Friday Chillin'

Did chores around the neighborhood with Edles in the morning, took care of more on bike with Edie in the afternoon, capped by a nice social play in the playground down the street. Spent the evening kicking off with a snickle with T, then off to T's Domicile of Dread. Picked up some nice Indian food from a taxi stand I used to eat from weekly years ago.

BREAKFAST: 9:30am, pumpernickel bagel with goat cheese, 2 cups iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, 4 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 4 cups water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


SNICKLESNACK: 5pm, vegan espresso ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:30pm, vegetarian samosas and chickpeas, roti, 4 cups water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Mellow

School was closed due to Veteran's Day. Spent the morning in with the Edie, then met Y for lunch at Katz's. Surprisingly packed for a Wednesday lunch. Caught a movie, then went food shopping, then home. Mellow.

BREAKFAST: 9:30am, 2 buttermilk pancakes, iced green tea, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 12:45pm, handful of roasted pumpkin seeds, 4 cups water


PM SNACK: 1pm, cheesy poofs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 2pm, 2 hotdogs, fries, pickles, 1 cup water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:45pm, pasta with home made sauce, bar of dark chocolate, 4 cups of water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Watery

Up to 20% of your water needs can come from the food you eat, assuming you're eating "healthy". While my morning sandwich was full of vegetables, I know the roasting process removes moisture to intensify flavor, but it still has more healthy moisture than, say, a brick of Chinese food.

I am thinking there might be a relationship between hydration and sugar cravings, as the last three days without sugar have been a snap....

AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BRUNCH: 11am, vegetarian sandwich, 2 cups water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Had a busboy get me a sandwich from Almondine, as they weren't ready when I stopped by on the way to work. This time, it came on a fresh, crisp and chewy baguette, mercifully free of cauliflower but seemed to have nicely marinated mushrooms instead. Tangy goat cheese as always, this sandwich was a different ballgame from those on flatter bread, but still aced it.

PM WATERING: 12:15pm, 2 cups
LUNCH: 5 superthin pizza slices w/o crust, small quantity of freshly roasted potatoes, 2 cups water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Super thin, crust blistering up and pushing the toppings aside, the basil cooked on and slightly paper-crunchy, pretty much perfect if you like thin. If this was my place, I'd run this as a special to see if others agreed how amazing it is. Infact, I may have to get my wife and child in at some point to try this pizza style.

PM SNACK: 5:30pm, a few snippets of bacon, a few cubes of cold roast pork with skin, 2 cups water

PM SNACK: 7:30pm, green salad, 2 cups water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10:30pm, burger, fries, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Water, water everywhere, and many drops to drink

I think I realized this morning that 10 cups/5 pints/2 quarts and a pint/a little over half a gallon of water a day is about average for me. I don't transcribe it here because there is already enough monotony on this very day-in-day-out blog. But I shall record it this week never the less.

I took an internet quiz about how much water I should drink today, I had to plug in my weight (230), how many minutes of exercise I plan to do today (0), am I pregnant (no), am I breastfeeding (certainly not), am I at a high altitude (no), am I in a dry climate (no, how man alcoholic drinks will I consume (0), is the weather extremely hot or cold (yes, it's kinda a hot-tea wrap yourself in cashmere kinda day), do I have fever or diarrhea (no). My answer was as follows:

131 ounces of water today (that's 16 and a half cups)
If you eat a healthy diet, about 20 percent of your water may come from the foods you eat. If you eat a healthy diet you an drink 104.8 ounces (13 cups). Water is the obvious source of your daily fluid needs. Other good beverages include milk, herbal teas, low sodium broth, 100% fruit and vegetable juices. Soft drinks will also count toward your daily total of fluid, just remember that sugar sweetened soft drinks and fruit juices add extra calories to your daily diet that you don't need.

So strictly speaking, they say I may not be drinking enough water, but that may also be total bullshit.  I didn't include my daily green tea (1 pint/2 cups) or the various crappy sodas I've been drinking....

BREAKFAST: 8am, the good steelcut oatmeal with a pat of butter, 1 pint iced green tea, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 11:30am, fresh baked bread, handful of olives,  2 cups water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1pm, 2 slices of pizza, half a glass of wine, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM WATERING: 2:30pm, 2 cups water
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, green salad, 2 cups water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:45pm, 2 slices white Sicilian with shrimp, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM WATERING: 6:30pm, 2 cups water
DINNER pt 2: 8pm, 3 slices super thin pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, small pork fried rice, 2 cups water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Watery

The best thing about consciously drinking 10 cups of water per day in this week's challenge is that it matches well with the restriction to only go for 2 sweets this week. There is no urge for sweet soda because I'm just not thirsty.

Thursday I'm going for a decadent lunch with Y, which will probably involve sweets, and Friday is a pre-yoga snickle for  vegan ice cream, so I'm pretty sewed up for the week.

BREAKFAST: 9am, iced green tea, good yogurt with agave, vanilla and peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:45pm, 4 slices of thin but overtopped pizza, 2 cups of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM WATERING: 3pm, 2 cups, with a slice of lemon

LUNCH 2: 4:45pm, shrimp in garlic & wine, 2 cups of water with lemon, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, 1 slice of pizza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK 8:15pm, 8oz diet coke
Needed caffeine, didn't want sugar.

EVENING SNACK: 11pm, 2 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 3 cups of water

Sinful eating in celebration of people running

Left out early on bike, which is easy to do when the clocks fall back an hour. After a power-breakfast, pedaled over to Bed Stuy to drop a cheese cake off on C and her family, then down to South Park Slope for a brunch in an apartment overlooking the marathon. Ate a bunch of sinful of sinful food, but it was all home made from scratch.

B is feeling better, but still took Edles out for an epic wander around the outside of the building in the afternoon, such fun. Chilled in front of the TV in the eve, getting ready for the week ahead.

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, steel cut oatmeal, iced green tea, a few chocolate covered espresso beans, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

BRUNCH: 11:30am, cheddar biscuit with sausage gravy, apple scrapple, a spicey pickle, a narrow slice of pumpkin cheesecake, a slice of spice cake, a decadent cinnamon bun, a very potent screwdriver, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7pm, singapore chow mei fun, shrimp toast, 2 pork dumplings, a little ice cream, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5