Today my good food choice was...

Hi Susan! Welcome to the neatest thread to get great ideas, recipes and motivation!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had tuna on a bed of lettuce with some raw veggies and garlic broccoli! 

Another really good day. Feeling motivated and better already.  Good bfst and lunch (that's the easy part for me). Dinner was tofu seared in the wok with asparagus and scallions over brown rice.  I have learned that if you get extra firm tofu and press it for an hour to remove the moisture and then cube and fry it really hot with spices, it becomes firm and chewy (and delicious) and not wobbly.  
I didn't eat tofu for a year or two after dx (due to the soy), but have done more reading and decided that once a month or so is fine.

NO snacking after dinner. Was easier - didn't think about it as much.  This is all about habits - I am convinced when you do something a few times in a row, your mind gets used to it and stops bugging you as much to do the bad stuff. 

Okay, once again the homemade sauce didn't happen.  I know, I know. 

Anyway, so last night was mushroom ravoli with TJs jarred sauce for the kids, and egg salad with tumeric on whole grain bread for me, using organic omega 3 eggs, veganiasse, a bit of yellow mustard, a few dashes of hot sauce and black pepper.  We all had steamed broccoli on the side.

Tonight will be more egg salad for me.  I am trying to incorporate more meals made out of what is in the fridge vs. purchasing food a few times a week for meals. 

Had oatmeal with blueberrie for breakfast.  A few prunes and an apple for a snack.  Will be having organic peanut butter on multigrain crackers for lunch soon.  Corinne, pass the egg salad over, I'll be happy to help you out.  LOL

That might be it for the weekend for me for dinners any way.  We are supposed to get pizza for dinner tonight, but I'll only plan on eating one slice, Saturday is DH's work Christmas party at a downtown restaurant and Sunday is my b-day and we're going out again.  I will try to make healthy choices though.

Had salmon cakes and rice for dinner last night with a big escarole salad.  Blew breakfast today with a bagel and cream cheese due to no milk or yogurt in house.  Had pea soup for lunch.  Tonight, out to dinner to a Belgian restaurant where their specialty is duck fat french fries.  I think I will pass!  Hopefully, there is something healthy available for me.  I know I will be coerced into having one beer though! :-)

On a good note--did Pilates at PT this morning then to the gym for some time on the bike and treadmill.  Hope to keep it going tomorrow!

Pea soup! Now there is a good idea, haven't made that in ages. I also bought some dhal the other day, which is sort of similar.

Pea soup is so good this time of year, especially in a cold climate like mine in Western NY.  Well, don't have much good to report today:  drank too much beer, did have the duck fries (way too much of them), but had a beet salad and some wonderful mussels at the Belgian restaurant we went to last night.  Feeling pretty good today, but wish i had a juicer.  Just found a great kale, celery, and green pepper juice recipe that would be great right now to detox.  Anyone have a juicer out there?  Any brand to recommend?

FINALLY!  Making homemade sauce today.  I sauteed crushed garlic, shallots, shredded carrots, and diced mushrooms till soft.  I was then going to add in organic pasta sauce, but realized that there would be no way in hell my daughter would eat the sauce if she saw mushrooms and or onions. 

So..I took it out, and pureed the veggies.  Then I added this to the pasta sauce and added in some spices and basil.  It is perking away on the stovetop and the house smells wonderful.

The kids will be having this tonight with some turkey meatballs and whole grain pasta.  Hubs and I are heading out to a party tonight and will be eating there.

Hi All,

Had 4 days away at a friend's wedding and eating has been "interesting". 

Back home and had a great start to the day - grilled mushrooms and green tea for breakfast and salon, cucumber and avocado for lunch (with more green tea). Met at my daddies home for a family dinner and it was decadent....... yummy yum yum yum!

Now indulging in a few glasses of wine.

Tomorrow is a NEW DAY, and I will be back to loving and nurturing my body (and soul) with healthy good and beverages.

Keepingfaith, probably the most important thing is try to find a juicer that does not have a lot of parts and is not hard or time consuming to clean.  I have the Jack LaLanne jucier which works great, but I don't use it as much as I should because it is a PAIN to clean.  There are lots of simple recipes.  Good luck.

i have a breville juicer and love carrot + celery + apple juice

thanks all for the juicer recommendations...yes, momine--I was way too optimistic, but I had a blast being bad! 3 glasses of Belgian beer, all 8% alcohol   Back to being good now-bike ride today and yesterday, romaine heart salad for lunch and whey protein shake for breakfast, and will be making stir fry for dinner with jasmine rice.  Still need to remove this holiday weight, so this week will be very strict for me...

Good luck everyone!

Susan, I was no better the other night. A friend asked us out, and it was a sort of French place with amazing fries. So, I had some of the fries. I had some of the excellent red wine. I also had chocolate souffle. Oh well.

momine and keepingfaith-the way I see it is life is too short to be too strict!  glad I'm not alone

just need to get right back to things and i have!  I have only 2 more pounds of holiday weight left to lose (well, then 25 more after that, but I'll worry about that later)

Being triple negative, I need to concentrate on fat content in foods most importantly, which sometimes makes things difficult.  I was vegetarian for a while, but found that I was somehow eating too much fat not eating meat (?) I think I was making up for the loss in cheese and fats.  Now, I eat a little chicken now and then and lots of fish.  Trying to eat lots of citrus fruits like red grapefruit and a good amount of cruciferous vegetables.  I will be fixing a cauliflower dish tonight, but hoping my son eats it.  It does have cheese, so I am going to call it "macaroni and cheese".  He's seven, so I'm not sure whether it will work but I try anything!

sounds yummy, Corinne.  Never had Uzbekistan food either!  Thank you for the juicer recommendation!  I am going to check it out right now...