Shelter in place diet !

[Boaz]

Weigh in ! Weight was 209 this morning . As I said in the previous post ....moved around more . Lost another pound so am satisfied . Got a busy day ahead , got to keep working it off !

Hope you have a great day !

[Boaz]

This has been a gourmet delight around my digs. The local organic vegetable supplier for some high faluten' restaurants has lost his commercial customer base and now sells his produce to us. What a joy. Best tasting stuff I've ever had. Every night the wife, who delights in this stuff, lays out a feast. Combined with mule deer & white tail interspersed with some chicken and shrimp...........hubba hubba. I'm going to miss quarantine.

Sounds like your doing good !

[fcvan]

I didn't read this thread until today. Good job everybody! Love the ideas and the mutual support you have for one another. During this whole lockdown thing I joked with my brother that it would be no big deal. I'm not anti social, I just don't like being around other people much. The only thing I do miss is not being able to teach guitar to a good friends grandson. Weekly lessons meant I got to visit my good friend as well, as we are both retired, and my brother as well.

As far meals go, my brother and I plan meals together, with an eye toward cutting back. My scale has been broken for years but my belt doesn't lie. Meals are smaller portions, less fattening foods, but still good cooking. On barbecue day, we usually cook chicken breasts, pork chops, tri tip, and burgers. Burgers are for barbecue day, the rest of the meat is later meals. Sometimes sandwiches, sometimes a breakfast scramble, sometimes meat and veggies. Then the left leftovers get cubed up and tossed into chili with pintos.

We both figure that extra weight was packed on slowly, best taken of slowly. Diet and non exercise replaced with improved diet, and more activity. It works. I'm hoping to start golfing with my brother. Neither of us really golf, more like walking with clubs. Besides, once you pay your green fees getting a hole in one is a rip off. A higher score to me means more golfing for a buck. Why cheat ourselves by golfing par?

I'm out west right now so ocean fishing from several spots (man made, surrounded on 3 sides) doesn't require a license. Sitting on the breakwater catching rock fish is a great day. That and smoked fish is a great entree, great on crackers, just plain great. The range where we shoot is not closed, and never more than a few people there so social distance is not a problem. Heck, anyone with a gun tends to be pretty social anyway. Walking back and forth to check targets . . . Ok, re set tin cans, is exercise. Oh, and my brother's grandson got 'kicked out' of the trade school he was attending has been at Grandpa's. Kind of nice having him around. He's a shooter and figured out the pistol he bought didn't turn out to be as easy to shoot as our Glocks. Brother is going to buy his current pistol so grandson can get a Glock. I almost convinced him to get a 40 instead of a 9mm, but also a drop in 9mm conversion barrel and mags so he can shoot both.

Weather in the hills is getting better, hiking with guns and sandwiches may be in the near future. It's pretty remote in N CA, lots of open land, just not the State Parks. Darned socialist governor closed everything including beaches. Well, until the people started to revolt. This small county hasn't really shut everything down. The local chatter is if the grocery stores are open which are more packed than a campsite, well they send a big F U (forget you) to the big city liberals. You have to kill it to grill it, and many folks here don't stalk meat game in plastic wrapped containers located in the refrigerated section. The County Sheriff has not had anyone arrested for going to the park, he is born and raised here.

[Boaz]

OK ! Had two small nectarines for breakfast ;



Had half a chicken breast and collard greens for lunch .(sorry didn't take a picture )

Just had supper . A small turkey leg that was in the freezer and half an acorn squash with 0 calorie butter and Splenda . Enjoyed it I was actually hungry ! Total caloric intake for today...835 . Plus I stayed busy all day but it don't take a lot to keep me busy . I do move slow ! LOL

Supper ;



Being determined to 'put out' more today I started early vacuuming the living room and filling up the carpet shampooer . Going to clean the living room carpet tomorrow . did all the odds and ends then went to work .

Got my 'work' rig out ;



This trashy mesquite tree down by the shed has been an eyesore for a good while . It's been miserably struggling to stay alive though it all . Besides it's ugliness the bottom limbs never fail to bring blood on an arm when I mow around it . Mesquite thorns can rip the snot out of your hide .

So ! we are going to turn this freak of nature into a thing of peace and tranquility . Something more aesthetically appealing and less of a hazard . Here it is again ;



And BAM ! Fixed it !



PLUS ! I got a lot of smoker wood . I hope yours is a good evening and a good day to come !

[Hogtamer]

Discovered some strawberries that were dead ripe so had to put them to use. Cream cheese and heavy cream, mixed with some toasted pecans for base in the butter crust. Mixed the strawberries with a little Bon Mamma 4 berry jam. Turned out pretty good. I don't mean to be contrary, just can't keep my sweet tooth under control.

