Re: Buns Again
Posted: Wed Oct 07, 2020 8:55 am
B: grape nuts and craisins; oat milk
L: chili mac w grilled vegs
D: Moroccan sweet potato stew I AM GOING TO COOK!
We ended up going to Costa Vida for dinner. I checked, and the beans and rice they put on their salads do not have added oil! The pico de gallo POSSIBLY might have some, as I thought I detected that glisten when I was asking for extra pico on my salad. Anyway, corn tortillas, veg salad w rice, beans, extra pico, no salad dressing. It works for me. There is a 2 T serving of guacamole in there. Seriously though...maybe I need to do a 30 day no eating out challenge...
My brother's bday is tomorrow and we're going to surprise him out to dinner. Olive Garden. I'll probably just have the minestrone, skip the salad, skip the breadsticks (not even tempted. Their breadsticks are NOT good. They taste like freaking saltines, no lie. Are they even a yeast based bread?) Anyway, going in with a plan. Think I'll eat something, so one bowl of minestrone is enough. I don't like the salad at Olive Garden either.
I bought Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease for my sister and had a conversation with her about it. She wanted to know how to saute without oil, or how do you cook something crispy without oil. I did tell her that crispy is quite difficult to achieve without oil, but sauteing is no big deal, use water. I said "maybe diet won't affect this at all, but give it three months. If it doesn't work, so be it. But if it works!!!" and she was very much into the idea that her intake is something entirely in her control. I guess she'll either give it the good ole college try, or she won't. At any rate, us siblings are getting together on the 14th. Another opportunity to find on plan food. We're going to order in, and have a fire in my bro's back yard. Looking forward to that! Love my brother and seeeester!
Eating just to satiation is working well for me. Usually my eyes are bigger than my stomach and I end up putting some of it in the fridge for later. Or tossing it. I'm doing that now and then.
One thing I think I really need to do is get a lighter calorie dense breakfast. Grape nuts are yummy and rib-sticking but dense. Also, I'm not following the 50/50 plate rule for brekkie. I think I should try and fix that, as well. Thing is, a bowl of cereal is about perfect first thing in the morning. No fuss, no muss. Going to think about that. Back in the day, when I was newish to this, and I'd lost down to about the high 190's but got stuck...Sacto Bob presented a challenge: Zero Processed. (heh there was an argument about whether refried beans are processed...this forum used to be FRAUGHT with ... well we had our battles, that's for sure ... ) Anyway, I'd lost like 40 ish pounds, and was stuck, and started a one month zero processed challenge AND GOT BELOW 190!!!!
What did I eat for breakfast those days? Probably nuked potatoes eaten out of hand while driving to client homes.
L: chili mac w grilled vegs
D: Moroccan sweet potato stew I AM GOING TO COOK!
We ended up going to Costa Vida for dinner. I checked, and the beans and rice they put on their salads do not have added oil! The pico de gallo POSSIBLY might have some, as I thought I detected that glisten when I was asking for extra pico on my salad. Anyway, corn tortillas, veg salad w rice, beans, extra pico, no salad dressing. It works for me. There is a 2 T serving of guacamole in there. Seriously though...maybe I need to do a 30 day no eating out challenge...
My brother's bday is tomorrow and we're going to surprise him out to dinner. Olive Garden. I'll probably just have the minestrone, skip the salad, skip the breadsticks (not even tempted. Their breadsticks are NOT good. They taste like freaking saltines, no lie. Are they even a yeast based bread?) Anyway, going in with a plan. Think I'll eat something, so one bowl of minestrone is enough. I don't like the salad at Olive Garden either.
I bought Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease for my sister and had a conversation with her about it. She wanted to know how to saute without oil, or how do you cook something crispy without oil. I did tell her that crispy is quite difficult to achieve without oil, but sauteing is no big deal, use water. I said "maybe diet won't affect this at all, but give it three months. If it doesn't work, so be it. But if it works!!!" and she was very much into the idea that her intake is something entirely in her control. I guess she'll either give it the good ole college try, or she won't. At any rate, us siblings are getting together on the 14th. Another opportunity to find on plan food. We're going to order in, and have a fire in my bro's back yard. Looking forward to that! Love my brother and seeeester!
Eating just to satiation is working well for me. Usually my eyes are bigger than my stomach and I end up putting some of it in the fridge for later. Or tossing it. I'm doing that now and then.
One thing I think I really need to do is get a lighter calorie dense breakfast. Grape nuts are yummy and rib-sticking but dense. Also, I'm not following the 50/50 plate rule for brekkie. I think I should try and fix that, as well. Thing is, a bowl of cereal is about perfect first thing in the morning. No fuss, no muss. Going to think about that. Back in the day, when I was newish to this, and I'd lost down to about the high 190's but got stuck...Sacto Bob presented a challenge: Zero Processed. (heh there was an argument about whether refried beans are processed...this forum used to be FRAUGHT with ... well we had our battles, that's for sure ... ) Anyway, I'd lost like 40 ish pounds, and was stuck, and started a one month zero processed challenge AND GOT BELOW 190!!!!
What did I eat for breakfast those days? Probably nuked potatoes eaten out of hand while driving to client homes.