ADDENDA:
I brought some green M&Ms to work this morning, thinking I didn't want to eat them but peeps will. However, I had an unopened 2 liter bottle of Coca Cola I didn't think twice about pouring down the drain. Over lunch I just read the final parts of the third of the Ominvore's Dilemma about corn, and of all foods that are derived from corn, soda is 100% from that plant. I poured corn down the drain, which was grown with fertilizer that was refined from the same barrels of petroleum that gasoline is refined from. Pouring oil down the drain. Such a tremendous waste, no wonder countries with food shortages hate us.
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, organic cheerios with organic homogenized milk, hunger 3/5
I could taste the difference in the homogenization, just tasted....less milky, more watery, despite being full-fat.
AM WATERING: 9:45am, 24 oz still
On the ride to work in the cold, I was actually looking forward to drinking water. The good thing about riding a desk for a living (and keeping this blog) is I'm starting to appreciate how this little things make a bigger difference than I thought. Maybe I should start watching my water intake closer on the weekends.
BP: 10:15am, 126/90
LUNCH: 1pm, setain sesame medallions over broccoli with brown rice, 2 spring rolls, large scallion pancake, 2 glasses water, hunger 4/5
Nice sit down lunch at Zen Palate.
PM WATERING: 3pm, 24 oz still
I guess I was a little dehydrated.
PM SNACK: 4pm, 1 small chocolate-coated ice cream nugget, hunger 3/5
Giving buckets of this stuff away at the general staff meeting. I'd rather have sick days paid. Is there any food stuff that can't be processed into nugget form?
DINNER: 9pm, baked cod with butter and garlic, 2 baked potatoes, large piece of mud pie, pint of seltzer, hunger 4/5
Never cooked cod before, did it very conservatively, came out eh. Realized afterward I cooked it EXACTLY like my mom would cook it. Grease pan, place pieces of hard butter over the top, through on a little crushed garlic in lumps, into the oven. Next time I will melt the butter in a pan, infuse it with sliced garlic, reduce some white wine into it, then kind of bathe/poach the fish. Maybe a little bit of sea salt, a few mushrooms or maybe stringbeans in the pan to enjoy the bath. Now THAT could be good.
Got the mud pie on purpose, just one large serving so as to not to let it roll over a few days that would otherwise be potentially sweet-free. In the past, I've gotten this cake to go along with store-bought gelato. Without it, it was just not that remarkable. Didn't enjoy it as much as I did, and the fact that it wasn't extinguishing some sort of sugar lust didn't help.
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Tuesday, December 18
Monday, October 15
Oh Beloved Street Slice, you've changed. I don't think I love you anymore.
ADDENDA:
When I lived in England for a year abroad as a college junior in 1992, I really didn't know what I was in for, food wise. I had only heard the stories about the horridness of English food, never experienced it. As a Jew from NYC, Chinese food was simply some of the best, cheapest filling and tasty food around.
So when I went to the local Chinese in Uxbridge, West London, and ordered a pint of fried rice, I was shocked, horrified and saddened when it dawned on my that Chinese food as I knew it would not be on the cards for my year abroad. The fried rice was soft and white, free of the browning of the soy sauce, and instead of yummy bit of fried onion and scallion and vegetable, this rice was chock full of....canned cubed carrots and canned peas! Yuuuuuk! Fortunately, soon after I learned that Indian food was the British equivalent of NYC Chinese takeout, and started a life long love for it.
I've had a life-long love for street slices (a.k.a. streetza) that I think just died today....sure, Times Square 'za is a crappier example than a my local slice shop, but still, it's all the same animal....
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, 2 saltless wholewheat pretzel, dirtpill, pint of seltzer, hunger 1/5
Stomach tight and on the edge of nausea, probably a mixture of chocolate hangover and nervousness about work. Got good 7 hours sleep, feeling more optimistic than not.
AM WATERING: 7:30am, 24 oz still water
LUNCH #1: Noon, large plastic clamshell full of cold pumpkin noodles and mushrooms, hunger 4.5/5
Almost fell into the too-hungry-to-think well, ate this during a meeting. At least from Green Symphony, kinda healthyish.
LUNCH #2: 2:15pm, crappy slice of pizza, hunger 4/5
Went back to green symphony to get some samosas to walk with, but they didn't have any. Haven't had a street slice in months and months, so stopped in a touristy Times Square slice shop. I used to subscribe to the axiom that pizza is like sex - even if it ain't that good, it's pretty good. Not anymore. This pizza's crust was a little too dry and crumbly with no chew, the sauce had a weird rancid tang to it, and the blanket of yellowy greasy cheese didn't taste anything like real mozz, more like de-flavored glue. And the thing is, I remember a Times Square street slice tasting like this, but somehow appealing.
