Friday Chillin'

Did chores around the neighborhood with Edles in the morning, took care of more on bike with Edie in the afternoon, capped by a nice social play in the playground down the street. Spent the evening kicking off with a snickle with T, then off to T's Domicile of Dread. Picked up some nice Indian food from a taxi stand I used to eat from weekly years ago.

BREAKFAST: 9:30am, pumpernickel bagel with goat cheese, 2 cups iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, 4 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 4 cups water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


SNICKLESNACK: 5pm, vegan espresso ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:30pm, vegetarian samosas and chickpeas, roti, 4 cups water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Mellow

School was closed due to Veteran's Day. Spent the morning in with the Edie, then met Y for lunch at Katz's. Surprisingly packed for a Wednesday lunch. Caught a movie, then went food shopping, then home. Mellow.

BREAKFAST: 9:30am, 2 buttermilk pancakes, iced green tea, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 12:45pm, handful of roasted pumpkin seeds, 4 cups water


PM SNACK: 1pm, cheesy poofs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


LUNCH: 2pm, 2 hotdogs, fries, pickles, 1 cup water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 8:45pm, pasta with home made sauce, bar of dark chocolate, 4 cups of water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Watery

Up to 20% of your water needs can come from the food you eat, assuming you're eating "healthy". While my morning sandwich was full of vegetables, I know the roasting process removes moisture to intensify flavor, but it still has more healthy moisture than, say, a brick of Chinese food.

I am thinking there might be a relationship between hydration and sugar cravings, as the last three days without sugar have been a snap....

AM SNACK: 8:30am, iced green tea
BRUNCH: 11am, vegetarian sandwich, 2 cups water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Had a busboy get me a sandwich from Almondine, as they weren't ready when I stopped by on the way to work. This time, it came on a fresh, crisp and chewy baguette, mercifully free of cauliflower but seemed to have nicely marinated mushrooms instead. Tangy goat cheese as always, this sandwich was a different ballgame from those on flatter bread, but still aced it.

PM WATERING: 12:15pm, 2 cups
LUNCH: 5 superthin pizza slices w/o crust, small quantity of freshly roasted potatoes, 2 cups water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Super thin, crust blistering up and pushing the toppings aside, the basil cooked on and slightly paper-crunchy, pretty much perfect if you like thin. If this was my place, I'd run this as a special to see if others agreed how amazing it is. Infact, I may have to get my wife and child in at some point to try this pizza style.

PM SNACK: 5:30pm, a few snippets of bacon, a few cubes of cold roast pork with skin, 2 cups water

PM SNACK: 7:30pm, green salad, 2 cups water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 10:30pm, burger, fries, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Water, water everywhere, and many drops to drink

I think I realized this morning that 10 cups/5 pints/2 quarts and a pint/a little over half a gallon of water a day is about average for me. I don't transcribe it here because there is already enough monotony on this very day-in-day-out blog. But I shall record it this week never the less.

I took an internet quiz about how much water I should drink today, I had to plug in my weight (230), how many minutes of exercise I plan to do today (0), am I pregnant (no), am I breastfeeding (certainly not), am I at a high altitude (no), am I in a dry climate (no, how man alcoholic drinks will I consume (0), is the weather extremely hot or cold (yes, it's kinda a hot-tea wrap yourself in cashmere kinda day), do I have fever or diarrhea (no). My answer was as follows:

131 ounces of water today (that's 16 and a half cups)
If you eat a healthy diet, about 20 percent of your water may come from the foods you eat. If you eat a healthy diet you an drink 104.8 ounces (13 cups). Water is the obvious source of your daily fluid needs. Other good beverages include milk, herbal teas, low sodium broth, 100% fruit and vegetable juices. Soft drinks will also count toward your daily total of fluid, just remember that sugar sweetened soft drinks and fruit juices add extra calories to your daily diet that you don't need.

