Good morning,
A quick post as I am getting the place organised to have Miss 4 here while her mum does a market stall. Yes, three busy days with kiddies in a row, I am getting tired, but it will be a good day so I am not complaining.

The party yesterday was lovely. The weather was perfect. My dolamades weren’t very cigar shaped, but that’s what comes from only making them once before and that was ten years ago. They tasted yummy and all were eaten. Sorry, didn’t manage a picture, and I didn’t end up doing the felafel.

Cali, my dolmades recipe is a vegetarian one, mostly onion and tomato with the rice and spiced with cinnamon and pimento.

So glad your second BP count was so much lower!
Isn’t 33 nice and cool at the end of a hot run. And cooler nights are one of the greatest pleasures. (Thanks for using celsius) (I presume you were!)

My little bit of input on eggplant rollups, I brush the slices with oil and then cook them under the grill (broiler), turning them over half way, to cut down on oil.

Lindsay, you did impress your doctor! 5:2 Ambassador! And while you are being super strict on NFDs until that next 8kg is gone, at least you are rewarding yourself with gorgeous jackets!

LJoyce, your little grand niece’s party sounds great fun, and your treats would have given such pleasure. Haha re the squealing!

Well, the cat is on my knee now, so I will add a para. Thin, did you have your lovely celebratory restaurant meal yesterday?

Good luck with the NFD rules. The ‘no snacks’, and ‘nothing after 8pm’ are good ones. Cali I hope you can think of a magical drink, that isn’t sweet, to sip in the quiet of the night house.

Cat has jumped off so I am off too. Best wishes to everyone.

Good morning Cinque, is your daughter selling her crocheted items at the stall? She’s a talented and busy lady. I forgot to tell you that when we drove south to collect DD and the broken down car, we passed through a small town that had crocheted squares hanging all along the main street. On the way back, we stopped there for dinner and found out they’d been involved in the same competition as your daughter. I think they said 800 people but I might have made that up as that seems like the entire population.

The children of the eastern states certainly enjoy some fancy party food – macaroons and dolmades! It’s great that you get to meet Miss 4’s friends and spend so much time with her.

Thanks for asking, yes we had the meal at the Japanese restaurant when DD arrived home from work. In an attempt to avoid rice, I ordered a bowl of udon noodle soup with vegetable tempura. I left most of the noodles but ate all the tempura. The damage this morning is horrendous. I wonder what’s in the batter, it seems so light. Maybe it was all the carbs in the yummy veggies. Well, a FD today. I’ll be having the other half of the roasted capsicum & ginger soup &, later, a hearty root & barley soup portion from the freezer. And a good, brisk walk with plenty of HIT.

Last week, one of our precious river dolphins died from injuries sustained from fishing line entanglement. What’s even more sad is that she had a calf who’s 18 mos old and not expected to survive without her unless she gets adopted by some of her mum’s fishing buddies which is unlikely. It’s a horrible sight to see a bloated dolphin get winched out of the river and loaded unceremoniously onto a truck. DD happened to be on pathology rotation last week so she watched the necropsy.

It’s a beautiful, sunny day and hopefully I won’t see anything unpleasant.

LJ, good morning. Impressive that you still have macaroons and melting moments in the house! Something must be going well.

Lindsay, that koala is sooo cute! He does look a little sleepy. 😁😴 You’re going to have so much fun and hopefully some relaxing in Bali. How long will you be there?

Thin, that’s so sad about the dolphin and her baby. Isn’t there a nature preserve or something somewhere that could take the baby if it doesn’t get adopted by a local dolphin? How long is it before they can fend for themselves?

Cinque, have fun with Miss 4 today. I hope she tired herself out yesterday so today will be more sedate, although kids seem to be like Energizer bunnies!

LJ, have fun visiting your friend and your aunt today. I’m sure they’ll enjoy your beautiful desserts.

Just lost my post before submitting it. I’ll try and remember what I wrote.

Photo for today: https://imgur.com/3SGnDDu a spinach, tomato and mushroom omelette. I also had a small banana and 3 pots of tea today.

