moonwatcher
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So... Doctor's appointment at 11.25. Deep breaths MW, and stop reading the internet! Honestly, I've practically ordered my coffin! Sometimes having no idea at all is a better thing!
MWWWD (or Moonwatcher's Weight Watchers Diary!)
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Candygirl69uk
Starvin Marvin
Dinner looked tasty 
Good luck with the appointment, keep your chin up
Good luck with the appointment, keep your chin up 
moonwatcher
Gold Member
Hi Lucy and welcome aboard. Thanks - bit of a gain lately, but working on getting it off, and then some more! Wow - was just about to post, and then thought I'd take a look at your stats. Fantastic loss - well done.
moonwatcher
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Dinner looked tasty
Thanks ladies. Well, I have two referrals - one for an ultrasound to compare with my previous ones and to look for anything that may be causing it, and one for a specialist appointment to discuss and investigate it. Should get dates within two weeks. 'Nothing to worry about' says Doctor, not knowing that I have worked in surgeries and know that a two week referral is when there 'could' be something to worry about because your symptoms meet certain criteria for the dreaded 'C' word.
Anyway, in a weird way I am happier that I did get referrals, because if he had just said 'wait and see' I would not have been convinced that it didn't need further investigation and ASAP. The sooner the better I think. My stomach is slightly swollen on examination, so I am hoping that a few more weeks off the wheat will be the answer for that, and that the whole thing will be a hormonally based false alarm. It took about two -three weeks last time for the stomach issues to resolve, so I really, really hope that wheat is the cause of the swelling.
Need to pop out in a bit to get some shopping and OH has suggested a pub lunch. Don't mind if I do! (Just having a post examination cup of tea first - ladies, you will understand, gents - you'd probably rather not know!)
Candygirl69uk
Starvin Marvin
Good that you have a referral, at least it is sooner rather than later. Pud lunch sounds like a grand idea, take your mind off things
moonwatcher
Gold Member
Quick food update before bed.
Food for Monday 5th August
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter (4PP)
Lunch - at Wetherspoons. This was a bit frustrating as I originally picked chicken and pepper skewers with perl peri sauce and rice, which is one of their gluten free choices... but they didn't have any left. Settled for chicken bbq melt with cheese and bacon, peas, tomato and mushroom. Bbq sauce not wheat or gluten free, but minimal amount and within my 'almost elimination' !! Gave the chips to OH. With chips it comes to 28PP, chips are 10, so 18PP for the food, and 2PP for a small cappuccino (20PP)
Tonight - really fancied a cucumber sandwich - one gluten free pitta bread with a whole mini home grown cucumber and l/f salad cream (4PP)
Snacks - grapes, Nakd bar (3PP)
Drinks - water, earl grey, rose earl grey and vanilla chai teas with s/s milk, one coffee and cream (3PP) cappucino at lunch already counted.
Total 34PP, 29 dailies and 5 weeklies. Weeklies remaining 28.
Planning to try some more wheat/gluten free bread making tomorrow. Will upload the pic of the first disaster in the morning. Actually, it may have been OK toasted, but I never got the chance to find out as OH binned it before I got up - he did take a photo first - 'for the girls' he said!
Food for Monday 5th August
Breakfast - 2 boiled eggs with a teaspoon of butter (4PP)
Lunch - at Wetherspoons. This was a bit frustrating as I originally picked chicken and pepper skewers with perl peri sauce and rice, which is one of their gluten free choices... but they didn't have any left. Settled for chicken bbq melt with cheese and bacon, peas, tomato and mushroom. Bbq sauce not wheat or gluten free, but minimal amount and within my 'almost elimination' !! Gave the chips to OH. With chips it comes to 28PP, chips are 10, so 18PP for the food, and 2PP for a small cappuccino (20PP)
Tonight - really fancied a cucumber sandwich - one gluten free pitta bread with a whole mini home grown cucumber and l/f salad cream (4PP)
Snacks - grapes, Nakd bar (3PP)
Drinks - water, earl grey, rose earl grey and vanilla chai teas with s/s milk, one coffee and cream (3PP) cappucino at lunch already counted.
