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Thanks F00die!

I forgot to post my pictures from yesterday because by the time I had a spare moment to myself, it was after midnight.

So, here’s what I ate yesterday:
Breakfast: oatmeal and 1 tsp brown sugar (that's just water in there)

Lunch: A carrot, frozen broccoli and brussel sprouts, brown rice and three bean chili, raspberries

Dinner: mashed sweet potato, mashed white potatoes (with some almond milk - so not fully MWL)


Here’s what I didn’t eat, but was tempted to (hence the choice of a 100% starch bowl at dinner). Mary’s Tofu Spinach Lasagna is served twice a month to the kids: (sadly, only 3 out of 4 of them will eat it, so additional dinners must be made to ensure everyone eats)



I’m not sure if the picture uploading will work. I’m on my phone and the links look a bit different. If they don’t I’ll put them up this evening when I post today’s food.



Happy Thanksgiving All!

(Edit - photo links fixed)
(Edit #2 - Additions: 2 pots of decaf green tea. Exercise: 23 flights of stairs)

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: oatmeal and 1 tsp brown sugar, decaf green tea

Lunch: Mashed potatoes and hot sauce (I have no excuses today.... I just wanted a whole bowl of potatoes for lunch. I ensured that I included some veggies at dinner...only because I'm photographing...so there's a bit of behaviour modification due to journalling online. Thank you quantum observers. LOL.

Snack: A plate of apples

Dinner: Purple potato, mashed potato, spinach, cherry tomatoes and a delicious pomegranate. Oh, and 1/2 tsp of raspberry vinegar.




Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea
Exercise : 23 flights of stairs

Reflection: More fruit than recommended on MWL and less veggies. Something to work on.

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal, cinnamon and decaf green tea


Snack: Regular tea


Dinner: 2 baked potatoes and chives, steamed red peppers and asparagus, ketchup


Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea
Exercise: 13 flights of stairs

Here is what I ate today:






Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea

Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast: Nothings says Good Morning! like Happy Smile Oatmeal and Flax with 2 tsps of sugar

Lunch: Cabbage lentil soup and grapes

Dinner: Potatoes, potatoes everywhere. Plus some raw veg and mango and pineapple


Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea

Bring on the week!

I like the look of that cabbage lentil soup! Do you have a recipe? and your smiling oatmeal is so wonderful! Love it!

Hi Buns! - I love happy food. I noticed that someone referred to you as Heidi in your journal. May I call you Heidi? (Assuming that's your name...LOL). I hope you are doing well and that journalling is still helping keep your head in this game. The soup was a bit of a throw-together. It contains: 2 litres no-sodium no-oil veggie broth, water, 1 head of cabbage, 1 large onion, 4 stalks of celery, 5 large carrots, um.... 1/2-3/4 cup dried green lentils, 1 jar of no-oil tomato sauce (could use salsa here too for a less sweet flavour, or a jar of crushed tomatoes for a no added salt soup), smoked paprika, oregano and thyme. Instant pot for 30 mins or so. Add salt to taste, and pepper too.

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal premixed with flax meal, 1 tsp brown sugar and decaf green tea


Lunch: More cabbage lentil soup (I have enough for, like, 10 days!), grapes, broccoli


Snack: Pomegranate


Dinner: 2 Wendy's baked potatoes (one with ketchup, mustard and relish), saluted spinach with sambal olek, and yummy corn.


Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea
Exercise: 12 flights of stairs in the rain... rainy season has begun here on the island.

Amy, you are such an inspiration! I love your menus and pictures and the title of this journal and how encouraging you are on MWL. I had a major blowout binge yesterday and am thinking I want to commit to everyday journalling too. I would really like to post pictures too because I like to cook and try out new recipes. Could you share how to post pictures? Vee

Hi, Vee,

I'm not Amy, but here's how to post pictures:

1) Take the picture and post it online somewhere. For me, I upload it to SparkPeople, but you could also do it on Flickr (free service) or any other free image hosting, or post it to your Facebook or whatever.

2) Go to your photo online, right click it, and copy the image location.

3) In your McDougall post, click on "Img" (a button above the text editing window) and then paste in the location of the picture (or you can paste in the location, select the whole location, and then click "Img" -- either way works.

If that doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll try to be clearer.

Hi Vee and Idgie! Thank you for the kindness. XO. Vee, I'm sending you some strength as you sort out how to proceed. Journalling can be great. I have to set a time limit to keep myself motivated to do it, but this forum is full of so many people who do it day in and day out to quite good effect. Hopefully those instructions, from Idgie, on how to post a picture will inspire you. I enjoy looking back at the food that I eat because sometimes I get in a rut and its nice to remember what I like visually.

As for today, it was one of those itchy-scratchy cravings days. No particular reason that I can identify, just a desire to eat all the foods in the house. Maybe it's one of those spontaneous recovery cravings that Dr. Lisle talks about in his cram circuit webinar. I had a particular hankering for sweetened coffee but didn't give in. I did, however end up wandering the aisles of the grocery store on a day that I don't normally shop. Oh well, I kept it all McDougall friendly and practically MWL, with the exception of the white rice.

Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast: oatmeal,flax and a tsp of sugar. Evening snack: potato-lentil-leek soup x 2

Mid-Morning Snack: Pear and grape tomatoes:

Lunch: Two baked potatoes and a plain side salad
Lunch #2: Cucumber rolls and 1/2 pint blueberries
Dinner: Another potato, pico de gallo and as an afterthought a few spinach leaves


Additionally: 2 pot decaf tea
Exercise: 23 flights of stairs

Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast and Snack: Oatmeal/flax/1 tsp sugar/decaf tea/honey dew melon

Lunch and Dessert: Potato/pico de gallo/spinach/cabbage soup (I didn't eat the orange - it had too many seeds and I'm a picky princess)/fruit sorbet - banana, mango,berry

Dinner: Carrots and Celery/broccoli/ Potato-leek-lentil soup


Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea, Perrier
Exercise: 23 flights of stairs

your foods all look so good. Love that mango banana sorbet and the potato leek lentil soup...yum!

Hi Buns - Thanks!

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast: oat-flax mix/1 tsp sugar/decaf green tea. Snack: 1/2 of those tomatoes


Lunch: Potato-leek-lentil soup/carrots and bell peppers/honey dew melon


Dinner: brown jasmine rice/chickpea-corn-pico de gallo- spinach and broccoli mix/pomegranate and then a bit of seconds because it was so good.


Additionally: strawberry sparkling Perrier, 1 pot decaf green tea
Exercise: 34 flights of stairs

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast: Oatmeal/1 tsp sugar

Lunch: brown rice/ chickpea mix from yesterday/bell peppers and baby tomatoes/sparkling water

Dinner: Potato-lentil-leek soup/rice and chickpea mix/pear


Additionally: 2 pots decaf green tea
Exercise: 13 flights stairs

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast: oatmeal and oat/flax combo and 2 tsp sugar. Snack: Grapes


Lunch: Brown jasmine rice and the last of the chickpea/pico de gallo/corn/greens mix, celery, carrot, green pepper and a pomegranate

(The fancier style of picture doesn't capture the actual food as well, sadly)

Somehow in the rush I missed dinner. A big breakfast is on the menu for tomorrow.

Additionally: 1 pot of decaf green tea, sparkling water