BREAKFAST: 8am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Forgot to add yogurt, so it came out too sweet and too thin.
AM SNACK: 11am, 2 donuts, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 11:45am, bite of a lobster roll
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, tortilla chips and salsa, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 4pm, chocolate ice cream street cone, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, chicken enchiladas with ranchero mole, chips and guac, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered from a local Mexican place with surprisingly good moles. Need to order around the menu more.
Saturday, July 3
Friday, July 2
Pancakes of My Father
A pleasant day on the bike with Edles -- in the morning running chores and visiting the HVS for a nice lunch, in the afternoon riding the new East River Park promenade and hitting the swings and slides with B.
AM SNACK: 7:15am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, wholewheat banana pancakes, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I made these from scratch, using about 2/3 whole wheat flour and 1/3 AP. Wish I had buttermilk on hand to kick it up a notch. Edie ate a few little bites of pancake, she seemed to really dig it.
My dad would make pancakes for me and my brother when we were kids, usually on a weekend, usually as my mom stayed in bed (she wouldn't sleep in -- she would lay in bed in her housecoat and smoke cigarettes while watching TV.) The pancakes were from a mix, usually involving having to add oil, milk and eggs. Which is nuts, really -- basically you add all the wet ingredients that you have to mix in a from-scratch effort, while the dry elements are pre-mixed for you, only with lots of chemicals like anti-caking agents, preservatives, artificial flavors (to get that "butter" taste), and so on. I really wish my dad was around to see me feed Edie a little bit of good pancake. Not to compete, or to even show him something, just so he would know that I'm building on the platform that he set for me.
Maybe I need to get a TV in the bedroom, and get Betsy smoking?
SNICKLELUNCH: 1:15pm, vegan Cesar salad, vegan raw falafel & tabouli, vegan raw mint sundae, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, Singapore chow mei fun, wonton soup, shrimp toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 7:15am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, wholewheat banana pancakes, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I made these from scratch, using about 2/3 whole wheat flour and 1/3 AP. Wish I had buttermilk on hand to kick it up a notch. Edie ate a few little bites of pancake, she seemed to really dig it.
My dad would make pancakes for me and my brother when we were kids, usually on a weekend, usually as my mom stayed in bed (she wouldn't sleep in -- she would lay in bed in her housecoat and smoke cigarettes while watching TV.) The pancakes were from a mix, usually involving having to add oil, milk and eggs. Which is nuts, really -- basically you add all the wet ingredients that you have to mix in a from-scratch effort, while the dry elements are pre-mixed for you, only with lots of chemicals like anti-caking agents, preservatives, artificial flavors (to get that "butter" taste), and so on. I really wish my dad was around to see me feed Edie a little bit of good pancake. Not to compete, or to even show him something, just so he would know that I'm building on the platform that he set for me.
Maybe I need to get a TV in the bedroom, and get Betsy smoking?
SNICKLELUNCH: 1:15pm, vegan Cesar salad, vegan raw falafel & tabouli, vegan raw mint sundae, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6:30pm, Singapore chow mei fun, wonton soup, shrimp toast, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thursday, July 1
Restart
230.6 ---> 227.4
In the morning's weigh-in, I'm about three pounds lighter than last month, which is statistically insignificant -- that could be attributed to water weight, how full my lower digestive system is, etc etc. But to be honest, I do feel good, and I attribute it to two things:
My biking season is now pretty much in full season. I did two centuries last month, and they both went well, and I'm going to hopefully do a few in July. The other thing is I'm working two days a week, and I think just psychologically it's doing me good. Despite that it's essentially long grueling hours, kinda dirty (I smell like oregano when I come home) and certainly not what I want to do with the rest of my life, it IS good experience, a stepping stone, I feel useful, it is a large responsibility being the manager of a restaurant, it's probably only for the busy season, it gets me out of the house, Edie is learning to be flexible. And I'm going to start 3 days a week in a few weeks.
I still need to work out how to eat better while at work. I've fallen off the train a little bit, but I'm rededicating myself today to try to cut out sugar & alcohol more than one a week, and amp up the whole grains, fruit and other wholesome foods.
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, toasted bagel with cream cheese and sable, iced green tea, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
The bagel was just onion, but the new bagels from yesterday's shop are whole wheat. This latest batch of tea is a bit weak, but I got the sweetness right -- 3/4 cup of sugar to a gallon, rather than a full cup.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, large green salad, 1 crab cake, watermelon, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
A left over crab cake from yesterday, whose main ingredient other than good quality crab was whole wheat bread crumbs.
