Residual Appetite

Not the greatest eating day, but definitely felt a huge residual appetite from yesterday's ride. Felt sore in all the right places.

TODAY'S COOKING
Chocolate Chip Ice Cream: Didn't actually have any. Made for a child's birthday party this afternoon, I fell asleep and B&E left without me! I hear it was very popular.

French Toast: Betsy requested it. Used my c-school recipe, very straight forward. 1 loaf challah, cut into 1" thick slices. 8 eggs, 1 quart whole milk, 2oz sugar (I used vanilla sugar), pinch of salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. All blended (other than bread) into a homogeneous batter. Clarified two sticks of butter to fry in. Dipped bread in quickly before hitting the hot pan. Served with real syrup. Pretty good, though definitely not diet food.

Iced Tea: As I dropped in the tea ball to the water, I realized I forgot to add my 1/2 cup of sugar to gallon of water. As an experiment, I skipped the sugar all together in this lightly brewed Sencha tea. Results tomorrow.

AM SNACK: 8:45am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:45am, donuts, beef empanada, pretzel, lobster roll, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
First day of the Hester St fair. We met a friend the donut shop then wandered over to sample the goods before it got too crowded.

LUNCH: 3:30pm, 1 french bread pizza, cheesy poofs, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 6:30, french toast with maple syrup, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 11pm, hotdog, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Spritely

Woke up at 5, got on the bike at 6 and road up to Bear Mountain and Garrison. B went to work, had the nanny come and cover the Edie -- no time to ride this weekend, and I seriously needed to shake it out a bit. It was a good, slow ride, eating out of convenience stores and bagel ships through the heart of Rockland County.

Picked up a loaf of challah to make french toast at Grand Central, but B was too tired for dinner, and I wasn't feeling too spritely, either.

BREAKFAST: 5:30am, iced green tea, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 8:30am, toasted buttered bagel with lettuce & tomato, Gatorade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 11am, corn chips, Gatorade, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 1pm, cornchips, Gatorade, twix bar, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 2pm, bag of chocolate chip cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 4:45pm, singapore mei fun, green salad, dumplings, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER pt 2: 8pm, more singapore mei fun, 2 ice cream sandwiches, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Gettin' it dun

Busy day. Woke up early, got weight lifting in but didn't have time for the smoothie I wanted to make. Took Edie to pre-pre-school, picked up pickles and bagels on the way. Picked up cart food on the way home, quickly made custard and set up fish for curing, before having to leave for school.

Did a hectic lesson where we made: cheesecake, sweet potato pie, blueberry tart, chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cinnamon donuts and glazed donuts. It was bumpy but the students were good, so it came out pretty good. Though on the way home felt a sugar crash, he he.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Cured Salmon: Set up a side of salmon, skin side down on a bed of salt, brown sugar, dill and creme de casis, with the same on tip, wrapped in plastic and a pan with weights on top. On Saturday morning, will flip it, Sunday morn will brush it off and thin-slice for the Mother's Day get together.
Vanilla custard: Ice cream base, will churn tomorrow with chocolate chips, for a party we're going to Saturday afternoon.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, green iced tea


LUNCH: 12pm, rice noodles with fishballs, lotus leaf wraps, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


SCHOOL EATS: 5-6pm, brownie, fried donuts, chocolate chip cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 9:15pm, kraut perogies with butter, cheesy poofs, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PAPA!!!

Got to bed around 1 and set the alarm for 7 so I could do weights, but slept through until 8:30 when a certain almost-2 year old shouted "PAPA!!" with her arms raised over her head and bum-rushed the bed, crawling up and giving me and Rufuscat the most wonderful hug/bodyslam. Can't beat myself up too hard about skipping weights this morning, my body demanded sleep, and I listened.

Slow rainy day. Shopped Wholefoods after work, got almost $50 worth of fancy Japanese tea to experiment with, plus supplies to cook ice cream for a baby party on Saturday and cured fish for a Mother's Day get together on Sunday....


BREAKFAST: 8:30am, toasted homemade pumpernickel with cream cheese and sable, pint of iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made sure not to screw up breakfast again this morning. Out of bagels, but my pumpernickel kinda is dense like a bagel, but a much bigger pumpernickel flavor. I can really taste the combination of rye flour, molasses and cocoa, strong and balanced, full of wholegraininess.

LUNCH: 12:30pm, 3 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 4pm, green salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5:30pm, 1/4 of a cheeseburger, a small bunch of fries, 2 small slices of pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5 


PM SNACK: 6:45pm, chocolate chip cookie, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 11pm, brown rice California roll, slice of cake, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Bleah

Not enough sleep, skipped breakfast by mistake, made for a bad eating day in a slow restaurant. Wah!

AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea


LUNCH: 1pm, a few wedges of sausage & pepper sandwich, 8oz sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3pm, roasted potatoes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 5pm, 3 slices Sicilian, pomegranate soda, apple juice, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 6:30pm, handful of shrimp scampi, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 11pm, hotdog, ice cream sandwich, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
No comment.

Back where we started

228--->230.2

My wife has been saying I "look thinner" in pictures and wot-not, but the scale says gravity has the same effect on me. In the past month I have been consistent with my weight-regimen and have upped my cycling (though not as much as I'd like to), and my body DOES feel different, a bit more toned here, a muscle a little larger there, so maybe the ratio of fat to muscle is shifting. Nothing big, but perhaps a trend that'll pay off in months (years?) ahead.

Read an article this past week about liposuction -- wherever the fat is surgically removed, it comes back in other parts of the body because the body defends it's fat -- it is programmed to keep a steady number of fat cells, and removing is temporary. Starving the fat cells, however....

I saw a guy during Passover, a regular guest, who in all past years was quite rotund, but this year was very trim, practically half the guy he used to be. I overheard a conversation, where he was showing a scar by his bellybutton -- probably a lapband procedure. Realistically, if I'm going to ever drop the 60 lbs to be defined as in a "normal" range by the Health Department's standards, it's going to take something more radical than a healthy diet and some weights and bikes. Which makes me ask: how happy am I? I think....I'm pretty happy. But my dad started having strokes in his early 50s, which in reality I'm not that far from. I think my fitness regime is more involved than his at this age, and my diet is superior to his at this age, too. How much is environmental, how much is inherited? Guess I'm gonna find out.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 9am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:45pm, 3 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 


PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, 1 square of Sicilian, small glass of mandorla, 2 pieces of garlic bread, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 11pm, singapore mei fun, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Five boroughs

My old high school buddy M was in town, we road the 5 Boro Bike Ride together. I also captained a team for a charitable organization, which mostly consisted of gathering 8 others near the start, chatting, taking a few pictures and making sure they got started without hassle. M is a much more accomplished cyclist than I, and I was riding my rather large cargo bike, but it was still a good day, we caught up properly.

Nap in the afternoon, freezer-fishing for dinner. A little insomnia (nap-caused?) lead to late-night snacking. And I forgot to weigh in, that bodes poorly for tomorrow!


BREAKFAST: 6:45am, toasted bagel with cream cheese and sable, iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 10am, 2 banana, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 12:30pm, cheesy crackers, coconut water, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 1:15pm, felafel sandwich, 1 beer, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 2pm, small bowl of fruit cake ice cream, shortbread, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 6pm, 2 fish sticks, tater tots, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 9pm, small piece of chocolate

EVENING SNACK: 12:30pm, 1 Stouffer's French Bread pizza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5