So strictly speaking, they say I may not be drinking enough water, but that may also be total bullshit.  I didn't include my daily green tea (1 pint/2 cups) or the various crappy sodas I've been drinking....

BREAKFAST: 8am, the good steelcut oatmeal with a pat of butter, 1 pint iced green tea, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

AM SNACK: 11:30am, fresh baked bread, handful of olives,  2 cups water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1pm, 2 slices of pizza, half a glass of wine, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM WATERING: 2:30pm, 2 cups water
PM SNACK: 4:45pm, green salad, 2 cups water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:45pm, 2 slices white Sicilian with shrimp, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM WATERING: 6:30pm, 2 cups water
DINNER pt 2: 8pm, 3 slices super thin pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, small pork fried rice, 2 cups water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Watery

The best thing about consciously drinking 10 cups of water per day in this week's challenge is that it matches well with the restriction to only go for 2 sweets this week. There is no urge for sweet soda because I'm just not thirsty.

Thursday I'm going for a decadent lunch with Y, which will probably involve sweets, and Friday is a pre-yoga snickle for  vegan ice cream, so I'm pretty sewed up for the week.

BREAKFAST: 9am, iced green tea, good yogurt with agave, vanilla and peanuts, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:45pm, 4 slices of thin but overtopped pizza, 2 cups of water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM WATERING: 3pm, 2 cups, with a slice of lemon

LUNCH 2: 4:45pm, shrimp in garlic & wine, 2 cups of water with lemon, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7pm, large green salad, 1 slice of pizza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK 8:15pm, 8oz diet coke
Needed caffeine, didn't want sugar.

EVENING SNACK: 11pm, 2 mini burgers, cheesy poofs, 3 cups of water

Sinful eating in celebration of people running

Left out early on bike, which is easy to do when the clocks fall back an hour. After a power-breakfast, pedaled over to Bed Stuy to drop a cheese cake off on C and her family, then down to South Park Slope for a brunch in an apartment overlooking the marathon. Ate a bunch of sinful of sinful food, but it was all home made from scratch.

B is feeling better, but still took Edles out for an epic wander around the outside of the building in the afternoon, such fun. Chilled in front of the TV in the eve, getting ready for the week ahead.

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, steel cut oatmeal, iced green tea, a few chocolate covered espresso beans, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

BRUNCH: 11:30am, cheddar biscuit with sausage gravy, apple scrapple, a spicey pickle, a narrow slice of pumpkin cheesecake, a slice of spice cake, a decadent cinnamon bun, a very potent screwdriver, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7pm, singapore chow mei fun, shrimp toast, 2 pork dumplings, a little ice cream, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Laid Back Saturday

A very mellow Saturday. Woke up around 4am to an unhappy Edie. B got her back to bed, but not me. So after staring at the ceiling for a few minutes, I got up and made an epic batch of pancakes. Watched a little TV, and fell asleep as the ladies rose.

While I was powering up with some green tea, B was powering down with a slight fever, so she went back to bed and I did the Edie thing. Watched a movie while she napped, fed her, ate a small portion of school-made kasha, then went for a nice 2 hour walk with Edie around the neighborhood. On the sidewalk, she now doesn't resist holding my hand, which is suuuuper cute and wonderful.

When we got in, B arose and I tuned out on the TV with a big hearty bowl of school made farro & sausage. I forgot how satisfying this is -- whole grain, pork, potatoes, beans, all redolent of fennel and chicken stock. I wasn't really hungry for the rest of the day, only getting some veg down before hitting the sack around 10:30.

BREAKFAST: 5:30am, 4 buttermilk pancakes, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


AM SNACK: 10:30am, Ito En unsweetened green tea

PM SNACK: 1:30pm, kasha varnishkes, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


LINNER: 4:30pm, farro & sausage, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 6:30pm, baby carrots & cucumber slices with ranch dressing, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

T's House of Hurt

Stayed indoors with the Edie, she's better but not 100%, except in the adorable department. Evening Tenement of Torture with T.

