[i]Solo, I'm losing weight just by knocking out the bread and pasta.[/i]
Ease up ole fur ball.
Just joshin witcha.
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You know me. Whatever makes you happy.
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sweet, text me or something of equal comminucation effectiveness.
*lights fire*
Look North buddy, I'm sending smoke signals.
[i]I'm sending smoke signals[/i]
I blame all that fruit and dairy.
Phew !
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Will you two go get a room together.
Sweetcorn- Yeh or neigh ?
what about mushy peas ?
Who?
[i]Sweetcorn- [s]Yeh or[/s] neigh ?
what about mushy peas ? [b]don't care[/b], nor should you.
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Coconut milk - yes or no?
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How come no sweetcorn for you, Solo?
I've been through the first full weekly cycle.
I didn't start off with a "from weight"; I only have a "to weight". I'm not there yet, but seem to be heading in the right direction.
However, I put that down to having less total food slowly trawling through my intestines.
For a sugar king, I have to say that I'm not really missing the sweet stuff. Mainly because I'm managing to deal with some of the underlying emotional responses to food -
- no boredom snacking
- no comfort eating
I really looked forward to the "off" day (Sunday), but actually it wasn't the frenzy I thought it might be: sure, I ate toast with butter and honey, and homemade butter-free scones with jam, but I was back on a low GI meal in the evening.
[i]How come no sweetcorn[/i]
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[i]For a sugar king, I have to say that I'm not really missing the sweet stuff. Mainly because I'm managing to deal with some of the underlying emotional responses to food -
- no boredom snacking
- no comfort eating
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Good stuff.
Keep it up.
It gets easier.
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It gets easier.
Not been too hard so far. Need to revert to exercise, though - fitness is decidedly conspicuous by its absence and I'm about to make a fool of myself in the cross season.
My boss has just been on [url= http://www.porkpieclub.com/ ]"the fetch"[/url] and brought back a great looking pork pie. Can I get away with just eating the filling?
[i]Can I get away with just eating the filling?[/i]
Oh yeah !.
Eat it all, you need some building up.
does any one find that if they fall off the wagon later in the day (breakfast /lunch on plan but grab some chips for dinner) they are completley wiped out for a day or two. sat here feeling like i've been run over. no energy levels etc.
the cheat day seems fine though. this is the second time in 2 weeks i feel awful after messing up dinner....
Only 4 days in but no probs so far.
Breakfast has been gram flour flatbreads with scrambled egg and/or bacon
Lunch has been tuna and bean salads
Dinner was meat and two veg but tonight I made a chicken & lentil stew and the leftovers are lunch tomorrow.
No cravings at all and no desire to eat at any other time apart from mealtimes.
[i]Only 4 days in but no probs so far.
Breakfast has been gram flour flatbreads with scrambled egg and/or bacon
Lunch has been tuna and bean salads
Dinner was meat and two veg but tonight I made a chicken and lentil stew and the leftovers are lunch tomorrow.
[b]No cravings at all and no desire to eat at any other time apart from mealtimes.[/b]
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You are far too good at this.
We are more familiar with people buckling under the strain of change.
You're an iDave swat.
Long may you continue to enjoy your new dietary choices.
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Falling off the wagon aint so bad.
After all, at least you stepped aboard the wagon in the first place and even iDave has slipped...on the odd occassion.
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If you persist, falling off the wagon [i]should[/i] become less frequent.
Ultimately, its all about how bad you want [i]it[/i]
But, from where I am, its been a good trip.
Last Saturday lunch time I had a spinach and wild venison fillet steak salad.
It was sooooooo [b]good[/b] I still think of it now.
*foodee sad-O*
Of course it helps that my neighbour shoots wild deer and is a national champion butcher.
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Keep the faith.
Slight slippage this evening - didn't know what to put with the glorious Natal red kidney bean curry I'd made for me and Mrs North, so I joined her in some wholegrain rice.
Slap my wrists, but beans with beans just felt wrong and I've had no other "carbs" today.
