RIP Little Richard~
It has gotten too easy to say to you all
I almost think sometimes, I had imagined it all.
The hurtful words, the criticisms, and the lies
Like in the hottest crime book novel, I am the spy
The wet spots on my pillows that laid on my bed
It is kind of easier to think it all was in my head.
Dreams of you seldom come this way
But then again, what is there left to say?
I tossed many a nights thinking about what ifs,
The fallback was me, the goodbye was to me, I was the riff.
I desperately sought your approval in the earlier days
Thinking by some sudden miracle I could erase the overbearing haze.
Foolish I was, but trying to belong I was always
Trying so hard, but never so much again, in all ways
How did it become so much more easier to say goodbye,
Then to hold each other close, and try to dry a tearing eye?
How was it that you became as mundane as what to wear?
If even that is saying I care.
Too easy for you to forget about me,
to pick up where things were before me, I see.
It is all like reading about someone else and their life,
Skipping through the pages, trying to skim to see
If in fact is was even really me.
Many women gain weight during middle age, particularly around the time of menopause. The Galveston diet, which was invented by Mary Claire Haver, MD, an OBGYN, aims to reverse this trend, using a diet plan consisting of lean proteins and low carbs.
The Galveston diet is designed to help menopausal women lose weight by fighting inflammation rather than cutting calories. Despite many personal stories of success on the diet’s website, there are no scientific studies that prove this diet is any better at helping you lose weight than other healthy, balanced diets. Here’s what you need to know before trying the Galveston diet.
The Galveston diet is primarily designed to help you combat weight loss during menopause. However, it also offers advice on how to relieve other menopausal symptoms, like hot flashes.
The crux of the diet is to reduce inflammation by limiting the hours in which you eat and cutting out foods that can trigger inflammation like gluten and sugar.
Here’s what you can eat while following the Galveston diet:
Meats: Only lean proteins are allowed in order to avoid excessive saturated fat, which has been linked to weight gain.
Vegetables: Veggies that are low in starch and high in inflammatory-fighting antioxidants are encouraged.
Fruits: Fruits that are lower in sugar and high in antioxidants are advised.
Fats: The diet allows mainly unsaturated fats, which are a healthier choice for anyone trying to lose weight.
The only dairy product recommended is Greek yogurt because it has more protein than other yogurt varieties. Similarly, the only grain the diet includes is quinoa, again because it provides protein in addition to carbohydrates.
While following the Galveston diet, you should avoid processed foods and food with added sugars. The website recommends entirely avoiding the middle aisles of the supermarket, where snacks and packaged foods are found.
The diet not only places strict limits on what you eat, but also when you eat. While following the diet, you are advised to do a daily version of intermittent fasting in which you restrict your eating to an 8-hour period, such as between 10 am and 6 pm, and fast for the remaining 16 hours.
The intermittent fasting aspect of the diet is meant to help reduce inflammation and burn fat. In order to get all the details of the Galveston diet, you need to pay a one time fee of $59, which gives you access to a curriculum covering inflammation, hormones, and other health topics. There are also meal plans, recipes, and shopping lists available.
It’s important to make lifestyle changes when you hit menopause, says Stephanie Faubion, MD, MBA, director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Women’s Health. “Women need to be aware that if they don’t change something at menopause — eat less and exercise more — they will gain weight.”
Though the diet has somewhat rigid restrictions, Faubion says that it does not seem to be harmful. However, she adds that paying a fee may not be worth it. “There are many diets that focus on lots of fruits, vegetables and whole grains and are low in saturated fat that women can follow, the Mediterranean being one.”
The guidelines for what menopausal women should eat are not much different than for other women, Faubion says. However, “midlife women tend to gain a pound or two per year, and avoiding that weight gain is very important to avoid increased cardiovascular risk over time.”
If you want to avoid rigid restrictions or paying for dietary guidelines, you may want to try a similar option like the Mediterranean diet.
They sometimes influence us, into a reflection of them.
Often, they will fix a hem.
Maker of foods that fill our tummies
Helper, with our things, even when we act like dummies.
A guide to see our inner purpose,
A photographer, of a time that was.
More often than not, our biggest fan
Showing us they believe in us and that we can.
Mothers are great, when great is our mother,
If you were not fortunate enough that is, like the others,
Then we should be the mother that we wish we had,
So we won’t always be sad and feel bad.
I just love working the earth with my own two hands. This time of the year things are being planted, they are growing and then producing. I have been busy this year. My husband made me a garden shed with raised beds. This is the first time I’ve had raised beds.
There are tomatoes, squash, zucchini, cabbage, cosmos, and green peppers in there. I hope it will be a good harvest. I’ll let you know. I also have a lemon tree in there, for which I’m going to have to put in a more permanent pot, very soon. This is my first time with a lemon tree and it is dwarf size…or patio size. I hope it grows well.
I also have more flowers this year. I am starting most by seed but have planted some as well. I love feeding the butterflies, bees, and birds. I have corn planted also. I just love corn on the cob. Don’t you?
I have strawberries in a huge pot. I put one pepper plant in a pot. Some tomatoes are hanging and pot, along with onions, chives, lavender, cilantro, dill, etc. I have oregano in the ground it survives year after year. Banana trees, I never have to replant. I wish they produced bananas but they haven’t. They will multiply.
So there are a few pictures I wanted to share.
I am sitting outside with a slight breeze blowing, listening to my wind chimes, and the sounds of the birds. It is a wonderful, relaxing thing to do.
I hope to see the fruits of my labor and hope my family will enjoy all the good I’ve worked hard to grow.
Hope everyone is great and I will see you on this side of the rainbow…🌈
❤️ MwsR
Our greatest hurts can be the greatest lessons.
Fault lies in the heart of the foolish.
Things can scatter but find their way back home.
Loneliness can produce the strongest instincts.
Forwardness often turns into zero action.
Walking fast into something can leave us breathless.
Miracles are like rainbows, hardly seen but when they are, you are amazed.
Doubting leads to spontaneous actions.
Word of mouth comes from the heart first.
Writing is a clue of the heart.
Sadness is pertinent to happiness.
Poetry makes sense the feelings one feels.
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