[Boaz]

Dang ! There you go again hogtamer ! Your killin me here ! LOL

[square butte]

Discovered some strawberries that were dead ripe so had to put them to use. Cream cheese and heavy cream, mixed with some toasted pecans for base in the butter crust. Mixed the strawberries with a little Bon Mamma 4 berry jam. Turned out pretty good. I don't mean to be contrary, just can't keep my sweet tooth under control.

That aint fair

[Boaz]

Weigh in 5-12-20 ...........208.2

Yeee Haaaa ! Got down to '8' ! Losses will be smaller now but I'm on the down hill side . I'll include the 1/10th increments in the daily weigh in . Going to have the other half of that acorn squash from yesterday for breakfast . 8 was a 'goal' for me because it's the home stretch to 200 pounds .

[Wayne Smith]

When you are learning a new way to eat - one that will last the rest of your life rather than for a 'diet' period - including judicious sweets and specials is part of that. Hogtamer, I really like your strawberry pie. LOML the other day asked if I would be interested in picking strawberries - they should be coming in here soon. I think I'll steal your recipe.

[Boaz]

I agree Wayne . Most struggle through a 'diet' hoping to reach an end goal without thinking about after . If you like to over eat till it's a problem.........it's time to fix the problem . Easy said and hard done ! I know from personal experience .
The end goal should not be the weight you want as a goal but to change your eating habits . It can be done and we'll talk about that later .

[RedlegEd]

Hi all,
Charlie, great job! I'm still tracking what's going on here and still working on my own weight loss. I'm down to 197 this morning...seven more pounds to go! In celebration, and for my next week's worth of meals, I'm smoking a spicy meatloaf. This is obviously a Paleo/Keto meal and definitely not vegan/vegetarian friendly. I'm still finishing up documenting the recipe, which I'll post once I'm done. Until then, you can see my beautiful 3.5 pound in the process of being smoked.
Ed

[Boaz]

Looking good Ed ! Glad to hear your a 'loser' !

[MaryB]

When dieting do a cheat day to eat some sweets, or have bacon and eggs and toast... Sunday was my day to have a full blown meal then back to salads and a lot of chicken breast...

[RedlegEd]

Hi all,
I said I'd post the recipe, so here it is. Mods, if you don't want it here and would rather it be in the Cookin' Recipes forum, please let me know.
Ed



Spicy Smoked Meatloaf

Ingredients:
2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
1 lb Regular or spicy pork breakfast sausage
½ large red onion minced/diced
1 heaping tbsp of minced garlic (or 5-6 crushed garlic cloves)
2 eggs
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1-2 tbsp your favorite hot sauce (more or less to taste)
½ cup beer or ¼ cup bourbon (optional)
½ cup raw oatmeal (steel cut or rolled)
2-3 oz (3/4 cup) Fritos or store brand corn chip crumbs
½ cup (4 oz) minced jalapeños (fresh or canned)
½ cup (4 oz) minced green chilis (canned is easier)
2 tsp Mexene chili powder (or your brand)
2 tsp Kent Rollins Mesquite seasoning
2 tsp Fiesta Fajita mix
8 oz Pepperjack sliced thin or grated

Basting Sauce:
Your choice, I left mine dry (didn’t need the extra calories – har har)

Instructions:
1. Preheat your smoker to 230° F
2. In large bowl, combine all ingredients except the cheese. Wash your hands and mix it all up!
3. Lay some wax paper on a cookie sheet and then spread out the meat mixture to make a rectangle about 10-12” wide x 1” thick x ?” long
4. Arrange the Pepperjack in a single layer on top of the meat
5. Using the wax paper to help manage the process, roll the meat into a loaf, and pinch/form the ends to seal. Do not roll the wax paper in the loaf (duh)! Alternatively, form a giant meat “envelope” and stuff with cheese, then pinch shut.
6. Place in smoker on a rack over a pan to catch the grease/drippings.
7. Smoke for 4+ hours or until internal temp hits 168° - 175°F, or you can smoke 3-4 hours, then pull and finish to same internal temperature in the oven in a covered loaf pan.
8. Drain drippings/fat and let rest for a while before cutting and serving

Nutrition Information (do you really want to know?)*:

Serving size:	4 oz (about 14 servings)
Calories:	311.7 g
Fat:	23.1 g
Carbs:	5.0 g
Protein:	19.7 g

*Best guess based on ingredients and final weight of 3 lbs, 9 oz with all liquid drained.

[Boaz]

The day is about over . Stayed medium busy today , rained enough last night to stay out of doing work outside . But I got half the living room shampooed, went over it about a hundred times . My daughter left home 3 years ago and left me with 3 small house dogs , a pet starling named Cutie and a Leopard gecko that's 18 years old named Larry . Having 3 dogs in the house I don't want the 'dog' smell . Got a dogie door and they are good to go out . Need to pull the covers off the dog beds and wash them too .

