Thanks for the feedback/welcome Nancy

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Nancy!

looking forward to hearing what you think of the book! I got my new

edition yesterday.

 

whats your favourite breakfast? are you happy with the protein etc,

working it out? ask anything you like, and let us know how you are

getting on!

mosaic

 

 

 

 

, Nancy Rentz <zzzzdogs

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> Hi--I am new and just started reading the book. I am eating a good

breakfast and getting this habit down. I think I will try Lisa's

recipe this weekend.

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> Nancy

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> Tina Castronovo <tcastronovo18 wrote:

> Hi Lisa,

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> Cooking from scratch really is a lot of fun! Something about making

big warm meals like that in the winter feels soooo good to me.

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> You mentioned feeling low energy and also starting to run again. I

wonder if you are eating enough. When I exercise, I need more food,

especially protein. I either add it to my meals or have a snack if

necessary. I wonder if you tried experimenting with more protein, you

might see if your energy level gets higher. What do you think?

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> lisarail

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Hi everyone,

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> I have been a little worried about logging back in because I was

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> feeling a little like a naughty school girl. Thankyou all for being

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> so supportive and helpful. My mood and energy levels have steadied

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> but are still a little low. By coincidence I had a routine medical

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> screen and found out my blood pressure is a little low 90/70 so

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> have recently started running again and am struggling with this now.

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> I am really focusing on maintaining my food. My breakfasts have

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> remained the same. I made this great bean dish on the weekend. I

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> soaked a couple of different beans and some lentils overnight. I

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> sauted some onion added the beans, cooked them for a couple of

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> minutes and added some water and vegetable stock, tinned tomato and

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> half a teaspoon of cumin. I slow cooked this for an hour or so

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> the sauce reduced right down. I ended up with really tasty beans

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> which I have been eating with brown rice or salad. I am really

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> excited because I usually cook with sauce in jars and it has been

fun

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> learning how to cook from scratch and making up recipes.

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> I have also been focusing on eating a lot of fresh green salads as

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> this is really what my body craved when I wasn't well the other day.

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> Last night was a cold and rainy and I felt in need of something

warm

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> and comforting. I ended up making a porridge with wholewheat and

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> quinoa flakes, soy milk, protein powder, cocoa powder, berries and

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> brazil nuts. It kind of felt a bit like breakfast but it really hit

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> the spot and felt great on a cold stormy night. Anyway I think I

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> written more than enough. I hope you all have a great day!

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