Following Fuhrman in February!
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Carla_wfpb wrote: »I got some of the blood work back. It turns out I'm type 2 diabetic, just over the edge. My doctor is going to let me use diet and exercise to see if I can control it, so I'm going for it! My next appointment with her is at the end of this month, so by then I should already have lost a bit of weight and have some improvement. It makes me mad at myself. I KNOW how to eat! I have no excuse. So I'm getting my butt in gear and getting to it!
Carla, how is it going? Did you go for your follow-up yet?
I just got the 2nd ever issue of Forks over Knives magazine yesterday and I just read through it cover to cover on my lunch break. I know I need to get my butt in gear too...
I am going to try some of the recipes in the magazine later this week, but in the meantime I bought all the ingredients to make OSG recipes for the next few days. I'm making Tex Mex Casserole tonight, Red Lentil & Kale soup tomorrow and Chana Masala on Wednesday. Then I'll eat some leftovers for the rest of the week and then on the weekend I'll make 3 more dishes.
As for the house; no news yet. Still haven't sold the old one. Showing tonight, so I've got my fingers (and toes) crossed that we'll get an offer tomorrow. I officially unpacked and organized my closet yesterday (finally!), so I'm slowly getting moved in. My craft room is still a giant mess and it's kind of become the drop zone for other messes, so I'd really love to get that cleaned up next weekend. Problem is, a big chunk of my craft stuff is still at the other house (including the cabinet that I'm going to use to organize my closet in there!) So I don't know exactly how I'm going to get things cleaned up and put away. Might just be a matter of stacking some bins in my closet for now...
Breakfast: green smoothie
Snack: roasted chickpeas
Lunch: Asian salad kit (so yummy!)
Supper: Tex Mex Casserole topped with cubed avocado and crushed no-salt tortilla chips.
Also, I'm going to go swimming tonight for the first time since we moved into the new house. YAY! I'm going to go for 40 laps (1km).
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Carla, you're pretty close to the 6 week plan doing what you're doing. Glad to hear snow melted so quickly! I like "better safe than snacky" ... I will make that my motto the next 6 weeks.
C&P we've all followed ETL to various degrees over the years, and if you are feeling good and losing at a degree that is comfortable and doable that's great! I just can't seem to stay on track lately so I need to plunge in headfirst and get the scale moving again. Sorry about losing your posts (twice no less!) ... I hate when that happens.
Donna, yay for Italy! I don't like mature kale in smoothies or juiced at all, I'd almost go so far as hate. I've had the power greens which have baby kale, chard, spinach, etc. and it was always good. I didn't particularly like the all baby kale taste and will go back to a mixture or baby spinach. Looking forward to seeing your new creations.
Hi Pat, I'm happy to have some company on the 6 week plan. I started yesterday and will be finishing off my second day at 100%. I want to get through this first week and then I should have more momentum going. I was a little too hungry this morning around 10:30 so I grabbed an orange, then had my lunch salad and an apple at noon. Hopefully tomorrow I can get through with no snacks, but at least it was an orange and not a dozen triscuits. How did your soup turn out?
Karrie, keeping fingers crossed that you will get an offer! Yum, 3 of my favorite OSG recipes. How was your swim?
I had a good day, although a mild headache. I have them fairly often, but they don't last too long. Hoping that a week or so on the 6 week plan will clear up the headaches. Going to jump on the treadmill tonight after I get some work done that I brought home.
B - smoothie same as yesterday
S - orange
L - big ol' salad same as yesterday and an apple
D - bowl with steamed broccoli and asparagus, roasted baby potatoes, roasted eggplant, sauteed mushrooms, cheezy chickpeas and sauteed mustard greens
I made mustard greens for the first time last night. Not sure I've ever had them before, and I totally loved them! I just sauteed in a little veggie broth and garlic until wilted then added some balsamic and cooked down until liquid was mostly gone. I see a lot of mustard greens in my future. I took a bite of raw and it was very peppery, I was wondering how overwhelming it would be once cooked, but they were actually pretty mild. Probably the balsamic toned it down.
Today for the first time in quite a while I really concentrated on getting in lots of water at the office. I have a 24 ounce tumbler and I filled it 3 times. Lately I have only been going through one a day. Going to keep shooting for at least 3 a day. I usually go through a couple of 16 ounce glasses at home in the evenings too.
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Donna, it must be getting hard to sleep with Italy coming up so soon! I hope you're not getting a cold just before your trip. I hate flying with a stuffed up nose. Looking forward to seeing more of your cards. Lucky friends and family that get home made cards from you.
Pat, I hope your bowls turn out great. Glad the soup is tasty! I think I have some Better than Bouillon around. I'll have to dig around for it.
