September 15, 2012 - Give 'Em What They Need

Sorry I didn't get to write yesterday. I started working on various projects as soon as I got up and when I looked up it was 11:30 and I felt I missed the window. :) I grilled fish last night for my fam (basa and mahi mahi - YUM) and tried to make hushpuppies with almond flour. I forgot how quickly almond flour burns. UGH! It is much more sensitive to heat than other flours. SO, while the "meat" tasted GREAT (Kailey, my youngest grand baby, called the inside part) the outside within a few seconds was very dark. The second round, I turned the heat to 6 and they did better. Not giving up - definitely doable. Someone mentioned this week how much more hungry this time of the year makes them. I'm absolutely convinced that it's not the time of the year, but our minds taking us to memories of cooler tempts and sweaters. I was always sooo happy when it got cooler so I could "hide" my body. Hiding meant I could eat more and after all, "the holidays are here and I'll worry about my weight in January." Has anyone other than me ever felt like that? The problem with that type of thinking is that our internal organs and cells cannot rationalize. They have the TASK of trying to metabolize, detox, filter, distribute, store, etc.........those EXTRA calories they don't need and can't process. No one ever asked "THEIR" opinion. Have you ever been given SOOOO much to do and you know it's WAY more than you can handle? Your response.........sometimes just quit! I am convinced that is what happens within our bodies. They simply quit functioning due to extreme OVERLOAD - even for several months out of the year - and disease is MORE than willing to become the task master. YIKES! I can tell you - this is TRUTH! SOOOOOOO, since our organs and cells cannot think for themselves and are LIMITED in what they absolutely can do......let's not push them to the brink of quitting. Let's offer our bodies what they NEED and not necessarily what we WANT. :) Have a great Saturday! PK