This is a journal to help me learn LC tactics and to record LC success as 2007 draws to an end and 2008 looms large and hopeful ahead of me.
Wish me luck! Luck?
Ah, luck is the residue of design.
Found that in a fortune cookie, ages ago.
Fits into the LC mantra about how failing to plan is planning to fail. So my plans start out each day with a hot slosh of WPP+cocoa+espresso+VCO so that I start off feeling like a LC success. Yay, me!
Wish me luck! Luck?
Ah, luck is the residue of design.
Found that in a fortune cookie, ages ago.
Fits into the LC mantra about how failing to plan is planning to fail. So my plans start out each day with a hot slosh of WPP+cocoa+espresso+VCO so that I start off feeling like a LC success. Yay, me!
Quinoa, a high-protein seed/herb, as part of my LC plan...
Posted 09-27-2008 at 08:50 AM by Zer
Looking at quinoa as a protein-rich food, a tad carby but full of amino acids that create proteins. My first prepacked meals from personal chef arrived. She is working in some wild rice and quinoa that I've had on hand but not yet cooked up myself. We are adding these in small amounts, to test their carbs as I battle to lose 200# from my current 400# weight.
Looks like a good plan, creating a meal in a box, with several boxes ready to go in the fridge: 8oz of poached salmon fills half the Glad box, with the remaining half being split between baconfat-basted greens (rich in iron and calcium) and baconfat-basted 'shrooms with leeks, wild rice, quinoa. Just a touch of chewy wild rice (a grass seed, not quite a rice) and quinoa that looks a lot like couscous (a semolina pasta) but is really a protein-rich chewy seed of the goosefoot species of plant. Goosefoot? Funny name!
Found an article on quinoa (KEEN-wah) that calls it a remarkable herb of the desert - the high desert of the Andes.
Quinoa's nutritional value? It has all nine essential amino acids. It is high in fiber and has a low glycemic index. Amino acids make up proteins to fuel a body, to build and repair muscles.
Consider how many ways quinoa might fit into a LC menu, once it is ready to cook. First, it needs to be rinsed, washed, to remove a protective coating on the seed.
Nutrition facts?
If it truly is 9gCarb per Tbs, then it's probably best that I am mixing a Tbs or so in with my wild rice and 'shrooms. But what a rich nutritional package each quinoa seed is. Well worth the carb count!
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Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/394.4/199
WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O
432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6=394.4
Looks like a good plan, creating a meal in a box, with several boxes ready to go in the fridge: 8oz of poached salmon fills half the Glad box, with the remaining half being split between baconfat-basted greens (rich in iron and calcium) and baconfat-basted 'shrooms with leeks, wild rice, quinoa. Just a touch of chewy wild rice (a grass seed, not quite a rice) and quinoa that looks a lot like couscous (a semolina pasta) but is really a protein-rich chewy seed of the goosefoot species of plant. Goosefoot? Funny name!
Found an article on quinoa (KEEN-wah) that calls it a remarkable herb of the desert - the high desert of the Andes.
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It is one of the most desolate areas of the world – low quality soil, miniscule rainfall that, when it does come, strikes as devastating hail storms. It is the Andes of South America. Despite the ruggedness of the land, this area of the planet produces an amazing plant that is vital to the livelihood of the region. It is also a plant that could hold solutions to some of the problems facing mankind. The plant is the quinoa... a leafy herb that grows up to six feet tall (2 meters) and produces an abundance of seeds. These seeds serve the people as a nutritious food.... land that is covered with rocks and has soil as hard as concrete can serve as a surface for growing the quinoa. The locals simply have to dig a hole in the ground with a spear like instrument and then drop in the seed. Within months and with a minimum of care the quinoa will mature. At harvest time the plants are uprooted from the soil. They are then allowed to dry in the sun and threshed by hand. The plant now has the ability to be stored for years without spoiling. During the long dry season in the Andes it is a staple food that the people are fully reliant on.
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Quinoa includes the amino acid lysine which is rarely found in vegetable protein and normally only found in meat, fish and eggs. Quinoa is also a good source of phosphorous, calcium, iron, vitamin E and several of the B vitamins.
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The seed of the quinoa plant is covered with saponin, a resin like substance that is very bitter. This covering must be removed before eating. The locals of the Andes have traditionally done this by hand scrubbing in alkaline water. Quinoa has a unique, nutty taste. It is ideal as a breakfast cereal. It can also be used as an addition to a cold salad, served hot with meals or sweet as a dessert. Quinoa can also be ground into flour form. The flour can then be mixed with water to provide a nutritious meal on the run. The flour can also be made into energy rich biscuits and bread. The people of the Andes also boil the quinoa with an egg to provide a healthy meal. Tortillas are even made with quinoa.
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Nutrition Facts (from NutsOnline dot com)
Serving Size 50g (~1.8 oz.)......[Note: 2oz = 1/4cup or 4Tbs]
(Approx. 9.1 Servings/Pound)
Amount Per Serving .........% Daily Value*
Calories 188 ...Calories From Fat 25
Total Fat 3g .......5%
Saturated Fat 1g ....2%
Cholesterol 0mg .....0%
Sodium 11mg .....1%
Total Carbohydrate 35g ......12% [Eeek! 9gCarb per Tbs?]
Dietary Fiber 3g .....12%
Sugars 0g
Protein 7g
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Vitamin A .....0%
Calcium ......3%
Vitamin C ......0%
Iron ........26%
Serving Size 50g (~1.8 oz.)......[Note: 2oz = 1/4cup or 4Tbs]
(Approx. 9.1 Servings/Pound)
Amount Per Serving .........% Daily Value*
Calories 188 ...Calories From Fat 25
Total Fat 3g .......5%
Saturated Fat 1g ....2%
Cholesterol 0mg .....0%
Sodium 11mg .....1%
Total Carbohydrate 35g ......12% [Eeek! 9gCarb per Tbs?]
Dietary Fiber 3g .....12%
Sugars 0g
Protein 7g
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Vitamin A .....0%
Calcium ......3%
Vitamin C ......0%
Iron ........26%
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Stats: 5'10"; 64; 508.7/394.4/199
WOE: Atkins: <5%Carb; BMR:2423cals; 182gProt; 128ozH2O
432.4(2/8) 413.2(4/8) 402.2(6/8) 8/8/08:388.8+5.6=394.4
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Zer
I'm glad to see you're still going strong!!! Just popping in to say hi. |
 
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Zule, hope you are doing well! Thanks for the drive-by!!!
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Baconbasted anything will win anyone over!
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Hey, Shimmer, I so agree with you on bacon-basting as a great way to "dress" any vegie! Thanks for lending your energy to my push to achieve my next-closest goal, which I am now doing a decade at a time. Nearly at 380! Could not have stuck to it this long without encouragement from LC folk who offer support as I fumble along my personal weight loss path. Thank you, my friend, for lending your strength!
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