Apple a Day April
Mihani
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Hey y'all... best title I could come up with sitting here with a stuffy head and sore throat. My boss actually told me to stay home, that never happens, I think he was tired of me coughing and sneezing all over the office the past 2 days lol.
Looking forward to a good ETL month here... the weather is warming up, which makes fresh fruit and veggies more appealing to me than the heavier food I crave when it is cold. I made a good start (involuntarily I admit) last month with losing some weight and getting my eating back on track. Can't wait to start feeling better and get back to some regular exercise.
Anyone is welcome to join in the monthly thread... you don't have to be 100% ETL, we're all just doing our best around here.
Carla, hope you have some good news on the house front soon!
Looking forward to a good ETL month here... the weather is warming up, which makes fresh fruit and veggies more appealing to me than the heavier food I crave when it is cold. I made a good start (involuntarily I admit) last month with losing some weight and getting my eating back on track. Can't wait to start feeling better and get back to some regular exercise.
Anyone is welcome to join in the monthly thread... you don't have to be 100% ETL, we're all just doing our best around here.
Carla, hope you have some good news on the house front soon!
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Finally some house news to share - we accepted an offer on our house! Yay! Now we just need to get through the inspection and then find a place we want to move to. All the ones we had picked out have already sold, but at least the next time one comes along we'll be in a position to put in an offer.
It has been such a gorgeous week here. Sunny skies and 65 to 70 degree (18 - 20 C) weather.
Hope everyone is now feeling healthy again and rocking their eating plans! I'll think of all of you while I'm eating my apple for the day!0 -
Woohoo, congrats Carla! Hope we'll hear the same good news from Lia soon.
I'm still recovering from this cold, I was pretty much out for 2 days barely out of bed. Feeling a little better today, hoping that I'm back to normal tomorrow we have a busy day in the office. Eating is kind of random... some toast, non-dairy yogurt, bananas, oatmeal, soup. I did run to the office and pick up a couple files this afternoon and going to work on them for a couple hours before getting to bed early.0 -
I like apples
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I had a week off at home with the kids. And I turned into a sloth. Literally. (!)
I didn't get groceries, I didn't work out, and I did some serious carb loading. And at the end of the week, I'm up 3 lbs. I really don't know why I do this to myself... But the good news is that it was only 3 lbs. (!) Could have been worse...
Yesterday I spent some time writing down some recipes and I got a bunch of groceries. My fridge doesn't look embarrassing anymore. I made some bean "meatballs" with sweet & sour sauce last night. It was okay; not the best recipe ever, but it'll do. I have quite a few servings in my fridge/freezer now, so at least they're not terrible.
My breakfast is quite tasty. 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup halved raspberries, 1 tbsp walnuts, 1 tbsp almonds and cinnamon to taste. I'm enjoying it very much right now.
Lunch: green smoothie
Dinner: probably my bean meatballs, gotta go vote tonight... (Canadian provincial elections)
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Happy April guys I love the name of the thread!
Carla, woohoo!!! So exciting for you and the load that should be off your shoulders now!! We are still waiting on our perfect buyers, sigh. Very frustrating but I am feeling like it will come.
Mihani, totally hear you with the cold. I'm still fighting it (along with everyone else, it seems like) but at least I don't have a foggy brain at work. How is work goig with your boss back?
Karrie, sounds like a nice week though! Good to have those weeks sometime. 3lbs will be back off in no time!
We leave for the Caymans in two weeks. I'm semi-panicking because I'm addicted to easter chocolate and not feeling my best and also because I really wanted our house sold before then. Sigh. I am a little more motivated to eat well and feel better before I go though, so I feel ready for the week and armed with healthy groceries.
Happy Monday everyone
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HI all,
Carrie: congrats on the sale of your house! so exciting
Mahini and Lia: feel better soon
Sloth and Karrie: I am with ya, haven't made it to the gym in a week feeling a little sluggish.
My daughter took the job that was her first interview in NYC. We have been busy trying to find a room mate and a place to live in the city. We actually found a room mate now the two of them need to find a place in their budget.
