EUREKA!!!! Hypoglycemia solved and I try WISE FRIES! YUM!

Sooooooo. I finally emailed my counselor and asked for the hypoglycemia protocol.  I took a glucose tolerance test in my 20's that suggested I was hypoglycemic...but over the years I felt like it went away-- like it was a temporary thing. But apparently it's activated by this diet. Not surprising, I suppose. Hypoglycemia was one of those conditions that was very popular to  confer on people in the 70's, but many doctors did not take it seriously. During test, I thought, "Who wouldn't react to having thick, orange, sugar gulped down in one dose and then sit around for 5 hours having blood tests. My sugar went up to 180 and then plunged. I was considered pre-diabetic at 25.  I started eating more protein and more whole grains, which seemed to help my panic attacks a little. But there were far more urgent issues in my personal life at the time, that needed to be addressed. And once they were, it didn't seem to matter too much what I ate.

Sooooo the protocol for the next couple of weeks? And I cut and paste (quote)

To address low blood sugar you will add the following to your program to allow your body to adjust to the change in diet:

Week 1:

• In the morning, have ½ a hard boiled egg

• Every 4 hours, have a spoonful of honey in a cup of hot tea or hot water

Week 2:

• In the morning, have ½ a hard boiled egg

• Every 6 hours, have a spoonful of honey in a cup of hot tea or hot water


Week 3:

• In the morning only on milk days, have ½ a hard boiled egg

• Every 8 hours, have a spoonful of honey in a cup of hot tea or hot water

Week 4:

• Eliminate use of the hard boiled egg

• As needed, have a spoonful of honey in a cup of hot tea or hot water

EUREKA!  I feel like a sailor who's been pulled at the last minute from a sinking ship. Based on what I have done over the last 5 days, this small amount of protein and glucose is like a complete fix - a morning buffet that I know will help me stay on track.

I went right to the kitchen, boiled 6 eggs, cooled them down, peeled one, cut it in half LENGTH WISE  (I'm no dummy) and ate it....with a little salt. Hmmmmmmmmm. I'd already had the tea and honey soI skipped that.

Then I went out and trimmed all the bushes around my house in the 85 degree heat. (Drinking smart water to make sure my electrolytes stayed normal.)    Later, a walk with my daughter in law, by the river, with Puppy. 

I feel saved.

It's noon- time for my first real meal of the day -- raw veggies and fruit (including that delicious "good fat" fruit, avocado.) I feel fine and I have been working outside for about 2 hours.

Combing the fruit in the salad makes salad dressing superfluous.  I tried to make several types of dresings suggested on the Listserv but they all included artificial sweeteners, which are really starting to both me as my palate becomes ultra senstive to sweetness. The peach was CAREFULLY picked. You have to sniff them to find a tasty, sweet peach. I picked two yesterday and they were spot on!  If you're not picky, you end up with something that tastes about as enticing as sawdust.

I ended the day with WISE FRIES-- from the Hungry Girl website.  These were GREAT!!!!! See how enthusiastic I am about a new food that actually tastes really familiar and satisfying?  I chopped up a butternut squash - I have to admit, my first time EVER!  Just using the top half, I got out my Pampered Chef crinkle cutter, so they would really be French Fry looking (though I am not a FF fanatic, the thought of anything potato-like was appealing.)  Preheat the oven to 45, spread the squash on a non-stick pan and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook for 40 minutes. They do blacken a bit at the edges -- I actually cooked them for about 30 minutes on convection --but the black part did not taste bad at all. It wasn't even noticable to me. I dipped the fries in my leftover spaghetti sauce  and ate them with a pile of brocoli and cauliflower sprinkled with Old Bay Seasoning. Blueberries, Rasberries and 1/2 a peach for dessert.
Very full, but still that sensation of the tongue wanting more, rather than the belly-- the belly was bloated up like a balloon!  There wasn't any fat in the meal, so I'm guessing that's what the tongue was searching for...
I'll definitely make an other batch of these on Thursday!