BREAKFAST: 9:30am, iced green tea, homemade granola with organic dead milk, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Brought home a couple of bottles of Ito En green tea from the shop, we recently hosted a party for their Brooklyn staff and they brought their own tea, including a case of their high-end Japanese-import only stuff. Unsweetened, nutty flavor, no bitterness at all, it runs rings around my clownish home-brewed variety. This was free, but to buy retail is 10x more expensive than my own.

LUNCH: 2pm, farro & sausage, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Made in school yesterday, a stew featuring whole-grain farro & crumbled Italian sausage, cooked in chicken stock, with fennel, potatoes, tomato & kidney beans. Heavy, but good.

PM SNACK: 5pm, cheesy poofs, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

SNICKLEDINNER: 7:45pm, vegan Cesar salad, cup of dahl, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Moody Thursday

Mellow day with a slightly sick day in the morning, good class in the afternoon, a round of food shopping in the evening.

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


LUNCH: 11:30am, sardine and kimchi on superhippy bread, 4 miniburgers, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 3:30pm, squares of several kinds of chocolate


DINNER: 6pm, rice pilaf, kasha varnishkes, diet soda, water, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 9:30pm, large amount of cheesy poofs, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Super-thin!

Uh oh. It just occurred to me I'm going to have to take my one sweet-exception tomorrow for the week instead of during snickling with T. I have a chocolate-tasting scheduled with my students tomorrow. It'll be one milk chocolate, and 4 different levels of dark chocolate. It's not about scarfing a ton of chocolate, but putting a little bit on the tongue, feeling it melt, swishing it around the entire tongue, and paying attention to the different flavor notes. This (and cheese) is the only tasting we do on this level, as they are all too young to sample wine.

BREAKFAST: 7:45am, iced green tea, the good oatmeal, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Second time around, the oatmeal is still good, but I may have went a shade too far with the salt. Next batch, I'm going to measure rather than just do it by feel, so I can adjust more accurately to make the good oatmeal perfect.

LUNCH: 12:30pm, 3 slices of experimental pizza, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
I had my cook make a super-thin pizza, with basil cooked on to it. What I didn't know is that due to an oopsy, the oven was not getting hot. I checked the pizza after 10 minutes, and it looked like it was just put in. The oven was hovering at 259 (the proper temp is 550), so I found the issue and it started to slowly rise. So the thin pizza stayed in the oven for about 45 minutes, until the crust looked a little tan. It was extraordinarily cracker-like, the cheese never spread, just formed a crunchy blistered skin with a bit of cheesy flavor underneath, and most wonderful of all, the basil leaves on top dried out like Japanese nori sheets, thin crackly & see-through, and bursting with basil flavor. The pizza had become a pizza-cracker: thin and crunchy, not the least-bit burnt. It reminded more than a little of lavash crackers. If it wasn't for the 45-minute cook time at a different temp, I would push to have this cracker-pizza on the menu. It would make an AMAZING bar-snack. Maybe when I have my own joint....

PM SNACK: 5:15pm, green salad, handful of industrial pretzel bites, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
A colleague brought in some store-bought mustard-onion pretzel that were surprisingly gross. Why do people eat this maltodextrin-palm oil laced garbage?

DINNER: 6:15pm,  2 meatballs, sliced roasted potatoes, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 11pm, burger, fries, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

The challenge continues.

No sugary junk food or soda wasn't too bad today, but I wonder if I'm eating a little bit heavier to avoid cravings. Maybe not heavier, but certainly more often, keeping my blood sugar even all day. Notably, yesterday and today, I had no urge for snacking late at night, which is a good thing.

BREAKFAST: 7:45am, smoothie, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Woke up hungry, and knew I would not be scarfing donuts and chocolate this morning, so went to the smoothie. In a slight daze, I underground the flax seed and the whole affair was a bit gritty, but still good. Good enough to pour the extra into a freezer pop mold for emergency sugar jones later in the week!

