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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 24, 2021 15:20:43 GMT -5
The thing is he's a food addict. That's my problem - being a food addict! While I try to cook healthful things, after making something I really like, I want more of it! One of the crap foods I eat, esp. in the summer, is guacamole - not really bad, on its own, since it's made with those good veggies, but it's those tortilla chips that I use to shovel it in with! And, while I'm not diabetic, Mom was, and I actually researched the food for her more than she did, and while doing this, I found out that jasmine rice - something I used to buy in 25 lb bags - was the worst rice to eat, and was as bad as eating pure sugar, when looking at the glycemic index! I probably used to eat it daily, as I would make all of that Thai food, which I now only make as a treat to myself occasionally. By coincidence, about the same time that I decided to reduce my intake of all that white rice, I also got obsessed with learning about Indian food, and I started trying all of those types of lentils they have. They also use a lot of white rice in their cuisine, esp. in the cooking of the south, which is my favorite. But I pretty much left this out, and the flatbreads I would make were all whole grain, and often with vegetables in them, as well. I really wasn't trying to lose weight - just reduce all those low GI foods - but I lost almost 50 lbs in 7 or 8 months! I often went several days without any meat, but not on purpose - just trying all those lentil dishes I liked so much, plus, this went into the summer, when I often go many days without meats, because of all those veggies from the garden! I still try to watch what I eat, as well as helping some friends who have diabetes, who are like my Mom, and eat 'crap food', instead of things that could be better for them. One time recently, while looking up some GI numbers for some grains I had, I came across a blog by accident, that some of you might find useful. It is written my an Indian lady, and it is about helping vegetarian Indians to keep from becoming diabetic, or helping those already diabetic improve their diets. I found a lot of useful info on there, and, while few of you will have all those varieties of lentils she talks about, there are many other foods she talks about, like all of those grains, and had some things that she said even surprised her, when she found the info on it. One that surprised me was that Uncle Ben's Rice (or whatever it is called now!) has the lowest GI of any rice, including brown rices, which really don't have that much more in them than white rices, and the GI is still fairly high! Something about the parboiling process that makes the carbs somewhat "resistant", like refrigerating leftover rice does. And something that I had seen elsewhere, was that even grains with somewhat low GIs and GLs, like barley, when made into a fine flour, The GI becomes higher, simply because it is much faster for us to digest flour than the whole grains. One reason bread is not necessarily that good for a diabetic, even when made with all whole grain flours. So if you grind your own flour, a coarser grind would be better.
Two of the lentils she said had some of the best nutrients, that are readily available in many supermarkets now, are the chana dal (I've seen these by Goya) and masoor dal (found all over as red lentils). The red lentils have the most iron - something good for those not eating meat. And the chana dal are one of the higher in fiber, and other nutrients, as well. They are actually a type of chick pea, which have a lot of positive info about them out there.
www.upgrademyfood.com/category/diabetes/
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Post by martywny on Feb 24, 2021 18:49:53 GMT -5
You know, every once in a while something happens that just makes your day. I was toasting English muffins, the toaster popped and one muffin needed a bit more browning so I put it back in the toaster. After 30 seconds or so, I press the release button, it popped out, flipped 180 degrees, and went right down the other slot. It just looked so funny I had to laugh at it over and over again.
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Feb 24, 2021 21:06:51 GMT -5
martywny, maybe it was cold from the frigid weather and needed extra warming? Or perhaps it had acrobatic tendencies?
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 25, 2021 7:20:40 GMT -5
pepperhead212, I too love guacamole! My downfall is my homemade taco salad with tortilla chips, taco meat (usually ground or shredded chicken), lettuce, salsa, refried beans, sour cream, guacamole and cheddar cheese. I’m sure all the bad stuff in it far outweighs the benefits of the good. I’m also a chocolate addict but have somewhat successfully limited myself to one piece of dark chocolate a day and usually I break that into smaller pieces to enjoy it longer. What I really refer to as “crap food” with my hubby is the prepackaged pop in the microwave stuff such as burritos, cheese sticks, pepper poppers, egg rolls, etc. One in a while wouldn’t be bad but just one of those burritos had more than the recommended daily intake of sodium and he’s eating three at a time.
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Post by gardendmpls on Feb 25, 2021 7:32:52 GMT -5
“crap food” with my hubby is the prepackaged pop in the microwave stuff These things also add a lot to the food budget.
