January - Nutritarian New Year!
Mihani
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We expanded the focus of the group to embrace all the WFPB doctors/plans but I wanted to use Nutritarian New Year for January anyway.
I got my Panda Planner out yesterday and am going to put a real effort into filling it out every day. I also have a cute little pocket calendar to carry in my purse and I'm going to use it to track my weight and whether I exercise and have a fully WFPB day. If I decide to give in to the pretzels in the cabinet at work then I'll write it on my calendar first. I think the act of having to get out my calendar and write it down will be enough to change my mind on falling to the snack monster. I'm going to keep beer and wine out of the house for a while. I indulge most weekends and it's doing my waistline no favors.
Yesterday I made a pot of black eyed peas and cabbage soup that I just threw together on a whim. Onion and garlic sauteed in a bit of veggie broth. Added beans and more veggie broth, smoked paprika, liquid smoke, black pepper and simmered a bit. Then added a whole bunch of chopped cabbage and a handful of ancient grains elbow macaroni (made with quinoa and corn). It was so good and I'm looking forward to the leftovers today.
Today's plan...
B - oats with blueberries and chia seeds
L - leftover black eyed pea and cabbage soup
D - refried bean burrito with lots of peppers, onion and power greens
I got my Panda Planner out yesterday and am going to put a real effort into filling it out every day. I also have a cute little pocket calendar to carry in my purse and I'm going to use it to track my weight and whether I exercise and have a fully WFPB day. If I decide to give in to the pretzels in the cabinet at work then I'll write it on my calendar first. I think the act of having to get out my calendar and write it down will be enough to change my mind on falling to the snack monster. I'm going to keep beer and wine out of the house for a while. I indulge most weekends and it's doing my waistline no favors.
Yesterday I made a pot of black eyed peas and cabbage soup that I just threw together on a whim. Onion and garlic sauteed in a bit of veggie broth. Added beans and more veggie broth, smoked paprika, liquid smoke, black pepper and simmered a bit. Then added a whole bunch of chopped cabbage and a handful of ancient grains elbow macaroni (made with quinoa and corn). It was so good and I'm looking forward to the leftovers today.
Today's plan...
B - oats with blueberries and chia seeds
L - leftover black eyed pea and cabbage soup
D - refried bean burrito with lots of peppers, onion and power greens
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Happy New Year!
Mihani - "snack monster"
I am with you on the alcohol. We shared a bottle of Prosecco for Ny's Eve and my stomach was not happy. 0 -
Love the New Year Nutritarian !
Thanks so much for starting us off AGAIN! ❤️
Today was coffee
green smoothie super greens and pineapple and banana
Veggie Sandwich
Yogurt and jam FOLLOW YOUR HEART 💜
Air Fried tortillas and Bitchin sauce
Wishing everyone a great New year!
Day 3 of back to work! Residual coughing and my back hurts from sitting up!
But I can taste and smell! Yahoo!
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Morning sweet peas!
Coffee
Yogurt and jam and walnuts
Veggie sandwich
Salad
Green Smoothie
HAGDE! 🌟🌟🌟0 -
Happy New Year!
Mihani, your menu sounds lovely!
I made a tart and spicy nutritarian-friendly tomato and black-eyed pea soup on New Year's and am still eating on it.
Bisky - I hope you are feeling much better by now. Are you getting out in the great weather?
Magic, your taste and smell being back already is the best news I have seen all day! Woohoo!
I got ina an early morning brisk walk and stayed on plan today. Woohoo!
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Happy New Year!
Mihani & Austin- Black eyed peas on New Year's...very traditional! I've never done it myself, maybe next time. I only learned of that a few years ago.
Magic - congrats on being able to taste and smell again!
I see that everyone posts about what they ate...so here goes...
B : Apple Rice Bake (McDougall). This is like eating a crust-less apple pie, and I think I could almost eat it every day. I then supplement it with cauliflower rice to make it more a "50/50" dish. Can barely tell the difference between the real and the cauli rice. I made 3 servings on Sunday, of which today was serving #2, so I have one left.
L: Some homemade refried black beans, spinach, tomatoes, with some mango salsa and homemade vegan cheez sauce on a tortilla. A cup of homemade broccoli 'detox' soup.
Snack: 2 Rice cakes and some hummos (no added olive oil)
D : Thai Peanut Soba Noodle Bowl (Hungry Vegan Momma) and a little more soup. The Soba bowl recipe made multiple servings to have again this week.
I nurse a huge pot of white tea all day; and water.
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Glad you are feeling better, Magic. The effects can linger so try to take it easy.
