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How Listening Can Make You More Productive and Connected
We’re moving quickly. Focusing on productivity and getting as much done in one day as possible. We’re always rushing.
We have constant pressure at work and at home. Our mind is a 24/7 ‘to do’ list. We’ve become masters of multi-tasking.
We catch ourselves listening to others halfheartedly,…
I have been struggling with this feeling a lot lately! Time to step up and do some homework! Care to join me?
Big Bird of Toxic Death!!!!! or not….
Thanksgiving dinner – Divine! That is until you realise that the largest threat on the table isn’t Aunt Martha’s lime pineapple jelly ring! Wheat ( Gluten) can turn a fantastic family dinner into a roller coaster nightmare in our world. more
Feel like I SINNED
I made the decision to make up some good old Duncan Hines Wheat Confetti cupcakes. I was Stunned at my emotional reaction to this! I felt like I was baking a batch of ” SPECIAL” brownies ( Wink wink nudge nudge) in my mother’s kitchen! more
I would have told you ” You are Crazy!”
I toss my boxes of sweet Oreos, bags of fluffy white bread and foil wrapped pouches of ‘made with juice’ Gushers on the conveyor belt. “It’s just food. It’s not going to kill you.” Five years later I catch a glimpse of the conveyor belt in front of me and sigh. Bulk section plastic bags twist-tied with numbers show off their contents of quinoa, brown rice flour, sunflower seeds and walnuts. more
How do you keep kids … Fed!
Three boys - ages 14, 10 and 6 – and sometimes mealtimes are a challenge. Ok, considering the audience I don’t think I needed to say that. Anyone who has to elliminate such a key ingredient from their menu as Wheat/Gluten KNOWS that you can’t just whip out hamburgers or baked lasagnia. So what are some of the staple meals that I default to naturally?
Baked Chicken Breasts with GF Cornflake coating. Salad.
Beef Stirfry with peppers. Steamed white rice.
Tacos with Corn shells and browned hamburger
Kabobs with romane lettuce wraps
Gluten Free Spaghetti and Meat Balls. Ceasar Salad. Garlic Toast.
That is just a few off the top of my head.
While the thought of cooking Gluten Free is intimidating, knowledge, a plan and a deep breath makes it all quite livable.
Carnie Fare
Stampede Days, Rodeo Weekends and with all of them comes THA MIDWAY! Twisty turny paths of screams and jostling children crammed full of adults with their heads turned up mesmerized by the riotous gyrations of metal caged buckets on steel frames. The excitement is high and the pack mentality surges though the yards. While all this excitement is what draws some people to the over crowded theatrical presentation, to others it is the FOOD.
Corndogs, salt water taffy, Stampede Burgers and deep fried Coke. In the wholistic perspective you can’t really call it food but Mid Way Fare is what draws those who are no longer interested in the rides. Deep fried, salted and sinfully sweet mouthfuls of eternally-bad-for-you AWESOMENESS.
Gluten Free Hell? Damn Close!
It and Christmas are when I get to pining over the gluten free losses. I LOVE Corndogs and French Fries over soaked in Gravy. The smells take me back … righhhtttt… back to the time I are one of the Midway double cheese burgers with fried onions right before stepping into the caged ZIPPER. * Covers Mouth Quickly* Yup. Should have listened to my mother!
Today my Teen is heading down to the Midway with cash in hand and excitement sparkles in his eyes. The first year in the pack without a parental unit in sight. Sighs. He does his best as a teen to stay gluten free yet not be a lepper in his crowd. I give him coodos for that. Today will be a challenge. I am dropping him off and Tha Baby and I will take a walk around. I plan on scoping out the eateries and seeing what Gluten Free options MIGHT exist there!
Watch tomorrow for the scoop… or Twitter today!
3 Sinful Traps of GF Drinking
Yesterday I posted about alcohol… Last night I drank it! Yup, a going away party for a Brazillian chap was a good enough excuse to enjoy the FIRST really summer feeling evening in weeks. Jugs of Mojitos and Dirty Mojitos ( spiced rum) circled around the table and topped up frosty glasses with lush looking greens. I passed on those and instead reached for the bottle of Disaronno. Delicious… but deadly. How so?
1) Sugar Content
For a system that has reduced sugars, right down to carbs and high GI fruits, launching into a bottle of condensed sugars is BRUTAL on the system.
2) Tha Munchies
There is something about having drinks in hand that inspires the need to also shovel snacky foods into your mouth. If you have the discipline and fortune to have a veggie platter handy then you are in luck! More than likely though, it will be bags of potato chips and other not-so-great food choices.
3) The It’s-Just-Ones
Ahhh yes, as the alcohol flows the inhibitions come down and that doesn’t just apply to ‘wink wink, nudge nudge’. That also applies to the wheaty gluten laden sweets and foods that you normally know are ‘ bad date choices’. You start to watch them from your peripheral vision and slowly start to sidle over to them. ” Just one… I am going to be hung over anyhow…” excuses start to pop to mind. Then ‘just one’ pops into your mouth. You are officially off the wagon…
For me, I also compounded the situation with Diet Coke. Aspartame laden and killer on my system, I have come to recognize the link between my Fibro reactions and the presence of this once staple item in my home. Years of thinking that the fat in foods was the villain, I would instead consume Aspartame in quantities unimaginable. Yogurts, sweets, drinks and all sorts of ” healthy options” pumped the chemical into my blood. That is a soap box for another day!
So, today I ache in ways that make me think I sprained things, I am sluggish and grey. All in all…
I knew better. But it tasted soooo goood!
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