~~~~~nutrition nazis 2012~~~~~

haha I was just teasing the restaurant

I am amused by pan-asian restaurants in general

i need my rib eye with sauce so any Port Arthur in a storm

there's a place around here that does pho, bibimbap, sushi, lo mein

you get a free bubble tea if you spend $10 or more

You can use steamed cabbage for ssam. My mother serves it with miso instead of red pepper paste. I prefer it with pickled vegetables. I bought a head of red cabbage this past week. I think red cabbage might also work for ssam (with pickled vegetables). I had it steamed hot, steamed cold, raw shredded with carrots, and raw pieces from the head. It stains your fingers! If my brother ever opens or works in a fusion restaurant, I hope there will be more to the fusion than dipping sauces ... But I don't think he will.

Costco has Wild Plant Sardines in olive oil 6 for 9.99, sorry if this is old news, haven't been in a while.

I've been doing Abb's spring onions in water re-grow thing, it worked! but, after only growing about 3 inches of new green, the bulb/root end turned into a mushy pulp and it died?

Also, it smells VERY oniony :/

on this again

my bf has joined in a weight loss study through a local hospital, 2 years long, with a cognitive-behavioral emphasis. he's been at for like 5 or 6 weeks and has already dropped 15 lbs. i started preparing healthy meals for us at the outset and i'm just getting on board now with the calorie counting, which is both challenging & illuminating.

i'm on the 4th day of restricting my intake to 1600 cal per day, with some allowance for more on days i exercise. i'm really hungry right now.

i got an app to see how my calorie intake is (and protein, carbs etc), and its kinda much lower than i thought

breakfast: 461 calories (muesli, yoghurt, strawberries)
lunch: 254 calories (canned tuna, a yam, baby leaf salad)
dinner: 920 calories (butternut squash, mackerel, onion, tomato, avocado, asparagus, okra)

other: 300 carrot/celery/spinach (juiced), banana

only comes to 1930 - didnt feel hungry

over on saturated fat and sodium, thats the mackerel - should have got tinned not smoked

I got a Fitbit! And god help me, I'm going to Zumba tonight (first and possibly last time).

Oh sorry that is not nutrition. Better seasonal produce availability = easier NNing for me. Picking radishes, sugar snaps, snow peas, lettuces from the garden now.

canned tuna, a yam
the mental image of someone eating tuna out of a can while gnawing on a yam is cracking me up.

a yam, a plan, a can of tuna

haha i totally laughed when i read that too!

i think it's also because, like ham, yam is a comedy word

and both are delicious

anyone have any thoughts on chia seeds?

Not as healthy as flax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hSBkaZ-aUA

more expensive too iirc

chia, that is

bought a Vitamix at Costco!

eating paleo for 2 weeks now and it's really agreeing with me at this point.

expensive though

this isn't really the right thread for this but i have been doing boot camp 3 mornings a week and i feel good, and strong. also calorie counting and eating healthy. but I'm not making any progress weight wise. what to do???

you very well may be changing the shape of your body in a positive way still. don't be discouraged by the numbers because that doesn't tell the whole story imo. just keep working at it

yah don't worry about the weight piece tza, you are a champion

if you feel stronger you probably are getting stronger, which will keep your weight pretty constant.

muscle weighs more than fat iirc

i know all that but laziness made me gain weight from my previous period of awesome and i would really like it to come back off. it's especially frustrating since the last time i was on a routine like this i lost weight much more easily. is this what happens when you get old?

Yes, yes it is.

all you can say is lol bodies, don't blame it on yourself (and "laziness")

^^^

I'm trying to adopt a rather nostalgic attitude about my younger body, like "hey wasn't it so awesome to eat like that, and smoke and drink, and still rock crazy little bikinis and minis? Wasn't that something? Boy, those were the days!" The same attitude I have about those long-gone days of staying out all night, doing drugs, crushing on boys with guitars, etc. Fun then, NAGL now.

staying foxy is another discussion entirely

Tza it totally sucks but it's true that aging effects that. It is way harder for me to lose weight now than it was when I was younger. I didn't want to admit it because most days I still feel 18 but age is definitely a factor.

le sighhhhh

so on the plus side, this morning after boot camp (which, btw, i got up at 5:45 to attend on my day off!) i actually found myself wishing it'd been longer.

http://www.webmd.com/diet/news/20120626/all-calories-not-created-equal-study-suggests

kinda confirms what I've been suspecting lately!

I am pretty constant in the amount of food I eat from day to day but I def notice that on baking days, I tend to feel 'heavier' the next day, probably on account of all the brownies and cookie dough I sneak on the side ;~(

My whole foods now has health starts here salad dressings on the bar - no oil, lots of flavor!

it is a lot easier to not eat carbs during summer, i find. as long as i don't buy chips at the store. don't buy chips at the store. don't. buy. chips.
what i have been eating for the saltiness factor is avocado with soy sauce on it. which is really satisfying! my stomach is much happier too. i don't even know why i started eating chips again. maybe because i was eating them while on vacation in april. eesh.

i firmly believe that study, especially for myself, as lowish-carb is great for me, but i also believe that people's bodies are different and handle different kinds of food differently. that is my non-committal answer.

i was just thinking about this thread because i bought raspberries, strawberries and cherries at the store today and some ricotta to go with them! dessert meal

we have an (inadvertent) bag of chips in the house and it's just the best and the worst

anyway does anybody know what happens when you mix high GI and low GI foods? I read somewhere the overall effect is that of eating the equiv. of medium GI food. wondering if that's how asians avoid diabetes!

yeah i was talking to a friend last night who just got back from a couple of weeks visiting family and she said she'd forgotten how many people just have pantries stuffed with easy food like chips and crackers and granola bars, etc, food you don't have to do anything to, just take out of the bag/box and eat. i seriously have none of that food in my house (because nutrition nazi). unless fruit counts as easy food.

i totally had poutine and beer for dinner last night though.
everything in moderation!
xp

well, the rule i have learned is that if you're going to eat something like white rice, always eat it with protein, fat and fibre/vegetables. basically always eat carbs with protein at the very least, not alone. as a regular, non-athlete person.

yeah that makes sense. who eats white rice by itself? jeez

i think some people just eat it with vegetables, no protein or fat
or yknow, pasta with tomato sauce, toast with jam, etc

I've been experimenting with green smoothies in my Vitamix but every time I include celery (in most green smoothie recipes), I don't like the taste. Too, uh, 'green.'

Thinking about ditching celery for extra spinach/kale, unless I'm missing something special about celery?

celery has a punchy taste, I would ditch it and maybe add carrots instead?

okay that's not green, go with the extra spinach