When I post this I will receive a message from WP telling me I am on a 20 day streak. This is not so much a tribute to my ability to turnout a post a day for weeks on end, but a reproach that every so often I become so disorganised I can’t post every day. Sometimes I get so wrapped up in Wikipedia or TV that I forget the time, and sometimes I fall asleep. Either way, I don’t se it as something worth recording. But WP does. I thinks it’s all part of the process of keeping us addicted to blogging, (and paying for the privilege).
I was down for 6.50 this morning, having once again risen when my body decided rather than trying to cling on until the alarm went off. It does feel a bit better as a start to the day, though it has deprived me of a smidgen of my beauty sleep. These things are always a trade off, but I’m not a Kardashian and my blog doesn’t depend on my looks, so I don’t think this is a problem.
You would think that a blank mind and a new day would have come together with an empty computer screen to produce pure genius wouldn’t you? It hasn’t. It’s taken half an hour and several false starts to get this far and apart from the Kardashians the only other thought I’ve had is about dietary fibre. This is getting to be quite a popular subject at the moment.
You need 30g a day according to UK health professionals, and the average Brit is getting 16-20g a day. It’s not good, but compared to other countries, we aren’t doing too badly. However, lots of countries don’t have enough to eat, or have better things to measure, so there’s not a lot of data out there. The ones that ae doing substantially better in fibre intake are the ones where they have a large rural population growing their own food. The presence of health food shops seems to have little to do with it.
I’ve just been looking at my breakfast. A two biscuit serving of Weetabix contains 3.8g of fibre according to the internet. My budget ASDA version contains the same, according to the packet. This is distressingly little for something that appears to be compose entirely of floor sweepings and husks. Wholemeal bread has 2.8g per slice, and at least you can have marmalade on that.
It’s going to be a long old slog getting to 30g at this rate. Looks like we might have to call on the prunes . . .
Ah, prunes . . . now you’re talking.
There is a reason for their enduring popularity. And you can play games with the stones if you hav tinned ones. Dried are not nearly so much fun. 🙂
Oatmeal topped with banana, walnuts, blueberries and coconut milk is a good breakafst.
We often manged the bananas and blueberries, must get back to overnight oats, and try some nuts.
You mean your genius mode doesn’t turn on at the crack of dawn?
No, it starts slowly and needs to warm up. If I’m honest, sausages help, but my new high fibre regime prevents this. 🙂
Do they have high fiber sausages?
I’m not convinced by the concept . . .
You know…plant based…😆
Yes, I was afraid that was where the conversation was taking us. 🙂
The possibility of me eating plant-based sausages, unless we suffer an apocalyptic change to our was of life, is approximately zero. I’ll eat plants, I’ll eat animals, but I won’t meddle with nature by trying to make one from the other . . .
It’s not natural, I tell you! 🙂
Agreed. I had this conversation with another blogger recently and said the same thing…just eat plants
Since the beginning of lock down we have been trying to eat more vegetables and less meat. It’s easy enough to make decent vegetarian food without dressing it up as meat.
Completely agree!
Could you follow the Ian Botham lead on Weetabix?
I have moved up to three but I still worry. You know me, always worried about healthy eating . . . 🙂
🙂