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flash, typing '/,: and~ just wastes time.

Whatever the veggie option is in the canteen. Unless it's pasta, when I'll have the meat option without the fast carbs.

TBH head cold = feel like s--t = want to lie down.

refried beans with onions and chorizo in (made a big batch earlier in the week), with spinach, tomatoes and sardines

Vennison liver pate and carrots.

Takeaway from Efes (Turkish buffet) All meat/veg no carb epic for £3.50 😀

If you're at home, do yourself an [i]English[/i] omlette.

You know.

3-4 eggs
Bacon
sausage
mushrooms
onion
sliced toms
[b]Edit[/b] Spinach too
assorted seasoning.

However, if you've got to shop at a super market.
A couple of Scotch Eggs won't go amiss, some hummous, cherry toms.

[i]Takeaway from Efes (Turkish buffet) All meat/veg no carb epic for £3.50[/i]

For that matter you could just have a kebab, bin the pitta.

[i]onions and chorizo in (made a big batch earlier in the week), with spinach, tomatoes and sardines [/i]
Now that IS full of win.

Solo - any ideas for using spinach? I really struggled with it but the iron content is a winner! It seems to come in such huge bags which, tbh, is a bit wasteful.

Massive pot of chilli made every sunday then split into batches for the week's lunch.

It seems to come in such huge bags which, tbh, is a bit wasteful.

I take it you haven't cooked a bag of spinach before?

That massive bag ends up as a small handful once you've cooked it!

massive bowl of spinach and curley kale soup (with many other veggies) made my my good lady ... mmmmmmhhh Deeeeelish 🙂

Remains (albeit somewhat large) of last night's homemade lamb mince curry. No rice or bread - just celery and homemade coleslaw. Big nom.

That massive bag ends up as a small handful once you've cooked it!

I'm cooking for one and like to have a variety of veg with my meal. But that soup sounds nice. 🙂

[i]Solo - any ideas for using spinach? I really struggled with it but the iron content is a winner! It seems to come in such huge bags which, tbh, is a bit wasteful. [/i]

I buy the prewahsed organic bags from Sainsbury's
Otherwise I buy the no washed and wash it myself (thats a drag though)
I generally substitute lettuce in my salad with Spinach leaves.
So make your usual salad, but reduce or omitt the lettuce and replace with Spinach.

I've also read that cooking Spinach may increase the amount of iron one can get from it.
So, take a stack of leaves and chop them.
Them sprinkle into your chilli, ragu sauce or omlette.

Usually Spinach goes into as much as I can get away with adding it to.

Recently I had used it less and it made a noticable difference.
I don't normally [i]buy into[/i] all this [i]super food[/i] malarkey.
But ime, Spinach is special.

I hope that helps.
😉

[i]Massive pot of chilli made every sunday then split into batches for the week's lunch[/i]
Another great idea and example of how to make it MUCH easier.
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Bag of salad

Box of chicken breast, tabasco/spicy sauce

Bought from Lidi = less than £3 per day

Morrocan chicken with lots of veg and chickpeas. For breakfast I had my chilli beef and butternut mash pie!

I take it you haven't cooked a bag of spinach before?

That massive bag ends up as a small handful once you've cooked it!

Also, re: iron in spinach. Apparently as well as containing lots of iron it also contains lots of iron absorption-inhibiting substances! So the high-iron content may be a bit of a red herring. Not sure though, it's all a bit confusing!

[i]For breakfast I had my chilli beef and butternut mash pie! [/i]

In the nicest possible way.

I now have to declare you worthy of your user name.
You lucky ....
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One Blokes take on Spinach

But I for one have actually noticed improvements when I hammer the World's spinach supply.
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went for houmous, toms, olives, mixed beans, garlic cloves and almonds.

missing anything, or is any of it bad?

[i]went for houmous, toms, olives, mixed beans, garlic cloves and almonds.

missing anything, or is any of it bad?
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Just my opinion here, but go easy with the Almonds and ensure you're getting enough protein each day.
I don't see any meat there.
Are you planning on including meat with this evening's meal.

Solo,

give it a go, just make a nice spicy chilli, cram it with extra peppers, jalapenos, mushrooms and beans then top with mashed squash,butter bean and cauli mash. Stick in the oven with a bit of fry light on top and bake for 45 minutes. The spicy chilli and sweet taste of the mash go really well and taste better when re-heated!

doing that cottage pie what was on here for tea.
had some chorizo for brekkie with my omlete with spinach and toms.

[i]Solo,

give it a go, just make a nice spicy chilli, cram it with extra peppers, jalapenos, mushrooms and beans then top with mashed squash,butter bean and cauli mash. Stick in the oven with a bit of fry light on top and bake for 45 minutes. The spicy chilli and sweet taste of the mash go really well and taste better when re-heated!
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You don't need to convince me.
Thats a flippin lovely sounding meal.

