Accountable August!
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@JNettie73 I use this recipe: https://detoxinista.com/how-to-make-homemade-almond-milk/
it's easy and two ingredients, water and almonds
I use one cup almonds soaked for 12 hours rinsed completely
4 cups water
blend in vitamix for one minute
strain through nutmilk bag
transfer to milk bottle (Amazon).
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Monday's Plan:
coffee
usual oat breakfast
14 crunchmaster crackers + Bitchin Sauce 3T
refried bean taco, same as yesterday
salad with baked potato and side broccoli
grapes
2 bags 100 cal Hippeas
Doing my best to make life deeeeeeeeee licious.
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Ugh....I haven't had the courage yet to investigate repairing my lap top. It still works....but where the crack is there are all kinds of lines. I am sure one day it won't work so I should be proactive and get it looked at.
We are taking care of 4 dogs plus our two. My friend Karla is on vacation until Thursday and her dogs are darling. We walked the land bridge yesterday....3 miles and today all dogs are very quiet. The lab's owners come home tomorrow. Then we leave on our trip Friday! Looking forward to getting out of this heat for a week. It will be 105-106 all week before we go. Walked dogs starting before sunrise today.
My stomach continues to be iffy. I see the surgeon this week. Had a cup of coffee on an empty stomach yesterday before the walk....stupid stupid stupid....wasn't thinking again. Stomach pain for rest of the day...that is the only thing I can think of. Had last of my bean soup yesterday so need to make my favorite vegan minestrone soup today.
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Hi all... busy day and with my misadventures of the weekend never got to the grocery so I ran there on the way home and stocked up on salad stuff. Not going to mess with cooking greens this week. Too much going on.
Donna, sorry to hear you are still in pain. Hope the surgeon can give you some good advice.
Quick post need dinner!
B - ezekiel toast with a smidge of PB, banana
L - cowboy pinto beans
D - hummus and broccoli slaw in a pita, maybe an apple or some cantaloupe if I'm still hungry
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Monday's Plan: FINAL
coffee
usual oat breakfast
14 crunchmaster crackers + Bitchin Sauce 3T
refried bean taco, same as yesterday
salad with baked potato and side broccoli Sushi bowl (romaine, jasmine rice, cukes, purple cabbage, carrots, edamame, sushi ginger, scallions, snack nori, Gyoza Dipping Sauce Trader Joe's)
grapes
2 bags 100 cal Hippeas
Doing my best to make life deeeeeeeeee licious.
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Gosh, Donna...I never went through any of the stuff you are going through. They just repaired my hernia and only one day I was on liquids. So sorry you are having such a rough time of it.
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 PLAN
Coffee
Oats, flax, grapenuts, frozen berries, almond milk
Raw veggies with Bitchin Sauce
Sushi bowl (TJ’s herb salad, shredded cabbage and carrots, jasmine rice, sushi ginger, cucumbers, air-fried tofu, snack nori sheets, Gyoza Dipping Sauce Trader Joe's )
Refried Bean Tacos
2 100 cal bags of Hippeas
FINAL:
Tuesday, August 8, 2023 PLAN
Coffee
Oats, flax, grapenuts, frozen berries, almond milk
Raw veggies with Bitchin Sauce
Sushi bowl (TJ’s herb salad, shredded cabbage and carrots, jasmine rice, sushi ginger, cucumbers, air-fried tofu, snack nori sheets, Gyoza Dipping Sauce Trader Joe's ) Salad with California Balsamic dressing and one baked potato with Original Bitchin Sauce
Refried Bean Tacos
1/3 apple with 1/2 serving (1T) PB2
2 100 cal bags of Hippeas
7/8 days of Treadmill
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Yikes this week so far. It's only Tuesday and I am worn out. I need to get to bed early again tonight.
B - ezekiel toast with a smidge of PB
L - salad lettuce topped with coleslaw mix and baked beans
D - hummus wrap with lettuce and coleslaw mix, an apple
I am all about easy to prep and eat this week! This weekend I'm making my own hummus though. I'm using store-bought which has oil so I have to be stingy and I like LOTS of hummus in my wraps. I found Astoria brand flatbread at my local grocery. Good and no oil.
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OMG....best protein shake I have made in ages and my tummy was happy:
3 0z tofu
1/2 banana
2 oz blueberries
1/2 cup no sugar coconut/almond milk
vanilla protein powder
ice
It was so incredibly yummy.
