16-02-2018, 12:33 PM
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Today I'm having a bunless veggie burger and a riced cauliflower medley. I often have my veggie burgers (and even regular burgers) without the bun, simply to cut calories and carbs. Admittedly, I'm a 'bad carb' junkie (and potatoes aren't one of the bad guys!
) and I really need to cut back on that stuff. I got my blood work back from my latest doc appointment and everything looks good and is within normal levels and even my total cholesterol is fine... all except my triglycerides. I've always had a problem with triglycerides and I've done some reading and discovered that eating too many refined carbohydrates can raise blood fats, which is essentially what triglycerides are. I'm just not quite sure how I'm going to do that yet. I guess I'll have to get used to eating whole grain breads. Problem is, I don't like them. I'm a white bread addict and it's going to be hard to change. But for my health, I think I'm gonna have to.
PS - this is what I do to my bunless burgers if I have avocado hanging around. Yum!
17-02-2018, 10:12 AM
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I was a tad unwell yesterday, suffering another IBS flare up and really couldn't face much food so had soup for lunch and scrambled egg on toast for dinner.I don't feel much better today really so not sure what I'll be eating, I will have to play it by ear.
17-02-2018, 05:00 PM
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Hope you feel better soon NicolLinda, do you eat lots of oily fish or take an Omega3 supplement ? That helps
Also Mr Missy, who's weight has never gone above 11st, has to watch his cholesterol He's now using benecol as a spread and drinking one of those cholesterol busting yoghurt drinks daily. So far he's been kept of the statins so they may be working
Carb fest for me today, its Saturday and calories don't count Saturdays
So far Ive had a toasted cheese ham and onion baguette and for supper tonight I will be having a very very thin crust pizza, with a very skimpy topping of cheese and pepperoni. to give it more flavour and to boost my oily fish intake I shall add anchovies
This weeks meals will be featuring roasts as I got a lovely large bit of topside and stuffed chicken crowns Lunches will be leek and potato soup as leeks were on special offer this week so Ive a fridge full
17-02-2018, 05:46 PM
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Something I came across that I find interesting:Whether you're trying to lose weight, maintain weight loss or just stay healthy, at some point, you're going to get hungry. But simply eating whenever the urge strikes isn't always the healthiest response — and that's because hunger isn't as straightforward as you may think.
A complex web of signals throughout the brain and body drives how and when we feel hungry. And even the question of why we feel hungry is not always simple to answer. The drive to eat comes not only from the body's need for energy, but also a variety of cues in our environment and a pursuit of pleasure.
To help you better understand and control your hunger, Live Science talked to the researchers who have looked at hunger every which way, from the molecular signals that drive it to the psychology of cravings. Indeed, we dug into the studies that have poked and prodded hungry people to find out exactly what's going on within their bodies. We found that fighting off that hungry feeling goes beyond eating filling foods (though those certainly help!). It also involves understanding your cravings and how to fight them, and how other lifestyle choices — such as sleep, exercise and stress — play a role in how the body experiences hunger.
http://www.livescience.com/54248-con...ekly_2016-4-01
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