Optimal October!
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Ay ya ya Mihani. Hoping today goes fast and you get back on a smoother sleep schedule. My sleep, too, sucked last night. 😖
Happy Halloween 🎃👻🎃 lovelies!0 -
Hello, all!
Maybe it is the season change, as I, too, had less-than-great sleep last night.
I hope we all catch up tonight!
@Mihani
I am with you on cheese sounding unappealing. I have actually found some other foods more challenging than I used to. The longer it is since I ate bacon or sausage, the less appealing the smell is when my husband and son splurge and have some.
The Percy Jackson books are great fun! I have not read them all, but I have enjoyed the ones I read!
This made me laugh out loud! I hope you solve the dicey fridge mystery tonight!Something smells dicey in my fridge and I have no idea what it could be since I don't have a lot in there but I am going to clean it well tonight and see if I can find the culprit. Friday nights aren't quite as exciting as they used to be.
@magic71755 - I still need to remember to make a taco salad! Yours sound so yummy!
Shred, how are you doing today?
I am off to make progress on projects, but maybe after some coffee. I was up early to take my husband to an appointment and am still sleeeeepy!1 -
Love love the graphic, Austin! 🎃🎃🎃1
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On the topic of cheese...I do use some of the plant based...not a ton...but to flavor things. NOW, back in the day pre plant power...I could just eat cheese straight, just like all of youzzzzzz, I'm sure. I don't do that with the plant based cheeses. At least not so far.
Pot luck today...I made a vegan pumpkin bread...however, I am not eating anything from the potluck. Brought three juices and my taco salad. I usually bring a lot more to eat...but did not today. Hoping the juices help to curb my appetite.
If I had gone to Costco to pick up Asian pears, that would have been a good addition.
8 1/2 hours to go. HAGDE!0 -
Checking in...6 hours to go. I ate half my salad...I used refried beans instead of pinto beans...richer and gave the salad more body. So tasty...bite of lettuce, tomato, tortilla, cilantro...and refried beans. YUM
Other half around 4.
Still have a carrot juice to go.
Goal is kinda to reset my taste buds...too many helper processed plant based foods...
Tonight, I will have a baked potato when I get home...share with Lulu.
Back to work. I will say, I feel so much better in just these few days that I have cleaned up my diet.
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2 hours to go...I ate my salad in two parts. That worked out well.
Have one more carrot juice to drink...maybe later.
Baked potato when I get home
Today was a real test for me because work is where I have my most problems. The salad worked out perfectly and I didn’t get any luxe or any comments from my boss so I’m guessing it’s OK for me to eat my salad it’s in a round lock and lock Tupperware kind of thing.
Anyway I just wanted to check in let you know that I’m doing great today today is day four of two juices a day and two meals a day so I talk to you later love you guys0 -
Austin how are your projects coming along? Is your husband's recovery going well? I agree about things not smelling or looking appealing anymore. I realized some years ago that I don't even really see meat as food anymore. It's like my eyes just naturally pass right by those options on a restaurant menu or at a potluck.
Doing great there Magic! So glad juicing is making you feel better. I use vegan cheese sometimes, mostly in recipes where it's just a little shredded Daiya, but not as often as I used to. I didn't care much for nutritional yeast when I first went vegan but it grew on me and now I love it so I mostly use that when I want a cheesy note.
I discovered the dicey odor in the fridge was a small container of cauliflower that I had forgotten. Broccoli and cauliflower smell disgusting when they go bad.
It has been a good week of NO snacking. No pretzels or crackers at the office. Haven't changed anything else and down 3 pounds this week. Thinking it's cutting out the salt from the snacks. I feel better without all the flour and sodium.
Today's plan...
B - ezekiel toast, apple, smidge of natural PB
L - taco salad!
D - leftover cooked veggies from the freezer stash, brown rice, cheezy chickpeas
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I spy taco salad in Mihani's menu...yes!
Well, girlies...for whatever reason, my knee exploded into major pain last night. I am thinking it might be my tennis shoe has worn down a bit. I buy new so very often, cuz the least amount of wear is reflected in the pain in my knees.
Luckily there is a Skecher outlet by me, next to Trader Joe's. I will see about stopping there tonight after work. They have a deal where you buy one, you get second half off.
I have a boat load of good tennies to donate. Very little worn.
Today, one meal...frozen, cuz I just can't afford standing too long to fix meal...and three juices. I'm desperate as you can see. Will put in another call to ortho guy after the election. I do have an appointment with oncologist 11/12 and she has ordered blood tests. I feel relieved about that.
WTG, Mihani...on passing on all the carby treats. I so get that. The baked potato after work, really helped ...I may do that again tonight.
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Good morning, sweet plant-based friends!
@magic71755
I am so sorry your knee has been hurting more. It sure sounds like you are doing all the right things for it. I think all that juicing sounds super great, too. It is great that you are feeling better after just a few days of cleaner eating!
Baked potatoes are such a great, satisfying food. love how easy it is to batch bake them, too, Do you have a favorite kind? I get sweet potatoes and Yukon/golds for my son quite often, in addition to russet potatoes. I will get a stack of sweet potatoes and cut them into thick slices and then bake them all. Baked sweet potato slices warm up really well, too.
@Mihani
Wowzers! What a great week you have been having food-wise, and how gr4eat that you are seeing results in how you feel and on the scale!
My projects are coming along. I have a stack of things I want to do today, but first I need to run a couple of errands. We have an elderly cat that is only persuaded to eat very soft, liquid food, so I go to a special pet store for him.1 -
Hello my sweet plant people...
Austin...such a cute graphic...good luck with the kitty...and your projects.
I have had my carrot/apple juice and celery juice...had my amy's frozen plant based meal...one carrot apple to go...I did bring a second Amy's...hoping I do not need it. Baked potato after work OR nothing...but beddy bye.
back to work...
ps pain has subsided...thankfully.1 -
Just had another carrot/apple/ginger/lemon...truly the ginger is so important...it cuts the richness of the carrot juice...it was not quite 16 oz...more like 10
It's now 4...so nothing til I get home...and that will be a baked russet in the microwave. When I am home, I bake them in the oven, now that summer is in our rear view mirror.
Lulu loves to share the potato...I think I will always steam some broc and cauli...she love love loves both of those.
Nothing going on here...but I am staying focused.
Anyway, that was my update. Later, dollies.0 -
Hey @magic71755 - I am so happy that your pain has subsided. That is great news!
I have had a good plant-based day:
B-green smoothie (broccoli, blueberries, spinach, cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, flax meal, hemp hearts), mango and apple slices
L-turnip greens, navy beans, tomatoes & green chiles; steamed carrots, turnips, beet & mushrooms; steamed pumpkin & jicama plus diced fresh apple
S-1/2 apple & cashews
D-chopped salad (romaine, bell pepper, radish, celery, grape tomato, roma tomato); homemade dressing (cucumber, onion, avocado, red wine vinegar, ume plum vinegar, diced ginger); steamed beet & jicama; goji berries & smidge of almond butter
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