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Want2Lose said:
One quote struck me. The FBI agent comes from a family with anger problems and is trying to break the cycle. "[His father] had taught his son to pause and imagine his anger as a book, to turn each moment that infuriated him into a page and then imagine turning those pages slowly, reviewing each one, before shutting the book and shelving it." This sounds a useful technique.
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hmmm I wonder if that could be used for anxiety as well!

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Early morning snack: Raisin Bran Crunch cereal (this was off plan. woke up in the night craving something crunchy and carby. Hasn't happened in a while. Will keep an eye on this, Hopefully not a trend.)
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You seem really good at sticking to your extremely low-carb plan overall. Do you have any instant effects from eating carbs or is it more of a thing that effects you if you have them in the long term?
 
liza said:
hmmm I wonder if that could be used for anxiety as well!
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It´s worth a try, I guess. Personally I find anger much easier to deal with though, because I tend to know where it comes from and so I can file it away (if only under "to act upon later") while anxiety is often hard to grasp. More like something you put under a microscope to study and figure out where all those tiny tendrils connect to.
 
LaMaria said:
It´s worth a try, I guess. Personally I find anger much easier to deal with though, because I tend to know where it comes from and so I can file it away (if only under "to act upon later") while anxiety is often hard to grasp. More like something you put under a microscope to study and figure out where all those tiny tendrils connect to.
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Nice description of anxiety. Yes sometimes my anxiety can be linked to something very obvious (even if it is unreasonable) and other times it is a lot more vague.
 
Hi, liza. Yes, refined carbs usually affect me right away -- too many and feel ill. So I try to stick to whole grains and if I have bread or crackers combine it with fat and/or protein.

(Forgot to record olives on last night's dinner.)

Breakfast: tofu, egg, onion, garlic, celery, red bell pepper, avocado, olive oil; greek yogurt with raspberries

Lunch: cream of mushroom soup; four crackers with peanut butter; leftover roasted brussels sprouts; two pieces string cheese; coffee with cream

Dinner: egg; walnuts; celery, red pepper, avocado; butternut squash; grapefruit

Walked 7,000 steps

Quiet day at home. Caught up on chores and got ready for the work week. Food was largely on plan, but a little short on vegetables and high in sodium.
 
Breakfast: salmon, tofu, onion, spinach, garlic, mixed vegetable, olive oil; decaf with milk

Lunch: two pieces string cheese; mixed vegetables with feta cheese; potato chips; mint tea with lemon

Snack: greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts

Dinner: two veggie burgers, one slice swiss cheese; mixed vegetables, onions, mushrooms, olive oil; decaf with milk

Walked 5,000 steps
 
(forgot to add vegetables and hummus to yesterday)

Early snack: two crackers with peanut butter

Breakfast: salmon, mixed vegetables, spinach, onion, garlic, olive oil; decaf with milk

Lunch: two pieces string cheese; greek yogurt, walnuts, blueberries; mint tea with lemon

Snack: four crackers with peanut butter; decaf with cream

Dinner: two eggs scrambled with onion, mushrooms, mixed vegetables, olive oil

Walked 5,000 steps
 
Want2Lose said:
Good news, aiminglow. Let us know what you make.
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I have the soaked-and-cooked batch sitting in the fridge, for multiple uses as feels appealng on the day - just now: thrown into a sort of stir-fry with cabbage and mushroom and onion and garlic, touch of chilli salt and a small squeeze of lemon - and pretty good it was, too! :)
 
That sounds really good, aiminglow!

Breakfast: salmon, spinach, onion, garlic, mixed vegetables, olive oil; decaf with milk

Lunch: greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts; two pieces string cheese

Snack: four crackers with peanut butter; clementine

Dinner: veggie burger, one slice swiss cheese, onion, green pepper, mushrooms, mixed vegetables, olive oil

Walked 5,000 steps
 
Breakfast: salmon, onion, garlic, green pepper, spinach, olive oil; decaf with milk

Lunch: Greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts; two pieces string cheese; mint tea with lemon

Snack: popcorn in olive oil with nutritional yeast; coffee with cream

Dinner: two crackers with peanut butter; egg; three pieces string cheese; carrot, celery, red pepper with hummus and lemon

Walked 5,000 steps
 
Breakfast: four crackers with peanut butter

Lunch: French onion soup; four crackers with butter, two slices swiss cheese; coffee with cream

Snack: popcorn in olive oil, nutritional yeast

Dinner: egg, tofu, spinach, green pepper, garlic, celery, olive oil, tamari; brussels sprouts, olive oil, lemon juice

Walked 7,000 steps

Overindulged carbs. Also sodium.
 
Breakfast: egg, tofu, green pepper, onion, garlic, spinach, olive oil, tamari; clementine; coffee with milk

Snack: greek yogurt, walnuts, raspberries

Lunch: four crackers with peanut butter; brussels sprouts and butternut squash roasted with olive oil and lemon

Snack: popcorn, olive oil, nutritional yeast; coffee with milk

Dinner: spinach enchilada (frozen meal)

Walked 7,000 steps

Really need to watch with the carbs. Back on track tomorrow. Goal: protein at every meal. No popcorn. No crackers.
 
Oh, no crackers! That sounds like a tough ask - at least, it would be tough for me. I like your goal of protein at every meal; I'll join you in that one!
 
Breakfast: two veggies burgers, two slices swiss cheese, olive oil; broccoli; coffee with milk

Snack: apple with peanut butter; two pieces string cheese; decaf with milk

Lunch: chili; two slices swiss cheese

Snack: ten shrimp

Dinner: tilapia in sauce; spinach

Walked 5,000 steps

I managed not to eat any crackers. I walked up to the bag and thought how I would have to log them here in my food journal and managed to resist. I ate more than I meant to, especially cheese, but hopefully the carb trend has been interrupted.
 
Breakfast: salmon, mixed veg, onion, spinach, olive oil; decaf with milk

Snack: two pieces string cheese

Lunch: greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts

Snack: apple, four crackers with peanut butter

Dinner: chili with spinach, onion, garlic, green pepper, one slice swiss cheese; egg; grapefruit

Walked 5,000 steps
 
Last report on the you-inspired black beans - they're currently battling it out with red kidney beans for which is the boss of the batch of chilli beans bubbling away on the stove! :D
 
Breakfast: salmon, onion, garlic, mixed vegetables, spinach, olive oil; decaf with milk

Snack: two pieces string cheese; mint tea with lemon

Lunch: Greek yogurt, blueberries, walnuts; egg; decaf with milk

Dinner: two veggie burgers, one slice swiss cheese, celery, onion, spinach, olive oil; celery with hummus; grapefruit

Walked 5,000 steps
 
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