Uneventful

Uneventful day of taking Edie out to parks, bike riding, etc. Went out with old friend K in the evening, checked out the protests down on Wall Street then went to Park Slope for Korean food.


BREAKFAST: 7:30am, iced green tea, homemade granola with organic dead milk, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 12:15pm, 2 hot dogs, mushroom rice, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5pm, 1 slice streetza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 8:30pm, kalbi, kimchi pancake, kimchi dumpling, a little salad, a little chocolate thing, sake, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 11pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Low key day, B had off for the New Year. I fell asleep in the afternoon and she & Edie went uptown to visit family, never quite got my groove back after that.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Would have been a full bowl, but Edie insisted on eating a lot of my "noisy ice cream". Milk, yogurt, banana, grapes, cherries, mango, blueberries, flax, short pinch of salt. Out of vanilla extract, but got a container of spent beans in 180 proof vodka that should be ripe for processing soon.

LUNCH: noon, fried shrimp, mushroom rice, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
As an experiment, deep fried the breaded shrimp in peanut oil instead of baking. Yep, tasted good. Surprise!

PM SNACK: 4pm, chocolate chips & peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 7:30pm, green salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5 

DINNER: 10pm, ramen noodles, 1/2 a beer, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 

Done

Good day, got a lot done.


TODAY'S COOKING
Pancakes: Had some left over buttermilk, wanted to use it up before it went bad. Made double sized pancakes to make the cooking a little quicker.


Mushroom Rice: Used up Taytay's fab French porcinis in this texmati brown rice dish, gotta give her a holler.


Apple Honey Cake: Used an eh recipe, halved the sugar, came out weirdly savory. He he he.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced gree tea


BREAKFAST: 9:45am, pancakes, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 3pm, 1 slice streetza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 6:30pm, breaded tilapia, mushroom rice, large green salad, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 8:15pm, apple honey cake, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5 

EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, potato chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5 

Bleah

Woke up and kind of just collapsed into myself. B took E to school and I spent the day on the couch and in bed, taking a long nap in the afternoon. Hopefully I'll be back to myself tomorrow.

AM SNACK: 7:45am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 10:30am, bagel, cream cheese, a little homemade sausage, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:30pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 4:30pm, leftover pasta in red sauce, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 

DINNER: 8:30pm, chicken curry & white rice, wonton soup, shrimp toast, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5 

Thinking about sweet

Weight lifting and knish-paperwork in the morning, chores and food shopping in the afternoon, a visit from the HVS in the evening.

TODAY'S COOKING
Granola: The HVS only wanted salad, so I didn't want to make a big feast she may or may not have been in the mood for, but I knew granola would hit the spot for take-away, and B & E nibble on it with yogurt. Cut the sweetener from 1 1/4 cups of brown sugar and maple syrup to just 1/2 cup of maple syrup, still definitely sweet enough. Amazing how commercial granola is essentially candy. Next batch may try just 1/2 cup of brown sugar, or 1/4 only of one or the other. Sweetener as flavorant (all the brown things) rather than just sweetener  (refined flavorless white stuff) is an interesting concept.


AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 9:30am, brown rice crispies with organic dead milk, 1 cupcake, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:45pm, green salad, pasta with homemade sauce, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 

PM SNACK: 4:30pm, chocolate chips & peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5 

SNICKLE SNACK: 6pm, falafel, green salad, a little hummus, half a vegan cupcake, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 9pm, breaded shrimp, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5 

Short but sweet ride

Tried to wake up early, but fortunately B got me up around 8:30. Got our of the house around 10 and rode about 25 miles through Brooklyn, a nice but short jaunt. Spent the afternoon doing some chores with the family, dinner with the inlaws in the eve.

AM SNACK: 9am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 9:45am, banana, wholegrain cheerios with organic dead milk, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

BIKE SNACK: 12:30pm, 20 oz gatorade, 7/8 oz corn chips, 1 3/4 oz chocolate cookies, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:15pm, slice of streetza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:45pm, large pretzel, ginger ale, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 5:45pm, some Ethiopian food, .5 bowl, hunger 3/5 

Hell Ride, courtesy of the MTA

Spent the early morning applying frosting to the cupcakes, then a painfully twisting ride by various modes of public transportation to Greenpoint -- a 20 minute bike ride became a blindingly epic 1 3/4 hour slog by train and shuttlebus with 3 transfers total. Nice brunch with B's friend's, and one with a car drove us home after, a total of about 10 minutes back.

Unfortunately when we got back around 3, I fell asleep on the couch and B fell asleep on Edie's bed with Edie in her arms...meaning a total of 3 hour nap for Edles. When I got up, I ate a small homemade burrito (the last one in the freezer) and took Edie out for a late night swing -- all the way to 7pm!

