To my surprise, when I weighed myself this morning, I had dropped two pounds. I have never before weighed myself every day, so I do not know whether this is normal fluctuation, or, more hopefully, a promising start. In any case, today I am only two pounds over my current maintenance weight goal. Something of a relief.I am starting this blog is to help myself develop a healthy eating plan, that involves lots of home cooking, and that focuses on tasty high fiber, low fat foods. I will be looking for new recipes that meet these requirements. There are some things that I do already. For example, I always bake my own bread and slice it into portions of varying thickness. These are weighed so that I know the calorie content of each slice. A sandwich for lunch usually contains two thin slices that each weigh 1/2 oz. and together contain 73 calories, the equivalent of one starch on the Josephine Connolly diet. Unfortunately, this bread is not the high fiber whole wheat bread that is recommended in the diet, but it contains no sugar, so I prefer it. Often I use 1/3 whole wheat or whole grain rye flour in the recipe to enhance the fiber content. Both of these variations make delicious bread. To increase the fiber content of my breakfast, I always dissolve a large heaping teaspoon of psillium powder in a glass of water and drink it before the meal. No only is psilliums useful in lowering cholesterol, it is also extremely filling. Not the greatest taste.........but liveable and helpful!
The photo today is from this morning's breakfast. French toast made with 1.25 oz of homemade bread, and topped with 1/2 cup of home made of stewed apples and freshly brewerd coffee . I usually add 3 crumbled walnut halves to the top of the apples, but forgot to do so this morning. The stewed apples were made with Gala apples from Richter's Fruit farm on Pulaski road here on Long Island. These apples are extremely beautiful. Coffee this morning was Guatemala Antigua Finca el Valle. You can see a video of Scott Merle, the brewmaster at Batdorf and Bronson visiting this coffee plantation here. My coffee is ground by hand every morning and prepared in a press pot. Since it has been stored in the freezer for several months it is not as good as when it it first arrived, but is still quite delicious. All in all, a very satisfying breakfast.
Loading image
Click anywhere to cancel
Image unavailable
Loading image
Click anywhere to cancel
Image unavailable
No comments:
Post a Comment