True confessions: Grazing and Prowling. What are your solutions for the hardest times?

That is good advice, and it makes me wonder if maybe my settings need to be adjusted.  I think I still feel a little like I cannot get air.  This is mostly a problem when I am congested, like during allergy season.  But sometimes there seems to be no reason--I am just restless--but I assume the restlessness has to do with the apnea.  Perhaps time for a follow up with the sleep clinic.  Thanks!

It could also be your mask. I am a full mouth breather and have tried the nasal masks...I just couldn't breathe with them. I have to wear a full face mask or it doesn't work for me. 

I learned to not fight myself, I start eating with dinner and have two snacks thereafter, if I eat during the day I have to keep eating all day which is why I only drin****d tea with loads of lemon all day.  Its how I have maintained for nearly ten years.

This idea--of being more mindful of my own self and body--that is something I need to do more of. 

If you eat a heathy protein in the morning like scrambled eggs and even a slice of bacon you will find you won't feel hungry for carbs during the day. If you start the day with a carb, then you will crave and graze all day.  

I love pickled eggs so I always keep a bowl of them in the fridge. I want something to grab that's healthy that is what I go for. 

Thanks, Chili.  You are right about the proteins helping with cravings.

And another true confession:  I have never heard of pickled eggs before.  Is this a regional thing?  I don't think I have ever even seen them on a grocery shelf.  The idea of them makes me feel a little odd, but I will try them if I can find them.  Kind of like a personal challenge.

Hard boil a dozen eggs.  Get a jar or 2 of sliced pickled beets. Peel the eggs and dump everything in a Tupperware container. I add a splash of red wine vinegar.  The longer they sit the better they are ..sprinkle with salt and its a great protein packed snack to grab during a craving. 

When I was a young pup growing up in Oklahoma many bars had a big ole container of pickled eggs. Once I thought it might be a good idea. Not a good idea for a drunk puppy. No more pickled eggs this lifetime.

Deb T.

Ha!  Not a pretty picture!

I have never seen pickled beets on the grocery shelves around here either.  Maybe i have been pickle blind!  But my mom used to make pickled beets every year.  And, she made shelves of dill pickles, and sweet pickles (colored a troublesome blue-green color), and watermelon rind pickles!  Yes, as children, we had to save our watermelon rinds for Mom's pickles.  I had to hope Mom cut off the bite marks of my older brothers. It is very possible that my mom still has some of her home-canned beet pickles in her basement cold storage.  

Seriously, Chili, this has taken me on a very happy trip down memory lane.  I do think in honor of my mother (and her grandmother, who taught her to can and preserve in the wilds of Northern Alberta), I had better figure out how to make pickled eggs.  I will try to follow up and report!