Total 34PP, 29 dailies and 5 weeklies. Weeklies remaining 28.
Planning to try some more wheat/gluten free bread making tomorrow. Will upload the pic of the first disaster in the morning. Actually, it may have been OK toasted, but I never got the chance to find out as OH binned it before I got up - he did take a photo first - 'for the girls' he said!
moonwatcher
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I think it's important to share our failures as well as our successes ... so here are a couple of pics of my first gluten free breadmaker loaf, viewed from the top and bottom. I used a combination of the recipe on the pack of gluten free flour, and from my breadmaker book. Things I think went wrong... one recipe was by weight, one was by cups, so probably the wrong amount of flour, I had read that it worked well putting in psyllium husks as a binder as there is no gluten, so put some in, then afterwards saw that there was gum in the flour mix - which would do the same thing, so it ended up very gummy, too much salt, too long a breadmaker cycle - thinking about it later, there is no need for a lot of knocking back the dough between rises, so perhaps a shorter cycle would be a better bet.
The little bit on top is a bit we cut off to try, but neither us of could face finishing it - even warm with butter! I had half a mouthful - don't think I even counted it in my diary - naughty girl! It was a 2 lb loaf, but was only about 4 inches high - could have sliced it up and laid a patio with it!
The paddle in the bottom carved this nice little cave in the dough! Giant concrete vol-au-vent anyone?
So it was back to the drawing board for today's efforts. After yesterday's shopping I have a few more different flours to try, so today will be experimenting without using the breadmaker. Once I find a couple of recipes we like will then try them out in the machine. There are some good looking breadmaker gf recipes in the books I've downloaded, but most of them use flours I haven't managed to get yet.
Yesterday's haul included - brown rice flour, potato flour, buckwheat flour, gluten free muesli (£4.99 a kilo! Hope it's good) Also found in a little ethnic food shop some seasoned cassava root flour with garlic and herbs - more like a fine breadcrumb coating mix. Picnic tomorrow, so may try that out on some chicken wings.
In the cupboard I already had Dove's self raising and plain flour, linseeds, coconut flour and almond, gram (chickpea) flour and am going to try toasting and grinding some quinoa to make quinoa flour, plus grinding some rice for rice flour. Not sure how fine I will get them, but will give it a try anyway.
Of course I can buy a gf loaf from Tesco!
I used a combination of the recipe on the pack of gluten free flour, and from my breadmaker book. Things I think went wrong... one recipe was by weight, one was by cups, so probably the wrong amount of flour, I had read that it worked well putting in psyllium husks as a binder as there is no gluten, so put some in, then afterwards saw that there was gum in the flour mix - which would do the same thing, so it ended up very gummy, too much salt, too long a breadmaker cycle - thinking about it later, there is no need for a lot of knocking back the dough between rises, so perhaps a shorter cycle would be a better bet. The little bit on top is a bit we cut off to try, but neither us of could face finishing it - even warm with butter! I had half a mouthful - don't think I even counted it in my diary - naughty girl! It was a 2 lb loaf, but was only about 4 inches high - could have sliced it up and laid a patio with it! The paddle in the bottom carved this nice little cave in the dough! Giant concrete vol-au-vent anyone?So it was back to the drawing board for today's efforts. After yesterday's shopping I have a few more different flours to try, so today will be experimenting without using the breadmaker. Once I find a couple of recipes we like will then try them out in the machine. There are some good looking breadmaker gf recipes in the books I've downloaded, but most of them use flours I haven't managed to get yet.
Yesterday's haul included - brown rice flour, potato flour, buckwheat flour, gluten free muesli (£4.99 a kilo! Hope it's good) Also found in a little ethnic food shop some seasoned cassava root flour with garlic and herbs - more like a fine breadcrumb coating mix. Picnic tomorrow, so may try that out on some chicken wings.
