I made a really delicious lentil stew on Sunday. I just threw things in at random so hopefully I can approximately re-create it here:
1lb bag of lentils in about twice as much water as lentil (I didn't measure, just eyeballed)
Two low sodium veggie boullion cubes
1 very large sweetpotato (the kind that are whitish inside not the orange ones) chopped into bite sized bits
1 lb bag from Trader Joe's (I forget what they called it) of frozen green veggies (edamame, broccoli, green beans, asparagus and spinach)
1 package of broccoli sprouts
I think that's it-- I brought the lentils to a boil and then turned the heat down and simmered everything for about 40 minutes. It tastes really good-- especially over salad!
Yesterday I stayed home and studied until I couldn't figure out anymore of these dumb reactions. I was very excited to get to class today and find out that our quiz Friday is take home! It will still be hard but at least I don't have to memorize the reactions (yet).
This morning I did 20 min HIIT at the gym-- wanted to swim too but couldn't get up early enough.
I've been doing a small portion of steel cut oats with 1/2 oz of walnuts and 1/4 cup raisins and soymilk with half my usual smoothie for breakfast. It seems like it lasts me a long time.
Lunch was weird today-- I had the soup (above) with salad and I couldn't quite even finish it, but two hours later I was hungry and craving something sweet. I was thinking maybe if I made a whole smoothie and had the second half in the afternoon that would be good?
Smoothies the last two days have been sour.I wonder if M. even drank his. I think it's the strawberries from Costco-- they looked a little underripe to me. Maybe I need some stevia or something to get through this bag. I guess I could take it back but then what would go in my smoothie? We're out of blueberries… Hmm.
Tuesdays are a hard day for me with both class and work. Fortunately there are only 3 class + work Tuesdays left! Yay! I'm so excited to go back to night classes next quarter. Even though it's late and my brain stops working sometimes around 8:30, at least I can keep work and school completely separate. And it won't be Chemistry- that's the best part.
Over on the memberboards I have been ruminating (that word always makes me think of cows!) on why I continue to let emotional eating get the best of me. I need to work on alternate solutions to dealing with stress. This is a problem I really need to deal with if I don't want the weight to keep coming back over and over. I'm re-reading all my favorites, starting with the "Pleasure Trap." I just bought a new copy of ETL because my sister in law has my old one (not that she's started reading it, but if I take it back she definitely won't read it!) I also bought the China Study which I read from the library last time. I got them at Borders and I'm thinking of taking them back and ordering the hardcovers from Amazon instead. I felt bad buying the only copy of ETL from Borders since I've already read it (don't want to prevent others from reading it!) But maybe since they are out they will have to order lots more?
I made a really delicious lentil stew on Sunday. I just threw things in at random so hopefully I can approximately re-create it here:
1lb bag of lentils in about twice as much water as lentil (I didn't measure, just eyeballed)
Two low sodium veggie boullion cubes
1 very large sweetpotato (the kind that are whitish inside not the orange ones) chopped into bite sized bits
1 lb bag from Trader Joe's (I forget what they called it) of frozen green veggies (edamame, broccoli, green beans, asparagus and spinach)
1 package of broccoli sprouts
I think that's it-- I brought the lentils to a boil and then turned the heat down and simmered everything for about 40 minutes. It tastes really good-- especially over salad!
Yesterday I stayed home and studied until I couldn't figure out anymore of these dumb reactions. I was very excited to get to class today and find out that our quiz Friday is take home! It will still be hard but at least I don't have to memorize the reactions (yet).
This morning I did 20 min HIIT at the gym-- wanted to swim too but couldn't get up early enough.
I've been doing a small portion of steel cut oats with 1/2 oz of walnuts and 1/4 cup raisins and soymilk with half my usual smoothie for breakfast. It seems like it lasts me a long time.
Lunch was weird today-- I had the soup (above) with salad and I couldn't quite even finish it, but two hours later I was hungry and craving something sweet. I was thinking maybe if I made a whole smoothie and had the second half in the afternoon that would be good?
Smoothies the last two days have been sour.I wonder if M. even drank his. I think it's the strawberries from Costco-- they looked a little underripe to me. Maybe I need some stevia or something to get through this bag. I guess I could take it back but then what would go in my smoothie? We're out of blueberries… Hmm.
Tuesdays are a hard day for me with both class and work. Fortunately there are only 3 class + work Tuesdays left! Yay! I'm so excited to go back to night classes next quarter. Even though it's late and my brain stops working sometimes around 8:30, at least I can keep work and school completely separate. And it won't be Chemistry- that's the best part.
Over on the memberboards I have been ruminating (that word always makes me think of cows!) on why I continue to let emotional eating get the best of me. I need to work on alternate solutions to dealing with stress. This is a problem I really need to deal with if I don't want the weight to keep coming back over and over. I'm re-reading all my favorites, starting with the "Pleasure Trap." I just bought a new copy of ETL because my sister in law has my old one (not that she's started reading it, but if I take it back she definitely won't read it!) I also bought the China Study which I read from the library last time. I got them at Borders and I'm thinking of taking them back and ordering the hardcovers from Amazon instead. I felt bad buying the only copy of ETL from Borders since I've already read it (don't want to prevent others from reading it!) But maybe since they are out they will have to order lots more?