Marsha's MWL journal

[deweyswakms]

Essentially I lost no weight this week, but I did manage to lose the 1.5#s I gained! Dr. Lisle is right: a little bit CAN hurt. I've been dancing with 185 for a couple of weeks, interesting. I am getting bored with the foods I prepare. So I will dive into the quick & easy cookbook and look for some inspiration.

What are your favorite recipes?

My body is crying out for more exercise, so I plan to get into the pool a couple of days a week, not to burn calories because it won't be much but because my aging body needs it.

Happy Holidays everybody. Marsha

[Shmookitty]

I make the Spicy White Bean Pitas from the Quick and Easy Cookbook every week or two. I don't really care for cannellini beans (too mushy) so I use dark red kidney beans instead. Love that meal!

[AnnetteW]

Essentially I lost no weight this week, but I did manage to lose the 1.5#s I gained! Dr. Lisle is right: a little bit CAN hurt. I've been dancing with 185 for a couple of weeks, interesting. I am getting bored with the foods I prepare. So I will dive into the quick & easy cookbook and look for some inspiration.

What are your favorite recipes?

My body is crying out for more exercise, so I plan to get into the pool a couple of days a week, not to burn calories because it won't be much but because my aging body needs it.

Happy Holidays everybody. Marsha

I'm not very good at following recipes myself, though I have bought all the cookbooks. The polenta with the mushroom gravy is awesome, though I made my own polenta, it's so easy and so much cheaper. When I make polenta I obviously use no butter, and use 1/2 water and 1/2 veggie broth, and it's so good.

I'm feeling the need to exercise, but this cold has me still feeling off. I can tell after 1 week that I start to feel mushy.

[AnnetteW]

I make the Spicy White Bean Pitas from the Quick and Easy Cookbook every week or two. I don't really care for cannellini beans (too mushy) so I use dark red kidney beans instead. Love that meal!

I will have to hunt down that recipe. I have a hard time finding cannelini beans, do regular white navy beans work, that's what I usually substitute.

[AnnetteW]

BTW, did you see my reply to you in my journal? I live in Roeland Park

[Shmookitty]

Annette, any bean works. I've never had navy beans, but I have used chickpeas, cannellini, pink, black, and dark red kidney and all were fine.

[deweyswakms]

I make the Spicy White Bean Pitas from the Quick and Easy Cookbook every week or two. I don't really care for cannellini beans (too mushy) so I use dark red kidney beans instead. Love that meal!

Thanks for the tip! I will try them.

[deweyswakms]

BTW, did you see my reply to you in my journal? I live in Roeland Park

I didn't see that! how cool, where in Roeland Park? I lived at 5305 Linden St. for maybe 20 years before taking early retirement from Hallmark and moving back west. Loved my little house.

[deweyswakms]

Friday Dec 19, 2019

What to say? I am up half a lb from yesterday's MWl weigh-in. No idea what I ate. Too lazy to keep a food log. My body is having a hard time sticking to the 185 #. So I'll just double down on eating potatoes, greens, steam carrots, my morning oatmeal. I have spinach and broccoli to steam. Will look at the spicy white bean pitas in the quick & easy cookbook.

2 days of rain and I wanted to walk outside, not happening, so am leaving now to go to water aerobics. Hope the exercise jump starts my energy! I will use my 'white light' for a few minutes today. And, best of all, I started a new painting which is hard but looking really good! I continually surprise myself.

Interested in Dr. Greger's new book.

Marsha

[deweyswakms]

Sunday Dec 22, 2019

Ho Ho Ho. Scales today showed me at 185.0 Well well. I have been dancing around 185 for a few weeks, haven't seen the 0 before though. I am determined to hang out at 185, and go for 184.x, why not?

I read with 3rd graders once a week. The girl I read with on Thursday was very sick, should have been home but I know this isn't always possible. Wish she had worn a mask though. Anyway, my careful precautions didn't work as I now have a sore throat. Going to eat a lot of citrus and orange/yellow/green veggies in hopes it is short-lived.

Breakfast is going to be a steamed acorn squash with rice and peas. Later today I'll do a Jeff N 'fast food' stir fry (beans, tomatoes, frozen veggies + chopped bok choy for calcium) and served with either rice or potatoes. Steamed spinach and broccoli too. I just finished the very tasty split pea soup with celery, carrots and potatoes. Must make more.

I appreciate the posts about 'moderation' and no such thing as 'a little bit won't hurt you'. Really helpful and true.

Hang in there, Marsha

[Shmookitty]

Someone else who eats steamed acorn squash for breakfast - brilliant!

Hope you don't get too sick. Maybe you can still fight it off, or it won't be too bad.

[deweyswakms]

Someone else who eats steamed acorn squash for breakfast - brilliant!

Hope you don't get too sick. Maybe you can still fight it off, or it won't be too bad.

I loved my steamed squash. Have another one stuffed with orzo pasta, carrots, spinach and peas for dinner tonight. Sadly, I did get the head cold virus, but not too bad. I KNOW that eating plants has lessened the severity of it.

thanks, Marsha

[deweyswakms]

Tuesday, Dec 24, 2019
Here we are, and off we go. BUT, yay me, I made a healthy fast food stir fry ala Jeff N. My favorite quick and easy meal, over basmati rice. Today is cards with the girlfriends where there will be treats, but I am already set up for success. And I really want Thursday's MWL weigh-in to show a loss, no matter how small.

Wishing you all blessings and peace.
Marsha

[moonlight]

I hope you start feeling better soon! I love that you volunteer to read in the school with children. I would like to do that when I retire.

[deweyswakms]

I hope you start feeling better soon! I love that you volunteer to read in the school with children. I would like to do that when I retire.

I like helping kids read, it's the most important skill. But they are GERM magnets! Nothing to do now but wait out this bad cold, keep eating citrus and leafy greens.