DINNER: 6:15pm, shrimp in yellow curry with sticky rice, chicken sate, chive dumpling, vegetable summer roll, water, chocolate babka, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered in Thai with B & Yomomma.
In the morning's weigh-in, I'm about three pounds lighter than last month, which is statistically insignificant -- that could be attributed to water weight, how full my lower digestive system is, etc etc. But to be honest, I do feel good, and I attribute it to two things:
My biking season is now pretty much in full season. I did two centuries last month, and they both went well, and I'm going to hopefully do a few in July. The other thing is I'm working two days a week, and I think just psychologically it's doing me good. Despite that it's essentially long grueling hours, kinda dirty (I smell like oregano when I come home) and certainly not what I want to do with the rest of my life, it IS good experience, a stepping stone, I feel useful, it is a large responsibility being the manager of a restaurant, it's probably only for the busy season, it gets me out of the house, Edie is learning to be flexible. And I'm going to start 3 days a week in a few weeks.
I still need to work out how to eat better while at work. I've fallen off the train a little bit, but I'm rededicating myself today to try to cut out sugar & alcohol more than one a week, and amp up the whole grains, fruit and other wholesome foods.
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, toasted bagel with cream cheese and sable, iced green tea, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
The bagel was just onion, but the new bagels from yesterday's shop are whole wheat. This latest batch of tea is a bit weak, but I got the sweetness right -- 3/4 cup of sugar to a gallon, rather than a full cup.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, large green salad, 1 crab cake, watermelon, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
A left over crab cake from yesterday, whose main ingredient other than good quality crab was whole wheat bread crumbs.
DINNER: 6:15pm, shrimp in yellow curry with sticky rice, chicken sate, chive dumpling, vegetable summer roll, water, chocolate babka, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Ordered in Thai with B & Yomomma.
Wednesday, June 30
Happy Day
Happy day with my baby! After her nap, we hauled off to Wholefoods on a new bus route that goes straight there (I'm lucky that I'm in one of the few neighborhoods that actually gained a route from the recent MTA cuts.)
Er came over and I made a nice lunch, depending more on skill confidence than a recipe -- and it came out pretty good, which was particularly satisfying.
What is NOT satisfying is the babka I bought to serve to Er was pretty much uncontrollably devoured by my wife in the evening. Are these the habits we're going to demonstrate to Edie? Not eat enough during the day to satisfy our energy needs then gorge on crappy quality calories in the evening? Boooo!
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, whole grain cheerios with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:15pm, 2 crab cake sandwiches, stirfried sugarsnap peas, chocolate babka, 1 beer, water, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I don't know if I ever did a crabcake in c-school, but the idea and method is pretty straightforward. 8oz of good jumbo lump crab, 4 eggs, a bunch of wholewheat panko crumbs, a dollop of mayo, a handful of minced onion and celery, mustard powder, Old Bay seasoning and a few drops of tabasco. Mixed up, set in the fridge for about 30 minutes to come together, pan fried in peanut oil. Really tasty, and have ideas how it can be better next time.
PM SNACK: 6pm, "small" cherry icee, 1.5 bowl, hunger 3/5
At the movies with E&D, got a small drink, ended up being about a quart. During the previews there was an ad for a new show called "Huge" about fat people at a fat camp. Too many movie theater snacks, no doubt.
Er came over and I made a nice lunch, depending more on skill confidence than a recipe -- and it came out pretty good, which was particularly satisfying.
What is NOT satisfying is the babka I bought to serve to Er was pretty much uncontrollably devoured by my wife in the evening. Are these the habits we're going to demonstrate to Edie? Not eat enough during the day to satisfy our energy needs then gorge on crappy quality calories in the evening? Boooo!
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, whole grain cheerios with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:15pm, 2 crab cake sandwiches, stirfried sugarsnap peas, chocolate babka, 1 beer, water, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I don't know if I ever did a crabcake in c-school, but the idea and method is pretty straightforward. 8oz of good jumbo lump crab, 4 eggs, a bunch of wholewheat panko crumbs, a dollop of mayo, a handful of minced onion and celery, mustard powder, Old Bay seasoning and a few drops of tabasco. Mixed up, set in the fridge for about 30 minutes to come together, pan fried in peanut oil. Really tasty, and have ideas how it can be better next time.
PM SNACK: 6pm, "small" cherry icee, 1.5 bowl, hunger 3/5
At the movies with E&D, got a small drink, ended up being about a quart. During the previews there was an ad for a new show called "Huge" about fat people at a fat camp. Too many movie theater snacks, no doubt.
