May the Fuhrman Force Be With Us
Mihani
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Okay totally silly thread title for May. Goals for this month, stick to my new Engine 2 seven day rescue diet thing, because it is working. Totally believe in Dr. F and his guidelines, but right now I seem to be sticking much better allowing more grains so I suppose someone is welcome to depose me as leader of this illustrious group if they wish lol. I have mentioned that Engine 2 is very close to Dr. F's life plan (not the 6 week plan) so I don't feel guilty about this. I don't have the strict 6 week plan guidelines in me right now.
My other goal is regular exercise. Walking at the least. Work is work is work, but I simply HAVE to find the time and energy to exercise every single day. I have good intentions, but I am so wiped out when I get home sometimes I just decide "tomorrow" which never comes. No more excuses, no more promising tomorrow. Will get it done.
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My other goal is regular exercise. Walking at the least. Work is work is work, but I simply HAVE to find the time and energy to exercise every single day. I have good intentions, but I am so wiped out when I get home sometimes I just decide "tomorrow" which never comes. No more excuses, no more promising tomorrow. Will get it done.
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I gave myself a week off exercise to assimilate the new food plan in the household. I've felt wiped out all week too; standing for 3 hours in the kitchen chopping veggies really does a number on my feet, my hips and my back. I'm so stiff!! So I've gotta get moving more to see if that'll help.
So I'm back to evading Zombies tomorrow - Season 2, finally!!
Tonight I think I might make sushi rolls. Yummy!!! I haven't made them in FOREVER. I bought nori, and tamari and I have carrots, cucumber, avocado -- am I missing anything??? I have vegan mayo and wasabi too... I gotta go find a recipe because I feel like I'm still missing something...0 -
May the Fuhrman be with you LOLOL! Thanks for that, Mihani
I think it's great that the Engine 2 plan is working so well for you. It is inspiring.
After yesterday's yarn eye-candy, I thought today I'd stay closer on theme and show off my lettuce!
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Woops sorry. I resized them smaller but for some reason it didn't stick.0
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pretty greens!!0
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Wow, Carla... those greens look so pretty!
Karrie, good luck with the zombies! I've been looking at those electric choppers, not sure how well they work, or maybe one of the ones like Carla got where you push the produce through the squares. Are you still using that Carla, do you like it? I still want an Instant Pot though, and honestly my cabinets are already overflowing with seldom used gadgets, and I think the Instant Pot would get more use, especially with prepping dried beans rather than buying so many cans.
B - burned out on oatmeal after almost 2 weeks straight, had granola with almond milk
L - romaine and super greens salad with homemade hummus and cous cous
D - not sure yet, but I have some tofu that needs to be used. It's not allowed on the 7 day rescue plan (although it is on regular Engine 2), something about the fat to calorie ratio, but I'm going to have it with BBQ sauce and a big pile of cooked greens, some brussels sprouts, and a baked potato. Figure if tofu is my "cheat" meal for the week I'm doing pretty well lol
Not going to the office tomorrow, brought home a bunch of work and going to alternate an hour of cleaning with a couple hours of work throughout the day. I am working on a website for a friend's business too, so I want to get more done on that and see if I can get it up and running. I'll have to go in on Sunday though.
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I have too many gadgets around the house, too! But the InstantPot would make it on the short list of items to keep, right after my Vitamix. I use it any time I want to cook beans, rice, stews and soups. You can also put a trivet inside and steam yams. And, if you are already overloaded with gadgets, it has a slow cooker setting and a rice cooking setting so you can get rid of your existing ones or at least pack them out of the way.
The little onion and pepper dicing device is very good at that specific thing but a one trick pony. I don't use it if I'm chopping up a single onion because it isn't worth it to clean out. When making Indian food with mountains of onions I wouldn't want to be without it.
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Didn't make sushi rolls last night because I realized there wasn't enough time for that. So I just made them now for supper tonight. Yum!!
I've never heard of an instant pot and I don't want to look it up either or it'll probably end up with me NEEDING one.0 -
I think my blender, steamer, and food processor get the most regular use. The other gadgets mostly collect dust. I do think I'd use the Instant Pot though.
Got a little work done today and took a long nap. Now I'm off to the store for sweet potatoes, greens, sparkling water, dog food. I am going to make red lentil kale soup or split pea soup tonight, haven't decided which yet.
