6th SemiAnnual Veggie Challenge

[imagood1]

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Not real hungry today but I made my veggie pledge!!

12 carbs of veggies today – including lettuce, onion, salsa, colored peppers, spaghetti squash, celery & radishes

[lucyloo]

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well who knew I'd enjoy brussel sprouts! Made with butter & garlic as suggested, yum yum!! 13 nc today

[gonnabskinny]

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23 net carbs with 15 net from veggies today.

Lunch was the rest of my Spicy Chicken Chipotle Salad and a garden salad

Dinner was a cauliflower casserole with 2 cups of cauliflower, 2 pats butter, 2 tbsp of sour cream, 1 oz of mexican blend cheese, and chunks of ham

[mitzimarie]

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It's just getting light out, I've finished my exercises, and soon I'm going to walk Lincoln, since he missed a good walk yesterday.

Suzanne! I haven't been exercising lately, and boy does it show. I'm soft. I need to follow your example.

The fibre is to keep the Diverticulosis at bay...seems to work for me

Ah, I see. It's great that you've found something that works.

But, when I compared the can of crushed tomatoes with another brand in the pantry, the NoName brand was half the carbs and fiber than the Unico brand I used! Exactly the same ingredients too! It was almost as if Unico had misprinted the label and used the nutritional info for 1 cup instead of 1/2 cup. From now on, I'll be using the NoName brand So, the Unico label stated, per half cup, 11 grams of carbs, and 4 grams of fibre...so 7 net grams and 60 calories. I had a whole cup with the meatballs! Good, but "expensive" in carbs. I'll have to do more comparisons with other brands of crushed tomatoes at the store, to see which label was correct!

Yeah, I really have to wonder about some of the labels on things. For example, I've compared the labels on canned mushrooms between 4 brands. None of the numbers are consistent... the ingredients are just mushrooms and water, and the contents look exactly alike... and yet, they vary in counts of 1g net carb to 4g net carbs per serving.

But - again, all the vegies are from the "Other Vegetables" list I need to go shopping for salad ingredients and not spinach, since it's on the "other" list too!

Since you are in OWL, I wouldn't worry so much with the lists anymore. ESPECIALLY when it comes to spinach. There is so much nutrition packed into those very few carbs. Honestly, it is my humble opinion that spinach should be listed as a Salad veggie, and not an Other veggie.

[gumby87]

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18.2 Net grams for today.

Ate Linda's Chile Relleno casserole for breakfast, Linda's Low Carb Menus & Recipes, along with a turnip "pancake" (my new favorite veggie!) I then had leftover spaghetti squash with chicken breast for lunch and green beans with dinner.

[mitzimarie]

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Spicy squid on a bed of bean sprouts & scallions for dinner.

Wow, squid? Your food really is interesting... I am impressed.

[mitzimarie]

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pumpkin (M.U.P--my kids love that )

MUP rules! I've been eating it everyday.

[mitzimarie]

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New way of preparing a vegetable:

I actually did this on Monday ...
I fried cabbage and ate it with eggs ... never had fried cabbage before!
It was great!

I love it... And so easy!

[mitzimarie]

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at supper time, i had sweet potatoe fries.

Oh, yum... one of my favorite things!

[mitzimarie]

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Not real hungry today but I made my veggie pledge!!

Way to go on making it work!

[mitzimarie]

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well who knew I'd enjoy brussel sprouts! Made with butter & garlic as suggested, yum yum!!

Yay! I'm glad you liked them.

[JulieB]

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MUP rules! I've been eating it everyday.

I have been eating this a lot too (thanks Mitzi!). I make up a batch of 6 (big can of pumpkin) and freeze. Nuke for breakfast. I'm notorious for not cooking in the morning - ate breakfast at the drive-thru or the coffee shop for the last 10 years. I usually take it to work, nuke & eat it there. Works for me

16.7 veggie carbs today...this is a low-ball guestimate since I ate at my sisters for lunch & didn't measure. I'm sure it is a bit more than that

[mitzimarie]

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Mitzi, thanks again for hosting this challenge. The Veggie Challenge really is helping me rethink what I am doing as I am back on program. So far 10 days in and down a whopping 19 lbs. Last time during induction I had some issues, but I think that keeping my veggie intake up this time has made me just a regular
guy! I know TMI! LOL

No, it's not TMI! I love that veggies have made you a regular guy.

19 pounds in 10 days... you're my hero.

[mitzimarie]

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My stuff for today:

Grape tomatoes with breakfast
Snack - jicama
Lunch - pumpkin (MUP)
Snack - whole, raw, orange bellpepper
Dinner - yellow summer squash

Numbers for veggies:
195 calories
44.1g total carbs - 18.8g fiber = 25.3g net carbs
1.7g fat
8.1g protein

I'm just going to HAVE to get a turnip tomorrow, so I can try a pancake.

[mitzimarie]

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I have been eating this a lot too (thanks Mitzi!). I make up a batch of 6 (big can of pumpkin) and freeze. Nuke for breakfast. I'm notorious for not cooking in the morning - ate breakfast at the drive-thru or the coffee shop for the last 10 years. I usually take it to work, nuke & eat it there. Works for me

16.7 veggie carbs today...this is a low-ball guestimate since I ate at my sisters for lunch & didn't measure. I'm sure it is a bit more than that

Pumpkin is so good for us!

Good job on surviving the sister lunch, and hitting your minimum today.