I'm not grumpy, nor (that) old, but i like food and I make something relatively gourmet most nights.  I grow my own veggies where I can, we have bees (not in the city) for our own honey, and I even do random things like roasting my own rice, so i can have roasted rice powder on my Thai Beef Salad.

I'll post as I go. :-) 

Great idea and lighthearted - perfect.

Am I an old Man?  Not quite at 55 years old but like many of us, I've been around a bit!  Retirement is suiting me but like others on here, there arent enough hours in the day, days in the week or months in the year to get everything done!

Am I grumpy?  Well, yes, sometimes.  To divert from the track a bit, as some of you will know, I am a recovering alcoholic/addict (coming up to 8 years clean of alcohol etc but I haven't and will not give the sex up!)  I digress again.  Grumpiness comes as a result of being slightly obsessive/compulsive and then not getting my own way - especially when it's totally within my control but it still doesn't go as planned.  This is leading me to want to lose weight as I'm well over where I want to be and the only 'diet' that works for me is a high protein diet - no carbs.

So, for the next 3 weeks, my sole nourishment is likely to be chicken breasts!  6 a day.  2 for breakfast, lunch and evening meal.

Here was this mornings offering skilfully prepared by myself on my George Foreman Grill and with a homegrown and homemade tomato salsa:

I'd like to say that all pictures should have the requirement to include a piece of B&O but Soren started the thread so it's his rules.

I won't post any more pictures for a few weeks as they will all look like this one!  The funny thing is, this meal never gets boring and is always delicious.  I lost 16kg last time I did this diet in a 6 week period.  Plenty of excercise and the weight drops off.  You can also eat as much fruit and vegetables as you like but no sweetcorn or carbs/bread/rice etc.

Looking forward to more input from others.

Dave.

Dave Farr - the other good one besides the high protein, no carbs, is the high veg and some meat and a little carbs.  Well that works for me.  Too much protein and when you stop that high protein no carbs you stack it back on. 

I bought a nutribullet and i swear by it.  Veg for breakfast fills you till lunch and it's manageable long term. 

Congrats on your 8 years, don't give up the other pastime :-) 

I like how you incorporated breasts in to the BeoCentre 2 

Dave Farr wrote:

Am I grumpy?  Well, yes, sometimes.  To divert from the track a bit, as some of you will know, I am a recovering alcoholic/addict (coming up to 8 years clean of alcohol etc but I haven't and will not give the sex up!)  I digress again.  Grumpiness comes as a result of being slightly obsessive/compulsive and then not getting my own way - especially when it's totally within my control but it still doesn't go as planned.  This is leading me to want to lose weight as I'm well over where I want to be and the only 'diet' that works for me is a high protein diet - no carbs.

Oh dear. I was going to bring you some wine. 😠

Funny how we can meet on different topics!

I cook a lot too. I never go to the restaurant (too dear) but I do have quite a few cookbooks. Cooking is a fine hobby!

Count me in the group then, having turned fifty this year. Not too grumpy I hope 😁

chartz wrote:

Oh dear. I was going to bring you some wine.

As I said on the email Jacques, I can have a 'cheat day' once a week so bring some cake!  I'll make the coffee - or at least the machine will.

@Aussie MichaelI, I  have to have 2 breasts at once, one is never enough!.  My 84 year old father once said to my 16 year old step-daughter over a chicken dinner, 'you've got too many breasts'!  Well, my dinner was all over the table after that one.

Sorry Soren, this thread is rapidly going astray!

Just been in the kitchen again a few minutes ago but to clean up the flood of water after I left the reverse osmosis water system on too long and the bidon overflowed!  The dog didn't even tell me!

Dave.

Dave Farr wrote:

@Aussie MichaelI, I  have to have 2 breasts at once, one is never enough!.  My 84 year old father once said to my 16 year old step-daughter over a chicken dinner, 'you've got too many breasts'!  Well, my dinner was all over the table after that one.

Sorry Soren, this thread is rapidly going astray!

Not astray, I too love breasts

I have 46 years of experience eating food, and I'm slowly becoming grumpy. I therefore approve of this thread. Please find one of my self-made favourites, soup of funnel chanterelles (Craterellus tubaeformis) and fresh cheese with smoked reindeer (Rudolf).

tournedos wrote:

I have 46 years of experience eating food, and I'm slowly becoming grumpy. I therefore approve of this thread. Please find one of my self-made favourites, soup of funnel chanterelles (Craterellus tubaeformis) and fresh cheese with smoked reindeer (Rudolf).

AH ein Feinschmecker (smekerus de luxe), compliments, really a meal for gourmets, coming Xmas I will catch a Rudolf, place him in my living room, he will then get smoked (red Marlboro), and to my birthday he should be ready.

And do the plant grove faster with only left channel music. Nice pic.