Quacka, that sounds like a week’s worth of meals already prepped – good going. Have fun looking for size 10 jeans.

Cali, I did have fun. I had a cuppa and a long chat to my aunt and uncle. They are getting very frail so I need to keep in touch, despite having moved away from the area they live.

Lindsay, isn’t it amazing that such a loud racket can some from such a small creature. And for some reason they always seem to make the most noise at 2am!

Thin, Sorry to hear that the Japanese meal caused your scales to be unfriendly this morning. Tempura batter can be made from either rice, wheat or corn flour, with egg and iced water. The majority of calories however come from it having been deep fried.
So sad to hear about the dolphin. We have fresh water dolphins here in the Port River and they are all too frequently injured or killed.
Giving up the baked goodies wasn’t at all hard. I don’t like macarons and I prefer melting moments without the buttercream filling. I also really wanted to give the melting moments to my aunt and uncle as I know they are a favourite of theirs. During the 5 years that my dad was in aged care, my aunt kept him constantly supplied with his favourite home baked biscuits. She is now so frail herself she no longer has the energy to bake. So when I can, I like to take them a batch of biscuits.
Hope your FD went well and scales are kinder tomorrow.

Time for a cup of chai with almond milk.

Thin – today was a FD. That veggie omelette is my standard FD version. There would be cheese too on a NFD.

Good morning,
Another quick post. I am trying to recover from three exhausting days and I have three busy days ahead. Eep. Wish me luck (and good management, but that slides when I get this tired.)

Penguin, you make me determined to find non-tinned kippers!

My daughter was in a shared stall with three others who had hand-made items. Yes, my daughter had her crocheted items. She said it was a lovely market but none of them managed a sale, everyone likes the second hand clothing stalls best! Lots of interest though so the feedback is good.

I will tell her about the crochet square town!

Must admit it was the mums and dads who preferred the dolmades, although the littlest granddaughter just loved the chopped toasted hazelnuts sprinkled on top.

My sympathy re the tempura. I hope they were delicious!

But so sorry to hear about the poor dolphin. I do so hope the baby survives.

Quacka, I’m so glad to have a wonderful story of whales to counteract it.

But Lindsay, those snorty-growl koalas at night! Shocking!
Babysitting sleeping kids is the go!
So glad there has been some rain up there!
Enjoy packing!

Oh dear, what a disjointed post, but must go in a sec.

Cali, yes. Energizer bunnies!

Quacka the eggplants would look great cooked that way, and have a touch of smokiness.
What a lovely example of food evolving to be healthier… and deliciouser!
What a sad story of your jeans though 😉 you will have to say good bye to them soon.
So glad that fisherman survived okay, and I completely agree re sustainable fishing.

LJoyce, so glad you can give your aunt and uncle such beautiful home made treats.

Okay, running off in a very slow way (making snorty-growl noises as I go).

Best wishes everyone.

Cinque, I looked it up. It was a yarn bombing attempt in Bridgetown. Not quite sure what that means but I did see a lot of crocheted squares. Disappointing for your DD not to have smashed out some sales. But a good way to gauge the market. Have a good rest and take it easy. Maybe you can postpone the three busy days?

Good afternoon all.

Penguin, your smoked kippers sound more inviting than the tinned variety but I’ve never seen the traditional kippers here. You described them being soaked in water and I recalled seeing a history documentary where they showed jugged kippers – a tall earthenware jug filled with water and then a pile of kippers pushed head first into it with just their tails sticking out.

As I’ve mentioned I’m not a fish fan, but smoked cod has always been available here and growing up it was the only fish (apart from tinned tuna) that I would eat. I’d forgotten that until you started talking about all the different smoked fish. I have also found that we can now get packages of smoked ocean trout fillets here – really nice in a summer salad, but hideously expensive. (This is the type of thing I’ve bought before: https://shop.coles.com.au/a/a-national/product/yumis-trout-smoked ) I might need to see what else I can find that’s smoked.

Thin, well done on the pun.

