Absolutely August!
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"Everyone says you can't out-exercise a bad diet and i'm living proof. Love to exercise but also eat in caloric excess so... Now that I'm measuring my food I have a much better handle on what I'm eating. Definitely not sustainable in the long-term (takes a lot of time to enter, especially when I graze but I'm hoping to re-learn what a balanced, well portioned meal looks like and go from there moving forward once I'm "programmed."
This is so me, Liz. I love to be outside and active but I also love chocolate, cookies, breads, cheese, wine, pizza. Never a big meat eater but do like my carbs. I have to measure, weigh and watch excess calories. When I go back on ETL...I have to watch nuts. The main thing for me to change a habit, turn to fruit when I want something sweet (craving my junk food).
Mihani, I can imagine it will be so much easier to work in your office with everything organized. Good for you. That is hard to start but you reached the finish line. Let me know if the recipe works without oil.
Magic - thank you. He retires next year and this deployment took us by surprise. He will be on a "GHOST team" which stands for Golden Hour Operative Surgical Team (this is nothing you can't google). They try to get to the field within one hour of a trauma because that makes a big difference in survival.
Brooks woke me up early to bike our park. It was so beautiful with the deer and their babies. It is very quiet and peaceful in the mornings. It is almost 1000 acres with lots of oak trees that provide shade.
We cut up a huge mango this morning for breakfast that was perfect and delicious.
Have a wonderful day. Off to walk dogs before the heat and humidity rise.
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@bisky and @LizLovesVeggies - I SO agree with you about this: "you can't out-exercise a bad diet." I tell people all the time, when they ask me how I lost all the weight, that the keys were changing what I ate and paying attention to portions (logging and measuring).
@bisky - Your early morning bike trip sounds lovely! Deer are so beautiful and quiet. I am still seeing the occasional spotted fawn, and they just are so lovely.
And a big YUM to the mango!
@magic71755 - You are still rocking and rolling on your juices. Is it continuing to help with inflammation and better sleeping?
Oh, and I now want some watermelon!
@LizLovesVeggies - Your menu looks great! I love red lentil dal, too!
@Mihani - Your decluttering stories continue to inspire me! My office needs a major declutterm, and I am determined to get some of that done this week!
The Austin report:
SO sorry to be quiet. It's the start of the school year, which is being super busy and crazy (though not a Mihani level of schedule, I think!).
And there's too much clutter in my office (where I now need to spend more time), which feels like it is adding to the crazy.
On the plus side, we installed an over-the-range microwave oven, and getting 2 1/2 feet of counter space in our small kitchen feels like a major remodel. And also the microwave oven works (old one was dying and had to be used in 90 second bursts - really tiresome).
My ETL eating is going well. Today:
B- coffee, green smoothie (cauli, spinach, blueberries, cashew milk); goji berries; almond butter
L- steamed mushrooms; steamed mustard greens with homemade fermented hot sauce; savory baked tofu; squash with tomatoes and onions; steamed butternut and apple for dessert
S (planned)- apple slices & almond butter
D (planned)- big salad (kale, romaine, roasted beets, bell pepper); avocado lemon dressing; steamed butternut and apple for dessert
I got in a walk this morning, and plan to get is some more movement late today. Yay!0 -
One of the disappointing things this summer was making dates with friends to walk, swim or bike and have a few of them cancel out last minute and want to meet up later for lunch, happy hour, etc. Not that healthy.
I'm guessing the people who cancel are not nearly as committed to their fitness as you are. They probably have the best of intentions when they make the date, and then reconsider when the time gets near. But happy hour? Bring it on!
I'm just waiting like Linus in the pumpkin patch for the rest of my blood test results to come in online. The ones I am not too bothered about are up. Just waiting for the main event.
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Liz, your preps sound AHmazing! I will have to check out the veganfitness thing. I tend to do better when things are simple and I am fine with eating same meals for several days in a row. I don't like tracking calories and macros though. It throws my OCD into overdrive. LOL
Bisky, definitely going to be nice once all the stuff is out of here. The entire house is done except for my office, and once I finish that I can get people in to haul things off. It has been a very long process. I echo Magic's comment thanks to Brooks for his service, and you too!
