FEF? How did I come up with that one? FAQ has been around for ages; but FEF?

I mean, Frequently Eaten Foods. With all this carb-counting, I want to look up quickly how many grams of carbohydrate any one food has. Ergo I want a list of the foods that I eat most often.

For starters, I\’ve written down old-fashioned rolled oats and long-grain brown rice. Legumes, too: lentils, black beans, etc. I\’m working up a page for each food category: grains/breads; vegetables, and so on.

What kind of carbs you eat is important, as we know. Simple carbs, the sugary stuff, should be minimized. I\’m not cutting sweet treats out entirely; that\’s a bit to drastic. What\’s more, I know it will backfire on me only too soon, and then I\’ll be scarfing down ice cream by the pint.

Complex carbs, such as whole grains and legumes, are the ones that I\’m trying to emphasize. Luckily I\’ve read a lot about vegetarian eating and protein complementarity over the decades. Thus I\’m not totally unprepared for this pre-diabetes way of eating.

Getting back to simple carbs, I\’m inventing ways of using up the \”naughty\” stuff in my food supplies; and believe me, I have enough to last me until New Year\’s. Or even beyond! My habitual raids on the grab-bag bins in the salvage store have left me with scads of candy bars.

I\’ll cut a candy bar into 5-8 pieces, so I can grab just a little bit once a day. The bars that already have grooves in them are easy enough to break apart. And I\’ve got measuring spoons! One tablespoon of M&Ms®, instead of a handful.

Now that I have pre-diabetes, my riding is more important than ever. It\’s even extra incentive for my riding Tour de Cure!