January ETL - Nutritarian New Year!
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Sabine, mmmm I love cauliflower! Sometimes my stomach gets mad at me if I eat too much of it though. That soup just sounds delicious.
JCN, thank you!! That's an awesome idea. I will give it a whirl! As I mentioned a week or two ago, my first slow cooker recipe was a huge flop and I haven't tried it again, haha.
Jo, yay we can go sugar-free cold turkey together! I already have a headache today and I'm guessing it's from that. Great that your kids are with you though, that will make a big difference! My fiance is also trying, but I'm the leader with ETL and sugar-free so far. I do have medjool dates though, I will try them when I'm feeling weak!0 -
I think I will jump on the no-sugar bandwagon! I need to keep my cravings under control and keeping sugars and starches to a minimum is very important to that goal.
Jo, I’m in the U.S., Ohio. How did your bars turn out? Great tips on reducing sugar.
JCN yay for workouts and slow cookers!
Lia how is your back feeling?
Sabine, the leek and cauliflower soup sounds really good. As does wine.
I would call today a fail. I ate a bunch of saltines for some reason. And some dark chocolate. And some popcorn. In addition to my good stuff… breakfast of oatmeal, lunch salad, and dinner red lentil cauliflower curry. I don’t know what triggered the snacky munchies. Ugh.
Tomorrow will be better!
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HI all and welcome to to the newbies.
Lia: thanks for the cauliflower wing recipe I am going to make those for Super Bowl Sunday.
I will serve them with fresh veggies, hummus and fruit.
Congrats to all of you doing the no sugar ban. I should join. I always do well for a week of 2 then succumb to my cravings.
Guess I need to fill up more on salad during the day.
Had a relaxing snow day. I did not end up doing all the cooking I had planned so we will be eating the same left overs for awhile. Maybe tomorrow I will have time to cook. I did spend my day catching up on my paper work. Made a pretty good dent in the stack.
Today:
B: Oatmeal and fruit
L: salad butternut squash soup
black bean and quinona soup
big salad, hot cocoa w/ almond milk
s: berry explosion muffin (they came out very mushy and I had to cook them way longer then the recipe said. I did make some as cookies which turned out much better)
Off to the gym in -8 deg weather0 -
I'm so impressed by how well you guys are all doing! I gave into the tortilla chips sat on the kitchen side... Arrgghh! Anyhoo, the bars are being prepped this morning as I was pulled into candle making with the kids... And I've got some 'pecan Bon bons' to make so that I'm breakfast and snack prepared!! I'm also making tonight's dinner and prepping tomorrow's slow cooker... And trying out an almond crusted aubergine dish which sounds absolutely lush!
Sugar-free day 3, I'm managing to keep up hydration but keep forgetting to log it. Which resulted in me forgetting I'd downed a litre of water and wondering why I was peeing so much! I think the combo of no sugar propping me up and hot yoga resulted in the best nights sleep since my youngest was born!!! She's 2.5! Woke up this morning at 6 to go to the gym.. Then remembered I hadn't signed up for one!! Think in my awakening stage I must have been dreaming about a gym, so signing up for one this afternoon. But my skin has broken out in spots which I suspect is my body clearing out the sugar.
Tdh - berry explosion muffins? I'm intrigued! If they're ETL then I could add them to my breakfast armoury!!
Liapr - well done on leading the way with your fiancé! Headaches defo sound like they are from withdrawals, especially if you've cut out those notorious sugary drinks as majority contain a shed load of caffeine too! Be gentle on yourself. I found a 'alternative foods for cravings' on Pinterest. Almonds are good apparently!!
I'll check back in later, have an awesome day with love from the UK!!
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They work better as cookies but if I was to make these again I would add less berries and only use fresh strawberries.
