WELLNESS CHECK Not good – but I knew that… I have been feeling crummy for a long time and here is the black and white of it. The meds only work for so long before we have to increase them… I was down to the 150s / high 90s but it’s right back where it was.
Eating more meals today was…. Interesting… 😂
At the beginning of the day I thought there is no way I’m going to be able to eat all this today and I felt like I was just kind of constantly making something and then cleaning it up and then making something and then cleaning it up… 😂…
Now I don’t have a whole lot going on so it was fine but I was surprised that by about my 8.00 meal – I was actually a little hungry, which for me is unusual. Feed the metabolism…
I made it through Day 1 with everything that I had pre tracked and hit all of my targets which is fantastic. I did take a look at what my heart rate was after eating so I had a baseline to go from and it was pretty much what I thought it was – in the low 130s. Now keep in mind this is just sitting at the table doing nothing.
I had a lot of very simple things – the only thing that I even used to cook today was the air fryer twice and then the microwave for the shrimp and zucchini. Everything else was just as is…. Easy peasy…
So how do I feel at the end of Day 1?
Medical stuff aside – I think this is certainly doable with some planning. I am looking forward to getting my BP and HR down so I can see what effect this has when I’m not in a bad reaction state. The only thing I am going to change is I am going to try 5 instead of 6 meals tomorrow… It was a bit of a hard press today.
I also need to change my volume eating habit (eat more lower calorie foods) – so I am going to balance smaller volume, higher calorie items so I’m not eating so much to fill my metrics. Definite change…
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FOOD FIND ❗ 62¢ Sauces (Big Lots Clearance)
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1503 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
♨️ COOKED IN @ninjakitchen Foodi Smart XL Air Fryer Oven Preheated – Middle Rack 400° for 8min
INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE 🌀 Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals.
Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1498 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
It is hot and I’m hurting so I tried the last frozen bowl I bought on sale at Kroger. Nope, nope, nope… Not for me… Texturally it was fine but the sauce was a hard pass. I enjoyed the other 2 chicken bowls but I’ll stick with making my own Beef and Broccoli.
🥣 CHILI MAC BOWL ▪️ Chili w Beans ▪️ Chickpea Casarecce ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️ Red/Green Onion
😋😋😋 3/5 🧮 CALORIES – 869
Ooops – I overtracked the yogurt at its original entry – that should be 3tbsp 😁
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👅 RANDOM EXTRAS ▪️ Sourdough English Muffin ▪️ Whipped Cream Cheese ▪️ Green Tomato ▪️ Homemade Everything Seasoning
🥯 HOMEMADE EVERYTHING BAGEL SEASONING You can adjust as you like to suit your tastes. If you want a sodium free version, leave out the salt. I buy the ingredients from my international market or bulk bins and can make 2 huge containers for far less than one bottle of Trader Joe’s or similar. ▪️ Black Sesame Seeds ▪️ White Sesame Seeds ▪️ Poppyseed ▪️ Minced Dried Garlic ▪️ Minced Dried Onion ▪️ Kosher, Pink Himalayan or Coarse Sea Salt
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1500 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
🍲 PESTO CAVATELLI BOWL & BROCCOLI ▪️ Grilled Chicken Pesto Cavatelli Bowl 🆕 👍🏻 I bought a few of the Marie Callender bowls last week because Kroger had them on special. This is good for nights when I just need a no cooking option. This one was nice (for a frozen meal) – 370 calories, nice pesto flavor, good amount of pasta, a few pieces of chicken, a few tomatoes… ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️ Baby Broccoli ▪️ French Onion Butter
😋😋😋😋 4/5 🧮 CALORIES – 493
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👅 RANDOM EXTRAS ▪️ O’ My! Mint Chip Gelato 🆕 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 * Super creamy – like uber uber creamy – it reminds me almost of a Cool Whip mouth feel. This particular one has all clean ingredients (which for me is hard to find in an ice cream) and none of the icy crystal texture you can get in other types.
This is a vegan, non dairy, coconut cream base (though I didn’t buy it for that reason).
Several of their other flavors either include natural flavors or allulose in their reduced sugar line so I can only have like 3 of them but it’s nice to have options…
🧮 CALORIES – 250
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 DAILY CALORIE TARGET – 1500 🧮 ACTUAL CALORIES CONSUMED – 1499 🌟 ** I generally eat 2 meals a day – brunch/dinner – so my calories per meal will be larger **
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS 📊 Calorie Command with the Healthi app 🧮 Calorie Target: 1447 🥐 Carbohydrate Target: 90g (25%) [Monitoring carbs for Insulin Resistance]
🔵 I am also tracking on WW PersonalPoints just to show you the difference – I would get 22pts/day but since I don’t eat sugar free or most fat free products (food additive intolerances), points based plans don’t usually work well for me. This will be an interesting experiment.
