Hapiness is full of lamb
Aug. 4th, 2013 10:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
st_aurafina1. Helped my little sister with cooking adventures over the phone. When she was visiting in June, we did some baking and tried out some low-FODMAP recipes. She wanted to have a go on her own, and she did great! She made a great risotto, and a chocolate almond slice, and she's taking them both back to university. She can provision herself, yay!
Conversations we had: how to roast pine nuts, how to cut up pumpkin, how to chop spring onions. (Onions are generally out for low-FODMAP eaters, but the green parts of spring onions or leeks are okay for low-FODMAP, according to Monash's FODMAP app.)
These were the two recipes she made:
Gluten free, low FODMAP chocolate almond slice
Spinach, bacon and pinenut risotto, which she made without the garlic, and with only the green parts of spring onions.
2. Genine's August calender August calendar was a bit too dotty and busy for me to use on my desktop, but I found a nice alternative, with a cabbage moth, here. Moths! Seem to be a bit of a theme for me lately. Genine's calendars are normally a favourite, though - she uses a lot of handcarved stamps in her art, which I love.
3. My knee is, if not much better, definitely not worse. I'm moving around, and I'm hoping it will be okay for aqua aerobics tomorrow, even if I take it a bit slow.
It's really nice to have a little trust in my body - the first time I injured it, I was so caught up in body hate and defensiveness that I expended huge amounts of energy panicking and miserable. Now I know what my body is able to do, in terms of exercise and range of movement, and I'm not wasting energy on being bewildered. I don't know if this makes sense or not, but it's a lot nicer.
4. I got my new crochet project started - it's a baby blanket, with a kind of a lacy structure. (It's here on Ravelry, if you're interested: Ocean Tranquility afghan.) It's the first time I've worked with something that wasn't acrylic or wool-acrylic blend, and it's a bit tricky. Definitely less grippy, if you know what I mean. I'm also not sure the colour is right for a baby's blanket - I'm using Claudia and Co's Cotton Ball in Whirled Peas, a variegated green which turned out to be a lot more olive than mint. But I'm pushing on - I got the first six rows done and it's certainly eye-catching.
Conversations we had: how to roast pine nuts, how to cut up pumpkin, how to chop spring onions. (Onions are generally out for low-FODMAP eaters, but the green parts of spring onions or leeks are okay for low-FODMAP, according to Monash's FODMAP app.)
These were the two recipes she made:
Gluten free, low FODMAP chocolate almond slice
Spinach, bacon and pinenut risotto, which she made without the garlic, and with only the green parts of spring onions.
2. Genine's August calender August calendar was a bit too dotty and busy for me to use on my desktop, but I found a nice alternative, with a cabbage moth, here. Moths! Seem to be a bit of a theme for me lately. Genine's calendars are normally a favourite, though - she uses a lot of handcarved stamps in her art, which I love.
3. My knee is, if not much better, definitely not worse. I'm moving around, and I'm hoping it will be okay for aqua aerobics tomorrow, even if I take it a bit slow.
It's really nice to have a little trust in my body - the first time I injured it, I was so caught up in body hate and defensiveness that I expended huge amounts of energy panicking and miserable. Now I know what my body is able to do, in terms of exercise and range of movement, and I'm not wasting energy on being bewildered. I don't know if this makes sense or not, but it's a lot nicer.
4. I got my new crochet project started - it's a baby blanket, with a kind of a lacy structure. (It's here on Ravelry, if you're interested: Ocean Tranquility afghan.) It's the first time I've worked with something that wasn't acrylic or wool-acrylic blend, and it's a bit tricky. Definitely less grippy, if you know what I mean. I'm also not sure the colour is right for a baby's blanket - I'm using Claudia and Co's Cotton Ball in Whirled Peas, a variegated green which turned out to be a lot more olive than mint. But I'm pushing on - I got the first six rows done and it's certainly eye-catching.
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Date: 2013-08-04 03:31 pm (UTC)(The green bits on spring onions aren't a problem for FODMAP people? Huh. Added ammunition to my slowly growing suspicion that I'm not onion intolerant, I'm mildly allergic. Raw onions (of any sort, and also garlic) give me a sore throat and then digestive problems. Cooked onions give me digestive problems without the sore throat, unless it's a small quantity and they're very well cooked.)
Yay for your sister finding ways to feed herself at uni.
The afghan looks really nice, and if I were the mum, I'd appreciate something not pastel for a change.
It sounds nice, having more trust like that in your body. How did you get there? And how did you get your trainer to believe you? Like "no, really, I'm not just being lazy, this doesn't feel right?"
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Date: 2013-08-06 12:30 pm (UTC)Yeah, apparently the green part of leeks and spring onions are okay. Baby spinach but not... adult spinach. It's pretty interesting, especially the way our IBS family has all different parts of it. I'm more lactose intolerant and she's not but she's more sensitive to gluten and onions. Genetics!
It sounds nice, having more trust like that in your body. How did you get there? And how did you get your trainer to believe you? Like "no, really, I'm not just being lazy, this doesn't feel right?
I guess it's being able to say "I can and do exercise regularly - this is an injury, not because of my size"? I don't know, it's such a complicated, triggering thing, isn't it? Knowing I like exercise, and having my trainer, Sally, say "Look, we used to just do this exercise on the ball, now you're on your feet, that's great!" makes a big difference to how this injury is going, compared to last time when it was all "I BROKE MY BODY WITH MY FATS WOE IS ME!"
I got really lucky with Sally, who is really empathetic, and who listened when I said "I don't want to talk weight loss or calories or fat burning - please make it about fitness and strength." (She's the second personal trainer I've worked with - the first one lasted two weeks with the no fat talk, caused me injuries which they dismissed as "just one of those things that happen with exercise" and when I failed to be their personal Biggest Loser, palmed me off on Sally, ha.)
If I'm puffed, I say "Wait a minute" and she says "Okay, catch your breath!" and it's all okay and judgment free. She's never implied that I'm lazy or anything like that - she seems to know when I'm flagging, and count me down from ten or whatever, so I have a small achievable goal to aim for.
I'm really, really lucky - I don't think I did anything to make it happen so much as she's just great. And it's just her hobby, not what she does for a living. I keep telling how good she is with injuries, and people with confidence issues, in the hope that she decides to specialise.
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Date: 2013-08-05 09:14 am (UTC)*runs off with the gluten free chocolate almond slice recipe for a friend*
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Date: 2013-08-06 12:32 pm (UTC)The slice is pretty good! While she was visiting, we also made gluten free chocolate banana bread, which was very easy and tasty.