Cinque, I suspect you daughter already knows about these but she could try “etsy” and “madeit” as a way to sell her crochet. https://www.etsy.com/au/ https://madeit.com.au/ Someone I used to work with makes children’s clothing and sells them on etsy – it started very small, but keeps her quite busy these days.

Quacka, I find the same thing on FDs, hunger usually hits in the afternoon not lunch time.
Good fishing tale – that’s one way to get someone paddling fast. 😀

The infusion was delayed as the nurse didn’t have the right paperwork and that had to be sent through (they need a written authority from the rheumatologist to administer the drug). It eventually got sorted out and I had my infusion. Although the tiredness is definitely creeping over me now, I managed to do the grocery shopping after the nurse left. Although it wasn’t on my list, all that talk about eggplant had me buying some! I have a bit of slow cooked beef & veg ragu left in the freezer so I’m thinking that they would go together nicely as a moussaka.

I took today’s photo this morning after I’d taken the rissoles out of the freezer to thaw. https://imgur.com/zWEBF65 However, I have to amend it already as I got hungry again a few minutes ago and had a couple of slices of cheddar cheese with a handful of rice crackers. My plan was actually: 4 premium crackers for breakfast (because I feel better if I eat before the infusion). A bowl of muesli, bran, blueberries, banana, kefir & almond milk for lunch. A handful of strawberries as a snack and 2 chicken-veg rissoles with salad for dinner. I would normally prefer to make a burger with one rissole, the salad veg and a wholemeal roll, however my other meals today contain a lot of grain foods so I really needed to focus on protein and veg for dinner to get a bit of balance back into the day.

Have a good day everyone. Good luck to the fasters, especially Quacka who’s doing B2B. I’ll be doing my second FD Thursday, but I do plan to do a lower cal CD tomorrow and possibly Friday. I’m still worried about the damage that’s likely from high tea this Saturday.

LJ. I know I am old, but I didn’t think I was old enough for my habits to be in a history documentary!

LJ. Well dodged.

Merry, I noticed that milestone too.

Quacka, those were both snake stories not fishing stories and for future reference need to come with a thin alert, “warning: snake story” please. I’ll be having nightmares now.

Penguin, great to see you back here again! I was wondering where you ran off to. 😎

LJ, you food for today looks really appetizing. I keep meaning to make some rissoles but haven’t tried them yet. Today’s a FD, but maybe I’ll make some for OH with enough leftovers for tomorrow.

I made stuffed capsicum peppers on Saturday and used mostly lentils, barley and red quinoa mixed together to stuff them. I added basil, oregano, onions, garlic, salt and pepper to the stuffing, but I should have added more of all. They tasted kind of bland. Extra salt made them better though. I cooked them in tomato sauce in the Instant Pot put had to really cram them in. I cooked the lentils and grains beforehand in the rice cooker so the only thing that needed to cook were the capsicum themselves. Because they were stuffed in there so tight (5 of them) they ended up taking about half an hour to cook. Next time I need to go heavier on the herbs and spices and perhaps cook the stuffing ingredients a bit longer and add extra water so they stick together better.

Rainbow, I used to love Stephen Foster’s music as a child. I still do, but just haven’t heard it in a while. I just told Alexa to play music by Stephen Foster and am listening to Suwanee River as I’m typing. Kayaking down the river sounds like a fun way to celebrate your anniversary. I hope you have a wonderful time.

Thin, congrats on the 17,000th post! 👍🏻

Cinque, hope your 3 busy days offer at least a little rest. After 3 days with the Little Miss, you probably need it.

Good morning everyone,
After such a warm winter, where nothing has died back and the strawberries kept flowering, we got down under 2C last night and forecast lower still tonight! I had towels and scarves around my pots to protect the roots, and also sheets over them, like I rig up in the hottest weather. They mightn’t have been needed, but at least everything is happy this morning!

Rainbow, lovely to have your update, and what a great way to spend a long weekend! Happy anniversary! I grew up with the song, but never realised the river name wasn’t ‘Swanee’. Suwanee is a beautiful name.
Good luck fitting 5:2 in with travelling.

