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Hmmm--- I was researching the marathon bar when I was thinking of doing my speech on marketing-- I expected it to be the same nutritional content as the "origional" snickers bar... was suprised that it was less sugar and fat and even more fiber...
In the store today pointed out to GF the ***fast soups have sugar in them... who would expect? Marketing...... :?: :dizzy: |
Yo!
Doing well on the calories, though I DID have pb cups (sue me!) !!! ;)
Baking a crab cake for dinner with corn. Will post a whole menu tonight or tomorrow a.m. but confident I'll make it through at 1500 ... still have my "cheat" day of 1500-2000 to save for emergencies (maybe Tuesday). Set up all my calorie and exercise spreadsheets again ... really ready to go for my pre-spring goal! Eydie, I'm thrilled to have thee "steal" my idea ... actually it's a version of the good ol' Body For Life ... I need to work in that cheat day, though I don't eat "clean" all the time as one is supposed to on the other six days ... just gonna focus on calories. Re that, hope this is ok, 3FC, but I'm going to mention a magazine by name ... I don't work for them (would though, if they should ask ... hey, guys, I'm a writer/editor) ... anyhow, I like a "diet" that's in the new Energy mag ... it's not a "diet" (as it explains) where one is deprived ... it outlines a plan for eating clean three days and having a free day, then eating clean for three days, then free day, etc., or it just encourages you to mix them up anyway you can. It has a handy list of "clean" and "free" day foods and explains the nutritional principles of "clean" eating (basically the Body For Life way, which is very healthy, IMO). I like Susan Powter's energy, too. Must have been inspiring to meet her. Kaylets: I haven't seen the Marathon bar ... must check it out ... except I've just emailed my brother a pledge to give up candy (except for sweets I make myself with healthy ingredients ... can't wait to get at that barley malt syrup but I've been too tired to cook today ... will have time tomorrow because I'm only working a late meeting and nothing else). We'll see if the no candy thing helps ... it's not part of my 21-dayer ... Gotta go, was thinking today that the friendship with unhealthy eating is just like when my friend of many years dumped me inexplicably ... it really bothered me for a long time ... today I realized that for some time now I've been more free in what I say and do and believe because I realize I was heavily influenced by her friendship, her depression and limited world view ... would never have shared with her the prayer to Artemis that I posted on the other thread (it may seem trivial to pray for diet help, but believe me it is not) ... she would not have understood ever having a serious thought about the Goddess ... ok, I'm rambling but trying to say (trust me, this is food related) that the little packages of cupcakes, candy, whatever in the convenience stores that I thought were my friends are really keeping me from being the person I'm meant to be. :devil: Food begone! I'll stop rambling now! I really love this thread, too, Eydie. Will post recipes when I do some more experiments. |
Sunday--feb. 8
Coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
migas [egg sub., corn tortillas, spinach, salsa, corn, cheese, lo-fat sour cream] clementine brocolli salad w/ 2 tbsp. cashews tomato soup ww tortilla w/ humuus, ff feta, spinach, onions, peppers, cucumbers ff fudgesicle snack: ff vanilla pudding w/ banana and pineapple calories: 1380 fiber: 25 grams fat:39 grams water: 8 cups exercise: 60 min. kundulini yoga video supplements: I remembered! |
21-Day Challenge Report: Week 1, Day 1 & Counting; Calories 1490, Exercise 20 Minutes
1/2 serving Scottish oatmeal, 75 calories 1 T Turbinado sugar, 45 Butter spray (for entire day), 10 2 pkgs. pb cups, 460 :yikes: Little Cs Baby Pan Pizza, 360 :fr: EAS Choc. Fudge Carb Control shake, 100 Crab cake, 170 Corn w/butter spray, 70 EAS Choc. Fudge Carb Control shake, 100 EAS Choc. Fudge Carb Control shake, 100 Total Cal: 1490 Ending eating day at 7:50 p.m. |
Here we go again!
I shouldda known........no way I gained that much that fast eating what I did....jeez...down 4 pounds this am over yesterday. The TOM (in my case of the week :lol: ) hath arrived with a vengenance....explains the draggy, headachey, b****y way I 've been feeling all week-end....not too tolerant of the 19 year olds' ways these days...not that they are particularly bad...just that I'm less tolerant...and now know why. Think this is in the wrong thread...O well..I have drugs this time...start them next Sunday.
