Recipes and daily menus from the CCGS Jean Goodwill
I believe I will not be posting any more of this type of posts. I am still eating the same into the middle of August. I had an appointment with the dietician June 20th. My weight was 244, that was 24 pounds since April 18th. …
There are side effects from losing weight and eating better (though, you could say losing weight is a side effect of eating better). My blood pressure is lower than it has been in 25 years. My knees aren’t bothering me as much (the reason I …
There is food that will require condiments of some sort. This is another of the danger zones. You can eat as well and as sparingly as you can, but you can ruin that discipline by using too much Ranch Dressing on a salad. 2oz of ranch would be about 300 calories.
Some of the things I use are, Salsa, (2 oz has 20 to 25 calories and no fat), you could eat an entire bottle and it would only be 250 calories. Mustard, almost nothing, ketchup, plain yogurt are not bad. But, my main condiments are hot sauces. I am going through so much I started making my own. I have several bottles that I am using. A sweet jalapeno, jalapeno chipotle, habanero tomato, and Jamaican jerk sauce with scotch bonnets. As an added extra there is a chili garlic paste made from Thai red chilies.
That is not to say we can’t have a tossed Caesar salad. Just be aware of what you are eating
June 4
Breakfast
Coffee
1 Apple
Oatmeal Muffin
Lunch
100g Multigrain Sourdough
1 cup Beans
Dinner
1 cup Cabbage Roll Casserole / made with brown Rice and Kamut
16 French Fries / in the air fryer
Pickles
June 5
Coffee
Bran Muffin
Lunch
1 Wiener / ketchup
5 oz Sauerkraut
10 inch tortillas
Dinner
1 cup Cabbage Roll Casserole
Tossed Salad
4 oz Fresh Cherries
1 cup mixed berries / 1/2 cup yogurt
June 6
Coffee
Bran Muffin
Apple
Lunch
Carrot sticks/ Sugar Snap Peas/ Sliced Bell Peppers / 2 oz Hummus
Dinner
4 oz Pulled Pork
3 mini tortillas, 2 oz cheese, 2 tbsp sour cream, Salsa, lettuce,
1/2 cup Black Beans 1/2 cup Brown Rice
– carrot sticks, apple slices, pickles, snap peas
Occasionally a dessert comes along. Do not insult the dessert by not eating it. Being eaten is it’s only purpose. Be polite and eat the dessert. Do not have seconds. June 1 Breakfast Coffee Oatmeal Muffin 6 prunes Lunch 100g Multigrain Sourdough 2 Boiled Eggs …
As you stick with a weight loss plan, there will come a time where you plateau. You will hit a spot where you are not losing any weight. This is normal, it could be you are retaining fluid, you could be putting on muscle, or …
One way I control my portion sizes is by using 10 inch flour tortillas. A 10 inch tortilla will hold about a cup of filling when it is tightly rolled. Fruit such as apples, peaches, plum and pears are good because they are a single item. A boiled egg is good, again single item. Try to stay away from loose snacks that are not measured. A single portion is good, a whole bag is not.
May 26
Breakfast
Coffee
Banana Oatmeal Muffin
Lunch
1 cup Julienne Vegetables
1/2 cup Pasta
Dinner
4 oz Pot Roast Beef
Oven Roast Potatoes / Carrots / Parsnips
May 27
Coffee
Banana Oatmeal Muffin
Lunch
3 oz Beef
Spinach / 1 tbsp caesar dressing / 10 inch Tortilla
1 cider
Dinner
5 Perogies / fried onions / 1 tbsp yogurt /1 oz Imperial Cheddar
1 cup Stinging Nettles
1/2 cup diced mango / 1/2 cup plain yogurt
May 28
Coffee
BranMuffin
Apple
Lunch
100g Multigrain Toast sandwich with
2 oz Beef / 1 oz cheese / Fried onions
Dinner
1 BBQ Chicken Thigh
1 cup Pea Shoot and Aparagus Salad
1 cup Spicy Sauerkraut Salad
– carrot sticks, apple slices, pickles, snap peas
I eat a lot of beans in various form. But, I always try to pack extra flavor in them. I mainly cook them southern style. Boiled dry beans (kidney, black, white pea bean, and chickpea), diced onion, celery, maybe a bit of bell pepper and …
A big part of weight loss is mindset. You have to commit to it. Then stick to your commitment. It is mostly about breaking habits. Random snacking, raiding the fridge, large portion size, these can all lead us down the wrong path. Sometimes we need …
I had another thing pop up last week. It showed up in several article in my feeds. It sounded interesting so I gave it a try. The corn I used was not the best, probably not fresh picked. That being said. I am waiting for the local corn to start appearing to try if again, because I really liked it.
When you are making your corn ribs you can leave the cob whole not cut in two, but it is safer to use the shorter pieces to cut. When I was looking at different sites to get a feel of what to do, I saw a few different cooking methods, deep frying, microwave, but the BBQ or dry frying on the stove appeals more to me. It give it a little char that a rib should have
2 ears of Corn on the Cob
1/2 tsp Chili Powder
1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
1/2 tsp Onion Powder
1 tsp Brown Sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 tblsp melted butter
1 tblsp cooking oil
2 tblsp lime juice
Shuck the corn. Trim both ends. Cut the pointy end back about an inch.
Cut the corn in half. Stand the corn on it’s end, and cut down through the cob.
Stand the split corn on it’s end again and cut down. You should now have the corn cut in quarters. Repeat with the rest of the corn.
Mix the spices and sugar.
Mix the melted butter and oil
Place the corn in a bowl and toss with the oil.
Add the spices and toss. When the spices are stuck to the corn, drizzle the lime juice over the corn.
Cooking method 1
Turn the BBQ on high. When hot place the corn ribs on the grill until the kernals start to char. Place on a piece of foil and cover. Cook for another 5 minutes at a lower temperature
Cooking method 2
Bring a frying pan to a high heat. Add the corn, sear until the kernals start to char.
Remove to a baking dish and place in the oven for 5 or 10 minutes,
Eat like a rib.
The headline blurb today is about variety. The same same bland food day after day will lead to boredom and the start of cravings. One minute you are craving something different, the next you are sitting face deep in a 10 piece bucket of KFC, …
Weigh-in Day At my first visit to the Dietician (on April 18), part of the process was to step on a scale. My weight at that visit was 268 pounds. My weight May 16, was 258 pounds. This was a good start, but I really …
