Sweet of the blood

[mamadeb]

To my complete non-surprise, Pesach has been not good for my blood sugar. I ate at irregular times, often late at night and matzah, even whole wheat, is a rather dense food and it's hard to judge amounts with handmade. And there was time and opportunity to nosh - all day long, even. As for exercise - I got back from shopping at about noon on Wednesday. I next left the apartment (other than a couple of brief trips down a single flight of stairs) Sunday afternoon. I also tested and medicated badly.

I tried not to overdo things, but it's hard.

I did NOT take matzah with today's lunch. I'm going to my inlaws (on practically the same diet) tonight. And achron shel pesach meals are smaller than seder meals. Also - no guests. So, we will see.

Comments

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

Probably you should weigh the matzah, especially if you are using that hand-made shmurah matzah. On these middle days isn't it enough just to have some, without eating a specified amount?

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I shoul weigh it, I suppose.

I don't need to eat *any* matzah during chol hamoed, and only the requirements of motzi on yom tov.

And I think I'll keep it that way.

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a plan to me. Weighing it is probably a good idea. I like the hand-made ones a great deal, but you don't really know how much you are getting and I think they are much denser than the machine-made matzot.

[gingicat]

Sweet potato has soluble fiber...

I was just thinking how much I admired you for being able to do Pesach without eating kitniyot. :) Between my sugar issues and [TMI], I have to have a huge amount of fiber.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Plenty of non-kitniyot fiber.

Salad, green leafy vegetables. Whole wheat matzo (and most handmade shmurah is whole wheat.) Celery. Nuts. All fruits.

There's nothing to admire - it's only one week a year and I've done it for fifteen years.

[ataniell93.livejournal.com]

Oh, lordy, there's this woman at work who was going on and on about some matzah she bought at Whole Foods that was "Whole wheat, and low sodium!" I asked her if she knew for sure if it was K for P and she said she "thought so". I was just kinda flabbergasted, she didn't believe me when I told her Pesach matzah is nothing but wheat and water, she is convinced that it all has lots of salt in it. I should bring her the box.