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 25, 2021 7:42:01 GMT -5
Mumsey, my onion trimmings made an excellent addition to yesterday’s omelet. The temperatures over the last two days have been wonderful. Saw a high of 66 yesterday. The day before I went out and spread some of the mulch in the main path of the garden, pulled a few weeds around the edges of the beds and started putting mulch between them as well. Every time I came across some bitter cress I either grazed on it or added it to a pile for later. Also picked a good handful of chickweed and added both the above mentioned omelet with the onion trimmings and mushrooms. Yum! Yesterday my daughter had therapy and I took along my notes for last years garden and the garden journal hoping to get all the notes transferred and finally finish the harvest tally for the year. After we got home, hubby was waiting by the driveway with totes and buckets and asked if I was ready to go get more mulch as he’s afraid there’s not enough for the garden. So we went after two loads, attempted a Zoom meeting with a therapist on quarantine (which didn’t work so well) and the went after two more loads. I could tell hubby was hurting though he wouldn’t admit it, so I put him in charge of putting the buckets in the car as I filled them. We did try out the new garden cart and love it! I didn’t attempt wheeling it in the garden as the gate is barely wide enough, but just having it outside the gate was a big help. The cardiologist was pleased with hubby’s latest blood pressure readings and gave the okay for surgery and we should know by this afternoon what time it is scheduled for. If it’s very early, our daughter will be spending the night with my parents. I have a few books downloaded to my iPad as I decided against taking a physical book to the hospital and am not allowed to leave until hubby does, which is understandable with the COVID restrictions. The admissions nurse said the cafeteria food was excellent and I’m sure I’ll be giving it a try. After school I need to get the bed set up in the living room and move a few small tables which might impede passage with crutches, do laundry and perhaps get the new lights set up if time permits.
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 25, 2021 7:47:39 GMT -5
These things also add a lot to the food budget. Yep. That’s why he’s buying them when I’m not with him. Since the pandemic I do 95% of the grocery shopping and we always had plenty of grocery money left at the end of the month until about two months ago. I guess I need to start restricting him to only buying food for the animals and requiring receipts again to make sure he complies. I hate doing that but in this case I think it’s warranted.
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Post by gardendmpls on Feb 25, 2021 13:55:28 GMT -5
Hubby however is insistent that he's not using crutches but a cane instead. When I had arthroscopic surgery for a torn meniscus in my knee, they gave me a cane and showed me how to use it before I left; no crutches. Immediately after surgery, I only felt pain from the cut they made. The pain from the torn meniscus was totally gone. Hope your husband's surgery goes as well.
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 26, 2021 5:05:30 GMT -5
Busy day yesterday. Tended the basement garden, moved things around on the shelves. Started cleaning kitchen, then stopped to go for the yearly mammogram thing. It was at 8:30. At 9:12 I got a message that new test results were available. Talk about fast! Scares me when I hear so soon, I think something is amiss. But all is well, no changes since last year.
Continued with kitchen, washed down all the outsides of cabinets, cleaned under the stove by removing the bottom drawer. Then had trouble getting it back in but succeeded. Cleaned chimney vent. Those screen filters get so grimy. Put on my thinking cap and remembered that Shout Pre-wash does well on grimy. Put them in the sink, covered with paper towels and soaked them with Shout. Brushed them good, repeated the process and added hot water. Waited probably an hour. Clean as can be! Way better job than the dishwasher method. 3 1/2 hours later decided to eat. Realized I didn't eat breakfast.
3.2 mile walk in the afternoon. A glorious day for a long walk.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 26, 2021 19:40:57 GMT -5
The cardiologist was pleased....and gave the okay for surgery Thinking of you and hubby. Hope the surgery went well and you're settling in back home.
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Post by emmsmommy on Feb 27, 2021 7:01:11 GMT -5
Surgery went well and the torn piece of meniscus was trimmed. Surgeon says he also has a lot of arthritis in the knee as well and that a knee replacement is likely down the road but hopefully not for several years. Innovation is spectacular! My surgery for a bucket-handle tear fifteen years ago took much longer, required a spinal and I wasn't up walking without assistance for several days. He's navigating the house with a cane but was thanking me for the crutches when it came time to tackle the steps to the house. Actually he's maneuvering like a pro.
The blaring TV in the waiting room made it impossible to read (why do they do that?) and I just wasn't into the audiobook so I watched gardening videos on YouTube to pass away the time. We have some schoolwork to catch up on today and then I'll be sowing lots of seeds. Garden journal for 2020 is mostly caught up except for harvest tallying and need to determine which beds the spring crops will occupy. I'd hoped to take my daughter outside today as it's already 48 degrees at 7am, but it's pouring rain.
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Post by breezygardener on Feb 27, 2021 13:53:25 GMT -5
Have been spending the day doing some deep de-cluttering & cleaning, as our neighborhood is going to be getting Comcast brought in in the next week or so, & it would be nice if when they come to hook us up they don't think we're part of the cast of the reality tv show "Hoarders".
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Post by Wheelgarden on Feb 27, 2021 15:42:43 GMT -5
I press the release button, it popped out, flipped 180 degrees, and went right down the other slot. You couldn't do that again in a million years, even if you tried. ;)
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Post by Latitude33 on Feb 27, 2021 21:03:12 GMT -5
Planned to get up before daylight and start working in the garden and at mom's. Instead overslept and finally awoke with my head feeling like it was overstuffed and sneezing fits that almost put my back out. No fever. Tried do a couple things but then gave in. Grabbed a blankie and a cuppa tea and vegatated. Better luck tomorrow perhaps.
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Post by emmsmommy on Mar 2, 2021 3:05:23 GMT -5
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