I'm finding that morning is the hardest part of the day to get through since my life has been thrown into some minor chaos with leaving the restaurant. Between the tiredness, Betsy & Edie rolling in lockstep, and my mind naturally going to pessimism, it's something I need to strategize -- whether it's food (jump start with chocolate covered coffee beans?), a routine or a ritual, I dunno. I lift weights M-W-F which definitely helps, but I think doing it more than that might be excessive. Maybe a combination of food, an act to help with a work search, and a light yoga routine? Hmmm, could anyone advise me on a light self-guided daily 10-minute yoga routine?!
TODAY'S COOKING
Ice Cream Sandwiches: Last week's left over mint ice cream was enough for about 15 sandwiches. Forgot to freeze the barrel, so will have to make to make the vanilla ice cream for another dozen tomorrow.
Health Salad: A nice simple vegan slaw for our vegan picnic on Monday!
BREAKFAST: 9am, iced green tea, 5 small pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 12:30pm, penne in sauce with shrimp, ginger ale, 2 cc cookies, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:15pm, 1 small ice cream sandwich
Wasn't planning on eating this but MAP came over, and mommainlaw, B, MAP and even Edie were all eating these things I ate this morning, so I ate one to be sociable. Edie was going nuts on mommainlaw;s sandwich, licking the ice cream then grabbing her hand and pushing her face into it when it was pulled away from her, all the while strenuously repeating the word, "CAKE!"
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, slice of streetza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Was in the playground, B was feeling hungry because all she had to eat all afternoon was...an ice cream sandwich, so I got a slice for her, and I couldn't just let her eat alone!
DINNER: 6:30pm, shrimp toast, small amount of beef & string beans with white rice, ice cream sandwich, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 9:30pm, left over beef & string beans with rice, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Saturday, July 2
Friday, July 1
Of Two Minds
230.2--->227.4--->221.0
Well, this is the lightest I've been in a while. I'm of two minds, as I usually am about this stuff...
TODAY'S COOKING
Creme Anglais: Another round for ice cream sandwiches for taking to various holiday weekend events, this time sticking with traditional vanilla, though more vanilla-y than most.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Used dark chocolate chips, a bit further with the brown sugar and less with the white. Had to bite Betsy from going beserk on them when she got home, now under lock and key in the freezer until ready to be sandwichatized.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:45am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Milk, banana, flax, a lot of fresh blueberries that Edie hasn't been eating but we got a lot from the CSA, frozen mango and cherries, vanilla extract and salt. Forgot the yogurt, still exceptionally thick and filling.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, red curry with shrimp, basmanti rice, a beer, a few bites of cookie, a few bites of cupcake, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Celebratory lunch on the UES with B & her momma, we just had an anatomy scan to check the new bebe for health and gender. Yep, it's a healthy babay!
PM SNACK: 4:40pm, watermelon, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, breaded tilapia fillet, pickle, water, 1 cc chip cookie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I used twice the amount of butter and olive oil in making this batch -- Betsy said it was the best yet, though I didn't tell her why, he he he.
Well, this is the lightest I've been in a while. I'm of two minds, as I usually am about this stuff...
- Negative: Work stress from finishing up at the restaurant definitely saw a lack of appetite for a few weeks -- starvation diet is not sustainable, healthy or desirable.
- Positive: I've been riding a lot more the past few weeks, I've cut back on restaurant and take away food to try to budget better, and this past month I've notched up the amount of weight I've been lifting three times a week. My routine now includes two sets of push ups, 18 and 9. The greatest number of push ups at my peak strength in high school was 10. I'm sure if I tried to blow out, I could hit 25 to 30....
TODAY'S COOKING
Creme Anglais: Another round for ice cream sandwiches for taking to various holiday weekend events, this time sticking with traditional vanilla, though more vanilla-y than most.
Chocolate Chip Cookies: Used dark chocolate chips, a bit further with the brown sugar and less with the white. Had to bite Betsy from going beserk on them when she got home, now under lock and key in the freezer until ready to be sandwichatized.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 10:45am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Milk, banana, flax, a lot of fresh blueberries that Edie hasn't been eating but we got a lot from the CSA, frozen mango and cherries, vanilla extract and salt. Forgot the yogurt, still exceptionally thick and filling.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, red curry with shrimp, basmanti rice, a beer, a few bites of cookie, a few bites of cupcake, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Celebratory lunch on the UES with B & her momma, we just had an anatomy scan to check the new bebe for health and gender. Yep, it's a healthy babay!
PM SNACK: 4:40pm, watermelon, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, breaded tilapia fillet, pickle, water, 1 cc chip cookie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, popcorn, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I used twice the amount of butter and olive oil in making this batch -- Betsy said it was the best yet, though I didn't tell her why, he he he.
