Low Carb Diet- Ugh!

Posted on Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 09:53

My husband has decided to go on a low-carb diet again.  I always hate it when he does that, because bread, pasta, and potatoes are some of my favorite foods, and although I still bake bread and make the others for the rest of us, it's not as much fun when he's not enjoying them.  I have discovered and created some really tasty low-carb recipes throughout the many times he's done this, but I'd prefer that he change the portion sizes of our regular menu and add exercise, rather than just cutting all carbs.  I'm not going to argue with him though- it's easier to make two meals than to try to change his mind!  Some meals are easy to fix- we have tacos, he has taco salad; we have homemade pizza, he has homemade cheese-crust pizza.  When we have something like pasta, he gets a hamburger or a chicken breast.  He has started taking a large lettuce salad with him everyday for his lunch at work, so that's pretty easy.  I want him to be healthy, but I just don't like the low-carb diet.  I think that there are some types of carbs that are very good for you, and he ought to eat.  But, this too shall pass!

On a completely different note, we are off to Iowa today to celebrate my nephew Remington's fourth birthday.  Of course, we will spend the night and then go to church tomorrow.  I better get started packing, as we're supposed to be there at 2:00, and it's a two and a half hour drive to their house.

One last thing- our family would appreciate prayers, as my niece Stella is undergoing medical tests throughout the month of January and February.  She is five, and has always seemed healthy, but has lately been complaining of accelerated heartbeats and leg pains.  When they took  her to the doctor and he checked her heart, he said her aorta was enlarged, and that with her other symptoms, he thinks it may be Ehlers Danlos Syndrome.  They are taking her to specialists in February.  Her mother is a worrier anyway, and this has really thrown her for a loop.  If you would please pray for both of them, I would appreciate it.

Have a blessed weekend.

Sara