Not easy but had to be as I was really illl with haywire blood sugar, hungry all the time and it was driving me mad so I went to the doctor and booked in for fasting blood sugar test and took myself off sugar, no more chocolate:( or biscuits but I started feeling better soon after I stopped and I know i can get rid of the sweet tooth if I stick with it. I have had some choccie with no sugar and sweetened with xylitol from goodness direct and that doesn't seem to affect blood sugar.
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Recipe Books on Amazon
Cooking Without Made Easy: Recipes free from added Gluten, Sugar, Yeast and Dairy Produce
by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007198760/ref=pe_vfe_x1
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.19
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* Cooking Without
by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722540221/ref=pe_vfe_x2
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.39
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* The Best Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes: More Than 100 Mouth-watering Recipes for All the Family
by Grace Cheetham
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* Vegetarian Cooking Without: Recipes free from added gluten, sugar, yeast, dairy products, meat, fish, saturated fat
by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722538979/ref=pe_vfe_x4
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* Learn to Cook Wheat, Gluten and Dairy Free: 100 Step-by-step Recipes
by Antoinette Savill
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* Erica White's Beat Candida Cookbook: Over 300 recipes with a 4-point plan for attacking candidiasis
by Erica White
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* Gluten, Wheat and Dairy Free Cookbook: Over 200 allergy-free recipes, from the 'Sensitive Gourmet'
by Antoinette Savill
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722540272/ref=pe_vfe_x7
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Price: £9.70
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by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0007198760/ref=pe_vfe_x1
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.19
You Save: £4.80 (44%)
* Cooking Without
by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722540221/ref=pe_vfe_x2
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.39
You Save: £5.60 (43%)
* The Best Gluten-Free, Wheat-Free & Dairy-Free Recipes: More Than 100 Mouth-watering Recipes for All the Family
by Grace Cheetham
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1844837432/ref=pe_vfe_x3
RRP: £12.99
Price: £7.65
You Save: £5.34 (41%)
* Vegetarian Cooking Without: Recipes free from added gluten, sugar, yeast, dairy products, meat, fish, saturated fat
by Barbara Cousins
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722538979/ref=pe_vfe_x4
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.19
You Save: £4.80 (44%)
* Learn to Cook Wheat, Gluten and Dairy Free: 100 Step-by-step Recipes
by Antoinette Savill
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1906502501/ref=pe_vfe_x5
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.14
You Save: £5.85 (39%)
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* Erica White's Beat Candida Cookbook: Over 300 recipes with a 4-point plan for attacking candidiasis
by Erica White
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722538561/ref=pe_vfe_x6
RRP: £14.99
Price: £9.07
You Save: £5.92 (39%)
. . .
* Gluten, Wheat and Dairy Free Cookbook: Over 200 allergy-free recipes, from the 'Sensitive Gourmet'
by Antoinette Savill
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0722540272/ref=pe_vfe_x7
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.70
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Wednesday, 16 February 2011
What a week I have had!
For a long time I have been getting a problem which I have just lived with I get an itching and also a small lump in my backside which makes it difficult to sit but it usually goes away within a few days and it's normally around my period time so I just put it down to hormones. Anyway last Wednesday think it was I got a lump and just got bigger and bigger and it was so painful and red and looked infected, I had family visiting so I delayed going to the doctors till Monday. As soon as I mentioned it she said it sounded like pilonidal cyst but when she examined me she said it was more superficial but said do you want to prick it with a pin I stupidly said yes becuase I thought if it was popped it would feel such relief but it made it worse and I not sure I how I managed to drive home it was agony. Later I was in tears and crying out with pain and I could only sit on my side or lay down for days since I had the boil/s and then it was even worse. The doctor put me on antibiotics. I have not take anti biotics for years and I hate taking them so I walked round (or should I say limped round) town a bit before I decided to get my prescription. I googled it and it came up with pilonidal cyst this site is good for into http://www.pilonidal.org/
and when I asked on the forum they seemed to think it was a pilonidal cyst. I was not convinced with the doctors diagnosis but then I also did not want to think I had pilonidal cyst as it sounds horrendous and they say surgery is the only option as it keeps flaring up otherwise. So I have to resist reading all the horror stories as hopefully it will go away and not return.
I used magnesium sulphate paste to draw out the boil/s and a hot water bottle over the area.
When I went to the loo just before bed it seemed to make them burst and a lot of stinking bloody pus came out and I was almost sick! But I did feel slightly less pain and when I woke up and had a bath in epsom salts which is supposed to help with the pain of boils (you can also use that to make a paste to draw out the boil)
I still have a small boil which has not burst yet and so I am hoping the paste will help it I must remember the hot water bottle as that seemed to do the trick before.
and when I asked on the forum they seemed to think it was a pilonidal cyst. I was not convinced with the doctors diagnosis but then I also did not want to think I had pilonidal cyst as it sounds horrendous and they say surgery is the only option as it keeps flaring up otherwise. So I have to resist reading all the horror stories as hopefully it will go away and not return.
I used magnesium sulphate paste to draw out the boil/s and a hot water bottle over the area.
When I went to the loo just before bed it seemed to make them burst and a lot of stinking bloody pus came out and I was almost sick! But I did feel slightly less pain and when I woke up and had a bath in epsom salts which is supposed to help with the pain of boils (you can also use that to make a paste to draw out the boil)
I still have a small boil which has not burst yet and so I am hoping the paste will help it I must remember the hot water bottle as that seemed to do the trick before.
