Post Pasta: A Life Changing Event

"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura) 01/24/2019 at 21:58 • Filed to: None

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Not because New Year's. Because fatass. No more flour or sugar. Goodbye pizza; the sex was great but this relationship has to end.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 22:16

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It takes a while, but you get used to life without it. Be thankful you can still enjoy spaghetti sauce as it should be made.

I can’t have onions or garlic,  or tomatoes without adding baking soda to reduce the acid. So Italian food for me is no longer very enjoyable to eat. 

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 22:38

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Love me some spaghetti squash.

Not more than pasta, though.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 22:39

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Good luck, man.  It wasn’t until I tried Whole30 that I realized sugar is in evvvvverything.

RallyWrench > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 22:40

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Best of luck in that endeavor, I have to admit that whatever you’re making there looks tasty. My wife has gone gluten free recently, though she’s not Ciliac, because it makes her feel better, which she really does. So that’s wonderful and i support her 100%, b ut i t’s... difficult. For me. 

ttyymmnn > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 22:45

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Thought about whole grain pasta?

Chariotoflove > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/24/2019 at 23:01

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Post Pasta

By your comm and:

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 01/25/2019 at 00:01

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About the only thing without sugar besides some meat (and not all... some meat is covered in sugar, too) ,

Other than that, pretty much left to eat   cardboard.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 02:33

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no more pasta?

oh god

that sounds as bad as my plan to lose weight by cutting out the beer

good luck

heres to sweet summer bods *raises beer*

aaaah fuck

Roundbadge > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 07:30

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This is smart.  We’ve been eating whole grain pasta for a couple of years.  Guests that have eaten with us have never known they were eating whole grain pasta until told afterward.

Khalbali > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 08:05

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My wife tries to do low carb every so often but can never stick with it, I don't mind it though.

nerd_racing > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 08:17

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Spaghetti squash pizza boats are pretty good.  Other than that you could do cauliflower pizza crust.  It isn’t the same as dough but it will get you there.  

ttyymmnn > Roundbadge 01/25/2019 at 09:14

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I’ve tried it but I just can’t make the jump. 

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 01/25/2019 at 11:39

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We’ll sometimes use some baking soda to reduce acidity, but too much really dulls the flavor.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > DipodomysDeserti 01/25/2019 at 11:40

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The mouth feel is there. Add some butter and salt and it’s not bad. First time I’d tried it. My entire life has been an ongoing white bread experience.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 01/25/2019 at 11:41

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And there’s some carbohydrate chemistry about things turning to sugar or whatever. But can certainly cut down drastically.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind 01/25/2019 at 11:42

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Are you a government employee? Just noticed the furlough thing in your screen name.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > RallyWrench 01/25/2019 at 11:43

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Thank you. I’d gotten to where tying my shoes had become difficult.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/25/2019 at 11:45

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I’ll ask Missus about that.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Chariotoflove 01/25/2019 at 11:46

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Wiseguy.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/25/2019 at 11:47

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Well, certainly about 95% less. Gave up beer 30 years ago. Pizza is going to be the difficult habit for me to kick. My life has been a 50-year white bread experience.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > Khalbali 01/25/2019 at 11:49

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Sticking with any of it is the challenge. Lose 40 pounds now, but where are those pounds ten years from now? Typically, people find them again and more.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > nerd_racing 01/25/2019 at 11:53

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We do a lot of frying/browning cauliflower in the cast iron skillet. Then sprinkle on some lemon juice and a touch of salt. Really delicious, and grateful for IMMIGRANTS WHO PICK IT SO THAT CAULIFLOWER DOESN’T COST $17 A HEAD. (That was politics. Sorry. Well, not really sorry.)

But to your point, my wife has mentioned cauliflower pizza crust and we haven’t had a chance to try it yet. Missus is a very skilled hand in the kitchen and nutrition and food -- and doggos -- are her thing. She has a new friend at work who encourages her and my mother is constantly sending recipes. As well, we find ourselves among a handful of people who for various health reasons are trying to gain control of their eating. So it’s a nexus of factors.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 11:54

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good luck mate.. and yeah.. pizza will be a bitch.... its just a little too convenient to drop easy

(for me it has to be the beer tho.. i actually eat healthy and diverse like.. despite what my posts may tell you...but... im past mid 30 now and my body is no longer shrugging off the daily pint or 6....)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/25/2019 at 12:03

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And it doesn’t help that the beer where you live is actual beer and way better than anything in this country, though to be sure, the US has many more and less- dismal beer options now than we did 30 years ago.

Thing is, I gave up beer because I’d met my wife and she’d never drunk a drop in her life and I didn’t wanna drink around her and if she wasn’t around, why would I do something then that I wouldn’t do if she were around? And drinking had been problematic a few times in my life already, so hasta la vista .

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 12:06

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i hear ya... me missus drinks wine when she wants to

but thats about it..... i drink coz im bored.... its a problem

(i also come from a long line of alcoholics... wich is a convenient excuse that doesnt help)

DipodomysDeserti > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 12:16

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I mix in cherry tomatoes, a balsamic reduction , olive oil, basil, garlic and some mozarella. You can eat it cold like that too.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 01/25/2019 at 12:27

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My mom is a big time boozer because reasons. I could have, and to a lesser extent did, follow right along.

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo 01/25/2019 at 13:36

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Yep. And I’m tired of sitting on my couch.