Hello everyone! @mihani and @hawksgirl229, thank you both for the kind words. Hawksgirl229, you mentioned Portillos and forest preserves, I suspect we live near each other. One of my family's goals this year is to hike all the Forest Preserves with trails in our county. We're up to about 16, with many more to go. Sorry to hear that your mom is under the weather.

I've done well this week with bulk meal prep. Had my 2nd vaccine last Thursday, and had 3 rough days reacting to it. Not sure why, but I prefer to think that my body was preparing a nuclear level defense against the virus.

Once I was feeling normal again, I started prepping food.

Breakfast: I make large batches of the Fuhrman Chocolate Cherry Smoothie, but add in black beans, extra soy milk (because the beans make it necessary), and dehydrated mushroom powder.

Lunches: This week I tried T. Fuhrman's Very Veggie Stew. It's an interesting spice combo - cinnamon, coriander, and toasted almonds. Interesting, but I feel like the broth needs something, so I'd use veggie stock or some carrot juice next time instead of just adding water. Wasn't left stuffed on a 2 cup portion (I eat at work), so I started bringing 1/4 cup of cooked quinoa, and that mixes in easily and tops me off nicely.

While I'm doing this for my health, it's fun to see the scale dropping. Today I entered one-derland for the first time in a long time. (That's having a weight that starts with the digit 1, if you don't know the term). I had to scroll back and see, the last time was October 2019, and that was only for a day. I visited one-derland in June 2018 as well. The last time I spent any significant time there was from 2014-2016.

Anyway - thanks for being a place to check in and cheer each other on. Have a great week!

Howdy all...

Congrats on new kitchen, Mihani! ONEDERLAND...welcome and plan on an extended stay, Jenny! Hope Mason heals quickly, Hawk. (sorry...so behind...not sure who Mason is, actually).

House is completely in order except for the Paper Monster...I have corralled it on folding tables in the garage and am working on it slowly. But the house is organized... got rid of so much stuff. It used to be so difficult to clean the kitchen...now with space and a place for everything...easy peasy.

Mihani, we must see pictures of your new kitchen.

Today's Plan...

black coffee
tofu scramble with mushrooms and spinach, Ezekiel toast
rice and steamed veggies or just yogurt and fruit
Tinkyada brand gluten free spaghetti, spinach, sauce and Violife parm


Have a wonderful day everyone.

@hawksgirl229 that's what I thought! Also in Northern Illinois.

The scale behaved today, so my one-derland streak is now 2 days.

Having a hungry day, so I sliced and cooked a bunch of collared greens when I got home, with a bit of garlic and an ounce of tahini dressing, it was a hit. Gonna push the water today, I still get mixed signals with hunger and thirst.

The sun came out this afternoon, so I went for a very windy walk with my youngest.

Enjoy your days, everyone!

Friday 3/19

Black coffee
Just Egg Ezekiel toast and Myokos butter
Tinkyada spaghetti spinach and Trader Joe’s #99 recipe marinara
Kite Hill strawberry yogurt

Have a fabulous day! 🌟

HELLO EVERYONE 🌞 The weather is so nice here today!!!!

@magic71755
MASON SAYS ❤/thanks for the well wishes.
Your menu sounds great..

MENU
Breakfast Chocolate cherry 🍒 smoothie

Lunch small sweet potato, steamed boc choy, potato wedges (2 tiny) 4 (tiny) squash pieces, beets, roasted cauliflower and a couple of Brussel sprouts. All veggies except the sweet potato were leftovers my husband brought home last night.

Dinner Bowl of fruit

Lots of ice water. My goal is 3 litters daily.

Have a great day everyone 🍄

Happy Friday!

Suspecting that I'm low on iodine, so tried a snack of nori with quinoa today, and hope to get some pep in my step soon

@hawksgirl229 Elgin! Small world!

I ordered a Withings scale, and it arrived today. Gotta figure out how is syncs with MFP, and both excited and scared of all the analysis it does.

So happy, I have a working kitchen sink! I washed some dishes and got them put away last night.

All ready to start the 6 week plan tomorrow. I made a big sheet of roasted broccoli and cauliflower with coconut aminos and no-salt seasoning. Also baked several sweet potatoes. Today I will make a pot of rice and saute onions and mushrooms so I'll be set for big yummy bowls for dinner all week. I plan to top the bowls with raw shredded red cabbage, chickpeas or edamame, and I think I'll make the ginger miso dressing which includes sesame seeds.

Plan for breakfasts is smoothies (water, frozen mixed berries, chia seeds, couple big handfuls of baby spinach and baby kale). I am going to eat raw veggies and fruit for lunches this week. I have cantaloupe, apples, mandarins, sweet peppers, grape tomatoes, baby carrots. Will also have a a couple walnut halves with lunch.

Looking forward to a super healthy 6 weeks! My guess is I will continue to follow this basic plan throughout the 6 weeks. I do best when I keep it simple and don't have to do a lot of planning, have things prepped and ready to go.

Magic, I didn’t recognize the brand name Tinkyada so I googled it and I have bought that brand before. I am going to try bean pastas again. They are not bad at all, but I always fall back on my whole wheat penne. How are things going for you at work these days?

