Crasch's Daily Checkin
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Crasch's Daily Checkin
20050606 : Haven't started yet. Tomorrow will be first day.
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Jammin' Jan
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Good luck...
The first week is definitely the worst time. It gets easier day by day: really. I'm in my third week now and just don't desire food between meals. Well, I'm hungry before dinner, but that's okay.
Kevin
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
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ClickBeetle
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Crasch - There is nothing better than a bowl of lentil soup. And so incredibly easy to make. I like the red kind the best (they turn yellow when cooked).
I love lentils, chickpeas, & all kinds of navy, black, and red beans. They fill you up incredibly. They are hugely nutritious.
And they're so easy to put into dinner and lunch recipes. Maybe I'll put some on the recipe thread later on. - Betsy
I love lentils, chickpeas, & all kinds of navy, black, and red beans. They fill you up incredibly. They are hugely nutritious.
And they're so easy to put into dinner and lunch recipes. Maybe I'll put some on the recipe thread later on. - Betsy
Chance favors the prepared. - Louis Pasteur
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ClickBeetle
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Lentils -- My main recipe is sort of in my head:
Lentil soup
Saute over low heat in olive oil until translucent and tender, but not browned:
finely chopped celery
finely chopped onion
finely chopped carrots
minced garlic
Prepare red or green/brown lentils according to package, substituting chicken broth for about half of the water. Add a bay leaf and a teaspoon of dried thyme or oregano. When cooking is done, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve in bowls with a few drops of balsamic vinegar, or with a drizzle of yogurt thinned with cream or milk (keffir yogurt is the perfect consistency).
It's nice to butter some French bread and put it in the toaster oven to get hot and crusty along with the lentil soup.
Red lentils are quicker-cooking and, to my mind, much more delicious than the green/brown kind.
Lentil soup
Saute over low heat in olive oil until translucent and tender, but not browned:
finely chopped celery
finely chopped onion
finely chopped carrots
minced garlic
Prepare red or green/brown lentils according to package, substituting chicken broth for about half of the water. Add a bay leaf and a teaspoon of dried thyme or oregano. When cooking is done, add salt and pepper to taste. Serve in bowls with a few drops of balsamic vinegar, or with a drizzle of yogurt thinned with cream or milk (keffir yogurt is the perfect consistency).
It's nice to butter some French bread and put it in the toaster oven to get hot and crusty along with the lentil soup.
Red lentils are quicker-cooking and, to my mind, much more delicious than the green/brown kind.
Chance favors the prepared. - Louis Pasteur
Congratulations on your perfect first week! My advice for you first weekend is plan your treats in advance, get something you really want instead of just eating randomly because you can. You'll enjoy more, and you won't feel like such a glutton. But do be aware that first weekends tend to be less than exemplary, so don't be discouraged if that's the case.
Day 5: Success! My first S-day. I had a chocolate chip cookie (store sample) and Ben and Jerry's waffle cone (single scoop vanilla + heath bar, hot fudge and nuts).
Day 6: Success! Second S-day. Two sugar cookies (store sample), plus banana split (1 banana, two scoops non-fat frozen yogurt, 3/4 cup of blackberries).
Thanks reinhard! My goal right now is to simply follow the timing of the No-S diet, I'm not worried about calories per se. (Although, of course, I try to eat healthy.) If, at the end of 3 weeks, I haven't had satisfactory progress, I will focus more attention on the caloric content of my meals.
Day 6: Success! Second S-day. Two sugar cookies (store sample), plus banana split (1 banana, two scoops non-fat frozen yogurt, 3/4 cup of blackberries).
Thanks reinhard! My goal right now is to simply follow the timing of the No-S diet, I'm not worried about calories per se. (Although, of course, I try to eat healthy.) If, at the end of 3 weeks, I haven't had satisfactory progress, I will focus more attention on the caloric content of my meals.
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Jammin' Jan
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Encouragement
Keep it up... you're doing great!
Kevin
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
1/13/2011-189# :: 4/21/2011-177# :: Goal-165#
"Respecting the 4th S: sometimes."
Thanks, Jan-Tz and Kevin!
However, I'm sad to report...
Day 8: Failure! Argh!
Breakfast: Quorn nuggets (~6/7).
Lunch: Lentil soup, green pepper, orange, two bananas
Dinner: Chicken sandwich, strawberries, root beer, two oatmeal cookies.
This evening I went to the beach with some friends. We went swiming, barbecued etc. I was drinking a root beer before I realized that it was in fact, a sweet, and therefore, a violation of the diet. So I ate two oatmeal cookies, since I figured I had already failed for the day.
However, I'm sad to report...
Day 8: Failure! Argh!
Breakfast: Quorn nuggets (~6/7).
Lunch: Lentil soup, green pepper, orange, two bananas
Dinner: Chicken sandwich, strawberries, root beer, two oatmeal cookies.
This evening I went to the beach with some friends. We went swiming, barbecued etc. I was drinking a root beer before I realized that it was in fact, a sweet, and therefore, a violation of the diet. So I ate two oatmeal cookies, since I figured I had already failed for the day.
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ClickBeetle
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Hi Crasch! I live in Raleigh, also. What beach did you go to?
Just think, yesterday may have been a technical failure from the No-S standpoint, but what you ate, when you consider the whole day, is very healthy compared to the "normal" modern way of eating. If you weren't doing No-S, one might even consider it a good day!
So, keep on truckin'!
Just think, yesterday may have been a technical failure from the No-S standpoint, but what you ate, when you consider the whole day, is very healthy compared to the "normal" modern way of eating. If you weren't doing No-S, one might even consider it a good day!
So, keep on truckin'!
Chance favors the prepared. - Louis Pasteur
Thanks for the encouragement, ClickBeetle. I don't plan to give up! It will just extend my first strict three weeks by another week. We went to Jordan Lake. It was a blast!
Day 9: Success!
breakfast: potato salad
lunch: ?
dinner: burger and fries
Day 10: Succes!
breakfast; potato salad
lunch: peanut butter sandwich, orange, salad, bag of Doritos
dinner: grilled salmon on rye, salad, fries
Day 9: Success!
breakfast: potato salad
lunch: ?
dinner: burger and fries
Day 10: Succes!
breakfast; potato salad
lunch: peanut butter sandwich, orange, salad, bag of Doritos
dinner: grilled salmon on rye, salad, fries
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ClickBeetle
- Posts: 410
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- Location: North Carolina, USA
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Jammin' Jan
- Posts: 2002
- Joined: Thu May 05, 2005 2:55 pm
- Location: The Village
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ClickBeetle
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- Joined: Sun Jun 05, 2005 7:28 pm
- Location: North Carolina, USA
Trying again...
2007-01-07 SUCCESS