Junk-Free July
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That stew looks awesome Lia! Will definitely be keeping that one for winter. I really am not enjoying cooking right now, although it has cooled off a bit this week thank goodness. How did it go back to work? Sorry about your friend's father. Hope your teeth are feeling better. Yep, this Friday. Honestly I just can't wait to get it over with at this point.
Carla, I haven't checked out Gregor's thing, still need to do that. I did enjoy the E2 7 day rescue, and all the starchy carbs. I think for me, whole grains are fine. I avoid breads mostly (even whole grain) just because I can't control it. I want more and more. I was never hungry at all with all the potatoes, oats, quinoa, rice, etc. The big thing they stress is greens at every meal, lots of them, so you really can't overdo the starches so much that way, but more staying power than just greens. How was your smoothie? I am enjoying the yoga too! Although I am not quite as enthusiastic since it hurts at the time. I am quite enthusiastic when I'm done lol.
When is the 6 weeks up? I need to get a new battery for my scale so I can see how I've done. I've had too many indulgences this past week and I don't think I lost any, but I would bet overall I'm down 12 pounds or so, which is great considering I'd lost 11 in the weeks leading up to starting the 6 week plan. I should be at least close to my prior high range weight and be able to keep going to get back into my low range. So many clothes just waiting for me to wear them again!
B - leftover collards/mushrooms/peppers
L - an Amy's pad thai, it was not nearly as good as I remembered, not much flavor and kind of greasy feeling... won't be trying it again
D - more leftover collards/mushrooms/peppers
S - ate a few kale chips, bunch of cherries
I blame yesterday's wine for my poor choices today. It does snowball lol.
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I've had a rough couple of days. Stomach bug or something, and last night I felt terrible and went to bed at 8:30. I NEVER do that.
So I haven't started the yoga yet. But I did sign up and I did reply to the email about my goals. I'm ready to start day 1 anytime now. Tonight if I'm not feeling run over again...0 -
I didn't do the yoga yesterday, so I'll do 2 today to catch up. Today is day 6 of the yoga challenge if anyone has lost track. Sun salutations!
Mihani, we're on week 5 and August 6th is the last day. I know I feel much better after following the plan, but I'm still looking forward to getting the lbs lost total.
Hope you feel better & can join in soon, Karrie. I don't remember getting an email about goals. I'll have to check.0 -
Hey guys if you don't have a good system for keeping track of online recipes, I suggest www.copymethat.com The basic functionality is available for free - copying, storing, and printing recipes.
And Mihani, I forgot to let you know about the garlicky greens...instead of making that recipe, I just steamed the chard in the IP for 1 minute, and then topped with one of the nut based dressings I had on hand. Turned out good, and since I usually have a dressing on hand, I'll probably do it that way most of the time. I have 2 more bunches of local organic rainbow chard to eat this week.0 -
Just a head's up...day 5 sounds innocent but it nearly killed me. Longest 12 minutes ever. Followed by Sun Salutations. Both beastly for me. I hope they don't keep getting tougher! Also my knees are killing me. We lost our mats in the move. I ordered some nice thick ones from Amazon and a couple of blocks to help through the harder poses. Good luck everyone! Namaste!0
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My night was hijacked last night by my kids and my hubby. Other than washing dishes and doing laundry and then running all over town for everyone, I didn't get a thing done. Still no yoga.
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Karrie, hope you are feeling better, and that you get some “Karrie Time” this weekend! I didn’t see the email about goals either.
I remember you mentioning copymethat Carla, I used it for a while then kind of forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder. Hope your mats and blocks arrive soon.
I did not do yoga last night (working late) and probably won’t today since just a bit ago I leaned down to get the water bowl and refill it for the pets, and it caused pain in my tooth when I leaned down. I think I am going to take it fairly easy tonight. I’m half thinking of starting completely over on Monday with Day 1. This has been a bad week. I’m going to be working all day tomorrow then a day trip planned for Sunday.
B – oatmeal with blueberries and a few walnuts
L – subway veggie sub (no cheese or dressing)
D – thinking boiled potatoes or rice, and some steamed broccoli, need something easy on the tooth, and watermelon
Right now, I think a nap is in order. The root canal itself was not so bad, but now the numbing is wearing off I'm feeling it and I was so tense during the procedure that I feel a bit worn out from it.0 -
I hope you're feeling better, Mihani!! Take it easy for sure!! A nap sounds absolutely divine right now!!0
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The goals email came when I signed up for the free account. Maybe you don't have to sign up to do the challenge?? I have already even gotten a reply about my goals, too, so someone read it and replied; how'bout that?!?0
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I will have to check my emails. I really didn't read them. I moved all the doyouyoga emails to a folder so I bet it is in there. Thanks for the heads up Karrie. That is cool they replied.
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Our company has come and gone. Joe and I are both exhausted and sore! We are not doing yoga today...I think we will be 2 days behind, but yesterday and the first half of today were one big long cleaning workout! Every room is dusted, mopped, wiped and sparkling and all of the laundry is washed and away. The back patio was swept, the lawn mowed, and the windows, washed. We need to have people over more often, our house is so much nicer all cleaned up.
