Jen,

Thanks for the recipe! It combines 3 of my favorite things- peanut butter, chickpeas and honey. Yum. I never would have thought of that. I actually used a WW recipe for dinner tonight that has become one of my family's favorites for General Tso's Chicken. Simple and good.


nottango,

Thanks for the kind words. :o I was a "victim" of the weather switcheroo today, too. I thought I could get out on the trails when I heard it was going to be near 40, but the windchills were brutal. (About 19) In fact, it's 8:27 pm here and I can hear the wind just howling outside. Our temps are going to fall as well. Enough already, huh? I need some sun! :cool:


Thinking about adding ground flaxseed to my diet for inflammation. (spine and hip) Has anyone had any luck with it? I know it has a lot of other good properties as well. Any adverse affects? 1-2 Tbl./day. Is that about the right amount?

Hi All You Lovely People and there are so many of you; I wish I could greet you and speak to you all. Cassie, Rose, Nottango thank you so much for welcoming me back. It feel so good to be acknowledged.
Nottango, I am really rooting for you and hoping something even better is coming down the pike for you.
Rose, I am so sorry to hear of your injury. It made me think of the old Rita Rudner joke: "I went to a dance class yesterday. I pulled a groin muscle. Unfortunately it was not mine." A little humor (and a litle Advil maybe) for the pain!
Mike, I have low carb envy. My days should only look like yours!!! Also spill it: what is the pb that is like crack? I promise I won't eat any!!!
OK my M&T
1) stretching and or gym at least 3x a week: M- gym, T: gornish (nothing)
2) more H2O: both days : eh
3) hypoglycemic diet: M good, Tuesday spare ribs for lunch and DH made some sauce for chicken with sugar in it for dinner Bad DH bad!
4) meditate M yes, T no
5) write: M&T yes I am a rock star!!! If rocks stars wore glasses and were very very nerdy and a bit overweight
6) be kind: M OK I think. T wanted to roll up a newspaper and smack DD with it (but didn't) which makes me Mother Theresa and Gandhi rolled into one, yes? OK maybe not.
7) 1 Lyrica a day to control fibro and bp: Yboth M&T
8) more fruits and veg: M yes T is chicken a vegetable? (apologies to vegetarians)

Was in Fla for 5 days, came back and it friggin snowed the next day. The next day! Where is the icon that looks indignant and downright pissed off? Well all I can say is I wanna go back to Fla. The heck with the northeast; the heck with the seasons. I want one season: warm.

Big hugs,
Hope

add some dark chocolate chips to that and it's like cookie dough, but w/ fiber and protein!

Quinn, I made the WW General Tso's Sunday night. It's amazing and it's in our regular rotation now as well. Although I screwed up somehow, I think when adding the red pepper flakes; maybe the heat in the pan was too high but they somehow vaporized(?) and disseminated into the air and all three of us were coughing and clearing our throats for the next half hour! I pulled some wonderful recipes off the Prevention Magazine website today, most from the Italian category, and I can't wait to try them.

As for flaxseed, I use it occasionally stirred into oatmeal and I throw it into things like bread, granola bars, and muffins. I've noticed no untoward effects, but I can't say whether it works for inflammation or not. It's so good for you in other ways that it can't hurt to try, I would think.

Rose, I'm not sure if my sand tarts are the ones in the interwebs. They're very simple, just a sugar cookie with butter, eggs, flour, sugar, and vanilla, rolled so thin you can see through them, then cut with a pastry wheel and dabbed with egg white and cinnamon before baking. They are delicious, but the problem for me is that they are my ultimate comfort food...sooooo many happy memories of the house where I grew up, baking them with my granny. I could eat them by the handful but by and large I've had control. The fact that there are still some left after six days is pretty impressive. Has anyone else noticed that things they buy or make are lasting longer these days now that we're not eating mindlessly?

Hope, I'll add you to the list of visitors...come on back down south where it's sunny and in the 60s!

Rose, glad to hear you changed your goal to be more about healthy living. It is easy for me to to say "ok, i'm going to lose 5 lbs this month" but depending on any number of variables it really could be a recipe for me feeling like i've let myself down and haven't accomplished what I set out to do. I'm so glad you are focused on the fact that any weight loss, is AWESOME. The smaller numbers eventually will add up to bigger ones! You seem to have lots of great short term goals listed too!!

I just ate 1/2 block of 75% fat free cabot cheese. atleast it has protein and isn't junk food. i'm still only over by 3pts today. WW was good...they talked about portion control and about getting out of diet ruts, always helpful.

i also ran 3 miles.

quinn, i eat flax in my oats. i've heard chia seeds are even better but I told myself i wouldn't buy them until i finished all of my flax. i have no idea if they do anything for inflammation.

just an fyi, quinn, if you get flax you need to either buy it ground, or grind it yourself as apparently our bodies can't take the nutrients from unground flax.

Rose, thanks for your encouragement on my walking. My pain management works well for me. :)

Cassie,

I didn't like the way the red pepper flakes were added either, so I add them when I add the sauce to the chicken. (Also cut the quantity down to 1/8-1/4 tsp. ) Changed the white sugar to brown for added depth and I don't add the scallions during cooking; I use them raw at the end as a garnish along with a few chopped peanuts for texture.

For those of you wondering what the heck we're talking about, here's the recipe:



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I love creamy peanut butter but Peter Pan Honey Roast Crunchy is like crack!! It is soooo smooth and creamy with little chunks of nuts and a rich, sweet flavor.

The Is-It-Really-Only-Tuesday report:

1. Balance calories eaten with activity.Yes, Yes
2. Balance carbs, fat, and protein. Yes, Yes
3. Balance work with home responsibilities. Pretty good, Great
4. Balance work & home responsibilities with recreation/down time, and family time. Yes, Fair
5. Balance short-term responsibilities with long-term projects. No, No long-term stuff today
6. Balance clinical work with administrative stuff. No, Yes
7. Balance sleeping and waking hours. Yes, Yes
8. Balance exercise with cardio, strength, and flexibility. Cardio today, Yoga in the AM and weights in the PM today