B - kind of a late breakfast/early lunch, hummus, super greens, cucumber, tomato on a whole wheat pita flat
D - soup with a side of steamed veggies and rice
S - apple
I read a tip to use broccoli slaw with some cut up pepper and onion to make a quick stir-fry. Thought that was a good idea. I use broccoli slaw a lot in pitas and wraps. Love the crunch.
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Ruby to the rescue!
A month or so ago, we found Ruby carrying a chicken around in her mouth (Ethel). We had a heck of a time getting Ethel back, and she had several feather missing from the back of her neck. She was a little bit plucked
She is recovering nicely now, but we were very worried about her. I was so angry at Ruby and I just couldn't hang around her for a few days. I always thought Ruby was protecting the chickens and was pretty devastated that she would hurt them.
Fast forward to today, and I now think she was just keeping Ethel safe.
This morning, I went outside to rub down Ruby while my coffee was brewing (our usual routine). Instead of standing still to let me scratch her, she kept trying to lead me across the yard. So, I put on my shoes and followed her. She went right to the fenced area where the chickens are. There were a lot of feathers around, but we've seen feathers in there lately...Joe looked it up and we figured one or more of them was molting.
Anyway, I went inside and reviewed the security footage for the chicken area and maybe 30 minutes before I was out there, an EAGLE flew into their penned area and attacked Stella!!! It was crazy. In the footage, all of the chickens suddenly book it to the covered pen we have in their area. A few moments go by and then an eagle swoops in and drags Stella across the yard, feathers flying, just out of sight of the camera. A few seconds later, Ruby comes racing up to the pen and scares the eagle away.
Stella seems to be doing fine, but she is missing most of her tail feathers.
I posted the video on fb if anyone wants to see it. Kind of disturbing. I'm so glad we have the camera and know what's going on. I don't know what we can do to make them safer, other than building a second outdoor covered pen so they have places to run to.
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Oh my goodness Carla! Yay Ruby!!! What a good good doggie. I remember back in high school when we lived in the country, my dogs would catch rabbits out in the woods, which made me so sad, but they always seemed to know the difference with the pet rabbits. Then a neighbor dog got in the run and got one of my pet rabbits, one of my dogs totally kicked his *kitten* and then she was standing over the rabbit guarding it, but he was too far gone and a neighbor with a gun came over and shot the rabbit for us. So sad, but was so proud of my dog. I would like to think she was guarding it and not fighting for rights anyway lol. Hard to say with dogs sometimes. Fortunately I was not home when it happened, but my poor mother had to deal with it.
That's crazy an eagle did that, but I guess it figured hey there's food all penned up for the taking. Nature is beautiful and also kind of disgusting and violent at times!
Had a crazy day at work. Tired and brain is fried, but do need to get a little more work done before bed so I'm off to get it done. Still hanging tough with the Engine 2 but allowing a bit of alcohol here and there which appears to be stalling my weight loss as usual. Going to have to give it up completely for a couple months I'm sure, if I want real results.0 -
That is hilarious, mfp changed *kitten* to "kitten" in my post lol1
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I've been up too late all week already; with kitty waking me up too early. What is with the 4am pay attention to me NOW attitude?!?!?!?
But I'm going to make an effort to go to bed early tonight. I NEED sleep and I NEED my zombies!!!
My DD got braces yesterday. She's excited about them and thinks she looks cute with them, but her teeth hurt and she doesn't want to chew anything. So I made her jello for her snack last night, and then this morning I gave her yogurt for breakfast, and a giant green smoothie for lunch and I'm making her (vegan) potato leek soup for supper. Hopefully her teeth will feel better tomorrow.
So other than the yogurt, my day is set too. For bfast I wasn't quite as healthy though; I had some OSG granola cluster and some roasted chickpeas and some pretzels. LOL! Lazy!!!0 -
"my dog totally kicked his *kitten*"
I was trying to incorporate it into your story and it was just one animal too many! lol funny
Having injured or sick animals is one that thing really scares me. I want to keep them all safe. So far I have been lucky and Joe has been home when things go wrong.
Joe saw Ruby eat a wild rabbit, so I know they aren't safe from her. We have a lot of little bunnies running around in our fields...I guess that's why the eagles are hanging around here now. Hopefully the fish run soon and the eagles go back to the shore and leave our little ladies alone. In the meantime, I'm happy to see that they are being extra cautious and spending most of their time in the open, covered pen we have for them.
Hope you are getting through your work okay, Mihani. You put in so many hours. I think I want you to have time off more than you do though LOL. as long as you are hanging in there and doing okay.
