This week was so much better than last week.
Oddly enough, the title isn't about prison food from the movies. I cut down on bread, drank a lot of water, and found something in the pantry that I forgot I bought- mini dill pickles.
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I haven't had pickles in so long- so on my 'bread' day, I had a sandwich with a homemade buttery roll and a side of mini dill pickles. Totally yum! I eat bread twice a week, which seems to work well now.
My husband made a flourless chicken and shrimp risotto, with plenty left over for the next few days. Then I raided the freezer, found a few single-serving homemade soups, and ate a lot of eggs with ham and a side of bacon for most of the week.
I also found a great snack- freshly popped cheddar and sour cream popcorn. I found this treasure trove of powders to sprinkle on popcorn or chips at an Amish store and got a few samples. We pop the popcorn, and while it's hot, sprinkle the powder as we toss the popcorn to coat it evenly. I don't eat it a lot, but it makes for a nice snack when the family sits for a movie.
One of the reasons I wasn't feeling so great last week is I was severely dehydrated. So this week, I had a lot more water, and the salt from those pickles also helped. I know that sounds weird, but salt never affected me. I have low/normal blood pressure (which shocks the doctors to no end), and because most of my meals don't have extra salt (my husband has high BP), I can indulge occasionally.
I also have been breaking my meals in half, so I have two smaller meals within the hourly eating window instead of one bigger one. This allows me to have a variety of foods and keeps me from getting bored. Yes, I love having eggs every day, but I also like having soups, sandwiches, popcorn, and savory leftovers my family had the night before.
This is the season of fresh produce from the local farms. Yesterday I had corn freshly picked that morning!
Intermittent Fasting doesn't mean depriving yourself. There are a ton of foods out there to savor and enjoy. God made it taste good for a reason! Eventually, your body will reset, and you'll be surprised at how your tastes will change.
For me, it was soda and, more recently, my go-to comfort food, buttered bread.
About six months in, soda started tasting like acid to me. I wasn't a big soda drinker anyway, but I drank it whenever we went out somewhere to eat. Now I ask for tea or water because that soda stuff just tastes nasty. The only soda I found palatable was a brand up here in the mountains called Kutztown. Not a lot of junk in it, and naturally flavored. I still don't have it often, but it's delicious when I crave something fizzy.
Most of the time, when I eat, I drink homemade green tea with raspberry and pomegranate. There isn't much sugar in it, but it is the best-tasting tea I've ever made, and it's a staple in our house.
The most recent shocker was buttered bread. I wanted something the other day, and we were baking rolls, so I decided to have one fresh out of the oven with butter slathered all over it. It smelled incredible, but it was bland when I took a bite. Thinking I'd used unsalted butter, I asked him if he had changed the butter dish or done something different to the bread. Nope. It was just me.
I was so disappointed. I loved buttered bread!
Yet I had a sandwich a few days later with that same bread, which was fantastic. So it's just me.
I guess I'll make green tea and popcorn my go-to snack now! Gosh, golly-gee darn...how will I ever survive? 😁
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