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  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    Fell off the wagon badly for a couple days, because we’ve been so busy, it’s easy to just play stuff-face.

    Under yesterday, and hoping to be under today, despite a large breakfast and lunch.

    We been pulling furniture out of the old apartment for two days, and (literally) piling it in the new, til FIL completes painting. Papering is all done now, but you have to paint the paper once it’s hung. Tempers are short, stress level high, lol.

    Tonight I’m planning to get us rotisserie chickens from the chicken truck that comes on thursdays. I found this gem while prelogging.
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    Dang, I wish!!!!!
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,779 Member
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Tonight I’m planning to get us rotisserie chickens from the chicken truck that comes on thursdays. I found this gem while prelogging.
    dxr94klde8qz.jpeg

    Dang, I wish!!!!!

    For a while when I would input a recipe, the default entry for garlic was something like 1800 calories per clove. For sure you have to choose carefully. Panko bread crumbs are all over the place. I buy it in bulk and had to do a deep search to find an entry that was close enough.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    edited February 27
    😭 it took us so long to load the big items, we didn’t make it back til after the rotisserie truck had left. Everyone was so tired and hangry, BK it was. Significantly Over again, but OTOH we worked our bottoms off.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,015 Member
    mtaratoot wrote: »
    springlering62 wrote: »
    Tonight I’m planning to get us rotisserie chickens from the chicken truck that comes on thursdays. I found this gem while prelogging.
    dxr94klde8qz.jpeg

    Dang, I wish!!!!!

    For a while when I would input a recipe, the default entry for garlic was something like 1800 calories per clove. For sure you have to choose carefully. Panko bread crumbs are all over the place. I buy it in bulk and had to do a deep search to find an entry that was close enough.

    There were actually several items like that, where one quantity was insane calories. There may still be some. I think they were all entries that came from MFP's initial load of the food database from USDA at start-up, since generally they had multiple serving-size types in the drop-down, like both weight and volume types on the same food. Usually the other serving sizes looked rational calorie-wise. Rumor around here had it that at some point there had been a database conversion or update at some point, and that some arithmetic had been oopsed in the process, so that one of the serving sizes on certain foods was crazy high.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member

    Continuing to unpack for the kids (they’ve gone back to work), I found their bathroom scale and weighed in. Two and a half weeks so far of great German bakeries, a bag of quarkini (or two) every day, sampling a few German candy bars, visiting the local konditorei (sp, I know🙄) a few times for afternoon coffee and kondotorei things. I feared the worst.

    But this trip I’ve been making a huge effort to stay under-or at least near- goal. No caving in to multiple tempting bakery treats at a time.

    I’ve also taken over cooking duties and am making my own high protein, low calories meals on the portable burner and ninja Woodfire grill (kitchen doesn’t arrive til the end of the month). No one’s complained. In fact, the kids downed almost a kilo of grilled chicken last night (35+ ounces), effectively eating my lunch for a couple of days. Everyone’s been working hard.

    I might make French toast for lunch since chicken seems to be off the menu, lol.

    Anyways, unbelievably, I’ve maintained, may be even down a bit.

    I’m treating myself to a slice of German cheesecake at the konditorei this afternoon. I’ve been down the rabbit hole researching how to make this utterly delicious, satisfying stuff called quark (similar process to making yogurt) and discovered, German cheesecakes are made with quark.

    whaaaaaaaaaaat??????!!!!!!

    Hopefully the next day or two will wrap up the sanding and polishing of walls, paint, and hanging of wallpaper (German homes have wallpaper on all surfaces, even ceilings. It’s not decorative wallpaper in the American sense, although there’s some of that, too.) SIL’s dad is an absolute saint He’s invested about eight days in this so far, pulling him away from clients who, like, you know, write him a check 😆

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    quark mit fruchten

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    edited March 6

    I just found some very nice looking ground beef at 129 calories per 100 grams (a little shy of four ounces). I’ve never seen ground beef this low cal. Tried translating it but all it said was 5% fat. The best I can find at home is 93% lean.

    Am very intrigued to try this tonight. Adventures in cooking, right? I might try crumbling my slides of cheddar into it to give it a little fat for the grill. 👍🏻

    And oddly, the lower fat was by far the cheapest cut. At home it costs almost 3x this, whereas their usual meats are about 1.5 times home, except chicken breast, which is like bars of gold here compared to my poultry state of Georgia.

    @neanderthin if you have time….any suggestions to keep this from being too dry? I’m operating on a hot plate and Ninja electric outdoor grill which can also smoke. No kitchen. Am washing dishes in bathtub. 🥺

  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,968 Member
    edited March 6

    @springlering62

    Hello, my mum always added oats and an egg to extend the Hamburger meat when making burgers - so maybe just an egg, since it's already dry?

