MARCHing to the ETL drum!
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Keep sneaking those veggies in on your family C&P, they might just come around! That is awesome that you signed up for a 5K. Great way to keep motivated!
Lia!!! Glad to see you. *hugs* I love this chickpea tart for holidays. It isn't hard to make and looks impressive. I know Carla made it and it was a hit with her family too. https://dreenaburton.com/vegan-chocolate-pumpkin-pie-festive-chickpea-tart-cranberry-sauce/ I could only find vegan, not-sweet pie shells in the freezer section.
Karrie, feeling better today, but still sore in my legs. I decided on a treadmill workout tonight rather than doing the DVD again just yet I'll do it again this weekend. Ohhhh, caeser salad sounds good too. I recall OSG having one that looked great although I've never tried it. WOOHOO on 2 more pounds gone! Have you decided on your menu for next week?
So, those Mary's Gone Crackers that I said were dangerous and "bingeable" ??? Yep. I ate the rest of them last night. I started on them and just kept going. Oh well, it's my first major slip of the 6 weeks, and they are gone. I will not be buying them again for a long while.
B - small handful of walnuts, a pear
L - big ol' salad, an apple
D - cheezy chickpeas and sauteed chard, a tangelo and some blueberries with almond milk and chia seeds
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Mihani , at least the crackers are gone! I have been avoiding my trigger foods like the plague. It’s gonna be a long time before I can have them in the house.
I was shocked and delighted that I’m down more than a pound again today - bringing my loss for the week to 3 lbs. I was even over full yesterday, wondering if I had eaten too much!! Feels good knowing I’ve been getting more actual nutrition this past week than I’ve had in a long time.
I haven’t looked at the meal plans for the next 2 days yet but I have to do that later today and get my groceries. I’m going to host a brunch tomorrow (so I can make my own food) and I’m going to a birthday party tomorrow night, but I plan to bring my own food to that too. This weekend is NOT going to put me off track!!
I have to go do my treadmill workout now and then get my house cleaned from top to bottom for tomorrow. I’m feeding 12 people tomorrow morning!! Better get moving!!0 -
Awesome loss Karrie! Sounds like you have a fun weekend planned.
I have cut back on breakfast the past couple days. I am just eating a small handful of walnuts. I want to see how I do on 2 meals a day for the time being.
B - 4 walnut halves
L - big salad, an apple
D - leftover chard and cheezy chickpeas, small salad with cashew Caesar dressing, chia seed pudding with blueberries and a tangerine
The chia seed pudding was an adventure. I read a few tips and basically you want 3 T chia seeds to 1 cup liquid. I used almond milk and a little vanilla and put it in the fridge overnight. When I got home this evening it was still milk, not thick and pudding-like at all. So I started to stir it up and all the chia seeds were in one big clump in the bottom of the bowl. It took a while to whisk and mash them apart, but then it was pretty good. Still not a pudding texture but made a nice topping for my fruit. I figure it's 3 servings (to get my 1 T of chia seeds in each day) so I will have more tomorrow and Sunday. I think next time I should stir them after about an hour and see how that works out.
I was having a hankering for Caesar dressing after it was mentioned yesterday and googled for a recipe. Found this: https://itdoesnttastelikechicken.com/creamy-cashew-caesar-salad-dressing/ and made it tonight. It's very good! And a little goes a long way.0 -
Mihani, when I make chia seed pudding, I put it in a mason jar and shake it all together. And I continue to shake it a few more times for about a half hour. And then anytime I open the fridge for anything. I don’t like the clumps at all....
I got groceries tonight, and I was all out of suppers so I cooked rice and mixed it up with chopped tomatoes, celery and green onion (I don’t bother cooking the veggies) and then S&P and basil to taste. I love this meal!!!
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Thanks for the tip Karrie... I think shaking/stirring periodically during the first hour or so would definitely help. It looks much better this morning. Looking forward to it on my fruit tonight.
