Thetawave
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145.5 lb
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141.1 lb
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136.7 lb
Still to go: 4.4 lb
I am a single mother of three awesome kids, owner of a doberman and 4 dachshunds and a dog trainer and breeder.

I am not here so much for the weight loss but to make sure I eat healthy diet in accordance to my exercise and keep me in a good shape, veering from either excess.

I was vegetarian for a few years, now I eat fish and other water creatures and rarely do consume a bit of meat (I am a hunter so mostly themself-raised wild game but I do have a friend who raises hens so I get the benefit of having free range loved chicken meat and eggs available). I have recently went on a mission of trying to curb my gluten consumption to a minimum as it apparently helps to control my psoriasis and maybe will even help my iron levels that have been on the lower side all my life.

All these fancy graphs and calculating thingamabobs blinded me to try this site out and here I am, hoping I can make the most of it :)

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Breakfast - ideas
One of my staples for a good start for the day is my apple-pear porridge. This is the amount I make for me and my kids (a 4 and a nearly 6 year old).
2-3 apples
2-3 pears (depends on the size- both end up 300-350 g so a total of 600-700 g of fiber-rocking fruit)
5 g fresh ginger (optional but I recommend playing around it for a bit to find if it suits your taste but it is a nice healthy seasoning and I LOOOVE the flavour)
50 g dates/prunes/rasins/other dried berries or fruit
1/2 lemons zest and/or juice (optional)
1/2-1 teaspoons of ground cinnamon, vanilla, nutmeg, raw cacao powder for taste (optional)
100 g rye/bran/millet/oat/rice/buckwheat flakes (whole grain preferably)

Chop up the ginger and make sure to make it very small to get maxiumum taste into the porridge and avoid getting a bitter piece while eating.
I don't peel the fruits and the Conference pears don't really need pitting either so less work for me and the benefit of the whole fruits- just pit the apples and dice them all.
With larger dried fruits chop them a bit smaller, with berries you don't need to bother.
Put a little water (about 100-150 ml) in a pot, add chopped ginger, diced fruit, lemon zest and/or juice, seasoning and dried fruit or berries (or any combination of those). Cover and let it simmer on low heat stirring periodically until the fruit is softened and maybe even falling apart. Depends on the ripeness of the fruit.
Now it should be nicely liquidy and bubbling (if it appears too dry, you can add little hot water but it has never happened to me so far and I make it 4-5 times a week) add flakes, stir and cover again. Now make sure you stir it more frequently. Let it simmer as long as your choice of flakes need to absorb the liquid and soften, remove from heat and let it sit for a few minutes.

I like it as with switching between the different dried fruits and berries and flakes, you can vary alot so it is not the same porridge every time. It is high in fiber, no added sugar or salt and never tasking bland. Eating just the oatmeal porridge didn't fill me up for very long but this works very well for me in it's various versions.

This recipe is inspired from a breakfast idea in a ayurvedic cookbook where it is with just a tablespoon of water and no flakes so you can try this out too!

Hope it gives some inspiration Smile
posted 24 Jan 2014, 04:53
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