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lighter:
Tupp:
I have same struggle with nutrition, meal planning, and shopping smart.
Gluten/sugar/dairy free, and organic is really hard.
There are so many aspects of food I THINK I should be doing better.
It's very hard.
::nodding::
Lighter
Twoapenny:
--- Quote from: lighter on January 03, 2016, 11:58:49 PM ---Tupp:
I have same struggle with nutrition, meal planning, and shopping smart.
Gluten/sugar/dairy free, and organic is really hard.
There are so many aspects of food I THINK I should be doing better.
It's very hard.
::nodding::
Lighter
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That's interesting, Lighter, are your dietary needs because of allergies or is it a way of eating that suits you better? I know I just feel better if I eat 'light', by that I mean lots of veggies, things like chickpea stews, lentil curries and so on, for some reason that seems to suit me better than the traditional meat and two veg. But I fall down by getting caught out and grabbing something quickly, or just drinking more coffee instead of eating, which in turn has me reaching for biscuits and cakes and so it goes on. That's the bit I really want to try and get on top of. I did the planning, we went to the supermarket and it was a nightmare, really busy, pouring with rain, nowhere to park and then the roads were flooded coming home so it took three times longer than it should have done, plus I discovered our new campervan has a leak! Looks like water is getting in through one of the windows in the roof so that's another job to add to the list.
But funnily enough my mood had really shifted; I don't know if that anger this morning was fear? I'm powering ahead with the move; I've wanted to move for so long but I've been scared of my mum making allegations again and having to go through all those investigations again; particularly as my son is older now and would be aware of what was happening. So I've kept creating more things I needed to do before I could go, thinking in my head that if I do x, y and z then bad things won't happen. But the only reason bad things happened was because other people made them happen, by lying and deliberately setting out to cause me hard. And I realised yesterday that there's nothing I can do to prevent that; I can't control the actions of other people and if the allegations start again I will just have to deal with them, like I did before. And with that realisation an enormous weight shifted and I realised that we are actually going to be able to move quite soon now that I no longer have a list of things I must do before we go. Did you ever have any more problems after your last court case? xx
Twoapenny:
For some reason food makes me angry. This is bizarre, something I haven't been aware of before and I don't understand where it's coming from. Very odd. I've spent the morning in the kitchen. I put a meal for tonight in the slow cooker as we're going to be home late and got a quick lunch ready for us to have just before we leave. I've made some nice treats, healthier than my usual choices although still naughty because I know if I say 'no treats' to myself I'll only last a day. I've made big batches so some have gone in the freezer; we've probably got enough treats now for at least a fortnight and I've got some bread baking in the oven as well. For some reason when I was doing all this I felt really angry? No idea why, I quite enjoy cooking and backing and I definitely enjoy eating well. I like the feeling of getting home to a meal in the slow cooker; I love the smell as you walk in the door. The radio's on, I had a chat with a friend on the phone earlier so I've had a bit of contact time today as well, things should be feeling peachy. No idea why food makes me cross! Will ponder this some more :) x
Hopalong:
How were you fed or nourished or what were meals like when you were young?
Sorry the van's leaking. Blown away that you have realized you CAN move!
And very inspired by your stick-to-it-ivness, Tupp.
Thank you too for your tales of organization. I neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed to take that in.
love
Hps
lighter:
Hi Tupp:
Last court battle is still going on. Not sure when that will end, but blissfully ignoring it over holiday. Time to start back in, but HUGE resistance to diving back into legal documents. I have to see if I have everything in the computer..... so many. Hard to say, but soon will be neck deep in it.
About the g/s/d free. When I was going through custody trial I sought out highly recommended nutritionist who saw entire family on emergency basis. Also oldest dd dx'd with whole body inflammation.... like she had a big infection. Her fasting insulin levels were through the roof while her sugar levels were normal. Last year she was dx'd with lyme disease, so now we know what the infection was.
Nutritionist prescribed supplements, and forbid all g/s/d.... not even a bite of fruit. "Sugar feeds everything bad in the body". We were eating between 14 and 16g (NOT OZ) of protein 3 times a day. That's a lot of food, more than we were used to eating, and we could eat all the veggies we wanted, but gf carbs allowed once a week ONLY.
Really tough, but the inflammation in oldest dd started falling off like magic.... I could see it clearly in her face. People were commenting. My mind cleared, and unintentional consequence of losing 20 lbs had me back in old favorite clothes..... eating plan made a big difference for us, but hard hard hard to break dairy habit for oldest child.
Interesting that eating plan didn't make much difference, if any, for youngest child. She doesn't seem to have the sensitivities that oldest dd and I have, but she knows eating healthier is better for her.
Last year oldest dd was dx'd with lyme disease,and elevated heavy metal panel, which explained the whole body infection/inflammation results we couldn't explain.
I can't say enough about original nutritionist and eating plan. Our new doc is more about eating all organic, which isn't really working for us.
Can't wait to read you're moving away from your mother, and all the troublesome memories in that neighborhood. Maybe you can go without making forwarding address easy to find?
Sorry camper is leaking, Tupp.
Be brave.
Lighter
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