Day 38

by | Daily talk Days 31-60

Wednesday, June 17

Did I miss a day?  It amazes me with being retired, that the days just fly by!

This morning I fried up bluegills outside on the patio – my husband loves the fish but the smell in the house frying them bothers him.  So lately we have been grilling them or frying them outside on my nuwave cook top.

So today’s meal was bluegills, griddle cake and a RBS!  The bluegill’s breading is almond flour/coconut flour/seasoning – dripped in egg/milk first then in flour mixture.  Fried in a combination of olive oil/coconut oil with a little ghee.  It really wasn’t a good combination – the first batch turned out great – but second batch not so good looking but taste great.

I remembered my vitamins, collagen and did my bike ride this morning – so that’s always makes a good day.

My stomach growled this morning, but really wasn’t bad.  It was hard not to eat a fish right when I fried them this morning at 9am!  But they tasted great heated up at lunch.  Yesterday’s OMAD was a little late – didn’t eat until 2-3pm.  So today I moved my eating window 1-2.  I like the 12:30-1:30, but we were gone yesterday and had to adjust.

We leave in 2 weeks for a trip to Michigan (from AZ) for a month – so trying to do lots of planning and organizing!

 

 

 

I will have to get back to you on the recipe.  But I want this in here to remind myself!!  I have the Pampered Chef Quick Cooker.  This was made in the Quick Cooker – substituted monkfruit/erythitol for the sugar.  I also belong to Plant Paradox recipe group and I use “Dar’s flour blend”  and substituted that for the flour.  It was good.  It was a little eggy, but I had a bite — my husband ate 95% of it.  It was good cold – I didn’t put frosting on it, and I would add the chocolate chips next time.  But for my first cake in the “quick cooker” it was a success.  The basic recipe is on Pampered Chef website – with the substitutions.
I am very blessed to have a husband (46 years) that supports me.  But you know he has to be thinking (even if he doesn’t say it) – here we go again.  He totally admits as we have changed to no sugar, no grain – that he does feel better.  He does not eat any grain or sugary stuff.  He always turns it down when we are out to eat or at friends.  He asks for no croutons, no bread if it comes with the meal.  He is very good.  He lost 50 pounds several years ago when he started running.  He did a half marathon challenge when he was 57 (9 years ago).  We were eating healthier and he was exercising.  He continues to run 3 days a week and do half marathons.

History shows I have been on a lot, a lot of “diets” and ways to lose weight.  Many were successful – mostly weight watchers.  Why didn’t I go back on weight watchers?  I now have a hard time with all the “diet” – “low cal” – “low fat” and all the additives in those foods.  I think the calorie in/calorie out is still accurate to a degree – but those calories need to be something specific and not a bunch of food with additives.  My RBS I think are good calories!  I have some fat in it, lots of veggies (which I used to never eat enough of) and protein.  I think resetting the body and have it regenerate cells from fasting is good.

But back to “family” – it gets to the point of you really don’t want to see their expression or talk to them about another “WOE” (way of eating).  They never roll their eyes but you know they have to wonder.  My husband is so supportive and goes with the flow.  He doesn’t eat anything bad, he doesn’t bring anything bad in to the house, now he’s adjusting to eating two meals without me daily.  🙂  He still eats his bigger meal at 6pm.  But he tries to eat lunch with me while I have my RBS, but it takes me a long time to eat that much!  He is either in his shop or golfing most days.  He always reads the info on whatever “diet” I am on.  He did good on reading “Wheat Belly” and “Plant Paradox” –which I think prepared me well for the ELAB!!   I don’t have any desire for many things that others would want.  When I told him about ELAB, he was good and read through the website.  He gets headaches when he misses a meal, so he really questioned fasting 23/1  – but he supported me.  16 days in, and all seems to be going good – had a couple 48 hr fasts in there.  He is surprised.  I need to keep going – I have that choice each day and I need to remember that – this is my choice!