs and 270 lbs with clothing..
Good luck to me and my love Brian Skelly


Thursday, July 01, 2021

Our New Venture: Planting Dragon Fruit in the Philippines

 Back in August 2019, I bought and ate red flesh dragon fruit. It was fresh harvest from the farm. The dragon fruit I tasted it here in the states. It is not really that tasty and so I was reluctant to eat. But when the lady where Brian got a massage when we were in the Philippines. She asked me to buy it.. and hell yeah.. I said I wanted 10 kgs plus I have my family as well that I can share with. 

So I ate it everyday lol and it is so good. I was surprised that my urine color is reddish and also my bowel movement LOL. 

So, I decided to plant November 2019. Making an arrangement with my family back home.

Here it is first real - kinda real produce.. We have 300 posts that produce now fruits but we have more than 600 posts. 


Update in the farm: Our Dragon fruit plant has few rows that is 19 months old. We did not plant it together.


Harvesting early in the morning before everyone having their breakfast. Fresh from the farm for our loyal consumers. Bees are busy early this morning catching flowers - pollinating to increase our yield. Oh my! Is that 1 kg for one fruit? Thank you Lord for many blessings. Naa nami pangpalit ug bulad ug ginamos #Organic #organicallygrown #pca #pcafarm #dragonfruit #thinkcleanthinkgreenandeatorganic




 

Saturday, March 06, 2021

Dragon Fruit Farm in PI

 I learned that Dragon fruit has a plenty of benefits in our body. I saw it from my friend/co worker in the Department of Agriculture back in the early 2000s but then I never thought of planting  it in my farm. I