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Incase anyone's interested, thought I'd share a flour free pancake recipe from the 17DD.
1 1/2 cups rolled oats
1 cup skim milk
1 egg
pinch salt
I put a bit of sugar substitute in mine
1 teas baking powder
Process oats in food processor till a fairly fine powder. Mix with all ingredients. Leave 2 mins and then beat again.
Cook as per usual with 'normal' pancakes.
These really are good, they have a kind of nutty, coconutty flavour, just aren't as fluffy as regular pancakes.
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im def making these in the morning. dd and i always used to make pancakes together for our 'breakfast number 2' needless to say i no longer have 2 breakfasts anymore.
had a good day, walk, good food. nice dinner. lots of water. and a happy full baby. dont know if its anything to do with increasing my portions a bit, hard to say really!
bit rushed, i be back for personals!
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thanks ausgirl! yeh, i always try to keep it down with the dried fruit... small fist full of sultanas or up to 4 dried apricots. and am sure that was the problem with the scones lol! mum made them yesterday and they have *currants* in them! i almost melt with saliva lol.
have had rather lazy weekend... no walks, just work on my computer. but am planning on walking to PIN tomorrow (about 8km one way) and have been doing pilates before i go to bed, after have got bub down. whichi makes me feel like have made a small effort. only do 20-25mins including stretches (a few mins at the end).. does that count do you think? does doing it in the evening make any difference?
anyway... i *love* the sound of those pancakes! but really don't think i need any encouragement in that direction lol. and prob do my rolled oats quota for the day with porridge, as bub and i both have it as our breakfasts (nice slow burning carbs). have you thought about putting berries in instead of sugar? blueberries are totally best, but i'm sure other berries would be just as spectacular (mmmm... strawberries! if only i didn't swell up lol!), and then sugar is just overkill, but i guess if you're not a berry person is fine
beckoes - am glad to hear that bub has been feeding well and feeling full again. i'm sure just really pushing the water is helping. i used to drink a 750ml bottle of water while bub was feeding, until he became too interested in the bubbles to feed lol. but essentially the water is the key thing to production, no matter what you eat. but if you're worried about the quality, sardines are totally the way to go!
have a great evening everyone!
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Oooh berries! I have frozen blueberries in the freezer, would they work ok? I always baulk at the ridiculously priced tiny fresh punnets in my grocer. I personally am not a porridge fan - but love the pancakes. It serves 2 btw!
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yep, frozen is fine! fresh ones hold themselves together better and have a better flavour but frozen is what we use too in the off season. have you got room for some bushes? we have 4 blueberry bushes, but have a pretty large edible garden. they haven't produced so well for the last two years but i think it might be all the moving around we've done as before that we'd had them probably about 6-7 years and they have been prolific every year. either that or they're feeling a bit root bound... should probably plan them out now but haven't got around to it.
just like frozen fruit is great in say muffins - frozen apples and fresh cranberries.... yum! and then you can put in just a fraction of the sugar (as well as).
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Damn you mother leaving Maltesers here for the kidsI have no self control although I have only had one little handful not the whole pack!
Did my day 1 of 30 day shred yesterday and my arm is sore so I think I will do it again tonight minus weights and push ups. I WILL do it tonight once kids go to bed though!
How is everyone else travelling today - cold, wet, windy and Earthquakey here in old Melbourne town - allI want to do is stay on this couch and stay warm! Awful weather.
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well, again i was too scared to weigh in as i feel im not in for any losses....will do it tomorrow. although i feel i had a bad day today food wise. well....im thinking of getting that 30 day shred dvd, tanstar...sounds interesting, is it really hard!? easy to follow....are they really cheesy, i hate cheesy work out vids...need the motivation and guidance to do some effective hardcore workouts! mmm, tommorow starts a new food week....
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hmm. know the feeling of no self control... had a sliver of banana cake and then had pasta with my dinner instead of without... it didn't even add anything to the dish! was just needless crap taking up room on my plate and now some of it in my tum, on my hips, bum, thighs, bat wings etc. damn it! and now just feel depressed and guilty.
i looked up the 30 day shred thing and thought it looked quite like what i do in pilates except with weights and no rolling lol. tanstar maybe try without weights or substitute the weights for a can of beans in each hand cos you don't want to get all biceppy, just toned. that's what my pilates book by lesley ackland said... she said nothing over 1 kg each (pref less). i do a pilates class once a week and try to do a pilates workout several times a week on the days i don't go for a walk, or on days like today that i only went for a short walk (and ate terrible needless processed carbs...).
lol apparently we had an earthquake here but i didn't notice... i hate them anyway. they are just too scary. i can't even think what it would be like in christchurch.
just adding in that i measured my waist this morning (may have since severely damaged this but hey) and happy happy! was 80.5cm (with the whole breathe in thing... does everyone do that?) down from 83! woohoo!
Last edited by livvy; July 5th, 2011 at 06:03 PM. : oh but yayness!
