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Year Four, Day 265: Rip Van Winkle and West African Chicken Peanut Stew

 Hello Friends:

I've been laying low the last few days.  Have felt under the weather.  Mostly extremely tired and a tad blue.

OK, actually I feel like curling up in a ball and sleeping for 20 years. Like Rip Van Winkle. 

Do you remember that story? I do. It scared the bejeebers out of me as a kid!

Funny, when I looked up the story, it is not how I remember it.  I remember Rip Van Winkle meeting some strange men and saying he was so tired, he wished he could sleep for 20 years. And then he took a nap and woke up 20 years later. 

That is not exactly how the story goes:

https://www.bedtimeshortstories.com/rip-van-winkle-story

I used to get scared when I was tired, because if I said out loud that I wanted to sleep for 20 years I might just fall asleep and then wake up to find my world had been changed.


Odder still, my favorite  plot in movies and novels is now time travel!

I am an odd bird indeed.

Anyway, back to my fatigue., I am pretty sure it is blood sugar related. I will spare you the details, but I am back to low carb eating, pretty much keto. And now after only about 24 hours, I feel almost peppy!

I am still practicing intermittent fasting, not eating after 2 p.m. most days.  And I am cutting out carbs and sugar as much as humanly possible.


I made another lovely stew in my crockpot today: West African Chicken Peanut Stew. I served it with steamed cauliflower and sautéed kale.





I even managed to have a keto breakfast with my mom this morning. I had a green salad, no croutons topped with grilled chicken and bleu cheese dressing. I had black tea to drink. And after breakfast, my mother and I even went for a little walk at a nearby running track.

After breakfast, I went home and popped the ingredients in the crockpot for my stew and then went to the gym for a short workout and massage chair session.


I am feeling so much better today.  When I was at my most fatigued, I felt like someone had switched the off button in my brain. And if I were to lay down, I feared I would not wake up for 20 years. Like Rip van Winkle!


But according to the story, Rip was a very lazy man.  I say with pride, I am not a lazy woman!


I just enjoy me some chocolate, potatoes and bread more than I care to admit! 

Well - I just admitted it! First step to recovery!


On that note, I have a 3 year-old that wants me to dance to "Friend Like Me" by Will Smith on Aladdin.  


Gotta boogie!


Talk to you tomorrow!


Love,


Zita


PS Today is Day 271 of my weighted hoop workout! Been doing it every day for about 2 weeks solid now. Even in the dark! Woot woot!



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