Magic your salad is beautiful! How did your interview go? What sort of dressing are you using?

I have had a busy day and will be working all day tomorrow, but at least working from home. I am knocking off for today to have some dinner and read for a bit before bed. Tomorrow I will hit the treadmill.

B - ezekiel english muffin with no-oil hummus and baby spinach, some blueberries
L - big ol' salad
D - stir-fry with brown rice

This week's stir-fry is carrot, red pepper, cauliflower, purple cabbage, kale, rainbow chard. This week's salads are spring mix, romaine, red pepper, purple cabbage, daikon radish, red radish, ginger miso dressing.

home from work...got lots of love from Lulu Girl...now having tea.

I looked up Mexican Inspired Vegan Mason Jar Salad and found this: https://www.melaniecooks.com/mexican-mason-jar-salad/8901/

Looks really good...she is copying Chipotle vegan burrito bowl.

Anyway, that is what's up next in my Mason Jar Salad Experimentation!

Off to have my tea. Nighty Night, dear ones.

Good Morning! Monday, a new day and a new week to do something fantastic.

Yesterday Brooks and I took Cleo, our wonderful 4 legged exercise partner to Phil Hardberger Park where they just opened up the largest wildlife land bridge connecting two parks over a highway. We walked 3.6 miles which was a new best since Brooks' cancer surgery and my illness. Eventually we hope to do the whole 7 mile loop. I can't believe this time last year we thought 5 miles was an easy walk. We were both a bit sore afterwards, Cleo was ready for another walk in the evening. Anyone who remembers, Brooks was participating in Iron Mans two years ago and I was doing short triathlons. Health and strength can so easily be lost. I can't wait to swim again.

Brooks is taking his nutrition seriously now. The cancer nutritionist on base gave the following guidelines: Vegetables, vegetables, vegetables (esp. mushrooms), fruit, nuts (esp. walnuts), little dairy, little to no red meats (esp. processed meat such as bacon or sausage) or poultry. She recommended fish high in omega-3 fatty acids. Most important besides the inflammatory meats was little to no sugar...Brooks & my weakness. It was very similar to Fuhrman's latest book Eat for Life.

He came up with a delicious quick meal last night. Quinoa, sautéed red pepper, shallots, mushrooms, spinach, zucchini, sweet potato and Morningstar Chorizo. I usually don't like meat substitutes but this was delicious. Next time we are going to add some black beans to give it more protein.

Ciao for now!

Hi tlmindo and welcome! This is a good group of WFPB folks. I'm always inspired by the motivation and ideas we share here. I know what you mean about the perfectly acceptable food... when I first went WFPB there was next to nothing "cheaty" to eat, but geeze did that market explode much to my detriment. LOL

I had another busy day and feeling rather cranky and irritated by just about everything, but I made it through. Hopefully I will be better tomorrow.

Meals today were pretty much same as yesterday. I am fine with same ol' same ol'. It works for me.

Mihani...feel for you regarding a bad day at work! My interview is tomorrow.

I am really not that excited about it because I don’t like the schedule I like

I like my schedule now working my full-time between Friday and Monday getting off at two on Monday going back on Friday

I love that schedule and I fell into it by accident and now I am just in love with it it works so well for me

But I have a zoom interview tomorrow with a company that I really like it’s just that I don’t wanna work Monday through Friday ever again at 72 years old

Zoom interview at 10.

Boy all this work on being so pure and I am losing so slowly. Really discouraging!

Coffee
Oatmeal
Mason Jar Salads. Have a lot of produce... and it sure stays fresh in the jars when packed tightly and vacuum sealed
Tostadas for dinner!

Harry and David Pear for dessert.

HAGD!

Hope your interview went well, Magic. Tostadas sound great! I looked for the baked (oil-free) tostadas at the store last week and they were out. I think you just make your own with corn tortillas if I recall correctly?

Austin, thanks for the virtual hug and back at ya! OMG I miss hugs so much. I went out for the first time since January and met two friends at a bar/restaurant for a drink last Friday. It was so lovely to just get out and see people. We were very careful and had seats to ourselves well distanced from others but it wasn't the least bit crowded. It was so hard for all of us not to hug each other! I felt a little guilty even going out to be honest.

I love eggplant, but I don't make it too often. Sometimes I just throw it in my stir-fry with other veggies.

Today...
B - ezekiel toast and an apple plus some leftover stir-fry veggies
L - big ol' salad (I worked at home today so I had time to chew my salad... usually I eat that at dinner)
D - had lunch late so probably just more leftover stir-fry veggies and might make a pot of brown rice

I really need to get back to doing batch cooking on weekends and freezing my own meals and lots of soups. So good to have in the winter especially.

Speaking of stir-fry... I seem to have settled into a pretty good routine now with salads and stir-fry (no oil of course), Dr. McD soups, fruit, plus oats or ezekiel toast for breakfast. I am perfectly content with this and I get plenty of variety in my veggies and greens week to week.