Still enjoying the diminished hunger between meals and reduced desire to snack.
Is lactose free milk ok? As I thought the lactose is what causes the insulin response in ordinary milk.
any ideas?
does any one find that if they fall off the wagon later in the day (breakfast /lunch on plan but grab some chips for dinner) they are completley wiped out for a day or two. sat here feeling like i've been run over. no energy levels etc.
Nope, not me. Too much booze tends to be the one thing that gets me the next morning.
Have been making coleslaw with natural yoghurt (and wholegrain mustard) instead of mayo. Is nat yog allowed? Methinks not.
Either way, pork chop with coleslaw and a couple of fried eggs for breakfast rocks.
Is nat yog allowed?
Is it dairy?
Is dairy allowed?
Not sure. Ingredients are natural yogurt and biogarde cultures.
OK, what's the main ingredient for making yoghurt?
[i]Slight slippage this evening - didn't know what to put with the glorious Natal red kidney bean curry I'd made for me and Mrs North, so I joined her in some wholegrain rice[/i]
Try gram flour flat breads instead of the rice.
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I guess that makes it dairy ...
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Bit of an arse really. Not gonna stop me continuing with it though coz I iz a rebel innit.
Just use Mayonaise, but avoid the low fat variety because it has sugar added instead of fat.
I thought mayo was frowned upon for some reason (going back to the original thread last year)? That's what I was using then. Will happily revert back to it.
Anyone got a fool proof flat bread recipe?
I've been eating quinoa instead of rice??
Quinoniona is actually OK but if you spill some uncooked on the kitchen floor it sticks in your bare feet all sharp like.
[i]Anyone got a fool proof flat bread recipe?[/i]
The original one posted by Mortivforz, or whatever their STW name was.
Is Ok.
As there are very few basic ingredients, once you have got the hang of making them, you just tweak it.
Personally my flatbreads were coming out a bit thick.
So I added more water.
I think some were adding egg.
Have a play, add some fresh ground cumin seed for instance.
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Try gram flour flat breads instead of the rice.
OK. Will need to make even more time to make them..!
[i]OK. Will need to make even more time to make them..!
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Delegate.
Get the Mrs to make them, or whomever was making the rice last night.
Flat breads should be quicker than rice anyway, IIRC.
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EDIT:
I'll have flat breads with a chilli too instead of rice.
Most excellent.
Get the Mrs to make them, or whomever was making the rice last night.
I made the curry and rice last night. Mrs North did bathtime with Baby North.
How long will they last if made in advance?
[i]How long will they last if made in advance?[/i]
Not long if I make them. Minutes 😉
Not sure, think you can get a day or two out of them, by putting them in the bottom of the fridge, air tight container like a lock-n-lock box, etc.
Try it and see.
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I make the chickpea flatbreads (see also recipes for farrinatas which is he recipe I been using) . I do them in round cake tins, do a batch of 4 or 8 tins most weeks. Slice them into 4 and you can keep for about a week, or freeze them, they taste good toasted with peanut butter on.
Gram wraps are a POP to make, and pretty nom nom when you get them right.
Indian: throw in some cumin seeds, caraway seeds, mustard seeds etc.
Med: throw in things like tarragon, thyme, marjoram, sage etc.
Right. Next skill on my culinary adventure is POP bread..!
Anyone got a fool proof flat bread recipe?
I made about half a dozen at a time and just keep them in the fridge and reheat. Dead easy recipe
250g gram flour in a large bowl
Make a well in the middle and add about 50ml of olive oil
300ml of water in a jug
Started whisking the the flour and oil and add the water slowly until the mixture is smooth and not too thick but not too runny. 300ml of water works perfectly.
I add a bit of salt and pepper and I've put some rosemary in too which was lovely.
Non stick pan on a medium high heat.
Pour the mixture slowly into the pan until it spreads out and stops moving.
2 minutes on each side.
Repeat until all the mixture is used up
Done
Cheers Bob
What was the verdict on Vodka?
Vodka is ok as long as you serve it with tomato juice, not fruit juice.
