House Work or House Warming

It's nice to have G home.  He purchased a patio door insulation kit yesterday when we stopped in to pay the $380 (monthly) oil bill.  Today he installed the plastic barrier to the windows that leak cold air the most.  We usually remove that smaller window on the right and install a window AC unit in the summer months.  The install/removal has significantly lowered the usefulness of the weather stripping.  This particular window is right next to the end of the dining room table where we sit to eat.  And shiver.  He's shrinking the plastic with my hair dryer.

I discovered that my readership increases  (new readers who Google) when I have an interesting title.  this one could be titled "draft dodging" or "home insulation tips"  or "cold weather strategy" and would generate readers who would be annoyed with the content.  So, Readers, if you have a blog--generate readership with savvy titles.

Today is SOUP DAY.  Two kinds.  Chicken Noodle for G and Bean and Escarole for me.  Both easy and both delicious.  My soup is not low carb but it is low calorie.

I am trying to mix it up, diet wise and keep calories down.  Not easy on a high fat diet.  I refuse to jump the fence and start eating wheat even though I am now VERY sure I am not allergic to wheat.  I am addicted to wheat but not allergic.  Same with Sugar.  I hardly have any health complaints.  The only real difference in my body following no wheat/sugar is that my ankles no longer swell up.  I still get dents in my ankle when I wear socks with tight bands, but that's all.

I will be wildly inappropriate right now (warning) in stating I do not and have never had the symptoms a coworker's partner described.  Loose bowels, horrible stinking farts and a burning, itchy butt hole.  Now those are symptoms of a Wheat Allergy.  As is joint pain and migraine headaches.  Not me.  And you can guess this partner is a 30 something male.

There are things I could now tell you about but I think I have said enough.  A few readers warned me regarding the sugar alcohols in SF chocolate bars.  All the above and more.  I stopped buying them.  And I stopped eating the farty cereal which had many kinds of seeds which I obviously had trouble digesting.  I often wonder, now that I no longer buy soy milk, if it was the soy milk and not the cereal? Allergies to soy are the worst.  It's in everything.

The new low calorie wheat and sugar free diet is going well.  Ankles are good.  Pants button easily. Sleeping well.  Not hungry unless it's time for me to eat.  I had a Royal Red Robin Burger yesterday for late lunch/dinner.  Wrapped in a giant bunch of lettuce leaves.  Plus a side salad.  And a side of mayo.  If Red Robin was here in my Town I would be driving there right now to have another one.  So darned delicious.  I love the egg.  I had three french fries with ketchup.    Breakfast was the very last of the fresh mozzarella and two unripe tomatoes with olive oil and Balsamic.  Lunch was two (possibly three) big spoons of peanut butter (600 calories) and dinner will be soup.  Learning Curve.  Hard to give up the fat.