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This week I'm going to do the diet in the right way. I read it and I understood about how to do the phases. So on Monday I started it.
Although the first week I did it wrong, I lost 1.8 pounds, 0.78" of waist and hip, and 0.39" of thigh and arm. Not bad at all anyway! 

Records before start:
Body measurements:

Hips (the widest part): 38.9"
Waist (at the level of the navel): 32.28"
Thigh: 22"
Arm: 9.44"

Weight: 129.19"

What I ate yesterday and today:

Breakfast: strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, kiwi, peach with oatmeal
Morning snack: mango / pineapple
Lunch: cooked fish with lemon and oregano, and brown rice / grilled chicken with salad (mung beans, adzuki beans, egg and tomato) / strawberries
Afternoon snack: apple
Dinner: grilled chicken with salad (mung beans, adzuki beans, egg and tomato) / zucchini omelette

I have to say that I'm enjoying this new way to eat and the things I'm trying!

With the beans I did a salad and I really liked it, I want to try to make an omelette with them now to see if this is good





This time I did not cook the fish in the oven. I put 2 portions of fish in a plate and added lemon juice and oregano, then I covered the plate with a film and cooked it in the microwave for 10 minutes.. easy, fast and tasty. 




Today I cooked the snacks for the next 2 days which are the hardest days on the diet. I can not eat fruits nor grain legumes so I chose for snacks chicken soup, chiken and eggs. It was my first time cooking chiken soup, I always cook vegetables soup. I put in a pan: water, a chicken thigh, white and red onion, spinach, garlic podwer, pepper, oregano and vegetable bouillon. It taste delicious! And the chicken I cut it on cubes to eat alone I also cooked the lunch for tomorrow so basically I spent the afternoon cooking, and I enjoyed it so much!!!

Both days I did bike
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Again I had bad sleep. Anyways I get up earlier than usual and I cooked pancakes for breakfast: with dulce de leche for Martu and with blueberries and strawberries for me. Of course I drank coffee. I really like pancakes but it is not something I could eat every morning






It was a busy and stressful day at work. The good news is that this month I got again a little pay rise. It is just $170 but it's good to see that my boss notices how much I am doing. 

After work I went to the greengrocery, again! and I bought 2 mangos, then I went to the butcher's and bought chicken. For dinner I grilled chicken and cooked potatoes in the microwave, healthy and delicious. Maybe I'll start to look for recipes to cook more healthy and tasty food.

Today I won't do bike or workout, I feel tired so I'm going to the bed to study before sleep. 
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 I'm trying new recipes . Today I cooked something that I have no idea how to call it because I made it with what I had in the fridge: zucchini, eggs, onion, aji, cheese and grated cheese. 
I put one layer of zucchini then I mixed the eggs with sauteed onion and aji and I spilled it over, another layer of zucchini, chesse, last layer of zucchini then I spread grated cheese on top. I cooked it in the oven for 30 minutes or less. Very easy and fast, and it was delicious!


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 Ingredients
2 cups of flour 0000 (or 1 cup of flour 0000 and 1 cup of whole wheat flour.)
4 tablespoons baking powder
2 cups milk
1 large egg
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 cup blueberries

Step by Step
- Mix all the ingredients, adding the butter at the end
- Add to the mixture the clean and dry blueberries
- Grind a pan or pancake and heat over medium heat.
- Fill half a ladle with the mixture and pour it on the pan or pancake.
- Cook on one side and turn to brown on the other side
- Serve them warm, with butter and some more blueberries, or with blueberry jam!
(12 to 15 pancakes out)

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Nov. 6th, 2016 04:39 pm
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I feel so good in this house that I start cooking again. I prepared milanese to put it in the freezer and can have it for dinner. And after it I drank a strawberry smoothie with some blueberries. I went to greengrocery yesterday but I could not get the vegetables I was looking for, so I cant cook now a vegetable pie wallbash.gif



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STEP 1 – Measure out your quinoa

I normally use 1 cup of quinoa to 1 ½ cups of water. My advice is to make more so that you can enjoy it the next day and create an awesome high protein salad for lunch.

STEP 2 – Wash the quinoa
Wash quinoa well under cold water in a fine strainer, gently rubbing the seeds together with your hands to ensure that any saponins have been removed. Saponins are just a natural insecticide that forms naturally to protect the seed and can give the quinoa a slight bitter taste if not removed. It should be noted that harvesting methods used in the commercial cultivation remove much of the saponins that can coat quinoa seeds, but it’s still a good idea to thoroughly wash the seeds to remove any remaining residue.

STEP 3 – Cook the quinoa
Combine 1 cup of washed quinoa to 1 1/2 cups water and place them both into a pot.
Add a very small pinch of sea salt and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to very low and place on a lid.

STEP 4 – Simmer
Over a low heat for 15 minutes or until all the water has absorbed then turn off the heat.

STEP 5 – Rest for at least 10 minutes
This is probably one of the most important steps.
Fluff up the quinoa lightly with a fork.
Enjoy.

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