Yes Empress A, yesterday was very good foodwise....I'll list it now but I still don't know calories...maybe I should learn? :no: 2 eggs scrambled, with 2 tbsp cottage cheese (I do this in the microwave in a measuring cup) 2 cups coffee w/6% cream 1 med apple 1 cup whole wheat pasta with 1 cup lentil pasta sauce sprinkle of parmesan cheese 1 chicken breast baked with p cheese 1 cup mashed potatoes w/ grated carrots 1/2 cup turnips, boiled (I LIKE them this way...sorry!) 2 sour dough/rye biscuits, 2 tsp butter desert..2" slice of :angel: food cake w/ fresh slice strawberries and a small scoop of mint ice cream with chocolate ripple. Water...1200 ML. No food after 7 and no wine. Went to bed crabby at 6:30 actually :) . Now :cheers: to another good day for all of us....especially me! Today's challenge...healthy human portions, no food after 7, no wine, no booze, lotsa water and some treading...have a full shift...'til 8 so I'm off!! Ceara :doh: :drill: |
Demon Foods Begone!!!!!! That's our Demon Food song!!! Begone! Begone!
Yowza!!! Not the wrong thread, DFS (Demon Food Slayer) Ceara, 'cause all here in the palace kitchen be cheering for thy 4 pounds down!!! :cheer: And they be cheering for thy good food day as well ... EC saith, "Whoopee that be a healthy day o' eatin' there!!!!" Yowza!!! Keep a'goin' and them :devil: s'll be shakin' in there :devil: boots if thy name be only mentioned.
EOEA (that would be Empress o' Everything Amarantha) be off for a busy day as well. She telleth EC (Elberta Crone) to petition the forces o' the universe for strength to face Day 2 of her 21er!!!! Special challenges today are ... sigh ... not wanting to do anything 'cause it's cold (46 degrees right now) and working late in mountains making her want to overeat in the daytime ... today she saith she be going to eat more produce and eat 5 small BFL type meals to approximate 1500 calories and fill in gaps with healthy snacks AND eat no friggin' pb cups! She wanteth to save her high cal day as long as possible as WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENS when them :devil: s are in the neighborhood and nibblin' away at Amarantha's weak brain! Yowza! She may also cook her bulgar pilaf (sp?), even if she can't spell that word. She will post recipes when she hath some. She is doing a detailed food journal today and will share her menu on this thread!!!! Yowza!!! She also will prevail in showing up at gym and exercising to meet her goal of 360 exercise minutes per week (food related 'cause A needeth to BURN those :devil: calories from last week's overage and it be part of her 21er!!!) CAN SHE DO IT! Yowza! She can! 21-Day Challenge Report: Week 1, Day 2 & Counting; Calories ????, Exercise ?? Minutes Let's go out there, DFS folkettes, and win one for the Gipper! Whatever that means ... have a banana ... or two ... :cb: :cb: |
P.S. Ceara, I love thy recipe for eggs w/cottage cheese ... am going to try with Eggbeaters ... as soon as I get some cottage cheese ... mayhap would make a good quick dinner before heading out ... with an orange for dessert? Yowza!!!
This good food talk is inspiring me!!! :yes: |
Ok, I'm doing three in a row, but ... my day's been so complex I'm not going to post a menu, but I'm doing great with eating and on target for Day 2. In lieu of menu, I'm going to bore you :queen: s with two experimental recipes ... I'm trying to get protein and complex carb into each meal in the true BFL style:
German Chocolate Protein Brownies Line baking pan w/nonstick foil, spray w/zero cal canola spray, preheat oven to 350. Mix: 1/2 cup self-rising flour 1/2 cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp. baking soda 1/2 scoop Designer Whey Vanilla Praline protein powder 4 tsp. Just Whites egg white powder 1/4 cup Splenda 3/4 carton EAS Chocolate Fudge Carb Control shake 1/2 cup fat free cottage cheese 1 T. barley malt syrup Bake at 350 for approx. 20 minutes or until done. Cool, cut in 12 squares, approx. 55 calories each. Omelet ala Ceara w/sprouted toast 1 container Eggbeaters to equal 2 eggs 1/4 cup fat free cottage cheese 1/4 cup canned mushrooms chives Mix in medium round microwave container and scramble gently, form into omelet shape, eat w/ 1 slice sprouted grain bread toasted in oven and sprayed w/butter spray. Omelet: 80 cal, toast 80 cal. |
Breaking the streak :lol:
Am home for supper..