Your soup sounds really good too, Austin. I have never remembered the black eyed peas and collards or cabbage on NY before. Hope the luck part is true.
tlmindo, the apple rice bake sounds really good, and great idea adding the cauliflower rice. I drink a lot of tea... usually english breakfast tea in the mornings then herbal after lunch and dinner.
Still busy with work but the end of year crunch is over so yay for that.
This week's dinner salads are romaine, spring mix and kale, radish, peppers, zucchini, beets, black beans. I've been using salsa for dressing. Lunches have been leftover stir-fry veggies and an apple. Breakfasts are oatmeal with blueberries and chia seeds. Sometimes a wasa cracker with lunch or dinner. I've avoided the snack monster at work and haven't got into the pretzels.
Hope y'all have a great day!
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Morning sweet peas...
Coffee
Oatmeal with spinach wilted in
Rice ramen noodle soup made with Orrington Farms vegan broth powder... super greens wilted in
Sprouts vegan salad with sourdough croutons
Ginger Lemon tea and yogurt
My overeating is tied up with stress. My stress is tied up with a cluttered home...old news.
Eliminate the clutter...I eliminate the stress, thereby eliminating the over eating.
Weekends in January dedicated to removing the clutter. Now I can only work for so long ...knee pain...so each weekend is dedicated to a room.
Weekend 1 Master bedroom and bathroom
Weekend 2 Living room
Weekend 3 Dining room
Weekend 4 Kitchen
I started yesterday and it felt so good to make progress. Just finishing my coffee now and will get to it. Working section by section...being ruthless.
HAVE A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR MY DEAR PLANT 🪴 BUDDIES!
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magic71755 wrote: »Eliminate the clutter...I eliminate the stress, thereby eliminating the over eating.
Weekends in January dedicated to removing the clutter. Now I can only work for so long ...knee pain...so each weekend is dedicated to a room.
Weekend 1 Master bedroom and bathroom
Weekend 2 Living room
Weekend 3 Dining room
Weekend 4 Kitchen
I started yesterday and it felt so good to make progress. Just finishing my coffee now and will get to it. Working section by section...being ruthless.
Have you heard of Flylady (flylady.net)? She's all about de-cluttering and weekly cleaning zones. I TOTALLY get the stress about clutter. My life is a never-ending quest to become better organized. I recently purchased 3 of those under-sink shelves that retro-fit around the plumbing (1 for kitchen sink, 2 for masterbath double vanity) and a BUNCH of Dollar Store baskets. I will say I am rather proud of them, if I do say so....but I digress from the real topic here....
Breakfast: Chocolate PB Overnight Oats (Hungry Vegan Mama)
Lunch: Leftover Harvest Vegetable Shepard's pie from the freezer (Wholefood's Market recipe)
Dinner: Sweet Potato Chili over spinach (Hungry Vegan Mama)
I logged all my food yesterday and MFP tells me that if 'every day was like today' I would lose 10lbs in 5 weeks. I plan to keep those meals in my repertoire!
Happy Hump Day!!
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Thanks so much Timindo.
I was a big fly lady fan years ago pre Facebook. In fact, I was in a southern California group with the fly lady and we met up a couple times and had a real good relationship in formed lasting friendships.
Now I’m doing things on my own because I can no longer really clean and I have no organizational skills. So once I do the decluttering which I’m able to do at 15 minutes a shot, then I’m hiring a professional cleaning crew to come in and clean this place and then I have hired a gal to come in and organize everything. I used her for my garage ...I guess that was in October.
I’ve done quite a bit today ...going through papers ...tossed and getting important papers ready for professional shredding. This is the most productive I’ve been in a long time and I’m really proud of myself right now.1 -
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Good evening, friends!
@magic71755 - Wait, you know the woman who does FlyLady? How cool! I have used FlyLady before. Thanks for the reminder!
I am so happy to hear you sounding so chipper!
@tlmindo - Oh, we totally have time to chat about organization here, too. I think working on getting your body in good shape is related to getting your environment in good shape. I am working on my house, too! I took 4 bags of stuff to Goodwill this week, and have a stack of items to take to Half Price Books.
@Mihani I was very happy with the black-eyed pea and tomato soup. I am not sure what my next vegan recipe will be. Hmmm! I need to go to the grocery store soon, so time to pick a recipe!
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Hi All, continuing the busy busy with work and a co-worker has been off sick which doesn't help at all. I am heading to the grocery tomorrow to get some things to make several soups this weekend and stock up my freezer. One will be lentil and will decide on the other two.
tlmindo nothing off topic here. Okay, except politics. LOL
Magic, Lulu looks so cute!
Austin, I like the concept of celebrating small victories.
