No, I DO NOT COUNT THE CALORIES I EAT!

But I did notice today there was a count of ‘calories burned’ with the recorded FitBit info.

I have a part time job where I do a fairly good amount of physical activity.  This will involve walking of 4 to 5 miles each day.  Any running or ‘walks’, during the Lunch Hour are just icing on the cake.

One of these days at work, I set the watch on the ‘Workout’ mode since I lift literally ‘tons’ of boards putting them on display.  These boards are also rotated, so the old stock is lifted out of the display, new stock placed at the back, and then older stock returned.  Some of these boards are twelve feet long.  So a 1″x6″x12′ may weigh 27 pounds. So lets imagine there are 100 boards in a bundle…. that is 2700 pounds.

That means I will be lifting over a ton of product, 27 pounds at a time for a product that size.

Some days, there may be a dozen bundles of various sized board.  That, is a ‘Heck of a Workout’… for four hours.

Since I take a 15 minute break and eat Breakfast, I just start another “Workout’event after that time.

So here are the results of the two “Workouts”, and the ONE MILE walk I take during the first half of my Lunch Hour.

Just the three events, report 1303 calories ‘BURNED’.  That covers about 4 hours and 20 minutes.

According to my last Blog Post, I ran 6 miles and lost 4 pounds(and that after a 1.5 lb poop), I guess I average around 3 -4000 calories burnt on average, each day since I started wearing the FitBit.

A pound reportedly has a value of about 3500 calories.

Oh yeah, this may be a good time to remember, you can’t exercise for weight loss.  That helps, but you are just not going to lose weight with exercise alone.

It is the food.

And besides, you really would be so much better for yourself IF YOU FOCUSED on HEALTH.

Not weight loss.  Or getting that ‘summer swim suit body’….

Focus on being HEALTHY.

Be smart and chose Whole Food, Plant Based.

Sure you can lose weight on Atkins, Keto, Hilton Head, (yada yada yada)……

but …. you can lose weight on Chemo too …

Chose Health.  Eat Plants, Whole Foods, and get healthy.

Your body will love it, love you for that!, and the weight come off, and HEALTH will feel much better than any bathing suit…

It will look better too!

No need to count calories, measure protein, nor fear carbs…. as long as you are eating Whole Foods, and Plants!

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This is a reply to a request from my dear Aunt Helen!

I started with the recipe from the WONDERFUL site, Eatplant-Based.com

BLACK BEAN BURGERS   (click link)

Terri Edwards always has great recipes!

But I had some additions to add to her recipe today, because I needed to use some things in the kitchen.

• 1-1/2 cups black beans 15 oz can (drained and rinsed) or fresh cooked
• 1 cup old fashioned oats
• 1/4 cup red bell pepper, diced
• 1/4 cup onions, diced
• 3 Tbsp ketchup
• 1 Tbs worcestershire sauce without anchovies, or Bragg’s Aminos
• 1 tsp chili powder
• 1/2 tsp garlic powder
• 1 tsp smoked paprika
• 1 tsp steak seasoning dry spice
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper optional

I used the can of Black Beans but I didn’t drain them, AND I PUT them in a food processor, along with everything else …

And I added a splash of veggie broth… and probably used 2 cups of old fashion oats.

I added half a Green, Red, Yellow Bell Pepper.

I added an onion about the size of a tennis ball.

I added maybe four Tbsp of Catsup

I used Low Sodium Soy Sauce since I had no Worcestershire sauce.

I added double the powdered spices…. EXCEPT steak seasoning ( I don’t have any), four big pods of fresh GARLIC, and also I forgot the cayenne pepper….. yeah, just plain forgot!

But here is the big difference….

I sliced three or four leaves of KALE, COLLARDS, and Turnip Greens (Cut very small) into the food processor.  ( about 12 leaves total, with the stem)

BUT, I processed the beans and oats first, and then poured over half into another bowl, then mixed the GREENS with the remainder and then mixed all the items together!

I let the mix set for a half an hour hoping the oats would absorb the excess mositure.

It didn’t do so, so I added another cup of oats, and it seemed to be better!

I set the oven at 350 and grabbed the parchment paper and cookie sheets!

I baked the patties for about 40 minutes and then attempted to flip them over, but the were not willing to let go of the paper, so, I put them back in the oven for 14 minutes.

With a sharp butcher knife and shaking the paper to break them loose, I flipped each patty and baked for another 10 minutes!

They were delightful!

I have always added extras to the veggie burgers I have made.

Today was a need to use a large amount of Leafy Greens that need using up.

I have made these before but used left overs as a base and then just followed the recipe.

My Black Bean Burger patties are probably never the same twice….. EXCEPT, they always are good!

I think the extra oats are a good binder.

And just thinking about it, you could grind some Chia seed and add that to the ‘mix’!

Let me know how yours turn out!

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OH! Aunt Helen!  The Confederate Rose Hibiscus was finally given a home IN THE GROUND yesterday!

Taylor came to visit us for a few hours today.

He is my youngest sons BEST FRIEND.

Since we have moved to Granbury in 2017, Taylor has come by our home for a visit twice.

He lives in Arizona.

His Mom and Grandma live in our town.  Yet he still comes over for a visit.

