Sigma957 - 2011

[ron_dem]

I'm trying to get the mindset that food is fuel for my body and for what I want to do with my life. It doesn't have to be a party in your mouth. Yes, I want it to be healthy and filling and to taste good, but it doesn't have to be some exotic concoction with 14 'layers of flavor' as the TV chefs say.

Well, that's it for now.

Barbara

Good advice, however, I don't mind a party in my mouth so long as I know when the party is over, that's the difficult part
You are doing well, keep up the good work.

[sigma957]

I'm still here, just busy. Still McDougalling.

Yesterday I made some very good cornbread so today I made some chili to go along with it. Just wanted to post the recipe here for future reference.

I chopped up a shallot and some roasted red peppers I had. Sauted them with some minced garlic in some veggie broth. Then I put in the save a lot equivalent of rotel tomatoes, a can of tomato puree, can of black beans and about 1/2 cup frozen corn. Put in some red pepper flakes, lots of chili powder, some cumin and oregano, dash of black pepper and some dried cilantro flakes. Oh and a dash of cayenne. No salsa today in the chili. Then I mixed up some masa harina (corn flour) with water and put it in to thicken. It's spicy, thick enough for a short wooden spoon to stand up in the middle. Yum!

Barbara

[sigma957]

I had blood tests done a week ago and I was happy with the results.

My previous cholesterol was 204. (don't have access to the other numbers right now)

New numbers are
Chol 184 MG/DL
Trig 148 MG/DL
HDL 44.0 MG/DL
Non-HDL 140 MG/DL
LDL 110 MG/DL
VLDL 30

Barbara

[carollynne]

hi and good luck with you plan... you are doing great!!
I enjoy reading other people's journal for inspiration too. I need it a lot, to not cheat or go off plan for too much... Very few people will understand how we McD's eat, that is why I love this forum!!

[Dechen]

I wanna join Carollynne and wish you all the very best with your plan. You will never be short of inspiration here.

[sigma957]

Breakfast - banana, creamy bean soup (day 5 of free program)
Snacks - baby carrots, cucumber slices, hummus
Lunch - salad with cukes, tomatoes, white beans, salsa for dressing and falafel on the side.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Breakfast - 1/2 cup uncooked steel cut oats, little cinnamon, dark cherries, banana on the side
second breakfast - erewhon brown crisp rice, almond milk

Lunch - eden caribbean black beans and rice - very tasty, just a hint of cayenne and cinnamon. plain but tasty. didn't add any salt.

dinner - potato cauliflower curry SNAP over brown rice

snacks - small baked russet with salsa before work. should have had 2, was a bit hungry still
first break -orange

weight today 316.6

Barbara

[flowerblue]

i like your meal ideas. I am going to try some of them.

[sigma957]

thanks, flowerblue. I'm just trying to keep it simple.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Addons for Tuesday Sept 6:

at work, was hungry about 3 hours after dinner, had 1/2 ou of raisins. After dinner at home, had about a cup of watermelon.

A 100% McDougall Day!!!!!!

For tomorrow's lunch, I will have leftover brown rice and my snap meal. However, I don't usually like eating things more than twice in a row. The Snap came out to 3 servings, so one is in the freezer in a labeled bag so I can pull it out when I don't have time to cook.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Weight 314.4 down 2.2 pounds in one day.
Fasting blood sugar down 20 points.


Breakfast - hash browns with salsa, banana
pre work snack - small russet with salsa
lunch - leftover snap with brown rice
snack - orange
dinner - longevity soup with ww penne

I will probably finish off the 1 cup of watermelon tonight.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Today once I got to work, my stomach was slightly upset. I am miserable whenever that happens.

Now, back in the day, before I had diabetes, my stomach would feel bad and if I ate something, pretty much anything actually, I would feel better. Now, I am trying to not do that.

I took some alka seltzer, put fans on me to stay cool, and I slowly felt better. I think the stomach issue was partly the heat and partly my metformin.

My snap meal from last night, was too sweet. I didn't have enough diced tomatoes and I needed more. So I put in a can of tomato sauce. Too sweet. I put a little salt on it at lunch and it was better. I did go shopping before work and bought more salt free diced tomatoes. Hoping the longevity soup turns out better!

I'll post again later with the final tally.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Okay, came home last night tired. Didn't cook and didn't eat anything, just went to bed. Made the longevity soup for lunch today.

Still not feeling good. May be the new WOE. We'll see.

I'll post today's food a bit later.

Barbara