Tuesday, June 29
Workin' It
A shift at the restaurant screams by when it's busy, and it feels 3x longer when it's slow: today's 13 hour haul was earth-shatteringly grindingly oppressive.Not that I'm complaining -- gazing at pics and little video clips of Edie being smiley and wonderful really made the day tolerable. So THAT'S why we have babies. I think the only thing more entertaining would be to have little video snippets of all my friends as babies. These are things we think about when working the long haul.
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, good yogurt with almonds, honey and vanilla, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, skillet mess, Manhattan Special, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Into the caste iron skillet went fennel sausage, roasted potatoes, mushrooms, onions, peppers, a little bacon, minced olives & garlic, and mushed all about. Filling, and not pizza.
PM SNACK: 4pm, 3 small Sicilian slices, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
POST WORK MEAL: midnight, two small burgers, fries, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, good yogurt with almonds, honey and vanilla, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: noon, skillet mess, Manhattan Special, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Into the caste iron skillet went fennel sausage, roasted potatoes, mushrooms, onions, peppers, a little bacon, minced olives & garlic, and mushed all about. Filling, and not pizza.
PM SNACK: 4pm, 3 small Sicilian slices, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
POST WORK MEAL: midnight, two small burgers, fries, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.
Monday, June 28
All together reasonable
Woke up after a total of 16 hours sleep, felt pretty good. Went out with B&E to the local cafe for breakfast, stopping by the gourmet donut shop for a snack. Entertained in the late afternoon -- when couples with young babies get together, 4:30 is an all together reasonable dinner time!
Two really heavy meals, no need for a third.
AM SNACK: 2am, half a pint of ice cream, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, blueberry pancakes, home fries, bacon, water, donut, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LINNER: 4:30pm, watermelon-feta salad, cheese & vegetable ravioli in a pistachio-lemon cream sauce, mint-chocolate ganache ice cream, 1 glass of white wine, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Went all out to entertain a local couple with a baby, one of which I've worked with on the Food Coop and have hung out with plenty. I used this recipe for the watermelon, and was very happy how it came out. I made a pesto with basil, freshly roasted pistachios, lemon zest, walnut oil and asagio cheese, but I did not like it, so I added cream and more zest, and with salt it was the right balance of nutty/creamy/cheesy/zesty. A heavy but summery sauce.
Two really heavy meals, no need for a third.
AM SNACK: 2am, half a pint of ice cream, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, blueberry pancakes, home fries, bacon, water, donut, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LINNER: 4:30pm, watermelon-feta salad, cheese & vegetable ravioli in a pistachio-lemon cream sauce, mint-chocolate ganache ice cream, 1 glass of white wine, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Went all out to entertain a local couple with a baby, one of which I've worked with on the Food Coop and have hung out with plenty. I used this recipe for the watermelon, and was very happy how it came out. I made a pesto with basil, freshly roasted pistachios, lemon zest, walnut oil and asagio cheese, but I did not like it, so I added cream and more zest, and with salt it was the right balance of nutty/creamy/cheesy/zesty. A heavy but summery sauce.
Sunday, June 27
Water downed
The mega sleep I got this weekend left me all perky and go-go-go for the restaurant today. Edie was a bit cry-y this morning, a whiney cry that is not too common -- I suspect it's teething.
During the day, I made sure to down 2 or three pints of water. Too much access to sugardrinks!
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, organic cheerios with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
We now feed Edie cow's milk, so I always have full-pasteurized organic milk on hand. I'd feed her the unhomogenized stuff, but if it sits in her bottle, it separates too fast. I'm afraid she'd drink the cream then reject the skim!
PM SNACK: noon, 2 slices cheeseless seafood pizza, Manhattan Special, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, half portion of meatballs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6pm, 2 slices Sicilian pizza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7:30pm, fried pepperoni tortilla, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
The South American fellows in the kitchen cook these up, they bring in tortillas then use toppings out of the pizza bar to fill them, then pan fry them in caste iron in the pizza oven. Tasty, but greezy.
During the day, I made sure to down 2 or three pints of water. Too much access to sugardrinks!
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea, organic cheerios with organic dead milk, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
We now feed Edie cow's milk, so I always have full-pasteurized organic milk on hand. I'd feed her the unhomogenized stuff, but if it sits in her bottle, it separates too fast. I'm afraid she'd drink the cream then reject the skim!
PM SNACK: noon, 2 slices cheeseless seafood pizza, Manhattan Special, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 2:30pm, half portion of meatballs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 6pm, 2 slices Sicilian pizza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 7:30pm, fried pepperoni tortilla, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
The South American fellows in the kitchen cook these up, they bring in tortillas then use toppings out of the pizza bar to fill them, then pan fry them in caste iron in the pizza oven. Tasty, but greezy.
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