Week 16 Results

Posted by Rishara Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Nothing terribly new to report.  I didn't lose any weight and didn't gain any weight, though I lost another inch in my waist, so that's good! 

Work is busy, as is usual this time of year.  I've never quite understood why companies schedule massive deadlines at year end when everyone is in a merry, want to goof-off, holiday mode.  Not to mention that our vacation days don't carry over, so most are scrambling to use up the rest of their time, leaving the cubicle farm fairly empty in December.

I've been in a sort of diet ennui lately.  In summer, I crave salads and light fare, but in the winter, I just want to hunker down with a big bowl of stew and half a loaf of bread in my fist and dig right in.  I've tried to make a few new dishes but nothing has been good enough to post, in my opinion. 

I've been making the clam chowder quite often--I really love that recipe.  I've varied it a few times depending on what I have in my crisper that needs to be eaten.  I made it with asparagus once and that turned out really nice.  My mom says she's made it with turnips and liked it, but I honestly don't miss the potatoes or potato texture at all.  I've also made the crab cakes as tuna cakes, which I really enjoyed (Mom's idea--she's a better cook than I am!).  I followed the same basic recipe, using three cans of tuna (drained well), adding the juice of 1 lemon, and 1 stalk of celery, finely minced.  The cakes didn't stay together too well, but they were extremely tasty with some tartar sauce.

Hope everyone else is enjoying the holiday season and keeping to their diets as best they can. 

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I'm a software developer by day and an avid computer gamer by night. I'm also a woman rapidly approaching middle-age with diabetes and polycystic ovarian syndrome (pcos). I'm embarking on a lowcarb lifestyle in an effort to become healthy and live past middle-age and well into old-age.