Berry Explosion Muffins
Talia Fuhrman
Serves: 12
Preparation Time:
Ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1/2 cup almond flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons ground chia seeds
1 1/2 cups cooked white beans or 1 (15 ounce) can no-salt-added or low sodium white beans, drained
10 Medjool dates, pitted
2 bananas
1 (10 ounce) bag frozen strawberries, thawed and divided
1 teaspoon alcohol-free vanilla flavor
1 teaspoon alcohol-free almond flavor (optional)
1 cup fresh blueberries
1 cup fresh raspberries
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
In a large bowl, combine whole wheat flour, almond flour and baking powder. Set aside.
In a cup, mix ground chia seeds with 1/2 cup water and let sit until it forms a gel, about five minutes.
In a high-powered blender, combine white beans, pitted dates, bananas, half of the thawed strawberries (leaving the other half to be put in the muffins whole), chia seed gel, vanilla and almond extract. Once blended, combine with the dry mixture and stir thoroughly until well-combined.
Drain the remaining strawberries and stir in along with the blueberries and raspberries so they are evenly distributed throughout.
Place cupcake papers in a 12-cup muffin pan and spoon in batter. Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Note: To make cookies, drop batter by spoonfuls onto a foil-lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until lightly browned.
Per Serving:
CALORIES 180; PROTEIN 6g; CARBOHYDRATES 39g; TOTAL FAT 1.6g; SATURATED FAT 0.2g; SODIUM 4mg; FIBER 6.5g; BETA-CAROTENE 35ug; VITAMIN C 15mg; CALCIUM 84mg; IRON 2.1mg; FOLATE 38ug; MAGNESIUM 63mg; ZINC 0.9mg; SELENIUM 7.8ug
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Hi guys!! Happy Thursday-Almost-Friday (and snow storm day for us, I think).
Thanks for the tips, Jo! It's actually so helpful hearing how other people do going off sugar, and even the side effects. My face has broken out this week too and I was wondering which of my food habits had caused it! I will check out that Pinterest page too, great idea. So far I've been doing okay and relying on yummy fruits. Even the fuhrman desserts are nice too. PS Holy moley your body was raring to go today!! That's awesome waking up ready to gym (even with no gym, lol) PS again, I'm from Ontario, Canada actually!
Terri, I'm happy it wasn't just me that made mushy muffins!!! I will try them as cookies next time. Great ingredients and flavour but yes, so mushy. Terri,
Mihani, lots of room on the band wagon! And actually helps my accountability that we are all doing it together!! Today is day 4 no sugar for me. It's amazing how easy it is when I decide not to do it at all, but impossible when I tell myself to do it only a little lol. I only ever last sugar-free for a few days, but I'm hoping I can have a totally clean February.
Also, Mihani, don't worry about the munchies. Everyone has days like that! And I think it's amazing you don't eat cake every day after your stressful long weeks, LOL! My back is doing much better though, thanks. I've been doing lots of stretches and decided I will start T25 on Monday! Just doing regular treadmill stuff this week instead. How are your hands?
B - oatmeal with seeds, raisins, cinnamon, and a bit of maple syrup
L - rice with kale & mushrooms; apple + nectarine
D - unknown; if I get stuck here, then a burrito; if I go home, a nice big salad and tofu again
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Today's plan, thanks to hubs' early morning cooking:
B: green smoothie kale, spinach, berries, hemp, soy milk
S: almonds
L: roasted brussels and carrots, cauliflower and leek soup
S: kashi bar good question! probably vegetarian potstickers 0 -
StarLovesSky wrote: »
Liapr - well done on leading the way with your fiancé! Headaches defo sound like they are from withdrawals, especially if you've cut out those notorious sugary drinks as majority contain a shed load of caffeine too! Be gentle on yourself. I found a 'alternative foods for cravings' on Pinterest. Almonds are good apparently!!
I'll check back in later, have an awesome day with love from the UK!!
Jo
'Shed load' in American is '*kitten* load,' correct?
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Terri how much snow did you get? I want to try the cauliflower wings too.