With that done it is time to move on the graduation party planning. It will be a lot of fun. I rented out an entire bed and breakfast lodge for my family and plan on having a party the night before graduation.
My son also found a job for the summer so feeling a little more set with the kiddos.
Dr. Fuhrman's new book came out today. The End of Hear Disease. I plan on reading it on my way to his office for a follow up visit. I can say the diet has helped quite a bit but not entirely yet. Two things I need to do is have a perfect month of eating then the next thing would be a long term water fast but......who has time to do a 10 to 14 day water fast.
Signing out from snowy New England
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Whew, glad I chose something Sloth approved this month lol.
Karrie, sounds like a lovely week! How did your recipes turn out?
Lia, hoping for good news soon on the house. I hope you are feeling better. My cold is still lingering, but definitely getting better. I so need a good night’s sleep. The stupid cough has been making uninterrupted sleep elusive. So glad you are getting a vacation and getting away from everything for a little bit.
Terri, congrats to your daughter! The party sounds like it will be wonderful. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of Dr. F’s new book.
I am still not 100% ETL here… my appetite comes and goes depending on how I feel day to day with being sick so much. I sure hope that this is the last of being sick for a bit. I am so behind on everything now. And I want to feel well enough to get back to the treadmill, but I don’t want to push it too soon.
B – oatmeal with banana, a few walnuts, cinnamon
L – hummus, a few blue corn chips, carrot sticks, grape tomatoes, strawberries
S – 2 cups air popped popcorn, lara bar
D – not sure yet, either split pea soup from the freezer or a hummus wrap with loads of lettuce
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Mahini: hope your cough goes away soon. That is no fun
. I have found that cardio helps improve a cough quicker for me.
Skimmed thru his book a little bit. Looks like more of the same but will read it more in depth next week.
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The recipes were all good. Nothing that I'm gonna yell off the rooftops about, but good. And I'm down the 3 lbs now, so I think I can finally start losing new lbs!!
My goal is to try to get rid of 10 more lbs this month... Gonna keep following a bunch of new recipes and see if I find any new favorites. And I have to get a routine on the treadmill. No more false starts!!0 -
Well, the cough is better and yesterday I graduated to a sniffly, sneezy, nose like a faucet you can't turn off mess lol. This is awful... I can't remember when I've ever been sick this long. I am tired of it! I sure hope this is the last stage and that by tomorrow, or even later on today, I'll be feeling back to somewhat normal.
I did stop at the store last night and got stuff to make this: ohsheglows.com/2016/04/03/glowing-spiced-lentil-soup/ but by the time I got home I was too tired and had grabbed a frozen daiya pizza so I just heated that up instead. It wasn't too good, I ate a couple pieces and threw the rest out. Tonight I'll make the soup. Also going to make the copycat panera black bean soup. And got ingredients for a southwest tofu scramble and the OSG noodle bowl for later on in the week. I have made the peanut noodle bowl so I want to try the orange miso one. I have everything except the miso, can never find that in the regular grocery so I'll have to stop at the organic store.
I think I'm going to stay home from the office and work here today, and I'll go in tomorrow. That way I can nap if needed and get cooking and laundry done, and I have some files in my briefcase I can work on here at home.0 -
Sorry I've been so quiet. I've been playing around a bit with intermittent fasting (16:8). I'm wanting to see if it affects my insulin, and thus, would encourage the little menopot to dissolve. So far my results are *promising*.... But I'm being cautiously optimistic. I like the title of the thread!0
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Hi Sabine... good to see you. I have tried intermittent fasting... intermittently haha.
The OSG spiced lentil soup turned out great. The blog said she thinks it is better than her red lentil kale soup... I don't know if I would go that far, the red lentil kale is about my favorite soup ever, but this one is really really good too, and super easy to throw together. I'll definitely be adding it to my favorite soups repertoire. I also made the black bean soup, and threw together a pot of the red lentil kale since I had everything out and was chopping anyway. I will freeze some of the soups and the rest will make easy dinners this week.
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hi guys:
Sorry I have also been pretty MIA. Nice to hear that everyone is around and doing their own things and doesn't sound like any meltdowns, woohoo! Hehe.