Thin, fishing stories are rarely about fish! 😉

And yarn bombing is great fun!

None of my three busy days are going to be as bad as I thought they might be, but on the other hand, recovering from the first three days is consuming me. I am sorry to say that I got the tired munchies and the tired can’t-do-the-good-things so I am going straight into a Fast Day today, and am going to spend the morning making a big pot of soup (veggie and chickpeas). That feels so good!

Quacka, great idea to keep your soup until you are hungry.

LJoyce my daughter has an Etsy stall and does make enough from it to cover her expenses and a little more. Here is it is so you can see the kind of things she makes: https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/RoseyCheeksHandmade

I do hope the infusion after effects have been small and easy this time.

I’m getting hungry for eggplants too! Yes, moussaka, yum. (Hey Cinque, you are fasting today, and maybe tomorrow too!).

Merry, are you still reading through all the posts? Ha, I hope you are doing all the good things and having an excellent day.

Cali, don’t those stuffed peppers demand big flavours! I add chili and I often do them with Middle Eastern flavourings, so cumin and cinnamon, or ras el hanout. (When I say often, I haven’t made them for a couple of years! Another one to put on my list of things to make!)

Lindsay, it is SO good to come home to clean sheets! Enjoy your last day at work for a while and have a great flight and the best fun in Bali!
Good decision by the SES re the snake !

Well, I’m off to do all the good things. This mainly means I’ll potter around gently with rests in between. Best wishes for your day everyone!

Good morning everyone, and afternoon, evening or sleeping well penguin and Mrs P, CaliD and Rainbow Quill, welcome to you. Hello to any readers, lurkers, and prospective newbie 5:2ers as well.

Rainbow- ask away if you have any questions. I see you have 5:2’d for a few weeks before, but you will definitely find it easier with people to bounce things off, and to get info from.

We are a mix of ‘been doing it for a few months ‘ through to ‘been doing it for a few years’. Those of us maintaining are still here because we find that companionship helps us all. Some of us are amazing at keeping track of what everyone’s doing, and some of us, (putting up hand gingerly) end up finding out what’s happening but can’t keep the names and doings attached to each other.

Here, Swanee River, without the u, was in My First Piano Tunes books decades ago.

Snake alert: Lindsay – OMG, a brown. For you honorary Aussies, this one’s aggressive, and doesn’t do the usual slink off into the undergrowth to get away from you stuff. That said, I kicked OH in the leg during a
‘snake’ dream last night. More than once, he tells me. If you got this far Thin, I remember a certain incident on Rottnest Island.

That said, most Aussies live in cities and mostly see snakes in a zoo, or a snake education display somewhere.

Off to the hairdressers – back later.

Good morning SHs.

My eating last night got a bit out of control. I did eat the planned meal. Then I also made a little bread and butter pudding in a small ramekin, baked it and ate it! I then lay awake for hours trying to figure out why I’d done it. I think in part it’s because I’ve always treated infusion day as a NFD when I can have what I like. (Because I always fast the day before.) I suspect it is also because I’ve spent a few days thinking about how to use those spare egg yolks and baked custard and bread and butter pudding were some of the ideas that occurred to me. Once an idea like that is in my head it’s hard to shake off.

I’m having a quiet day at home today, and I’ll head off for a long walk shortly. I have puled my one remaining ziploc bag of ragu out of the freezer and will bake my eggplant and zucchini slices and construct the moussaka this afternoon. It will only be a small one (2-3 serves) because I won’t be able to safely freeze leftovers.

Today is a controlled NFD. I don’t have photos as I have to make the meals yet. I take photos throughout the day and post them tonight. My plan is for a lunchtime smoothie: blueberry, kefir, almond milk, psyllium, inulin powder, vanilla, nutmeg and ice. Dinner will be moussaka. If I need a snack it will be either strawberries or a small banana.

Rainbow Quill, it sounds like you are having a lovely time for your anniversary. And yes trying to do 5:2 when you aren’t in your own kitchen can be a challenge. I usually resort to just eating one meal (which is what I do at home on a FD anyway), and choose a low cal option that I think will be within my 500 calories.
I had the same reaction as Cinque to your story about the Suwanee River. I also know the song and thought it was Swanee.