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Gluten-free Cooking
Found this great blog for Gluten-free cooking http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/
I am getting into baking again as I miss having treats and gluten free biscuits etc are so expensive to buy
Tonight I made gluten free brownies I followed a recipe in Allergy Free Cookbook and I also made A Feel Good Cake from Barbara Cousins book Vegetarian Cooking Without.
The brownies were lovely just a little dry and the cake was very crumbly infact it fell apart when I was cutting it but very tasty.
I must try this recipe next time http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/01/dark-chocolate-brownies.html
I am getting into baking again as I miss having treats and gluten free biscuits etc are so expensive to buy
Tonight I made gluten free brownies I followed a recipe in Allergy Free Cookbook and I also made A Feel Good Cake from Barbara Cousins book Vegetarian Cooking Without.
The brownies were lovely just a little dry and the cake was very crumbly infact it fell apart when I was cutting it but very tasty.
I must try this recipe next time http://glutenfreegoddess.blogspot.com/2006/01/dark-chocolate-brownies.html
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Decluttering update
Working on decluttering the living room as I know that I can't tackle the worst room in the house first.
Every time I try I just get overwhelmed and stressed out and tend to move stuff around rather than deal with it. The experts say not to start on the worst room to start off smaller and build up to the bigger stuff.
We have reorganised the room and got rid of a tall bookcase which was a real clutter spot.
We got a new tv stand one of those glass ones (only trouble is now you see all the wires which we did not have with the old one) but we will get used to it. the old stand has gone to back of the room and it looks better as you do not see all the cds like before. Here is a photo of the bookcase so you can see how bad it was
Every time I try I just get overwhelmed and stressed out and tend to move stuff around rather than deal with it. The experts say not to start on the worst room to start off smaller and build up to the bigger stuff.
We have reorganised the room and got rid of a tall bookcase which was a real clutter spot.
We got a new tv stand one of those glass ones (only trouble is now you see all the wires which we did not have with the old one) but we will get used to it. the old stand has gone to back of the room and it looks better as you do not see all the cds like before. Here is a photo of the bookcase so you can see how bad it was
Here is what is in this space now much better:) this is what we had in the front room as a tv stand
Here is the front of the room now we have a new tv stand
Friday, 28 January 2011
New car:)
I got a new car it's a Honda Jazz automatic I had a Peugeot 206 which lasted me 3 years but it became such a pain due to automatic gear box going dicky and it would flash and then I would have to pull up and restart the car for ages so when hubby got a bonus and said I could get a new car of course I had to say YES.
Because I never dare drive my last car very far then I have to regain my confidence in driving.
today I had a drive and it was really busy traffic but it was great and I also have a nice cd radio now I did not have a working one in my old car.
Because I never dare drive my last car very far then I have to regain my confidence in driving.
today I had a drive and it was really busy traffic but it was great and I also have a nice cd radio now I did not have a working one in my old car.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
The basket method
I got this suggestion for a Yahoo Group I am in called Clutter Help
"Fill the Basket, Empty the Basket" strategy.
Here is what you do:
1) Pick a spot in the room in a size you think you could manage. 1ft by 1ft
for example, or 1 box, or tthe desks surface, or 1 drawer.
2) Pick up everything from that spot and put it in the basket so that the
spot is completely empty
3) Go into a different room or even the garden if you have to and put the
basket down.
4) Pick 1 item out of the basket and really look at it. Then ask the following questions:
1) Is it rubbish?
Yes - walk to the bin and throw it in the trash right now.
No - Go to step 2
2) Do I need it?
No - Go to Step 3
Yes - Go to Step 4
3) Can it be given away / donated?
Yes - Get an empty plastic grocery bag, but the item in it and write the
person's name or place it is going to on the back.
No - Throw it in the trash right now.
4) Does this item fit into my ideal home?
Yes - Take it to the place it will go in your ideal home and put it there.
Even if the area is a mess, this is where that item belongs from now on.
No - Go to Step 3
Repeat the process for every item in the basket. Then go and get another
basket. Try to do 1 new basket a day. Every day go to that area you have
cleaned and do a quick tidy of that area using the basket method.
"Fill the Basket, Empty the Basket" strategy.
Here is what you do:
1) Pick a spot in the room in a size you think you could manage. 1ft by 1ft
for example, or 1 box, or tthe desks surface, or 1 drawer.
2) Pick up everything from that spot and put it in the basket so that the
spot is completely empty
3) Go into a different room or even the garden if you have to and put the
basket down.
4) Pick 1 item out of the basket and really look at it. Then ask the following questions:
1) Is it rubbish?
Yes - walk to the bin and throw it in the trash right now.
No - Go to step 2
2) Do I need it?
No - Go to Step 3
Yes - Go to Step 4
3) Can it be given away / donated?
Yes - Get an empty plastic grocery bag, but the item in it and write the
person's name or place it is going to on the back.
No - Throw it in the trash right now.
4) Does this item fit into my ideal home?
Yes - Take it to the place it will go in your ideal home and put it there.
Even if the area is a mess, this is where that item belongs from now on.
No - Go to Step 3
Repeat the process for every item in the basket. Then go and get another
basket. Try to do 1 new basket a day. Every day go to that area you have
cleaned and do a quick tidy of that area using the basket method.
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