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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Breakfast of the champs

Because I’m excessive, routine is a life saver for me. Breakfast is one of those daily meals when I have a routine and pretty much never derogate from it. For years, I had toasts with peanut butter and a banana. I never got tired of it!

Now I want to limit my cholesterol intake, so the peanut butter couldn’t be part of my routine. As a matter of fact, the whole breakfast has been changed. Every morning I have:

1 cup of low fat vanilla yogurt
1 cup of raspberry (or other fruit if there is none)
1 cup of Cherrios

It’s a little less than 250 calories and it sure keeps me satisfied.

I find it’s so much easier to manage breakfast with this practice. On days when I can’t make it happen I’ll eat something else but I will not enjoy it as much. There might even be some occasions when we’ll go out to a restaurant and I will have eggs and bacon and I won’t feel guilty about it because I know the very next day I will be back to my healthy habits.

Yesterday we came to our “summer house”. The road to our home is not ploughed so we have to park the car at the campground entrance and carry everything we need for our stay.

First thing we did when we arrived was to start the heater. Then we went outside to get warm! It took 4 hours before our place was warm. This is what happens when you leave a house with no heat in winter in Canada.

Our physical activity for the afternoon was all about our “summer” home. We had not been back since the end of December. Well about 3 feet of snow were waiting for us so my exercise consisted of shovelling a path to our home, removing the snow from the roof of our 2 sheds and dig the truck out of its igloo. Christiane cleared a path to our 2 sheds and to the wood pile and dug the fire pit out and cleared an area around the pit to put our chairs.

This is the first time we’ve come here and didn’t bring any wine with us. I have been wine free for 4 days now, my liver must be wondering what is going on!
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  1. Plowing Through Life (Martha)February 28, 2015 at 11:07 AM

    That is a great breakfast, and a much healthier one. I thrive on routine, so I have no trouble eating the same breakfast regularly. Your liver is celebrating!

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    1. RichardFebruary 28, 2015 at 6:17 PM

      I'm celebrating too, I'm rising my glass... of water to my liver health :) Hopefully, I don't celebrate too much, I hate to wake up with a water hangout tomorrow morning!

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  2. The Happy WhiskFebruary 28, 2015 at 3:43 PM

    You made me a laugh at the liver part.

    Many good wishes to you and your wife.

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    1. RichardFebruary 28, 2015 at 6:20 PM

      Thanks for the good wishes.

      You know, we are starting a new relationship, I would appreciate you stop laughing at my liver part! LOL

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    2. The Happy WhiskFebruary 28, 2015 at 6:40 PM

      I laughed at your comment over at Martha's place. Now you are in my feed reader, and I shall be back, next post.

      Here's to healthy living, struggles and all.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2015 at 5:14 PM

    Almost all of my breakfast AND 5 out of 7 lunches are all the same! I like routine too! :)

    - WWE

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    1. RichardFebruary 28, 2015 at 6:26 PM

      We know about your addiction to cake for breakfast and a lot of chocolate... so are you telling us, your parents, that it is in your routine?

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  4. FogDogFebruary 28, 2015 at 7:38 PM

    My goto breakfast is 1/2 cup oatmeal with blueberries and honey and then 2 hardboiled eggs.

    Your talk about shoveling brought back some memories... I used to live in central Maine and have plenty of memories shoveling the roof to the woodshed. Now I get 1 inch of snow in DC and they shut the schools down for the week!

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    1. RichardMarch 1, 2015 at 2:31 AM

      Sorry to bring back such awful shoveling memory FD :) We were in Harrisburg PA February 20th and they had close the school because it was too cold, we were wearing just a small fall coat, I guess it's all relative.

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  5. Lowcarb team memberFebruary 28, 2015 at 7:40 PM

    I know I'm new to your blog ....... and for the past seven years I have lived the LCHF lifestyle. It all started when my husband Eddie was diagnosed a Type 2 Diabetic . The so called healthy breakfasts of toast, cereal, orange juice had not done him any favours and were quickly binned.

    Every morning we now enjoy eggs and bacon, or eggs a lower carb sausage made with 97% meat and a handful of mushrooms.

    By lowering the amount of starchy carbs we eat it improved his blood sugar numbers to that of a non diabetic.We don't need to eat highly processed foods.

    Of course we must all make our own choices but if you want to read more, and have a little time to spare, do have a look at the low carb diabetic website and blog......and if Richard doesn't mind this is the link http://www.lowcarbdiabetic.co.uk/

    I wish you .......

    All the best Jan

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    1. RichardFebruary 28, 2015 at 9:06 PM

      Thanks Jan, Not only I don't mind but I approve sharing any links about health. I'll come back to your comment tomorrow.

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    2. RichardMarch 1, 2015 at 2:52 AM

      How’s your husband doing? My mother in law was also diabetics, but I think she didn’t follow much of a diet; she was managing with the amount of insulin she was shooting.

      My main concern with food is cholesterol, I would love eggs and bacon every day but I can’t.

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    3. Lowcarb team memberMarch 1, 2015 at 11:16 AM

      Hi Richard, my husband is doing very well thanks. Since diagnosis seven years ago and discovering the LCHF lifestyle his diabetes has been under control. The only diabetes medication he takes is two metformin tablets each day. The LCHF lifestyle has benefited him, not only in weight loss, but great blood sugar control. It has also benefited me. I am not a diabetic, nor did I have any weight problem or any other underlying health issues. But it is amazing how much better the body, feels and re-acts to this lifestyle. I just wouldn't go back to my old ways.Obviously you have to get the balance that is right for you low carb, high fat, moderate protein .... it is not difficult.

      With regard to cholesterol Zoe Harcombe has just written a brilliant post, which I have given a link. I urge you to go read what she says. It is all documented with reference papers etc, but it is not too technical a read. The link is http://www.zoeharcombe.com/2015/03/saturated-fat-chd-in-europe/

      The article starts off "for all 192 countries in the world, for men and women, for CVD deaths and all-cause mortality, the HIGHER the cholesterol levels, the LOWER the death rate; the LOWER the cholesterol levels, the HIGHER the death rate."

      So you have to ask yourself do you want to keep cholesterol levels low ? Of course it is up to you what you decide.

      Take Care and .......

      All the best Jan

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