I picked up a pint of ben & jerries on the way home, and I was tempted to order in, but the double whammy of fast food AND a lot of ice cream struck me less as fun and more like abuse. So I cooked up some frozen spinach, finished the left over pasta and baked up a piece of fish. By the time B gave up trying to get Edie to bed around 9:30, I felt comfortable and satiated. I let Edie wander around her room and sing in the dark while I camped out on her comfy bed until she announced "Sleep game!" and crawled into the crook of my arm and fell asleep, around 10:30. Ahhhhhh.


BREAKFAST: 8:30am, iced green tea, 3 small cupcakes, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: noon, 1.5 bagels with cream cheese and tomato & onion, 1/2 glass prosecco, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 6pm, small burrito, multigrain tortilla chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8pm, breaded tilapia, cooked spinach, pasta, pint of ice cream, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Pushy Knish!

A good day, made it to Bay Ridge while Edie was in school, and did a few chores and baking in the afternoon. Betsy was out with friends in the evening, and I enjoyed getting Edie through dinner, bath and bed around 8:30. As life proceeds, she becomes more and more less like a baby and more like a miniature person...

TODAY'S COOKING
Cupcakes & frosting: Wanted to make cupcakes for a brunch with some of B's friend's tomorrow. Used this and this recipe, neither of which knocked my socks off but were solid traditional recipes. It does make me amazed how people waste money on mixes and canned frosting when it's relatively easy to make from scratch.


AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea
I'm really happy with this batch, just sweet enough, slightly umami mouth feel, very subtle hint of the earthy green tea flavor.

BREAKFAST: 9:45am, waffle, bacon, hot tea, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Out in Bay Ridge visiting old friend P at the Bay View Diner. It's a different world out there.

PM SNACK: 1pm, potato knish, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Edie & I went straight home after school because of the rain. I unpacked her lunch bag and it seemed she ate most of everything except the quartered potato knish that B packed for her. I had a little nibble of the cold knish, and it actually tasted really good, and I finished it -- just the kind of response I'm looking for! Earlier versions didn't have that PUSH to it, this one does. Needs a little pepper to round it, but over all v5.0 is a zillion times better than the beta version...

LUNCH: 1:45pm, green salad, multigrain tortilla chips, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:15pm, 2 donuts, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sweet afternoon snack to hopefully cut down in the evening. From the local good place, one chocolate and one "oatmeal", which was gross. It was too healthy and too unhealthy all at once. On one hand, it had toasted rolled oats stuck on by a very sweet glaze, and the actual donut had bits of candied fruit. All in all, like over sweetened industrial oatmeal or granola bar.


DINNER: 6pm, 2 hamburgers, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Got 1/2 lb of chopped meat from the new Heritage Meats stall in the Essex St Market, a mix of chuck and brisket from grass-fed organic blah blah blah animals. Mixed with a little grated onion, Worcestershire, salt and pepper and a shot of siracha, which I regret as I didn't like it that spicy. I also regret picking up a few generic rolls from the local supermarket, bad bread ruins a burger. Still, the meat was definitely just as good as if I ground it at home, it was tasty and firm and fresh.


EVENING SNACK: 9pm, ramen noodles, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Knish 5.0

Betsy stayed home yesterday and slept, and I got Edie fed, bathed and to sleep by 9:30. The Sleep Game involved more getting her toy monkeys to sleep than herself, but it was still a good transition from up and playing to lights off and in bed. Unfortunately, I had some gastric distress and was up until after midnight. It continued this morning and had to have B take Edie to school.

Felt a bit better mid morning, got laundry done, lifted weights, started on knish fillings. L, who gave the knish lecture in the early summer who inspired me, came over for dinner to taste my knishes. Overwhelmingly positive feedback, and she & B got along like a house on fire, but I know they're not perfect yet, but coming along.


TODAY'S COOKING
Knishes: Potato, broc-ched-potato, spinach-potato & mushroom potato.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


BREAKFAST: 10am, smoothie, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Hit the spot. Milk, greek yogurt, banana, grapes, blueberries, mango, cherries, vanilla extract, flax. Forgot salt, still pretty good.

