Woke up at 5 after only 4 hours of sleep, got to prepare for the shock of waking up at 2am tomorrow, hopefully will be able to get to bed early tonight. Shoulder/neck surprisingly sore -- on my last weight lift at this current level, I couldn't help but do a few negative pull-ups to see what they were like. Start on a stool from the top position, then (try to) slowly lower yourself. I dropped like a stone, but used everything to slow the descent. Boy, I feel it this morning. It's good, it'll help move things a long, but I hope I'm not sore tomorrow on my ride out to Montauk.
THE COUNT: 3200
AM SNACK: 5:15am, iced green tea, 25 cal
BREAKFAST: 7:45am, hardcore oatmeal, 415 cal
AM SNACK: 10am, popcorn, +/- 450 cal
LUNCH: 12:15pm, small green salad, half a pizza, water, +/- 800 cal
PM SNACK: 1:45pm, cup of ice cream, 300 cal
DINNER: 6pm, pint of pork fried rice, saucy stringbeans, shrimp toast, water, +/- 1,100
EVENING SNORT: 7pm, 8oz of beer, 110cal
Friday, June 15
Thursday, June 14
A Sweet Day, in a bad way
Looking at today's eating, sweets really got me. One by spontaneous compulsion, the other by familial togetherness. A solid +1/3 of my calories came from sweets: when I think of it that way, well, that's kinda messed up.
TODAY'S COOKING
Birthday Cake: Made a cake for B to come home to, a square one-layer with simple butter cream frosting, vanilla flavor all the way through. I did the math -- the whole shebang is about 2,900 calories, and assuming it's cut into 12 pieces, each is about 440 calories.
THE COUNT: 3225
AM SNACK: 5:15am, iced green tea, 25 cal
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, good yogurt with honey, almonds & vanilla, 410 cal
AM SNACK: 10:45am, momma salad, 90 cal
No dressing, just a little salt.
LUNCH: 11:15am, Stouffer's French Bread pizzas, 860 cal
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, Jaques Torres chocolate ice cream sandwich, +/- 700 cal
At a Jaques Torres store, picking up a gift for Betsy, couldn't resist the pull of this special treat.
DINNER: 6:15pm, broiled cod, brown rice, brussel sprouts, birthday cake, water, 990 cal
Interestingly enough, the slice of cake is almost half the calories of this otherwise rather healthy meal.
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, watermelon, 150 cal
TODAY'S COOKING
Birthday Cake: Made a cake for B to come home to, a square one-layer with simple butter cream frosting, vanilla flavor all the way through. I did the math -- the whole shebang is about 2,900 calories, and assuming it's cut into 12 pieces, each is about 440 calories.
THE COUNT: 3225
AM SNACK: 5:15am, iced green tea, 25 cal
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, good yogurt with honey, almonds & vanilla, 410 cal
AM SNACK: 10:45am, momma salad, 90 cal
No dressing, just a little salt.
LUNCH: 11:15am, Stouffer's French Bread pizzas, 860 cal
PM SNACK: 1:30pm, Jaques Torres chocolate ice cream sandwich, +/- 700 cal
At a Jaques Torres store, picking up a gift for Betsy, couldn't resist the pull of this special treat.
DINNER: 6:15pm, broiled cod, brown rice, brussel sprouts, birthday cake, water, 990 cal
Interestingly enough, the slice of cake is almost half the calories of this otherwise rather healthy meal.
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, watermelon, 150 cal
Wednesday, June 13
Batting 3000, it seems
Stayed indoors most of the day-side, took the kids out to play in the rain after school, fell asleep on the couch around 6:30 and transferred myself to bed a few hours later.
THE COUNT: 2,980
Notably, this is the first day where all food has been counted (relatively) accurately without any guesstimates. Around 3000 is where I tend to fall on a normal day, it seems.
AM SNACK: 8:15am, iced green tea, 25 cal
BREAKFAST: 9am, granola with milk, 850 cal
Not even a very big bowl, a little less than what I'd normally eat. This is definitely now my go-to the morning of bike rides.
LUNCH: 11:45am, herring & avocado on whole grain pumpernickel toast, health salad, 8oz can of diet sprite, 725 cal
Out of sardines, can of herring in the back of the cupboard. Tasty, a little too salty, definitely prefer sardines.
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, 2 frozen waffles, whole wheat pretzel sticks with nutella, 500 cal
Started to feel weak, low blood sugar. Didn't realize how tired I was.
DINNER: 5:45pm, black beans & brown rice with sauteed zucchini, 880 cal
Beans are good, a really big flavor from the sofrito. Boiled up some rice with a butt-load of bay leaves, a good base. Had some zucchinis from the CSA, cut up and sauteed in olive oil on high heat to get a little color on them. Relatively innocuous.
THE COUNT: 2,980
Notably, this is the first day where all food has been counted (relatively) accurately without any guesstimates. Around 3000 is where I tend to fall on a normal day, it seems.
