Diario de LaineAndTheDog98, 05 abr. 24

IKEA veggie meatballs and veggies instead of carbs 

Edit: veggies have carbs 😂but not the kind I’m worried about 

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Yes it was good. I only got 3,000 steps around IKEA, oops. That is too little for a whole day, but a lot at once. Too little for IKEA though 😂baby steps no pun intended. 

Looks good, and I'm with you not all carbs are created equal! Too many steps around Ikea is unhealthy for your wallet! 

Yes it was good. The plant-based meatballs are made of pea protein, potatoes, and apples instead of crap 😂. Potatoes are also a healthy carb in theory, but mashed potatoes have no skin, so won’t fill you up, and usually have lots of salt too. I might have a baked potato sometime soon. That’s a smarter way to enjoy a potato. 

Did you know that if you cook potatoes then cool them then reheat them, or eat cold, it reduces their glycemic index and increases resistant starch which aids gut microbiome.  

Thank you for the suggestion, Anne. I find more niche facts about nutrition, to be interesting. Here are some that I know: 1. Peas have more protein than beans, if you are willing to eat a main-dish-sized portion of peas lol. You don’t need much protein for nutrition, but some people report that it helps curb appetite.* 2. The recommended limit for alcohol, up until it recently changed to “none at all,” was 1 drink a *day* for women, and two drinks a *day* for men! That is terrifying. That is too much alcohol, unless you are a recovering alcoholic cutting back gradually, or unless you party around people who drink even more than that and avoid their influence. 3. The recommended limit for red meat is almost certainly higher than it should be, too, lol. How lenient. Footnote*: you can try to remember that you are not a starving person, if you have the resources to use Fat Secret, and that hunger from less protein is not starvation, or even actual hunger for that matter. However, thinking that deeply all the time will make you crazy unless you have the moral strength to end up in the Good Place, if you know that show, when almost everyone goes to the Bad Place even if they are decent but not exceptional people. 

Great! 

Interesting, Laine. I love peas and beans. Also in the process of giving up alcohol. And I very rarely eat red meat. I don’t worry too much about protein and I think we should be hungry at lease once every day. Not sure what show you mean? But I am sure I will end up in the Bad Place lol  

What I meant was that, some people can still be hungry right after a meal, if it doesn’t have enough protein, but…that is not actual hunger, definitely not starvation, and you can remind yourself that you are not starving, that you have enough food, and you should sit with it; but it is hard to remind yourself of that every single time unless you have the strength to end up in the Good Place, lol. 

*The Good Place part was a joke.