Food inspiration, or what's for supper?
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ginger sesame cauliflower rice and frozen dinner -- done!
**kitchen disasters in the making**
in the "oven" (who are we kidding, it's in the nuker!): kohlrabi "noodles" 301g, red onions 101g, sad looking roast beef cold cuts in need of revitalization 173g, and cateli, I'm too watery, garlic and whatevs tomato sauce.... contemplating rescue strategy to de-waterify... possibly nuke at half power uncovered with extra napkins?!?!?!?!
RESCUE PERFORMED: 20g of cream of wheat and 2 minutes covered in the nuker with manual management.... sauce acceptably thick albeit, err... DIFFERENT! 
I guess I COULD have put it in the oven with a slice of cheese on top but that would be CHEATING on the nuker!!!!!
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Hope you have air conditioning Athijade! I remember those hot Midwest summer days of my youth. Of course I’d trade that in for this summer in Texas. It’s 106F right now. Your meal plan sounds sooo good.
I do have air conditioning thankfully. Wall units? They are under the windows in the wall, but pretty much look like a window unit. I have one in the living room and one in the bedroom. So those plus fans are working just fine. Some places in Chicago don't have air conditioning. There are a lot of apartments in OLD buildings.
Luckily after tomorrow the temps drop quite a bit. Highs in the 70's. So just have to make it these 2 days.
Working on meal plans through to my trip to TN.2 -
Vacation in Tennessee or work trip? Hope it’s fun.
PAV - that sounds vile and ghastly! Cream of wheat for heavens sake! You do know you can mix up a spoonful of corn starch with water? Add the slurry to any thin sauce and it thickens the sauce nicely when it boils. Yes that even works in the nuker.
Or - thicken things up with a few spoonfuls of instant mashed potato flakes. Just stir in as much as needed after nuking your food. This method works because you can add a spoonful at a time until you’re happy. Bon Appetit!1 -
Vacation in Tennessee or work trip? Hope it’s fun.
PAV - that sounds vile and ghastly! Cream of wheat for heavens sake! You do know you can mix up a spoonful of corn starch with water? Add the slurry to any thin sauce and it thickens the sauce nicely when it boils. Yes that even works in the nuker.
Or - thicken things up with a few spoonfuls of instant mashed potato flakes. Just stir in as much as needed after nuking your food. This method works because you can add a spoonful at a time until you’re happy. Bon Appetit!
Pfffffttttt...... yea of little faith! mashed potatoes would have been my first go-to but I was out! NONE IN THE CUPBOARD. But lots of cream of wheat! Corn starch.... err previous experiments were similar to oh, I don't know, similar to using a mixer in a yogurt container... something like that comes to mind. Cold water, hot water, medium water, stir here, stir there.... cream of wheat is so simple.... just like mash potatoes (it's the instant kind you know
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It's fine! I wish the beef was hamburger cause it would have been WAY better. But that's not the fault of the thickener!!!
Nah, for a rescue it's ok. The premise is defective... classico would have been much better to begin with! kohlrabi cooked and drained first also good idea.
I will research this strachy thingy someday!!! with mango maybe?!?!?!?!1 -
Where are we going?!?!?!! How soon? Where's the plans?0
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Where you goin' Athijade???????
Instant cream of wheat? Didn't know that existed!
I'm prepping for my escape to Newfoundland on Monday. Everything this year has been on the fly - I cannot wait until my "vacations" do not revolve around surgery
Between now and then meals will revolve around freezer and fridge emptying. When I get home I'll have 6 days to stock the freezer with easy meals for post-chop-chop
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Going with some family to the mountains of Pigeon Forge. I actually went to college in East Tennessee so it holds a special place for me. We are renting 2 cabins for a week. I am so excited. Not only is there a lot to do in the area, but I do plan on taking some me time. I need it.
Only a couple weeks before I leave!4 -
@Athijade That sounds like a blast. My husband has been talking about going there soon. It sounds like a fun place. They have white water rapid rafting that I really want to try!
I am really wanting philly cheese steak for dinner tonight. I know that this is going to be higher in calories than I usually eat for dinner so today I am doing a super light day of eating and saving all my calories for this special treat tonight.2 -
That sounds like a good plan Scout... as long as you don't pull a *me* (I had one of the "saving calories for later" thingies backfire on me once when I was at the turn around point of a two plus hour walk... may or may not have contributed to cramps and other issues later that day!!!!
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@Athijade this sounds AWESOME!
Laurie! Tripsies!!!!
