I had to learn the hard way, being hypoglycemic it wasn't always easy and sometimes I kicked and screamed when I had to give up cerain foods. Now its almost all organic, grass fed piedmonte beef, rarely, and free range chicken - I'm jewish - chicken is in my blood - and it took 57 years to finally know what chicken was supposed to taste like. However, I am feeling too upset eatting an animal that may not have been killed properly or even killed the right way, it hurts too much, even from a family run farm, so trying to wean myself off. The whole grain stuffing is sooo much better then any home made stuffing I ever made. I'm lovng salads and fresh organic veggies - it tastes real.
I watched my husband indulge in a triple choc cake he asked me to bake for him. As he ate it I munched on the wonderful taste of a bosc pear. And I have seen his mood change over the 3 days he has been indulging.
I used to love chocolate and caffeine products, and finally saw what it did to me. I literrally would be talking out loud in the street to myself in a voice that someone would have thought I was posessed - to the point a person actually crossed over the street because she was afraid to pass ! I didn't know I was allergic to the chemical in chocolate, and would have binge days, weeks, even to the point start halloween and end after easter. well, it turned on me. I was out 'running' and all of a sudden it felt like the ground was coming up at me and I was turning upside down - I crawled to a tree to hug until it stopped. No one passing by, and there were many, stopped to help, just stare! I tried moderating and fell off the wagon many times,, and finally this past year after two awful outbursts to clients, the shame was trmendous, enough to get me to stop. And I haven't missed it. A client sent a hugh gift assortment of some famous chocolate company and I had to have a couple of choc almonds, I didn't even like the taste. And the next day I was very grumpy. So it stares me in the face and I could care less, oh, Godiva is the name. Even though carob isn't chocolate I like the texture. I have raw almonds around, a fresh jam for my sweet tooth on wasp fiber crisps. I'm planning on making cherry crisp as a dessert for the holidays and perhaps a blueberry cheesecake (all slimmed down) for the holidays. I'm happy with my spelt bread stix and almond whole grain biscotti with decaf earl grey tea. Well, now I'm hungry and salivating, so I'll stop and get a snack!
