In article >,
"W. Baker" > wrote:

> Julie Bove > wrote:
> : Yes I know I have posted recently (perhaps in ASD and not here) about
> : feeling like I was starving and also craving chocolate. But now? I just
> : don't want to eat at all. Nothing sounds good to me. Nothing at all. I
> : am
> : forcing myself to eat. I have not had any hypos in the past couple of
> : days.
> : In fact most of my numbers have been normal, but... I did have to push
> : myself to eat a snack between meals. I feel if I did not do this I would
> : have actually had a hypo.
>
> : Yesterday we ate at my favorite Mexican place. I had the black bean soup
> : like I usually do. It is one of my favorite foods and it tasted very good.
> : But... I just didn't want to eat it!
>
> : Then for dinner we went to Outback Steakhouse. Now I must say this is a
> : place I would never want to eat at even if paid. I have put it off ever
> : since we moved here but my husband *really* wants to eat there. Angela and
> : I were planning to have his birthday there but now it looks like he might
> : be
> : moving away again. Don't want to say too much since things are still up in
> : the air. Anyway... We were looking for a different place to eat and it is
> : tough to find places where Angela can get what she needs. And the Alice
> : Springs chicken with sweet potato fries fit the bill.
>
> : My husband really enjoyed his meal. So I guess that was good. Angela
> : picked the mushrooms and cheese off her food and I realized that I should
> : have ordered her the larger portion. The piece of chicken she got was like
> : 4 bites. But other than that she enjoyed it.
>
> : My parents and I all had burgers. I had mine without the bun. But the
> : meat
> : patty had absolutely no flavor to me and rather an off texture. It was as
> : though they had taken a pate style cat food and fried it in a patty or
> : something. My parents made no comment about their meal other than that it
> : wasn't as expensive as they thought it was going to be. But they didn't
> : finish their food either. We didn't have salads because they wanted almost
> : $15 for a wedge of lettuce that came with some other stuff that I would
> : have
> : asked to be left off. So a rather dismal meal for me.
>
> : Tonight I made taco salads for dinner. Made the same exact ones last
> : Sunday
> : and enjoyed mine. But tonight? I just didn't want to eat it. Kept
> : putting
> : it off until I feared I might go hypo. I did manage to eat it but I didn't
> : enjoy it one bit.
>
> : I also had part of a bag of popcorn at Target. I find if I don't eat that
> : I
> : will go hypo. But we do a lot of walking (a lot for me) on Sundays. Not
> : only did I not enjoy the popcorn but I didn't even enjoy the smell of it.
> : One of the first things I normally do when I walk into Target is sniff the
> : air to see if they have popcorn. I am always disappointed when the popcorn
> : machine is broken.
>
> : And now I am having to force myself to eat my snack. Nothing sounded good.
> : I made mashed potatoes. They don't taste good to me. They just taste
> : salty
> : and they are made exactly like how I always make them. *sigh*
>
> : While the water for the potatoes was boiling I made a couple of pastrami
> : sandwiches for my husband. That seemed to even staunch my appetite
> : further.
> : The pastrami smelled icky to me. Now granted I haven't eaten any since I
> : was in Jr. High. I went through one school year eating nothing but
> : pastrami
> : sandwiches for lunch. So I did like it at one point. But apparently not
> : now.
>
> : I even had trouble coming up with a menu for the week and doing the grocery
> : shopping because literally nothing appealed to me.
>
> : Angela wasn't much help either. Her new thing is making smoothies that she
> : can consume. She is mainly using veggies. Tonight's had spinach and
> : cucumber. Some frozen berries, plain Greek yogurt and a little milk to
> : thin
> : it down. As far as she is concerned she can eat smoothies three times a
> : day
> : and doesn't need anything else.
>
> : I don't know how I got into this rut. Perhaps this is a sign that I am
> : getting sick or something? I do feel pretty good except for an itchy patch
> : of something on my forehead. Either psoriasis or eczema (I have both and
> : not sure which), an itchy bug bite on my wrist (probably spider) and I am
> : not liking our strangely high humidity. That is my new pet thing.
> : Watching
> : the humidity. Seems it has been 76% or higher for weeks now. Currently at
> : 88% and it feels quite muggy. Thankfully it's not hot. Just oddly damp.
>
> : I will keep forcing myself to eat because I know that I have to. But how
> : can I make myself *want* to eat?
> Just like your ravenous appetite recently, this too shall pass. It just
> seems to all come and go with you.
>
> There is a nice recipe for a dairy soup that Amge;la might ike.
>
> Yogurt-Cucumber Soup(for one or two)
>
> 1C Plain Yougrt
> 1 small cuke
> pinch salt
> garlic(optional)
> 1 tsp chopped fress dill or mint
> Squirt of freshlemon juice
>
> Put in blender and whap. Serve , if esired, with some fresh mint leaved
> on top.
>
> Easy and delicious, particularly in the summer.
>
> Wendy

Looks nearly identical to the Tzatziki sauce for falafels. We will often
just salt the cucumbers for a couple of hours, and then thoroughly rinse
the cucumber to get the salt out, and eat as is. It is very refreshing.

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