I have been struggling with food stuff so much during the course of this house selling stuff, BUT we have a conditional sale. Conditions last until this Thursday so cross your fingers for me please. I'm so afraid to hope that it works out! But I really hope it does. I've been taking it so personally and really stressing about it constantly, and I am most definitely eating my feelings...
We are heading away on vacation next week, feels like the first in a long time, and I'm really looking forward to it. I am looking forward to taking it all in. I just hope the house is sold and done before then so I can really savor it! Am feeling a bit like a whale heading to the beach though, sigh. So this week I am focusing on healthy foods to try and pick my energy back up.
Mihani, was wondering how that new soup recipe was! Good to know, I love lentil soup. We made her noodle bowl this weekend actually - the thai peanut one - and also her goddess bowl, which I've never tried before. I'll try at lunch and see how it goes!
Terri, congrats to your daughter!
Sabine, exciting to hear about your IF experiment. How are you feeling comparatively?
Karrie, awesome job with those pounds!!!0 -
Lia, all my fingers and toes are crossed for the sale to go through! A vacation sounds like just what the doctor ordered. I have had that goddess bowl bookmarked forever and haven't tried it either. How was it?
I did better today... this is the first time in weeks I've really felt okay. Other than my face is all red and chapped from blowing my nose about 10,000 times over the past few days lol. I have been packing lots of lotion on it all day. And I appear to be mostly over the cold. I'm going to bed early again tonight and hope that by tomorrow I'm really over it. I am so far behind, brought home a few files to work on tonight. I will try to get a half hour in on the treadmill tonight, kind of depends on how long my work takes me and how I feel. I'm pretty wiped out still.
B - raw fit, sprouted grain toast w/ a tsp of peanut butter, mandarin
L - raw fit, silk yogurt, apple
D - spiced lentil soup
probably have some melon or grapes a little later
I decided to add the raw fit protein to breakfast and lunch for the week, I feel like I need a little protein boost after all this sickness. I have no particular reason or basis for that belief, just going with it
. I haven't been in the mood for salad at all, I'm sure that is partly the sore throat and all that. I'll get back to salads for lunch after this week and just do a raw fit in the mornings.
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Another good day... definitely on the mend. Going to treadmill tonight yay!
B - raw fit and sprouted grain toast
L - raw fit, apple, a few almonds
D - spiced lentil soup, sprouted grain toast
The raw fit is helping me to regulate my appetite better. I have not had any snacks at all the past two days. I am going to stick with 2 a day for the rest of the week then cut back to just breakfast or lunch.0 -
Hello everyone, I'm so happy to have found this group! Looking forward to getting to know everyone, learning, supporting others and being inspired. I've had a few false starts on ETL but I'm really passionate this time about making it my full time, lifelong lifestyle! Goals are: to lose some weight (unsure how much, 20-40 lbs, we'll see where ETL takes me), enjoy how amazing I feel when eating this way, avoid diabetes and live a long healthy life so I can be around for my daughter. I hope everyone is having a good month so far!0
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Welcome Gillian! Glad to have you here. I agree with the feeling amazing when following ETL. Things have been a little quiet here this week, but there are some really nice folks hanging out here. Looking forward to getting to know you. Is your blood sugar high now or do you have a family history of diabetes? Just curious since you mention avoiding it. Are you doing the 6 week plan or are you in the life plan stage? 0
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Hey ya'll... another decent day. I am getting tired though. I have pushed really hard this week at work trying to catch up after having that stupid cold for so long. Plus, tax time ugh.
B - raw fit and sprouted grain toast
L - steamer bag of veggies with some soy sauce, apple
D - red lentil kale soup
S - silk yogurt
I think I really have had an apple a day so far this month!
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Hi Mihai, my dad died from diabetes (type 2) complications rather young so I'm at higher risk. My doctor gave me a number to stay under to avoid the same fate and my weight is slowly creeping up past that. I'm doing my best to follow the 6 week plan but some days it looks more like a maintenance plan instead
Just reading everything here and trying to stay on track. Had a 4lb weight loss in the first 3 days I got back to nutritarianism so that was great motivation for me! 0 -
Hi Gillian!!! welcome, so nice to have you here Sounds like you're off to a great start though. I have a lot of false starts with ETL but am also gaining momentum to give it another go. Any favourite recipes you're enjoying so far?