Lia...thinking about you today! I think your due date is today? Or really close?
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I have been thinking of Lia too! I sent her a PM the other day and she hasn't read it yet, so now I am really wondering??!! Can't wait to hear from her, but I guess I have to!
Karrie hope you get some sleep! I am the same, if I don't get adequate sleep nothing goes right including exercise and diet. Today was one of those days although I did pretty well. Ate a few pretzels this afternoon but didn't go overboard. My boss seems to be all over the place lately and it is making me more tense. Congrats to your daughter on her braces. I do recall it being painful at times as they adjusted.
Ugh Carla, I had a shepherd who died a few years ago and she was really expert at killing rabbits and I had a bunch around my yard. They finally got smart and moved away, but it broke my heart having to deal with their little dead bodies before they wised up. She was the sweetest, most gentle dog generally, but not when it came to rabbits.
Had a long day but I do have to do a little work tonight. I did some batch cooking last night. Baked regular and sweet potatoes, a double batch of E2 hummus, steamed some asparagus, chopped and cleaned a package of romaine. Set for a few days.
B - oatmeal with greens, a few walnuts, banana
L - romaine and super greens salad with hummus, black beans, grape tomatoes
D - sweet potato, asparagus, roasted chickpeas
S - a few pretzels
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Is it bad that I'm relieved that Ruby eats the rabbits when she catches them? I don't want to have to deal with little fuzzy dead bunnies. Ruby is restricted to the fenced back yard, and the rabbits have a ton of field around, but I guess they go into the yard sometimes.
I once again decided to pick up another hobby. I think I might need an intervention lol. I am spinning my own yarn now. I didn't go over the deep end for a change...I am renting a spinning wheel from week to week while I try it out and see if I want to invest in my own wheel. It turns out that it is more difficult than it looks, but really opens up a ton of options if I can make my own yarn for my tapestries.
Here's my first sample of yarn. Luckily I'm going for a thick and thin crazy yarn, because I couldn't make it normal if I tried right now! I'm also lucky that I'm weaving with it, so the integrity of the yarn isn't crucial. (LOL looking at it now it looks like a hot mess. I'll have to post more yarn later to redeem myself.)
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Carla, it's addicting; I know!!
here was my first ever attempt at spinning:
I was pretty pleased with it, but it was such a small amount of yarn that I could only make this little monster with it for my DS:
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Karrie and Carla, you make me so jealous with your energy and talent! Beautiful yarn y'all.
Oh Carla, well, my old shepherd that was so good at killing rabbits, I admit that I let her back out to finish one off that I had called her off from. The alternative would have been for me to go out and hit it with a shovel or something, which my sis in law had to do once with a squirrel her dog caught, and I couldn't cope. So no, you are not awful. Have you ever read Watership Down?
So on a less depressing note, I'm still rocking whole food plant based not eating crap kinda thing.
B - skipped it, I have been taking my oatmeal (with greens and fruit) to the office instead of eating at home and I got so busy right off the bat never ate it, so...
L - oatmeal
D - the salad I took for lunch, piled on a pita
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Lovely yarn, Karrie! Did you spin two singles and then ply them together?
Mihani, I haven't read Watership Down, should I? It can't be sad though! Great job on the plant based diet.
Today our hens are cooped up for the day. Normally Joe will open their door when he leaves for work early in the morning. Due to the Eagle incident, we thought it would be better for me to let them out a little later when I can keep an eye out and when Ruby is awake. Now it's raining and their sliding wood panel is all wet and expanded and I can't lift it.
The Eagle video went viral, sort of, and received over 300,000 views the last time I checked. Here's the non fb link: https://imgur.com/xa9pQVI
I'm so proud of Ruby and happy that Stella seems just fine. All of the ladies are now more cautious so I think overall it turned out okay.
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That video is terrifying, Carla. Thank goodness for Ruby! I don't know if Stella would have escaped if not for her. I told a friend of mine about it, she and her husband raise chickens, and she said just the other day she got home and her neighbors told her they saw hawks take off with 3 of their chickens. Watership Down is an interesting read, it's a story about some rabbits and how they escape a doomed warren and establish a new home. The characters are really wonderful. One of my favorite books when I was a kid and I recently re-read it and still very much enjoyed it.
I went off the rails today. Walked in the door of the office to chaos, never ate my oatmeal, ate a leftover baked potato at some point which was fine, but then had a lara bar and some pretzels too. Ate my oatmeal for a late lunch and brought my salad home for dinner again. I have a couple files under deadline that have to be finished so I'm off to get work done. NOT going to the office on Saturday. Will bring work home. I am finding more and more I have to have one day that I get to be quiet and not have anyone making demands on me, even if I'm working at least I'm home.