AM SNACK: 8:15am, iced green tea, 25 cal
BREAKFAST: 9am, granola with milk, 850 cal
Not even a very big bowl, a little less than what I'd normally eat. This is definitely now my go-to the morning of bike rides.
LUNCH: 11:45am, herring & avocado on whole grain pumpernickel toast, health salad, 8oz can of diet sprite, 725 cal
Out of sardines, can of herring in the back of the cupboard. Tasty, a little too salty, definitely prefer sardines.
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, 2 frozen waffles, whole wheat pretzel sticks with nutella, 500 cal
Started to feel weak, low blood sugar. Didn't realize how tired I was.
DINNER: 5:45pm, black beans & brown rice with sauteed zucchini, 880 cal
Beans are good, a really big flavor from the sofrito. Boiled up some rice with a butt-load of bay leaves, a good base. Had some zucchinis from the CSA, cut up and sauteed in olive oil on high heat to get a little color on them. Relatively innocuous.
Tuesday, June 12
Granola is a serious energy food.
Lifted weights in the morning -- one rep of 10 at the current weight is not getting me very sore -- next week I'm going to go to the next level of weight at 5 reps, plus rethink my pull-ups. I still have not done one, and haven't really improved. I consulted this rather butch website, and will start doing assisted and negative pull ups on a step stool. Hopefully as the weight comes down, my pull ups will go up. I'm not going to start the heavier weights this week because I'm riding a century on Saturday, don't want to be sore for it.
TODAY'S COOKING
Olive Oil Granola: Today's total batch came to 13,000 calories. Thirteen THOUSAND. Holy moly, I knew this stuff is energy dense, but wow. I think I'm going to skip making bars (which add a whole bunch more calories and just eat it loose per gram. Nuts and seeds have just as much calories as candy, chocolate, sugar n' shiz. Regardless, it's much more nutrient dense and unlike candy, this stuff actually makes you feel better after gobbling it, not worse. Still, 110 grams (1 dry 8oz dry cup) is 850 calories, jeebzuz. I can see why the HVS is addicted to this stuff, it's probably the most calorie-dense vegany thing she allows herself!
Health salad: With most of the recipe being cabbage, the oil and sugar take a back seat, and the vinegar and salt has negligible calories. The whole batch is 950 cal, which makes a solid 150 g serving only about 150 cal. Healthy, indeed.
Sofrito beans: Roasted 3 green peppers on the stove top, put it in the blender with 2 scoops of caramelized onion, 2 heads of peeled garlic, 1/3 cup of olive oil, and fennel, cilantro and scallions from today's CSA drop. Blended until smooth, then put in a pot with 56 oz of canned black beans, salted a little, then set on low fire to simmer away for 5 or 6 hours, until all the beans kinda lose their identity and join in a nice beany mass. Won't be able to weigh to get a serving reading on it, but the whole pot is 2,325. I think their is at least 10 servings in there, so not bad, and it's smelling up the kitchen something amazin'.
THE COUNT: 2960
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea, 25 cal
Sweetness is right, but tastes a little plasticky -- I think I put the tea in pitchers when it was too hot. Will let it go for another day or two before deciding to keep or toss it.
BREAKFAST: 9:45am, hardcore oatmeal, banana, water, 525 cal
LUNCH: 2pm, quarter pounder with cheese, 20oz diet coke, medium fries, 890 cal
It's kinda obscene that one of the things that attracted me to lunch at McDonald's today was the calorie counts provided. It was raining, I had a baby strapped to me. Comfy padded seat at a dinette, Mil put in a secure, heavy baby seat right next to me. On the flip side of the paper place mat was nutritional info to everything sold in the store. Interestingly when I order the meal, the person behind the counter said, "Large?" Not "supersize", f@ckers. I said, "No, medium, please". Medium is still a 20oz drink -- a small is a full 16oz pint, ridiculous.
DINNER: 7:15pm, whole wheat rotini with a little sauce and parm, 1 baked fillet of sole, momma salad with ranch, 1020 cal
EVENING SNACK: 8pm, homemade fudge brownie, +/- 500 cal
TODAY'S COOKING
Olive Oil Granola: Today's total batch came to 13,000 calories. Thirteen THOUSAND. Holy moly, I knew this stuff is energy dense, but wow. I think I'm going to skip making bars (which add a whole bunch more calories and just eat it loose per gram. Nuts and seeds have just as much calories as candy, chocolate, sugar n' shiz. Regardless, it's much more nutrient dense and unlike candy, this stuff actually makes you feel better after gobbling it, not worse. Still, 110 grams (1 dry 8oz dry cup) is 850 calories, jeebzuz. I can see why the HVS is addicted to this stuff, it's probably the most calorie-dense vegany thing she allows herself!
Health salad: With most of the recipe being cabbage, the oil and sugar take a back seat, and the vinegar and salt has negligible calories. The whole batch is 950 cal, which makes a solid 150 g serving only about 150 cal. Healthy, indeed.
