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24 September 2017

I have two gigantic pots of eggplant spaghetti sauce cooking away -- the crockpot and the big dutch oven on the stove. Wow... what a lot of work: cut and roast the eggplant, cut all the other veggies, sautee the peppers and onions, and skin and seed the tomatoes. Then put it all together with both fresh and dry spices and cook it forever. Then I have to divide it up into small containers and let it cool before it goes in the freezer. Probably a good thing I only do this once a year, because between shopping, prepping, and cooking it's an entire day's event. Now I am looking for a bean-free chili recipe. I love chili, and I used to make it every year and freeze it like with the sauce -- but now I can't eat beans, so I need to find a good no-bean recipe. Starting to do the resarch. I have a pound of ground turkey and a pound of bison in the freezer, so there's plenty of meat to work with. Got to get to work...

22 September 2017

Making a big batch of my famous mustard bbq chicken tonight. I've been eating up the prepared meals in the freezer, so I have to start stocking it again. I'm also going to do the tandoori chicken over the weekend -- but I'm planning to broil it in the oven this time, unless I get really, really motivated and light up the Weber Kettle. I also plan to make eggplant pasta sauce this week. I will try to get to the farmer's market on Sunday and buy the eggplant, peppers, onion, zucchini and tomatoes, and then get to work Sunday afternoon on a giant batch of sauce to freeze for the next year. I was astonished to realize I was using up the last of last year's sauce, and I like it so much, I don't want to risk not having it when I want it! This week some time I am going to make a portion of barley and see if I can eat it without negative results. If it works, I'll make a vegetable barley soup next week. Then I have plans to do beef stew, Mongolian beef, and tomato basil soup. If I can get all that done, I'll really be stocked for the fall and winter, and I won't have any excuse to order in or eat out because I'm too busy or lazy to cook. Hope I can pull all this off. I'll feel really productive! If anybody has any suggestions for low-carb, wheat-free dishes that I can freeze in portions, speak up. I'm determined to be economical this winter and stay on plan.

20 September 2017

20 September 2017

So I know I swore I wouldn't weigh myself until the end of the month, but I couldn't stand it any longer. I really needed to know how badly the summer had sent me off course. I was astounded to weigh in at 151 even -- 2/10s less than in July. It's such a confidence builder that I am firm enough in my WOE that diversions for vacation don't necessarily mean I will balloon up again. I think I have a done a good job of sticking to plan when I wasn't on plan -- if that makes any sense. In other words: If we went out for a family party and I went off plan, the next morning I was back on, even if there was another family event two days later. So it's nothing to brag about -- after all, I've not lost any significant amount of weight in many weeks. But on the other hand, I haven't gained either. And honestly, this is the longest I have stayed below an obese weight in years. So I'm pleased, and I feel as though I can stay steady, and maybe begin to shed a few more pounds.
Weigh-in: 151.0 lb lost so far: 83.0 lb still to go: 9.0 lb Diet followed poorly
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18 September 2017

Finally... I think I might be back on track. This has been a difficult summer for me. I think I was feeling a bit rebellious. It's so hard sometimes to confront that I can't splurge on anything I really love to eat without getting sick from the splurge. I LOVE ice cream. I LOVE cheesy gooey things like lasagna. I LOVE pasta. Before the IBS, I could have one splurge meal per week involving any or all of these things, and that one splurge meal kept me on track the rest of the time. Now I have to look at my calendar before I eat any of those things because I will have to stay home close to a bathroom after the fact. So I think I just got frustrated and angry this summer, and I found myself splurging and getting sick repeatedly, which is really not a good idea. So now I've kind of exhausted all that frustration, and I'm getting back to reality. I know I want to lose more weight -- certainly 15 pounds -- and I want to get back to being more active. So... here we go again. Still not planning to weigh in until 9-30. Hoping by that time my weight will come in at about what it was when I went AWOL.

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