From here: Brazilian Dietary Guidlines

/ “Always prefer natural or minimally-processed foods and freshly-made dishes and meals to ultra-processed foods. In other words, opt for water, milk and fruits instead of soft drinks, dairy drinks and biscuits, do not replace freshly prepared dishes (broth, soups, salads, sauces, rice and beans, pasta, steamed vegetables, pies) with products that do not require culinary preparation (packaged soups, instant noodles, pre-prepared frozen dishes, sandwiches, cold cuts and sausages, industrialized sauces, ready-mixes for cakes), and stick to homemade desserts, avoiding industrialized ones.”

Boiling this down even further, rather than concern yourself with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent set of dietary recommendations, if you ignore everything and simply focus on transforming fresh whole ingredients into meals; eating those meals at a table free from distractions; drinking alcohol at most in moderation; not smoking; getting a good night sleep; and cultivating healthy friendships and relationships, this will serve you better than getting 10 percent less or more of this, that or the other into your daily dietary life./

I have gotten a ton of ‘This is probably only noticeable to me’ stuff done so far today. Cleared out under the kitchen sink and put down shelf paper, a couple of days ago I took everything out of the unsatisfactory dresser drawers and put my shirts on the shelves, and today I put the bedding in that same dresser and put some of the stuff from under the kitchen sink on that bathroom shelf instead. Much more accessible tools, and much easier to get at undersink stuff in kitchen. Cleared out some more paper work, and my cubbies by the desk. Little things, but very satisfying and will make my life easier when this good bit turns back into crap. Cause you know it will. But today is a bright, if overcast, day, and that helps a lot. Gray is energy-sapping, I’ve found.

I want to clear out the stove drawer, but not sure if I’m up for it. We’ll see. I have to sit and rock and read, or mess about on here in between every little thing I do that involves moving, but Getting Things Done. Lots of energy. I would be a superstar if not for pain getting in the way.

My homemaker mentioned that she wished they could just fix the prednisone problems so I could stay on it, because there is such a difference in me when I am…on it, that is. Yep, I’d like that too, but meanwhile, I am just enjoying having the energy and brain power to GET THINGS DONE!!!!