Another probably pointless thought

[Gwynn]

Ahh so its a jelly baby diet for a long life... 🙂

Thanks for the info above. I think that 30g or 50g of nuts every day seems a lot especially as my calorie needs for weight maintenance are just 1450 Cals. So 50g nuts would be quite a large slice of that. Impossible whilst on a weight loss diet (which I am just finishing off)

However, eating some nuts must surely be better than eating none. There seems to be a lot of possible benefits. I have add3d 15g of Cashew nuts to my diet for today.

Yes, its on an Australian web site that I found the specific advice. It sparked my interest.

The perfect diet? Not for longevity but for good health. I have been given a second, second chance. My health was not good at the diabetes diagnosis and I was in pain most of the time. Now, on a much better diet, etc, I have zero pain any of the time, more energy and feel well all the time. Its brilliant. And I didn't have to take any miracle pills or meds to get here.

 

[helli]

I have add3d 15g of Cashew nuts to my diet for today.

Cashews are lovely but, compared to other nuts, they have relatively high carb content.
Other nuts such as almonds and walnuts have lower carbs.

I tend to buy my nuts from Lidl. They sell mixed nuts and also packets of individual types. I buy cashews, pecans, walnuts, brazils, almonds and mix according to my taste on the day. I usually have a small ramekin full of nuts to nibble throughout the day.

 

[Gwynn]

True. Cashews are higher in calorie and carb count, but I do like them and felt a change from my usual peanuts was a good idea.

Cashews are expensive too. Hmmmm.

 

[Gwynn]

Out of sheer interest (or utter boredom, depending on your point of view) I have attached a screenshot of the App editor page for editing the days meals. I have simpler editor pages for foods and recipes.

It looks quite complex but is remarkably easy to use.

I added 'nuts' analysis as a sort of add on / afterthought as I am not sure of its usefulness, but there it is - now. I guess I will use it to keep a tally/remind me about nuts.

Fruit/veg portions are also in there now too - a big big change that.

Come on, wake up at the back !!

Just looked at the attached pic. Quality is dreadful. I will see if I can get a better pic. Nope it seems to be scaled down when uploading. So heres a picture of our kitchen instead. Much more interesting...

 

[Inka]

Lovely kitchen @Gwynn 😎 I’m very envious! It must make food preparation more of a pleasure.

 

[Gwynn]

When I retired I decided to rebuild our run down house. The rebuild has gone well (still not quite finished). The rebuild started with the roof and went from there, both inside and out. Every room. Every appliance. Every light fitting. Every wall and floor. Etc etc

Cooking in the new kitchen is a delight.

Our old kitchen was a tiny tiny room with just the basics in it and no surfaces to really prepare food easily. It was dark too. The new one (designed by me but put together by Wren kitchens) is very light and quite spacious. Tons of surfaces, cupboards, light, etc.

We had the old difficult kitchen for over 30 years so it was definitely time to sort it out.

Only one job to go but I cannot afford it yet...the front garden/yard. Its not very big but it needs a big overhaul. Digging out of concrete/tarmac and a proper surface put in. That's gonna cost and so it will be a while whilst I save up the pennies.

Looking back I am amazed that I let the house get so run down. Too busy trying to survive to notice. A bit like diabetes for some (like me). Its only when something big breaks that we notice and do something about it. In the case of the house it was the central heating. We discoved that the old one had been fitted dangerously and it didn't so much as give up but, well, best not to go into it. At least we survived and replaced the whole system, wiring, pipes, radiators, boiler. The new one is great and quiet (unlike the old one)