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<blockquote data-quote="dreamer" data-source="post: 143343" data-attributes="member: 1697"><p>Yes, the cane juice is same here.and I have not sugared cereal in decades. LOL. I can TASTE the sweet in this new cereal, for sure! So- I do not have this cereal every day....but, I might have it once every few days- maybe twice a week or so? I measure it....(I measure everything right now, with my measureing cups and measureing spoons) </p><p>Before I got my crummy news, I had been seeking soda pop- coke specifically- made with cane sugar rather than corn syrup. Most of our soda pop is now made with high fructose corn syrup- and I wanted to see how different it tasted made with cane sugar. I had heard soda pop made with cane sugar was better. LOL That reminds me I saw frozen sugar canes in the grocery one day, and me and my kids and thir friends all wondered- what do you DO with a chunk of frozen cane sugar? Do people eat it? Cook with it? Guess I am not gonna be doing ANYTHING with it, now, LOL. But we wondered. </p><p></p><p>Yes, right now I am making everything myself, partly so I have the control, and partly hopefully so I learn better. Learn my food groups, learn my own sensitivities etc, and learn exactly what different things REALLY taste like. SO far it has been fun and interesting. I did have my first veg garden last summer, but, again, I have SO much to learn, LOL and my yeild was quite poor, altho I DID Have a lot of fun, and I got a LOT of exercising in doing it. LOL. My radishes and lettuce had zero yeild as did pumpkins, watermelon and green beans and peas. My corn gave 1 ear from 8 stalks, and it was immature and shriveld. My sunflowers, all 100 of them died before any buds appeared. My green peppers gave me 6 peppers and my tomatos gave me maybe 20 tomatos out of starting with 10 plants, and my strawberries gave me ONE berrie from 4 plants, LOL.....One shriveled cuc from 6 plants......you get the idea, LOL. My herbs fared far better! Even after much snowfall, I still had fresh parsley and chives. and rosemary. and mint. BUT I have never USED herbs, so I mostly had no clue what i was DOING with them, LOL. </p><p></p><p>I did not get around the the beans, yet, after all, will go slow and careful. I only first tried hummus over the winter holidays just past, did not like store bought, thought I might try makeing my own....but not today, LOL, maybe not even this week. </p><p></p><p>As near as I can tell, so far I have entirely stayed away from all naughty stuff so far...I had hoped to get some weight loss behind me and some better lab values going solid before I cheated or slipped or stretched anything. I have been usening mostly the onion, garlic and vinegar, and celery, too- and maybe some bell pepper-- and I did not know the name sofrito so I told the kids it is "confetti" and everything lately is ala confetti. LOL. </p><p></p><p>Hmm, INever heard of osso bucco, but I do know I need to watch less fod network, LOL, cuz when I see them make things, I want tomake them, too! LOL </p><p>we used to go out several times a week, but, I have not gone out now in 2weeks becuz until I know more, until I grasp this all better I do not trust eating out. I KNOW I cook my fish and chicken with NO fat.....I measure EVERYTHING I use.....and it is all fresh. KInda different, considering I loved eating out, packaged foods, etc. Oh yeah, me and processed foods, I was SO naughty. </p><p>PLain water is and always has been my beverage of choice, and lots of it. I am lucky there, it helps, and I drink while eating, too. and before eating. always have. </p><p></p><p>I thik today I am gonna try to research more about carbs. Maybe the vegs I am useing are too high carb content? I do not know, I have more been focused so far on the food groups and calories.....as s tarting point, but, I KNOW I need to learn so much more, too. </p><p>The good news? Yes, there is some good news finall. </p><p></p><p>My blood pressure has stayed lower, 10 -20 pts lower all week! YAY and...(drumroll please) FINALLY this morning the SCALE showed a slightly lower weight! YAY! (ha ha ha, now if it stays at the lower weight - that will be good) a whole 1 pound less. (aw come on, it is a start) I was beginning to worry that if by Monday - my 2 week mark, if I had not yet lost even just one pound, I might get SO frustrated I might seriously self sabotage or something. </p><p></p><p>Bummer, today has been hectic, since pre dawn.and I was not properly prepared - so I missedbreakfast entirely and now am also missing lunch, back to my old ways too easily.....a BAD thing, I hear.......and I am not sure how to continue the day now, do I just take on from midday on, and hold to my low later in day intake? will my sugar drop too low? I dunno. I know or I think- I am not supposed to try to "make up" those lost meals, and must not give in to over eat now.......yes, this is my old way---I just simply stay on the go and forget to eat (on occasion I forget to eat for DAYS even, yeesh) </p><p></p><p>Oh, exercise? right now so far the biggest change I have made is to use stairs instead of elevators at the hotels with my son etc and at courthouse etc.....and in parking lots, I park way far from the door instead of useing my handicapped permit----becuz hey, I CAN walk now, and I CAN use the stairs, so I have been. ANd I run up and down my stairs to my basement several times early morning and later in day, just running them to run them....and, LOL, I have begun to stop and do these 5 minute wiggly dance things at odd times thru the day, sure does make the kids LOL. BUT I am considering joining an asthritis water exercise class or a health club ($$$) and if it had not been raining/storming/flooded/snowing here, I keep trying to go outside to walk a power walk type thing. I also want to get kickstand on my bicycle fixed so my back tire will roll. Then maybe my son will ride with me? </p><p>Oldest wants to walk with me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dreamer, post: 143343, member: 1697"] Yes, the cane juice is same here.and I have not sugared cereal in decades. LOL. I can TASTE the sweet in this new cereal, for sure! So- I do not have this cereal every day....but, I might have it once every few days- maybe twice a week or so? I measure it....