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Sooooo I've accepted that I need to get back to eating low-carb*, even tho' I love bread and pasta. I know (and decided to ignore for a while) that carbs raise my inflammation levels.
Veggies! Protein! I can do this! ... except I apparently forgot that sweet potatoes are not any lower in carbs than regular potatoes. Guess who made a big batch of sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot and has been eating them all weekend (with chicken and kale)? Whoops.
I guess I'll get a little more strict about it, uh, next week. Apparently cauliflower rice and butternut squash make a good substitute, flavor & texture -wise, for mashed sweet potatoes? I guess I'll try it.
*I'm not cutting out real sugar. Fuck that, I haven't found a zero-carb sweetener that tastes okay OR isn't made from a fermented corn product and thus a migraine trigger. But I am going to be having less. Which won't be that difficult, because I don't really eat much sugar any more, barring the Madwoman in the attic going on a baking spree.
Veggies! Protein! I can do this! ... except I apparently forgot that sweet potatoes are not any lower in carbs than regular potatoes. Guess who made a big batch of sweet potatoes in the Instant Pot and has been eating them all weekend (with chicken and kale)? Whoops.
I guess I'll get a little more strict about it, uh, next week. Apparently cauliflower rice and butternut squash make a good substitute, flavor & texture -wise, for mashed sweet potatoes? I guess I'll try it.
*I'm not cutting out real sugar. Fuck that, I haven't found a zero-carb sweetener that tastes okay OR isn't made from a fermented corn product and thus a migraine trigger. But I am going to be having less. Which won't be that difficult, because I don't really eat much sugar any more, barring the Madwoman in the attic going on a baking spree.