Thursday, June 30
A Walk Around
Chill day, play ground with Edie in the morning, a walk around downtown in the afternoon and meeting with B for dinner in a park then more wandering. Prelude to the holiday weekend, I suppose.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 11:30am, good yogurt with honey, vanilla, peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, falafel platter, small piece of baklava, lemonade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACKS: 9-10pm, chocolate chips & peanuts, 2 small burritos, small amount of pasta, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
LUNCH: 11:30am, good yogurt with honey, vanilla, peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5pm, falafel platter, small piece of baklava, lemonade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
EVENING SNACKS: 9-10pm, chocolate chips & peanuts, 2 small burritos, small amount of pasta, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wednesday, June 29
1-Pack
Woke up to Edie doing a hard belly flop onto my middle (OOFAH!) As I was doing a small stretch in prep for weight lifting, I noticed a weird curve in my upper-midsection. I felt it, pressed it, prodded it, is it a hernia? It felt firm but pliant, no discomfort or pain...it's a muscle!! I have a 1-pack! Call the fitness magazines! Call Hollywood! My fat pad still pretty much hides whats been developing these past 3 or so months, but it was still pretty nice to see, however fleeting.
Edie had the day with the sitter & summer camp, so I spent part of the morning working on work-related matters, then road the bike to Coney Island and back. Indulged in a Chinese brick -- it makes sense to do this for lunch and after a strenuous activity, as compared to a bigger brick for dinner, where I probably hadn't done much of nuthin'. And a full stomach helps shopping rationally at the supermarket, which I did right after.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, 4 small buttermilk pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:15pm, lomein & fried rice, small wonton soup, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7:45, green salad, 2 pieces breaded tilapia, large piece of watermelon, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I bought a big bag of breaded raw tilapia at the supermarket, a few pounds for under $12. Farm raised in China, I wonder if this cheap protein is ok. Funny to eat it with a green salad of CSA vegetables. One side organic and local, the other side of the plate....less so.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, peanut butter with chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Edie had the day with the sitter & summer camp, so I spent part of the morning working on work-related matters, then road the bike to Coney Island and back. Indulged in a Chinese brick -- it makes sense to do this for lunch and after a strenuous activity, as compared to a bigger brick for dinner, where I probably hadn't done much of nuthin'. And a full stomach helps shopping rationally at the supermarket, which I did right after.
AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:30am, 4 small buttermilk pancakes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:15pm, lomein & fried rice, small wonton soup, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 7:45, green salad, 2 pieces breaded tilapia, large piece of watermelon, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
I bought a big bag of breaded raw tilapia at the supermarket, a few pounds for under $12. Farm raised in China, I wonder if this cheap protein is ok. Funny to eat it with a green salad of CSA vegetables. One side organic and local, the other side of the plate....less so.
EVENING SNACK: 10pm, peanut butter with chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tuesday, June 28
Kale Fail
The day wore me out in a good way yesterday, fell asleep around 11 and got 9 hours sleep. Woke up sore and muscle-tired in a few places. Took Edie to a music event in Madison Square Park in the morning, out to the swings in the afternoon.
Cutting back restaurant and take out food, ate everything mostly homemade today. Got a load of salad greens at the CSA, had a bowl full o' them before my heaping bowl of pasta.
TODAY'S COOKING
Kale chips: Got an excessive amount of kale from the CSA today. Deveined it, chopped it, tossed it with olive oil and old bay seasoning. Roasted at 375 for 12 minutes. Discovery: too much oil, came out crunchy in spots and wet in others. Ate a little, then had to toss. Will do it better next time.
AM SNACK: 9am, green iced tea
AM SNACK: 9:45am, banana
LUNCH: 12:45pm, 3 mini burritos, 2 pickles, a lump of brown rice & lentils, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, watermelon, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, a few kale chips, pasta with sauce and fresh basil, salad greens with Greek dressing, a small piece of CSA cheese, can of ginger ale, 2 mint ice cream sandwiches, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Cutting back restaurant and take out food, ate everything mostly homemade today. Got a load of salad greens at the CSA, had a bowl full o' them before my heaping bowl of pasta.
TODAY'S COOKING
Kale chips: Got an excessive amount of kale from the CSA today. Deveined it, chopped it, tossed it with olive oil and old bay seasoning. Roasted at 375 for 12 minutes. Discovery: too much oil, came out crunchy in spots and wet in others. Ate a little, then had to toss. Will do it better next time.