Cali, are they called “rissoles” over your way or burgers? Even in Australia they are often called burgers these days – we’ve been Americanised. I still call them rissoles when I’m having them on their own. It distinguishes them from a burger which I consider to include things like a bun and salad and capable of being eaten with my hands rather than a knife and fork.
Rissoles are one of those meaty vehicles that can hide a lot of veg – especially from family members who don’t eat enough of them. My rissoles (and meatballs) are always at least 50% veg. As long as I put the veg in the food processor and mince it up you can’t tell it’s there – although orange veg will usually retain some of its colour and be visible. Eggplant, onion, zucchini and mushrooms hide themselves really well and seem to take on the colour of the meat. I find that to get the flavour right, I add Massel beef stock powder. (This is a brand of vegan stock powders https://imgur.com/nfS5RmB .) Because I am trying to get people to believe that the meatball or rissole is actually beef I add 1 teaspoon of beef stock powder for every 500g of veg that I’m using instead of minced beef (or chicken stock powder if I’m making a chicken rissole). I still add other spices and herbs, but the stock powder stops them tasting bland and makes it difficult to tell them apart from a very meaty version of the same thing. The stock powder does contain quite a lot of salt, so you don’t need extra.
I do a similar thing with bolognese or beef ragu – it’s 80% veg and 20% beef but you’d never know it from the rich beefy flavour (also helped along with worcestershire sauce). Personally I don’t mind the taste of the veggies themselves, but if I’m serving them to others I find a bit of beefy stock powder subterfuge works a treat.

Cinque, thanks for the etsy link. I love that baby bear beanie. Are your grand daughters the models?
Enjoy that soup – I’m just imagining it now – I love chickpeas, definitely my favourite legume.

Merry, I can concur about the snakes. I grew up in a country town and saw lots of snakes there. Although I hear plenty of stories from others about seeing snakes in the suburbs, I’m yet to see one myself.

Lindsay, good food plan four your travel day. I’m not commenting on the snake story – I’m not as bad an Thin but I don’t care for snakes either.

Thin, good morning, Penguin, good evening. Anyone else who’s reading but not posting, hello.

Time for a walk now.

Back from my walk. The route I intended to take was blocked by the railway station redevelopment. They’d blocked a lot of the footpaths, so I took their detour and decided to just see where I ended up. I found some new streets I hadn’t been down before. As many of them curved around I did end up getting my phone out when I decided to head for home, just to make sure I was going in the right direction. I went a bit too far though and my knee is complaining bitterly at the moment. I’m about to try and pacify it with a nice cup of tea – it always makes things better.

Lindsay, the bread and butter pudding was delicious – it’s one of my favourite baked puddings and I hadn’t had it at all this winter. Hope you enjoyed the cake too.
In a normal week I wouldn’t have been concerned about this treat on NFD, but I’m trying to have a careful week to prepare for high tea on Saturday which will certainly involve more calories than my body needs.

Thin, it didn’t make me feel better, just sympathy for someone else with food issues too.
I think I’ve figured out what to do with the remaining egg yolks. I might make a batch of hollandaise or bernaise sauce, then freeze it in small portions. I know it will separate when thawed, but if I stray from the original recipe and add a teaspoon of either corn or plain flour it should stabalise it.

PS egg yolks can go in the compost .

I finally have some photos for today’s food. I changed the plan because I’d gotten to 3pm and still didn’t feel like a smoothie, so I had what appealed to me.
https://imgur.com/a/iw3rqEu
My very late lunch was yoghurt with strawberries and blueberries. Dinner will be my adapted version of moussaka. I included a pre-assembly shot of all the components. Only a small amount of the beef & veg ragu and many different veggie layers. I would normally top it with bechamel, but I didn’t feel like making any. I used plenty of cheese as the meal would be a bit low on protein otherwise.
It’s hard to get an idea of scale in these photos, but I’m treating this as 3 serves – and they won’t be that large. I don’t intend to serve extra veg with them – they are already over 80% veg.

