Think Snow and Sugar

Day 83

RAW

Tuesday 1-16-07

THINK SNOW

It is getting cold here. Houston is sub tropical, so we do not get cold much and when we do it kind of freaks us out. When it gets icy here it shuts everything down like when there is a major snow storm up north. But I love the cold, at least the cold here and expect school to be closed tomorrow and there to be some playing outside in the cold tonight and tomorrow, which is not as fun as playing in the snow.. but it is fun!

Astrid came home today with a green band aide taped to her forehead that said "think snow". Pretty great. She is definitely "thinking snow", and she keeps seeing snow.. who am I to tell her it is not snow. Is it snow? It could be...

A LITTLE SUGAR PLEASE

I worked, worked, worked today and I managed to have a largely raw day... minus the left over vegan cupcakes which by the way I am happy to report did not upset my stomach or blood sugar in any way. I used Turbinado sugar and gluten free flour, but still I am a little surprised. I am sure I should not add them into my daily diet, but occasional use is probably OK. :)

What is great about eating raw foods is that even when I have something cooked and even something that is sugary that I would have stayed away from before, my body seems to handle it more sensitively but at the same time better. Like my body just rejects it or in the case of a little sugar... does not seem as thrown off by it. That makes me very happy, because to me that means it is healing my insulin resistance. Healing the damage I have done with processed sugars and wheat and everything else. It is kind of like the benefits of alternative medicine vs traditional medicine... It goes past the symptom to the root of the symptom and heals the cause.