The scheduling around medicals? NO COMMENT! 2 -
AthiJade… that sounds absolutely magical. I hope it is everything you could hope for.1
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Athijade- Pigeon Forge. Isn’t that where Dolly Parton's amusement park, Dollywood, is located?2
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Athijade- Pigeon Forge. Isn’t that where Dolly Parton's amusement park, Dollywood, is located?
Yep! And that is on the to do list. Along with a lot of other stuff. But we have plenty of time to do it all.
Yesterday I ended up doing a simple dinner. I marinated the steaks I was going to use for pepper steak in some teriyaki sauce. Then I made some frozen rice and frozen broccoli. Added a bit of kimchi to the plate and there you go. I had to work late yesterday, may work late again today, and may have to put in some hours this weekend so I am dead tired.3 -
Medium chilli and a blueberry scone in a cafeteria! 🫣😡🤷♂️ not a real bunny in sight! Just pretend traces in the chili and the scone! 🥺2
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Tomatoes or onions in the chili perhaps? Wheat flour in the scone?[/quote]not a real bunny in sight! Just *pretend traces* in the chili and the scone!
Tomatoes, celery, onion, and kidney beans in the chilli. Dried blueberries in the scones. Maybe a bunny and a half per 1000 Cal?!?!?!?!
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Sometimes a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. Like leaving some veggies for the bunnies.
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But... but... I don't WANT to!!!!
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How goes the fridge clean up Laurie?0
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I was dragged to Morrison's cafe by my parents today & had their Jacket Potato with Tuna Mayo, & I grabbed a carton of Starbucks Lactose-Free Skinny Latte, so my dinner was a Bread Tea.
I had a panini with cheese & Parma Ham, a few Cherry Tomatoes, Diced Cucumber & a bag of Hula Hoops Puft.
To be fair I have been having a tough time lately, I think my hubby's death has finally hit me (7 months later) & I'm an absolute wreck ... Thankfully I live next door to my mum & stepdad because otherwise, I think I may have drank myself to death or taken the shortest route from the top of a multistory building lately - but their constant visits & phone calls has kept me on the straight & narrow 💔
I have good friends, but I don't want to trouble them with my grief, so I either drink it into submission or spend money on *kitten* I don't need, but on the plus side, my food choices are getting better 👌🏼6 -
We all grieve in our own way and on our own schedule. Hopefully you can find some consolation and deal with your loss to move forward in a healthy manner. ❣️3
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hmmm..... you're dealing with a lot.
And everything is quite recent.
Yooly is smart and wise.1 -
I just snarfed two ice creams because I was upset at the absurdity of what I was being told on the phone!
Sure, if I am careful the rest of the day it will come out to maintenance (not overage)-but yeah, that was it in terms of a deficit for today!
It took less than 5 minutes to hit the freezer twice and rack in 600 Cal!
At least the "zero" cal pops and black coffee I'm drinking don't add to the calories! 3 -
Stress eating - never a good thing. I have bouts of stress eating. Then I’m still upset and more so for having blown all my calories on something I really didn’t “taste”.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand it. Why does my brain want food when there is no physical hunger? And food - especially crappy food - won’t fix emotional distress. How did emotions get confused with eating?
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@Grammy_Maher thats a lot to be going through while trying to loose weight. If you don’t feel that talking it through with your kids maybe you could go talk to a therapist. I often have clients that come in that just need someone to talk to without judgment or bias. They talk it out for a few sessions and then feel better and are done. Everyone needs someone to emotionally “vomit” to.4
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Fridge clean up management saved by the Bell Saturday… invited a friend last minute for a bowl of green soup with feta cheese and half a slice of rye bread. I had to do that because I didn’t eat Saturday’s share of the roasted vegetables and I hope to double up on the vegetables on Sunday but then I wouldn’t have room for that green soup. Lol.
I’m sharing these almost silly details because it is all actually doing something ridiculously good for my eating. “Having” to eat all of this food is leaving me inclined to not want to eat!3 -
Grammy Maher, what a great challenge life has thrown your way. You must miss your husband so very much and feel very very alone despite the people around you who clearly love you. I know that would lead to me eating way more than what my body needs in some messed up attempt to fill that hole in my heart and soul.
I’m impressed you’re here and trying to get a handle on food and weight. That takes a lot of strength and determination to even try.
I hope the menu planning and CICO number crunching provide a good distraction and alternative way of keeping the lonely demons at bay.3 -
hmmm..... you're dealing with a lot.