    This quark stuff sounds very interesting!

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48515685#Comment_48515685

    my mom used an egg and torn bread when making meatloaf! I always thought that was how you were supposed to do it and didn’t realize til I was an adult, she did it to make the meat comforter, too. I still prefer mine with egg and breadcrumbs.

  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,779 Member

    I have been reading about why people add bread to things like meatballs and meatloaf. I've still never made either one. The bread helps keep it moist. So maybe DO add some bread crumbs or oats. The egg can help bind it. Don't expect 5% fat beef to stick together all that much. If you have some bacon fat, you could boost the fat content with that. Some people do that with wild game - add pork to venison for burger meat or sausage.

    Maybe just use it as an INGREDIENT and let the moisture and other flavors come from the other ingredients.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member

    it held together just fine as a burger. However, it was dry and tasteless, kind of hard to choke down, tbh. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    Sometimes the pursuit of lower cal comes at the (borderline extreme) cost of taste and satisfaction. It’s always a tightrope!

    But I wanted to try it. No harm there. Win some, lose some.

    Tonight I’m using up some stale bread for French toast, and theblast few slices of Schwarzenwalder Schinken, a sort of cross between bacon and prosciutto, which doesn’t have to be cooked but I like fried prosciutto. Breakfast for dinner is always a treat.

    I’ve really had an opportunity to browse several different groceries while I’m here. I never go to the “middle aisles”’of mine, but I have to go through these slowly to find what I want. I’m astounded by the aisles of highly processed foods here Dr Oetker (?) and the like are perpetrating on people.

    Is it that way at home and I just don’t see it any more?

    Aldi and Lidl tend towards fewer processed, but that’s because way less choice. More fruits, veg, meats, and frozen foods.

    The more “American style” chains have just aisles and aisles of dry powder mixes, chips and a bazillion varieties of pretzels, and other similar foods.

    Everywhere is a plethora of processed meats, many sold as sandwich slices. Every variety of salami, “crusted” ham, chicken, sausages of all kinds, prosciutto, a whole wall of them in every grocery, big or small.

    The dairy sections are interesting Milk and creamers are all UHC and not refrigerated there’s a huge variety of yogurts, quark (thick spreadable and thin dessert), kits of different skyr, sahne (creams of every type from sour to dessert), rice puddings, pudding and parfait cups

    I’m a puzzlement to the bakery ladies here because I religiously get my quarkini (sweet donut holes) for breakfast, and sometimes buy a sandwich to go for lunch. Germans eat sandwiches for breakfast, or an elaborate plated breakfast of rolls and breads, meat and cheeses, butter, jelly, and maybe eggs and a small glass jar of fresh quark, which bakeries sometimes serve in fancy tiered towers like afternoon tea would be served.

    They save the quarkini for later in the day, so everyone in the place looks at me enjoying my quarkini and coffee while they tuck in to their sandwich spreads. That screams American as much as my shoes probably do.

    Side note: elementary school let out while I walked down to get my 15€ (!!!!!!!!) chicken from the rotisserie truck. All these little kids walked past, took one look, and automatically greeted me in English. It was a hoot! And so touching that small children here actually greet strangers, and walk home from school on their own.

    Cultural differences are very interesting. But as long as they keep bringing me Milch kaffe (like cafe au lait) in big bowls, who cares?

  • BCLadybug888
    BCLadybug888 Posts: 1,968 Member

    LoLol, we're Scottish, hence oats vs breadcrumbs…

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48517143#Comment_48517143

    I assumed British Columbia!

  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 14,779 Member

    @BCLadybug888

    Yay!

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member

    @BCLadybug888 Woot!!!!! Yay, you!!!!!!


    I’m flying home this morning. Will sorely miss my daily quarkini and Milch kaffe.

    Home for a day and a half, then heading off on another international trip, without the husband.

    This time I'll be in an isolated area so I’ll be bringing my own, controllable snacks, a portable water filter, and will be a LOT more careful with what I eat after getting sick as a dog in another third world country late last year. 

    For the record, I did bring several boxes of protein bars for me and the husband on this trip I’m winding up, but when spotted, they were confiscated to the cries of “mine! You can’t have any! I want them!! I can’t get them here!” 

    Next trip here some of the Nugo bars stay hidden, lol. 

    I felt a lot more in control this trip.

    Wish I’d had more time between the two, but I offered to stay longer and pet sit so folks could go to a concert out of town, and also get a break from a very stressful move.

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,015 Member

    @BCLadybug888, big congratulations! I'm so happy for you . . . and I have to say it, I love seeing it when people like you show the world that we aren't "too old" to lose weight, become healthier, get fitter, etc. So good!