Our house is soldddddddddddddddd!!!! Woohoo! We are leaving for a week away in the Cayman Islands (and a couple days in Florida on our way home). We depart first thing tomorrow morning and I can't wait for some sun and I'm so happy I can really relax now that the house is sold. I've been a gigantic ball of stress and that is partly to blame for my bad eating. Looking forward to getting back on top of my health
Mihani, hope you can also vacation this weekend aka take a break for some self care and R&R!! Or at least some good sleeps 0 -
Gillian that is great you are taking control of your weight, and congrats on your 4 pound loss so far. Sorry you lost your dad so young.
Lia, have a wonderful time! So glad the house is sold, and now you can enjoy your vacation without that cloud over your head.
I visited a friend last night and we had a couple beers, so not a perfect ETL day, but not bad...
B - raw fit
L - subway veggie sub, a few blue corn chips
D - salad, sauteed italian veggies, 2 beers
S - apple
I'm going to make the OSG orange miso noodle bowl tonight. Can't wait to try it. I like the thai peanut one so I'm sure I'll like this one too. I stocked up on lettuce which I need to clean and get ready for salads, and got beets and carrots to shred and add to the salads. I feel ready to tip it a little more ETL in the coming week.
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HI All,
Welcome Gillian and so sorry you lost your dad way too early.
Lia: Congrats!!!! Hope you are having fun on vacation.
Back from my mother in law's last night. We had a nice visit but a lot of driving.
My visit with Dr. Benson (fuhrman medical assoc) went well. I got my nutrient score up to 65000 which in just in the optimal range. my goal is to get it up higher than that next visit. What I have learned is that I had to eat way more vegetables then I thought. My last visit my reading was 55,000 which is ok but not optimal. To get my score up I started having blended salads most days of the week. I have been having greens at every meal and eating mostly vegetables. I think to up my score next time I need to limit the days I eat out. Unfortunately, I was only down 5 lbs from my last visit, since I gained weight over the holidays. Still, need to lose about 15-20 lbs. Right now I am a size 6 will probably be a size 2 when I get there. Will see.
Dr. Benson wants me to do a 3 day fast; month 1, 4 day fast; month 2, 5 day fast; month 3. Then schedule a 10-12 week fast after that. Up my nutrient score a little bit more to 75000 and 85000 and get down to 120 lbs.
So with a nutrient score of 65000 it is in the range where the body starts to heal itself. Hopefully, will work with me.
Making a few dishes today;
bean burger
veggie soup
asparagus soup
home made hummus
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Hi Terri, how do they measure your nutrient score? I am striving to get more veggies too. I eat a lot of veggies, but I am also eating too much bread and other grains lately. Did you mean 10-12 day fast? I can't imagine a 10-12 week fast! Of course, I'm not sure I can imagine a 10-12 day fast either. Are you feeling better since following the doctor's recommendations?
I took an archery lesson last night, it was a lot of fun. Going to go back and get a practice session without the instructor now that I have the basics.
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HI All,
They have a gadget that measure the carotenoids thru the palm of your hand. Measure your nutrient score thru you skin.
He wants me to do a 10-12 day fast. I contacted True North yesterday. Yes, I am staring to feel better but not all the way yet. Still struggle with cutting out sweets in my diet so I need to be better about making nutritarian sweets at home.
B super seed oatmeal w/ strawberries, cooked spinach and mushrooms
L: blended salad, veggie soup
big salad, veggie burger home made, asparagus soup
dessert: home made sorbet/smoothie
plan on going to the gym tonight; weights and elliptical
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Alas, I have been MIA lately, too. But I just enjoyed reading about everyone's adventures in April. I'm so glad you all are here. It lifts my spirits to know ya'll are out there striving and thriving! I wanted to share a link about Dr. F and there's some interesting recipes here, too.
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Hello all (and welcome, Gillian!)
Terri, it is so great that you're able to go to the Dr. F. clinic. Do you find it motivating? I think that the only way to really get enough veggies in is to blend some of them like you are talking about. I don't know how anyone would have room to eat that many otherwise! I
Mihani, archery lessons sound like fun! Are you using a compound bow? In my limited experience, I found some of them very hard to pull back. I ended up using a child's bow haha!
I'm just checking in to see how you all are doing and say hi. We've been going through an excruciating negotiation process with the sale of our home and it is also holding up the purchase of the place we found. We were ready to give up on our buyers last night but our realtor appears to have patched the deal together by throwing in $1000 of her profits and getting the buyer's realtor to do the same. I'm not going to count on anything until it is all signed and done though.
My ETL diet has totally fallen by the wayside. I still fall into the all or nothing pattern. I need to smarten up. I'm feeling pretty crappy lately and I know it is the food and lack of exercise.
If we do get the home we want, it has a large garden space and an awesome glass greenhouse with automatic temperature control. We are novices but have high hopes for growing (and eating) a rainbow of organic veggies and berries.
With the warm weather, I think I am going to try to get back into my ETL blueberry and greens smoothie for breakfast. Even if the rest of the day goes badly, at least I'll be off to a good start. It might even help motivate me to do better the rest of the day. sounds like a plan!
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Terri, that’s amazing. I’d like to see what my nutrient score would be (although not right this second lol). I sure hope these methods help you feel better. It would also be a great validation of the ETL way of life!
Lisa, I was wondering where you got to. Glad to see you! Thanks for that link, those recipes sound really good. I’m going to try a couple of those for sure.
Carla, I hope things come together on the house. I have felt so awful for you (and Lia too) going through so much stress and being in limbo on your house sales. The new house sounds wonderful! Really keeping my fingers crossed this all comes together for you, and quickly. Yes, we used compound bows, that was really different! I remember the old fashioned bows from when I was young and this was nothing like that. The instructor adjusted the tension until it wasn’t too hard for me. I am feeling it a bit in my arms and shoulders tonight, my muscles are so blah from lack of exercise lately. Need to get back to doing some weights. This rotator cuff injury has really set me back in fitness. I had to use a left handed bow because I couldn’t keep my left arm up straight enough without pain to use the right handed one. And I totally agree with you about starting off your day right with breakfast. If I have a good ETL breakfast it really does seem to help me make better choices throughout the day (usually… not always lol).
I’m super duper busy with work (that’s a given though) but I am hoping to start getting caught up a bit now tax time is over. So much to do and now that I am starting to burrow out I’m freaking out about deadlines and things that have been on the back burner.
B – whole wheat english muffin and cantaloupe
L – Amy’s pad thai
D – split pea soup from my freezer stash
S – apple, some pretzels
Still not getting to the full on ETL. I am taking the easy way out too often. I don’t feel like I’m eating poorly, but definitely not as focused on nutritarian as I should be and I know I would feel so much better and have more energy if I got back to basics. Salads… need more salads!
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Mihani, I didn't know that the bows are adjustable. Maybe that was my problem. It was a HUGE bow that my Father-in-law owns. Probably for deer hunting. It is quite the culture shock being from the Pacific Northwest and then flying out to Kentucky to visit my in-laws! I shot guns for the first time there (at targets of course). I hope you are able to get through all of the items that were pushed to the back burner now that you are a little bit less crazy busy.
Our home buyers backed out of the deal after stringing us along forever. Their realtor thinks that they were negotiating so hard and being unreasonable in their demands because they had cold feet and didn't want to admit it. What a waste of everyone's time. It is amazing how much stress there is just in being in limbo waiting to hear news all of the time. It is a relief just to be done with them. We are back on the market and doing an open house this weekend.
I started my day off with banana blueberry oatmeal with walnuts. I didn't get groceries in time to make my shake, but the oatmeal is a Dr. F. recipe and better than a scone for sure! I like that I get my greens in with a shake, so I'll be switching to that once I get my shopping done. My husband and I agreed that I won't buy any more scones for myself and he won't buy himself any more chocolate chip cookies. We are so addicted to all of the bad foods again. maybe I should get back in the groove with a fresh vegetable juice fast.0
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