Daz FINALLY has a food diary
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Texty_F
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Mother, i do not, for one minute, believe that you know what "quiet" means.
I will have you know even when I sit here typing im doing it quietly!!! and not uttering a word pffttt
I will have you know even when I sit here typing im doing it quietly!!! and not uttering a word pffttt
There will be not one single person on this site that believes that at all.
Texty_F
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Im the same, wont say boo to a goose me.
People never believe me, shy and introvert pub manager? yeah right. Huge difference this side as opposed to having the safety net of a bar between me and you.
Strange day today, felt cold, even though i have turned the heating up and had it on constant. Very unlike me. I have thermometers everywhere in the flat (well, 3, one external and 2 internal) due to not being able to sense temperature properly. The only time i know i am cold usually is when my hands start to ache. I keep an eye on the thermometers because they tell me more than what the body can. But its very unusual for me to be cold. Oh well, plenty of hot food to try to warm me up. Portion controlled of course.
Had some more of the tomato soup that i made for Sunday. Seems to be even nicer after being left in the fridge. The problem is that it wasn't enough when i only had the 25g of cereal suggested for a breakfast portion. I added a chopped up orange to it just to make it a little more exciting. Actually, its swiss style cereal, akin to dust from a wheat field, it was a lot more exciting with the orange.
So, after the soup i had a chocolate orange muller light, a banana, and an apple. Lots of fruit. I do better with fruit than i do with veg currently. It was a lot easier at the parents due to them growing their own veg, there was always something to chop up to boost the plate. Now it is awkward, seriously need my driving licence back. I probably would pop to Asda most days for fresh stuff.
In between breakfast and lunch i had a fruit and grain bar. They are not cited as being low in syns but i am not worried about that at the moment. Its more about the portion control than the food i actually eat. An experiment in what i have been thinking was best all along. Only time will tell.
Dinner, on a whim, i poured some rice into a pan, added a chicken stock cube, frozen sweetcorn and peas, and a pinch of salt along with boiling water to cover. Boiled for 20 minutes, added a chopped up carrot (gave it 3 mins in the micro to soften it first), some left over roasted pork from yesterday and chopped mushrooms, and gave it another 10 minutes in the pan.
After leaving it in the pan for 15 minutes, lid on, tea towel between the pan and lid (catches the steam to help dry the rice a bit, apparently) i fried two beaten eggs in the pan until set like scrambled egg, added a large splash of soy sauce, and then a portion of the rice. Fried it off for a few minutes, and then placed into a serving bowl, and demolished. haha. (i went back for more but just the rice mix, not with the egg and soy, naughty boy).
The portions have been purposely small today, but that has given me a safety net in that if i get hungry again between now and bed time i can have another small bowl of rice. I am trying to teach my stomach to cope with smaller portions. I know it works as i have done it before. Its not more than a few days before the body forgets to carry on the habit of "thinking" it needs food.
Eating is a means of survival, the body only needs what will keep it going. Alas a hell of a lot of us think it needs so much more than what it actually does, and we become fat. (overweight, for the pc people out there )
Had some more of the tomato soup that i made for Sunday. Seems to be even nicer after being left in the fridge. The problem is that it wasn't enough when i only had the 25g of cereal suggested for a breakfast portion. I added a chopped up orange to it just to make it a little more exciting. Actually, its swiss style cereal, akin to dust from a wheat field, it was a lot more exciting with the orange.
So, after the soup i had a chocolate orange muller light, a banana, and an apple. Lots of fruit. I do better with fruit than i do with veg currently. It was a lot easier at the parents due to them growing their own veg, there was always something to chop up to boost the plate. Now it is awkward, seriously need my driving licence back. I probably would pop to Asda most days for fresh stuff.
In between breakfast and lunch i had a fruit and grain bar. They are not cited as being low in syns but i am not worried about that at the moment. Its more about the portion control than the food i actually eat. An experiment in what i have been thinking was best all along. Only time will tell.
Dinner, on a whim, i poured some rice into a pan, added a chicken stock cube, frozen sweetcorn and peas, and a pinch of salt along with boiling water to cover. Boiled for 20 minutes, added a chopped up carrot (gave it 3 mins in the micro to soften it first), some left over roasted pork from yesterday and chopped mushrooms, and gave it another 10 minutes in the pan.
After leaving it in the pan for 15 minutes, lid on, tea towel between the pan and lid (catches the steam to help dry the rice a bit, apparently) i fried two beaten eggs in the pan until set like scrambled egg, added a large splash of soy sauce, and then a portion of the rice. Fried it off for a few minutes, and then placed into a serving bowl, and demolished. haha. (i went back for more but just the rice mix, not with the egg and soy, naughty boy).
