Happy New Week, fellow Stay the Coursers!
Continuing to watch a lot of food shows for mental health breaks from the news -- while simultaneously trying not to over-eat and wipe out my 35-pound weight loss that began around the time of my OHS, last September. The other day, I stepped on scales and saw a 4-pound gain, so I cut the junk food and have it back down to just a silly little pound. Would like to stay vigilant and get to a 40-pound loss. As one reward, I had a 6.2 A1C (3-month blood sugar average), my lowest in 15 years and actually just out of the diabetes range, in my bloodwork the other day.
Re the food shows: We discovered something many of you may already be enjoying: The "Uncharted" series on National Geographic featuring chef Gordon Ramsay exploring food-gathering and preparation in diverse cultures around the world. I watched the whole segment from Tasmania, which was fascinating. (Never knew wallabies were tasty game.) Many other segments I haven't been able to see in full yet -- South Africa, Peru, Morocco, Bayou county in Lousiana, and others. I can only assume that this series will be repeated many times or will be available for purchase.
Just a quick amen to the praise for Molly Yeh of "Girl Meets Farm" on the Food Network. Chinese/Jewish heritage. A little farm on the North Dakota/Minnesota border. Talk about out of the ordinary! Wonder if she will do some shows when the farm gets socked in by blizzard conditions. Surely her pantry is well-stocked. But topping everything is Molly's enthusiasm. Can't help but feel better after watching her zest in preparing rhubarb short ribs or Asian scotch eggs.
A sad bit of pandemic news: The husband of my great fitness teacher, Sarah, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is quite ill. He's not showing the usual symptoms -- fever and dry cough -- but has terrible headaches and muscle aches. Just shows you can be considered asymptomatic and yet be carrying the virus. Just hoping/praying that he gets well and that Sarah and the rest of the family don't fall ill. For the time being, they are taking care of him at home. I reluctantly left the class in February because of both my post-op/hernia concerns and wariness about covid spread. The state subsequently included gyms in the lockdowns, but they've recently reopened. I would still be wary of group exercise with so many areas, ours included, becoming "hot spots."
Okay, let's try to be of good cheer, and stay our courses, what say? All best to all, cheerio.
Cheers,
Superbob
Continuing to watch a lot of food shows for mental health breaks from the news -- while simultaneously trying not to over-eat and wipe out my 35-pound weight loss that began around the time of my OHS, last September. The other day, I stepped on scales and saw a 4-pound gain, so I cut the junk food and have it back down to just a silly little pound. Would like to stay vigilant and get to a 40-pound loss. As one reward, I had a 6.2 A1C (3-month blood sugar average), my lowest in 15 years and actually just out of the diabetes range, in my bloodwork the other day.
Re the food shows: We discovered something many of you may already be enjoying: The "Uncharted" series on National Geographic featuring chef Gordon Ramsay exploring food-gathering and preparation in diverse cultures around the world. I watched the whole segment from Tasmania, which was fascinating. (Never knew wallabies were tasty game.) Many other segments I haven't been able to see in full yet -- South Africa, Peru, Morocco, Bayou county in Lousiana, and others. I can only assume that this series will be repeated many times or will be available for purchase.
Just a quick amen to the praise for Molly Yeh of "Girl Meets Farm" on the Food Network. Chinese/Jewish heritage. A little farm on the North Dakota/Minnesota border. Talk about out of the ordinary! Wonder if she will do some shows when the farm gets socked in by blizzard conditions. Surely her pantry is well-stocked. But topping everything is Molly's enthusiasm. Can't help but feel better after watching her zest in preparing rhubarb short ribs or Asian scotch eggs.
A sad bit of pandemic news: The husband of my great fitness teacher, Sarah, has tested positive for Covid-19 and is quite ill. He's not showing the usual symptoms -- fever and dry cough -- but has terrible headaches and muscle aches. Just shows you can be considered asymptomatic and yet be carrying the virus. Just hoping/praying that he gets well and that Sarah and the rest of the family don't fall ill. For the time being, they are taking care of him at home. I reluctantly left the class in February because of both my post-op/hernia concerns and wariness about covid spread. The state subsequently included gyms in the lockdowns, but they've recently reopened. I would still be wary of group exercise with so many areas, ours included, becoming "hot spots."
Okay, let's try to be of good cheer, and stay our courses, what say? All best to all, cheerio.
Cheers,
Superbob
