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From: Eleonore Beaudoin on 4 Aug 2008 09:14
(uglav(a)hotmail.com) writes:
> On Jul 25, 11:24 pm, amandaF <amanda...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have been gone for some times and will probably won't be here just
>> because things are hectic and I have no regular schedule for posting.
>>
>> Right now, it's 4:01 AM. I have been up in bed for like an 1 1/2 hr
>> searching info on things. need to go back to sleep but am hungry.
>> What's worst is that my hypoglycemia has gotten really bad and it's
>> hard for me to pass through the night w/o needing to eat in very early
>> morning (in bed). I usually keep a slice of bread and a boiled egg but
>> I didn't bring any last night. So, now, I must get out of bed to go
>> get some food but wait..i kept a power bar in my night stand draw.
>> thank goodness for that. I am cozy and don't wan to get up.
>>
>> Sometimes, I feel so bored. It's usually after I got so stressed out
>> and forced to rest and then do nothing other than must do stuff daily
>> with a feelign that I wasted my time not accomplishing what I had my
>> mind set on doing before I got so stressed out. This stressed-out
>> period usually comes with getting sick. This last time, it was real
>> unfortunate. It started with food poison (from work cafeteria), in the
>> final exam period, i.e. the period where, once I finished, I could
>> just take a little break and proceed with other things (self study
>> and certifications) I was going to do but instead, my plan get messed
>> up (a little).
>>
>> I kind of feel guilty to bring up about my hypoglycemia but it was a
>> torture for someone who doesn't want to eat to have to eat 3 meals but
>> now, the only type of food that makes me fel well is wheat bread or
>> wheat tortilla (I was using wheat pita bread but switched to tortilla
>> because it's just easier to make fajita to go with it; also, I was
>> not using pita for both lunch and dinner but now I am using tortilla
>> for both lunch and dinner) .
>> I haven't bought white rice for a long long time but made the mistake
>> of buying. I was making all kinds of Asian food that goes with rice
>> and got myself sick. I got so scared that now I don't even want see
>> white rice. Fear just starts rolling in my mind when I think about
>> rice, even brown rice.
>>
>> I am not unhappy that my diet is totally restricted now. The food
>> items I rely on now are: wheat bread or tortilla, egg, beef, some
>> chicken, steamed vege (carrot, broccoli). I bought some potatoes and
>> was going to make beef stew but I am scared to eat potatoes. Hmm..I
>> forgot that I already bought sweet potatoes because i read that it is
>> better than potatoes when it comes to glycemic index. Yesterday, I
>> kind of crazed Thia food but the moment I visualized about ordering
>> the beef dish (at near by restaurant), I also visualized rice and
>> lost interest imply because I am scare of rice. I did eat some rice
>> last Sat at an Indian restaurant but only a little. I ate their bread
>> more.
>>
>> i read that hypoglycemia a rare disease/condition. I know that I
>> should just be happy that it can be controlled by diet but I love Thai
>> food and it only goes with rice. I eman, I am even afraid to eat once
>> in a while. I think i am traumatized about eating white rice such
>> that I can't even think about eating brown rice. Thai restaurants do
>> not serve brown rice anyway. so, my main fun activity of eating out
>> is now limited. I do feel great eating wheat tortilla and fajita
>> almost every meal. So, I can't really complain. Now, back to sleeping
>> but first my power bar. Sigh.. I wish life can be a little more fun,
>> ie I don't have to eat unless I want to.
>
> You can get a kind of pasta that looks like rice. Maybe it will
> substitute in a dish?
> Or you can cut cabbage really finely and add mung bean sprouts or such
> and use them as
> a substitute for noodles or rice. Thai curry with pumpkin is divine,
> esp red curry. You can
> make your own. If you make it a bit thicker you can wrap it in a
> tortilla. :)


Apparently, the favorite substitute for rice is, believe it or
not...cawliflower.
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