Like diet coke, I guess I could teach myself to like this again, but why would I want to?
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, 7 dunkin' donut munchkins, hunger 4/5
Aiiigh! I was assisting my ppt specialist in the office of a VP, and this secretary came in and force fed me donut holes!! OK, she didn't, but they came to life and jumped down my throat. Hour later, slight head ache. Gonna try to make this my solitary sweet today...
PM SNACK: 6pm, 1.5 chocolate chip cookies, hunger 4/5
The problem with going to a supermarket hungry is when they have a tray of free cookies out there, it's hard to resist.
DINNER: 8pm, fresh fish sticks with forbidden rice, organic baby carrots with a little hummus, hunger 4/5
As an experiment, got pre-cooked fish chunks lightly breaded from Wholefoods, better than the super processed frozen stuff, but just not that fresh, would be better if I breaded and fried it myself. Betsy didn't like it at all. The black rice was kinda good, but bland, maybe I should of used stock, but then it would of been so salty.
Bought a tub of cinnamon gelato, and I successfully resisted eating any, and while B insisted on having some, I was able to go into the locked freezer and dole her out a single scoop. I was tempted to chow down on it right them and there, but after the munchkins and the cookies, I really didn't want to have to write about feeling guilty and lard-assed.
When I lived in England for a year abroad as a college junior in 1992, I really didn't know what I was in for, food wise. I had only heard the stories about the horridness of English food, never experienced it. As a Jew from NYC, Chinese food was simply some of the best, cheapest filling and tasty food around.
So when I went to the local Chinese in Uxbridge, West London, and ordered a pint of fried rice, I was shocked, horrified and saddened when it dawned on my that Chinese food as I knew it would not be on the cards for my year abroad. The fried rice was soft and white, free of the browning of the soy sauce, and instead of yummy bit of fried onion and scallion and vegetable, this rice was chock full of....canned cubed carrots and canned peas! Yuuuuuk! Fortunately, soon after I learned that Indian food was the British equivalent of NYC Chinese takeout, and started a life long love for it.
I've had a life-long love for street slices (a.k.a. streetza) that I think just died today....sure, Times Square 'za is a crappier example than a my local slice shop, but still, it's all the same animal....
BREAKFAST: 6:30am, 2 saltless wholewheat pretzel, dirtpill, pint of seltzer, hunger 1/5
Stomach tight and on the edge of nausea, probably a mixture of chocolate hangover and nervousness about work. Got good 7 hours sleep, feeling more optimistic than not.
AM WATERING: 7:30am, 24 oz still water
LUNCH #1: Noon, large plastic clamshell full of cold pumpkin noodles and mushrooms, hunger 4.5/5
Almost fell into the too-hungry-to-think well, ate this during a meeting. At least from Green Symphony, kinda healthyish.
LUNCH #2: 2:15pm, crappy slice of pizza, hunger 4/5
Went back to green symphony to get some samosas to walk with, but they didn't have any. Haven't had a street slice in months and months, so stopped in a touristy Times Square slice shop. I used to subscribe to the axiom that pizza is like sex - even if it ain't that good, it's pretty good. Not anymore. This pizza's crust was a little too dry and crumbly with no chew, the sauce had a weird rancid tang to it, and the blanket of yellowy greasy cheese didn't taste anything like real mozz, more like de-flavored glue. And the thing is, I remember a Times Square street slice tasting like this, but somehow appealing.
Like diet coke, I guess I could teach myself to like this again, but why would I want to?
PM SNACK: 3:30pm, 7 dunkin' donut munchkins, hunger 4/5
Aiiigh! I was assisting my ppt specialist in the office of a VP, and this secretary came in and force fed me donut holes!! OK, she didn't, but they came to life and jumped down my throat. Hour later, slight head ache. Gonna try to make this my solitary sweet today...
PM SNACK: 6pm, 1.5 chocolate chip cookies, hunger 4/5
The problem with going to a supermarket hungry is when they have a tray of free cookies out there, it's hard to resist.
DINNER: 8pm, fresh fish sticks with forbidden rice, organic baby carrots with a little hummus, hunger 4/5
As an experiment, got pre-cooked fish chunks lightly breaded from Wholefoods, better than the super processed frozen stuff, but just not that fresh, would be better if I breaded and fried it myself. Betsy didn't like it at all. The black rice was kinda good, but bland, maybe I should of used stock, but then it would of been so salty.
Bought a tub of cinnamon gelato, and I successfully resisted eating any, and while B insisted on having some, I was able to go into the locked freezer and dole her out a single scoop. I was tempted to chow down on it right them and there, but after the munchkins and the cookies, I really didn't want to have to write about feeling guilty and lard-assed.
Monday, July 30
Monday, Time to Start Right Again.