He is 25 ish.

We are friends on Face BK, and in weekly competitions through our FitBit watches.  Until the last weeks I was regularly ‘beating the young ones’ with gathered points from walking, running, etc.

He has now won a few weeks.

All I can say about that is they are lucky the competition goes Monday through Friday, as I do a ‘heavy’ amount of running Saturday and Sunday… otherwise we are back to trash talking about them not being able to see my backside for the dust they would be eating from my steps adding up and leaving them in a cloud ….

But, as my son, and others, I would have to say ‘Taytay’ is a friend.

He is also a fellow member of THE MISSING CHINS RUN CLUB  (there are over 200 members now).

Taylor IS missing a chin too.

Yesterday we looked at some pictures from a few years ago.  I have lost a ‘Chin’ too.

Joshua is the factor that brought Taylor into my life.  Joshua brought Whole Food Plant Based into my life…at the very camping trip pictured above.

As I type this, I recall that Joshua arrived and chose the camp site several hours before I arrived.  I ask what he did during that time.

He replied he ‘ran for a while’.

As I was thinking IN THOSE DAYS….  “Ran?  Ran from what?  Why would someone run to pass time?”

Just like as he was emptying all this fruit, beans, potatoes and WTH ! is this stuff at a camping trip???!!!!  He was also explaining it had to do with eating for health, and because it was inexpensive.

But, Taylor was at that camping trip too.

We both heard Josh and his ‘potato stories’ and ate beans and rice from his rice cooker…. while camping ….

Come now to 5/13/2018

Taylor has lost more weight than I have.

I have lost 80 pounds.

Joshua still runs.

I have started running.

Taylor has started running.

We all run now.

And all three of us are damned sexy now too!

Love you Taylor.

Love you Joshua.

I love me too.

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I do not count calories, I do not measure protein, I do not fear CARBS.

Throw stuff in a bowl and have BREAKFAST

Click the above link to see the video!

After a 5 mile run this morning I stopped by the Garden and picked some fresh New Zealand Spinach to throw in Breakfast.

Check out the video link above to see the rest!

Never count calories!

Never measure proteins!

NEVER FEAR CARBS!

(that is IF you are eating WHOLE FOODS/PLANTS!!!)

no crap, no oil, no processed Standard American Death Diet stuff…

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So I was gone from the ‘normal’ routine a few days while camping with my sons… and the Garden did very well while I was gone!

Today is the first chance I had to gather some of the items.

Of course, on the left is the Collard Greens.  I lost an entire crop last year to the worms.  I hope this year will be much better!

Collards are a staple in my ‘diet’ and if I can grow my own, that is even better.  Especially since there has been another ‘e-coli’ event going on across the States.  I know what is in my Garden Soil.

The picture also shows Swiss Chard.  As with the other Leafy Greens, I consume the stalk with fresh or sauteed in vegetable broth.  I never use oil.

I was introduced to Swiss Chard by my neighbor in Ralls, Texas.  Kent could grow stuff like ‘crazy’.  One year his Swiss Chard was producing all summer till the first freeze in the Fall.  I hope to get Fresh Swiss Chard all summer here too!

And then the standard Spinach I choose to grow in my Garden…. New Zealand Spinach.

This Spinach does well in HEAT and in Dry Conditions.  Unlike the Spinach we buy in the stores, which is usually ‘gone’ before we get through the check out line.

This is what I threw together for Supper tonight.

That is most often how I ‘create’ in the kitchen…. just start throwing stuff together and see what happens.

The key that method is Garlic.  Fresh or Powdered, Garlic is always the binding force in my kitchen Events.

And as always, I never use Oil.   NEver.  I use Vegetable Broth or the drained liquid off canned beans or corn.  Even just water.  Or Low Sodium Soy Sauce….but NEVER OIL.  NEver.

I started with the ‘harder’ items like the onions, broccoli, cabbage, orange slivers.  They sauteed in the Veggie Broth first so they could soften before the delicate items were added to the WOK.

I want my Stir ‘Fry’ cooked just enough so that some items still have crunch!

Also notice the stalks of the broccoli, collard greens, Kale, Swiss Chard are in the mix too.  I never throw these items away.  I eat them either raw or cooked in the Wok.  I choose to consume these for the fiber and nutrition.

Remember, food is my medicine.  OH! It is a pleasure for sure! BUT MOST OF ALL…. Food is my MEDICINE!

After a few seconds in the WOK, I then add the Bell Peppers, Leafy Greens and basically everything else except the diced Garlic, Swiss Chard, and New Zealand Spinach.  These are not added till I have turned off the ‘fire’.

I add these most delicate items only after the WOK is removed from the heat.  The already cooked items serve as the ‘cooking’ for these items.

I also add the diced Apple and Orange at this point.

I also added to my bowl, Red Beans, Bulgur, and a spoon full of the Vegan ‘Cheese'(No Oil, No Dairy)

The ‘stroke’ of Genius on this plate of food was the silvers of Orange Peel.  When they were sauteed in the first stage, they added a taste I enjoyed, and plan to use again!

It was a fantastic Supper, and there were leftovers I look forward to enjoying today!

Never count calories, never measure protein, never fear CARBS

and remember….