The Hobbit Hole IX - A sudden tree or standing stone

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[JenB]

Well, I'm going out to find an apartment last week of June. I will be moving right around the beginning of August, with the hope of being settled in before school starts.

Scary how close that is...

[RosieCotton]

That IS close! May is already half over...yikes.

Ugh...diesel fumes in here. They're working outside and must be too near the air intake. EWWWWW!

[JenB]

I had a little revelation about that yesterday, at lunch, as I was in the bookstore - I'm reading a manga that's published at a rate of one volume every two months. So I was hoping the June release might be out early - it's not - and I realized that August is only two and a half months away. Eeep!

[2Jedismom]

Looks good! I have a program from the USDA that tells carb counts, except for the Splenda...that's 12g of carbs per half cup of bulk at .5 per teaspoon x 24 teaspoons and someone did a breakdown of carbs per tablespoon of flaxseed and sent it to me via email (a nurse friend of mine) so I use it, but you might figure it different).

Here are the totals...

2 C Flaxseed meal 12.8
.5 C Slivered Almonds 4.26
.5 C bulkSplenda 12.0g
or
2 pkts Splenda 2.0g
1 tsp Baking powder 1.27g
1 tsp Baking soda 0.0g
5 whole eggs 1.93g
8 T Splenda syrup 0.0g
or
8 T whole milk 5.42g
or
2 T Heavy Cream and 6 T Water .84g
5 T vegetable oil 0.0g

So if you make it just like the recipe calls for (except for the cup of nuts, that seems like too much to me too) the carb count would be 32.26g for the whole recipe.

Made the way you made it, it comes out to 27.68g for the whole thing...even better!

Now if I did it the way you did, except substituted the milk for 2 T Cream and 6 T water, it would be 23.1g for the whole thing!

I think I'll probably keep the liquid Splenda though...making it 22.26! For the whole batch.

[2Jedismom]

I imagine so about the sweet...I'm a salt person more than a sweet...I like popcorn a LOT! Buttery and salty. It's the one single thing I miss the most since we started this new way of life! I imagine I'll have some someday, anyway.

I did manage to polish off that 50lb bag of popcorn before starting this!

You know, Steve and I eat the exact same things and I have lost FIVE pounds since starting this a week after he started. Just irritates me no end! LOL

The only difference I can see is that he exercises EVERY day during the work week during lunch...heavy duty too, jogging, tennis, mostly basketball with his co-workers. He's been doing this, but not loosing weight until he started Atkins. Now it's just falling off him at a rate of 2lbs per week.

[RosieCotton]

If you slice it fairly thin as I did, it'd be less than two carbs a serving...not bad! They aren't huge slices...but just having baked goods is nice. And a little is enough that you feel satisfied.

[JenB]

Popcorn's actually lower in carbs than you might think... when I go to the movies, I usually steal a handful or two from a sib's bag.

Oddly, when I'm doing low-carb, I crave salty foods, which I never eat otherwise. Tortilla chips, popcorn, crunchy salty things are worse than sweets.

[2Jedismom]

Same way with my almond bread...I put it in just a round cake pan, lined with parchment. Then I cut it into 16 very tiny slices, but it's so rich that it's enough, especially satisfying with a cup of tea.

[RosieCotton]

Well...he also had a lot more to lose! And he's a guy...they have an easier time of it. It's not fair. *snif*

I'm losing about half a pound to a pound a week lately...which is slow, but at least it's sure. And I haven't been exercising all that much. I imagine that would probably bring it to a steady pound a week, which would be enough for me to make my goal by the end of August. That's soon enough for me.

[2Jedismom]

I've had the salt craving even worse! That's when I scarfed all those olives down and retained a whole bunch of fluid, gained 2 pounds over night! LOL

[JenB]

We need to start exercising together again. I'd like to do another long walk/march tonight, and maybe some weight lifting.

[RosieCotton]

Popcorn is relatively high in fiber, isn't it? I seem to remember reading that even a few cups don't have all THAT many carbs - at least it would be something OK for later in Atkins. 10 grams, I think?

And with plenty of butter and salt and maybe spices, too...a little goes a long way.

I'm actually starting to crave things like cheese, which is weird for me. After I get paid, I'm gonna splurge on some good Gouda.

[JenB]

Chicken wings. I want really spicy chicken wings and I want them now, darn it.

I also want sourdough bread and fried rice, but let's not talk about that.

[RosieCotton]

Chicken wings. I want really spicy chicken wings and I want them now, darn it.

I'm going to make those this weekend! I have everything but the chicken. Gonna get that on Friday. Mmmm...hot wings...

Speaking of which, I've been going through Tabasco like it's going out of style. Mostly the green stuff (I could drink that straight!), but also the other kinds. Wish I could get the bigger bottles here!

[2Jedismom]

That's not too bad! For a moderate size bowl...

I used to sit here, freepin' and eat a huge mixing bowl full of popcorn with a half a stick of butter on it...

[RosieCotton]

Tonight is music night and we are practicing for an open mic tomorrow, so it'll likely be a fairly long one...so I won't be able to exercise tonight.

But I REALLY need to get back into it.

[2Jedismom]

I gotta go. I have a busy day. Gotta take Joshua to school, then I meet with a couple of homeschooling moms on Tues and Thurs and we walk while the kids play in the park. Then I gotta go sign up for AAA (I got a special) and then I have to go feed a friend of mine's bunny...they are out of town.

So expect me when you see me!

[RosieCotton]

BTW, did you know you can order directly from Bob's Red Mill?

I'm trying to find out shipping costs...'cause the other costs seem pretty reasonable.

[JenB]

I really need to get going - this is kick-starting me, I was going to only do a 20 minute exercise yesterday, but I saw Dad had rented "Last Samurai", which I'd been wanting to see, so I popped it in and walked until I had a stitch in my side. It felt good!

I plan to do the same tonight and tomorrow. My eventual goal is three long cardios a week, say, two-mile walks or 3 mile bike ride, and two full-body weight training sessions. That, plus getting back on Atkins seriously should put me in shape by grad school, right?

[RosieCotton]

Sounds like a good plan to me!

I have two miles (and three miles) figured out on the road where I've been walking - i.e. where I've reached a mile, so walking back will bring me to two miles total. That's about what I'm aiming for, too. And walking on the treadmill at an incline when I'm stuck indoors.

I'll have to see if the next Harry Potter is available on tape! ;-) What IS the next one, anyway? The second one, I mean.