Gotta say that I’m enjoying this buddah bowl! The dressing has been absorbed into the tofu – and the sesame oil imparts a very pleasant taste to the whole melange.
Being Tuesday, yet again…I missed the gym. I could go right now, but frankly after driving to Fort Saskatchewan and back – with lots of moving of boxes. – I’m just tired.
So, I’m going to finish my bowl and grab my book, and I’m going to go to sleep!
Have a good evening and stay the course!
Marcia
Today is a holiday of sorts in Alberta, so I’ve been home all day. Of course that also means that the gym doesn’t open until 8 am. By which time I had already done a whole lot of stuff.
My bedroom was a quasi-disaster area as I had begun cleaning and decluttering my room. It looks much nicer now.
I had also shovelled a lot of snow. It seemed pretty easy to just do everyone’s sidewalk this morning – the snow was so light and there wasn’t too much of it. By the time I got to the gym, I was pumped.
So, we’ll weigh in on Wednesday. I’ll be hitting the gym later than usual since I am off to Edmonton tomorrow.
All that to say that a day off doesn’t always make for a great day diet-wise. My meals were great. Day two of the buddah bowl and it was still delicious. But I think I’m going to get low sodium soya sauce – and probably make less dressing next time.
It’s the snacking in between that is getting to me – muffins, a sandwich, some dried mango…. All perfectly acceptable, just not too many of them.
We’ll see how tomorrow goes!
Marcia
I hope you had a good Sunday – I sure did, although I think I really need to get new pants for work. Things are getting a little slippery again! Good news for me!
I got a recipe from my dietician for a Buddah Bowl. Now a buddah bowl can be one of two things:
or 
The recipe for the meal on the right is at this link. But to let you know, it’s not really like mine. Mine consists of some starch (I used 1 cup of whole grain rice noodles) 100 grams of tofu, cubed, a tomato – sliced, a green onion-diced, some cucumber and an amazing dressing.
For the dressing I took the zest off a lime and the juice from inside it, about a tablespoon of grated ginger, a tablespoon of sesame oil ( and don’t substitute something else for this, the flavour of sesame oil is something I’m really beginning to enjoy) a tablespoon of honey and 4 tablespoons of soya sauce. (this is enough for four servings, three of which are in the fridge and the other is in my tummy)
If you search for buddah bowl recipes, you’ll find all kinds of recipes, which leads me to believe that anything can go into making one – so here’s my formula:
One or two servings of starch – noodles, rice, quinoa, millet, or a mix
As many veggies as you like- spinach, carrots, corn, onion, cucumber, tomato…they can be raw, cooked or steamed, however you like them.
And a dressing over top of it all – to add some flavour.
So that was my creative cooking after work. This is not a very expensive meal, but I have to say it was very filling. I am looking forward to enjoying it again tomorrow.
Everything else went as planned today as well. So I have no regrets about what I’ve eaten or how much I’ve moved. But I am looking forward to the gym tomorrow!
Have a good night everyone!
Marcia
Some protein – chicken, tofu, beef…
Today I had the opportunity to make life a bit happier for someone and my cousin Ingrid helped me do it! Life is indeed good!
Goal wise it was a good, good day. A good meal of noodles,(1/2 a cup), some meatloaf and lots of mixed veggies (mostly beans) was the star of the day.
On the “other” side, I didn’t have my breakfast until 9:30 this morning, at work. Lots of things got in the way – and I’m glad I got them done – but I did feel the consequences for my lateness.
“Note to Self” Breakfast needs to be eaten at home, before 8 o’clock in the morning because you’re a basket case, other wise.
And I was – light-headed even. I’ve never felt that way before. I hope I don’t feel it again!
Have a good night. I’m going to sleep early because I’ve got an early morning!
Marcia
For an idea that you might like to do…check out my other blog,
http://shortshoestring.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/take-a-smile/
The above picture showed up on Facebook and inspired a blog post and an action! Hope you try it too!
It’s almost bedtime and I want to share a bit about my day. It was pretty good – although for some reason I seemed compelled to eat sweets. Fortunately we have a little machine that gives just a small handful of Reeses Peanutbutter Pieces and that seems to satisfy the yearning.
Of course since this is Thursday, it was the TOPS scale at front and center. I weighed 228 pounds – so a drop of 2.5 pounds. I need to keep that up just so I can catch up on my goals!
We spent the meeting time sharing wisdom, writing them on sheets of paper so that we all have the same wisdom…
There it is. I do hope it comes in handy as you travel the road to a healthy body weight.
I’ve created a bit of a routine in the evenings – a cup of hot chocolate and 4 prunes just before bed. I like prunes.
http://www.californiadriedplums.org (if you want more information), but I’m ready for bed! It’s been a great day – gym, breakfast, and sticking to my meal plan.
Tonight I did everything I needed to do – which didn’t give me much time for eating. I’ve got some soup in the crock-pot. Laundry soap is made and cooling. The hedgehog is bathed and crunching.
All in all, I’m glad to report a day with no eating regrets!
Have a good one! TOPS is tomorrow evening!
Marcia
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I’ve been busy all day, and everyone conspired to keep me from eating too many cookies! But the two I had I did enjoy thoroughly.
As I mentioned yesterday, I missed the gym this morning but was very definitely on time for the ultrasound – and what a wonderful thing that was to share with Emma and Eric. I’m going to have a granddaughter, Lord Willing, in July and she is just so precious. One of the ultrasound shots is of her touching her toes. You can’t start exercising too early in life, and I intend to help her exercise every day!
The spring rolls were delicious today – and very filling. But I didn’t bring something for dinner, so I ended up with pork dumplings. I just didn’t see anything I would have liked for a meal I had to squeeze into 10 minutes. Lunch was better – meatloaf, 1/2 a cup of kamut spaghetti and lots of veggies!
See you tomorrow – I’m going to enjoy some hot cocoa (modified from my Christmas recipe) and a few prunes. I do enjoy my bed time snack!
Rest well everyone!
Marcia
