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Skip a single day on here, and miss 4 pages of posts, while chunks of doughnut food porn and a new way to Copy Me That. Brilliant.
Last couple of days I have been off choc and on halva.
No withdrawal symptoms from the choc, glad to say.
Only prob had a slight miscommunication with Mr B.
I talked about halva (as in DIY lo carb) and he thought I meant the bought stuff.
So my Valentines pressie was 2 x 400g of exquisite Greek halva. No added sugar. So honey used instead.
In other news, went out for lunch and gorgeously warm sunny dog walk yesterday. Spring is starting to spring I am delighted to say.
B: none
L: posh pub burger. No green stuff or bread. But I did use a few chips to scoop up the leftover aioli and paprika (divine!!!!) mayo.
Pud was the cheeseboard. Soft creamy, smoked, intense goats cheese, Stilton. No crackers. But I did eat 2 frozen grapes with it.
D: not needed, but I ended up snaffling a small amount of Greek goats milk yog before bed
It was my SIL birthday on 13th - brother gave her a bottle of Sambuca. She doesnt like Sambuca!Lovely thoughtful Valentine prez from Mr B.
My youngest daughter told me her boyfriend had come home yesterday evening with 2 giant bottles of bleach and a jar of gherkins for her Valentine present! She is a bit obsessive about cleaning the loo and she loves gherkins and can easily eat awhole jar in one sitting so I suppose that was a thoughtful gift in it’s way ( not to mention cheaper than roses or chocs but I didn’t voice that opinion)
Welcome to this strange but wonderful thread. I love tuna and red onion salad but not bread - it’s alcohol free beer in a solid form.B: Toast
D: Homemade Tuna and red onion salad.
Snacks: Slices of red pepper and slices of Lactose free cheese
T: Burger and a fried egg in a homemade roll with bacon
When I did my first extended fast I chose a couple of days that were quite busy so I knew I wouldn’t be just sat thinking about the fact I was hungry. For me too I also like to start after lunch - it’s purely psychological but then missing that evening meal is relatively easy as I’ve eaten that day. Then in my head I’ve only got one whole day to get through on the fast because then at some point day 3 I usually eat. So eg@Goonergal - and anyone else who has fasted for a couple of days or more - could you give me some pointers about how to go about it sensibly as I think it's the only way I'm going to be able to reduce this Dawn Phenomenon.
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Thanks for the heads up re Finzi. Just listened to Romance in E flat major, Op. 11 and enjoyed it. @Chook drink plenty, more than you normally do and more than you think you should. I would add salt to some - maybe 1 tsp to a pint or use some bone broth but other people may advise differently. Also, have an exit strategy - don't go for a big or even normal meal soon after ending the fast.@Chook I will bet you a whole giant bar of my Lindt 90% that your definition of a nice day is about 20 degreesF lower than mine. As a college student, I visited London in August (when it was 95F or higher at home, and saw girls walking around in sundresses while I was shopping for a wool turtleneck sweater because I was so cold! My hat has been off to all UK women ever since then!
We are in pollen season right now for a few months, so I live dangerously by opening windows (allergic asthma), but I do it anyway, except the one over the head of the bed after 5:00amDo you get “yellow car phenomenon” there? Pollen so thick your windshield is yellow every morning, and when it rains the puddles are outlined in bright yellow stripes.
The nuts sounds good then see how you go I would suggest.@Emma_369 and @ianpspurs
Thank you very much for your very helpful replies.
@Emma_369 Good idea about starting after breakfast - it will bring my DP down and start me off from a lower BG and makes the whole thing seem more do-able.
@ianpspurs I really hadn't thought about an exit strategy - would a few nuts be suitable (followed later by bacon and eggs)? I don't like bone broth but have bought some Bovril. Good idea about the water - I've already got some of that pink Himalayan salt.
Good luck with blood draw hope it goes well@Brunneria aww sweet Mr B! Do you know, here they are either contemplating or have passed a rule which will make maple syrup (and presumably honey) carry a label which states “added sugar”. The maple syrup makers’ assoc is understandably up in arms. You don’t “add sugar” to maple syrup, and us devout connoisseurs are quite aware of that.
Isn’t spring gorgeous! We have trees “fuzzing out” by the hour, and the birds are all loudly territorial and I love it! One more nice day today, but then back to raw rainy days.
Took FBG @ 0700, early for a weekday. It was much lower than bedtime. Dithering about whether to risk letting DP take over, or eat soon and wait another couple hours before going for labs draw. Or eating now and skipping lunch, which could (COULD) get me a nice normal BG later this afternoon. Methinks me doth overthink this. It’s the HbA1c that’s at stake here, not the snapshot BG. Sigh. But TGIF anyway!
Good luck with fast if you decide to go for it. I’ve never fasted for longer than 23 hours but did so every day for a month. I now only fast when I’m in a rush or exercising.@Emma_369 and @ianpspurs
Thank you very much for your very helpful replies.
@Emma_369 Good idea about starting after breakfast - it will bring my DP down and start me off from a lower BG and makes the whole thing seem more do-able.
@ianpspurs I really hadn't thought about an exit strategy - would a few nuts be suitable (followed later by bacon and eggs)? I don't like bone broth but have bought some Bovril. Good idea about the water - I've already got some of that pink Himalayan salt.
@Goonergal - and anyone else who has fasted for a couple of days or more - could you give me some pointers about how to go about it sensibly as I think it's the only way I'm going to be able to reduce this Dawn Phenomenon.
Nice t shirtGood luck with blood draw hope it goes well
Arghh. I’d made up a treat pack for after blood draw (nuts, choc, cream), but was so frustrated at what my meter told me 5 min before she took the blood, that the treat-ness was ruined. I was still drinking my bfast decaf, and ate some treat pecans and cashews. Ok but not stellar. Tasted the chocolate and realized that it was the leftover bar of 78% Lindt. It was TOO SWEET— (eta and not near chocolatey enough)!! Chucked it out the car window. One of my errands anyway is to go to Target and get more 90%, but I don’t feel like chocolate. While grocery shopping I thought on cheese, so my “while driving binge lunch” has been celery and this rich ripe cow/goatmilk double cream from Vermont. So the overdose is sodium, not carbs. I’m in the Target parking lot, licking the last of the cheese off my fingers, watching half a dozen dumpster-diving seagulls nestled as though nesting, on the pavement, all lined up facing NE. They look like a box of Easter Peeps!
Supper..... might be small. I just polished off a quarter pound or more of rich cheese! It’s warring in my belly with the six stalks of celery.
We’re going to the ballet tonight! Cinderella, which I played several times but was positioned in the pit so that I saw very little action. Apparently the “cross-dressing step-sistah” is going to be exceptionally broadly played this time round. S/he always got laughs but I guess they decided it was time to ramp things up a little...
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