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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 143257" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I had to chuckle at the "cane juice" - it's where Aussie sugar comes from. And 4 g is a teaspoon. Back when I used to put sugar on breakfast cereal, I'd put a teaspoonful on a cup and a half of cereal.</p><p></p><p>Making your own meals is really good, it is healthier. You have to change ingredients around depending on what's in season. Growing your own is even better - if you've only got a window box for a garden you can still get mini-vegetables. Mind you, I need to rip out my veggie bed and re-plant, it's all gone to seed.</p><p></p><p>Go easy on the beans until you are sure you can tolerate them (I can't tolerate them). Beans of the kidney bean family need to be soaked overnight and the water discarded, then cooked thoroughly. I'm going to try chickpeas - I can eat tinned chickpeas. I also make my own hommous. I have a recipe for Moroccan bread which uses chickpeas in the flour mix. It bakes really fast, it's a flat bread with no rising time although you do use yeast.</p><p></p><p>Minestrone soup is a good way to use beans.</p><p></p><p>Whatever you cook, watch your ingredients. Don't slip in too much naughty stuff. For example, I made a batch of Bearnaise sauce last night. It's at least 60% butter, plus whole egg, with some concentrated tarragon vinegar. I grow the tarragon, steep it in cider vinegar, our hens lay the eggs, it's all fresh ingredients, no preservatives. Tastes fabulous, but not good for me right now. A total dietary disaster.</p><p></p><p>Another diet suggestion (linked to the good diet book I bought) is to try to eat a certain number (I think it was 15) different plant foods each day. Adding garlic or herbs means they are included too. But it forces you to eat fresh and a variety. It also keeps you focussed on planning your meals and enjoying your food, without overindulging. It's also another way you can find minestrone soup useful.</p><p></p><p>I got annoyingly hungry this afternoon so I had another small serve of my muesli. It did the trick. I cooked osso bucco for dinner tonight, but I didn't use the veal osso bucco cuts, I used gravy beef. But the recipe begins with sofrito - chopped onion, celery and carrot plus garlic, all cooked together until soft. Then I added a big tin of peeled tomatoes, a half glass of white wine (the alcohol boils out) and a big handful of chopped fresh herbs from my garden (lemon basil, tarragon, oregano, thyme) and a sprig from the bay tree with about six leaves on it. Then the cubed meat goes in and it simmers very gently for at least three hours. I thicken it if necessary (usually not much needed if at all) then turn off the heat and sprinkle it with a mix of crushed garlic, lemon zest and chopped parsley.</p><p>Tastes wonderful, uses a lot of different plants, provides protein and iron too and I served it on brown rice.</p><p>It makes for marvellous comfort food (it's been a cold day today).</p><p></p><p>Over the last couple of days the scales have been hovering around hinting at dropping another half kilo or so. It generally takes me ages for the weight to begin to drop, when I start a diet. Then each kilo seems such a major struggle. This time it's not seemed quite so difficult, although I am still keeping my total intake ridiculously low. Yesterday's lunch was two small pieces of sushi, each one two bites. I could have eaten each one in one bite, but I was being ladylike.</p><p></p><p>I think the tablets are helping there also. I have cut just about all sugar, all I'm getting now is from the few sultanas in my muesli and the small amount of natural sugar in my daily fruit allowance (my frozen juice). All carbs are now unprocessed (no white flour, no white rice). As little fat as possible, the minimum needed to cook with, in non-stick cookware.</p><p></p><p>The other thing that might help is to push your liquid intake. Make it either water or water equivalent (ie calorie-free drinks). Coffee or tea, with no sugar and a splash of skim milk at most. I'm aiming for 2 litres a day. I must admit, most days I don't get the full 2 litres. But drinking a lot fills you up and is a cheating way to cut your appetite.</p><p></p><p>The other thing is exercise - I didn't go for my walk today. I've had an overly busy week, so I'll have to do more walking tomorrow.</p><p></p><p>Let's keep on fighting!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 143257, member: 1991"] I had to chuckle at the "cane juice" - it's where Aussie sugar comes from. And 4 g is a teaspoon. Back when I used to put sugar on breakfast cereal, I'd put a teaspoonful on a cup and a half of cereal. Making your own meals is really good, it is healthier. You have to change ingredients around depending on what's in season. Growing your own is even better - if you've only got a window box for a garden you can still get mini-vegetables. Mind you, I need to rip out my veggie bed and re-plant, it's all gone to seed. Go easy on the beans until you are sure you can tolerate them (I can't tolerate them). Beans of the kidney bean family need to be soaked overnight and the water discarded, then cooked thoroughly. I'm going to try chickpeas - I can eat tinned chickpeas. I also make my own hommous. I have a recipe for Moroccan bread which uses chickpeas in the flour mix. It bakes really fast, it's a flat bread with no rising time although you do use yeast. Minestrone soup is a good way to use beans. Whatever you cook, watch your ingredients. Don't slip in too much naughty stuff. For example, I made a batch of Bearnaise sauce last night. It's at least 60% butter, plus whole egg, with some concentrated tarragon vinegar. I grow the tarragon, steep it in cider vinegar, our hens lay the eggs, it's all fresh ingredients, no preservatives. Tastes fabulous, but not good for me right now. A total dietary disaster. Another diet suggestion (linked to the good diet book I bought) is to try to eat a certain number (I think it was 15) different plant foods each day. Adding garlic or herbs means they are included too. But it forces you to eat fresh and a variety. It also keeps you focussed on planning your meals and enjoying your food, without overindulging. It's also another way you can find minestrone soup useful. I got annoyingly hungry this afternoon so I had another small serve of my muesli. It did the trick. I cooked osso bucco for dinner tonight, but I didn't use the veal osso bucco cuts, I used gravy beef. But the recipe begins with sofrito - chopped onion, celery and carrot plus garlic, all cooked together until soft. Then I added a big tin of peeled tomatoes, a half glass of white wine (the alcohol boils out) and a big handful of chopped fresh herbs from my garden (lemon basil, tarragon, oregano, thyme) and a sprig from the bay tree with about six leaves on it. Then the cubed meat goes in and it simmers very gently for at least three hours. I thicken it if necessary (usually not much needed if at all) then turn off the heat and sprinkle it with a mix of crushed garlic, lemon zest and chopped parsley. Tastes wonderful, uses a lot of different plants, provides protein and iron too and I served it on brown rice. It makes for marvellous comfort food (it's been a cold day today). Over the last couple of days the scales have been hovering around hinting at dropping another half kilo or so. It generally takes me ages for the weight to begin to drop, when I start a diet. Then each kilo seems such a major struggle. This time it's not seemed quite so difficult, although I am still keeping my total intake ridiculously low. Yesterday's lunch was two small pieces of sushi, each one two bites. I could have eaten each one in one bite, but I was being ladylike. I think the tablets are helping there also. I have cut just about all sugar, all I'm getting now is from the few sultanas in my muesli and the small amount of natural sugar in my daily fruit allowance (my frozen juice). All carbs are now unprocessed (no white flour, no white rice). As little fat as possible, the minimum needed to cook with, in non-stick cookware. The other thing that might help is to push your liquid intake. Make it either water or water equivalent (ie calorie-free drinks). Coffee or tea, with no sugar and a splash of skim milk at most. I'm aiming for 2 litres a day. I must admit, most days I don't get the full 2 litres. But drinking a lot fills you up and is a cheating way to cut your appetite. The other thing is exercise - I didn't go for my walk today. I've had an overly busy week, so I'll have to do more walking tomorrow. Let's keep on fighting! Marg [/QUOTE]
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