Austin, what a great day ETL eating and exercise! I wish you luck on your office decluttering.
Sloth, sure hope that things are looking up for you health-wise soon and that your efforts to get back to healthy habits help with that.
Magic, menu sounds great and I hope your melons are tasty. I have been sorely disappointed by a couple of the ones I've had lately.
I'm out of sorts today. I brought work home but think I'm probably going to bed super early instead. I am just worn out. And it's only Tuesday.
I had a bit of an off day. Ate my healthy foods, but also had some junky stuff. My junky stuff is not terrible honestly, but crackers and rice cakes and etc. I think going to bed early is my best bet for a better tomorrow. Fatigue = hunger for me.
I miss Carla and Lia, hope they stop by soon.
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Morning all...having coffee...quick trips to trader joes and spouts and pick up cleaning. Have been wanting pho for so long...even though it is so hot here. I think today is the day. My favorite Vietnamese place for pho is not that close...but on my weekend, doable. And not every place has vegan pho. So, yeah, today is the day.
coffee
juices
vegan pho without noodles
later, cold veggie salad with tinkyada gf noodles
fresh fruit
good pop
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I've never tried pho yet Magic, but there's a place right by where I get my hair done that has a vegan version and I keep thinking I should run in for carryout next time I get my hair done.
Better day of eating today, catching up on sleep helped.
B - sprouted grain toast with a little PB and a banana
L - Dr. McDougall miso ramen soup
D - HUGE salad with lots of veggies, some chickpeas, sunflower seeds
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Did not make it to Pho Vietnamese restaurant yesterday...sigh.
today
black coffee
oatmeal with homemade oat milk, NOT SLIMY
juices carrot/apple/ginger & celery/cuke/apple/lemon/ginger
salad with air fried tofu
fresh fruit
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magic71755 wrote: »
oatmeal with homemade oat milk, NOT SLIMY
I'm not sure exactly what this means. But it made me smile.
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Work is so frustrating. The new employee is helping though. I have hopes. Things seem to be moving along a little better the past week or so. I am planning a marathon work weekend and hopefully get rid of some backlog. Put the Labor into Labor Day! lol
I had a decently ETL kind of day.
B - sprouted grain muffin with a smidge of peanut butter, banana
L - baked tofu, salad
D - probably a veggie sammich with unhoney mustard dressing, apple
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sloth3toes wrote: »magic71755 wrote: »
oatmeal with homemade oat milk, NOT SLIMY
I'm not sure exactly what this means. But it made me smile.
Homemade oat milk can be slimy...my sure fire way prohibits slim. LOL Got it for Detoxinista website.
1/2 cup oats
3 cups water
in the vitamix high for 20 second...no more
pour through a sieve into bowl. do not press...just let run through...maneuver the sieve so it goes up the side kinda thing...oat particles at the bottom will gather...so go up the sides.
ladle into a bottle...I have milk bottles I got from amazon. shake before serving.
150 calories for 1/2 cup of oatmeal. so ...this is less than 50 cal a cup. HOMEMADE, CHEAP and EASY
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Magic - That oat milk recipe looks delicious. I love Pho too, esp. when I am sick or it is cold.
Sloth, did you get your tests results?
Mihani - your work sounds exhausting. I hope the new employee can relieve a bit of the burden and stress.
Austin - what grade do you teach? It is the busy time for you.
Well I look like Darth Vader when he took his helmut/mask off. My swim goggles gave me a contact dermatitis. I look like I was beat up with upper and lower eyelids puffy, red and scaly rash. I came home and Brooks had me take a Benadryl and now I am sleepy.
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Just made the best sauce...was inspired by Cheap Lazy Vegan, Rose Lee...she has a youtube channel...I LOVE HER. Fun, informative, creative...and inspiring.
Sauteed: 1 large onion chopped
Pint crimini mushrooms chopped
small eggplant chopped
1/2 pack Gardein ground meat whatever
1 T minced garlic (trader joe's jarred)
Once all nice and browned ... added one pack of Trader Joe's baby spinach...
Added two jars Trader Joes #99 marinara sauce
Added one more package trader Joe's baby spinach...
