I’ve no weigh-in right this moment for my traditional Wednesday Weigh-In. Till this afternoon, I used to be completely certain that it was Tuesday!
My schedule and routine has been thrown off a lot this previous week–not solely from Christmas, however the youngsters being house from faculty and Jerry being off work. You might have advised me right this moment was Saturday and I’d have believed you.
It is most likely factor that I forgot right this moment’s weigh-in (properly, at the least for the sake of dealing with the dimensions) as a result of as I predicted, it was very troublesome to have good consuming habits. Being at house and hanging out with the household, watching motion pictures and taking part in video games, we snacked loads. We mainly grazed all day, whereas throwing a meal in there for good measure as properly.
I ate approach an excessive amount of on Christmas, and I have not felt that full in a very long time! I made vegan pancakes for breakfast, which ended up being scrumptious. I added pecans to mine and so they jogged my memory of once I used to like getting pecan pancakes from Cracker Barrel after my lengthy marathon coaching runs. These tasted each bit nearly as good as Cracker Barrel’s! Additionally, I did not run earlier than consuming them, haha.
Then for dinner, I made seitan “ham”, mashed potatoes, and stuffing. I made the seitan on account of Jerry, who requested me to as a result of he at all times liked ham for Christmas when he was rising up. We might made plans to go to my dad and mom’ home for dinner (I used to be simply going to deliver our vegan meals with us) however Noah was sick beginning on Christmas Eve. It wasn’t COVID, however he felt terrible for just a few days.
Since I hadn’t been certain which “ham” I needed to deliver over there, I truly made two completely totally different ones. One was made with tofu and the opposite was a seitan loaf (much like the “turkey” I made for Thanksgiving). I ended up cooking the seitan one for Christmas dinner, however marinated the tofu one as properly, figuring we would eat it for a snack later.
Effectively, we had been completely full after dinner and we did not even dare contact the tofu afterward. However the subsequent day, I tasted it and was blown away at how good it was. It was scrumptious, although I did not have a glaze for it–I would burned the glaze into the pot so badly that it ruined the pot, by no means thoughts the glaze!
I will write a recipe assessment for the seitan, however the tofu recipe I used may be discovered right here. The marinade was SO GOOD. (For the glaze, I skipped the whiskey and used peach jam as an alternative of apricot, however I can not even let you know if it was good as a result of I do not know.) I positively would not name it an alternative choice to ham–it did not look or style like ham–but it was superb tofu.
Anyway, once I went to mattress Christmas night time, I felt like I weighed 1,000,000 kilos. All week lengthy, I did not eat my traditional breakfast or lunch, both. These at all times make me really feel good and energetic, and altering up my consuming habits for the week positively matched our lazy days. We had a whole lot of enjoyable! However I’m for certain able to get again to the standard. The youngsters are nonetheless off from faculty, however Jerry went again to work right this moment.
Since I missed right this moment’s weigh in, I will do it subsequent week and hopefully by then I will have a number of days below my belt of being again in my routine. And I will not really feel so heavy.
I wish to work arduous to complete the bed room and toilet utterly over the subsequent few days. I did not work on it as a lot as I would deliberate to during the last week, and it will be nice to get it completed and begin the brand new yr with a brand new bed room and toilet!
