Wow.What a busy day! I was telling a consular corps colleague that I felt I needed roller skates but then revised my comment to needing wings. He said I needed no wings. I am already an angel. How nice! I had to be at the downtown campus for 8:30 and left there at 9:15 to get […]
Read MoreDay 12 and the going is not easy but it is definitely not getting any harder. My cousin Eddy tried to tempt me with some metegee yesterday but I was not feeling the love. I am not sure What I saw was a picture full of sugar mimics – yams, cassava and dumplings. Those are […]
Read MoreHanging in on Day 2 of cutting some sugar mimics – fruit, rice, sweet veggies and bread. I had a dull headache yesterday and today was more of the same.Why am I doing this? I keep asking myself this question periodically throughout the day and the answer I give myself is: You are not doing […]
Read MoreI am trying an experiment for the next 3 days of going without sugar (not carbs) from a book I’ve been reading called Sugar Smart. That means no fruits, rice, pasta, flour and no veggies with higher amounts of sugar, which include pumpkin, squash, beets, and a host of other veggies. The list of things […]
Read MoreIt is mighty cold today! Minus 41C. Is it really that cold? Yes it is. It’s Winnipeg after all. I thought back to yesterday and wondered why I was so hungry in the afternoon. I concluded that I did not have sufficient breakfast to start the day and throughout the day, I did not drink enough […]
Read MoreNo added sugar today but I was hungry in the afternoon. Not sure why. I tried drinking more water but that didn’t seem to help. I got up and walked and I walked a few extra hallways at lunchtime but that didn’t help either. Made an extra cup of coffee in the afternoon but neither did […]
Read MoreIt was a busy day today with meetings and more meetings. A bit better than yesterday which was 3 hours of meetings in the morning and another 3 hours in the afternoon. I suppose it keeps me distracted enough but it sure makes for a long day when I have to sit that long. I have […]
Read MoreNow that I am doing my 31 days of no-added-sugar, I am hearing a lot about the impact of sugar in our diets. I am not sure if this is 2016 version of the “Low fat” craze of the 90s or the “lower your salt intake” of the early 2000s. I was not a big […]
Read MoreI went to bed late last night and woke up early knowing that I would feel tired from insufficient sleep but it was not a bad day at all.How did I start my day? Feeling like my skirt this morning was a tad bit looser than it regularly fits. One of the side benefits of […]
Read MoreThis was my first day back to work after a two week break. I usually start my day with a full breakfast. I plan a weekly menu to help take the guess work out of meals. I tray to standardize breakfast so that twice a week I have eggs, toast, a piece of fruit and a […]
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