Putting it over potato. Pretty darn good.
Huge batch...good for the workweek. Yay.
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@bisky sorry bout your eyes...hoping you are resting now and you are good to go tomorrow.
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I had a good ETL day yesterday. We went over to visit some friends and watch some pre-season football 🏈 stuff together (Hard Knocks, plus a bit of our team's preseason game; our team looks to be terrible this year, oh well). Anyway, I took my food, including my huge salad and lived through my husband holding it up in all its bigness to show it off. Totally a 3rd grade, don't-look-at-me-being-different moment! Funny afterwards but a moment of complete horror. My husband is bone deep fearless about looking different. Me, not so much! 😱 😆
On a foodie note, salad dressing had to be different yesterday and will be today because we broke our immersion blender. New part is on the way, but I had to do something a little different. Last time I made a dressing with apple cider vinegar, white miso and some very fresh and fragrant dried oregano (picked up at my local east Asian and middle Eastern market). It was delicious! So that dressing is on the menu again today.
So SO much work to do to be prepped for classes next week. I am looking to get a bunch of that done today and over the long weekend.
The big treat on today's agenda is a coffee-and-writing meeting with a friend. I have gotten in a couple of writing sessions this week, and am working my way up to a daily practice.
Yesterday:
B- blueberry-broccoli-spinach smoothie; side of almond butter and goji berries; coffee
L- turnip greens with diced turnips topped with homemade fermented hot sauce (time to make more this weekend!); savory baked tofu; steamed mushrooms; zucchini, tomato & onion bowl with spices (including a new one aleppo/Turkish pepper!); steamed butternut and apples with cinnamon
S- apple slices and almond butter
D- huge salad with ETL-friendly dressing; zucchini, tomato & onion bowl with spices; steamed butternut and apples with cinnamon0 -
7am to 8 pm work day
Black coffee
3 16 ounce juices
Oatmeal
Chopped salad
Pasta and sauce
Good pop at home 🏡
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Only @mihani could put the labor back into Labor Day.
@magic71755 Cheap Lazy Vegan sounds right up my alley. Except, I am SO lazy... combing 2 ingredients, is just about my limit.
@bisky The tests did not go my way. In a nutshell, I've been fatigued beyond belief for months. Not that any Dr's really 'doubted' me... but until certain blood tests came back SO far out of whack... I don't think they really understood how much it sucked to be me. My 'CRP' was 15X beyond normal. The hematologist started me on Prednisone, but the latest tests don't show improvement, so he reckons that's not the course of action. Now, I'm being weened off the Prednisone, and going for more tests.
High CRP apparently indicates inflammation, infection, or cancer. I have been amazed, how every Dr I've seen, flings the word 'cancer' around.... 'it could be cancer...' I'm like... ya but it's probably inflammation or infection. When did Dr's stop sugarcoating everything for the patient.?
Anyhow, I'm off work, so there's that.
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Sloth = I am sorry about the tests but good to know there really is something causing your fatigue and not your imagination. Keep at your Dr. to figure this out.
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Sloth, I agree with Bisky. Need to stay on the docs and get some answers.
Austin, the Asian salad dressing sounds delish. I like "theme" salads but usually just throw all the veggies in a bowl and go. Hope you're getting through all your projects!
Magic, are you working the holiday weekend?
Donna, are your eyes cleared up yet?
I'm off to work shortly. It was nice to sleep in until 7:30 (I'm usually at the office by that time) and I imagine I will only stay at the office 6 hours or so today and tomorrow, then bring work home to do on Monday. I am seriously considering a one day water fast for Monday. Just for fun.
Plan today:
B - sprouted grain muffin with PB, a banana
L - big ol' salad with all the stuff
D - boca burger, corn on the cob, baked beans
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Inflammation is the culprit to many diseases, from what I understand listening to all the plant-based doctors. If you have not watched Forks over Knives...do so. And be vigilant on what you are eating...you probably are already.
Honestly, I was in so much pain before I actually cut out all NON-plant-based foods. And added turmeric. I get mine from Andrew Lessman, Pro Caps Labs. He has a website. Very pure stuff...but more expensive than others. Also, I have cut out gluten...ezekiel sesame bread gets a pass...otherwise i try to be GF!