I have some cookery books by Jane Grigson – one is called “Fruit” and the other “Vegetables”. Each book alphabetically works through each fruit or vegetable and provides many varied recipes for each. These are enormously helpful for those with a veggie garden or fruit trees, wondering what to turn all that produce into. Most of the recipes come from the many cuisines across Europe.
Something I remember her saying is that many countries in Europe have their own version of the Greek moussaka (or any dish that layers vegetables with a meat sauce). They tend to use the vegetables common to their country – so the colder countries use things like carrots and cauliflower. It’s where I discovered that I don’t have to stick with the traditional eggplant and potato layers in the Greek version, but can use whatever is in season that I happen to have in the fridge. I find this particularly useful in winter when good eggplants are hard to find, but when a hot baked dish like moussaka is best enjoyed.
Tonight I will bake the small round casserole in the airfryer. The larger one is in the fridge and I’ll bake it in the oven tomorrow night, with a spare serve ready to be reheated Friday night.

Hi Merry, I didn’t know you could cook a banana that way in the microwave, although I have seen them split open and barbequed – they were delicious.

LJoyce, I think “rissoles” are an Australian recipe, but I remember you and others talking about them here some time ago and they sounded like a good idea. I looked up some recipes but then forgot about making them. Burgers are usually just minced beef with maybe a few onions mixed in, although onions are usually cooked separately. In recent years there have been veggie burgers though, so I guess anything goes. I’ve also seen turkey burgers. And they are almost always served with a bun and condiments. Without the bun they would be called a beef patty. Rissoles look like they’re usually thicker and some recipes show them almost like a slightly flattened meatball. I like the idea of mixing in lots of vegetables. Some recipes mix in bread crumbs too. The vegetables would make the calorie content less too.

Cinque, your daughter’s creations are beautiful! She is so talented. (And the models are adorable!)

Thin, I’m afraid of snakes too, at least if they are moving quickly. I’d be terrified to see one in the water where they’re probably very fast. (Now I’m going to have nightmares!)

Cali, I should also say that some of the old rissole recipes use leftover roast that you mince up. Because you are using a meat that is already cooked I find them very dry. If you are perusing recipes I’d suggest you ignore those that use pre-cooked meat.

Good Morning HMs,

We are spending a little time in our hotel room before another day enjoying the sights. So I have about 10 minutes to write.

Help! I’m finding learning to FD while traveling is a whole new skill–whether it is a feed day or fast day. I am not sure how to “not eat” and still enjoy traveling because eating new things in new places is part of the fun of traveling for me. But figuring out how much and when to eat is not so easy with such a flexible and unpredictable schedule of events and eating.

For example, hubby enjoys a good steak (and so do I), so last evening we decided to eat at a steak house. Before the meal, and while I was still really hungry, they brought a whole basket of these amazing homemade yeast rolls along with tubs of whipped cinnamon-honey-butter topping. They were so yummy! Before I even realized it, I ate three rolls slathered with that sweet rich topping. When I got back to the room and used my tracker, I discovered I had gone way over my basic caloric needs for the day.

I’m open to any tips you might have. I still have a couple days left and do not want to undo the progress I have made so far. Also, for the next few months we are going to be doing 2-3 day trips, so I need to figure this out. I definitely have a lot to learn to make this FD work over the long term.

RainbowQuill

Rainbow, Merry has some great suggestions. I always order salad dressing on the side as well. Some restaurants pour on so much that the greens are swimming in it, gasping for breath! If the trip is only 2 – 3 days, why not just switch your FDs to days when you’re home? I usually just eat whatever I want when traveling but try to be mindful. I’m not much of a breakfast eater anyway, so skipping breakfast is easy. 2 starters is a great idea.

Merry, I forgot to say thank you for the cooked banana idea. I never thought of doing that. We eat lots of bananas around here.