I had pretracked dinner but as of 8.30pm, I am not wanting anything else so I’m just going to stop here. This is going to be a work in progress – I’m just coming out of a 2 week period of not feeling well so please bear with me…
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
Not a fault of the recipe but of me completely… I have had the clams in the freezer for ages, I thawed them too quickly/impatiently, I didn’t cook off the wine first and I adjusted the recipe lazily…
I ate the clams, which looked beautiful, but the broth was not nice at all. I adjusted my tracking as I ate the veggies and clams out of it but didn’t eat the broth… Bleh! Again – not the recipes issue – totally on me…
▪️ Littleneck Clams ▪️ White Wine ▪️ Homemade Chicken Bone Broth ▪️ Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter ▪️ Lemon Juice ▪️ Garlic ▪️ Green Peas ▪️ Grape Tomatoes
🥯 HOMEMADE EVERYTHING BAGEL SEASONING You can adjust as you like to suit your tastes. If you want a sodium free version, leave out the salt. I buy the ingredients from my international market or bulk bins and can make 2 huge containers for far less than one bottle of Trader Joe’s or similar.
▪️ Black Sesame Seeds ▪️ White Sesame Seeds ▪️ Poppy Seeds ▪️ Minced Dried Garlic ▪️ Minced Dried Onion ▪️ Kosher, Pink Himalayan or Coarse Sea Salt
I often will add things like Caraway or Cumin Seeds or if I am down to a little seasoning in the bottom of a bottle – I’ll add that in.
My current favorite combination is to add a container of Kroger’s new Private Selection 5 Salt / 5 Pepper Seasoning – I used to use McCormick’s Roasted Garlic and Herb but they changed the formula and it now contains “Natural Flavors” so I don’t use it any more.
💛💛💛💛🤍 4/5 🍎 CALORIES – 411
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🍲 RED CURRY SHRIMP NOODLE BOWL ▪️ Red Curry Paste (@maeploy) ▪️ Lite Coconut Milk (@thaikitchen) ▪️ Lime Juice/Pulp ▪️ Mung Bean Glass Noodles ▪️ Shrimp ▪️ Carrot ▪️ Purple Cabbage ▪️ Green Peas ▪️ Pea Shoots ▪️ Mushrooms ▪️ Homemade Menma – Pickled Bamboo Shoots
INSTANT POT ARTICHOKE 🌀 Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Trim artichoke stem (and petal tips if needed). Cut off the top inch or so of the artichoke and rinse to remove any dirt between the petals. Place Artichoke on trivet or in steamer basket face up, squeeze juice of 1 lemon into the crevices (*optional), add lemon halves to pot with 1 cup water.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS [I am doing Calorie Command – to get accurate points/BITES for your plan – you would need to build a recipe for anything you wanted, with any omissions / substitutions / specific brands used]
Well the storm has arrived. My feet are on fire, my hands are not cooperating, I have poofed up like a puffer and my body basically is having a toddler tantrum.
I’m hungry! No, you’re not… I’m thirsty! No, you’re not! I’m tired… Then go to bed…. NO! I’m not sleepy and you can’t make me… I have to peeeee! Then go pee…… I don’t want to get up…. Oh for heavens sake…
🐦 INSTANT POT CORNISH HEN ▪️ Cornish Hen (1.5lb) ▪️ Rosemary ▪️ Sage ▪️ Lemon ▪️ Chicken Stock ▪️ Olive Oil ▪️ Salt/Pepper ▪️ Chili Powder Stuffed the cavity with the herbs and lemon and set on a low trivet stand with 1½c of the previous stock I had made. Rubbed oil on the top only, seasoned with salt / pepper and chili powder – season any way you like. It’s good with Italian Seasoning or even a dry ranch mix.
🌀 Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker THAWED: Cook 20min on Pressure + Quick Release FROZEN: Cook 35min on Pressure + Quick Release My bird was somewhat thawed so I split the difference and did 25min.
Once finished and cool enough to handle, move to a baking tray and broil (or air fry) for 5min to crisp the skin.
I stripped the meat off once cool and used the carcass in some Lemon & Herb Poultry Bone Broth (it will be in tomorrow’s post once it’s finished)
🍜 SATAY NOODLE BOWL I figured out the perfect blend for the sauce for me… This was a great bowl!