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Nah it's not cheesy at all, based on muscle confusion - 3 rounds of a circuit with cardio, strength and abs. I like it because it is fast and she pushes you hard - like if you want a break take no more than 5 seconds, and if you feel like you are going to die that's ok because you need to work hard to get good results. She is tough but it's good. I am super sore still today so will yoga it up tonight I think and back to it tomorrow. Livvy - yay for your measurement!!
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Livvy - way to go with the waist measurement - that's awsome. I don't get the breathe in thing tho? i just measure mine while I'm standing still normally IYKWIM.
AFM so frickin' cold today I haven't done a thing. Off to try a new zumba DVD. I so so so so so SO don't feel like doing anything. Shall report back to prove i'm honest cos nothing else will make me do this otherwise lol!
EDIT: 40 mins of new zumba DVD done (but it just got annoying cos I'm unco) so finished with 20 mins on the bike. YAH!
Last edited by belfie; July 5th, 2011 at 08:34 PM. : workout result
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way to go one the workout!!! better than me! i took the bins out to the top of the drive way! so just a sarcastic 'way to go me'
i was talking to a friend and she has that shred dvd and is going to lend it me...should get here next week! yay! so il be trying that out. i need to do SOMETHING!!
off to put baby to bed.
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way to go everyone! yay for motivation! did my 20ish min of pilates plus stretches last night but didn't do more as was a bit wobbly and didn't want to do myself an injury.
the breathe in thing is that i read on the heart foundation site (so not just some crackpot lol) to take a "normal breath in" to expand the diaphragm i imagine... is a little depressing as adds about an extra 3cm to my waist measurement (from just standing normally) but then am never sure if it is a "normal" breath in lol... am a singer so can expand diaphragm... but hey, whatever!
the shred thing i did actually put one on my watch list on trade me but decided i can't afford the $25... so will just leave it. need to buy sheets for the baby's bed today as his ripped.. and then he thought that fascinating so has been shredding them lol. and i didn't have another set to fit that bed (since he's decided he doesn't like sleep in his cot anymore).
but first, shower and then to a local playgroup to give a talk about our plunket fundraiser! yay... is about 2.5weeks away and am just over it lol!
have a great day everyone!
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Plunket is playgroup right? I learned that on my trip to NZ years ago, no one believed me that you called it plunket!
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Hi Ladies - Hi BelfieI'm here.
I haven't read over the last 15 pages but I need motivation and I need to keep myself honest. I need to lose at least 5kg which doesn't sound like a lot but it needs to happen so I can fit into my clothes properly again and not have my muffin top (which is rather large) hanging out all over the place. Sigh. I haven't weighed myself as I'm a little scared of the number.
I got the book Michelle Bridges Lose the Last 5kg and whilst I haven't emersed myself completely in this I did the exercises recommended yesterday and I am hurting today. And I only did one set of everything and she wanted 3! I think I'm going to take it slow as I haven't properly exercised all year.
Looking forward to getting to know you and will have a read a bit later on.
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did you stretch afterwards? i find three main ones make it feel like nothing has happened after i do pilates: piriformis stretch, and one that is like kneeling on one knee with the other foot out in front between your hands (all flat on the floor: hands and foot) and then lean forward with you head down to you knee (or as close as you can) and straighten the leg in front (again as much as you can) and hold it there - you should feel the stretch along the back of the front leg; and the last one is after you do the second one you straighten your body up again and tilt your pelvis forward (pubic bone forward, hips back) and you should feel a stretch in the front of the hip and top the thigh (front). with this one you just need to keep yourself from slouching..
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hmmm... not sure what you mean by playgroup (for us is play and coffee with other mums and bubs), but plunket is a free government run health service for babies from 6 weeks up to 5 years and their parents/caregivers - not so much health for the adults as advice on breastfeeding stuff. if you look at wikipedia under "royal new zealand plunket society" that has the whole story of plunket.
am on the committee for my area and have been running the advertising for our big event this year. plunket usually has a national annual appeal (around the beginning of march) but this year there was the deadly earthquake on feb 22 so we decided that we didn't want to take any attention away from the families in christchurch who (still) desperately need our help... so yeah. annual appeal brings in the majority of our income (to pay rent etc for the plunket rooms) so we have to work really really hard this year to make ends meet. and trying to write my seminar and essay for my honours degree too... bleh so exhausting!
but went for a nice long walk and the talk seemed to go well. yay!
sorry totally self involved today... :S
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Oh, yeah, that's right, now I remember, plunket is like what was called baby clinic or nursing mothers here in Australia!
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No no no no I SO don't feel like cycling....
Yes yes yes yes yes I SO want to get to my goal weight.
Posted from my bike.
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Yaaay Tinsel, glad to see you here! I agree that stretching might help, and also if you're sore the next day, doing some light exercise is actually better for recovery than doing nothing - so maybe a light walk or something like that? FYI, my sig says i've only got 2.2kg to go, but honestly I think I have another 4.2kg to go - i'll keep you company
Last edited by belfie; July 6th, 2011 at 08:28 PM. : Added more now i'm not on the bike + phone!
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