One half a kilogram of weight has been lost in the month of Augrapes, which is just about in the land of maintenance. I am not going to complain about it too much. My current weight is 73 kilograms.
The eating theme for Septnana is just as it sounds. Bananas. The aim will be to eat plenty of them. Bananas go particularly well on pancakes with a generous serve of custard for dessert. Some days will see vanilla slice on the plate instead. For the evening meal we mostly have beef steak with commercial brand Bearnaise finishing sauce, oven fries potatoes, mushrooms, beans and the starring vegetable of the month is cauliflower.
Later in the month I will tell you about my recipe for port and cream mushroom sauce, which we love but do not have very often. Sadly, it doesn’t love us back.
The Wattle’s Weight Warrior for Septnana is tarragon. It is the wrong time of the year to get fresh tarragon. Instead, we use large amounts of dried tarragon which is almost as good, just about smothering the steaks with it. It also goes very well sprinkled on fresh tomatoes on toast for lunch.
I anticipate that the portion size of steak will be slightly less compared to last years, just as the portion size of pork was last month compared to one of the year before. Getting used to less protein on the plate is not trivial so the plate still gets heaped with large amounts of steamed beans and cauliflower.
Breakfast is usually an egg and shortcut piece of bacon on a round of toast, followed with an orange. This is the breakfast which suits me best. However, some days in Septnana a bowl of cereal with a banana might be tried.
I do not want my weight to keep reducing too much. It would be very nice to learn how to maintain this shape for six months or so. I will make sure that I eat a few extra custard tarts this month to stop the downward trend.