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ComfyDiet wrote:I had a dinner fail tonight. I attempted JeffN’s Curry Potato Dish and despite using half of the bottle of curry powder, my dish had no flavor. I was really bummed. I don’t know how to cook at all, so I’m learning as I go. My favorite MWL meal is simply brown rice with a salad. I start with the salad though and learned from you nice people that my plate still needs to be 50/50.
Does anyone have any favorite ways to prepare any frozen vegetables?
ComfyDiet wrote:Wow, Health 1st! Thank you so much for your beautiful reply. I will certainly try some of your suggestions. The zucchini sounds especially good! Thank you for your thoughtful response. I hope this week is going well for you.
This post has some responses to this question from Jeff, wildgoose, and myself. I can imagine how your experience at the party felt both gratifying and overwhelming; I hope the linked post offers some help, and please let me know if you have more questions.Noella wrote:Question: How do we best handle the social side of things?
Mark Cooper wrote:This post has some responses to this question from Jeff, wildgoose, and myself. I can imagine how your experience at the party felt both gratifying and overwhelming; I hope the linked post offers some help, and please let me know if you have more questions.Noella wrote:Question: How do we best handle the social side of things?
Noella wrote:I really wish I had read these suggestions right before we went to the party. I have read these before but it wasn’t fresh in my mind and I wasn’t expecting all the questions. My husband doesn’t understand how uncomfortable I felt so I’m going to have him read this post because I want him to understand a bit more and, then we can take the approach of ‘I guess its working for us’ then changing the subject next time this happens — I want to be rehearsed and ready.
I agree with both parts of this; it can be quite challenging to act in a manner that is contrary to or incongruent with the majority that surrounds us, and reframing our view onto more health-supporting and productive coping strategies definitely helps. Daily exercise can be such a powerful positive force in our lives, right?Rebecka22 wrote:It’s difficult when everyone you’re around is using food to get through their stress, but knowing exercise does that for me and getting up at 5 to workout before work every weekday helps too.
wildgoose wrote:Deflect the questions [about how you lost weight] as soon as they happen. The more you answer, the more questions you get, until it spirals to the point where you’re very uncomfortable and you can’t easily change the subject. If the one questioner still persists, you can either tell them you can talk to them later if they’re interested, but you really want to enjoy the gathering now, or just laugh and say "hey, enough already, OK?" Having your husband understand in advance how you feel, so he can back you up and share your strategy, is another good idea. The next get-together will be a lot better, when you’re rehearsed and ready!
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