I'm becoming very proficient at identifying how food makes me feel. A skill I haven't mastered with age however, is the ability to resist temptation (I'm talking about food here people, nothing sinister hee hee). Too much sugar leaves me feeling grotty, plain and simple. I've kinda fallen off the sugar-free wagon lately. Christmas was a shocker....(and delicious)....but I did sort of pull myself back...and then Easter came...oops - those trickster eggs screamed "EAT ME"...especially the dark chocolate ones. So after the eggy indulge I made a decision; time for a clean slate, back to sugar-free. It lasted, oh...a week?? Yes, this Friday week, a colleague gifted me a box of Cadbury Favourites. She left them on my desk for goodness sake, with a sweet note of appreciation for all my hard work! After being buttered up like that, how could I resist????? Before you can spell H.E.A.D.A.C.H.E I scoffed them like a mad women possessed. And I KNEW, rather frustratingly, that I'd pay later...and pay I did - with a 2 day long big-ugly-bad mood. It was the bad mood that broke all others. We're talking 'don't-even-look-at-me-side-ways or I might pierce your soul with my dagger eyes'. My poor family. When will I learn folks? When WILL I learn?? This happens every single time.
Sugar (apart from maybe a miniscule amount) is NOT my friend!
Rest assured, the tide has turned...here's a photo of what I've been snacking on these past few days. Let's call it 'Good Mood Food for Michelle'.
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A few generous spoonfuls of sprouted buckwheat (bought from here because I can't source it locally) topped with a big dollop of Greek yoghurt, a dusting of cinnamon and a light drizzling of local honey. Think itty bitty crunch meets silky smooth with just a little hint of sweet. I really love buckwheat, particularly crunchy sprouted buckwheat. Ben and I have been cooking up sprouted buckwheat pancakes like there's no tomorrow - check out this recipe. They are SUPER easy to make and are certainly my breakfast food of choice at the moment.
So does food affect your mood or am I the only crazy woman with this tendency?
Sugar (apart from maybe a miniscule amount) is NOT my friend!
Rest assured, the tide has turned...here's a photo of what I've been snacking on these past few days. Let's call it 'Good Mood Food for Michelle'.
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A few generous spoonfuls of sprouted buckwheat (bought from here because I can't source it locally) topped with a big dollop of Greek yoghurt, a dusting of cinnamon and a light drizzling of local honey. Think itty bitty crunch meets silky smooth with just a little hint of sweet. I really love buckwheat, particularly crunchy sprouted buckwheat. Ben and I have been cooking up sprouted buckwheat pancakes like there's no tomorrow - check out this recipe. They are SUPER easy to make and are certainly my breakfast food of choice at the moment.
So does food affect your mood or am I the only crazy woman with this tendency?
16 comments:
Oh food definitely has the same effect on me, especially if it doesn't agree with me. I get migraines, aches and pains, dermatitis to name a few. I've finally learnt it's just not worth it to stray off track as it takes weeks to get back to full health.
That buckwheat yoghurt looks delicious.
Xx
Oh this is me! It's so refreshing to hear someone say how hard they found it to resist sugar...for some it seems so easy. I'm with you though, when I'm eating balanced whole foods and very minimal sugar I feel so much better, then I eat chocolate and the spiral begins. But I keep picking myself back up and get back in the kitchen to make healthier food. Love the pancake mix too!
Love the recipe for the buckwheat pancakes - now to see if I can buy some buckwheat kernels in my small town!!
I'm not a huge sweet tooth, however in saying that, I always like to have a little 'treat' with my cuppa :) I gave in to the dark chocolate temptation at Easter too. Have you tried making bliss balls... a sweet treat without being overly sugary. Your treat above looks delicious!
I'll give you some when I see you next week :).
Do you soak the buckwheat to sprout it and then dehydrate it? Tell me more!
Hooley dooley!!!! No way Lou. Whilst possible...it would be far too tedious for this Little Red Hen. Follow my link to Loving Earth - I love their products. Am about to order the 5 kilo bag of sprouted buckwheat - that shows how much I enjoy it.
I'm going to try it! Have the dehydrator on the go thiis weekend activating my almonds so its not much more work. I'll let you know if I should eat my words though!
Guess what? I'm so excited - I managed to buy Macro Raw Buckwheat at Woollies in our home town! Yay! Now, where was that recipe.......
I fell off the coeliac wagon last year and now refer to myself as a lapsed coeliac. I couldn't see the point on being on a gluten free diet on chemo. I figured it couldn't make me feel any worse. In fact it has never made me feel sick like other family members but today I indulged in wholemeal bread and was overcome by a soporiphic fatigue an hour later. Time to climb back on the wagon.
Annie I really appreciate you sharing that with me. My naturopath and GP requested I to get off wheat but my attempts have been feeble. After a solid week of no wheat, yesterday I gave in and ate a spelt bread sandwich. Straight after eating lunch my stomach ached. For the rest of the afternoon I lay around complaining about how unbelievably tired I felt! I wondered if the bread had made me feel this way. After reading your comment I'm now convinced.
Sorry Mum...I should have told you they available at most supermarkets nowadays.
LOL..."small town" - 40, 000 plus people!!!!!!!
Wish I could say I didn't have a sweet tooth!!!!!!
We love bliss balls in this house...only problem is, when I make them they only last 5 minutes!!!!!
just trying to cut out dairy here as i am sure it makes me feel rubbish...i have cut it out foir 10 days and been on soya milk and this morning i forgot and had normal milk on my cereal! wowsers did i pay for it....let's just say i feel like somebody turned me inside out! sugar too...yes.....it makes me foul, i always thought it was guilt attacking my mood for eating badly, but perhaps i should cut it out. going to follow your recipe links xxxx
I've been thinking about this so much lately ... unfortunately not fixing it (had a whole heap of chocolate last night). I've also been thinking about how food affects my sons behaviour. I find it fascinating. Easter is always such a dangerous time!
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