Yom tov challenge | Imamother

flowerpower

Sat, Aug 28 2021, 10:07 pm

Anyone interested in joining a yom tov challenge where we eat matzo for all (30? ) meals from Rosh Hashana until after Simchas Torah instead of challah?

chocolate moose

Sat, Aug 28 2021, 10:11 pm

is this a segulah for something?

lamplighter

Sat, Aug 28 2021, 10:13 pm

I always do unless I'm a guest at someones house. I can't continue that commitment.

flowerpower

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 1:51 am

chocolate moose wrote:

is this a segulah for something?

Yes. A segula not to gain a ton over all the shabbosim and weekday yomim tovim. Challah with dips can add lots of calories each meal fast.

pause

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 1:59 am

I'd much rather commit to eating only one slice of challa at each meal. Matza is cardboard and doesn't satisfy me.

flowerpower

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:02 am

crust wrote:

Yes I am

But what about wafer cake?

Wafer cake is allowed. It doesn’t have any calories on yom tov.

flowerpower

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:03 am

pause wrote:

I'd much rather commit to eating only one slice of challa at each meal. Matza is cardboard and doesn't satisfy me.

Can you? Then you should block the weight loss group because you don’t belong here🤪

crust

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:04 am

flowerpower wrote:

Wafer cake is allowed. It doesn’t have any calories on yom tov.

Then I'm all in.

I can commit to either one slice of challah (please give exact measurements) or a matzah.

amother

Chambray

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:05 am

flowerpower wrote:

Yes. A segula not to gain a ton over all the shabbosim and weekday yomim tovim. Challah with dips can add lots of calories each meal fast.

Why can't you do the minimum amount of challah and no dips instead of matzoh?

honeymoon

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:07 am

flowerpower wrote:

Wafer cake is allowed. It doesn’t have any calories on yom tov.

And challah doesn't have any calories for me over yom tov. Why limit the magic to wafer cake?

I can commit to one slice of challah and no dips. Matza makes me feel like I'm chewing the cud and will take away from my simchas yom tov. Am I still allowed entry into the club?

pause

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:08 am

flowerpower wrote:

Can you? Then you should block the weight loss group because you don’t belong here🤪

I've done that in the past when trying to lose weight.

These days, I can only do it as long as I don't have warm, crusty sourdough challa because that stuff gets wiped off the table in minutes.

abmom

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:14 am

I think I should commit to such a plan. My husband has been begging me to start making bigger size challos, but I keep telling him that if the challah is bigger I'll just eat more! So maybe if I won't eat he'll agree that the challos are big enough. Or he'll realize how much I always eat! TMI

Yikes!!!

abmom

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:18 am

I'll need a cheering squad and lots of chizzuk. Oh, and reminders. Cuz I tend to forget I'm dieting till after I finished eating.

flowerpower

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:25 am

One slice challah without dips is allowed! Join the club.

crust

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:38 am

flowerpower wrote:

One slice challah without dips is allowed! Join the club.

Wait.
So its either one slice challah without dips or a matza with dips?

I go for the second choice.

amother

Amethyst

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 3:00 am

I'm in.
I'm good with one half board of matza per meal.
No dips.
Bli neder.

chocolate moose

Sun, Aug 29 2021, 2:18 pm

I make small rolls all year for portion control. for yomtov I'm pretty sure I'll continue doing this as we'll all come home at different times.

I don't see the need to eat challa and torture ourselves.

not making dips as it's so many meals all in a row. no one will be that hungry meal after meal.

amother

Amber

Mon, Aug 30 2021, 6:15 pm

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I make small rolls all year for portion control.

I used to do this before I went off gluten. It was also in the days before dips were discovered.

I don't eat meat (it doesn't agree with me). That saves a huge weight gain.

Also, despite great pressure from my girls, my meals start with either fruit, soup, or a salad. Only one course before the main, and it's not a knish with sauce. Usually.