Karrie, fingers crossed for the showing! My doctor's appointment for the blood work was supposed to be yesterday, but the appointment got canceled because she was at the hospital delivering a baby. She's booked up so my appointment with her won't be until March 21st. I've been rocking my food all this month, and with the extra time, hopefully the results come out even better. We've had the Tex Mex casserole before and really enjoyed it. I didn't know about the FoK mag, is it good?
Mihani, I've only had mustard greens raw and they were way too peppery for me. I'm going to have to try them again and this time saute them. Good reminder on getting enough water. The last several days I haven't been using my water bottle and have been drinking less.
I'm going to head out for a solo walk along the ocean today. There's a great used bookstore in the historic part of town that I'm going to walk to while I'm there. I'm looking for some vintage art books for inspiration. Donna, I will try to remember to take some pics this time!
Today's food:
Breakfast - green smoothie w/ blueberries
Snack - orange and raw pumpkin seeds on the walk
Lunch - big mixed greens salad with tu-no (chickpea & celery base with dressing)
Dinner - Eggplant parm with tomato basil sauce over spaghetti squash
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Donna, Have a great trip, that sounds fabulous!
C&P, I did the same thing when I set up my profile last week. I wrote an amazing paragraph about who I am and my weight loss journey, then I lost it! I just didn't care as much the second time
Kerrie, Hi! fingers crossed that you get an offer. Thanks for sharing your meal plan for the week. I haven't tried any OSG recipes yet. I have to try that tex mex casserole.
Carla, the carribean cuban fusion bowl looks delicious. Beautiful winter wonderland pic. I live in Albany, NY and the snow hasn't been staying long for us this winter either.
Mihani, Me too! The soup was great, everyone enjoyed it. I have to stop on my way home today to buy more salad ingredients. But that means we ate A LOT of salad at my house, so that is a good thing. I have been having rolled oats with a banana and mixed seeds for breakfast. Leftover soup and salad for lunch. I will make up more smoothie pouches tonight and put them in the freezer. I learned a lot about veggie storage on hellonutritarian.com; she has a lot of clever prep and storage ideas. Tonight for dinner, I'm making bowls with black beans, brown rice, romaine, bell peppers, tomatoes, & red onion.
Have a great day everyone!
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How was your solo walk Carla? The eggplant sounds really good.
Pat, I just recently wandered across Hello Nutritarian. I remember seeing it a long time ago but had forgotten about it. Lots of good tips there. The dinner bowl sounds good.
Another 100% day. I am really tired but I don't think it has anything to do with the 6 week plan. I've been tired for a year lol.
B - smoothie same as yesterday except baby spinach rather than baby kale (much better)
L - salad same as yesterday with the addition of 1/2 of one of those little avocados, apple
D - 1/2 a japanese sweet potato, some sauteed mushrooms, roasted brussels sprouts and fennel, cheezy chickpeas, sauteed chard, an orange
When I'm on the 6 week plan I tend not to vary my breakfast and lunch much. I have a smoothie or oatmeal for breakfast, a big (and I mean BIG) salad for lunch, and get the cooked veggies and beans in at dinner. I think I'll make a couple soups this weekend and freeze them to make dinners easy next week.0 -
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Yes, full blown cold today. Drank lots of tea, had a green smoothie and soup for dinner. Brooks has a sore throat this evening.
How was the walk Carla? Did you find some inspirational books? Yah you have more time to prove to Dr. you don't need pills.
Mihani and Pat you too have great plans for the 6 week. Everything sounds delicious.
What soups do you plan to make Mihani?
Karrie how was the swim? I have been swimming at the YMCA 1-2 times a week. I find it very relaxing.
C&P - I agree about preparation the key to success!
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I've been having trouble choking down raw veggies in my salads, so tonight I sautéed the veggies for a few minutes (along with the pinto beans) and then topped my romaine with the mixture. So much better! I am pleased!
Other than 2-3 ounces of lean protein, my days have been all-ETL. Feeling good!
Donna, hope you feel better soon! Mihani, congrats on another 100% day!
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The eggplant parm over spaghetti squash was good! Another winner to keep in the rotation.
I had a nice long walk yesterday. It was overcast and there was a light mist of rain for half the walk, and then it cleared up on the way back. At about the halfway point, I stopped at the bookstore to look for art books, and I ended up with 3 heavy books to lug back! I had a shoulder bag, but not one meant for that much weight so it was uncomfortable. I think I'm going to pick up a decent backpack.
