Joy dot* waking up happy!

Allison, when I visit family no one eats breakfast right after waking up, so I always have about half a shake and then when we get around to breakfast I am ok and not crashing. Not perfect but keeps me stable. Chloe

: Joy dot: seeing butterflies in the
: woods and hearing the lizards
: scurrying through the dry leaves
: (I like reptiles. I guess that
: makes me weird. And where I grew
: up, we don't have any lizards, so
: I really enjoy them here in New
: Mexico)

: I think I posted about blood sugar
: challenges I had been having due
: to working out after work. I've
: solved those, by cooking something
: to take to work to eat before my
: workout, and bringing a yam cake
: to have in the car if necessary.
: We are also working on having food
: at home that just needs to be
: heated up.

: I also have been working on my
: journalling, which had always been
: the weakest part of my program.

: A few months ago, I stopped taking
: birth control pills to see where I
: am as far as menopause is
: concerned. I started having hot
: flashes (which felt really strange
: to me, since I have always been
: cold). The other day on another
: list, someone was talking about
: how Kathleen had told her that
: evening out blood sugar would help
: with hot flashes, and I realized
: that I haven't had any since I got
: my blood sugar issue resolved.
: Funny thing is, the hot flashes
: were happening during the time of
: day that my blood sugar was ok,
: not in the evening when I was
: having problems. So it must have
: been something about the aftermath
: of the crash that contributes to
: the hot flashes.

: My next project is weekend
: breakfasts. My husband likes to
: make omelets, but he likes to read
: the paper for a while first. I
: think I will have my toast with
: some cheese while he's reading the
: paper, or make a mini shake. I
: hate to give up the omelet,
: because he makes really good ones.
: But I need to eat something a bit
: sooner.

: Allison