Monday & Tuesday 10 & 11 December 2012

Monday's Menu

B: Fried egg and 3 rashers of bacon
L: 3 sausages.  Peanuts
D:  Pork chop & fried cabbage.  Mug of cocoa

Quite a busy day and not much time to cook.   Had a work assignment this morning which I spent the afternoon writing up, and then I had do the weekly shop this evening.  So tired by the end of the day

Tuesday's Menu

B: Fried egg & bacon ( the egg didn't turn out very nice so I ended up having cashew nuts to fill me up)
L: Out to friends house not sure what we're having.
D: Haddock in cream cheese sauce (lactofree of course), celeriac chips & roasted green beans.

Off to deliver some home made jam to a friend today and we will be having lunch there.   Not too sure what we're getting but I will just accept whatever is given me as it would be rude not to.  I will try to eat low carb if it is at all possible.

My First Stone! - Sunday 9 December 2012

SATURDAY

Pleased to report I have reached my first milestone today - I have lost 1st 1lb so far.  Still got a long way to go, but so pleased.

Menu

B: Low carb raspberry cheesecake
D: 3 sausages & spicy green beans
T: 2 boiled eggs.  Salted peanuts.

Went to a Christmas quiz at church and whilst there I had:

2 mint Matchstickmakers.
1 Quality Street toffee penny
1 glass of  mulled (non-alcholic) punch

SUNDAY

Menu

B: Low carb raspberry cheesecake
D: Pork chop, mashed celeriac, cabbage, broccoli, sprouts & carrots.
T: 2 boiled eggs.  Salted Peanuts.  Mug of cocoa (no chocolate tonight as I had so much yesterday)

Spicy Green Beans - Friday 7 December 2012

Spicy Green Beans

(Masaladar Sem)

 Serves 3

 12 oz green beans (I used frozen ones)

1" cube  Ginger, peeled  and chopped

5 garlic cloves

5fl oz water

3 tbsps vegetable oil

1 tsp cumin

1/2 tsp Red chilli, crushed

4oz tomatoes, peeled and chopped

1/2 tsp salt

2 tbsps lemon juice

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

Trim the green beans and cut them, crosswise, at 1/4" intervals.  Put the ginger and garlic into an electric blender or food processor.  Add 2fl oz of the measured water and blend until fairly smooth.

Heat the oil in a wide, heavy saucepan over a medium flame.  When hot, put in the cumin seeds.  Five seconds later, put in the crushed chilli.  As soon as it darkens, pour in the ginger-garlic paste.  Stir and cook for about a minute.  Put in the coriander.  Stir a few times.

Now put in the chopped tomatoes.  Stir and cook for about 2 mins, mashing up the tomato pieces with the back of a slotted spoon as you do so.  Put in the beans, salt and remaining water.  Bring to the boil.  Simmer, cover  and turn the heat to low.  Cook for 8-10 mins or until the beans are tender.   Add the lemon juice, roasted cumin  and a generous amount of freshly ground pepper.  Turn heat up and boil away all of the liquid, stirring the beans gently as you do so.

I did not have all of the above ingredients in the house so I improvised:

Instead of fresh ginger I used ginger powder and mixed it with the crushed garlic and water to make a paste.

I did not have cumin  or coriander seeds so I used the powder forms instead.

Instead of fresh tomatoes I just used tomato puree, but I'm sure Tomato passata or tinned tomatoes would be ok.

 Thursday's Menu

B: Fried egg and 3 rashers of bacon

L: Lamb broth. Peanuts

D: Chicken curry & vegetable bhaji. Mug of Cocoa

Callanetics: 40 mins

 

Friday's Menu

B: Scrambled eggs and 3 rashers of bacon

L:  Salted peanuts. Raspberry low carb cheesecake.   

D: Chicken curry, vegetable bhaji and spicy green beans. 2 squares 84% chocolate

Callanetics: 40 mins.

More Snow - Wednesday 5 December 2012

B: 3 rashers of bacon & fried egg
D: 2 lamb chops with stir fried vegetables.
T: Lamb broth.  Cashew nuts.  2 squares 84% chocolate

More snow fell today a day earlier than forecast. Got to the woodpile just as first flurries were falling, coal man has also been so hopefully that will keep us going for a while.  Not done much today, just listened to some teachings on the Gospel of Luke ready for tonight's bible study (weather permitting).

Productive Day - Tuesday 4 December 2012

B:  Flax Porridge
L: Lamb Broth.  Cashew Nuts
D:  Haddock, celeriac chips, roasted green beans in a cream cheese & onion sauce.  Mug of Cocoa

Slept like a log last night and as a result have had a very productive day.  Did the weekly shopping, ordered extra coal, and got quite a few surveys done.  Emptied my sealed pot of loose change and bagged that ready to take to the bank.  I did forget to bring in more wood from the woodpile but will do that tomorrow,  must stock up before the forecasted snow on Thursday.  Discovered a probiotic I've been taking contains lactose and that may be the reason for the weight stall.  Have now thrown the said probiotic in the bin and hopefully the weight loss will begin again.

Snow! - Monday 3 December 2012

Woke up to a white world this morning.   I don't seem to get time to post on Sunday's so I think I will just post Sunday's menu along with Monday's

Sunday's Menu

B: Low carb raspberry cheesecake
L: Roast Lamb, mashed celeriac, broccoli, carrots & sprouts, cabbage.
T: 2 boiled eggs.  Peanuts.  Mug of cocoa

Monday's Menu

B: Scrambled egg & rashers of bacon
L: 2 sausages & low carb bubble & squeak
D: Roast lamb, mashed swede, cabbage & carrots.  Mug of cocoa

Hoping to get 40 mins of callanetics done later today but I've already changed DS bed today so will see how much energy I have left.  Hoping to make broth with the lamb bone either today or tomorrow, this will provide my lunches for the rest of the week

Its Freezing! - Saturday 1 December 2012

Welcome to a new month, it is absolutely freezing today, I did not want to venture outside at all, but had to make the weekly trip to Lidl.   Also had to get more wood in just in case it decides to snow.  I pity DD2  who is climbing Snowdonia today brrr.

B: Low Carb raspberry cheesecake
L:  2 boiled eggs .  Peanuts. Brazil nuts
D:  Smoked haddock with broccoli in a cheese sauce.  2 squares 84% chocolate.

So dissapointed this morning to discover I haven't lost any weight this week.  I felt I'd worked really hard doing callanetics and sticking to my diet. I think perhaps I'm not drinking enough. I dislike drinking water in winter as it is so cold, I have tried compensating by having more hot drinks. Will just have to continue as I know it will come off at some point.  I would, ideally, like to lose another 4lb before Christmas.