B - ezekiel toast and a shake of amazing grass and water
L - Dr. McD soup and an apple
D - big ol' salad topped with black beans and salsa
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No, I don’t know the Flylady, you goof! 🤣Our SoCal chapter met in real life...some our still friends. 💚
Mihani! ❤️❤️❤️🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️Thanks 😊1 -
@magic71755 - Ohhhh! Sorry, I misread your comment. I think I was in a hurry. All my experience with FlyLady is individual. My sister referred me to the website and I ran with the ideas.
Anyway, I have gotten a lot from FlyLady. I still aim to do the weekly House Blessing. For others -- that's 10 minutes each of some key things, not getting things perfect, just keeping things nice-ish!
@Mihani
Yay to this being such a laid back, no worries about almost all topics.
Your soups sound yummy!
I am off to do some errands including maybe grocery shopping, but wanted to say Happy Friday!
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Hey y'all... I don't think I'm going to get the soups made. I was at the office later than hoped yesterday and didn't get to the grocery. It won't be much longer before the kitchen remodel starts and I was thinking it would be nice to have some soups stocked, but making several batches of soup is a big project and I have too much work to do this weekend to take half a day to chop, saute, simmer. My contractor works quickly so I don't think I'll be without a kitchen for too long and it will be fine, plus I think I'll be a lot more excited about cooking once I have the beautiful new kitchen!
So this weekend is all about work and some basic housework like sweeping, mopping, giving the bathrooms and kitchen a once-over, and laundry.
I made burritos last night with peppers and onions sauteed with fajita seasoning (no oil of course), fat-free refried beans, wrapped in a sprouted grain tortilla and toasted in the skillet, served with salsa. So good!
Today's plan...
B - oats with blueberries and chia seeds
L - big ol' salad with punchy mustard dressing
D - leftover burrito
Which reminds me, I need to make salad dressing today!
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Hi Mihani!
How exciting that the new kitchen is coming so soon! Your weekend plan sounds super sensible.
I had a good food day today. I hit all the GBOMBS!
B - coffee & cashew milk, apple slices & pecan butter
L - turnip greens, black beans & chopped tomatoes; steamed zucchini, onion, green cabbage and a bit of purple potato; steamed butternut, carrot & turnip
S - almond butter & raisins
D - steamed mushrooms with chopped green onion, black pepper & ume plum vinegar; big salad with a mustard & ginger dressing; some blueberries and mango
This made me smile, and I figure the new year is still new enough to celebrate!
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Happy Sunday, y'all!
I had a delicious and plant-based day! Highlight was the rest of a Peruvian purple potato. Had I known they were so delicious, I might have bought more than one.
The highlight of the day was snow. Here in central Texas, it doesn't snow often, so we all get excited when it does. We now have a snowman in our back yard!
@Mihani -- did you make your salad dressing?
@magic71755 , I hope you had a good day at work!
@tlmindo , how is your decluttering coming along?0 -
Happy Monday!
Brooks and I made a delicious veggie soup yesterday with tons of vegetables. Actually it consisted of me calling out the recipe and him doing all the work. I have be en sick again.0 -
Hi Bisky... sorry to hear you are not feeling well. Hope you get better soon. Soup is my favorite thing right now. It's cold here!
All your food sounds so tasty and healthful, Austin! We haven't had too much snow, but it could certainly be coming before spring.
I stopped at the healthy deli and got a few entrees to help me through the week. In addition to my salads and stir-fry no worries about meals all week.
B - oats w/ mixed berries and chia seeds, a couple walnut halves
L - minestrone soup, an apple, two wasa crackers
D - salad, buddha bowl (tofu, quinoa, veggies, spicy peanut sauce)
My salads this week are romaine and spring mix, radish, peppers, grape tomatoes, cucumber. Stir-fry is bok choy, napa cabbage, snow peas. The skillet was so full that I cooked my greens (kale and chard) separately and will mix into my salads.
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Happy Tuesday, all!
The snowman is smaller, but still there today!
Bisky, I am so sorry you are not feeling well. I hope you recover soon!
Mihani, your plan for the week sounds delicious.
I am having a good week so far, food-wise. Yesterday's adventure food was daikon radish. I chopped some up in my salad. It was a lovely shade of purple and a pleasantly mild radish taste.
Magic, how are you? Still recovering well?
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Quick post...
Coffee
Just egg with mushrooms, Hatch Green chili salsa, Violife mozzarella, super green.
Lunch and dinner the same...
Food prep...
Air fried small potatoes
Air fried tofu
Frozen peppers and onions cooked up
Watermelon
Dessert Kite hill yogurt0 -
Breakfast
Coffee and
1/3 bottle just egg
28 grams VIOLIFE mozzarella
Spinach
Tomatoes
Onions
Mushrooms
Red Bell Pepper
Cauliflower
HATCH
Lunch and dinner to be determined0 -
Hello, all!
@magic71755
Your menus look delicious!
I made a red cabbage dish for the family, that was a big hit. It was this, which is easily converted to no sugar/oil/salt, and is still tasty. I soaked some dried currants as sweetener.
https://adamantkitchen.com/rodkal-braised-red-cabbage/
My menu today was very much my standard stuff. I had a good food day and hit all the GBOMBS!
B - coffee & cashew milk
L - turnip greens, black beans, garbanzos (a bean mix because I had leftovers to finish) & chopped tomatoes; steamed zucchini, onion, daikon radish; steamed delicata & acorn squash with & turnip & apple
S - apple slices & a few cashews
D - big green salad with mustard-and-broccoli dressing, blueberries and diced apples, almond butter & currants
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Thanks Austin...moving away from oatmeal for awhile. Eventually will switch to tofu scramble...for now...JUST EGG
Today’s MENU
COFFEE
Just egg like yesterday minus cauliflower and tomatoes
Cucumber slices
Gardein chicken strips air fried broccoli
Watermelon
Same as lunch
Kite Hill Strawberry with1 Tablespoon Love Crunch ...berries and chocolate
Wishing everyone a delicious 😋 day!
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Full disclosure...currently, using some processed convenience foods which are not part of the EAT TO LIVE PROGRAM.
Using lots of fresh veggies to supplement as well as fruit.
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Breakfast turned out great at work!
Just Egg
VIOLIFE cheddar
Onions
Mushrooms
Red Bell Peppers
505 Hatch
Spinach
Hot breakfast in a cup at my desk at work
Color me happy 😊!
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Hi all! Still crazed with work. I hope to get lots done this weekend and maybe next week will be easier. We've had people off for a day or two the past two weeks. Can't even make it through January with everyone showing up.
Austin, I love daikon radish. It's good cooked or raw. I like to use it in vegan sushi too.
Magic, glad you are finding things that work for you and especially that you are feeling better.
Bisky, how are you doing?
And tlmindo, hope you are doing well too.
B - oats with berries and chia seeds and two walnut halves
L - leftover steamed veggies, an apple with a smidge of PB
D - salad, baked tofu, steamed cabbage and kale
I really hope once the kitchen reno is done that I will get into cooking again. My kitchen is just depressingly outdated and shows a lot of wear and tear. I don't know for sure but I am almost positive these are the original cabinets from when the house was built in the 1960's. They have been painted numerous times (twice by me since I moved here) and there's just no more covering up the basic flaws and damage. I think once it is all spiffy and new that I will be excited about all the counter space and easier access to appliances, etc. and I'll get cooking!
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Very excited about your kitchen renovation...please take before and after🤩🤩🤩
My house was built in 1983...zero renovation...except all tile floors now
The kitchen is A W F U L !
Today
Coffee
Just egg with Violife and spinach
Cuties
Gardein chick n with my fresh broccoli
Kite Hill Yogurt and granola
Left over broccoli
Did I mention I am trying meal prepping. So far so good...yes I am using vegan convenience along with fresh...but right now it is what I’m doing . It’s not FOREVER
HAGDE!
Btw, pre Covid-19 my supervisor used to take me to the local dinner theatre. It was quite an honor. Well, they have been closed down since last March...just opening again. She told me she would let me know when our next date is!
Wow! That is so reassuring...I’m thrilled about that.
Work has been good. I stay in my lane...no joining in, in office gossip. Do my work. Never criticize anyone.
Much better ... much much better. 💯✅💯
HAGDE! Later.
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Austin - Cute little YORKIE! I have the yorkie terror from hell. He is always getting into mischief. Right now he is cuddled up next to me.
Mihani - I love soups too. I think I am going to make ( Brooks will be chopping) sweet potato black bean chili.
I have joined a FB rock painting group that leaves rocks with positive sayings in this tough times. Hugs to all.
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How cute, Bisky! You make cards too if I recall?
I made Dr. F's cabbage and kale casserole yesterday and it was tasty. Have to watch portions as there is 1/2 cup of almonds in the sauce that you mix into the veggies before baking. I think I'll try cutting the almonds in half next time I make it. This week's salads are romaine and spring mix, radish, pickled red onion, purple cabbage, cucumber. I also have collards and cauliflower that I will steam and will last a few days.
Up and got laundry started, will have a late breakfast the up to my desk to work the rest of the day. Meal plan for today...
B - oats with blueberries and chia seeds
L - leftover cabbage and kale casserole (will probably freeze remainder), steamed cauliflower and an apple
D - salad with chickpeas added and going to make ginger miso dressing
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