LUNCH: 1:15pm, large green salad, falafels, small spinach knish, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5 

DINNER: 5:45pm, 4 halves of 4 different knishes, seltzer, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 7:30pm, peanuts & chocoalte chips, corn chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

The Sleep Game

Last night went much better. Betsy was asleep in our room, she left work early and felt totally blown out, and being she's so pregnant, did not want to push it. By 9pm, after a bath and playtime and a meal and 2 extra mini meals after, Edie just didn't want to go to sleep. So as we were at the kitchen table, I asked her if I could go to sleep. She said, "No!" So I put my head on the table, then she put her head on the table. A light bulb went off, and I said, "OK, now we are going to play the sleep game!" Edie exclaimed, "Sleep game! Sleep game!" I brought her to her room, put down the shades, got under the covers with her and turned off the lights. "Now we pretend we're asleep!! Zzzzzzz!" She imitated me, and within 5 minutes, she was fast asleep in my arms. -sigh-


TODAY'S COOKING
Tomato Sauce: Made a big round to last a while. Sauteed 4 chopped onions in olive oil to soft, added 2 finely grated carrots until cooked, then minced bunch of fresh oregano and fresh basil from the CSA. Added 4 large cans of whole peeled tomatoes right through a food mill, then added 2 full heads of roasted garlic, mashed up by hand. A shot of balsamic, a healthy dash of salt, simmer for about 45 minutes then cool to room temp to pack for the freezer. Gosh, I remember when me & my dad did this, we'd have all 4 burners going with 4 big pots, and we'd make enough to last 6 months. I think the next round I should try to mimic his recipe, which involved tomato paste, Italian sweet peppers, and a jar of cheap spaghetti sauce as a base...it was more like extending the jar of sauce as much as making something from scratch...


Knish filling & dough: For round 5.0, I'm caramelizing 5 lbs of onions in the oven instead of the stovetop, boiling the potatoes and adding extra shortening and a few whole eggs to see how the final comes out.


Green Tea: Just made 2 gallons with high quality stuff, 1/4 cup sugar in each gallon to hide the bitterness of my poor brewing skills. Definitely will be nice to wake up to again.


BREAKFAST: 9am, BLT on rye, homefries, diet coke, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 11:45am, homemade brownie


LUNCH: 2:15pm, large green salad, lame Trader Joes frozen pizza, pickle, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7:30pm, capellini pasta with sauce, vanilla ice cream, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Not enough sleep

Edie had a bad night, up hootin' & hollerin' in the middle of the night. B worked on it for a while, but eventually let me take over. I fell asleep in her room in her new bed with her in my arms, it was soooo nice after such drama. However, we woke up late, Edie was an hour late to school. I had to decompress at the local diner before doing some food shopping and picking Edie up from school.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Brownies: the standard recipe, to be given out as samples, compared to Lil' Debbie, tomorrow at school. I learned the hard way last year they really need to be refrigerated overnight, or they crumble when cut...

BREAKFAST: 10am, blueberry pancakes, homefries, bacon, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 1:45pm, pork tonkatsu and curry rice, pork dumplings, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK:  4:45pm, bag of peanutbutter cups, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 8pm, peanutbutter & pumpernickel pretzels, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, chicken nuggets, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Done In

Lifted weights while Edie was in class, rode out to Coney in the afternoon. Tried to eat some doughnuts to head off sugar cravings in the evening, but I think a calorie deficit and a lack of salad did me in.


BREAKFAST: 9am, toasted bagel with cream cheese, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:30pm, rice noodles & fishball, 2 lotus lea wrap, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 4:15pm, 2 donuts, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
A sweet snack in hopes of delaying dinner and avoiding sweets as the last thing before bed.


DINNER: 6:45pm, falafels & hummus, pickle, some stinky cheese, hot dog, scoop of vanilla ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4.5


EVENING SNACK: 8pm, chocolate chips & peanuts, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Flop

Well, this was not the day I expected to have. Woke up at 4:30am, good weather, felt good. Bike prepped and ready, all indications it was gonna be a swell 100 mile all-day ride on the NYC Century. Eating caffeine at 5am, lots of kerfuffle in the bedrooms, Edie up and crying, Betsy up and blown-out from waking up multiple times during the night. We removed a side from Edie's crib, since she almost escaped it yesterday, but having that side missing had her roll out of the crib a few times and made for a bad night.

Though I really wanted to just get hopped up on beans and ride like crazy at 5:30am, there was no way I could just split on my very pregnant wife and very cranky daughter. So I ditched, B went to bed and I hung out and played with Edie for a few hours until B woke up, then I crashed out, and all of a sudden it was noon. We ended up getting a sitter at the last minute and borrowing a friend's car, and we made it out to Ikea to get a proper twin bed for Edie -- there is no way I want another night like that for any of us.

-sigh- Edie has started school last week. This week she graduates to a big girl bed. Her language has rocketed, she says things every day that I did not specifically recall teaching her, she just absorbs language out of the air. Her latest phrases are "I do not like it!" and "Get out of the shower!" I love her so much, she is so great. And she likes pizza, too.

