Just a quick hello, this Sunday morning.
I felt better after a walk yesterday and started to decorate my apartment for winter holidays
. . . with help!
I like to decorate, and I'm extra motivated this year because I want it to be sparkly for Marz's stay over Christmas, but I'm slow. No magic transformation in an afternoon---it's more like putting out a few trinkets, sitting down to admire them, and declaring it a day.
Penny Cooper just chimed in that one ornament does transform a room. And she's right.
bink's coming over soon---I'm going to try no-white-sugar banana oatmeal pancakes--in this recipe you mix in the blender
banana, eggs, oats, almond milk, cinnamon, vanilla, baking powder.
Plenty of sweet in that--if I were actually diabetic, even too much.
I know this is all predictable, boring to hear about, even? but I am shocked to look back at how much processed sugar I was eating all my adult life.
Ketchup!
The other day I thought I'd treat myself to French fries, and then realized I couldn't have ketchup, so then I didn't even want them.
Turns out I only liked them if they were sugar conveyors.
You know.
But it's going well, at four weeks. I'm just starting to look at sugars that occur naturally in foods, like bananas and oats.
But I do NOT want to freak myself out with too much change, too fast. That can backfire, I know very, very well.
So, that's it for now. Sparkle on!
I'm not feeling very festive or sparkly..but well done you!
ReplyDeleteI may get some holly and ivy and a pine branch....
Thanks for the recipe link..easier than the standard banana bread!!
ReplyDeleteI am going to make it in a few minutes, here--will report back, though you can imagine it, I expect.
DeleteYour first Xmas without Himself, I can imagine not feeling too festive...
Holly, ivy, and pine sounds like they'd hit the perfect notes, perhaps.
Didn’t mean to say “Xmas”—I meant ❄️ winter festivities
Deletei was just thinking about christmas decorations this morning while outside walking my dog this morning!
ReplyDeletei haven't used ketchup on fries since 1990 and don't miss it at all. instead one can try malt vinegar, old bay seasoning, tabasco sauce.
kirsten
But those don’t have sugar in them, Kirsten! 😄
DeleteAnd I actually don’t like potatoes that much.
Yes, sugar "hides" everywhere. It's interesting hearing about your experience with avoiding it.
ReplyDeleteOh, I’m glad to hear it’s interesting – – I try not to go on and on about it because I think the science of food and behavior is fascinating,
Deletebut I find it tedious when people are always talking about what they’re eating in detail
Natural sugars in food are not processed the same way by the body and don't send the same signals to the brain as processed sugars. Something I read as a child has stuck in my brain. Humans did not develop ulcers until they learned to refine sugar.
ReplyDeleteHi, Joanne! Right. At the moment, since I'm not diabetic, I'm just cutting out added/refined sugars (or syrups, even natural like honey or maple).
DeleteBut natural sugars are still sugar, and I'm concerned because both my parents became pre-diabetic (I think my father was even diabetic at the end--he died at 86), and
"people with diabetes should take care not to consume *excessive* amounts of natural sugar, though these sweeteners can impact blood glucose less than granulated sugar."
I love your comments--thank you! . . . but I was uncertain and double-checked:
DeleteI think what you read as a child must have been pre-1980, and thus is outdated:
peptic ulcers are caused not by diet as once thought, but by bacteria (and overuse of pain medication):
"It was only in the 1980s that Robin Warren and Barry Marshall discovered Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium which turned out to be the major cause of PUD (peptic ulcer disease). This discovery, for which Warren and Marshall received a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, led to the revival of the bacterial research program."
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8568761
I don’t mean to be pedantic – – POINT TAKEN, Joanne, ❤️
Deletea lot of modern illnesses like T2 diabetes to didn’t arise until processed foods