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[i]doing that cottage pie what was on here for tea.
had some chorizo for brekkie with my omlete with spinach and toms.[/i]

Good stuff.
I knew you'd be doing Ok.
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Breakfast, lunch, dinner = anything goes for me. I tend to make big batches of things and mix them up over a two or three day period. I've not had eggs in a while so actually fancying a nice big omelette!

Cheat day tomorrow, I wont be going mad, but I see pizza on the horizon! I'm of for a days DH at Aston so plenty of exercise pushing up that hill!

[i]Breakfast, lunch, dinner = anything goes for me. I tend to make big batches of things and mix them up over a two or three day period[/i]

Jobs' a good'un.

Sounds to me as if you've cracked this.

Is the weight shifting yet ?.

I'm not really doing it for weight loss, although I have probably lost ten pounds since mid jan. I'm quite into my weight workouts at the moment, so sometimes have protein and oats before training. I just feel really good eating this way and cheat day is no big deal as I'm happy eating what I do day to day.

My wife has lost almost a stone and this has encouraged her to get back in the gym after a three year absence, she is looking great and feeling happy, so so it's win win for me. The main issue for me is variety and my lack of imagination, so I will have a go at most recipes posted.

Pork pie and cheese + low fat yoghurt for after's

Better get out ont bike now to burn it off.

Hurry up and get better Tony its coming up time for a proper lads ride.

pete

[i]so I will have a go at most recipes posted.[/i]
Thats the right way to approach it, imo.

Well, not sure about you guys, but here in the West Mids today, the fog has lifted and the sun IS OUT !.
Spring is Sprunging !.
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And so I find my thoughts turning to salads with chunks of steak, fish or Pork liberally included, all dressed in home made Olive oil and cyder vinegar based salad dressings.

and BBQ's, grilled toms, large, lean steaks on the grill
Homemade dippin sauces.

Its all good.

🙂

[i]Pork pie and cheese + low fat yoghurt for after's[/i]

And this thread was going, so well.

[i]Better get out ont bike now to burn it off.[/i]

**Face Palm**

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Pete. i have a big list of folk i am gonna come and ride with, when i get sorted.
your on the top of the list mate. 8)

a big thumbs up to whoever put the recipe for the cottage pie on here.
just eaten it, and it was fantastic............. 8)

Ton.

Could you re-post it here, please.
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Ta.

Thanks Solo. 🙂 I bought some fresh spinach earlier but as I was having lambs liver for dinner, decided that perhaps I could overdose on iron and would use the spinach tomorrow instead.

But I still don't get this eating meat for breakfast! It just seems so wrong. 😐

solo,
minced steak fried off with
red onion
white onion
celery
chorizo carrots

then a topping of mashed cauliflower, turnip and butter beans
browned off under the grill
had it with peas, cabbage and green beans

Ton.

Thanks for that.
When are you planing for your [i]iDay off[/i] ?.
Most seem to go for a day during the weekend.

CG.
Breakfast seems to be more about what not to have.
As you may know, it seems to be one of the more challenging meals for [b]new[/b] iDieters.

To my mind, if you must have breaky.
Then meat / protein is probably good as I believe it takes longer to digest, so therefore, delays the production of Ghrelin.
Ghrelin is a hunger hormone.
I was doing some more reading yesterday, about Ghrelin.
Its a powerful hormone which appears to significantly influences a persons food choices when they are hungry (when the stomach in empty).

So I'm thinking, if your diet deals with and allows you to avoid hunger.
Then your food choices will be more in line with your goals.

Diets higher in protein appear to deal with hunger, better.
I can certainly say thats been the case with me.
I'm not a meat monster, but I've upped my protein intake and I don't really get cravings / the munchies, nowadays.
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solo, i might have 2 off days.
i have been fasting since last night cos i am in hospital this afternoon for a camera down.
i am then fasting from 7pm on sunday cos i go in for a heart procedure on monday morning.
so i might have a pig out day tomorrow, but to be honest there is nothing that i am craving so far.
also i dont know if i want to put all the good work to waste.
is it detrimental not having a day off?

[i]is it detrimental not having a day off? [/i]

Firstly, sympathies for all the fasting you're going to have over the next few days.
Good luck with the Hospital stuff.
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As for missing your day off.
As you and most will know, iDave suggests one day in 7, as a day off.
However, I have seen mention of that being stretched to 10 days between days off.
I believe that the most important thing with iDiet though is not to completely stop the days off as they are needed to prevent your body slowing its metabolism as a reaction to constant low GI foods.

Days off, prevent certain changes in the body taking over, which would reduce the weight loss significantly.

Therefore, the message is, a Day off is important to achieving your goal on the iDiet
In my Experience.

So, no matter how much you're enjoying the new foods and recipes you find when you change to iDiet.
Do the day off, too

🙂