Weekend musings

I've had a relaxing and mildly productive weekend with my husband away on an overnight hang-gliding trip (yes, I worry -- but he used to go every weekend when we first met, and lately he hasn't been in over a year: I think the fact that a fellow hang-glider pilot he knew fell out of the sky and died a couple of years ago, leaving a wife and two little ones, inspired him to scale back -- that, and the fact that he now has a home life that he enjoys with me and the kitties.)

In my husband's absence, I enjoyed having the house to myself (though I'll enjoy having my husband home safe and sound more).  I did a (very) little light house-keeping, tidied up, worked a little (as I am also doing today), and then last night I settled down with a couple of DVDs to try out our new 50" plasma TV screen.  My husband is the one who pushed for it, but I have to say it was kind of wonderful to watch the ever-fabulous Now, Voyager (1942) on it, and even last year's The Invasion, a riff on the 1956 classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, was more interesting than it would have been on a smaller screen.

Today I've had another reasonably relaxing day, minus the DVD-watching.  Mindful that my PCP told me my protein levels are low, I began the day with a protein shake and a latte, both of which I drank while sitting in the back yard in an Adirondack chair and enjoying the morning sunshine.  Then I threw together a beef stew in the crockpot for dinner tonight and for additional meals later this week.  Protein Central.

Moreover, I've decided it's time to cut out the refined sugar carbs except for an occasional treat once or twice a week -- n minimal amounts -- and to scale back even the  non-sugar carbs.  Popcorn, okay; popcorn and chips, not okay. And so on. I'm serious as a heart attack about not taking my DS and its benefits for granted, and I need to recommit to the basics of DS eating.  I gave myself a B+ the other day on that front -- but I'd like to shoot for an A instead.

Comments

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Sugar..hmm. I've noticed that I can eat almost twice as many eggs if I put .5 -1 tsp of sugar in the mix when I make scrambled eggs. Isn't that an odd one? I had a pretty good protein day today - lamb was a big part of it. Trader Joes beef jerky is a very happy thing too - about 44 g of protein in a bad and I can get one down in an hour or over an afternoon.

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[Deluzy]

Beef jerky. I wish I liked it. Er, no. I do keep packages of the stuff in a desk drawer in my office and in the car as part of survival packs -- but it just doesn't work for me at all.

My beef stew is nummy, on the other hand. ;)

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Bummer, that. But at least you can do protein shakes, which have me looking desperately for porcelain at any price. I'd love some beef stew... I'm not usually big on lamb, but the stuff we had roasted over an open spit was delicious.

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