Sigma957 - 2011

[sigma957]

Made two new recipes this morning to have for meals the next two or three days.

One is a potato barley soup, which I modified to use veg broth and also added celery.

The second is hearty chili mac, which I cut down the quantity and didn't have a bell pepper. Added some cayenne pepper as well.

Later I'm going to make roasted chickpeas. Yum!

Barbara

[sigma957]

Meals for Monday 1/24/11

B- hash browns with bbq sauce, soy patties, banana
L - potato barley soup, rye toast, orange
D - oven roasted potatoes with ketchup

Made the chickpeas yesterday. The potato barley soup is good, and I also made chili mac, which I plan on taking to work for lunch. I'm going to be making chips today and oatmeal in the rice cooker for the next 2 days breakfast.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Meals for Tuesday 1/25/11

B -hash browns with bbq, kiwi, soy patties
L - hearty chili mac, sliced tomato
Snack -chips with salsa
Forgot to add as snack steamed broccoli with dill tahini sauce from Veganomicon.

Didn't eat dinner. Wasn't hungry and I'm going to bed real soon now because I have to get up at 2:30am.

Made chips and oatmeal today. I was really impressed with the chili mac from Nutrition MD. Having that for lunch tomorrow.

Barbara

[ron_dem]

Hi ∑957, those meals look great, just shows that you don't have feel deprived on this plan. Cheers

[sigma957]

ron_dem, thanks for stopping by!

Meals for Wednesday, 1/26/11
B - oatmeal with cinnamon and agave, soy patties, banana
Snack - chickpeas, chips with salsa, rye bread with fruit spread
L - chili mac, orange
D- mashed potatoes and ff gravy

Doing well so far. I just wish working wouldn't tire me out so much.

Barbara

[sigma957]

Had a slip today. Here's my food for today

Thursday 1/27/11
B - cereal with soymilk, soy patties, banana
Snacks - orange, rye bread with fruit spread, chickpeas
L - Lentil soup
D - grilled chicken breast and fries

I've got everything ready for tomorrows meals. Last night I was wiped. At work in ten hours I answered 400 phone calls. So I didn't prepare. I'll work on that.

Don't worry though, it was just a small step off the path, and I'm back on it now.

Barbara

[ron_dem]

You can do it Barbara, knowing where you slipped is half the battle. Its a tough world out there with all kinds of temptations. Cheers

[sigma957]

Doing some cooking this evening for tomorrow. I wanted spaghetti again, and I've been watching my Jeff Novick Fast Food DVD.

So I made my usual tasty marinara, then I turned it into pasta primavera! Not exactly like his and I made somewhat less. But I put in a half bag I had in the freezer of fiesta veggies, a mix I really love. A little frozen spinach and some green beans. It looks lovely. And I have all 5 of his items, tomatoes, some beans in the fiesta veggies, not a lot though, veggies, greens, starch and spices.

I had to make the marinara first because I don't like big chunks of tomato in my sauces, so I used the immersion blender on it first. Lots of good italian spices too!

I'm also making some tortilla chips in the oven. I'll be ready for work tomorrow!

Barbara

[sigma957]

A good day today.

Meals for Friday 1/28/11

B - oatmeal with cinnamon and agave, soy patties, orange
Snack - rye bread with fruit spread
L - chili mac, orange
d - hummus and tomato sandwich on rye, the little bit of leftover chili mac

Barbara

[sigma957]

Meals for Saturday 1/29/11

B - Thin spaghetti with pasta primavera sauce, mock meatballs, sliced tomato
L - lentil veg soup, slice of rye toast
Snacks - 2 oranges, chips with salsa
D- mashed potatoes with ff gravy

Barbara

[sigma957]

I lost 1 pound this week, which is good. I still have a problem with my blood pressure meds, so I bloated up about 4 pounds this week. It seems to mostly be gone though.

My blood sugars are still in the 140-150s. I'm hoping they will drop more soon. I am a bit concerned with my blood pressure though. Without my pills, it's up in the 175/105 area. It's not really coming down much.

I'm doing my grocery shopping today. My list is short, mostly fruit and some canned tomatoes. Another local store has 8 pounds of navels for 4 bucks. I'm loving those.

I'm going to post more later about my plans for the next month.

Barbara

[fulenn]

Sorry to hear about the difficulty you are having getting your BP pills refilled. Hope that resolves itself as quickly as possible!

You have done a great job and your menus look great! How long has it taken you to get this far? 63 lbs is amazing.

Fulenn

[sigma957]

fulenn, thanks for stopping by! I'll call my doctor tomorrow and see if she'll just do what I want her to do!

The 374 is my all time high, in August of 2008. My scale at home errored out over 350. At the time, I was working starting at 4am and at work we had a digital scale used for weighing people in wheelchairs. When I saw what I weighed, I was shocked.

Now, about 40 of those pounds was lost in the ravages of undiagnosed diabetes. Not a good way to lose weight. The rest though has been through my eating better and trying to exercise.

Barbara

[sigma957]

My partner is going away for a month on a business trip. That sucks. However, it does give me an unparalleled opportunity to really establish healthy habits with no outside temptations.

On work days, I am going to get up at 2am. Shower, weigh, do a 20 min tai chi routine, check my blood sugar. At 3, get my food packed and then get dressed for work, out the door about 3:25 or so. I eat my breakfast at work.

I get home about 3pm, make a SNAP meal, do dishes, prepare breakfast if necessary, and put leftovers up for lunch. Bed by 6:30 at the latest.

On my days off, same routine except more flexible on the times. . This will start on 2/4 and continue till 3/5, one day before she comes back.

And I have promised myself NO CHEATING AT ALL, period.

Barbara

[sigma957]

My meals for Sunday, 1/30/11

B - hashbrowns with bbq sauce, soy patties
L - ww penne with snap pasta primavera

No snacks today, and no dinner, I wasn't hungry, and I went to bed fairly early.

I went to see Forks over Knives downtown today, so with walking to and from bus stops and to the theater, I got some exercise today too!

I am kind of surprised about not being hungry. But hey, it's working so I'm happy.

Barbara