Yes, I ate carbs.....

Over the past little while, I have slid into a habit of consuming carbs again. This is what happens: I eat a carb meal or snack, perhaps because I've been at a relative's home and there was nothing non-carby to eat. Or I just had a craving for a carby snack.

The problem is, I then get hungry for more carb foods. I'm not good when I feel hungry. I feel hungry in the mornings again so I'm not doing intermittent fasting and the no-breakfast plan. Then my blood sugar rises, I get depressed and feel lousy, and it gets worse from there.

And so I must STOP. I start making cups of tea in the morning because that makes it easier to fast. I make simple ketogenic/low-carb foods so that when I do eat, it's less likely to be carbs. I usually feel like heck when I'm going back onto my routine, but I know when I get through it I will feel energetic and be healthier.

I've listened to a Jimmy Moore fasting podcast to start the day--- even though he's discontinued that particular podcast it is still inspiring and I think I plan to listen to them all. You can find Jimmy's Fasting Talk podcasts at: http://www.fastingtalk.com/

The Christmas season, which evidently starts before Halloween now, is often a time when we have to eat other people's carby cooking or get cast out of the family. Some people think we should give in, just once. But for me, one carby meal leads to days or weeks of carb hunger. Maybe it's better for some of us NOT to eat carbs just-this-once.

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One of the things I'm doing to get on track is making some bone broth. I had the major bones involved roasted and in freezer bags. I also had a few bags of leftover bones from pork chops or chicken. I filled up my BIG slow cooker (8 quarts) with bones and have got it going. I really want to get on a daily bone-broth routine which means making broth more often. Which means finding sources of bones. Not so easy around here.