Saturday, low-carb day two-hundred and twenty-three, weekend feed day Weigh-in at start of day wt. 110.0lbs (analogue scales corrected ~107.25lbs); 1.8lbs loss
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Report for the end of week 40 on 4.5 : 2.5 - 0.2lb gain this week (total loss 36.0lbs); no shrinkage or expansion (but feeling a bit "boggy").
Well, that makes for a very happy FatDog - one week to recover from a haggis blow-out plus a missed repair and a "bonkers Tuesday" - really not so bad (though it didn't feel that way mid-week). This maintenance plot appears to work, albeit bumpily, *especially* if one sticks to the repairs. However, I'd like my base level down so that my maximum weight on maintenance is 110lbs rather than 112lbs - maybe that's being a bit greedy, but I'd feel a little more comfortable there. Do think I need to trust this WoE more (it has more than proved itself), then I won't go pale with horror when the scales go up by three pounds - that's the clearest blow-out blip on my tracker to date and it was scary!
The VBF has been lurking on the forum for a wee while... has finally registered and is posting... and now... I'm going to *OUT* her! Ha, ha, ha! Fiendish laughter? Nah, 'tis with her agreement, of course. The sharp eyed of you might have worked things out anyway - amongst other things, the Channa Dal And Coconut Recipe was a dead giveaway. So, FatDog waves her paw at @Caitlin, across the city. Actually, I should wave at a friend of the OH's son too who, I'm lead to believe, is lurking here abouts as well: *waves some more*
(Do register, please, it is a wonderful place!)
Ahhmmm. That's the insurance savings for this month blown on a pestle and mortar (genuinely needed - the wee whizz just *won't* handle small quantities), cookbook (much desired), nutrition book (somewhere between wanted / needed) and six months' supply of liquorice tea bags (absolutely essential!). That's not *quite* how it was meant to work, but retail therapy on a grey afternoon is *so* gratifying. Just please don't remind me of this indulgence when I've run out of funds at the end of this year.
Dinner plans for this evening: major priority is to use up one of the four cabbages we have loitering in the fridge - good thing they "last" so well, though obviously it's best to use veggies as fresh as possible. The tinned chickpea and tomato glut could do with a reduction (I've yet to work out where to store them all!) and I've bargain sweet potatoes from a few days back to use. Curry - using the usual suspects of ginger, chilli, turmeric, fennugreek, cumin, coriander, mustard seed, curry leaf, lemon juice and tamarind - comes to mind. Google pulls up a Madhur Jaffrey recipe for a chickpea, potato and cabbage curry (not obviously in her World Vegetarian book - I so *hate* bad indexes) so my concoction mightn't be too far off beam, though it will be a much sweeter and less robust affair. Bestest neighbour will be joining us, but don't know if others are coming too - will make plenty anyway as need to balance the cabbage quantity and I think this will freeze quite well.
And for the second weekend running, Sunday has been moved to Saturday and the VBF and our artist friend are by. Scunnered though, as all three had already dined before they arrived (yes, *really*, not because they were put off by the kitchen fragrances): particularly irked with the BN as he'd been "invited to dinner" yesterday and had no excuse. BN and VBF sampled (large and small) my culinary offering and deemed it edible. OH *seemed* to enjoy it (he wasn't being very communicative at the time). Me? I thought it pretty yum. I went to the trouble of "roasting" my spices properly this time (for the first time, actually - then used a wee ceramic bowl as mortar and the end of a rolling pin as pestle to grind them - oh, the lovely aroma) and, I'm not sure if anyone else noticed but I did, they were given far more depth. Anyways, as cabbage dishes go it was a winner.
That was a fine sociable evening and, it seems, Saturday is the new Sunday as it has shifted next week too. Very peculiar (well, for a FatDog with OCD). Shouldn't effect the WoE as weekends are, somewhat, wah-hey anyway - 'tis the psychology of it that might get discombobulated. We shall see.
Figures are guestimates as I've not worked up the recipe yet... Fat / Protein / Fibre figures are partially missing.
........ Calories 2224.79 Carbs 116.95 Fat 73.77 Protein 43.82 Fibre 17.16
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Sunday, low-carb day two-hundred and twenty-four, weekend feed day Weigh-in at start of day wt. 110.6lbs (analogue scales corrected ~107.75lbs); 0.6lbs gain
... t.measures - ub. 28.5, w. 25.5, t. 30.25, h. 34.25 inches
Not sure where the FatDog logging vanished to (yet again), but Sunday appears to have been void. I was here, I'm sure - doing stuff too...
Went to dine with good friends who we've not visited for *years*. They did a wonderful veggie tagine, fruit salad for pud, and cheese and biscuits to follow. FatDog couldn't resist, and had pud, plus cheese & oatcakes, but the killer was the totally irresistible pumpkin and ginger chutney (40 grams of carb in too many helpings of that alone).
Oh dear, but as binges go Ferriss would be proud of me.
Guestimates, as per Saturday, and Fat / Protein / Fibre figures are partially missing as before.
........ Calories 2843.75 Carbs 179.33 Fat 125.68 Protein 55.58 Fibre 17.65