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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
And Peas Be With You
Day 8 of no sugar. Life is GREAT! The brain has given up its desires for things it can't have.
I didn't intentionally decide to give up sugars and starches at the same time my garden started producing scrumptious veggies. I decided to do this because of some yeasties that are partying in my insides. Yeasties and I both love sugar and starch. Since we live in the same body, we have to work together on this.
Yesterday, I had a medical test done to be sure that those party animals were the only things going on in my gut. I passed with flying colors. It was fascinating to watch my mind during the days leading up to the test. It is so easy to forget, on a day to day basis, that I am not immune to dying. It's not always going to be someone else who gets the dreaded disease or dies in an accident. At some point, maybe even in the next moment, that person will be me. Or, more accurately, that body will be this body.
But back to the garden.
Peas and the most mouthwatering spinach, arugula and varieties of lettuce are available right now in the CarolForPeace garden. I'm loving it! I know why I usually prefer chocolate over lettuce. It's because lettuce from the store just doesn't taste like the real stuff. This garden lettuce is CANDY! But don't tell the yeast guys in my gut that!
Red leaf lettuce among the pea plants.
Tonight's dinner
I didn't intentionally decide to give up sugars and starches at the same time my garden started producing scrumptious veggies. I decided to do this because of some yeasties that are partying in my insides. Yeasties and I both love sugar and starch. Since we live in the same body, we have to work together on this.
Yesterday, I had a medical test done to be sure that those party animals were the only things going on in my gut. I passed with flying colors. It was fascinating to watch my mind during the days leading up to the test. It is so easy to forget, on a day to day basis, that I am not immune to dying. It's not always going to be someone else who gets the dreaded disease or dies in an accident. At some point, maybe even in the next moment, that person will be me. Or, more accurately, that body will be this body.
But back to the garden.
Peas and the most mouthwatering spinach, arugula and varieties of lettuce are available right now in the CarolForPeace garden. I'm loving it! I know why I usually prefer chocolate over lettuce. It's because lettuce from the store just doesn't taste like the real stuff. This garden lettuce is CANDY! But don't tell the yeast guys in my gut that!
Red leaf lettuce among the pea plants.
Tonight's dinnerLabels: garden, photography
posted by Carol at 8:38 AM
15 Comments:
Why wait for dinner? How about lunch?! :)
Heaven is more heavenly when shared!
I love a good salad as much as the next guy, but you have to realize that I was born and raised in the South. Where I'm from gravy is considered a soft drink. That said, I have given up a lot of my favorite foods. I have to lay off the carbs because of my diabetes, but sugar is something my body can process pretty easily. Now, excuse me while I break open a small box of Good'n'Plenty.
Robert,
I'd starve in the South where everything has pig products in it.
Good thing I'm not tempted by Good'n'Plenty candy. Go for it!
Love the picture of the pea pod, the lighting is fantastic. Good luck defeating the yeast.
Thanks Kid! I was out pickin' this morning, and the light caught my eye, so I ran in and got the camera.
I've liked veggies a whole lot more now that I'm a vegetarian. Yay! Oh... nice pictures! :)
Damned yeast guys!
Carol, I applaud your defeating(?) the yeasties. I also celebrate that your garden has given you a luscious alternative to those grand eats that I so dearly love. And I am thankful that medical tests gave you positive results.
As for our mortality, I believe that we need not dwell on the inevitability of death, but I also believe that living as if we shall never die is an absurdity. Perhaps that is what is so important about the philosophy of “living in the now.”
Enjoy your garden, my friend!
Thank you, Nick!
Oops! Missed Indigo's comment...
Vegetarian eating is kind to the body and the planet. I applaud you. Glad you like the photos!
Yay for Peas and all hail Carol for Peas. :o)
Garden Queen.
I once managed to grow some water cress in a potatoe shaped like a dudes head. (The cress was the hair...get it?) ;o) but that is as far as my talents take me in gardening and growing I'm afraid.
You never told me Thomas was back. :o)
Wow Daffy! Your gardening talents far surpass mine! I've never done garden art!
Sorry about not alerting you to Thomas' return. Here I go and tell everyone he's gone, then when he comes back, I keep it a secret. I'd make a bad journalist - or maybe, in this day and age, I'd fit right in.
live your life as it is, is what I recommend people who go and kill themselves not eating....sugar and cholestrol and what not...just eat natural...but dont kill urself before you die...
YUMMY. You're right, Carol. The store-bought produce isn't even a "reasonable facsimile" of the real thing. And the chemical additives in the processed foods have deadened our taste buds.
I'm still going without sugars and starch. Not because of yeast, but because I just feel better when I take a break from those foods. Tonight I will cheat. I'm making blueberry pie from fresh blueberries. But I hope to climb back on the sugar-free wagon manana.
UTP,
It sounds like you've found what works for you!
San,
It's fun doing this with you! I have gone 2 years without sugar before, but I didn't give up the starch. In fact, I most likely ate more of it to compensate for the lack of sugar. So, at that time, I didn't feel this wonderful feeling of just being myself without all of the mood altering stuff that comes with the sugars and chemicals. I really like plain old me!
Enjoy your pie! Fresh blueberries! Yum!
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