A lazy recipe & hello

[Guest guest]

Last night I made some whole wheat tube shaped pasta. I put enough olive oil on

it to keep it from sticking and put the leftovers in the fridge with a lid. This

morning I decided to add some canned red beans and a some cottage cheese to the

left over pasta. I reheated it in the microwave with a lid on (I used a plate to

cover the bowl). Yum. It made an nice no fuss breakfast.

 

Although I would like to be vegan, I need to do things one step at a time. First

I have to master breakfast. I am one of those sugar sensitives that can't even

think about eating breakfast with out getting the colly wobbles in my stomach.

Last night I had my nightly potato for the first time. I woke up being able to

eat breakfast. It feels like a miracle!

 

Not eating breakfast would set me up for a day on the sugar roller coaster. I am

pretty convinced this is how I got to be a hundred pounds overweight.

 

My whole family is overweight and has been so on the maternal side for

generations, along with being diabetic. My grandmother basically died of

diabetes after going blind and having her leg amputated. She could not stop

eating sugary things. I now understand her plight much beter and have more

compassion for her (we were quite distant). Thank goodness for the explanation

of the chemistry of the sugar sensitive brain.

 

I recently went to my awesome doctor because of pain in my leg. He has never

hassled me about my weight and has always been sympathetic, compassionate and

supportive. He *gently* told me that it is because I am overweight and the extra

poundage is pressing on my nerve that runs over the hip. When I heard that,

something clicked in my head, " I need to quit sugar " . It was clear as day. I

love those moments of clarity.

 

As a teen I quit sugar after reading The Sugar Blues by William Dufty. I was a

fat kid who had struggled with mental health issues her whole life. After

quitting sugar my weight went down to a normal size and the fog cleared. I can't

remember exactly how I started eating sugar again, I just know it was the first

bite that was the problem. After that first bite it was all down hill.

 

I am about halfway through The Sugar Addicts Guide to Recovery. My goodness this

woman knows all of my secrets - even the ones I won't admit to myself. I now see

a light in the middle of all the chaos. I have worked with a vegetarian

nutritionist/ dietitian in the past but could not get over the breakfast hump.

Shame and being overwhelmed also held me back. I dug out the plan she set out

for me and it fits the plan in the book. I think I just needed the extra

information in the book to free myself of shame. I have an appointment with her

next week. For once I can hold my head up high on my way to my appointment.

 

I am so happy to be here. It is nice to find other vegetarians since the book

talks so much about animal products.

 

Joy to All,

Adrianna in Seattle

[Guest guest]

Hello Adrianna! Welcome! Your " lazy recipe " sounds really great. I love it when

yummy meals can be made so easily. Good idea doing things one step at a time.

Did you know that just working on breakfast means you don't even have to worry

about the potato just yet? I think it's great that we can just focus on a little

bit at a time, I know for me I have a tendency to do too much and then I get

overwhelmed easily LOL. It's a sugar sensitive trait I think!

 

I'm happy you are here, too!

 

Heather

 

There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

--Albert Einstein

 

 

 

 

________________________________

Adrianna <greentara1973

 

Tue, October 13, 2009 3:32:07 PM

A lazy recipe & hello

 

 

Last night I made some whole wheat tube shaped pasta. I put enough olive oil on

it to keep it from sticking and put the leftovers in the fridge with a lid. This

morning I decided to add some canned red beans and a some cottage cheese to the

left over pasta. I reheated it in the microwave with a lid on (I used a plate to

cover the bowl). Yum. It made an nice no fuss breakfast.

 

Although I would like to be vegan, I need to do things one step at a time. First

I have to master breakfast. I am one of those sugar sensitives that can't even

think about eating breakfast with out getting the colly wobbles in my stomach.

Last night I had my nightly potato for the first time. I woke up being able to

eat breakfast. It feels like a miracle!

 

Not eating breakfast would set me up for a day on the sugar roller coaster. I am

pretty convinced this is how I got to be a hundred pounds overweight.

 

My whole family is overweight and has been so on the maternal side for

generations, along with being diabetic. My grandmother basically died of

diabetes after going blind and having her leg amputated. She could not stop

eating sugary things. I now understand her plight much beter and have more

compassion for her (we were quite distant). Thank goodness for the explanation

of the chemistry of the sugar sensitive brain.

 

I recently went to my awesome doctor because of pain in my leg. He has never

hassled me about my weight and has always been sympathetic, compassionate and

supportive. He *gently* told me that it is because I am overweight and the extra

poundage is pressing on my nerve that runs over the hip. When I heard that,

something clicked in my head, " I need to quit sugar " . It was clear as day. I

love those moments of clarity.

 

As a teen I quit sugar after reading The Sugar Blues by William Dufty. I was a

fat kid who had struggled with mental health issues her whole life. After

quitting sugar my weight went down to a normal size and the fog cleared. I can't

remember exactly how I started eating sugar again, I just know it was the first

bite that was the problem. After that first bite it was all down hill.

 

I am about halfway through The Sugar Addicts Guide to Recovery. My goodness this

woman knows all of my secrets - even the ones I won't admit to myself. I now see

a light in the middle of all the chaos. I have worked with a vegetarian

nutritionist/ dietitian in the past but could not get over the breakfast hump.

Shame and being overwhelmed also held me back. I dug out the plan she set out

for me and it fits the plan in the book. I think I just needed the extra

information in the book to free myself of shame. I have an appointment with her

next week. For once I can hold my head up high on my way to my appointment.

 

I am so happy to be here. It is nice to find other vegetarians since the book

talks so much about animal products.

 

Joy to All,

Adrianna in Seattle