Austin, how goes the decluttering? How was your weigh-in? I am excited to do the 6 week plan again. It has been a while since I’ve really done it 100%.

jennyoofu. I love to make vegan sushi! Took me a while to try it without the regular white sushi rice, but it’s quite good with quinoa or brown rice. Congrats on your new scale.

hawksgirl, totally with you on getting anxious and overwhelmed when I overcomplicate things. If I make too many things at once then I end up throwing food out anyway. Glad you got some nice walks in.

Still so happy to have a kitchen sink. The dishwasher isn’t here yet, but the other appliances are in, and I’ve even enjoyed doing dishes by hand the past few days. I’ve used the oven a few times but found the box with my saucepans so I could play with the new stove tonight. Just heated up some lentil soup that I had in the freezer and had a small cup of it before eating my big veggie bowl. I have enjoyed those a lot the past two nights. I am going to make hummus this weekend to dip my raw veggies in at lunch.

B – smoothie with frozen mixed berries, 3 big handfuls of baby spinach and kale, chia seeds, water, and had a slice of plain Ezekiel toast
L – raw veggies and cantaloupe, 2 walnut halves
D – bowl with brown jasmine rice (1/4 cup), a few slices of baked sweet potato, roasted broccoli and cauliflower, raw red cabbage, pickled onions, a couple nuked mushrooms (thank you again Austin for that great idea!), and a simple dressing of bragg’s and spicy brown mustard, topped with about a tsp of toasted sesame seeds, plus a small serving (1/2 cup or so) of lentil soup

Carla!!! (hugs to you too) so glad to see you here. I have missed you. I would love the sushi bowl recipe again. honestly I end up making bowls out of my sushi a lot, because I'm lazy like that. LOL

Awesome on getting the exercise in and the amazing weight loss. Wow! I am still working on the regular exercise. I am SO lazy by the time I get home from work. I simply must make myself hit that treadmill regularly. How are all the critters doing?

Today was a good day at work believe it or not y'all! My boss was out and we were all jamming on getting things caught up without the hair on fire. I'm not saying hair on fair is entirely his fault, but it seemed less crazy.

B - ezekiel toast with a smidge of PB
L - raw veggies, a couple walnut halves, clementine
D - big ol' salad topped with steamed broccoli and cauliflower

I had a funny thought, that if someone stole my grocery delivery, they would probably get it home and think wth with all this broccoli and zucchini and stuff?

Nice prep, Mihani! Funny about your grocery stealing comment last post...I bet they would be some disappointed thieves!
I made some all seed crackers and a tomato-basil-olive relish that turned out amazing. Too good. I overdid it last night during a snack attack. I've found not eating after 5 pm makes a big difference for me with weight loss, so I've got to get firm on that rule again.
I want to bump my daily bean consumption, so I'm soaking some garbanzos now to make some tun-o salad.

Here's my yummy instant pot millet porridge recipe. I had to switch from rolled oats to millet to keep my blood sugar down. It could be done on the stove too, I just don't know the timing.




IP Millet Porridge - makes 2 servings

1/3 cup hulled Proso Millet*, rinsed
3/4 cup plant milk
1/2 banana, sliced
3/4 to 1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
1 tsp vanilla extract (opt)

top with: sprinkle of cinnamon and chopped raw walnuts

Combine all ingredients minus toppings into the instant pot and stir.
Set IP on Manual for 10 minutes. Use natural release, unless hungry!
Just before serving, sprinkle with nuts and cinnamon. Add plant milk if desired.

I keep my 2nd portion in the fridge for the next day.
*Any millet will do, but Proso variety is highest in resistant starch. Bob's Red Mill millet doesn't mention it on the package that I saw, but I looked it up and it is the Proso variety.

🍄HELLO EVERYONE 🍄

Nothing really new here..walked our trails this weekend..Love seeing the menu's they give me great ideas!!!

@Mihani
I was exhausted just reading all your prep for the week..😊 Sounds yummy. Now I want soup and the potatoes oh my...(rosemary is a favorite of mine).

@Carla_wfpb
Hello!!!!! A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEIGHT LOSS!!! I too want to lose a few..

🌷Take care....

Austin, great news about your husband trying out the Dr F plan! An apple with some cashew-almond butter...mmm! One of my favorites. Let me know how you guys like the sushi bowl if you make it. We top it with some warmed baked tofu.

Mihani, love that the arrangement you have with your 'prepper' friend is working out! I need to get more greens. I'm planning on doing better with that now that the weather is warming up. We'll be planting greens in the garden soon. So far we have peas planted, which are very rewarding in our area. They grow like gangbusters and are yummy in the pod early on, right off the vine.

Hawksgirl, walking trails sounds great! We haven't been off of our property to speak of since covid hit. We get in lots of walking and working on our property, but it is mostly open fields and I miss being in the forest.

I'm still enjoying my millet breakfast. Today I added a few dates and extra vanilla extract for a treat. I've been struggling with snacks, so this afternoon if I get a grain craving, I'm going to have another portion of the millet. Better that than the other things I've been reaching for. We have some mandarin oranges that are on hand now, too.

Lovely day out here today so we'll be adding to our burn pile and removing more of the blackberry bushes. I bought some Carhartt overalls so I'm looking the part of a farmer/bush woman now! (Love them! very comfy and keep the prickles at bay).