Magic - I know right? The hernia was there for a long time with bleeding Cameron's lesions (why I was anemic). I might have developed stomach ulcers. I have not been right since the chowder episode. I see the surgeon Friday a.m. Well actually I feel pretty good today. I had cherries, hummus, rice crackers for lunch. I use to make tofu protein shakes in the 80's with water and fruit. 40 years since I have made one. I have to be incredibly careful with what I eat. Brooks made me instant pot pinto beans. So much better than canned.0 -
Mihani - I love love homemade hummus. I have a little Cuisinart Mini Prep & Processor that I make hummus with. Today I had artichoke and spinach hummus...wish I had some pine nuts to add but they are so expensive. My favorite is roasted red pepper hummus. Haven't made that one in ages.
Magic - I love Crunchmaster chips. They have them in the commissary on base.
JNettie - I admire your dedication to exercise. How is the garden? I agree about the dentist. There are so many ways to make it less traumatic...esp. the numbing process. My favorite dentist used cotton swabs soaked in lidocaine (bitter taste) to provide numbing before using the needle. I need to make a dentist appt.0 -
Wow, difficult time...but at least the last few days have been better, @bisky. Hope the doctor has good new for you that will help you to continue to heal. Could you ask Brooks to share how he made the pinto beans...that could be something I could do next weekend.
Sorry, you're having a tough week ALREADY, @Mihani...here's to the rest of the week getting better.
Wednesday's Plan...
coffee
oatmeal and homemade almond milk
Steamed edamame in shells
veggies and bitchin sauce
salad and baked potato
jasmine rice, broccoli and air fried tofu
Made this instead: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nMS_24mmp7I Taste tested at lunch so no real lunch...will have it for dinner. I am going to try and cook it in my hot logic to test it out for work tomorrow.
2 bags Hippeas (100 cal each)
Trying to make my life deeeeee licious!
Weigh-in Wednesday Goal 135
8/2 154.2
8/9 152.8
8/9 Days Treadmill
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Do you have an Instant pot? For simple pinto beans he adds a bag of pinto beans (1 lb), Vegetable Better than Bouillon...one - two tablespoons (adds a lot of salt) and 8 cups of water, chopped onion. For the black beans he adds onion and chipotle pepper. Sometimes I mash then with an immersion blender or my mini processor to make "refried beans" but they are not fried and fat free.
Got up at 5:30 with Brooks to walk dogs and then did the 1.5 mile loop at 7:30...done with dogs for a while. I made them eggs & green beans to add to their food this a.m. SPOILED ROTTEN MUTTS.
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Thanks so much...have everything...just how long, the setting and natural release or ? Thanks again.
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Donna, agreed, I enjoy my homemade hummus more than the store-bought after all this time. Mine is really simple just chickpeas, spicy brown mustard, black pepper, garlic, lemon juice, water or aquafaba as needed to the right consistency. Sometimes I add other spices or a little bit of tahini as well. I should experiment more with adding other things. Spinach and artichokes sound wonderful.
Thanks for the tips on beans too. I need to overcome my fear of the instant pot. I don't mind making beans on the stove but it does take a long time. I just bought a six pack of dried beans. Navy, pinto, kidney, great northern, black eyed peas. I figured I'd try making them in the instant pot and freezing in 1.5 cup portions like I used to do. The 6th variety is split peas which don't need to be be soaked and cooked ahead. I love split pea soup so I'll think about that this weekend. Work is nuts with the boss back from vacation so I don't know how much time I'll have.
Yum stuffed peppers, Nanc! I made some once that were a conglomeration of a few recipes that I read. They had brown rice, veggies and black beans and a really flavorful tomato sauce. They were so scrumptious and I could never recreate them! I hate when I do that. LOL
Today wasn't great for me food-wise. I was so busy. I just ate a couple handfuls of blue corn chips and the little bit of baked beans leftover from yesterday through the day. Finally got around to a Dr. McDougall soup around 3:00. I'm going to have a hummus wrap in a few minutes then chill until bedtime. Didn't get out of the office until almost 6:30.
Tomorrow will be better!