Today's plan
Breakfast - green smoothie w/ strawberries and mango
Lunch - big salad w/ roasted cauliflower and a dressing, and tofu or leftovers
snack - pear
Dinner - open face lentil sloppy joes with a side of nutty broccoli
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Gorgeous pictures; what a great walk!
The Forks Over Knives magazine was actually pretty good. Some good information, and a TON of recipes that looked delicious. I'm definitely going to try them. And I'm thinking I might subscribe to the magazine, too.
The swim sucked; there must have been 20 people in 3 lanes. I got really frustrated and left after only about 22 laps. I'm going to go a bit earlier today and see if that makes a difference. If that doesn't work, I might just go home, make supper, feed the family and then go back to the pool at 8pm or something. Then I should have an entire lane to myself (or close to).
The showing went VERY well. They are coming back again tonight and bringing their parents (they are a young couple). If the parents like it they will be drawing up an offer. So I've got my fingers crossed that the parents will approve!!! They've also requested a surveyor's certificate, so we've got that request in and started. I am very, very hopeful!!
I made a bunch of smoothies last weekend, and I've been enjoying them very much. I can't decide whether to make the OSG Lentil Kale soup or the OSG Immunity Boosting Tomato Sauce tonight. I'm on the fence 'cuz I love them both...
I've been trying to stay away from the snacks, but so far I've not done terribly well. I need to make some date balls and portion out some nuts and fruit so that I have options that aren't pretzels and chips...0 -
Donna, I sure hope you and Brooks both recover quickly with the Italy trip coming up so quickly! I think I'm going to make the OSG red lentil kale soup and then just a big pot of clean out the crisper drawer veggie and bean soup.
Great job C&P. Donna had mentioned a while back some salad scissors so you can make chopped salad quickly. I keep meaning to order a pair for myself, but that's an idea for your raw veggies. If I have broccoli and/or cauliflower in my salads I often steam them lightly first also.
What a beautiful place to walk Carla! I would like that eggplant parm recipe.
Karrie, wishing you luck on the house!!! Too bad people ruined your swim. I am on day 4 of the 6 week plan and I've only caved and had a snack once, which was an orange. I'm a little surprised to be honest. I had developed some really bad habits lately munching throughout the day on crackers and popcorn and things like that. I had headaches the past few days, but felt a lot better today so maybe I'm through the worst. I noticed more energy today too.
My meals today were the same as yesterday. I think I'm through with the things I made on Saturday. I actually used most of it up, and not much is going in the trash.
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Breakfast and lunch same as yesterday, except I added a big handful of arugula to my salad. Dinner was water sauteed turnip greens with garlic and balsamic. I wasn't thrilled. They were very bitter. I'm just trying out different greens to try to expand my tastes a bit beyond the usual kale, collards and chard. I stumbled across this the other day and thinking it's time to add watercress to the rotation. http://www.eatthis.com/10-superfoods-healthier-than-kale/
I also made some tofu that turned out well. I just cubed it and "fried" in a non-stick skillet until browned, then added a little coconut aminos and no-salt seasoning and cooked a few minutes longer. Simple and tasty.
Really wanted to get on the scale this morning to see how I'm doing. I can already tell a difference in my clothes, but I am making myself wait until Monday. I don't want to get into that mindset where the scale is my reward, because the scale is fickle.
ETA: also had a pear after dinner with a wasa cracker and a dab of natural peanut butter. The pear was so good!0 -
It was a gorgeous day out today and Joe got home early enough that we had time to fit in a walk before dinner. It feels like spring! Dinner tonight was a mushroom barley bowl with creamy basil dressing.
Yesterday marked a full month of eating on plan, and no snacks in the evening. I'm feeling so good about that.
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Hi, Eating is all off. Soup and green smoothies. Still sick.
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Tasty looking bowl Carla... I haven't made barley in a while should have some soon.
Donna, sorry to hear you are still sick. Probably don't feel like cooking right now but I swear by this soup: http://ohsheglows.com/2012/11/07/spiced-red-lentil-tomato-and-kale-soup/ It's one of my favorites and it always makes me feel better when I have a cold. Just leave out the oil to make it ETL compliant.0 -
Feel better soon, Donna! No fun to be sick.
Carla, the creamy basil dressing looks tasty!
I dropped my salad spinner lid on my foot last night. Couldn't bear weight on my big toe this morning. Since we're leaving for the weekend I decided I should get it checked. No broken bones, just a nasty deep bruise. No walking for exercise for 1-2 weeks but I can do stationary workouts. I've got veggies & hummus packed, as well as some vegan bites (chocolate oatmeal peanut butter and coconut chocolate date). These will at least keep bad snacking to a minimum. Planning to eat salads when we go out. Oatmeal at the hotel.
Have a great weekend!0
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