We served tu-no salad and a big green salad with lemon tahini dressing to everyone. Mom, Joe & I had bean burger patties on sprouted grain toast with smoky burger sauce while the Meaties had a sliced meat bunwich. For dessert we had a pineapple, grape, strawberry and blueberry salad. My parents brought their dog along, so Ruby had a good day too, running around with her buddy, Blue.
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Wow Carla... that's a TON of work. I invite people over sometimes just to force myself to make my house company ready lol. Sounds like a very nice day!
Spent most of the day in the office. Tooth feeling pretty good now. No twinges for quite a few hours. I didn't sleep well last night though. I clench my teeth sometimes when I sleep and that caused pain. I am going to bed early tonight.
B - oatmeal with a few drops of maple syrup and some oat milk
L - mashed potatoes
D -got home so late I will probably just saute some greens and be done... still hard to eat and can't chew on the side with the sore tooth and not that hungry
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Karrie, no worries on the yoga, we are all on different days now, just jump in when you can. Most of them are around 10 minutes long. (a few feel like 30 min. though!)
My 2nd nut milk bag arrived yesterday. I think one of us accidentally threw out the last one. I spent a few days looking for it, but finally ordered another. Now that I've made my own almond milk, I don't think I'll be going back to store bought unless we're on vacation or something like that.
In other news, I tried using the tamper/plunger on the vitamix the other day without putting the lid on first. (It was early in the morning!) The tamper went down too far of course, with nothing to stop it, and voila, broken tamper and ruined food. Luckily Amazon had my back and the replacement arrived the next day and was only $15.
I'm thinking today will be a lax day, and we'll eat up our leftovers. Smoothie for breakfast yay! and bean patties, salad and maybe some steamed chard. I just got a steamer basket for the IP that keeps the leaves from escaping into the water below.
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Oh No Carla! Yay for Amazon quick delivery. I should try making my own oat milk and almond milk.
Karrie, I am starting over tomorrow on the yoga. Last week got so crazy I got behind and I sure hope anyway that this week is going to be better.
Fun day in Indy visiting family. All the driving makes for a long day, but my brother drove and we have a lot of fun together so it was good. My boy spent the day with my other brother and sis-in-law and he is worn out. He got to play with a couple of their neighbor dogs and chase squirrels out of the yard. He has been crashed in the middle of the hallway floor ever since we got home lol.
So not an ETL day. Not much vegan available to eat there and I was hungry on the way home, so...
B - oatmeal
L - an ear of corn, green beans, some mashed potatoes my aunt pulled out before adding butter and milk, watermelon
S - on the drive home, some chex mix and fritos :huh:
Was thinking I wanted to eat something when I got home, but really I'm not hungry so I think I'll just head to bed shortly. I have a couple things to finish for impatient clients this week so I am going to be more nose to grindstone than usual.0 -
Glad you've had a couple of nice outings lately, Mihani. How long is the drive?
It's 7 am so it's at least an hour too early to call my Mom and see if they watched the Dr. Greger video. It is likely they didn't even bother going through with watching it, or turned it off after the first 5 minutes, but it's hard not to get my hopes up. Also, in retrospect, I perhaps should have chosen another one. This one has all of the facts, but he's giving the talk in front of a group at the McDougall center, so he's pretty much preaching to the choir and throwing in some humor to keep it interesting. (Vegan humor might not be their thing!)
I am really looking forward to my new cushy yoga mat arriving today!
Joe and I are finally ready for a bit of a break from the easy cycle of endless bean patties with salads. I'm going to make Kung Pao Lentils using the Vegan Richa recipe, omit the oil, and change out the hoisin and maple syrup for a medjool date or two. http://www.veganricha.com/2015/01/kung-pao-lentils.html
Today for breakfast I'm trying out some walnut milk. I was about to drop the almonds in water last night to soak, and I thought with all of the benefits of walnuts, why not try them instead? I purchased 3 lbs of them from Amazon and they came in resealable 1 lb bags. They are really good! They don't have the slightly bitter taste that walnuts normally do which makes me wonder if they are as healthy! They are organic, but they are a breed of walnut that is less bitter.
Breakfast - back to smoothies! the Nut Milk bag has it's own special place now, so I hope not to lose it again!
Lunch -salad with tahini dressing. maybe beans just sprinkled on top and call it good.
Snack - cherries
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oh and it's that time again, we need a new thread title for tomorrow.
Active in August?
edited because I forgot today is my weigh in day! Down 3.5 more lbs for the week!0 -
Woohoo Carla! You have done great! What’s your total so far? I must go buy a battery for the scale this week so I can see how I did, but admit to quite a few slips the past couple weeks. My 6 week plans always seem to turn into 4 week plans lol.
It’s 3 to 3 1/2 hours each way, visit for 5 hours and add on 6 to 7 driving, long day. But my brother and I are good friends, we have such a good time together, lots of laughs on the drive.
So did you find out if your parents watched the video? Did your yoga mat arrive? How did your Kung Pao lentils turn out? That’s funny you figure if the walnuts aren’t bitter they must not be as healthy lol
Maybe we should do a yoga theme for August since everyone seems to be behind, and I personally am starting over tonight.
B – oatmeal
L – subway veggie salad
D – hummus quesadilla/wrap (whole wheat tortilla, homemade hummus, grilled peppers and onion, salsa)
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