Today on 9 May "Europe Day"

[Skybird]

Please, low glycaemic carbonhydrates for me only, protein, a bit of white meat and more of fish, fruits and raw vegetables. I need to slim down a bit... Less beer (a concession to summer temperature, else it would be: no beer), less wine, less bread and crop, no fat steak or sausage, no pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no chocolates, chips or sweets - all the things that make life tasting a bit better I have declared verboten currently.

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Please, low glycaemic carbonhydrates for me only, protein, a bit of white meat and more of fish, fruits and raw vegetables. I need to slim down a bit... Less beer (a concession to summer temperature, else it would be: no beer), less wine, less bread and crop, no fat steak or sausage, no pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no chocolates, chips or sweets - all the things that make life tasting a bit better I have declared verboten currently.

Dang mate! No wonder you look so pessimistic. Good luck with the diet

[Skybird]

Life doesn't love me currently.

But the diet works, and very well.

Unfortunately. Else I would have the needed excuse to kick it.

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Life doesn't love me currently.
But the diet works, and very well.
Unfortunately. Else I would have the needed excuse to kick it.

Some consolation then.

I talked these days with a portuguese friend, the current crisis has put lots of stress on EU and its bureaucracy doesn´t seems to be making the right choices.

[Respenus]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Please, low glycaemic carbonhydrates for me only, protein, a bit of white meat and more of fish, fruits and raw vegetables. I need to slim down a bit... Less beer (a concession to summer temperature, else it would be: no beer), less wine, less bread and crop, no fat steak or sausage, no pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no chocolates, chips or sweets - all the things that make life tasting a bit better I have declared verboten currently.

By the merciful Gods! I weep for you Sky. My doctor said the same thing (well, alcohol excluded since I don't drink), but I gave him a shifty look and said of course. I've said it many times, although it is far from rational: I'd rather die happy on a full stomach, than gain a couple of years and be miserable due the diet. Foolishness of a young man, you might say. Wisdom of a gourmand say I.

[Jaguar]

Originally Posted by Respenus

Foolishness of a young man, you might say. Wisdom of a gourmand say I.

Say this when you get closer to 60 .

[Betonov]

Sobec salad then: only fresh vegetables, sliced tomatoes, sliced spring onion, sliced cucumber and some peppers (not the spicy ones, the yellow big ones), some lemon juice and olive oil over it. I allways grate some ementaler cheese over it.
Or maybe Forelle ala Trieste, grilled only on gentle amounts of olive oil, my second favourite dish, but the garlic sause is deadly (that's trout or postrv for all non Germans)
Oh, and you'll love prsut, air dried salted pork thigh (I'll shoot anyone who calls it ham ), it's actually healthier than it sounds, low on fat if you don't eat the white fat parts and pigs are hand picked so they have more muscles than fat. But the salt content might kill you.

My doctor said the same thing (well, alcohol excluded since I don't drink), but I gave him a shifty look and said of course.

I'm lucky, my doctors are more busy trying to cure my asthma than getting me on diets But a weight loss is a priority, since I've had weight problems since I was 5. I managed to change my diet, still eat most of the things that make life easier, but crossed of some of the nasty ones, like anything fried. One thing is for sure, my heart-burns are gone, it's working. Now if I can just put my asthma in check so I can get more moving and less trying to catch my breath in my life

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Please, low glycaemic carbonhydrates for me only, protein, a bit of white meat and more of fish, fruits and raw vegetables. I need to slim down a bit... Less beer (a concession to summer temperature, else it would be: no beer), less wine, less bread and crop, no fat steak or sausage, no pasta, no potatoes, no rice, no chocolates, chips or sweets - all the things that make life tasting a bit better I have declared verboten currently.

So why are you on hunger strike then?

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

So why are you on hunger strike then?

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

And because I feel too heavy. I am not fixiated on numbers, I just do not feel well the way I am in. Have become lazy over the past two years. Lots of bicycle, but no other exercising anymore. Too many sweets.

Worst of all, two months ago I was maintaining my two swords, Katanas, like I use to do two or three times a year (checking, preventing rust, mineral powder and the like).

It felt heavy when swinging them.

Not good. My old mentor would chase me around the block all day long, cursing me. It tells me my muscles have become - well, older, and untrained.

Wouldn't mind to have 20 pounds less on my ribs. When my weight was 79 kilos, I felt best in my life, physically (I'm 178 cm)

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Skybird

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

Agreed, let's make it a thread about European food instead

Originally Posted by Betonov

Don't know any good restaurants in Tolmin, but I recommend you drive to Bled for a Kremsnita or kremna rezina. It's a cake with a special (secret recipe) egg creme and whipped cream between two slices of pastry. But it's a long drive from Tolmin to Bled.
Trout ala trieste (trzaska postrv) is good, the trouts in that valley are especially good. It's esentialy a grilled trout with garlic sause, suprisingly good.
And my favourite dish of all time, grilled squid, filled with cheese and prsut, any good restaurant has them (polnjeni kalamari na zaru).
And when it comes to pastry, potica and prekmurska gibanica. But it might be hard to get them, since they are regional dishes.
Nightlife: Ljubljana, Portoroz or Bled

Now if I only could remember all those strange words... Why couldn't you Slovenians come up with an easier language?

I'll PM you if I remember anything more significant

Respensus, anything to add ???

That'd be much appreciated

[Respenus]

Not much to add, Betonov has managed to write down all the supposedly great dishes of the Slovenian cuisine. Furthermore, I don't know much about that of Slovenia in particular, so I can't add anything else. But from what I heard from people who went to Metalcamp in the past, you can expect one hell of a time. Whether that's good or bad, I really don't know and I really don't wish to find out

[Betonov]

Originally Posted by DarkFish

Now if I only could remember all those strange words... Why couldn't you Slovenians come up with an easier language?

Riiiiiight, and the Dutch came up with something a lot easier

[DarkFish]

Originally Posted by Betonov

Riiiiiight, and the Dutch came up with something a lot easier

Well, of all those letters at least the F, L, N, H, I and N are used in the Dutch language yes

[Penguin]

You poor Dutchies have no K?


Sorry to hear that you have to eat carrion insted of cheese....

edit:
to the non dutch folks: When you remove the K from the dutch word for cheese, "kaas", you get the german/dutch word for carrion

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

To sabotage this thread whose original theme I did not like .

And because I feel too heavy. I am not fixiated on numbers, I just do not feel well the way I am in. Have become lazy over the past two years. Lots of bicycle, but no other exercising anymore. Too many sweets.

Worst of all, two months ago I was maintaining my two swords, Katanas, like I use to do two or three times a year (checking, preventing rust, mineral powder and the like).

It felt heavy when swinging them.

Not good. My old mentor would chase me around the block all day long, cursing me. It tells me my muscles have become - well, older, and untrained.

Wouldn't mind to have 20 pounds less on my ribs. When my weight was 79 kilos, I felt best in my life, physically (I'm 178 cm)

One thing you'll never achieve...beating the onset of age