The Beads Diet

me, myself and my diet

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Baked Plantains

Sep 8

Posted by marlyse in Journal, Vegetables & Fruit | No Comments

Great snack. On the email list they suggest to add it into a plastic bag with salty seasoning and eaten with salsa – but I really like it with cinnamon (mixed with Truvia) as a sweet snack.

Baked Plantains

Peel them and slice them thinly. Spray either a roasting pan with holes in it or any baking sheet you have with some Pam. Bake at 325 degrees for about 35 min., checking from time to time, moving the slices in the pan around and turn over if needed. Shake some cinnamon (mixed with your sweetener of choice) over it and enjoy.

One large plantain serves as 2 fruit servings.

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Raspberry Shake

Sep 8

Posted by marlyse in Favorite Recipes, Milk & Yogurt | No Comments

You can make nice milk shakes with ice shaved into it, but a really nice treat is a yogurt-milk shake:

Raspberry Yogurt-Milk Shake

Take 5 oz of yogurt, drain it over night or at least for a few hours. Add 5 oz of milk plus 1 – 3 teaspoons of Torani Raspberry sirup (depending on how artificially sweet you like it, or not).

Put this all into a glass and mix it with a whipping motion with a spoon (or use a blender if you want to clean more dishes) until well blended and airy.

This gives a really nice shake with good consistency with the very mild tartness of the yogurt underlying. Really good if you are tired of milk-ice shakes.

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Day THIRTY

Sep 8

Posted by marlyse in Journal, Positive | 4 Comments

It is plain wonderful knowing that I am now counting down the days remaining on beads.

One of the ways I have been able to sustain BLT – no Bite no Lick no Taste – during this program is the fact that I am reading more cookbooks, browsing more recipes and watching more cooking shows on TV than I usually do. Matter of fact is that I am pretty much constantly sucking them in. Funny thing is, all of this does not make me prone to falter but it gives me strength to keep on going. In my mind I am constantly building on my Cooking & Baking List for the Future and that list is extending and extending and there is so much I am looking forward to cook and to enjoy! Others on this program avoid anything remotely resembling temptation, me on the other hand, I go and sit right into the smells and suck them in – just like enjoying second hand smoke for a couple of minutes when one of my old wanting to smoke again urges comes over me. Food smells lucky enough don’t put fat on me. The first thing I can’t wait to cook is a real nice veggie frittata with a great salad on the side.

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Day TWENTY-SEVEN

Sep 5

Posted by marlyse in Journal, Vegetables & Fruit | No Comments

It’s 6 PM and only now am I realizing that I forgot to post today!

I had a very bad night, did not sleep much and the little I did was restless. All for no apparent reason. This morning I felt very, very weak and not good. Then I remembered that I actually did not feel well the past 2 days and that this was since we had a visit from my brother-in-law who had a major flu last week. Once I realized that I stuffed myself with vitamin C and am now doing better. Still somewhat weak but not horrible anymore, I am taking it easy though, just in case.

Today is my last day from my 3rd set of beads. So far I have lost over 20 pounds. Had some Eggplant-Lasagna and decided that this is definitely not my favorite dish – way too much eggplant in it for my taste. I know that other people are really fond of it and for this reason I will post the recipe soon.

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Day TWENTY-THREE

Sep 1

Posted by marlyse in Journal, Vegetables & Fruit | No Comments

I am very, very glad it’s again a veggie day. Though all that roughage makes my stomach work like crazy and uhm, yeah, makes me air too. Embarrassing. But solid food! Was going to cook the Killer Chili today but had client conference calls keeping me nailed to the office chair. As the chili will take 3 hours of cooking I’m considering to make it only tomorrow and for today to get one of the other prepared foods out of the freezer.

One thing I did notice which I have had almost since the beginning of this program is elevated heart rate. This might be also a contributing factor to my sweat and chill spells. Usually, when I start with the treadmill, after moving already around a bit, my heart rate will be just above 90 – now, it is already above 150 when I begin. For this reason I’m keeping my routine light, ensure that I don’t get too high with the heart beating. Having a heart rate at resting being above 90 could also mean that very often during the day it will be between 125 and 135, the perfect fat burning rate – without even exercising!

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