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Yikes, Mihani, that is too bad about your friend's chickens. Joe saw a red tailed hawk scoping out our chicken area this morning. He said that the chickens all seemed very aware of the hawk and were hidden under the trees. I am glad the previous owners set the orchard/chicken area up the way they did so that the chickens can fertilize the trees and the trees can hide them from predators.
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Working from home again today. I am just kind of worn out and need time to myself.
I haven't been posting my meals since they have all been pretty similar lately. I have been making a big double batch of fat free hummus once or twice a week to throw on my salads or on pitas or tortillas with lots of veggies. Oatmeal or cereal for breakfast. Salad with beans and grains for lunch, pita or a bowl for dinner, fruit for dessert and snacks.
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Your meals sound good, Mihani. I need to make more hummus. I always like having it on hand. It goes well with almost anything. I wish I could remember where I saw it, but there was a recipe for soup, I think, that was pretty fast and easy and you added hummus to it. (I just googled hummus soup and didn't find the one I was thinking of, but apparently it isn't that uncommon).
Work continues. I am testing probably all this week. In between, I'm getting in a few moments here and there to work on my tapestry. It is taking a bit longer than I thought - I figured I'd be done after the weekend, but I don't think I'm more than a quarter of the way through. I am having fun with it, but as I don't have a tapestry stand my back and neck get very sore from hunching over.
Although we haven't completed the conversion of our shed to a greenhouse, we do have the electricity all wired and functional and a grow light hanging off of the ceiling. The fan is also installed for circulation/cooling. It is already much warmer in there than the other half of the shed, and that's without most of the insulation added yet. We were given some bell pepper plants from Joe's dad, so in this heap of a mess of a greenhouse, with crap all around, there's one shelf stuffed full of pepper plants and a light hanging above.0 -
So impressed with all your projects, and your greenhouse and everything Carla! It's going to be wonderful when you have all those fruit trees producing and all your veggies and spices in the greenhouse.
I had a rough day, we're still (always) super busy. I'm also having major tooth pain which I've been ignoring for a while, but today my tooth said yeah you're done waiting. The dentist can get me in tomorrow afternoon so I'm going to go deal with it. Ugh. I have a bad feeling it's a crack and is going to require a crown. That's expensive stuff.
Still battling ants too, but I think I'm winning!
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One of the deer got into our fenced orchard and ate a significant amount of our 2 new blueberry bushes
It is our fault...we put up the fence and the topmost wire and there's too big of a gap between them. We knew we needed to do a second wire but just haven't gotten around to it. That's what we get for being lazy! At least we still have our one major producer blueberry plant and 2 potted ones that do so-so.
Sorry about your tooth, Mihani. I have had more than my share of tooth problems so I can totally empathize with putting things off and dealing with pain day after day.
The rest of the week is supposed to be sunny and warm so I'm expecting a huge growth spurt for the cherries and garden veggies.0 -
Oh no Carla... sorry about your blueberry bushes. I recall when we lived out in the country and watching the deer sometimes run through the pasture, clearing the fences on either side, they can jump amazingly high!
Dentist says nothing wrong with my tooth (yay) but x-ray shows a slight spot he wants an endotontist to look at which means possibly a root canal if there's infection or an abscess. Ugh, who needs that? Never had a root canal before, don't want one.
I do love the fresh, clean and shiny teeth when you get 'em cleaned though.
Fell a bit off the wagon this week, nothing major just some blue corn chips and nuts, but back at it today. Did great with cereal and almond milk for breakfast, brown rice with leftover steamed kale and black beans for lunch, watermelon, dinner will be a whole wheat pita piled with homemade fat free hummus, baby spinach, steamed asparagus.
I sure hope we hear from Lia soon. I'm worried about her! I want to know she and baby are doing fine.