And everything is quite recent.
Yooly is smart and wise.
Thank you, I definitely know about emotional eating - I even have a meal on my MFP Diary called Unplanned & Emotional Eating, so far this week I haven't used it as much as I would have expected, but I also have a meal called Alcohol & that has been used a couple of times, but now I'm out of snacky rubbish foods & booze so I'm having to deal with my emotions & moods manually ... this could get messy 👌🏼1 -
Stress eating - never a good thing. I have bouts of stress eating. Then I’m still upset and more so for having blown all my calories on something I really didn’t “taste”.
I don’t think I’ll ever understand it. Why does my brain want food when there is no physical hunger? And food - especially crappy food - won’t fix emotional distress. How did emotions get confused with eating?
I'm the same - I cannot fathom for the life of me why I eat to comfort myself when I know my waistline will punish me, & if that doesn't then my IBS, or ADHD will do ... it's crazy!
My solution to stop buying alcohol & junk foods worked when I lost all that weight between 2012 & 2014, I lost 164lb, but then I had an active job, my very own cheerleader (Andy) & less emotional baggage, so this time round it's proving harder to knuckle down.
I'll get there, it's a marathon, not a race ... I'm in this for the long haul 👍🏻3 -
scoutmom1981 wrote: »@Grammy_Maher thats a lot to be going through while trying to loose weight. If you don’t feel that talking it through with your kids maybe you could go talk to a therapist. I often have clients that come in that just need someone to talk to without judgment or bias. They talk it out for a few sessions and then feel better and are done. Everyone needs someone to emotionally “vomit” to.
Thank you, I have called CRUISE & spoken to someone there, which to some degree did lighten the load, but I know I have to get through this phase of grief - In December 2022 when we found out our daughter was pregnant after 9 years of trying we were over the moon, but with Andy's kidney troubles & being a medical giant, therefore an unknown quantity when it comes to medical treatment (bless him he was a walking experiment right to the end) I told my parents that I would gain a grandchild in 2023, but lose my husband, to which they said I was being pessimistic, so his death whilst crushing was not a huge shock, but the timing of it - I thought he'd at least make it to my 50th birthday, but he made it 8 days past his 55th birthday in January.
Honestly, I do think that this is just a delayed reaction to losing Andy - I didn't really cry other than when they took him away the day he passed away & at his funeral, but now I am crying at pretty much anything - I've had to stop listening to music at home for the time being because it destroys me, as Andy & I loved music. I'm desperately waiting for his pensions to pay up, then I'll at least be able to afford to take myself away to see his family, but right now I can hardly afford a bottle of milk!
But thank you so much for your supporting words ❤️3 -
lauriekallis wrote: »Grammy Maher, what a great challenge life has thrown your way. You must miss your husband so very much and feel very very alone despite the people around you who clearly love you. I know that would lead to me eating way more than what my body needs in some messed up attempt to fill that hole in my heart and soul.
I’m impressed you’re here and trying to get a handle on food and weight. That takes a lot of strength and determination to even try.
I hope the menu planning and CICO number crunching provide a good distraction and alternative way of keeping the lonely demons at bay.
Thank you, yes it definitely has thrown it all at me this year, but I will get through it, it's the evenings that I struggle with because Andy & I both worked, so evenings were our snuggle in front of the TV or reading a book time, but now I sit here alone & feel completely empty & alone some nights.
I used to enjoy meal planning - Andy said it helped him too, as he never knew what to eat, so was guided by my choices, so I'm trying to rebuild that habit & it's going OK, I have SIRI remind me every night to get tomorrow's dinner out of the freezer, because every Sunday night (when I'm sat in the reading room telling Andy about my week) I decide what to have for my main meals in the coming week.
CICO is not a 100% failsafe strategy - it does definitely increase your chances of seeing a loss, but I'm more concerned with my proteins, carbs & fats because 1,500 calories a day of sugary & starchy rubbish will be less than I burn, but it'll rot my teeth & leave me malnourished, so I focus on the macros, not calories, as I used to be a powerlifter, but had to retire due to an injury.
I only log calories because these sites insist you do so, but in general I'm not that bothered by them - I've had weeks where I'm 300+ calories over but lost several pounds, but then I've had weeks where I was in deficit every day, but actually gained weight (it was probably muscle gain, rather than fat gain because back then I was lifting some serious weight).
I know I'm starting from scratch again, so I am definitely appreciative of people's input when it comes to staying accountable, so thank you so much ❤️3