In the cupboard I already had Dove's self raising and plain flour, linseeds, coconut flour and almond, gram (chickpea) flour and am going to try toasting and grinding some quinoa to make quinoa flour, plus grinding some rice for rice flour. Not sure how fine I will get them, but will give it a try anyway.
Of course I can buy a gf loaf from Tesco!
Candygirl69uk
Starvin Marvin
Glad to see I am not the only one that has disasters with the bread maker lol! The good thing is at least you're experimenting and it hasn't put you off. I know plenty of people who have chucked out/given away perfectly good bread makers because their first try wasn't perfect. I love mine, but I suppose that's part of my 'problem' lol! I love bread, pastries, cake, biscuits and choccy a bit too much lol! Hope you'll post photos of your successes too. And recipes, I love trying out new stuff
moonwatcher
Gold Member
Glad to see I am not the only one that has disasters with the bread maker lol! The good thing is at least you're experimenting and it hasn't put you off. I know plenty of people who have chucked out/given away perfectly good bread makers because their first try wasn't perfect. I love mine, but I suppose that's part of my 'problem' lol! I love bread, pastries, cake, biscuits and choccy a bit too much lol! Hope you'll post photos of your successes too. And recipes, I love trying out new stuff
I've always got on OK with ordinary bread in mine, but it looks like gluten free is a different matter!
Atomic pink
Gold Member
Sorry to hear about the health concerns but getting checked out with the doctor sounds like the best option. And the 2 week referral is just the doctor being cautious which can't be a bad thing, and could be responding to your anxiety about it.
I am seriously impressed with your variety of flours! I thought i was slightly extravagent i that i usually have about 6 or 7 different types in the cupboard at any time but you put me to shame! Love the sound of the cassava flour/ crumbs, unfortunately cassava is on my "banned" list at the moment Grumble. These bloody bodies and the things they want to stop us from eating! It's just not fair sometimes is it??
I am seriously impressed with your variety of flours! I thought i was slightly extravagent i that i usually have about 6 or 7 different types in the cupboard at any time but you put me to shame! Love the sound of the cassava flour/ crumbs, unfortunately cassava is on my "banned" list at the moment
Grumble. These bloody bodies and the things they want to stop us from eating! It's just not fair sometimes is it??
moonwatcher
Gold Member
Sorry to hear about the health concerns but getting checked out with the doctor sounds like the best option. And the 2 week referral is just the doctor being cautious which can't be a bad thing, and could be responding to your anxiety about it.
I am seriously impressed with your variety of flours! I thought i was slightly extravagent i that i usually have about 6 or 7 different types in the cupboard at any time but you put me to shame! Love the sound of the cassava flour/ crumbs, unfortunately cassava is on my "banned" list at the moment
I hope so Atomic, although to be honest I'm very good at the sensible calm bit at the Doctor's. I think it is because it is one of the surgeries I used to work at, so I know a lot of the staff, and it is sort of like going home in a weird way. I never feel like I am a patient, even when I am there for an appointment. I am always sort of cool, calm and collected when I am there. I have several of the symptoms which when put together, can indicate something nasty, but all of them can have other possible explanations, so until I get it fully checked out it is impossible to know.
The chicken wings for tomorrow's picnic look fantastic with the cassava coating. A tiny amount of the coating may have accidentally been scraped off the bottom of the oven tray and into my mouth! Why is cassava on your banned list if you don't mind me asking?
moonwatcher
Gold Member
Food for Tuesday 5th August
Breakfast - two ounces gluten free muesli with a little s/s milk (7PP) The muesli was OK - a bit heavy on the dried fruit and nuts - not many of the gluten free oats themselves. If I get it again I'll buy a pack of the plain gf oats and add my own extras.