Off to work. Going to put on a BIG push to get stuff done today and tomorrow.0 -
Hi gals,
Sad news over here about our chickens. They were all killed by a coyote
Ruby came out with me and knew something was off. She pulled the leash out of my hand and went tearing over to the fenced orchard where they were. It was too late. The coyote was trapped in there momentarily and was frantically digging under the fence to get away. There was no point in chasing after her at that point, the ladies were all gone. Really bad day. Ruby is also upset. We buried them in the orchard.
Ruby was so frantic and jumping around like crazy when she saw the coyote so she hurt the leg she's supposed to be resting. We're going to have to get the surgery for her. In the meantime, we have her taking anti-inflammatories. Poor puppers was hopping around on 3 legs for a while there.
Joe and I recently discovered a new park really close by where we live. It's in a wooded area and there are lots of looping trails. We went there today for a 45 minute walk. I'm looking at getting a new treadmill so that I can easily get in my workouts when the weather is bad, or when I don't want to have to drive anywhere. The one I'm looking at has a lot of different workouts and connects to google maps so you can replicate outdoor runs including the hills and it shows the street view on a screen. It has an optional setting for shock absorption which should help out my knees.
Today:
Breakfast - 1/3 cup oatmeal w/ 1 Tbsp walnuts, 1 cup of blueberries, 1/2 banana, 1 Tbsp cherry juice
Lunch - BLT on sprouted grain bread w/ Tempeh for the 'B' and roasted garlic aioli, salad w/ lemon basil dressing and barley
Dinner - leftovers, probably some garlicky mashed potatoes with smokey "gouda" and mini meatloaves0 -
So sorry about the chickens Carla... and about Ruby too. So sad. Stupid coyote. Glad you found a new park you like and that you're getting a new treadmill. The BLT sounds so good. I was on an eggplant bacon kick for a while. It's really good. http://www.isachandra.com/2011/10/eggplant-bacon/
I was working on stuff for the accountant today and didn't get as much done as I hoped about the piles of paper on my desk. I wanted to get home and cook too, so I will put in a longer day tomorrow. I cooked asparagus and broccoli that will last me a couple days, and sauteed a batch of mustard greens for dinner tonight with leftover cheezy chickpeas.
B - small handful of walnuts
L - Romaine salad with the Creamy Cashew Caesar Dressing and ground black pepper. Wow was it good. I devoured that salad. An apple.
D - cheezy chickpeas and mustard greens, tangerine and blueberries with chia seed pudding
Tomorrow I start week 6. It sounds silly but I had some little reward stickers with things like WOW and Way to Go and Super on them. I have been giving myself a sticker on the wall calendar in my kitchen when I stick to the plan, and a red X on the day when I don't. In the 6 weeks I only have 4 red X's, which I think is pretty darn good! Those days weren't way off the rails. One was eating too many walnuts, two were the Mary's Gone Crackers... I think the last one was eating a whole avocado on my lunch salad. Compared to what a "slip" used to be, I'm not worried that those 4 days had much impact on my efforts all the other days. I plan a perfect week to finish off the 6 week plan. Then I am probably going to continue with mostly 6 week plan strict with a couple meals a week more life plan with more nuts and grains, and probably a glass of wine once a week, but I don't want to let myself slide back into bad habits. I still have a ways to go.
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Week 5 results: 1 pound, total for the 5 weeks: 14.8
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Great job, Mihani!! Those slip days sound pretty darn good, I’d be amazed if I could be that good!!
Today is the first day of week 2. Week 1 results: 3.8 lbs
I’m so sorry about your chickens, Carla. So so sad. Poor Ruby too.
Tonight is a cooking night. OSG Red Lentil and Kale soup, sweet & sour “meatballs”, lemon pie date balls and more green smoothies!!0 -
Down again this morning- woo hoo!! I love it when a plan comes together!! It reinforces all my hard work of meal prep and getting on the treadmill even when I don’t feel like it...
Gotta go clean my kitchen now. Left it in kind of a mess last night...1 -
Grats, Karrie! Nice job...now get on over to the April thread already
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