This bike season sure is a big ol' flop, I haven't ridden this little since my parents passed. I imagine I won't be pushing 100 mile weeks back to back until #2 is in school...for now, I guess I'll have to focus on lifting more, eating less and getting rides in when I can.

AM SNACK: 5am, chocolate covered coffee beans, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


BRUNCH: noon, pancakes & sausage, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 4:30pm, beef huarache, water, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5
The one bright spot of the trip to Ikea is that we got to swing by the ball field vendors for some good South American food.

DINNER: 8pm, slice of cold pizza, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, cheese danish thing, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Sausage Party!

Slept well, but tried to wake up at 6am, as I need to be up by 5 for the NYC Century tomorrow. Got out of bed at 7, worried that I'm still sore from the concentrated, heavier lifting I did on Thursday, particularly the inner back of my thighs from the dead-lift squats.

Had people over for brunch, good time. Had 2 other Edie-aged kids and one micro-baby over. Made me look forward to having another curly head in the house.

TODAY'S COOKING:
Sausage & Pancakes: Went ahead and used 50% more buttermilk in my recipe, liked how it worked. Maybe do 100% more next time. The breakfast sausage sat in the fridge over night, and it made all the difference -- I realized that since c-school, I've always made and cooked sausage in one go -- it's sooo much nicer to let it sit in the ice box over night, the flavors really come together and make something more than the sum of it's parts. I cooked them in small, 1 tablespoon bite-size patties, simply so they'd cook faster, and it's always fun to eat nuggetized food.

Vanilla Ice Cream: Very happy with how this batch came out. Even though I do this recipe over and over again, sometimes it comes out pretty good, but every once in a while, it comes out A++. The custard has

BRUNCH: 10:30am, buttermilk pancakes, sausage patties, apple betsy & vanilla ice cream, 1 mimosa, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sausage party!

DINNER: 5pm, 2 slices pizza with olives, mushroom and onion, water, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, slice of veg pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Apple Betsy

Edie did not nap yesterday, which would make one think that that would mean she would sleep extra deep and long over night, but she was up for a few hours in the middle of the night and inconsolable. At one point I tried to relieve B, but Edie wasn't having it. Oy. Edie had a nice nap today, so hopefully this evening will be different.


TODAY'S COOKING
Breakfast Sausage: Kinda winged it. 3 lbs of pork butt and a little less than a pound of fat back, ground twice, and mixed with equal parts fresh sage and marjoram, some salt, brown sugar, fresh black pepper. Gonna be the star of tomorrow's sausage party brunch, as two other couples are coming over, one with a 2 yr old boy and a freshly born boy, the other with a 2 yr old boy and a boy about to be born.


Apple Betty: Rather than do the apple crisp recipe I've done a thousand times, went with this one. Used up many many pounds of CSA apples that have been accumulating. Not sure how this is that different than a crisp, except for maybe a bit more butter and orange juice instead of lemon. I suspect B might devour this before we can share it with others, I'll have to rename it Apple Betsy.

Creme Anglais: Whipped up the standard vanilla ice cream custard in the evening while Edie ate dinner because apple pie-like stuff needs good vanilla ice cream. Used 5 vanilla beans this time.

BREAKFAST 1: 8am, brown rice crispies with organic dead mik, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

BREAKFAST 2: 8:45am, rice noodles with fishball, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I left the building this time when Edie went to school for two hours this morning. I checked out the local diner, but didn't feel like pancakes. Walked to the corner where Canal Street starts where there is always vendors, and I found a line on the pushcart I've gotten rice noodles and lotus wraps for lunch before. Judging from all the Chinese people lining up for this stuff, I guess it must be more of  a breakfast food than a lunch. Makes sense, the rice noodles are gentle on the stomach but filling.

LUNCH: 1:30pm, large green salad, falafel balls and hummus, 1 slice of multgrain toast with funky CSA cheese, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 5pm, chocolate cake donut, green tea donut, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
From Donut Plant down the block. Green Tea is a new flavor, not my favorite. I get what they're going for, but the best green tea is very mild, but also unsweetened -- a donut by definition is sweet, so they should of chosen a stronger version of green tea. It kinda tasted like a plain donut with a slight hint of green tea.

DINNER: 7:45pm, 2 homemade bean burritos, multigrain tortilla chips, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENNG SNACK: 10pm, apple betsy, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
Wah!

