What are you eating?

[Buffalobiian]

When I was eating normally, I would had to to fill that bowl to the rum with rice (though maybe not heaped).

Then again, that's with long-grain white rice. Sticky rice tends to be more filling, so perhaps my portions would be more similar to yours.

[David75]

Well, I try to keep it light. I will probably decrease rice quantity come spring.

[Animeniax]

I'm still searching for a steamer pan that will fit inside my rice cooker. After spending a lot of money for the holidays, I can't bring myself to buy a new rice cooker with steamer pan.

Instead of cooking turkey dinner or getting it from Boston Market like we've done before, we bought turkey and fixings from the deli at a Whole Foods Market. Some of the best tasting turkey, gravy, mashed sweet potato, and green bean casserole (this one item was homemade) I've ever had.

[Animeniax]

So I tried the steamed fish diet and it was good for a couple weeks, but fizzled out. I think the steamed veggies were lacking in flavor to effort ratio so I started only cooking the fish, then stopped altogether. Still have some frozen tilapia to finish though.

I made this for dinner today:

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Here's the recipe: http://www.nutmegnanny.com/2011/07/2...lazed-chicken/ It didn't come out exactly right but was still awesome. Next time I'll add less vinegar so the honey stays thicker.

[Buffalobiian]

My diet's back to the normal random stuff now since I can't buy my veges regularly, and I don't know where to put a chest freezer if I went out and bought one.

I wouldn't have any trouble leaving it in my room if it wasn't so damn noisy.

@David: I thought the whole French Paradox thing meant you guys had some pretty optimal eating habits. Not the case?

[Animeniax]

I made this for dinner today:

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It was a bit of work with all the steps, but worth it!

http://www.sixsistersstuff.com/2012/...en-recipe.html

[fahoumh]

That looks really tasty. Did yours look the same as the picture?

[Animeniax]

That looks really tasty. Did yours look the same as the picture?

Surprisingly yes... usually I end up with something that doesn't quite resemble the pictures and I spend a lot of time trying to achieve that look and end up overcooking it. I'll say any recipe that calls for chicken breast should be altered to use chicken thighs instead. They have more flavor and are more forgiving to overcooking.

I made this in the slow cooker today:

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from here: http://www.mmmisformommy.com/2011/09...cued-ribs.html

[Buffalobiian]

I went out to make some cold soba for a get-together picnic I had with some friends a few days ago.



I hadn't made the sauce for two years, so I played around with different ratios and altering the ingredients a little. Didn't end up going as far as I intended to at first since I got lazy.

After getting the kaeshi done up, the most variable step for me is actually the dashi stock mix. I buy the granules instead of making my own, but there's different concentrations for usages like soup, noodle-soup to hotpots. I have no idea how much water to actually add per cup of granules for mixing up the dipping sauce. It turned out alright at the end. Garnishing the noodles with roasted seaweed makes it heaps better IMO.

Then for dinner I made some curry from a boxed pack. It was the first time I bothered to buy one of those, and the results were rather tasty. It's cheap too. A $5 box makes curry for plenty of rice. The only complaint I had was that it wasn't hot enough, but a few dashes of cayenne pepper per plate fixes that.

[Buffalobiian]

Holidays have started so I went back to exercise and a veggie+fish diet.

Difference from last time is that I'm trying to eat above my base metabolic rate this time, so the target is around 8000KJs.

It only lasted for one day, because eating that much (instead of the previous 4000KJs) involved 1KG of vegetables and 9 tins of sardines. Quite frankly, I got tired (physically) from eating the sheer volume. Since the point of the diet is to make my body go into ketosis, I just went for a high-fat diet instead.

That is, replace the 9 tins of sardines with 250g of peanut butter (pretty much the only high mono/poly-saturated fat food I could find that was cheap and came in a jar). That solved a fair few of my sustainability problems before with trying to find the time and effort to prepare everything (especially when I'm not at home).

I should probably keep an eye on my sodium level since I've been making soup out of powdered vegetable stock (166L for $8!), and the nutrient indicates that is contains pretty much just sodium and not much else.

I can't do as much exercise at the moment, so we'll see how far this can take me.

[animus]

When I dieted a couple months back with no exercise I lost close to 40 pounds just eating a light breakfast and just a heavier lunch, and no dinner. Worked for me because instead of eating 6 smaller meals of stuff that are light and not liking what I was eating, I just had a really enjoyable lunch where I just ate what I usually wanted.

Starting out was hard, but I'm so used to it already and don't feel hungry with just one real meal.

[Animeniax]

Found my new favorite recipe for white fish fillets like tilapia or sole: http://www.self.com/fooddiet/recipes...e-en-papillote

Has all kinds of awesome flavors from the white wine, tomatoes, olives, and capers. I don't even like olives but they work with the fish and other flavors. I left out the bread and ate it with rice.

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[Buffalobiian]

Pan-fried some prawns in chopped garlic and olive oil, then combined it with eggs and vegetables into an omlette served with 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce and a dash of fish sauce.

It was a nice break from peanut butter..

When I dieted a couple months back with no exercise I lost close to 40 pounds just eating a light breakfast and just a heavier lunch, and no dinner. Worked for me because instead of eating 6 smaller meals of stuff that are light and not liking what I was eating, I just had a really enjoyable lunch where I just ate what I usually wanted.

Starting out was hard, but I'm so used to it already and don't feel hungry with just one real meal.

When you finished, were you ripped/fit-slim, or average slim?

I don't have 40 pounds to lose.. probably 4-10 max, and just aren't sure whether I can take it there with diet alone (almost).

[animus]

Pan-fried some prawns in chopped garlic and olive oil, then combined it with eggs and vegetables into an omlette served with 2 teaspoons of oyster sauce and a dash of fish sauce.

It was a nice break from peanut butter..



When you finished, were you ripped/fit-slim, or average slim?

I don't have 40 pounds to lose.. probably 4-10 max, and just aren't sure whether I can take it there with diet alone (almost).

Average slim because it was just weight loss with no exercise. I'm currently going back to the gym now, and lifting. Dropped almost another 10 pounds already.

[Animeniax]

Average slim because it was just weight loss with no exercise. I'm currently going back to the gym now, and lifting. Dropped almost another 10 pounds already.

Shouldn't you be gaining/maintaining weight with lifting? As in, lose fat but gain muscle which weighs more than fat. When I got fit, I lost 10 lbs of fat and gained 15 lbs of muscle.

Kind of stuck since then but making gains now that I'm going to the gym more regularly.

[Animeniax]

As with anything Buff, pics or gtfo. Really it's kind of pointless just describing what you're eating unless it's part of a nutrition/health plan.

I'll be making this for lunch/dinner: chicken-marsala-1.jpg

From http://savorysweetlife.com/2010/03/chicken-marsala/

[Buffalobiian]

You wouldn't believe me if I said I forgot to attach it, would you?

Stock image from google that looks pretty close.

[shinta|hikari]

Take pictures of the actual food.

[Animeniax]

Take pictures of the actual food.

That's what I keep meaning to do, but for some reason I don't. I guess with all the cooking, eating, and cleaning up, I don't want to bother with taking pictures and uploading them. Most all the pics I post are from the recipes.

[Buffalobiian]

Take pictures of the actual food.

If you insist.

Peanut butter + frozen veges microwaved.




First few bites were nice.

Then a weird sweetness settles in.

Then....







... yeah, not recommended. >_>