How were everyone's Holidays??
Ours was good here.
Christmas dinner though... ended up with some WICKED bad GERD (yay). On a scale of 1-10, 10 being worst, it was an 8!! I had DH take me home early and he returned to the neighbor's house with the kids while I suffered.
IT's becoming clear I need to do low-fat "ish" for my meals. And not spicy. Some of the food was tex-mex. When the family was still at the neighbors (I left at 8pm, they showed up at midnight), I ended up cleaning the kitchen to just do something other than feel pain. Decluttered the tupperwares, cleaned out the utensil drawers, cleaned out all the cups (don't you think ti's time to get rid of sippy cups for your 11 and 9 year olds? they were unused but still taking up space in the cupboards LOL). I even cleaned under the kitchen sink.
So anyway.
Today, I ended up fasting till lunch, just to give my guts a rest. They felt much better. Lunch was juice (from a juicer- cucumber, pear, ginger, kale). Mid day I had some cranberry salsa/cream cheese dip with "mary's gone crackers" crackers (seed-based). I had 2 low-carb chocolate chip cookies (from wheat belly cookbook, I do appreciate that they have very low impact on blood sugar. I can eat 1-2 and be satisfied, VS the frenzy that happens with traditional choc. chip cookies). Then the heartburn started again. Ugh. My poor innards!
Supper was leftover turkey breast slice and mashed potatoes (no gravy), and one cupcake!
And then I tossed the rest of the cupcakes and froze the rest of the cookies for another S day.
Thought about doing a "reboot" (Juice fast) for a few days. My belly is really in a mess. Maybe come January. I don't know. But then it strays from the NOS principles and I start to fret and worry about food and then I set myself up for failure.
Well that's me.
I want to get this belly fat off. My body has sent some SOS's.
And then I think of my uncle Ron, who died from heart disease at 38. I'm 38.
One thing my dr said that made me realize it's not my fault---- (Well it sort of is, but anyway), she said some people have bad skin and really have to work at keeping their skin healthy, some people are overweight and have to work at that.
Reflecting on my family history, when she asked I was like eh, everyone's pretty much fine. But really they're not. My parents don't talk about it much but they have a miriad of health problems. Weight, heart, etc. My mom is on 12 medications. My dad is on 6. I can't even!! Can you? then they are dealing with the side effects of those. I'm not sure I see myself going down that same road.
I think a plant based diet makes a lot of sense. Have plants (not grains) be the center of the meals makes sense. They are packed full of nutrients, which support health.
ANyway, This is turning into a diary, whoops.
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{FarmerHal} ...previously Shamrockmommy...
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