The portions have been purposely small today, but that has given me a safety net in that if i get hungry again between now and bed time i can have another small bowl of rice. I am trying to teach my stomach to cope with smaller portions. I know it works as i have done it before. Its not more than a few days before the body forgets to carry on the habit of "thinking" it needs food.
Eating is a means of survival, the body only needs what will keep it going. Alas a hell of a lot of us think it needs so much more than what it actually does, and we become fat. (overweight, for the pc people out there
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Texty_F
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Hope your not coming down with something Daz!!
Might have to try some of the soup for myself Dinner sounds good those are the best meals sometimes the throw together ones. Will be interesting to see what happens with the portion control thing - I think Fran tried it before ie using smaller plates etc.
On the veggie theme - ive stopped buying as much fresh veg as there is only me eats it and its getting wasted so I buy frozen now, not ideal but at least no wastage.
Might have to try some of the soup for myself
Dinner sounds good those are the best meals sometimes the throw together ones. Will be interesting to see what happens with the portion control thing - I think Fran tried it before ie using smaller plates etc. On the veggie theme - ive stopped buying as much fresh veg as there is only me eats it and its getting wasted so I buy frozen now, not ideal but at least no wastage.
Hope your not coming down with something Daz!!
Might have to try some of the soup for myself
On the veggie theme - ive stopped buying as much fresh veg as there is only me eats it and its getting wasted so I buy frozen now, not ideal but at least no wastage.
Thanks, i think its just tiredness, should be alright tomorrow i expect.
The soup is good, even with the pickled onions. I didn't have any quark to make it thicker, may be worth a try next time.
I said to kay the other night, after she said that she had bought some branded portion control dishes or something, its easy enough to make do with what we have. Worse case scenario is cupped hands for a full portion. But i am using a small glass dish for breakfast as opposed to a breakfast bowl, and for dinners i am using either a soup/pasta bowl for some dishes, or a small ceramic roasting dish (asda or Tesco, 5 quid, lol) for other meals. When you out that against the standard plates that i have its a hell of a difference in amounts. And yet i still dont get hungry.
I have frozen veg here, just not that enthused with it.
Texty_F
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Well fingers crossed its just tiredness! I hate the cold brrrr.
I always weigh my cereal out but you dont get a lot, so I pack it out with extra fruit to fill me up.
Yeah frozen veg isnt ideal but better than none at all eh. My portions are massive sometimes oops but its still all on plan so I dont feel as guilty
I always weigh my cereal out but you dont get a lot, so I pack it out with extra fruit to fill me up.
Yeah frozen veg isnt ideal but better than none at all eh. My portions are massive sometimes oops but its still all on plan so I dont feel as guilty
Happy Holidays
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I also weigh my cereal, I'm trying to get in the habit of weighing rice when I have it, I buy frozen petit pois, cauliflower, broccoli, sprouts & spinach, but spinach is only good as a filler like in curries.
I knew there was something up when i was cold all day yesterday. Must have just been tiredness as i slept in until 11am today. Has put me all out of kilter now. To a point that breakfast was a banana, lol. So not like me to be in bed past 6 or 7 am.
Somehow think it will mean a very different eating pattern today and a late night tonight.
Somehow think it will mean a very different eating pattern today and a late night tonight.
Kay003
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I hope your feeling better Daz after having some extra sleep this morning
, I know what you mean about food, I haven't eaten anything yet other than an apple. Thinking of having some lentil soup for lunch now. What have you got planned foodwise for today ? Kay xx
I hope your feeling better Daz after having some extra sleep this morning
Kay xx
How strange, i have just this minute warmed a bowl of soup, the micro is still bleeping to tell me to go and get it. Lol.
No idea yet, still have some rice from yesterday so will probably finish that off this evening, and then some mullers and fruit and various points, just totally kicked me out of line today.
Kay003
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Snap I have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge for later too. I have no idea about dinner. I bought last months bag which came with a lovely recipe booklet with foods from around the world. The mushroom stroganoff recipe was delicious I made it, I have the ingredients for it, so I might make that tonight. I must also try out that cheesy rice recipe you mentioned, that's sounds so comforting in this weather . Hope you have a nice day Daz and happy cooking !
Kay xx
I have some fruit and yogurt in the fridge for later too. I have no idea about dinner. I bought last months bag which came with a lovely recipe booklet with foods from around the world. The mushroom stroganoff recipe was delicious I made it, I have the ingredients for it, so I might make that tonight. I must also try out that cheesy rice recipe you mentioned, that's sounds so comforting in this weather . Hope you have a nice day Daz and happy cooking !Kay xx
I have a backlog of mushrooms. Gimme gimme gimme!!!! lol.
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