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Postby talkingmountain » Thu Oct 15, 2009 7:44 pm

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by my journal & giving encouragement.

The past week or so has been really good. Down to just 1/4 full-caf and no sodas, and have been able to avoid my usual high-fat "trigger" foods. Mostly b/c of the antibiotic I'm on, but hey I'll take advantage of the loss of appetite to form some new habits!

Gotta run but hope to check out ya'll's journals soon!
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Tues 10/20/09 food log

Postby talkingmountain » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:22 am

The prednisone seems to be making me want to overeat, even though I'm not hungry, and I've been eating way too much the past 2 days. Also eating candy & cake, which I'd all but lost my taste for just a wk ago. Arrgh.

I've lost my sense of smell completely. Hopefully it will come back when the antibiotics are done. I think that's affecting why I want to eat so much - my body wants to keep putting something in it's mouth in a desperate attempt to sense some flavor. But the sense smell affects the sense of taste so much, it's like nothing has any real flavor.

Breakfast - 2 c cereal (ww flakes & honey nut cheerios, mixed), almond milk, 1 sm banana. Too much sugar in cheerios.

Coffee w/soy milk, a sm vegan but NOT McD pineapple muffin (did NOT need this), dark-chocolate-covered dried fig.

Lunch - Imagine Foods Low-Sodium corn soup plus mixed w/sm can of canned corn (rinsed first).
4 sm bell peppers, sliced & "zero-fat" hummos for dipping.
I'm stuffed but still want to eat more soup. Am going to put it in refrig for later.

Planned dessert for later - orange &/or banana.
Planned munchies for later - celery.
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Postby sksamboots » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:27 am

Hope you feel better soon :)
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Postby Letha.. » Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:18 pm

Just stopped by to say hi. Sending you healthy vibes.
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Postby rebecca » Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:02 pm

Hi talkingmountain,
I too have lost my sense of smell and taste do to a head cold. It is a good thing because I really haven't wanted dessert. I have been eating really spicy foods because thats one thing I can taste. Hope you feel better soon! :)
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Postby talkingmountain » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:31 pm

Well I ate some totally off-limits food (cream pie, for example) on Wed last week and I was so miserable with reflux for 2 days that I don't ever want to do that again! My chest actually hurt from the reflux.

Today's been pretty good. The reflux has settled down.

Breakfast - oatmeal & banana.
Snack - 2 fig newmans.
Lunch - Home-made pad thai tofu (w/tons of sugar snap peas & mung bean sprouts. yum!).
Supper - steamed broccoli w/lemon juice, leftover mashed potatoes.
Dessert - 2 newman-o's

I'm still hungry so I think I'll have some cereal.

At the farmers market this morning I got tons of bell peppers & sweet potatoes. Just finished cutting up about 10 cups of bell peppers into strips & covering w/water, per Sandie's & Nancy's method discussed in MWL thread. I added a splash of vinegar to hopefully keep them fresh longer. But I did read that they'll lose a good bit of vitamin C this way.

Now am going to do the same w/celery & cauliflower. Tomorrow I hope it's cold out, so roasting a bunch of sweet potatoes warms up the house.
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Postby bunsofaluminum » Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:18 pm

your menus sound good...too bad about the reflux following the cream pie, but it's a blessing in disguise, eh? there is NO food worth that kind of pain...

keep on doing it! your journal is always a blessing to read.
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Postby Anna Green » Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:48 am

Pad Thai! Share please the recipe. Don't you just love the farmer's market? We get a box of veggies for $25. This week it included shitake shroons and asian pears!

Glad you are feeling better.
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Postby talkingmountain » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:46 pm

Anna, I confess to using a bottled sauce (it had no forbidden ingredients and was low in fat) for the pad thai. Can't remember the brand. The sauce is meant for only a cup or two of veggies, so I'm stretching it a lot by adding a so many more veggies.

Saute about a cup of cubed tofu in a bit of juice until nicely browned. Add garlic & about 3-5 cups of sugar snap peas or snow peas, and saute till the peas are bright green. Don't let the garlic burn. Then add about 3-5 cups of mung bean sprouts, a cup of chopped cilantro (or less if you're not a cilantro fan). Pour on the sauce, and heat till warmed through. Meanwhile, boil water and put the rice noodles in to soak. Or, serve over whole-grain rice.

Food-wise, today was a bust. I ate total crap. Let myself get too hungry, & then let that hunger be an excuse for eating to manage stress & anger of work issues.

BUT, I spent the evening washing & cutting veggies & putting them in my new 9-cup storage tubs. I have bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, daikon, arugula, and grapes all ready to go. And yesterday I baked acorn squash, onions, garlic, potatoes, & sweet potatoes. So I have plenty of good foods on hand.

Tomorrow is a new day.
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Postby Letha.. » Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:32 pm

talkingmountain wrote:BUT, I spent the evening washing & cutting veggies & putting them in my new 9-cup storage tubs. I have bell peppers, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, daikon, arugula, and grapes all ready to go. And yesterday I baked acorn squash, onions, garlic, potatoes, & sweet potatoes. So I have plenty of good foods on hand.

Tomorrow is a new day.


There you go. Begin again. Hope the rest of your week is peaceful and productive. :)
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Postby talkingmountain » Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:40 pm

So today went a lot better. Not good really -- wayyyy too much sugar -- but at least I ate plenty of real, whole, plant foods.

Home-made stir-fry w/whole-grain rice for lunch. Peppers w/fat-free hummos for snack. Grapes. Whole-grain spaghetti w/tomato sauce & an awesome salad for supper.

Tomorrow should be even better. I'm packing my tiffin w/more salad, a sweet potato, peppers, & some wraps. I feel like I can handle a lower-sugar day tomorrow. For some reason today I just felt like it would overwhelm me to cut out the sugar too.

Oh, the salad - I want to remember this "recipe"- it was very satisfying for a fall day:
- Mixture of baby spinach & arugula
- Chopped up already-baked sweet potato, onion, fennel, & jerusalem artichoke; warmed all that up with a few pine nuts & dried cranberries.
- Tossed w/3-2-1 dressing.
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Switching to a new journal thread ("Dare I Commit?"

Postby talkingmountain » Fri May 25, 2012 7:48 pm

Well, I made a post today and accidentally put it as a new journal thread rather than as a post within this existing "Good Friday Food Diary" journal thread.

But, since I'm trying for the first time to really go 100% McD, I guess I'll just continue posting in that new journal thread.

So, I hope to see some of you there. The new journal thread is called "Dare I Commit?"
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Re: Good Friday Food Diary

Postby Anna Green » Fri May 25, 2012 9:15 pm

Hi! Glad to see you but I couldn't find the Dare I Commit except an old one. Anyway, welcome back! And yes, dare, dare, dare!
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