AM SNACK: 9am, green iced tea
AM SNACK: 9:45am, banana
LUNCH: 12:45pm, 3 mini burritos, 2 pickles, a lump of brown rice & lentils, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3pm, watermelon, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 6pm, a few kale chips, pasta with sauce and fresh basil, salad greens with Greek dressing, a small piece of CSA cheese, can of ginger ale, 2 mint ice cream sandwiches, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Monday, June 27
Riding
Edie started summer camp today, just a few hours in the morning Mondays and Wednesdays, in the same place where she'll be starting preschool in September. She's growing up!
Lifted weights in the morning. The weather was too perfect to not cycle, so I rode up to Nyack and back. Weird riding out there on a Monday. Not many other cyclists, but a lot of tree-trimming trucks, Con Ed and Verizon trucks, etc, jamming up the roadways.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, toasted bagel w/ cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BIKE SNACK: 1pm, bag of corn chips, banana, pack of 3 cc cookies, 24 oz Gatorade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:30pm, pancakes, can of ginger ale, one mint cc cookie ice cream sandwich, water, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
On the way home I was kinda vibing on getting a brick of Chinese, but B texted that she wanted pancakes, so instead of spending $6 on a brick, I stopped by the local market and got $6 worth of top-shelf buttermilk and cooked up enough pancakes to last me & the fam a solid week. A good investment.
Lifted weights in the morning. The weather was too perfect to not cycle, so I rode up to Nyack and back. Weird riding out there on a Monday. Not many other cyclists, but a lot of tree-trimming trucks, Con Ed and Verizon trucks, etc, jamming up the roadways.
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
BREAKFAST: 9:15am, toasted bagel w/ cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
BIKE SNACK: 1pm, bag of corn chips, banana, pack of 3 cc cookies, 24 oz Gatorade, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:30pm, pancakes, can of ginger ale, one mint cc cookie ice cream sandwich, water, 1.75 bowl, hunger 4/5
On the way home I was kinda vibing on getting a brick of Chinese, but B texted that she wanted pancakes, so instead of spending $6 on a brick, I stopped by the local market and got $6 worth of top-shelf buttermilk and cooked up enough pancakes to last me & the fam a solid week. A good investment.
Sunday, June 26
Harmonious Ice Cream Sandwiches
I went out in the morning to collect a few local delicacies -- knishes, bialies, pickles -- for a couple of B's friends who came over for an easy brunch.
I assembled the ice cream sandwiches in the morning, and they were pretty good -- the cookies were only about 1.5 wide, so two or three of them could make a portion. The strong vanilla presence in both the ice cream and the cookie really tied it together, but the mint of the filling and the brown sugar and chocolate of the cookie sang together in good harmony.
Also in three-part harmony, B, Edie & I all took blissful naps in the afternoon and got back to it after a quickie lunch. I took Edie out to the swings, then food shop, then once home, I took off to visit the HVS in Brooklyn. After a local restaurant meal, the rarest of rare happened: a snicklebikeride! We did a loop around Prospect Park on one of the most beautiful nights of the year, not cold, not warm, just right.
We spoke of a weight-loss challenge, which I think will be good for me about now, so starting Friday the 1st, I'll institute some new rule or approach to limiting my calorie intake and increasing my low-density food intake....
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea
AM SNACK: 9:30am, 6 misshapen chocolate chip cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
BRUNCH: 10:30am, knish, half a mimosa, a pickle, one mint ice cream sandwich, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:45pm, half a knish, a little watermelon, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLEDINNER: 7:30pm, vegan singapore mei fun, a few veg dumplings, a few veg samosas, half a peanut butter bomb, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
I assembled the ice cream sandwiches in the morning, and they were pretty good -- the cookies were only about 1.5 wide, so two or three of them could make a portion. The strong vanilla presence in both the ice cream and the cookie really tied it together, but the mint of the filling and the brown sugar and chocolate of the cookie sang together in good harmony.
Also in three-part harmony, B, Edie & I all took blissful naps in the afternoon and got back to it after a quickie lunch. I took Edie out to the swings, then food shop, then once home, I took off to visit the HVS in Brooklyn. After a local restaurant meal, the rarest of rare happened: a snicklebikeride! We did a loop around Prospect Park on one of the most beautiful nights of the year, not cold, not warm, just right.
We spoke of a weight-loss challenge, which I think will be good for me about now, so starting Friday the 1st, I'll institute some new rule or approach to limiting my calorie intake and increasing my low-density food intake....
BREAKFAST: 8am, iced green tea
AM SNACK: 9:30am, 6 misshapen chocolate chip cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
BRUNCH: 10:30am, knish, half a mimosa, a pickle, one mint ice cream sandwich, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 3:45pm, half a knish, a little watermelon, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
SNICKLEDINNER: 7:30pm, vegan singapore mei fun, a few veg dumplings, a few veg samosas, half a peanut butter bomb, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
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