Lunkfast in full effect

B went off to do her girlie hair thing, and I took Edie out to hang with E & D, some chores then home. Woke up late, and didn't feel like breakfast.

LUNKFAST: 10:30am, Stouffer's Frenchbread pizzas, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 12:30pm, cup of tomato bisque, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 4pm, demihippy bread with a little smoked mozzerella, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
My superhippy bakers at the farmers market were out of the 8 grain bread I like, so I got some multi-grain wholewheat from a competitor. This demihippy bread was 1/2 the price, but a little bit lighter and fluffier, like a sop to the non-hippies.

DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, pasta with chili, a little espresso ice cream, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Unquiet

Yomomma came over in the morning, and I rode out to the school in Brooklyn to start recruiting for the class I'll be teaching in March. It was a good vibe. Then I pedalled over to the restaurant, hung out with L, then we popped over to Katz's for lunch. Got home and relieved Yomomma, then got an email to come over to a local momma's house for soup, so off Edie & I went. Back home after 5, me n' Yomomma fed and bathed Edles, then got her to bed.

BREAKFAST: 9:15am, homemade brownie, snippet of cheddar biscuit, a little diet gatorade, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Breakfast of champions! Cutting up a batch of brownies for school, the first one disintegrated getting depanned and went straight to the mouth. Yomomma came over to look after Edles so I heated up some biscuits for her, and washed it down with the gatorade. The fruit punch tastes distinctly different than the normal -- kinda like liquid jello, in a not-good way.

PM SNACK: 1pm, Manhattan Special, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 2:30pm, half a pastrami sandwich, half an order of fries, pickles, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Louis and I shared a single meal at Katz's, which is more than enough for two people.

PM SNACK: 3:30pm, matzoball soup, 1 glass of wine, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Got invited to a neighborhood momma's house for homemade soup, was very chill and friendly.

DINNER: 7pm, chicken dumplings, Pad See Eiu, half a beer, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
My original plan was for a big salad and string beans, but Yomomma stuck around so we ordered in...

Quiet

A quiet day after the Snowmageddon playdate. Lazed around with Edles in the morning, took a trip to Pathmark to pick up some supplies and salad stuff, went home and made salad. B was a little late coming home from work, so I didn't meet the challenge of some yoga today, but met up with the HVS after for some serious snickling, which was nice and too long in coming.

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, homemade granola with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, roast pork tenderloin on white bread, a little pasta in chili, diet gatorade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 6pm, large green salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 7pm, water crackers, cheese, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

SNICKLEDINNER: 8:30pm, olives, margarita pizza, 1 beer, 1 vegan cupcake top, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Snowmageddon Playdate

When the city decided to cancel school the day before, I was annoyed that my plans to go out to the school I teach at once a week got squashed, and had a lonely long day of being cooped up indoors with a baby that needs stimulation. So I rocked out an email to the moms I know in the area and set up a playdate at my house. This morning, B found that her office was basically shut down and stayed in too, helping me set up. About 12 babies and maybe 15 adults came over for warm cider rum punch and some sprawl space in the living room for the babies. It was a good vibe, and B got to see some peeps she hasn't seen in too long. We live in a good neighborhood.

It was also good I recently made double batches of cheddar bacon biscuits and chocolate pistachio short bread, they went down a storm.

BREAKFAST: 9am, fruit smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:30pm, sliced pork tenderloin on white toast with whole grain mustard, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACKING 1-4pm, cheddar bacon chive biscuits, a bit of chocolate and espresso ice cream, a beer, a few pieces of pistachio short bread, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, pasta with chili, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, potato chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not what I should be eating if I hope to lose weight by the end of the month, but Edie was being cranky and not getting back to sleep, it was definitely a stress-reliever. Potato chips are a step above heroine, I suppose.

Impending Snowgeddon

Spent the morning making ice cream, went to play group, then went around and did some food shopping. Due to heavy weather tomorrow, decided to invite other parents and their rugrats over for a Snowgeddon playdate.

In the evening, joined a couple of friends for the opera at the Met, assisted by half of the last of my batch of special brownies. It was pretty mild, but was sure hungry when I got home.

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, toasted bagel with cream cheese and sable, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 9:30am, 6 pieces of chocolate dipped pistachio shortbread, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 2pm, banana bread, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 5:30pm, pork tenderloin, last night's broccoli, large green salad, a little chocolate ice cream, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, half a 'special' brownie

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, half a salmon sandwich, cup of orange soda, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 1:30am, frozen pizza, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Edie in a cookie

B has a friend who just came upon a big personal misfortune, so on B's suggestion, I went about baking something special for her. After laundry and during Edie's feeding, I whipped out a double batch of shortbread, this time with some chopped up pistachios in it, and tomorrow I'll dip them in chocolate. Seriously good, guess I'll spread 'em around to bring some good cheer. Like Edie in a cookie!

BREAKFAST: 9am, good yogurt with honey, vanilla, cashews, .5 bowl hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, large green salad, small quantity of potato chips, 2 freshly baked pistachio shortbread cookies, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3pm, potato knish, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6:45pm, beef chili and steamed broccoli over cheddar-chive-bacon biscuits, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Bought some pre-made chili at WF, thinking hmmm, that might be something I may want to try making at home. With the cooked bacon I had in the freezer, I cooked off a double batch of these biscuits, and damn if they weren't good. Considered the heavy heavy elements of the meal, and in the spirit of eating more veg, I steamed a head of broccoli florets and finished with a little drawn butter, a nice compliment.

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Up to Albany

Spent the day driving up to Albany to visit my brother and has brood. Perhaps the best thing about a small house that 5 little kids live in is that when you bring your baby to it, it's pretty certain that most things are already baby-proofed. Not a good eating day, but it was what it was. Tomorrow is the beginning of a new week, a new chance to get more vegetables in and maybe even some exercise.

BREAKFAST: 8am, 2 donuts, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 10:30am, a few snippets of donuts

LUNCH: 1pm, 2 bagels with cream cheese & humus, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 6pm, diet coke, some fries, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Dropped into a McD's on the highway for some caffeine, B wanted hot greezy fries.

DINNER: 8pm, pint of chicken fried rice, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Road my bike home from the car rental, took the opportunity to pick up a small quantity of Chinese -- if you order delivery, the minimum is a lot of food for one person. I ordered chicken instead of pork, simply because I never ordered it before and...pork is so much tastier.