by cecac » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:21 pm
Well......we went pretty far off since my last post. Although, there have been many meals that we did not.
Enough so (in other words, eating starch based more) that dh and I have maintained the weight loss we got being more compliant.
So.....here we go back to more compliance. We'd like to carve off another 5 pounds here before Thanksgiving when we'll not be compliant for about 1-2 days. Oh, and we have 1-2 meals per week where we are either out or at the Sunday pot luck that we haven't been successful going starch based.
I dunno what I'm going to do about that, but I am sitting here thinking I'd like to go back to taking foods to the pot luck that dh and I could eat safely. We'll see.
I have some great dinners that are regulars now:
Black bean salad, spanish rice, and salad greens layered together for a taco salad. The whole family loves this one, I can't make enough it seems. Yummy.
My pressure cooked/baked beans, baked sweet potatoes, greens, and cornbread.
My own pasta sauce that we either make pizza with or we put atop elbow macaroni. I mix whole wheat and white at this point. Whole wheat alone is very heavy.
Burritoes--that can be a quickie because I break down and buy the cans.
Just plain ole beans and rice with a salad and one cooked veggie
Two bean chili atop baked potatoes, a salad, and a cooked veggie
My pressure cooker is used most days. My rice maker is used 1-2 times per day. So....all in all even though we aren't as strict as we should be, I feel we are getting the hang of this.
Our difficult spots:
1. Salad dressing (allowed only once per day, and small amounts at that)
2. My breads--I still use eggs and reduced amount of olive oil. If I use milk in cornbread or pancakes, I use 1 cup milk to the rest water. I've actually gone to just water and I think that is one thing I am going to move forward with because it doesn't change the finished product.
3. I have a real weak spot for dairy food that must be nixed again. I am having more aches and pains I notice when I add dairy back in.
4. We put meat in things every now and then. Actually that won't likely be changing, and I do remember Dr. McDougall talking about if you were going to, lol, make compromises meat should be over dairy. My hubby really agrees with this and is fussing at me to drop dairy. Period. Oh boy. Well, but I'm thankful because dh and I do this together. Oh I'm thankful for that.
So, hopefully, I will try to knock out salad dressing and dairy more thoroughly now. That's my goal anyway, now that we have regular dinners down fairly well. After that, I will likely go for putting my energy into getting some more regular meals....trying new recipes.
It will be awhile before I change my breads. That just isn't happening yet.