Sometimes I have a scoop of plant based protein powder shaken with water (usually Amazing Grass brand) or a non-dairy yogurt which seem like a big treat when the rest of my meals are simple. I also splurge on a frozen entree now and then like Amy's tofu scramble or Sweet Earth General Tso Tofu. I prefer my own homemade with absolutely no oil, but with work so crazy I just don't cook often these days. I haven't got on the scale lately but I put on a freshly laundered pair of jeans this morning and they were loose so something good is happening! Gotta get rid of the covid 15 plus the 20 that I had to lose pre-covid.

Oh and Magic... when you are not far from goal weight you can't really expect big losses and we all have more trouble with metabolism as we get older. I think you are amazing eating so well and taking such good care of yourself. And you've kept cancer at bay for all these years. You rock!

Sorry the potential job didn't work out Magic. Grass is always greener right?

I felt good today... work was busy as always but I didn't feel as stressed. I did my mindfulness practice last night. Coincidence? I think not. LOL

B - ezekiel toast, plant protein powder shaken with water
L - Dr. McD soup and an apple with a smidge of PB
D - big ol' salad... I really never get tired of salads!

Good morning from Oregon! A few months ago I read How Not to Die and started researching whole foods plant-based eating. I have always been focused on eating in a healthy manner, so even though my cholesterol had risen from just high to very high at 270, I was sure I was fine. While watching some of the documentaries, I kept seeing people who had dangerously high cholesterol that was lower than mine. I decided that perhaps, at age 70, it was time to try out an even more "radical" way of eating. Even to the point of giving up my favorites, like Dubliner cheese and pickle sandwiches. Six weeks later, the first week of December, I had my lipid levels checked. My total cholesterol had dropped to 242 (still high, but it's going down) and my LDL had dropped from 204 (!) to 148. Also still too high, but I'm thrilled to see what's happening in just this short time. As an added bonus, my A1c dropped from 5.8 (pre-diabetes territory) to a normal 5.4. As an extra added bonus, my weight is slowly going down. Fortunately, I love all the foods I'm eating, so the transition hasn't been terrible. Happy to find this group!

Welcome cairynskye! Wow, some excellent improvements in your lab results. I enjoyed How Not to Die and Dr. Greger's engaging writing style. I have the cookbook also but haven't tried many of the recipes yet. I love hearing about people having dramatic changes from WFPB... always inspiring.

Magic, glad you are feeling better now and good for you taking time to get some R&R.

I forgot to post last night. Worn out from the week. Not sure why I got up at 5:15 on a Saturday but I might go back to bed for a bit. I have to set up my new computer today and get lots of work done this weekend. Plus laundry, set up salads and make salad dressing, and make a batch of stir-fry. Probably a bit of housework as well, but I accept the house will be somewhat neglected until after the first of the year. The next two weeks will be so busy with work. At least I got all my shopping done online last weekend and all but one package has been delivered.

Today's plan...
B - oats with blueberries, chia seeds, a couple walnut halves
L - big ol' salad with chickpeas added
D - stir-fry veggies and brown rice

This week's salads are romaine, radishes, carrots, beets, cucumber, zucchini. Stir-fry will be onion, broccoli, carrot, daikon, kale and collards. Will make ginger miso dressing.

Austin, I'm always so inspired by your story. You walk the walk.

As to recipes... I swear that Angela Liddon of Oh She Glows has a gift for soups. I've made every soup from her first cookbook and several from her website. They are all brilliant and delicious. I just leave out the oil. I am also addicted to the cabbage and kale casserole from Dr. Fuhrman's Quick and Easy cookbook. I haven't made it lately but for a while I was making it every few weeks.

I just haven't been cooking much lately. I am too busy with work and have no enthusiasm. I am having my kitchen remodeled soon and maybe I'll get inspired once I am not looking at this outdated, ugly old kitchen!

Morning all.still no fever...watery eyes ...slight cold symptoms...stuffy nose...but minimal coughing and sneezing.

Still no taste nor smell.

Called in today. Texted my acting supervisor...have not heard back. So I am home til Saturday.

Most likely not going to my sister’s for Christmas.

Just Lulu and me.

No taste nor smell has me concerned.

Test is at 2:45.

Later.

Austin thank you for that my appointment is in about an hour and I will find out from them if it’s quickly return you know results.

I did lose my taste and smell one year I remember having the flu and so I guess I’m not too scared but I really don’t like not being able to taste it so miserable.

But thankfully my symptoms are exactly that very mild right now

I’m a little stuffy I don’t have a headache anymore and I’m not coughing my head off anymore I just am a little stuffy and I can’t taste or smell

I don’t have the chills and I don’t have a sore throat

So I’m pretty lucky

Today I had coffee and I had vegetable broth made with the bullion better than bullion veggie broth and some rice Ramen and broccoli and I had David and Henry pair. David pair

I’ve been trying to lose weight for so long maybe this will get the weight off and once it’s off I said get my taste buds back

I will Keep it off

There has been lots of little love today that’s for sure

Talk to you guys later take care stay warm and eat healthy