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Veggies for breakfast rock!

FBS today is 118! Woot! My weight is down too, but I won't report an "official" weight until Monday.

I had a little run-in with some peanut butter yesterday. But the jar is gone now and I won't be replacing it. I didn't get any exercise either. Otherwise a good day.

I have the day off for Veterans' Day today. I'll be spending it grocery shopping, cooking, and packing for our upcoming move. We are moving to a new apartment on December 20. It's only 3 blocks from my office. Eliminating the commute should make eating on plan a lot easier.

And three blocks makes for a nice walk to and from work (hopefully!).

A friend moved to NYC. He sold his car and lost 40 pounds just from walking places.

I would love to live in NYC for just that reason - get rid of the car and walk everywhere! Forced exercise never hurt anyone!!! And it would help me

What kind of veggies do you eat for breakfast? Do you make them that morning or the night before?

It is going to be a nice little walk. I commute by public transportation now, so I'm already walking.

About six years ago, I moved within walking distance of the job I had then. I walked to and from work every day and lost 20 pounds without making any changes in my diet.

I eat frozen veggies for breakfast because it's easy -- so a bag of green beans, spinach, whatever. I just nuke it that morning and eat it with some grains.

Today:
Breakfast: multigrain bread, apple, almond milk
Snack: 1 ginger chew
Lunch: peas, apple
Dinner: black bean and butternut squash chili (adapted from a Robin Robertson recipe), brown rice

FBS: 148. What's up with that? Maybe quinoa is a better grain for me than rice, these days. Today is going to be a rice-heavy day because that's what I've prepared, so I guess I'll see how that goes. I know plain rice makes my BS go up, but I thought with beans and veggies it would be okay.

Yesterday I was going through some old papers in preparation for my move and found my test results from when I was first diagnosed with diabetes 6 years ago. I was a fishatarian then and ate a lot of dairy. My FBS was 220, A1C was 10.1, cholesterol was close to 300, triglycerides over 1,000. So I have come a long way. I realize that vegan does not equal healthy, but I must say that just cutting out the fish, dairy and eggs improved my health a lot.

Today:

breakfast: broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots with brown rice and gomasio
Lunch: black bean-butternut chili with brown rice
Snacks: apples
Dinner: probably more chili and rice, haven't decided yet

Recipe?

Wow, those are some high numbers! Good for you to bring them down through diet/lifestyle, not just drugs!!!

The black bean butternut chili is adapted from here:

http://veganplanet.blogspot.com/2010/10/party-vegan-halloween-menu.html

I left out the oil, of course, and made a couple of other substitutions to accommodate what ingredients I had in the house, but the basic recipe is the same. I just dumped everything in the pot all at once and cooked it until the squash was done, and that worked fine.

Substitutions I made:
--Green pepper instead of orange
--Diced canned tomatoes in juice instead of crushed
--Water instead of apple juice. I added about a tablespoon of molasses,and figured that substituted both for the sugar and for the sweetness of the apple juice.
I also left out the salt and pepper. It doesn't need them.

Thanks for the recipe, Toadfood. I had most of the ingredients, but need the squash & a few more cans of black beans. If I can find a small can of apple juice I will, otherwise I will try it your way with the water. Although I have used apple juice instead of water in my oatmeal, so I guess I could use the extra that way.

Great to hear you are doing well.

Jan

I hope you like the chili, Jan.

FBS: 133. Grr. I attribute this to too many Ginger Chews last night. I won't be buying those again.
Weight: 251.6. Yay! That's a loss of 7.4 lbs in one week! I know that's crazy and I won't (and shouldn't) have that rate of loss in the future, but it sure is nice to have that boost at the beginning of the journey.

Today's plan:
Breakfast: steel cut oats with pineapple and mango
Lunch: black bean butternut chili with brown rice
Snacks: apples
Dinner: brown rice and a green vegetable

I did a lot of cooking over the weekend and took a nice long walk yesterday. Go me!

Yay! I now know what I'm making for dinner tonight! thanks, toadfood

congrats on that amazing "pounds released" this past week feels good, eh?

Your doing great.

Hi everyone, thanks for the support and I hope you enjoy the chili. It was really mild (I thought) when I first made it, but it seems to be getting spicier as it sits in the fridge.

I have an awful cough/cold/sore throat thing going on. Last night I skipped dinner because my throat hurt so much I just didn't feel like eating. It's really rare for me not to want to eat, for any reason! Today I still sound terrible but my throat is a lot better. I drank some Throat Coat tea and ate breakfast slowly this morning.

Today's plan:
Breakfast (already eaten): steel cut oats with pineapple and mango
Lunch: mung beans and barley with veggies. I made this Indian flavored concoction, which I am calling "Purina Human Chow," by adapting a recipe I found on a fasting web site. Apparently some yoga practitioners recommend doing a Mary's Mini type "cleanse" where you eat rice, mung beans, and veggies at every meal for a month. This version is mung beans, barley, carrots, celery, onion, turnip greens, and various Indian spices I had in my cupboard. I don't think I got the flavors quite to my liking, but I'll keep working on it.
Snack: apple
Dinner (assuming I feel like eating): I'll try for brown rice and a green vegetable again. I don't eat enough vegetables.

You seem to me like you are doing better with the veggies. More green on your posts. I'm so glad to read you again.

Thanks Anna! I'm so glad to read you too.

Yesterday I had a big plate of green beans and brown rice for dinner, so I'm happy about getting my vegetables in. And I think starting tomorrow I will be planning to eat my vegetables for breakfast again. I actually really like most vegetables, so I don't know why it is so hard for me to get them in. Well, yes I do -- it's the pleasure trap. Having lots of frozen choices really helps, as I am lazy and I work full time. Right now I've got broccoli, spinach, green beans, cauliflower, and a broccoli/cauliflower/carrots mix in the freezer.

Today's food:
Breakfast: steel cut oats with mango and pineapple. The last of the batch.
Lunch: black bean/butternut squash chili, brown rice
Snacks: apples
Dinner: quinoa and a green vegetable.