Healthy Thread week 6

[hackedoff]

Well done to all the posters on this thread (esp. yph <applause>) I havent had a great week, the whole yard moved on sunday and although I've been damn active lugging stuff around I havent run for 10 days and have been living on take-aways :( ok, back on the straight and narrow!!!!!!!!

Hackedoff's recipe of the week-

Leek and Musroom Stroganoff

2 leeks
1 pack chestnut mushrooms
1 small pot creme fraiche (half fat if you prefer)
soy sauce
salt & pepper
1 clove garlic
olive oil


Cut the leeks into finger-size strips and the mushrooms into quarters. Cook for 2-3 mins in 1 tbsp olive oil, add garlic (chopped) creme fraiche and 1 tbsp soy sauce. Cook UNCOVERED for 5 mins on low heat until leeks are soft but not slimy. Salt & pepper to taste, serve with rice.

Hackedoff x

[amandal]

I've been awful this week, away from home from Thursday to Sunday night so didn't eat well at all, wedding Saturday night so drank lots and have just scoffed a Bounty !!! :eek:

[ambatt]

I have just had a right telling off from my diabetic clinic as I have put weight on and so I have come home and had a good sob, pulled myself together and am currently roasting vegetables for dinner.

So no weight loss this week :(

hackedoff - great recipe, will give it a whirl.

[chapsi]

Right. I've been away from NR lately.
Would anybody tell me how this Healthy Week thing goes? How do we take part? Incentives to keep going? Tips?

I packed my scales months ago. These days I'm spending all day eating all rubbish simply thinking how life losts its knack.

Thanks for the recipe. As a vegetarian, veggie recipes are most appropriate and welcome.

[Gill]

Its really just a support thread Chapsi to help us all to remember about healthy eating exercise etc. It can be about losing weight for those of us who need it, but hopefully is more than that. You, and anyone else, are very welcome to add your bit.

Its great having tips and recipes incuded too. My best tip for not snacking is to always have plenty of fruit in the house. Then at least I can have a healthy munch.

[cvb]

Hi all

Let the side down a little yesterday as was at a conference so had a two course lunch (soup then buffet) but did go for salmon and salad as the buffet part.

Have OH living at home which is a novelty after 2 years apart :eek: What's interesting is that we had BOTH moved our eating to more healthy things in the meantime. So we're keeping an eye on maintaining that. And even tho we now have the proper plates unpacked, I'm sticking to a smaller plate to limit my portion size ;) OH did comment that its easier to cook interesting things for two rather than one :D

However the weather had been pretty awful so not much riding going on :(

Chapsi - I guess the incentive is just having someone to share the journey with. Its hard being "good" by yourself :p

[chapsi]

Count me in, but I'll start only on Monday, ok? I would like to say goodbye to my wild cravings.

[hApPiNeSs]

if you get a chocolate craving - i suggest you try the weight watchers choc chip cookies - they are really nice.

and they are sealed in 2 biscuit portions so you cant end up eating the whole packet.

havent got scales and dont want them (too depressing) - but i am on a mission to lose a stone. (am currently 11 stone - but my ideal is ten) :D

been bad today - ate chocolate instead of dextro tablets when my blood sugar levels went low :mad:

[cvb]

Oh - I have a new incentive too. In unpacking belongings I rediscovered all the nice clothes I have - all in one size smaller :rolleyes:

[chapsi]

I find that depressing. My wardrobe is full of under-sized clothes, waiting for better days. :rolleyes:

[hApPiNeSs]

ambatt - you're diabetic too?

do you find it hard to diet, as you end up going low, then eating something you really shouldnt, or having to eat more because you're doing exercise? also, exercise makes you low, then you have to EAT something sugary. its frustrating isnt it? :rolleyes:

[BackintheSaddle]

Unprompted, OH mentioned I was looking very fit. Hee Hee! Have been stuck inside due to Seattle winter = nasty rain and mud. My usual exercise is strollering round the lake with the wee one. Will have to find some nice indoor exercise that I can do. Somewhere in my garage is an aerobic step and video. Perhaps OH can unearth it for me. I'm mentally gearing up for THanksgiving at my mother's - she always tries to feed us into a coma! I will be strong, I will be strong, I will . . .

[Skib]

6 weeks? can't believe it. And I've done nothing. But promise to start today. Daughter said it would only take me a month, so if I'd begun when you all did, it would be sorted by now. Any way am posting this so anyone else who didnt make it, can know it is OKay to begin today. And it is not even Tuesday!

[ambatt]

ambatt - you're diabetic too?

do you find it hard to diet, as you end up going low, then eating something you really shouldnt, or having to eat more because you're doing exercise? also, exercise makes you low, then you have to EAT something sugary. its frustrating isnt it? :rolleyes:

I am really finding it hard to shift the weight - but they told me to expect that on my insulin routine. BUT I have to lose at least a stone and preferably 2 by my next clinic appointment in May.

And chocolate is way nicer for a hypo than glucose tabs :rolleyes:

Have exercised like a demon today - Ponies moved to new field so I have a fair distance to go to fetch them. Plus I carried the hay down today, it nearly killed me! Ache!

[chapsi]

Because I'm only starting on Monday, I'm planning to drown my sorrows this weekend... :(