@Antje77 hope your first gym experience went well today.
@Antje77 how was the gym session?
edit:The joining is the easy part... its the going consistently after that is harder to maintain. Nice when you start to see results though
And here is yesterdays interesting meal experiment involving @Stardew 's bread!Next time I think I'll give it a try in a bigger vessel, a small casserole or such, to see if I can make it larger and thinner.
Looks inviting. I used to have a sandwich toaster and a waffle maker but eventually it became too difficult to clean them and so they went to the dump. I've just bought a new waffle iron to sit on a hotplate. It will go in the dishwasher. I did have one before but I got rid of it when I bought the electric ones. Now we're at the beginning of the circle again. I will try making low carb waffles or chaffles with it.I survived! (barely)
Apparently in English the word is doms (delayed onset muscle soreness), but I prefer the German term Muskelkater, literally muscle hangover.
I didn't exactly try to keep up with the rest of the group, which would be foolish (them: well trained thin people in their 20s or 30s, me: 46 year old couch potato with a BMI of 36) but I did try to keep up with the lesson, which just happened to be a heavy duty gym circuit training session...
Still, while it had me gasping for air, it wasn't that bad, and the people were really nice and appreciative of my efforts.
I contemplated if it would be realistic to expect I'd be able to motivate myself to endure this torture every week, but then much wiser and more sensible friends told me I should build up my exercise more gradually and with a more personalised plan, especially considering my diabetes and back issues.
Which had the total opposite effect of me going all obstinate mode and fighting sensible advice, so now I'm the proud owner of a once a week gym membership!
While they may be right in that this is not the best choice for exercise, it beats no exercise by a long way and it doesn't matter where you find your motivation as long as you find it. So thanks a lot for giving me the unintentional extra push, my friends!
I even found out that our muncipality (if that's the right word) partially funds this kind of thing and I applied with my favourite person working there, one who's willing to look at what's best and not rigidly following the rules to the letter and got approval first thing this morning.
Which will be another very strong motivation: it's someone elses money so I'd better not let it go to waste. Like I said, motivation is motivation, no matter where it came from!
That was a lot more of off topic information than intended, so here goes with yesterdays meal experiment involving @Stardew 's bread!
I used a larger vessel to create something like a thick slice of bread and had it with cheese and a turkey egg that should have been a little softer.
Very satisfying!
Had it with 2 leaves of mystery 'snack lettuce' filled with cream cheese, smoked ham, a slice of cheese and kimchi. Didn't eat the third leaf so I'll add that one to my meal today.
Today I'll take the experiment even further. I've made two even thinner slices of the bread and I'll see if they'll make a 'tosti' (two slices of bread with cheese and ham toasted in a thing that presses the whole thing together).
I gave away my tosti making thing because of diabetes though, so I went to see if neighbour-in-the-garden has one. So now I'll be trying the tosti thing not with an electrical appliance but with a brand new but medieval looking thing you're supposed to put directly on the gas flame.
I'll update you on the outcome of that!
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I feel your pain! I've had weeks with various types of specs hanging around my neck until I can get the reactive/anti glare/reading/nothing all in one! 1 week on Thursday....not long.Oh dear not exactly low carb!
Coffee and cream
Coffee and unsweetened almond milk
Ham and tomato
Decided in my wisdom to buy a small tub of Humous.......... shan't be doing that again. Next time look at the carb count with the right glasses on!!!
Coleslaw
Tuesday 18 April - bed 7 FBG 7.6. I reckon @DJC3, I have mastered the art of crispy skin on the sea bass now. Funny, a few years back, there was no way I'd eat the skin on a fish. Now I reckon crispy skin is delicious. How our tastes change. A visit to the butcher was necessary today. I needed featherblade for Thursday as the boys want me to use the featherblade recipe for their steak pie. I cook the pastry separately as the eldest has GF puff pastry. I also got chicken as I'm going to make butter chicken tomorrow.
B. TAG, 2 slices of back bacon, 2 slices of SRSLY toast, 1 egg, and 4 santini tomatoes. Benecol dairy free.
L. Slice of the butcher's roast pork.
D. SRSLY seeded roll with a beefburger - beef mince, paprika, parsley, finely chopped onion, little salt, little egg to bind. Once cooked, topped with mustard and Emmental cheese slice. Peroni 00. CC little chocolate pot and 4 raspberries.
At least I feel like cooking again!
Oh I need an "envy" button for that menu.. I had scallops on cauliflower purée to start, then rare breed Ruby red beef sirloin steak with blue cheese sauce, green veg and a slow roast tomato. 1glass red wine and a sugarless Irish coffee
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