I’m having a rough time of it. Sleepless nights and colicky days. Sleep deprivation the likes of which I’ve never known (and I’m insomnia queen!). Post partum depression issues.  I’m on the edge of a major meltdown pretty much all the time. I was inspired to healthy action a bit when discovering that not only […]
Do you eat jicama? It’s that ugly, bulbous, brown “root vegetable” (it’s actually a legume).   They look a little like a squashed turnip in shape. A few years back, in my “try something new a week” phase, I picked up a jicama and ate it in a simple form — peeled, cut into sticks and dipped into a low […]
I saw the OB on Thursday; everything is going well aside from the checking blood sugar bits. Honestly, my test results weren’t that bad. In a normal, non-pregnant person a doctor wouldn’t even require the daily testing. In fact, they are probably pretty much where they have always been at that “pre-diabetic” or insulin-resistant level. […]
I got a phone call Tuesday afternoon from a diabetes education center — apparently the results were back to my OB and he called over a refferal to them for me.  So altho I hadn’t received any results, the assumption is that I “failed” and came up with the diabetes. Wednesday morning I went in […]
Something has been going on with my site. It keeps going down for short to long periods of time, but every time I talk to the hubby about it, things come up fine for him. He FINALLY was at his computer at the same time as I saw the problem so he knows I am […]
While doing some random browsing (probably looking for recipes ;)), I came across a really neat tip for peeling a kiwi. Personally, if I’m going to eat one I just slice it in half and scoop it out with a spoon.  But that’s no good for a frut salad, plus the kiddo has trouble with that and […]
So, not everything was good news at the OB yesterday. I’d gone in for a glucose tolerance test on Tuesday, and the results from that were back in. I expected to be high. I’ve been diagnosed as “Insulin Resistant” (what used to be called “borderline diabetic”) for years. However, the initial results were really high […]
From over at Bloomacious (which I don’t normally read, but followed a link from Tastespotting for the recipe. I’ve never tried a fruit salad with carrot, but I do like fruit salads, and this one is a great combo of super nutritious produce. Happy – Sexy 2009 Fruit Salad  1 Kiwi sliced 1 average […]
I love Brussels Sprouts. It’s possible that I may be the only person on the planet that would say that. It’s part of our media history consciousness — what is that pungent little cabbage the sneaky kid feeds to his dog under the table? Yep, its the brussels sprout! In fact, according to some surverys, the […]
I’ve been struggling with my stomach again, having trouble keeping things down. It seems to go in cycles. I eat something that really bothers it, and screw up my stomach; then for several days, even things that shouldn’t aggrivate anything cause all kinds of problems and I can’t seem to get anything to stay put.  I […]