Eating today 3/4 C oatmeal w/ 1/4 C raspberries 2 C coffee w/ 6% cream 1 1/2 C black bean soup 2 rye/sourdough biscuits (homemade) 1 oz almonds 1 small apple 1 chicken breast baked w/ p cheese 1 c boiled turnip ! 1/2 c brussell sprouts And that should do it!!! 2 c of water so far....guess I'll drink at work! :lol: Ta-rah! No eating after 7!!! Ceara :doh: |
Not only Queens, but geniuses too!!!! :D First I was intrigued with Ceara's brilliant microwave egg/cottage cheese idea, but then Amarantha knocks it out of the park with her microwave omelette idea. Honestly it never occurred to me to microwave eggs in a pie pan to make an omelette. I'd mostly given up omelettes because I refuse to use the oil it takes to get them to scoot around properly in the pan. But the microwave/ pie pan thing is just crazy enough to work. Can't wait to try a egg sub/ cottage cheese omelette with some clever filling!
Thanks! And it's a quickie too---even better! :) |
Mon. Feb. 9
coffee w/ ff 1/2 and 1/2
1 c. fruit w/ 1/2 c. ff yogurt, 1/2 c. lo-fat granola ww tortilla w/ humuus, ff feta, spinach, peppers, cucumbers tomato-red pepper soup apple 1/2 c. brown rice 1 c. black-eyed pea soup clementine snax: ff fudgesicle coffee**Pria bar 1 ww toast w/ 1 tbsp. cream cheese water: 8 cups calories:1480***fiber: 30 grams***fat: 20 grams supplements: Yes! Exercise: 4 miles treadmill**40 pushups**200 crunches**20 min. Yoga**25 min. dumbells |
Hi, I'm in the newsroom waiting for someone to tell me where they put my camera disk that is supposed to be on this desk!!! Meeting then home and I'm only at 1255 and not hungry. Ya know what, when you DON'T eat 2 packs of pb cups in a day, you have plenty of calories.
Re microwave omelets, Eydie, you have to cook them very gently ... use a rubber spatula, swirl the eggs into a flat shape and micro them for 30 secs or so, then kind of do as you would in a pan ... just keep moving the uncooked egg around to the edges ... don't overcook as the eggs continue to cook even after the power is turned off ... Ceara, thou be a genius with that cottage cheese ... my Eggbeaters were delicious ... also I had the cottage cheese to put in the German chocolate bars ... more like cake than brownies ... they could use a glaze and more cocoa but I couldn't find my cocoa powder ... if you use baking soda and cocoa, btw, you get the characteristic red of traditional devil's food cake. Anyhow, I loved the bars ... Old Dog wanted one but it had chocolate in it, so she couldn't have it. She's mad now. Later ... |
Hmmm thanks guys!
I didn't know I was so brilliant. I've been doing scrambled eggs that way for years....since the kids were kidlets. I don't like washing frying pans and the pyrex measuring cups come clean so quickly...I have occasionally added green onions etc. for meself. The whole process takes about 2 minutes on high with a stir in the midst!
Yesterday was good...so onto 3rd day....challenges the same. Gotta run...programme this am! Ceara :doh: |
Bananas are my favorite because they have appeal ... old joke!
Yo, Ceara, I think green onions would be good w/the cottage cheese. I may get some. Where I grew up we had deep fried cottage cheese patties made w/cottage cheese, green onions, eggs, breadcrumbs, and topped with hot sauce (now called salsa!!!) ... I've never been able to make these low fat ... but putting the onions in with the egg beaters and cottage cheese and microwaving might taste somewhat similar. Yes, you are brilliant.
I want to thank the Demon Food Slayers for participating on this thread as my wonky nutritional profile is getting better and better thanks to your ideas and inspirations. Right now I have a marathon (not the protein bar) day ahead ... this may be the high cal day but if I can stick to the lower range I'll be happy to still have that ace in the hole for the end of the week. Feeling very inspired despite a sinus infection. Last night I zoomed past all the convenience stores on my road home and didn't feel hungry until about 11 p.m., so I had a light meal and watched Surviving the Iron Age. No time for gym today but am going to walk some and have been making up the time to ensure I get the 360 minutes. Will try to post menu tonight ... yesterday's was too complex (repeating myself) but I'm keeping detailed records for the 21 days. 21-Day Challenge Report: Week 1, Day 3 & counting; Day 2 calories: 1480, Day 2 exercise 70 Minutes! Don't forget to have some potassium today!!! Elberta Crone hath left bananas in the larder but Amarantha's allergic to them so feel free, DF Slayers, to take some: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: :cb: |
P.S. Do you do the microwaving in pyrex? I used plastic but worry about chemicals leaching ... will try my little pyrex dishes, maybe buy some more.
Ok, bye, Slayers. Have one more banana: :cb: |
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