Doing the Bean Theang

Well, I've been doing the bean thing since December and the weight is not dropping off. As a matter of fact, I have gained. I exercise six days a week, I eat beans 90% of the days and I gain weight. Why? 1)I eat too much. 2)portion control does not exist 3)did I mention that i like to eat? Maybe too many cocktails too... But I can't drink too much - I just fall asleep.

Sigh.

I head to FL this week. Looked at the weather and it is gonna be gorgeous. Eating with the inlaws could be a challenge... Lots of white foods. I will have to be mindful and eat fish and beans every day.

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One Month Down....

Goodbye January. I took two days off, but that doesn't mean I'm a failure or that I should throw it all away...I just wish some of the meals had turned out better. I'm still a bean believer.

Sunday's lentil and cheese casserole was ok, but the rice didn't cook enough. And Tuesday's black bean soup was bland and undercooked too. I kept cooking it and added a lot of Frank's so it actually wasn't bad for lunch today. Oh wow, today was a double bean day. Made a ragout of onions, peppers, seitan, tomatoes and white beans served over whole wheat wooden shoe pasta for dinner and that will be good for lunch tomorrow.

I know what you're thinking...what about Monday? Well, Monday was TAD day (bonus!!!) and the husband won a project. So we went out for dinner. Had this great cocktail called The Last Word. Made with chartreuse, gin, and something else...good... Reminded me of my favorite Zingermans Roadhouse drink, Corpse Reviver 2. Husband had something with raw egg in it...what a risk taker! The bar tender we recognized from two other places around town that we have frequented ( one is closed now). And we ran into one of my WICs. Maybe we really are townies. Anyways, I have these wasabi soybeans in my car for emergencies and had some on the way to dinner.

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Back on the Bean Wagon 1/23-28

I made it through my travels, no problem, but for some reason I just wasn't into it the last two days. Ate healthy and exercised but no beans. That doesn't mean beans are over, it doesn't mean anything. They were just a couple of rest days. I'm back on the bean wagon tomorrow - gonna make some lentil cheese casserole.

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Bean Awhile 1/18-1/22

Bean awhile. My birthday was on the 18th and still tooting along.
Kept eating Scott's lentil soup and throwing edamame on salads. But today I made corn chowder and used a can of white beans... It's a recipe from that cute Rocco guy on healthy low cal great tasting cooking. He uses Greek yogurt a lot. Great recipe... I add a little bit of cod, paprika, smoked black pepper and corn from Locavorius. Locavorius is an amazing CSA that takes fresh fruits and vegetables from local farms, preps and freezes them. Then you get shares in December, Jan, March, and April - just in time to start getting good fresh stuff again. The blueberries are the most bestest. And there are Michigan strawberries too. I love Locavorius'!!!!!

So... The streak lives on. Big challenge this week will be travel to Salt Lake with someone else's meeting......

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Lentils are Beans Too. 1/16 & 1/17

Yesterday had leftover chili but today my husband made a really yummy lentil soup and I'm eating the leftovers tomorrow at lunch...on my birthday. Yippee!

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1/12, 1/13, 1/14, 1/15. Road Survival

It really wasn't a huge problem, although I went from the heights - black beans at Mesa Grill and veggie/lentil burger at the Burger Bar to the low of southwestern egg rolls at Binion's Cafe.

Good to bean home :-). First stop was Zingermans Roadhouse for a Corpse Reviver 2... And some ancho chili with black beans.

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The Numbers are Cold and the Beans are Hot 1/10 &1/11

Sitting here in Vegas...typical first morning up at 4am... I don't bet much but whatever I did was not good. I did find one of my two fave slot machines "Hot "Flashes. First time ever that I couldn't get the bonus and watch a man crawl in and out of the doghouse. You'd have to see it, it is really pretty funny.

I have this amazing suite because it was cheaper than a meeting room. So I'm sitting here in a living room/dining room the size of my family room at home. Weird.

I asked my boss to take us/my managers to a nice dinner as reward for a hard working great results year. I gave a few choices and they picked Bobby Flay's Mesa Grill. I was excited to go there and knew they would have some good bean choices. One of the appetizers was a quesadilla with black beans in it. Everything was very very delicious. I also tried some refried beans on toast for breakfast before leaving for the airport in the morning. Not so good. And one of my peeps brought me these bags of dry roasted edamame. They're ok.

Day before was pretty boring. Ate a lot of pizza and threw some edamame on a salad. But the streak lives on.

I need to get to a store today for some fruit and figure out a plan.

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