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Only two more days until the weekend Mihani! 😌 Phew!0
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Thursday's Plan: FINAL
coffee
oats with almond milk (homemade organic, two ingredients, water and organic almonds)
carrots and bitchin sauce
stuffed peppers see yesterday for recipe
100 cal bag popcorn
salad and baked potato, dressing will be SOS Free California Balsamic air fried tofu, steamed broc with sprinkling of TJ's vegan shredded parm
ONE, 100 cal bag Hippeas
making life deeeeeeeeeeee licious
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Magic - 30 minutes for beans not soaked. We do wash our beans first. You can add whatever spices you like or garlic too. I like cumin.
Mihani - I too am scared of the Instant pot and was rather upset when Brooks bought it. Now I love it but I make Brooks start it.
Bought vegan sweet potato curry soup at Whole Foods yesterday. Good but I think I could find a recipe to improve upon it.
Dogs walked and fed. Off to go swim laps. Tummy is happy lately and hungry.0 -
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Home early wasn't feeling well. Going to eat something and read, nap, read, nap.
B - ezekiel toast
L - will be a hummus wrap with lettuce and slaw
That will probably be it for today but I might eat some soup later on this evening if I'm hungry.
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Hope you're feeling better, @Mihani
Today's Plan F I N A L !
coffee
oats, the regular
Carrots and avocado*
one bag 100 cal skinny pop
stuffed bell pepper
Jicama and teeny cukes and Bitchin Sauce
left over tofu and steamed broc
100 cal Hippeas
making life deeeeeeeelicious.
*130 cal mashed avocado cup (bought box from Costco the other day) ingredients: avocado & sea salt.
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I hope you're feeling better today, Mihani.
My CT scan is this morning. I've never had one before and I am hoping that the confined space doesn't freak me out too much. I should have the results some time next week.
Guess who I get to hang out with this weekend? Donna! She and Brooks are coming this Sunday and staying the night before continuing to Canada.
left over stir fry for dinner tonight. we managed to make something instead of another premade salad with tofu last night!0 -
The CT scan itself was a breeze! I had it confused with an MRI.
I was in and out of there in under 5 minutes! The test took maybe 1 minute.1 -
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Yay for an easy time of it Carla!
How fun getting together with Donna and Brooks! So 😎 cool!0 -
I am feeling a bit better today and made it through the day. I'm going to work from home tomorrow and if I go in Sunday at all it will just be for a short while.
Also on the agenda tomorrow a big batch of my "famous" lentil soup. Which is only famous among my friends and family, but it is pretty darn good lentil soup. No batch is ever exactly alike but it is always delicious.
And a big stir-fry. Got bok-choy, mushrooms, green onions, broccoli, cauliflower. Forgot peppers oh well. I am going to make simple baked tofu to top the stir-fry bowls.
So between that and salads I am set for next week.
Glad the CT was easy, Carla. I had an MRI years and years ago for my back and it was an "open MRI" machine so you slide in but it's not a tube more like you are a little burger in a huge bun. It was still stressful to me having to hold still and not twitch, but it wasn't as bad as I feared.
Totally jealous you get to hang out with Donna and Brooks, and that they get to meet Ruby and Radar!
Sounds like you are enjoying your stuffed peppers, Nanc. I must try making those again soon. Hi to Lulu!
Today was a bust. Ate some pretzels, a Dr. McDougall soup, went out for a quick drink with friends after work and ate spring rolls. Glad I have a good plan for the coming week so I can stop doing these crazy things. My stress level is pretty much at max right now and I'm struggling with everything not just diet. I have mapped out my day tomorrow with cooking, meals, household chores, work. Need to stick to it and try to get some things under control.0 -
Today's Plan Saturday *****F I N A L *****
coffee
oats, the regular
Carrots and avocado*
one bag 100 cal skinny pop
stuffed bell pepper mixture over broccoli no more bell peppers 🫑
teeny cukes and Bitchin Sauce
PB2 two tbs/water with Granny Smith Apple
100 cal Hippeas
making life deeeeeeeelicious.
*130 cal mashed avocado cup (bought box from Costco the other day) ingredients: avocado & sea salt.
10/12 days treadmill as of this morning0 -
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Doing awesome sticking to the treadmill, Nanc! Yay you!
I didn't do much of anything today despite my plans. I just needed a mental health day. I've read, napped, watched TV. I'll work from home tomorrow and get laundry done, and make the stir-fry and baked tofu. I have too much food here so I'll wait to make the lentil soup until later in the week.
This week will be better!
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