DEC 22ND: Dr. Mom and Nurse Dad

The title pretty much says it all.  My two girls are sick.  Georgia more-so than Sophia but this meant a quiet day and night lounging around in their PJ's

Sophia upstairs with mom making tea

Georgia downstairs with dad getting ready to jump on the treadmill

The poor things....I felt awful as we had planned a a busy night which never materialized.  Georgia's cough won't stop but she's determined to get better as we have many family and friends visiting over the next few days.  Georgia being the one who has made sure that I get my exercise time in decided to join me downstairs and chill out while I ran.

Here is a view of what I was looking at while running.  Keep in mind the quality is horrible due to the fact that I'm running and using an Iphone camera:

Jodie's been coughing for 5 days now.  Everyone but myself has caught it.  Could it be the exercising?

Now, I know I mentioned that I was going to start my 14 day cooking challenge today but I'm calling in the excuse card today.  The girls needed soup, juices and nourishment to fight off their colds so I had to make the staples that every sick child wants: chicken noodle soup.

For Jodie and I, I made spaghetti with a rosee sauce.  All in all fairly healthy.

For a serving of 3 it came out to 1300 calories, 21 grams of fat (6 saturated, .3 trans), 90 mg cholesterol, 1240 mg sodium, 234g of carbs, 18g fiber, 22g sugar and finally 41g of protein. 

The good, the bad and the ugly the way I see it.

Keep in mind these figures below were divided by three in order to compare it to recommended daily intake (RDI).  As well...keep in mind that I'm drawing conclusions based on 30 minutes of experience looking up nutritional values and recommended allowances from the internet.  I haven't a clue how relevant any of these numbers are...but I can promise I'll find out!

The good:  Calories at 433 vs my RDI of 2900. 

                 Fat at 7g vs my RDI of 78g

                 Saturated fats at 2g vs my RDI of 30g

                 Cholesterol at 30 mg vs my RDI of 300    

The bad:    Trans fat at .1 vs my RDI of 0 (really?  zero?)

                 Sodium at 413 mg vs RDI of 2400 

                       Sodium makes me thirsty which might make me more likely to have a beer :)

                 Carbs at 78g vs my RDI of 300 (ok...this wasn't really that bad)

                 Fiber at 6 g vs my RDI of up to 35.  This is bad because I need to increase my 

                       fiber intake as I know it's laking in the other foods I eat throughout the day

                 Sugar at 7g vs my RDI of 40.  I love sugar therefore I'm placing this under "the bad"

The unsure about:                 

                 Protein at 14g vs my RDI of 50.  

The ugly:   The sodium in my children's chicken noodle soup

As I learn more about nutritional values and RDI's I'll adjust my rating system to suit.  For now humor me and pretend I know what I'm talking about.

Next healthy dinner I'll be preparing will be Sunday.  Till then it's good food and libations prepared by someone else.  Have a fantastic holiday!