That's great Amy! All that avoiding sugar has really paid off and now your Christmas will probably feel extra special being able to indulge after not having sugar for a few weeks!
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Thanks, Cate - I certainly hope so! (re the wriggle room) I've started to draw up the Christmas menu - currently starting with borscht on Christmas eve. 
Good tip, LaMa! I tried that, just with three, since I'm starting to run out of mixture, and it seemed to work. Last attempt, using the last of the mixture, today!
This was with my new pan with a proper close-fitting, see-through lid, Petal - I think it'll be useful for all sorts of things, though it's a bit heavy to wield. And thanks for the congratulations - as you know, I'd like to have another pound'sworth of safety barrier, but I still have a fortnight to get there!
Thanks, Liza - it's been really worth doing. Though I am still having the natural sugars in fruits - when I'm wanting something sweet, I've been slicing bananas into little yellow "coins" and having them on plain crackers for a treat. I think trying a month without wheat will be harder, to be honest.
Hey! I've just seen that it's the 11th! Meaning a month of wobbly-but-effective maintenance! This is "maintenance" at a high weight, to be sure, and temporary maintenance, I think, more like a pause to stabilise and consider, but it's in line with my overall planning, so I'm pleased.
Good tip, LaMa! I tried that, just with three, since I'm starting to run out of mixture, and it seemed to work. Last attempt, using the last of the mixture, today!
This was with my new pan with a proper close-fitting, see-through lid, Petal - I think it'll be useful for all sorts of things, though it's a bit heavy to wield. And thanks for the congratulations - as you know, I'd like to have another pound'sworth of safety barrier, but I still have a fortnight to get there!
Thanks, Liza - it's been really worth doing. Though I am still having the natural sugars in fruits - when I'm wanting something sweet, I've been slicing bananas into little yellow "coins" and having them on plain crackers for a treat. I think trying a month without wheat will be harder, to be honest.
Hey! I've just seen that it's the 11th! Meaning a month of wobbly-but-effective maintenance! This is "maintenance" at a high weight, to be sure, and temporary maintenance, I think, more like a pause to stabilise and consider, but it's in line with my overall planning, so I'm pleased.
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Congratulations on a month of maintenance! Keeping your weight stable is SO MUCH MORE important and healthy than losing weight quickly when you´re in a place where you risk regaining.
I like the sound of the little yellow coins
Yes fruit can be a nice treat for sure! I think a month without wheat would be tricky for me too, though I have done it before...One thing i learned recently is that wheat has a fair amt of protein in it too, so on the days i'm eating wheat the protein levels are easier for me to reach, so for a wheat-free month i'd have to try even harder to get my protein in!Anyways, yes, great work on your month of maintenance!
Wow! That'll teach me to take a day off-site! So much to catch up on! And it's so good to catch it all up, too - you are all such an interesting crowd, giving so much food for thought in a hundred different directions! (Truly.) Thank you all.
Thank you Liza and Petal and Cate and LaMa, too, for the encouraging congratulations that I've made it through a month of being just overweight, not obese! I am really liking it - being where I am, weightwise, and feeling able to control my eating.
This week I was introduced by a person at work to a new snack - little squares of dried seaweed, sprinkled with salt. I feel a bit ambivalent about them (from Korea, so air miles) but the great help which eschewing sugar has been this month has shown me that me rice crackers with a smidgeon of sugar in were in fact a smidgeon too far. They were what I would catch up and crunch on when I felt like a little something, and I guess I was having a few more of them than I was recognising. Anyway, the seaweed might fill the bill, and I can test-drive them from now till Christmas - they gave me a giant pack of little packs. I'll read the label carefully and see how they go.
As for the anti-sugar business: it's not forever! I'm planning all sorts of feasting, starting with gingerbread on Christmas Eve, then pancakes with raspberries and bananas and maple syrup for Christmas breakfast. Yum!
For those interested in the pan-cooking - the final biscuits worked! This is good news for my ovenless neighbour; I'll continue experimentation, but so far, so good. Oh my! look at the time! Tonight's experiment - black garlic! I'd better go and look at it!
And it's so good to catch it all up, too - you are all such an interesting crowd, giving so much food for thought in a hundred different directions! (Truly.) Thank you all. Thank you Liza and Petal and Cate and LaMa, too, for the encouraging congratulations that I've made it through a month of being just overweight, not obese! I am really liking it - being where I am, weightwise, and feeling able to control my eating.
This week I was introduced by a person at work to a new snack - little squares of dried seaweed, sprinkled with salt. I feel a bit ambivalent about them (from Korea, so air miles) but the great help which eschewing sugar has been this month has shown me that me rice crackers with a smidgeon of sugar in were in fact a smidgeon too far. They were what I would catch up and crunch on when I felt like a little something, and I guess I was having a few more of them than I was recognising. Anyway, the seaweed might fill the bill, and I can test-drive them from now till Christmas - they gave me a giant pack of little packs. I'll read the label carefully and see how they go.
As for the anti-sugar business: it's not forever! I'm planning all sorts of feasting, starting with gingerbread on Christmas Eve, then pancakes with raspberries and bananas and maple syrup for Christmas breakfast. Yum!
For those interested in the pan-cooking - the final biscuits worked! This is good news for my ovenless neighbour; I'll continue experimentation, but so far, so good. Oh my! look at the time! Tonight's experiment - black garlic! I'd better go and look at it!
alligatorob
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I like them also, I got the idea from Jack. For a very few calories they can be a quick hunger fighter. My dogs like them too, which surprised me.
Good for you! So long as its planned, and not repeated too often I think it can be a part of a healthy maintenance diet. Enjoy.
Sounds interesting, never heard of it. Other than color how does it differ from regular garlic?
I'm having a lot of fun planning the menu! We'll start with modest borscht on Christmas eve, with gingerbread after - it feels right to be semi-feasting the night before the feast - and then have the celebratory breakfast, and just one meal after that - definitely including the fruit tree!
That's why I have it! Not a food festival exactly - more a produce festival - but stalls and people standing behind what they or their region produced - garlic, honey, that sort of thing. And I'm a sucker for that sort of situation, so here I am with two jars of black garlic! My attempt last night was a quick one, with cauliflower and tofu and brown noodles and onion - palatable enough, but not a great success, and not a taste sensation. Not sure if I just need to use more of it?It's slow-baked and aged, and of a strange fudgey consistency, sticky to chop up, and tastes sweetish. I used it, but can't say I know yet how!
Thanks, LaMa! I'm working my way through a big bag of mixed dried pulses, given to me by a friend. I'm getting a bit tired of just throwing a cupful into vegie soups, so bean mash sounds like a good way to go.
You might be right, but I'll keep going stoically! I wonder how it'd go in scallopped potatoes?
You might be right, but I'll keep going stoically! I wonder how it'd go in scallopped potatoes?
I haven’t had garlic potatoes in a long time - they are so good! You could be on to something...
alligatorob
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We used to grow elephant garlic in our garden, its a very large, but mild garlic. I liked to roast it to softness and then spread on toast, maybe something similar?
Had to look that one up, its new to me. I found that the United Nations declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses (International Year of Pulses 2016 | 2016 International Year of Pulses ). It seems I have been missing something important. They look good, will see if I can find them locally, if not I am sure Amazon sells them.
Very similar, although the black garlic takes... weeks. Pulses is just an umbrella term for beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils.