Ride then ill (and waffle shame)

A great day, a bike ride up to Nyack with a few friends, about 70 miles all told. Slow, leisurely, a long lunch at Nyack. Usually avoid alcohol on rides but being that it was so leisurely, I had a pint of cider with ice in it, and drank it slow. Really hit the spot.

Once back in Manhattan, rode around the rip of Manhattan and took the free Ikea ferry to Red Hook and ate at the soccer fields. When I got home, I was not hungry but thirsty, and the water made me feel...oddly full. I started to feel a vaguely acidy feeling in my tumm, and a tightening. I thought it would go away, and I conked out at around 11pm. I woke up at 3am feeling less full but...still tight, a burning feeling, and nauseous. I'd be waking up again and again all night. I took a gulp of Mylanta anti-acid stuff to help.

BREAKFAST: 7:45am, pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese and sable, iced green tea, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 10:30am, small donut


BIKE SNACK: noon, 2 donuts, gatorade


BIKE LUNCH: 2:30pm, onion rings, pint of cider with ice, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 5:30pm, 2 waffles with nutella, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Holy crap. Everyone took the subway from uptown to the Ikea ferry, I chose to ride. I got hungry and found a Wafles & Dinges cart in the park without a line. I ordered two waffles, never having them before -- they put my waffles to SHAME! Thicker, heavier, crisper, more flavorful, just better in every way. I gotta reformulate. It's a good thing I was in serious calorie deficit/burning mode, or two waffles would have knocked me off the bike. In this case, it rejuvinated me and I rode with speed the rest of the way.



DINNER: 7:15pm, large shrimp taco, tamarind drink, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Noga

 A busy day. Woke up at 6 so I could ride to Brooklyn to have blood taken. I was exposed to measles while visiting T in the emergency room, so I got a call from the DOH saying I was potentially an outbreak starter. I was quite certain I was immunized as a baby, but not 100%, and if I wasn't, it could be a big problem for my family. I came out clear.

After, I did some food shopping and got home and started cooking, as a friend and her baby daddy came over for brunch -- it was the only time we all could get together before they left the country for who knows how long.

Got Edie and her pushbike loaded up and went to ER Park for a picnic with a few other parents and their mini-mes, was a good time. It went a little late and by the time I got home and got the laundry in, it was time for yoga. Unfortunately, about 20 minutes into the practice my body and brain were screaming, "STOP! EAT!" so I did. Met T after and I portaged her back home where we ordered in food and hung out with B. Other than what T referred to as "noga", it was a pretty good day.


TODAY'S COOKING
Waffles, bacon: My kitchen scale died, and had to eyeball the dry ingredients -- came out more flippity floppity that I like.

Granola bars: Made a batch of olive oil granola, then in a pan heated almond butter, a bit of brown sugar, some agave, a little corn syrup and a shot of water to loosen it. Mixed it all up and pressed it into a pan and refrigerated it. Came out nice and solid, but pleasantly chewy, sweet but not ridiculously so.

AM SNACK: 6:15am, iced green tea, handful of chocolate covered coffee beans


BRUNCH: 11am, waffles, bacon, sable, water, a piece of ruggelah, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 1pm, 4 small chocolate caramels


PM SNACKS: 2:30-4:30pm, granola bar, chocolate cupcake, lentil crackers, a few pieced of melon, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 6pm, a couple pieces of ruggelah


DINNER 1: 7:30pm, vegan cesar salad, seiten with blackbeans and quinoa, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER 2: 9:30pm, veg samosa, odd fish-like proteins and veg with a little rice, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Fun at class

A good day -- Edie's class was in the local library. My class was the next to last -- we were cooking food that will be served to about 40 peeps next week, and on top of that baking pies to be sold by the slice at a festival in Red Hook the day after. So we made about 200 mini empanadas of two different kinds, and 16 sweet potato pies from scratch (not to mention 4 gallons of lemon iced tea, a half gallon of pique dipping sauce, and a gallon of chimichurri marinade) Class went late, until 7:30, very good vibes.

AM SNACK: 8:45am, iced green tea


LUNCH: 12:15pm, 2 lotus lead wraps, fishball and rice noodle, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


SCHOOL EATS: 6:30-7:30, mini empanadas, a pork dumpling, sprite, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 8:30pm, a few squares of chocolate, water

Nice to be challenged

Tried to wake up to lift, but the apple pie I inhaled last night made me feel leaden, so I slept in. Not a good habit to get into!

Work was a bit nuts, as my main cook quit by just not showing up, and I was short handed when we got a bit of a rush in the evening. Had to work a few stations in the back and stay late to get the prep done, but over all it went smooth and it was a good vibe. Nice to be challenged.

Got a strange call from the health department, probably nothing, but bothering me -- will talk more about it as soon as I know more.

AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea

LUNCH: 1pm, 2 slices pizza, 8oz sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 5pm, 3 meatballs, pomegranate soda, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 10pm, 2 slices pizza, sprite, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 12am, multigrain sushi, a few squares of chocolate, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Spring, you were all too brief

Woke up to Edie crawling onto my bed, chanting "papa papa papa" and sticking her smiling face right into mine. Pretty awesome.

Another mellow day at work. Hard to believe Memorial Day is this weekend. What happened to Spring? A winter that lasts 7 months, a spring that sticks around for a week?!

Restaurant got a little busy in the evening and I didn't eat, and ended up eating too much when I got home. Oy.

AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST:  9:45am, organic cornflakes with organic dead milk, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 1pm, 2 slices Sicilian, 8oz Sprite, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 5pm, green salad, 1 small slice pizza, half a glass of apple juice, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 10pm, cheese steak, apple pie, 2 bowl, hunger 4/5

Ache

Edie has come subsumed a bit with her wooden pushbike, which she is still too small for. Ohhh, I ache for us to ride together!

Today, woke up to lift, Edie was in her crib standing, doing the stations of "Wheels on the Bus" to the music I was playing, was incredibly cute. Slow day at the restaurant, really grinding on me. Thinking big thoughts, next moves, career decisions, scheduling Edie's school life for the next few years, wishing my parents were around to bounce ideas off of, missing my wife and Lil' E...

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


LUNCH: 1pm, 2 slices pizza, 8 oz coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5:30pm, 2 slices pizza, 8 oz coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 10:30pm, singapore mei fun, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Mellow

Woke up to shuttle out to Brooklyn to visit some friends with a baby. An afternoon nap followed by chores to pick up diapers. There was an event in the public park next door to our building, I got to sing karaoke to B while she and Edie napped. Mellow evening with order-in food and TV.

AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 11am, 2 wholewheat muffins, half a donut, pickle, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 3pm, falafel sandwich, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 8pm, scallion pancake, sesame noodles, chicken sate, tempura shrimp, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5