43 degrees in constant rain, going to be wet most of the day into tomorrow. We need the rain, lots of grass seed down and waiting, so this long slow rain is just fine.
I see on the long range forecast for the end of next week five straight days of precip. Looks like the nice run of dry weather we had is over. Hopefully all of us in mudland got our projects/chores done this past week.
Now Don, sadness is not the right word...but if you're saying I can never have another ribeye steak off the grill I'm not going to call that happiness either.
And I think if you asked for a raise of hands, not too many others would think it's a great idea either. Gone to any local barbecue contests? We both live in the land of barbecue...and grilling asparagus is just not the same. I need some meat, but I'm definitely willing to cut way back.
If my cholesterol numbers were high, which they are not, I think I would increase the priority of meat substitute proteins.
I don't consider an egg meat, though some do of course, so eggs are now being eaten more. And very little processed food. I steam my vegetables
and use olive oil or butter to cook with. Trying to go back to more natural ingredients.
And since my weight is slowly going down, a pound a month recently, my attempts to eat smaller portions seem to be working.
I'm trying to change my attitude towards food, not just go on a diet, which is the only way we all know this works long term.
The challenge is thinking about what we would do if one said we could live to 80 while eating meat and 100 if we only ate plant based food.
Would we take 80 years of yummy t-bones vs 100 of soy burgers?
Folks know cigarette smoking is just horrible for their health, but clearly it satisfies a need.
I bet if we all ate sensibly, kept within reasonable weight guidelines, and didn't smoke, the impact on the health and efficiency of our country would be remarkable.
Instead we are the land of the obese, where we spend more money on diets trying to take off weight than I'm sure some small countries do on basic survival.
I think we all have to be honest about our own personal risk factors. I've never smoked so that helps me, plus my heart is strong. Hopefully since I ate my way into slightly elevated sugar levels, I can eat my way out of them. If we smoke and drink, have elevated cholesterol and sugar, a pear shape body and have a high BMI, can any intelligent person actually be surprised if they get sick?
All of a sudden my tractor is looking darn reliable...