SAUCE ▪️2tbsp Peanut Sesame Paste Thin with ¼cup water first to prevent it binding up ▪️2tbsp Tamari Soy Sauce (can use any) ▪️Juice of whole Lime (about 3tbsp) ▪️1tsp Toasted Sesame Oil For me it was perfect!
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS [I am doing Calorie Command – to get accurate points/BITES for your plan – you would need to build a recipe for anything you wanted, with any omissions / substitutions / specific brands used]
Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.
🔹Fruit, veg, meat, dairy, dry pantry goods… 🔹Choose everything in your box – no more randomly sent produce 🔹No surprise shipments / No minimum frequency – only order when you want 🔹$30 minimum order
💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
🎯 2022 HEALTH GOAL 🍎 WHOLE FOOD REFOCUS 🧟♀️ NO FUNKY FOOD FRANKENCHEMICALS
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👩🏻🍳 COOKING FOR SANDY DAY 3 days a week, I cook meals for a neighbor who had a stroke last year and has limited mobility. We often share a meal kit or something similar and spend some time together since neither of us go out too much 😁 Today is one of her days. I’m enjoying having someone to cook for again.
I hadn’t been able to get down to Sandy until today but I was still cooking for her and putting things together… She is very well stocked now!
🧊 FREEZER MEALS 🧊 2x Beef Red Wine Stew 2x Chicken Parmesan Bake 2x Southwest Chili 2x White Chicken Chili 2x Broccoli Cheese Soup 2x Cheese Tortellini Soup 2x Pesto Stuffed Shells 2x Shepherds Pie 1x Italian Wedding Soup
I reorganized her freezer and labeled these left from my last freezer round – a bit of freezer Tetris later and she is all set for months.
🍞 ENGLISH MUFFIN BREAD LOAF All the crispy, crunchy goodness of a well done English Muffin, full of butter hugging nooks and crannies – but in loaf form – what Magick is that??
I saw this recipe from Restless Chipotle come across my Facebook and I thought – hmmmm, even I, the non baker, should be able to do that. Let’s give it a try shall we? #experimentsineating
I thought for sure I had royally screwed it up somewhere – I have made 1 other bread in my life – I don’t bake cakes or cookies – I’m just not a baker…
But this was so good – like dangerously good. I had 2 pieces for lunch and another 2 with dinner. I’m going to have 2 with my Pub Style Split Pea Soup tomorrow. It’s just that good! Even if I did mess it up…
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🥝 FRUIT & YOGURT BOWL ▪️ Banana ▪️ Kiwifruit ▪️ Pomegranate ▪️@noosayogurt Tart Cherry Yogurt
💛💛💛💛🤍 4/5 🍎 CALORIES – 419
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🍞 TOMATO ON TOAST ▪️ Homemade English Muffin Bread ▪️@goodculture 2% Cottage Cheese ▪️@chefshamy Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter ▪️ Roma Tomato ▪️ Homemade Everything Bagel Seasoning
💛💛💛💛💛 5/5 🍎 CALORIES – 246
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🐔 BUTTER CHICKEN on BLACK RICE ▪️ Chicken Breast ▪️@asianhomegourmet Butter Chicken Paste ▪️ Homemade Instant Pot Marinara ▪️ Greek Yogurt ▪️@lundberg Black Rice ▪️ Homemade English Muffin Bread Loaf ▪️@chefshamy Garlic, Parmesan & Basil Butter
🥗 SIDE SALAD ▪️Buttercrunch Lettuce ▪️English Cucumber ▪️Grape Tomatoes ▪️Pickled Red Onion ▪️Mini Bell Pepper ▪️Purple Daikon Radish ▪️Chickpeas ▪️Pea Shoots ▪️Lemon Juice
💛💛💛💛🤍 4/5 🍎 CALORIES – 795
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Many thanks to @krogerco and @misfitsmarket for providing all my gorgeous produce.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.
🔹Fruit, veg, meat, dairy, dry pantry goods… 🔹Choose everything in your box – no more randomly sent produce 🔹No surprise shipments / No minimum frequency – only order when you want 🔹$30 minimum order
💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.
DAILY MEAL HIGHLIGHTS 🌞 Good morning 🌞 gentle friends! Let’s get this day started…
Sorry I have been MIA… It has been a rough few weeks – nothing holiday related – just in general health wise. I have been living on a bag of mandarins, chili baked potatoes and ramen bowls for the last week… Nothing to show you really… 🤣 I just haven’t felt up to cooking.
I joined Sandy and the girls yesterday for Xmas lunch which was nice… I really hope you are all enjoying your holidays.