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I have decided that I'm going on the bowl diet! I don't know if there's really a bowl diet, but this is the Carla bowl diet. A grain, fresh greens, beans, veggies, and whatever little added bits sound good, plus a dressing or sauce. I'm going to try to make them from scratch as much as possible, but Joe and I stopped in at TJ's to pick up some of their vegan options that will work in a pinch. (Plus 4 Trader Joe pepper grinders for my Dad for Father's Day. He's a pepper fiend and loves the chunky pepper flakes from our TJ grinder! )
I'm hoping to keep it nice and simple...use the instant pot to cook up a big batch of grains for the week, some yams, and a different kind of bean each week. Then whatever fresh veggies, maybe tofu, steamed broccoli all on a big bed of mixed greens. Make up a dressing every few days. For breakfast I'll probably just have a smoothie, but all of this bowl talk does remind me of the phenomenal vegan breakfast bowls we had in Maui. Maybe I'll have to play around and try to replicate them. (basically super thick smoothie in a bowl with some fresh fruit, nuts/coconut/granola/whatever on top) They will hit the spot when it starts getting hot out. Here's a link to their menu if you want some smoothie or breakfast bowl inspiration http://www.choicehealthbar.com/choice-menu/
I took a picture of my lunch bowl before devouring it. It has lettuce from the garden, wild mixed rice, avocado, shredded cabbage, beets marinated in balsamic vinegar, black beans and roasted red peppers, topped with the amazing Green Goddess Dressing.
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I got a PM back from Lia yay!!! She said she'll be posting a pic here soon. She and baby are just fine and she's just been super busy being a new mom. I know you all have been worried too so wanted to let you know.
Carla your bowl looks awesome! I am a complete convert to bowls and flats after doing the 7 day rescue thing. It makes life so much easier to just batch cook a few things a couple times a week and all your meals are ready to go. Mixing up toppings and spices, what grains/beans/potatoes/veggies you use, keeps them interesting. My long unused steamer (big electric one with two baskets) has been getting regular use lately for sure. With working so many hours I just couldn't deal with prepping and thinking about recipes all the time. Now it's just like open the fridge and throw a bunch of stuff in a bowl, ta da! My dinners this week have been E2 hummus, lots of baby spinach, and several stalks of steamed asparagus piled on a whole wheat pita. Heavenly.
It's been an unbelievably busy and trying week, but boss is out of town all weekend, and I will have the office to myself. Planning some marathon working. My tooth is still twinging a bit. Need to get the trip to the endodontist scheduled and see if there's an infection in there. Ugh... root canal may be in my future.
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Hi you guys!!!!!!!
Baby arrived!!! She arrived on May 5 actually and two weeks have just flown by. I had heard so many people say the first few weeks are insane but I didn't know how/why if newborns were so sleepy, but it's true, I find I'm tending to her all day long and not napping at all!! Haha
We named her Edith (Edie) and she's such a sweetie. I actually miss her when I'm running an errand. I really want her to stay small but I also can't wait to see what she does when she gets bigger. She was 6lbs 6oz when she was born!
Miss you guys! Sorry I've been mia. Nice to read everyone's posts although I felt so sad for poor Stella, Carla!! Ruby did so well! How are they doing? Also, I feel like we have similar food tastes haha. I am obsessed with rice bowls and I loved the acai/smoothie bowls we had in Hawaii but I've never been able to recreate it on my own. Let me know if you find a magic recipe haha
Mihani, your simple pita dinner sounds great actually! I'm going to write that down. When things calm down, I'm excited to look at E2
Ps thanks you two for holding the fort!!
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Awwwww Lia... what a sweet sweet baby!!! Love the pictures!!! Love the name Edith, not one you hear a lot these days.
I'm getting a super late start today and need to get to the office. The weekends go by so fast, especially when you mostly work all of them lol.
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Congrats, Lia! She is adorable! What a sweet cap and blanket, did someone make those for her? How are you feeling? Are things starting to settle into a bit of a routine or is it pretty much chaos? As for the Acai smoothie bowls, I wasn't able to recreate them when I got back from vacation, either. I'm sure I won't be any better at making them, but by this time I've forgotten what they should taste like, and will hopefully be satisfied!
Mihani, did you get a lot done with your boss out of town? How is your tooth doing? I hope you manage to get at least a day off for the coming long weekend! I really don't know how you do it.
I think I'm through most of the testing I had to get done for work, so I should have some more time to work on my tapestry and to do some cleaning around here!
So far, our bowl diet plan is going well. The bowls are easy to throw together and customize. This week we're taking them in a Spanish direction. I'm thinking some lime cilantro wild rice as a base, black beans, avocados, tomatoes and I'm going to try out a cashew queso recipe. I'm putting down a pretty heavy base of mixed greens at the bottom of all of these bowls and I'm realizing that we really need to plant more lettuce! We're probably going to have to buy some lettuce before our next crop is ready.
Reba wants to say hi to you guys...
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