Jo, I had to look up aubergine again. I always forget it’s eggplant. It’s a much prettier name than eggplant. I’d love to see that recipe.
Lia, hope you didn’t get stuck. Glad your back is feeling better.
Sabine, I love potstickers. Trader Joe’s has really good frozen veggie ones, the only frozen ones I’ve ever tried that didn’t get mushy.
Scott’s back, yay!
Yesterday was a better day. Less snacky cravings.
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Sabine, I have roasted brussels for lunch today! Along with some roasted zucchini instead. Do you make your own potstickers?!
Yay Scott returns! Happy to have our token male back around
Mihani, I ended up staying at my parents, which is down the street from where I work, so it wasn't tough. Plus I got to sleep in a bit! I ended up writing a detailed budget for our wedding, which was somewhat terrifying, but I would rather know! Glad you had a better day yesterday
B - Oats, raisins, seeds, maple syrup; navel orange
L - brussels and zucchini; lentil chips and hummus;
S - apple & nectarine;
D - we are heading out for a fancy dinner with my in-laws and my fiance's siblings tonight; it's not vegan I don't think, but at least vegetarian. A salad to start, eggplant rotini in tomato sauce, and dessert. I am going to decline the dessert or see if they will do fruit...
TGIF!!! xo0 -
TGIF! I worked a looong day yesterday and have been awake (and unproductive) for far too long today. I already feel like I need a nap, and it's only 9:40AM! And really cold today, too, so not a great start.
All this slow cooker start makes me think mine needs to get busted out of the cupboard. I go in streaks where I use it a lot and then not so much.
I feel like I have been doing really well pushing tons of veggies with every meal and keeping other nonsense to a minimum. Not reflected AT ALL in the scale. I think I am going to call my doc today, I have a feeling I need some endocrine adjustments. Retaining water like crazy...even my coworkers (ok, they are all ICU nurses, so probably more likely than most coworkers to notice that kind of thing) noticed on my wrists/hands. Something is out of whack.
Argh! I would like to keep typing but there is drilling into concrete and sawing in my basement and today it is driving me bat crap crazy, so I need to go find something else to do.
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Jo, I'm in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Hope your back is doing better Lia - I know EXACTLY how that feels - NOT fun!! And those cauliflower wings sound REALLY interesting. I think I'm gonna hafta try that recipe!!
I haven't been juicing for the last couple of days. Instead, I was up all night for two nights with my son, because *SURPRISE* he was sick and throwing up. Again. That kid!!! It's amazing how much I DO NOT CARE when I'm sleep deprived! I didn't pig out like crazy or anything, but I definitely had no desire to make juices or work out. And yes, I had too many carbs and not enough veggies. But not binge-eating or anything... thankfully!
BUT, I am doing okay today; I have a chickpea soup for lunch and I will have a green smoothie for supper. Tomorrow I will be back on juicing. I wasn't done yet, so I am going to jump back into it.
I've never just eaten a medjool date by itself - they are usually in a recipe. So that's an excellent tip to eat one of those instead of something sugar-laden. I will definitely do that!!
Jo, I'd love that aubergine recipe too, please!! (Mihani, thanks for saving me from having to look that up too!) Sounds fabulous!! 0 -
Sabine, I have roasted brussels for lunch today! Along with some roasted zucchini instead. Do you make your own potstickers?!
Yay Scott returns! Happy to have our token male back around
Mihani, I ended up staying at my parents, which is down the street from where I work, so it wasn't tough. Plus I got to sleep in a bit! I ended up writing a detailed budget for our wedding, which was somewhat terrifying, but I would rather know! Glad you had a better day yesterday
B - Oats, raisins, seeds, maple syrup; navel orange
L - brussels and zucchini; lentil chips and hummus;
S - apple & nectarine;
D - we are heading out for a fancy dinner with my in-laws and my fiance's siblings tonight; it's not vegan I don't think, but at least vegetarian. A salad to start, eggplant rotini in tomato sauce, and dessert. I am going to decline the dessert or see if they will do fruit...