Sh@tnuts

Conked out before midnight last night, woke to a happy Edie a little after 7. Today Edie did 2 hours of school, and I waited in the hall, feeling nervous while I heard various Edie-sound alikes crying and shouting. As it turns out, Edie did not cry at all, she was very participatory and happy, and the teacher gave me the go-ahead to drop her off and leave for the 2 hour session tomorrow. Good news!


BREAKFAST: 8am, toasted pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 1pm, sardine & avocado on whole grain toast, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Haven't had this in too long. So good, so simple, the kind of food a fancy pants chef would make for himself at home.

PM SNACK: 4:45pm, 2 crappy dunkin donuts, 1 chocolate-chocolate chip vegan ice cream cone, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Thought if I had a sugary snack in the afternoon before dinner, maybe I could avoid a sugar snack in the evening and that could help me get to sleep earlier. Regret the dunkin donuts -- each was only a dollar compared to the $3 for my local, but ohmahgawd they had no taste. Horrible. Lula's vegan scoop shop was between the donuts and home, so I got a cone to make up for it. Funny, even though it's vegan and not as full-bodied or boldly flavored than the real stuff, it's still 5x more satisfying than crappy dunkin shitnuts.

DINNER: 7pm, BBQ ribs, pork fried rice, egg roll, wonton soup, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Was going to have salad and falafel, but just had a craving for Chinese.

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, chocolate chips
Hoped to avoid any sweets, but something called me to them. On the positive side, only had a very small handful and it did me fine.

Hazey

Did not sleep well at all, probably due to a 2 hour nap in the middle of the day yesterday. Edie did well at school this morning. In a haze, I got her an Egg McMuffin, of which she ate a good half of it.


TODAY'S COOKING
Falafel: When we got home from Edie getting her flu booster, I fried up a whole lotta falafel. I made the mix yesterday, but was too tired to remember to write it down! It was the c-school recipe, though I went more by feel than by measure. I added a whole lotta whole wheat flour to the mix to get it firm enough, and let it sit overnight. This time I dredged the balls in flour before deep frying them in peanut oil, came out looking a little nicer but not a big difference in texture or taste. These are great meals/snacks to have around in the freezer.

BREAKFAST: 7:30am, chocolate covered coffee beans, water, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


AM SNACK: 11am, the bottom bun of an egg mcmuffin


LUNCH: 1pm, breaded tilapia, heath salad, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7:30pm, large green salad,  falafels, hummus, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 9pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 11pm, nutella and pumpernickel pretzels, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Early Up

Woke up early and attended an hour of preschool with Edie -- eventually she'll be on her own for 4 hours every morning, but this is the break-in process. Didn't eat before I left, and foraged for eats while Edie snacked away. She ended up eating a huge portion of the mac n' cheese, a very kid friendly food.

I think the good iced green tea is going to make a come back, if I am going to be waking at 7:15 every morning from now on.

BRUNCH: 10:45am, slice of cold pizza, kraft mac n' cheese, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:30pm, potato knish, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:30pm, large green salad, multigrain tortilla chips, hot dog, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Weighty thoughts

I've noticed my triceps have grown stronger, bigger and harder than any other muscle since starting a more disciplined weight regimen over the winter. I think it's because of forcing myself to to push ups -- I now do 25 to a set (10 was the most I could do when I was 17) -- I suspect because of my large girth, it is like pushing a weight much bigger than for my other lifts. So today was an experiment -- instead of doing 10 reps on each muscle, I did only 5, but with between 10 and 20% more weight. It definitely hurt more, and it was quicker. If I'm appropriately sore tomorrow, this may be the way to go for quicker 2x a week lifts.


BREAKFAST: 10:30am, half a slice of pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
Tired, dazed. Left the house at 9am with Edie for the playground without eating anything. We came home to collect the bike to go food shopping, stuffed this down just so I wouldn't be too hungry while shopping.

LUNCH: 2:15pm, fresh onion bagel with cream cheese and home-cured salmon, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5 

PM SNACK: 5:45pm, chocolate cakey bites, a few random cookies, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5
At the parent's reception for Edie's preschool.

DINNER 1: 9pm, breaded shrimp, large bowl of health salad, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 10pm, peanuts & chocolate chips, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER 2: 10:30pm, 2 bean burritos, multigrain tortilla chips, water

9/11

Went to a 2 year old's party in the morning, fell asleep on the couch in the early afternoon, B's family came over and we ordered in pizza and watched 9/11 anniversary coverage. I remember being stuck at Newark Airport, calling my parents and having a hard time with jammed phone lines. A lot has changed since then, we're all 10 years older. Crappy eating day.

BRUNCH: 10:30am, bagel with cream cheese, half a chocolate muffin, small piece of birthday cake, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LINNER: 4pm, 3 slices of pizza, brownie, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5