So today I decided I needed to try a real meal and even though I only had the one meal – it was delicious. Now if only the dishwashing fairy would come visit…
Marinated the Tuna in soy sauce, then topped one side with Mustard and EBS. Lightly pan seared the Tuna, removed to rest then cooked the shrimp in the same pan.
🥯 HOMEMADE EVERYTHING BAGEL SEASONING You can adjust as you like to suit your tastes. If you want a sodium free version, leave out the salt. I buy the ingredients from my international market or bulk bins and can make 2 huge containers for far less than one bottle of Trader Joe’s or similar. ▪️ Black Sesame Seeds ▪️ White Sesame Seeds ▪️ Poppyseed ▪️ Minced Dried Garlic ▪️ Minced Dried Onion ▪️ Kosher, Pink Himalayan or Coarse Sea Salt
Short Grain (Sushi) Brown Rice Rice Vinegar Coarse Sea Salt Cane Sugar
🍚 INSTANT POT RICE Cooked in @mychefiq 6Q Smart Cooker Pot in Pot method – 1c water in main pot liner Place smaller pot on trivet stand with rice + liquid ~ Rinse rice well ~
RICEGUIDE [QR = Quick Release / NR = Natural Release] Depending on how soft you like your rice – liquid ratio will vary from 1:1 for a firm rice and 1:1½ for a softer rice. I like to use stock but you can just use water.
White Rice – 5min / 8min for a softer rice [QR] Jasmine / White Basmati Rice – 18min [NR] Brown Rice Short Grain – 20min [QR] Brown Basmati Rice – 24min [NR] Red Rice – 30min [NR] Wild Rice – 28min [NR] Black Rice – 30min [NR] Rice Blend – 30min [NR]
I definitely won’t buy that kit again. It was exceedingly spicy, like burn your face off spicy, without the chili oil pack. I tried draining the soup out, adding lime juice, adding yogurt…
But I just couldn’t eat it – OMG it was 🔥🔥🔥!
I ate about 5 bites of noodles before I gave up so I’m going to count it as a ½ portion.
I had some @aidellssausage Chicken Meatballs leftover and I ate 4 of those and then will just wait for dinner…
Calories below are for what I ate (incl the Meatballs) as opposed to what is shown.
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
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Video Intro Song: “Good Morning” by @itslennnie
🎬 All the details of the days ingredients, tips, tricks, how tos and the occasional cute doggie are in my daily video…
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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.
💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.
More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I’m using are here:
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
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Video Intro Song: “Good Morning” by @itslennnie
🎬 All the details of the days ingredients, tips, tricks, how tos and the occasional cute doggie are in my daily video…
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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.
💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.
More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I’m using are here:
I have been reorganizing my ZAPR (Zombie Apocalypse Pantry Room 🧟♀️😝🧟♀️) to make room for my last few Weee! orders. Weee! is an online Asian and Hispanic market I get a lot of my Asian goodies from.
[Do you want to see the room when I’m done?]
I found them to be very comparable to my closest international market which is 90 minutes away and I don’t have to go anywhere.
I am not affiliated with them, I just use them. It looks like the current deal is $20 off your first order… Very nice!
Anyway… all my goodies have been sitting in the floor in their boxes…. I started sorting that out today but then decided to rearrange the whole pantry room system because… Why not, right? 😂
Going through everything I dug out some goodies for dinner… See the video for all the product packaging if you want more info…
I needed to use a bunch of calories so I added on little extras…
🍜 PEANUT SESAME RICE NOODLE BOWL @sayweee_official Peanut Sesame Rice Noodles (so so so good 👅) @oasisworldmarket Dried Wakame @sayweee_official Garlic Green Peas @zrollfarms Shrimp Snack Roll @lottefoods Sac Sac Grape Juice @sayweee_official Baozhisu Mango Sago w Pomelo
Thank you for joining me today. Until tomorrow… In Love ♥ and Light 💫
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Video Intro Song: “Good Morning” by @itslennnie
🎬 All the details of the days ingredients, tips, tricks, how tos and the occasional cute doggie are in my daily video…
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🥬 You’ll hear me mention Misfits Market all the time – they are an organic produce subscription service I have used for 3yrs now, especially during the cooler months.
💉 If you aren’t familiar with my situation, basically I live with several autoimmune issues… an “inflammatory overstimulation response” brought on by my basic blood cells thinking they are Spartan Warriors and attacking everything in sight.
More information about what is wrong as well as the resources I’m using are here:
From 🐳 Dumpy to 👑 Diva 