Sloth, I used to go to sleep with ice bags wrapped around my knees to numb them so I could sleep. I don't do that anymore. I sleep without pain. The only time I have pain now is when I overdo...and am standing too long. I am bone on bone on both knees...and the pain can be excruciating if I eat poorly or do too much.
There is a website of Plant-Based Doctors...and some you can write or call and get a consultation.
Link: https://www.plantbaseddoctors.org/
Forks Over Knives is on Netflix.0 -
Today
1 1/2 juices
Oatmeal
Rice spaghetti Tinkyada and my sauce
Fruit
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Sauce: Yum! I bought a large of Chipotle at Costco. So good. http://bitchinsauce.com/#product0
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Happy weekend, all!
I started my weekend off by waking up really early (before 5), and doing a bunch of work, then headed out for a long martial arts class. I came home and had to have lunch and a short nap. Now I am about to head to the grocery store, as I am running low on supplies!
@sloth3toes - Wow. I am so sorry you are dealing with so much, and glad that they at least have a test result that has them taking how you feel seriously. As Bisky and Mihani say, keep bugging them to work with you on this. And of course keep taking care of yourself, to try to help your body fight that probable inflammation or infection.
@magic71755 - Your new Chipotle sauce sounds yummy!
Your testimonial to the results of all you have done to improve your health is so inspiring!
@Mihani - I hope you are home by now, and getting in some relaxation!
@Bisky - How is your case of contact dermatitis? Clearing up yet?
Thank you all for being part of this ETL community. I am so glad to know other people on this journey. I really appreciate hearing about your food ideas, resources, and your lives in general!1 -
I didn't mean to take up so much 'room' in this thread, with my medical issues.
I do appreciate all the well-wishes, and advice.
I am on the Dr's as much as I can be. I was given requisitions for 2 tests, and told come back and see the hematologist. When I found out one of the tests was scheduled for after the hematologist would have left for 3 weeks of vacation... I was able to bump up the date, so I'd have them done and see him again before he leaves.
I am trying to eat, 'better.' 'Cleaner,' as it were... But, currently, I feel like eating full on ETL, is beyond me. So far, my only hard and fast rules are, no meat, and no dessert. I am eating a LOT more salad. I have lost 5 lbs. The weight loss is welcome, but I will need to keep this up, and ramp it up, to really expect any results.
I've seen Forks over Knives... I've probably seen most of the popular documentaries. I tend to agree with the messages... But, I've tried going full fart into a few different eating lifestyles, and I can't stick with any of them. So, I am hoping, Eating food, Not too much, mostly plants will be a good way to get back into the game.
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"Eating food, Not too much, mostly plants will be a good way to get back into the game". It's a super duper way to get back in the game. Hugs, kiddo!0
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I got home yesterday and tackled my office. It took a lot longer than I thought. I cleaned it up a few months ago and thought I did a pretty good job, but it's very different going in with the mindset of clearing out rather than cleaning up. That was the last project other than the garage and I can't get to the garage until I get the haulers in here and get rid of all the junk that is now bagged and piled in the garage and various spots in the house.0
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Awesome Mihani! I frequently cycle through rooms after I thought I had cleared out and happily find more things to get rid of. I think it makes it easier to live. Remember, some of the sentimental stuff or papers you are not sure of take a picture and then toss!
Sloth - I think we all care and don't mind discussing medical issues or offering encouragement, support and advice. Sometimes it is easier to talk here than with family. You are on the right track. I wish I could be full on Eat to Live but I like wine, chocolate and carbs (cookies, chips and bread - the bad kind) ...I think we all are just trying to find balance in our lives. That is what I love about this forum...it is very non judgemental but offers information, support and place safe to share.
Fruit vegan smoothie this morning! Walk dogs and then bike ride. We have a bunch of toads in our back yard and Brooks made toad houses for them with rocks but they still like to hide in our planters.
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That cracked me up thinking of Brooks making toad houses. I picture him giving the toads a realtor spiel... lovely starter home in a great neighborhood.
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