I wonder if there is a way to make a vegan rissole? I’m still eating meat and dairy but ever since making the sloppy Joe’s and stuffed peppers with the brown lentils, barley and quinoa, I’m keen to find a way to make those three (or just the lentils and barley) stick together a little better so they could be shaped into patties or “meatballs”. Ground walnuts help a little, but that ups the calories quite a bit. Any ideas? It would be for NFDs. So far, adding more water and cooking them longer seems to help some. Perhaps some type of flour other than white flour…

Penguin, your rissoles sound delicious. I didn’t realize they were British too. The ice cream and fruit liquor on the bananas sounds really good – for NFDs. Or even a little port.

Rainbow, I agree, it has to be worked out if we’re to embrace IF long-term. All good suggestions from Merry and CalifD. I’ll add that, when I’m just going for a local restaurant meal, I always check the menu online beforehand and decide what I’m having so there won’t be any impulsive decisions driven by what others order. In Australia, we don’t have to worry about freebies coming to the table! When travelling overseas (or where sampling the food is part of the fun), I enjoy what I want on a NFD because we’re very active when travelling. Over time, you might find that ‘what you want’ changes. Fast Days are Fast Days though, I wouldn’t even attempt to reconcile a restaurant meal with 500 calories. When we plan lengthy trips, I try to incorporate some self-catering accommodation so I can have more control over food.

Cinque, I made the mung bean soup last night after soaking the beans for 24 hours. It was the best one yet; lots of depth of flavour. And a good result on the scales. I was hoping I’d be joining you in a FD today but now I see you’ve switched to ADF just to keep us on our toes.

Sad news about the orphaned dolphin, Splash. It, too, died from severe injuries sustained from fishing line entanglement. The photos are horrible.

Good Morning all

Well B2B didn’t quite work for me this week. I woke up with a yukky yukky head cold yesterday and I still thought I could do a FD so I gave it a go. I was doing well all day just a chicken stock, mushroom and konjac noodle soup for lunch. I went home early due to feeling so gross.
That’s where it fell apart. I was only a couple of hours from dinner but was sooooo hungry. I ate some of OH’s pork that I made for his lunches. Then I ate some ‘shapes’ (horrid things I don’t usually eat even on a NFD day). Then I ate some ham and two cups of tea. I was still searching around for food when I gave myself a good talking to. The chicken curry I had made on Sunday was ready to go and all I had to do was prepare some cauliflower broccoli rice and I also chopped up some bok choy to go in the curry. I ended up eating some of the broccoli stalk (which I love and OH hates) and also some raw cauliflower. I felt better after that.
Around and hour later I put the curry on to heat, cooked the ‘rice’ and was ready to eat. When I served my dinner I left most of the chicken for OH and served my self the veggies and ate them with the cauliflower rice. I am sure the calories would have been a lot lower than if I ate lots of the chicken, plus I already snacked on plenty of protein. I estimate around 700 calories for the day.

So weigh in this morning 69.7kg, 100 grams down from last week’s weigh in after B2B (I think I also cheated last week). I am reconsidering B2B at the moment. I think if I wasn’t sick I would have had more resolve to not snack yesterday afternoon. I am going to see how I am feeling next week and decide then if I am going to do a B2B then. Otherwise it is separate FD’s for the week.

Today – a CD of eating. I want to stay around 700 calories again 🙂
I have the konjac noodle meal thingy I mentioned last week. I didn’t end up eating it that day so I get to try it today. I also have some parmesan cheese to have with it as the meal is a “vegan napoli”. I am going to eat a kiwi fruit later this afternoon and then dinner will be my leftover veggie and tuna rissoles (or patties) with salad.Tomorrow a NFD.

I would like to be in the 68kg numbers next week :):)

Cali I was reading up on vegan rissoles last night actually. I saw a recipe that had some rice and chickpeas mashed together to make a paste and then some other things added to it. In the reviews a few people said to use a food processor as it saves mashing to make the paste. I will try and find the recipe again and post it here for you. I’m not sure if you could use tofu instead of egg but I do not some people make like a scrambled egg with the silky tofu. I would think it would have to be well pressed to remove the water.

Ok I best go. I need a cup of tea with almond coconut milk. Take care xx