ADDENDA:
After yesterday's salt-fest, want to try to start out right this week. Gonna focus on the produce this evening, then go home and cook for myself. The kasha yesterday gave me a slight headache, and after the watermelon, still greatly craved sugar. It took some will-power not to munch on the 2.2 lb bar of dark chocolate I got at Jaque Torres for baking....
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, 2/3 of toasted bagel with good butter, pint of still water, hunger 2/5. Felt tired but good, had good sleep. Not particularly hungry but want to start the week on the right foot.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, channa masalla, 2 dals, basmanti rice, raw onion, chocolate icecream cone, hunger 4/5. Meetings delayed me from eating earlier, got really hungry. This indian food was a little bland, but the little side of raw white onion that came with it really made it good - I never ate the onion that came with this meal until today - it's a kind of salt replacement. Meal was satisfying, but seriously craving sugar and something to cool my spicey onion mouth after.
PM SNACK: 20 oz of still water
DINNER: 8pm, cajun rubbed salmon fillet, stir-fried brocolli and portobello mushrooms, large green salad, haagen dazz icecream bar, small amount of JT dark chocolate cornflake clusters. Hunger 4/5. So I went back to Whole Foods to check out the veg, this time relaxed after a beer with B at a friend's going away party. I was hoping to be more experimental, but the onl hing that really grabbed me was the brocolli. I've cooked it a few times before, but it was never very good. So I thought I'd give it another go, it's been a few years. Got a piece of marinated salmon and some mushrooms. Stirfried the brocolli with the mushrooms with fresh garlic, ground pepper and some sea salt over high-heat till the green of the broc started shining. The fish smelly oddly like my cat's stinky breath.
The brocolli was GREAT! The wok was given to me a few years ago, but never really used it in any sort of traditional style like I've seen on tv - highest heat, keep everything moving, only cook for a few minutes. The brocolli was just the right combo of tender and crunchy, and the garlic, salt and pepper with the olive oil took away the bitterness and added a comforting buttery flavor to it (next time, gotta use butter!) The fish was surprisingly good, too - I never order salmon in restaurants because it's boring, but I cooke the fish close to medium rare - I chose a fatty cut, and it really added to the flavor. Nice being able to control that.
Not satisfied after, hoped another dose of chocolate icecream would turn me off, but it didn't. A handful of Jaque Torres dark chocolate corn flake clusters finally stopped me.
After yesterday's salt-fest, want to try to start out right this week. Gonna focus on the produce this evening, then go home and cook for myself. The kasha yesterday gave me a slight headache, and after the watermelon, still greatly craved sugar. It took some will-power not to munch on the 2.2 lb bar of dark chocolate I got at Jaque Torres for baking....
BREAKFAST: 8:30am, 2/3 of toasted bagel with good butter, pint of still water, hunger 2/5. Felt tired but good, had good sleep. Not particularly hungry but want to start the week on the right foot.
LUNCH: 1:30pm, channa masalla, 2 dals, basmanti rice, raw onion, chocolate icecream cone, hunger 4/5. Meetings delayed me from eating earlier, got really hungry. This indian food was a little bland, but the little side of raw white onion that came with it really made it good - I never ate the onion that came with this meal until today - it's a kind of salt replacement. Meal was satisfying, but seriously craving sugar and something to cool my spicey onion mouth after.
PM SNACK: 20 oz of still water
DINNER: 8pm, cajun rubbed salmon fillet, stir-fried brocolli and portobello mushrooms, large green salad, haagen dazz icecream bar, small amount of JT dark chocolate cornflake clusters. Hunger 4/5. So I went back to Whole Foods to check out the veg, this time relaxed after a beer with B at a friend's going away party. I was hoping to be more experimental, but the onl hing that really grabbed me was the brocolli. I've cooked it a few times before, but it was never very good. So I thought I'd give it another go, it's been a few years. Got a piece of marinated salmon and some mushrooms. Stirfried the brocolli with the mushrooms with fresh garlic, ground pepper and some sea salt over high-heat till the green of the broc started shining. The fish smelly oddly like my cat's stinky breath.
The brocolli was GREAT! The wok was given to me a few years ago, but never really used it in any sort of traditional style like I've seen on tv - highest heat, keep everything moving, only cook for a few minutes. The brocolli was just the right combo of tender and crunchy, and the garlic, salt and pepper with the olive oil took away the bitterness and added a comforting buttery flavor to it (next time, gotta use butter!) The fish was surprisingly good, too - I never order salmon in restaurants because it's boring, but I cooke the fish close to medium rare - I chose a fatty cut, and it really added to the flavor. Nice being able to control that.
Not satisfied after, hoped another dose of chocolate icecream would turn me off, but it didn't. A handful of Jaque Torres dark chocolate corn flake clusters finally stopped me.
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