OFF TO A DECENT START

OFF TO A DECENT START FOR TUESDAY.  Had fried eggs and bacon for Breakfast with water to drink.  I'll attempt to eat better today after the cookies I ate yesterday.  Not sure if it was the chocolate I was craving or the crunchy cookie part of these cookies I bought from ALDI, but I over did it and knew I had.

Then while watching the PBS television program, CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL, I got into a small box of crispy crackers that had cranberries baked into them and couldn't stop eating them as they had a taste to them that reminded me of slightly burnt oatmeal and raisin cookies from my childhood.  

I was the Oatmeal with Raisin Cookie CHEF while my sis made the AWARD WINNING Chocolate Chip Cookies.  Sometimes my cookies over baked that were slightly burnt cookies with dark undersides.  We didn't pitch them.  We still ate them over baked and all.

Was I craving a sweet memory of my childhood or was there something in the crackers that my body needed?  Chocolate is magnesium.  Cranberries? Vitamin C? 

CRAVINGS:  Does craving chocolate mean you need magnesium?  Yes, high amounts of chocolate cravings are a sign of magnesium deficiency. Magnesium regulates glucose (blood sugar) and insulin levels (helps the body use and store glucose), as well as the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Cranberries are a rich source of several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin C.

• Vitamin C. Also known as ascorbic acid, vitamin C is one of the predominant antioxidants in cranberries. It is essential for the maintenance of your skin, muscles, and bone.
• Manganese. Found in most foods, manganese is essential for growth, metabolism, and your body’s antioxidant system.
• Vitamin E. A class of essential fat-soluble antioxidants.
• Vitamin K1. Also known as phylloquinone, vitamin K1 is essential for blood clotting.
• Copper. A trace element, often low in the Western diet. Inadequate copper intake may have adverse effects on heart health.Trusted Source

ANYWHO...off to a good start.  Plans for the day?  LAUNDRY!  and lots of it.  I'll work at getting caught up.  In between loads I'll be cleaning the Kitchen cabinets and loading things into them.  One day closer to being moved into this tiny place.

As I drive the distance across the Flint Hills to my COTTAGE, I will take in the nature of the Kansas landscape in the Flint Hills.  Perhaps someday, I will have a view from the Kitchen window of the gentle hills of the Flint Hills staring back at me.  NATURE and only nature with the changing seasons all over it.

Off I go.
~d