TGIF!!! xo
Sometimes hubs does make them, yes. But sometimes we buy them.
In the end, though, we went out for dinner and I had a nice bowl of chile.0 -
http://alimentageuse.com/home/2014/01/23/almond-crusted-baked-eggplant/
The recipe is for 3 aubergine so I cut it in half (and used even a little less oil knowing how poop it is for you!) They're waiting for me to munch on in the fridge, but today has been a crap day and I've eaten a shed load (yes, it is *kitten* load!) of cheese and now feel even worse! I suspect some is to do with sugar withdrawals so hiding under a blanket and hoping the cleaning fairy comes and makes my flat sane again!
Husband doing early morning cooking? What is this magic you speak of??!! Mine is incapable of turning the oven on without blowing it's fuse... Don't ask me how, it only happens to him! Maybe he's secretly one of the X - men...
I'm going to haul my *kitten* into doing some yoga and spend tonight meal planning for the week, we have a veg box delivered so it's always a surprise!! This week we have celeriac and swede...0 -
Only just realised that MFP blocks any swear words! Oops. Shed load = *kitten* load for the record0
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Looking forward to our February thread and goals!0
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Yes, I normally make it a point to not wish time away, but, I am awfully happy to be saying goodbye to January!
It hasn't been nearly as bad here this year as predicted, so that is a plus, but, still....a soft breeze that doesn't contain freezing bits of anything sounds great!
Oats/flax/chia/cinnamon/blueberries for breakfast, the rest of the day yet to be determined. A good Kettlebell Kickboxing workout is on the agenda for today, as well as riding and doing homework...my next classes start Monday but we have been granted access already and I would like to have the first exam done by Friday.
My doc was out of town until Tuesday, so will have to wait til then to discuss what's been going on.0 -
Been busy in the kitchen this eve & finally made the berry blast 'cookies'... They are so incredibly sweet!! I swapped out a banana for some pear, as I've loads I need to use up, but they don't seem very cookie-like but tasty nonetheless! I've also eaten my way through about a third of the aubergine almond bites... Need to remember to log all this once I've finished washing up! About to make some protein balls in prep for gym in the morning.., and this time I'm all signed up so actually have somewhere to go! What a numpty!!
How has everyone else's day been? And I'm assuming that a Feb thread will be started imminently so we just continue on that thread instead...?
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Hey ETL'ers! Hope you all are having a good weekend. Does anyone have inspiration for a February thread title? If you do start 'er up! I'll catch up more tomorrow.0
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Welcome noexcuses. You made a great choice to go with ETL. I've been following it (some days more closely than others), and I feel so much better and more energetic.
I've been having a bit of a flare-up the last few days so I have been leaving the food prep up to my husband. Not my best week, but it could be a lot worse. So glad for things like Amy's frozen meals and bagged salads. I remember when I was a kid if my mom went away on business, it was nothing but pizza and PB&J from dad, lol. I haven't been online for a few days either, so I may have to try to log the last few days from memory.
You guys are eating really well this week, maybe I will try to copy some of your plans when I'm up and cooking again. I definitely want to try some of the recipes, like the cauliflower wings and berry explosion cookies.
For those of you going sugar free, what exactly is it that you are cutting out? what kinds of foods are contributing to the added sugars in your diets?0 -
Lia, I made the cauliflower wings today. Thanks for the recipe. They were really good and filled a craving
I made a double recipe of berry explosion muffins on Friday, and my kids have already devoured about 80% of them!
MakePeasNotWar, I hope you feel better.
StarLovesSky, that aubergine recipe looks great. I'll have to try it soon.0 -
JCN, happy you enjoyed the cauli wings!! I'm happy I've found them since wings are one of the things I miss the most (and also one of the most unhealthy things I used to eat, I'm sure!).0
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