Sofrito beans: Roasted 3 green peppers on the stove top, put it in the blender with 2 scoops of caramelized onion, 2 heads of peeled garlic, 1/3 cup of olive oil, and fennel, cilantro and scallions from today's CSA drop. Blended until smooth, then put in a pot with 56 oz of canned black beans, salted a little, then set on low fire to simmer away for 5 or 6 hours, until all the beans kinda lose their identity and join in a nice beany mass. Won't be able to weigh to get a serving reading on it, but the whole pot is 2,325. I think their is at least 10 servings in there, so not bad, and it's smelling up the kitchen something amazin'.
THE COUNT: 2960
AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea, 25 cal
Sweetness is right, but tastes a little plasticky -- I think I put the tea in pitchers when it was too hot. Will let it go for another day or two before deciding to keep or toss it.
BREAKFAST: 9:45am, hardcore oatmeal, banana, water, 525 cal
LUNCH: 2pm, quarter pounder with cheese, 20oz diet coke, medium fries, 890 cal
It's kinda obscene that one of the things that attracted me to lunch at McDonald's today was the calorie counts provided. It was raining, I had a baby strapped to me. Comfy padded seat at a dinette, Mil put in a secure, heavy baby seat right next to me. On the flip side of the paper place mat was nutritional info to everything sold in the store. Interestingly when I order the meal, the person behind the counter said, "Large?" Not "supersize", f@ckers. I said, "No, medium, please". Medium is still a 20oz drink -- a small is a full 16oz pint, ridiculous.
DINNER: 7:15pm, whole wheat rotini with a little sauce and parm, 1 baked fillet of sole, momma salad with ranch, 1020 cal
EVENING SNACK: 8pm, homemade fudge brownie, +/- 500 cal
Monday, June 11
Not too full
A lot of guestimates on the calorie count today, but I feel good about it -- I was not full at all at bed time, and sweets were kept to a bare minimum. Did the food shopping in the evening, so tomorrow's eating should be a little more fruit n' veg friendly.
WEEKEND REPORT
A weird eating weekend. Saturday I oversaw the catering of an event for 200, with my students, and in the evening baked off a couple of cake layers, from a c-school recipe. Sunday morning was compiling the cake, cutting fruit and cheese, reheating knishes, making pitchers of drink, for Edie's 3rd b-day. Took the kids out for an hour in the morning, grabbed a slice as I found myself just eating whipped cream for breakfast, oy. Party went well, ordered in Thai food as I was a weird kinda hungry, from not eating much all day, but had a few alcoholic beverages.
TODAY'S COOKING
Iced Green Tea: Made a couple of gallons, each sweetened with 1/4 cup of sugar. That's 190 cal per GALLON, making each gallon the equivalent to a 12oz can of soda.
THE COUNT: 2,810
AM SNACK: 5:45am, 7oz diet sprite
Out of tea, had to get rid of a half pitcher yesterday to make room in the fridge.
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, organic whole grain chex with organic dead milk, 300 cal
LUNCH: 11:45am, Stouffer's French Bread pizzas, 740 cal
No toppings, just cheese, a solid three or four hundred calories less, huh. Not as tasty.
PM SNACK: 3:15pm, spinach whole wheat empanada, +/- 300 cal
PM SNACK: 4pm, 3 mini potato knishes, +/- 150 cal
DINNER 1: 5:45pm, 1.5 slices of pizza, 5 falafel balls, a little seltzer, +/- 600 cal
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, 2 homemade brownie rounds, +/- 300 cal
DINNER 2: whole grain chicken nuggets and ketchup, 420 cal
WEEKEND REPORT
A weird eating weekend. Saturday I oversaw the catering of an event for 200, with my students, and in the evening baked off a couple of cake layers, from a c-school recipe. Sunday morning was compiling the cake, cutting fruit and cheese, reheating knishes, making pitchers of drink, for Edie's 3rd b-day. Took the kids out for an hour in the morning, grabbed a slice as I found myself just eating whipped cream for breakfast, oy. Party went well, ordered in Thai food as I was a weird kinda hungry, from not eating much all day, but had a few alcoholic beverages.
TODAY'S COOKING
Iced Green Tea: Made a couple of gallons, each sweetened with 1/4 cup of sugar. That's 190 cal per GALLON, making each gallon the equivalent to a 12oz can of soda.
THE COUNT: 2,810
AM SNACK: 5:45am, 7oz diet sprite
Out of tea, had to get rid of a half pitcher yesterday to make room in the fridge.
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, organic whole grain chex with organic dead milk, 300 cal
LUNCH: 11:45am, Stouffer's French Bread pizzas, 740 cal
No toppings, just cheese, a solid three or four hundred calories less, huh. Not as tasty.
PM SNACK: 3:15pm, spinach whole wheat empanada, +/- 300 cal
PM SNACK: 4pm, 3 mini potato knishes, +/- 150 cal
DINNER 1: 5:45pm, 1.5 slices of pizza, 5 falafel balls, a little seltzer, +/- 600 cal
EVENING SNACK: 9pm, 2 homemade brownie rounds, +/- 300 cal
DINNER 2: whole grain chicken nuggets and ketchup, 420 cal
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