Well I got off on a tangent there ! Anyway I'm still hangin in there . Had the half a acorn squash for breakfast (strange breakfast huh ?) . Had a half a chicken breast at lunch with half those pickled beets I made day before yesterday . This evening I'm having a yellow squash with black pepper and Parmesan cheese . Last grocery run I made I scored a nice lean (tiny bit of marbling) Swiss steak in the bargain bin , about half price . Trimmed the fat off the outside edge .



Cooked it in the oven and will have half of it . All the things I'm putting up are food I eat regularly , as I said in the beginning...I stay on kind of a perpetual diet . OH ! Of coarse had my 3 Atomic Fireballs during the day too ! Figured it up and it's 792 calories . Supper ;

[Boaz]

Weigh in ! 5-13-20..............weighed in at 207.4

Dang ! lost nearly a pound . It actually surprised me ! Good deal ! I cut up the pineapple I bought the other day . Had about 2 cups of chunks for breakfast , I really like fresh pineapple ! I'm sitting here wondering what to do for the day . I'm letting the half of the living room carpet dry good before I move all the 'stuff' back to that side of the room after I rake and vacuum it again .

It's 63 degrees . Mocking birds are busy singing . Suppose to be cloudy all day and the ground has dried up pretty good . I got things to do but I was sitting here thinking about going down on the river and fishing for a few hours............................................. ........

[Mr_Sheesh]

RedlegEd this post is in the "Cookin' Recipe's" sub-branch of "Our Town", I think we won't see the world end if people post recipes in here

[RedlegEd]

RedlegEd this post is in the "Cookin' Recipe's" sub-branch of "Our Town", I think we won't see the world end if people post recipes in here

Ooops! Makes sense.
Ed

[MaryB]

Hi all,
I said I'd post the recipe, so here it is. Mods, if you don't want it here and would rather it be in the Cookin' Recipes forum, please let me know.
Ed



Spicy Smoked Meatloaf

Ingredients:
2 lbs 80/20 ground beef
1 lb Regular or spicy pork breakfast sausage
½ large red onion minced/diced
1 heaping tbsp of minced garlic (or 5-6 crushed garlic cloves)
2 eggs
1 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1-2 tbsp your favorite hot sauce (more or less to taste)
½ cup beer or ¼ cup bourbon (optional)
½ cup raw oatmeal (steel cut or rolled)
2-3 oz (3/4 cup) Fritos or store brand corn chip crumbs
½ cup (4 oz) minced jalapeños (fresh or canned)
½ cup (4 oz) minced green chilis (canned is easier)
2 tsp Mexene chili powder (or your brand)
2 tsp Kent Rollins Mesquite seasoning
2 tsp Fiesta Fajita mix
8 oz Pepperjack sliced thin or grated

Basting Sauce:
Your choice, I left mine dry (didn’t need the extra calories – har har)

Instructions:
1. Preheat your smoker to 230° F
2. In large bowl, combine all ingredients except the cheese. Wash your hands and mix it all up!
3. Lay some wax paper on a cookie sheet and then spread out the meat mixture to make a rectangle about 10-12” wide x 1” thick x ?” long
4. Arrange the Pepperjack in a single layer on top of the meat
5. Using the wax paper to help manage the process, roll the meat into a loaf, and pinch/form the ends to seal. Do not roll the wax paper in the loaf (duh)! Alternatively, form a giant meat “envelope” and stuff with cheese, then pinch shut.
6. Place in smoker on a rack over a pan to catch the grease/drippings.
7. Smoke for 4+ hours or until internal temp hits 168° - 175°F, or you can smoke 3-4 hours, then pull and finish to same internal temperature in the oven in a covered loaf pan.
8. Drain drippings/fat and let rest for a while before cutting and serving

Nutrition Information (do you really want to know?)*:

Serving size:	4 oz (about 14 servings)
Calories:	311.7 g
Fat:	23.1 g
Carbs:	5.0 g
Protein:	19.7 g

*Best guess based on ingredients and final weight of 3 lbs, 9 oz with all liquid drained.

Meatloaf trick I tried a couple years ago and have kept on using... pulse the oatmeal in your spice grinder until it is flour like(may need to do a couple batches). Not only does it clean the grinder of spice oils the ground oatmeal really seems to make a moister and fluffier end product. I do the same in meatballs.

[RedlegEd]

Meatloaf trick I tried a couple years ago and have kept on using... pulse the oatmeal in your spice grinder until it is flour like(may need to do a couple batches). Not only does it clean the grinder of spice oils the ground oatmeal really seems to make a moister and fluffier end product. I do the same in meatballs.

Mary,
Thanks for the tip. I'll give it as shot next time.
Ed