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The wood, the trees, the eggs
May. 14th, 2013 08:39 amAnd here's the explanation for the somewhat enigmatic subject line:
Sometimes it's really hard to see the wood for all the trees. In this case it was difficult because I'm used to different trees.
By now I've come to understand that, whenever I feel an irresistible craving for roasted almonds or cashew nuts, my body is lacking something they obviously contain -- as soon as I start taking vitamin-and-mineral pills, the craving just goes away.
It's not that I'm particularly enamoured of taking pills, but nuts just have too many calories to be used that way. As an occasional snack, yes, but not alongside regular food, to give the body whatever it needs.
As most of you know, I've almost completely gone off carbohydrates, and it makes me feel better than I ever have. No stomach troubles, no bloated stomach, I don't get hungry so easily, etc. No starches means lots of vegetables, salad and proteins, though, and during the last few weeks I've been completely hooked up on eggs. Poached, fried, scrambled, hard-boiled, you name it. I didn't pay it much attention, but when I realized about ten days ago that I'd gone through a carton containing nine eggs in a mere four days, I was a bit alarmed.
Not that I buy into most of those alarmist studies, which condemn each and every food, only to find out, a few years later, that it's actually not so bad, but eggs *do* contain cholesterol, and too much of that certainly isn't good. So I didn't buy any more eggs, but kept on craving them, which really isn't a viable long-term solution.
And then it finally, blessedly occurred to me that maybe it wasn't the eggs I wanted, but something like calcium or vitamin B. I bought the pills on Saturday, and when I made the customary grab on Sunday for the carton of eggs, I realized that I didn't want any.
So that was a success.
The Ambassador is away for the day, in order to participate in some cultural project, so I get to go to the EU Heads of Mission meeting in his stead. This in turn gives me the opportunity to do a bit of shopping afterwards -- I need new shoes for running and tennis, I need to buy facial and body cream (for enybody who's got problems with dry skin: try the Extremely Rich Body Cream with Shea Butter by L'Occitane en Provence, it's absolutely terrific), and a snoop round a few clothes shops won't do any harm, either. I'll take a print-out of the SSHG prompt fic with me for editing while I have lunch. It's not finished yet, but already quite substantial, so a bit of halfway-down-the-road editing can't hurt.
Sometimes it's really hard to see the wood for all the trees. In this case it was difficult because I'm used to different trees.
By now I've come to understand that, whenever I feel an irresistible craving for roasted almonds or cashew nuts, my body is lacking something they obviously contain -- as soon as I start taking vitamin-and-mineral pills, the craving just goes away.
It's not that I'm particularly enamoured of taking pills, but nuts just have too many calories to be used that way. As an occasional snack, yes, but not alongside regular food, to give the body whatever it needs.
As most of you know, I've almost completely gone off carbohydrates, and it makes me feel better than I ever have. No stomach troubles, no bloated stomach, I don't get hungry so easily, etc. No starches means lots of vegetables, salad and proteins, though, and during the last few weeks I've been completely hooked up on eggs. Poached, fried, scrambled, hard-boiled, you name it. I didn't pay it much attention, but when I realized about ten days ago that I'd gone through a carton containing nine eggs in a mere four days, I was a bit alarmed.
Not that I buy into most of those alarmist studies, which condemn each and every food, only to find out, a few years later, that it's actually not so bad, but eggs *do* contain cholesterol, and too much of that certainly isn't good. So I didn't buy any more eggs, but kept on craving them, which really isn't a viable long-term solution.
And then it finally, blessedly occurred to me that maybe it wasn't the eggs I wanted, but something like calcium or vitamin B. I bought the pills on Saturday, and when I made the customary grab on Sunday for the carton of eggs, I realized that I didn't want any.
So that was a success.
The Ambassador is away for the day, in order to participate in some cultural project, so I get to go to the EU Heads of Mission meeting in his stead. This in turn gives me the opportunity to do a bit of shopping afterwards -- I need new shoes for running and tennis, I need to buy facial and body cream (for enybody who's got problems with dry skin: try the Extremely Rich Body Cream with Shea Butter by L'Occitane en Provence, it's absolutely terrific), and a snoop round a few clothes shops won't do any harm, either. I'll take a print-out of the SSHG prompt fic with me for editing while I have lunch. It's not finished yet, but already quite substantial, so a bit of halfway-down-the-road editing can't hurt.