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member

    I feel like I’m talking to myself. WTHeck are you guys up to?!


    Heading home tomorrow. I’ve been home for 36 hours in the past six weeks- long enough to swap winter clothes for summer, and to pet the dog. The cat never even came out while I was home.

    I never thought I’d be happy to stop traveling and stay home!

    This is the courtyard in my hotel. I’m so inspired to go home and fill my balconies with plants like I’ve seen here. My balcony railing boxes are going up this weekend!!!!!!! I’m ready!

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    and this what I spent two back breaking days making….

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    It looks like hell but I’m proud I stuck it out. It took me twelve hours to make.

    That’ll keep your hands out of your mouth!!!!

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,015 Member
    edited March 26

    I love your weaving, Spring - what a wonderful thing to learn!

    WTHeck am I up to? Really not much that's interesting to an audience, honestly.

    I'm taking a "Bulletproof Knees" class at my Y, which of course isn't instant perfection, but I think it's helping, even though generally my knee problem isn't about strengthening the main muscles usually mention in that connection. (For example, I have pretty strong quads, if I do say so myself, except maybe the VMO isn't great. Probably quads imbalanced with hamstrings, too, and less good lateral strength/stability than linear.)

    My breast cancer survivors rowing team is still meeting weekly, and I'm getting good technical corrections there, as well as usually a more intense workout on those nights, HR almost always spending a fair amount of time above 220 minus age. (Don't worry, my actual max HR is well above 220 minus age. 😆)

    My head injury continues improving. As long as I don't lean against anything hard, I feel pretty normal, and I'm not living on acetaminophen anymore. My sense of smell is still mostly AWOL, but may be improving very, very slightly and very, very slowly . . . or maybe I just have a good imagination.

    I've been spending a lot of time on tedious but necessary things, or things only interesting to me: My taxes, the annual revision to the rowing club's rowing manual (policies and procedures document members agree to follow), some visual journaling of a misbegotten nature, and stuff like that.

    The weather keeps cycling between very Spring-ish, maybe even Summer-y - it's been in the 70s F a couple of times - and real Winter, below freezing and snow. I want to get on the water, but the river - though melted - isn't warm enough for safety yet.

    There are starting to be some Spring flowers, thankfully, but very late this year.

    See, I told you it was boring.

    Example flowers (sorry, we can't put photos in spoilers anymore).

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    There have been some orchids reblooming indoors, too, over the last couple of months. Things like this are cheering when the long Winter feels grim.

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 9,240 Member
    edited March 26

    thanks, Ann. I wanted to try the Mayan backstrap weaving. I have utmost respect for these women. It’s computer programming with sticks and strong, and they simply roll it up at night. Mind blowing. Both of these pieces are woven.

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    I’m tickled at the idea of your “visual journaling of a misbegotten nature”. That could go so many ways.

    Glad to hear your noggin is improving. Did I read and mean to relay, or was it you somewhere talking about olfactory therapy? Something about doctors are experimenting with presenting people various odors to try to rebuild sense of smell? Came about because of issues many were suffering from long covid.

    You’re so extensively read I bet you know about it.

  • bobbinalong
    bobbinalong Posts: 158 Member
    edited March 26

    Good Morning,

    I'm "new" here, returning from a few years ago. Saw this group from comments from AnnPT77. Retired May '24 and taking a bit to get adjusted to not just being a recliner rat.

    How do I join a group?

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,015 Member
    edited March 26
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48542658#Comment_48542658

    @bobbinalong, you just joined, simply by posting in this thread. Welcome!

    Keep on posting, maybe tell us a little bit about you and your goals, if you feel like doing so?

    Best wishes!

  • bobbinalong
    bobbinalong Posts: 158 Member

    From my history I started MFP in 2012, yikes! Around 2017-2018 I reached my goal as I had been diligent in food prep, macros, etc. and weight lifting but I found myself exhausted, no matter what I did. That is what the profile picture is from, if you can see it. Today I need a healthy relationship with food, loose 30 lbs or so and just be over all more healthy. Is the bar code scanner no longer part of the "free feature?"

  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 36,015 Member
    https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/48542960#Comment_48542960

    Yes, the bar code scanner became a premium only feature a while back now - couple of years, maybe? I don't remember, because I don't use it, don't like it, but it's been gone for a while for sure. If you liked it and found it helpful, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

  • bobbinalong
    bobbinalong Posts: 158 Member
    edited March 26

    Thank you, I find that everything needs to be checked anyway. May I add you as a friend and if anyone else would like to be, that would be terrific! Thanks for your help!

    My name is Nell and I live in Eastern Oregon.

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