Lunch - 200g jacket spud with tuna and l/f salad cream, red onion and jalapenos (6PP) grapes
Dinner - home made chilli with lean beef mince and loads of veg (6PP), served in two small home-made gluten free wraps - one made from chick pea flour, and one from buckwheat flour (4PP), topped with an ounce of grated cheddar (3PP), grapefruit and clementine segments with a little sweetener
Snacks - greengages, grapes
Drinks - one coffee and cream, various teas with s/s milk (3PP) water, half a bottle of cider (4PP)
Totals -33PP, 29 dailies and 4 weeklies. Weeklies remaining 24.
The gluten free bread experiment continues... by hand this time - it looked like bread, felt like bread, cut like bread, tasted like crap! The texture was good - it has to be quite sloppy before baking, not like a normal bread dough - more like a thick cake batter. It tasted awful though - very metallic and bitter flavour. It was a soda bread, no yeast and I am wondering if my baking powder/soda was out of date. It was the end of the container. So, watch this space for 'Bread 3.'
We are going to a local chilli festival tomorrow and will be taking a picnic of houmous, chicken wings, plus whatever else takes my fancy out of the fridge. No bread though, definitely no bread! LOL.
Breakfast - two ounces gluten free muesli with a little s/s milk (7PP) The muesli was OK - a bit heavy on the dried fruit and nuts - not many of the gluten free oats themselves. If I get it again I'll buy a pack of the plain gf oats and add my own extras.
Lunch - 200g jacket spud with tuna and l/f salad cream, red onion and jalapenos (6PP) grapes
Dinner - home made chilli with lean beef mince and loads of veg (6PP), served in two small home-made gluten free wraps - one made from chick pea flour, and one from buckwheat flour (4PP), topped with an ounce of grated cheddar (3PP), grapefruit and clementine segments with a little sweetener
Snacks - greengages, grapes
Drinks - one coffee and cream, various teas with s/s milk (3PP) water, half a bottle of cider (4PP)
Totals -33PP, 29 dailies and 4 weeklies. Weeklies remaining 24.
The gluten free bread experiment continues... by hand this time - it looked like bread, felt like bread, cut like bread, tasted like crap! The texture was good - it has to be quite sloppy before baking, not like a normal bread dough - more like a thick cake batter. It tasted awful though - very metallic and bitter flavour. It was a soda bread, no yeast and I am wondering if my baking powder/soda was out of date. It was the end of the container. So, watch this space for 'Bread 3.'
We are going to a local chilli festival tomorrow and will be taking a picnic of houmous, chicken wings, plus whatever else takes my fancy out of the fridge. No bread though, definitely no bread! LOL.
Candygirl69uk
Starvin Marvin
Boo for the bread! Lol! I've never been able to get soda bread right, I always end up using to much baking soda and it makes the bread taste foul, smells slightly sulphurous/ looks yellowy. Not nice! The chicken sounds good and the home made wraps
Atomic pink
Gold Member
Disappointing about the bread experiments but will your cookery skill i am sure you will get there soon. Chilli festival sounds wonderful! Quite envious.
There some foods which are thought to inhibit thyroid function and the dietician is pretty convinced i have a borderline underactive thyroid. It was on the low end of normal when tested at the doctors, so they view that to not be a treatable level, but it combined with eating below bmr for a long time *might* explain my lack of losses. So she's recommended some dietry tweaks and a supplement which I reckon is definitely worth a go. Although having to limit tofu, spinach and sweet potatoes is wierd advice to get from a dietician!
There some foods which are thought to inhibit thyroid function and the dietician is pretty convinced i have a borderline underactive thyroid. It was on the low end of normal when tested at the doctors, so they view that to not be a treatable level, but it combined with eating below bmr for a long time *might* explain my lack of losses. So she's recommended some dietry tweaks and a supplement which I reckon is definitely worth a go. Although having to limit tofu, spinach and sweet potatoes is wierd advice to get from a dietician!
Candygirl69uk
Starvin Marvin
The chilli festival sounds exciting, we never have anything like that around here.