(I measure everything right now, with my measureing cups and measureing spoons) Before I got my crummy news, I had been seeking soda pop- coke specifically- made with cane sugar rather than corn syrup. Most of our soda pop is now made with high fructose corn syrup- and I wanted to see how different it tasted made with cane sugar. I had heard soda pop made with cane sugar was better. LOL That reminds me I saw frozen sugar canes in the grocery one day, and me and my kids and thir friends all wondered- what do you DO with a chunk of frozen cane sugar? Do people eat it? Cook with it? Guess I am not gonna be doing ANYTHING with it, now, LOL. But we wondered. Yes, right now I am making everything myself, partly so I have the control, and partly hopefully so I learn better. Learn my food groups, learn my own sensitivities etc, and learn exactly what different things REALLY taste like. SO far it has been fun and interesting. I did have my first veg garden last summer, but, again, I have SO much to learn, LOL and my yeild was quite poor, altho I DID Have a lot of fun, and I got a LOT of exercising in doing it. LOL. My radishes and lettuce had zero yeild as did pumpkins, watermelon and green beans and peas. My corn gave 1 ear from 8 stalks, and it was immature and shriveld. My sunflowers, all 100 of them died before any buds appeared. My green peppers gave me 6 peppers and my tomatos gave me maybe 20 tomatos out of starting with 10 plants, and my strawberries gave me ONE berrie from 4 plants, LOL.....One shriveled cuc from 6 plants......you get the idea, LOL. My herbs fared far better! Even after much snowfall, I still had fresh parsley and chives. and rosemary. and mint. BUT I have never USED herbs, so I mostly had no clue what i was DOING with them, LOL. I did not get around the the beans, yet, after all, will go slow and careful. I only first tried hummus over the winter holidays just past, did not like store bought, thought I might try makeing my own....but not today, LOL, maybe not even this week. As near as I can tell, so far I have entirely stayed away from all naughty stuff so far...I had hoped to get some weight loss behind me and some better lab values going solid before I cheated or slipped or stretched anything. I have been usening mostly the onion, garlic and vinegar, and celery, too- and maybe some bell pepper-- and I did not know the name sofrito so I told the kids it is "confetti" and everything lately is ala confetti. LOL. Hmm, INever heard of osso bucco, but I do know I need to watch less fod network, LOL, cuz when I see them make things, I want tomake them, too! LOL we used to go out several times a week, but, I have not gone out now in 2weeks becuz until I know more, until I grasp this all better I do not trust eating out. I KNOW I cook my fish and chicken with NO fat.....I measure EVERYTHING I use.....and it is all fresh. KInda different, considering I loved eating out, packaged foods, etc. Oh yeah, me and processed foods, I was SO naughty. PLain water is and always has been my beverage of choice, and lots of it. I am lucky there, it helps, and I drink while eating, too. and before eating. always have. I thik today I am gonna try to research more about carbs. Maybe the vegs I am useing are too high carb content? I do not know, I have more been focused so far on the food groups and calories.....as s tarting point, but, I KNOW I need to learn so much more, too. The good news? Yes, there is some good news finall. My blood pressure has stayed lower, 10 -20 pts lower all week! YAY and...(drumroll please) FINALLY this morning the SCALE showed a slightly lower weight! YAY! (ha ha ha, now if it stays at the lower weight - that will be good) a whole 1 pound less. (aw come on, it is a start) I was beginning to worry that if by Monday - my 2 week mark, if I had not yet lost even just one pound, I might get SO frustrated I might seriously self sabotage or something. Bummer, today has been hectic, since pre dawn.and I was not properly prepared - so I missedbreakfast entirely and now am also missing lunch, back to my old ways too easily.....a BAD thing, I hear.......and I am not sure how to continue the day now, do I just take on from midday on, and hold to my low later in day intake? will my sugar drop too low? I dunno. I know or I think- I am not supposed to try to "make up" those lost meals, and must not give in to over eat now.......yes, this is my old way---I just simply stay on the go and forget to eat (on occasion I forget to eat for DAYS even, yeesh) Oh, exercise? right now so far the biggest change I have made is to use stairs instead of elevators at the hotels with my son etc and at courthouse etc.....and in parking lots, I park way far from the door instead of useing my handicapped permit----becuz hey, I CAN walk now, and I CAN use the stairs, so I have been. ANd I run up and down my stairs to my basement several times early morning and later in day, just running them to run them....and, LOL, I have begun to stop and do these 5 minute wiggly dance things at odd times thru the day, sure does make the kids LOL. BUT I am considering joining an asthritis water exercise class or a health club ($$$) and if it had not been raining/storming/flooded/snowing here, I keep trying to go outside to walk a power walk type thing. I also want to get kickstand on my bicycle fixed so my back tire will roll. Then maybe my son will ride with me? Oldest wants to walk with me. [/QUOTE]
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