DVD Winner and Break Week Ramblings

One thing I have learned during this horrible, horrible episode of binge eating is that no, I can't keep junk food in the house. I used to be able to but not any more. I've been in denial. I kept telling myself that it didn't matter if we had it in the house, I would go get something. But really, that's not the case 95% of the time. The things I ate this week, I ate because they were there. So no more. I won't be keeping ice cream and chips (not really a big trigger for me) and candy in the house. I do want to keep pretzels because my son likes them, and I don't think they are horrible. It's the sugar that gets me. I have to get rid of the Cheerios, too. I can't keep those in the house. Cheerios are a weakness.

I managed Meatless Monday just fine, and for the first time in 6 months, I was not starving all day. I know my fat was higher but even before that, I had no appetite. I had quite a bit of produce that I needed to eat (before we left for our trip) and I was just not hungry.

I've been doing some investigating into my blood glucose levels. So far, there's nothing alarming, but I have borderline high readings at times. I will continue to monitor this until my test strips are gone (I bought 100).

More investigating regarding rosacea. I've known forever that I have it. I have never been officially diagnosed because I'm not wasting money on a doctor just to tell me that. That also means I can't get prescription medicine, too. Anyway, I was reading up on it, regarding trigger foods. I have had the book, The Rosacea Diet by Barry something-or-other (I'm too lazy to go look) and it's a low carb diet. Not Atkins low but lower than I like. I do know of many low carbers whose skin does improve on Atkins. That aside, the list of possible trigger foods for rosacea makes me sad:

• dairy including yogurt, sour cream, cheese (except cottage cheese);
• alcohol including red wine, beer, vodka, gin, bourbon, and champagne;
• chocolate;
• soy sauce;
• yeast extract;
• eggplants, avocados, spinach;
• some beans and pods, including lima, navy or peas;
• citrus fruits, including tomatoes, bananas, red plums, raisins, or figs;
• spicy and temperature hot foods.

However, seeing chocolate on there might be more motivation for me to give it up. I know that my symptoms (mostly the cyst-like bumps) are worse the more junk I eat.

The rest of my break week was pretty terrible. I was constantly on the go, shopping and prepping for my step-daughter's graduation & party. I didn't get any decent exercise, unless one counts falling on my ass playing badminton exercise. I'm not talking about a slip. I'm talking full run, my feet fly out from under me because I was wearing flip flops on wet grass, feet to the sky, ass to grass fall. Thank goodness only the 3 boys playing the game with me saw what happened. I'm fine but it was enough to end the game for me. I ate terribly but I did pass on the many bags of chips my mother-in-law wanted to send home with me. "But they are made with whole grains. They are healthy!"

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