THank you, yes, I think I might like to try your muesli. I am a little confused but very grateful, I am not seeming to feel very deprived, seldom am not feeing satisfied, not sure why. The kids keep on eating whatever it is they eat, and offering it to me, then feeling bad for eating it around me, but, for some reason, it does not bother me for me, altho it is bothering me more and more for their health.
I am still not at all sure my BG monitor is on target...am hoping my rheumy has one when I see him this week, and maybe we can check on mine and theirs and see how wrong mine might be. I keep hoping even if mine is wrong, that it still lets me know if sugar is going up or coming down etc. Same with my scale, I keep thinking even if mine is not correct, it might still be telling approx weight, and the trend, am I going down, staying the same, or gaining? I know my scale, my GPs scale, my rheumys scale, and the scale at Shriners ALL gave different weights. I also am not certain my blood pressure cuff is perfect and exact, it sat in my closet for a few years....gathering dust. I have double checked my BiPolar (BP) when out at stores etc, altho I know those are not known for accuracy, either....
SO I am mostly just hoping that at least I AM seeing things on my scale go down, on my BiPolar (BP) cuff go down and my bs stays at a nice level, now. So far the one thing that made my bs rise more than I wanted was pasta. That broke my heart, and I even used whole wheat pasta....we love pasta at my house.
What has really pleased me is that according to my scale today, and I think today might be one month (tho I would have to look at my journal) it appears I might be down a whopping 16 pounds! WOW! That blows my mind! My BiPolar (BP) now has not gone above 114/78 in awhile------not since the first week I began all this! (My mom and my dtr both have high BiPolar (BP), and I always had 120/80 to 128/82 except I tend to go higher AT docs offices)
Yesterday I dropped a can on my foot, got nervous as it was falling that it might break a bone in my foot, the osteo associated with pred and all.....well, I DO have a wicked looking nasty bruise, but, the bone did not break, even tho the edge of the large can hit on a can edge directly to the bone in foot going to big toe. Whew!
My measurements do not seem to be changeing according to tape measure, BUT I do notice my clothes fit quite differently. Not sure whats up with that, LOL.
I ran some chickpeas and fresh garlic and fresh lemon juice in food processor yesterday with the tiniest amount of olive oil.....added 1 tablespoon of that to some steamed broccolli for my dinner.
Finally got around to trying a different vinegar....balsamic? I am not sure I liked that one as much as the others.
Really funny, I was watching a little Food Network this weekend, and for a change, they did a LOT of veg meals and healthier choices etc.
I bought some stevia with FOS last week, but have not yet tried it. Have not had a taste for anything sweet, LOL. Yesterday, tho I did use my cappucino maker to steam and froth a little bit of nonfat milk to put a dollop in my cinnamined coffee (no longer sugar in it, tho.....)
Most of what I have read talks about not telling myself I cannot EVER have certain foods......becuz with care, there might be times I might be able to work those foods in.....so, I guess I am now thinking oh, maybe later, um...I had thought when I hit 10 pounds down, I might celebrate with a half scoop of ice cream? But I found when I did hit 10 pounds down, I had no interest in the treat at that time. I had thought when I hit 15 pounds down maybe we might go out to dinner again, or order in pizza, but.....when my scale said that day before yesterday, I had no desire to order in pizza or go out.
We DID go out to steak and shake for my sons birthday saturday, but nothing on the menu caught my fancy, so I simply had lettuce. LOL. His cake held NO interest at all for me, none.
So, this is all surprising me. I am finding I look forward to my new found vegs and special recipes with my vegs, greens legumes, and herbs. I actually like my flax cereal a lot..LOL.
I am also very grateful my flareing seems to have settled down. Maybe it was related to female hormones..I had quite a bit of difficulty recently.....maybe it was reated to weather, which has also calmed down for the moment.....maybe it was related to the efforts to try to reduce prednisone a little .....but, gave up on that dureing the flare. I am hoping to be able to kick up the activity level some more, now- if the flareing stays away.
Even if my own garden will not produce the yeilds I desire, i am still excited about the fresh produce local coming very soon. (Yes, I live in a rural farming area)