AM SNACK: 10:15am, vegetarian sandwich, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Not as good as the last one -- too much goat cheese, too much roasted veg. I forgot to pick out the cauliflower in the first few bites, but it's rank flavor of shoes and sweatsocks reminded me to take care of them.

LUNCH: 1:15pm, half a very thin pizza, seltzer, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Sugar cravings becoming more notable. Bottle of carbonated water instead of sugary soda brought in to fight the good fight.

PM SNACK: 4:45pm, green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER PT 1: 6pm, sliced roasted potatoes, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER PT 2: 7pm, 3 slices of Sicilian, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Stabilized

229.6 --> 229.0

So for the most part, my weight stayed steady this past month. 230 is pretty much the weight my body strives to be, no more, no less at the age of 39. I have been fitfully eating much better the past week or so, forgive a gyro here or there. As I go into the winter months looking forward to the heavier meals I love to make (chili!! mac n' cheese! cheesecake!), I must think in terms of quality more than quantity.

T & B have remarked how "thin" I look this past week or so, but the numbers and the amount of exercise I've been getting don't bare it out -- maybe I'm more comfortable wearing non-baggy clothes? But there is a delivery driver at work, a nice but strange Asian woman in her 20s with limited English, who bluntly told me the other week that I'm very handsome, but too "wide". (Don't worry, B, she's not interested in men, wide or narrow!)

Today is the first day of a desert-fast with T -- no refined sugar, no sinful treats like brownies or soda. Sugar itself is fine, if in a nutritional package, like fruit or a smoothie. The trick will be to manage the cravings until Friday, where T & I will indulge!

BREAKFAST: 8:30am, steelcut oatmeal, iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
I seasoned the oatmeal while cooking, with a good shake of brown sugar, vanilla, salt and cinnamon. While reheating my portion in the micro, put a pat of butter on top which I mixed in when done. Wonderfully delicious, basically what those fake packets of instant oatmeal try to strive for, but with cartoony flavors, sickening sweetness and chemical enhancements. This, on the other hand, is the Good Oatmeal.

AM SNACK: 11:45am, 3 pieces of freshly baked bread, handful of olives, a few slices of cucumber, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 2:15pm, 6 very thin slices of pizza, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
PM SNACK: 5:30pm, half slice of white pizza
PM SNACK: 6:15pm, large green salad, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
A half-filled tub of nutella fell on the counter in front of me as I went for something on a high shelf in the kitchen. A twinge of sweet-lust coursed through my noggin for a second....


DINNER: 8pm, shrimp & clam pizza, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Full-woo

I woke after 11 hours of sleep feeling pretty even, but B was a little run down, so I plopped Edles on the bike and we went to Brooklyn Heights to the bagel shop me n' B used to hit up when we were in full-woo. Edie played in the playground that I did when my Aunt lived in the neighborhood in the 70s.

In the afternoon, we went to a neighborhood Halloween party with a whole bunch of other babies, but it did not go smoothly -- Edie fell asleep when going over, and when she woke up to a relatively loud, crowded new place, she just was not having it. Didn't help that her piggie costume was probably too warm. We left before I could stuff down too many sweets!

In the evening, I was searching the cupboards for sweets, as tomorrow starts a sweets-fast for about a week. I didn't even feel like eating sweets, just wanted to get some in before it was too late. But Betsy already hoovered up everything except the baking chocolate, so that was that.

BREAKFAST: 9:15am, 9 grain bagel with butter, lettuce tomato and onion, seltzer, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

AFTERNOON SNACKS: 3pm, mini pigs in blankets, a cupcake, a few bites of cheese, carrots and spinach dip, a rum drink, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7:30pm, shrimp fajita with rice, beans, guac and salsa, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

Halloween Central

Felt bleah, felt the urg for heavy carb-loaded food all day. Me and the gals went up to Sleepy Hollow to visit a friend and her family, good time visiting Washington Irving's grave on Halloween weekend, perfect weather, good company, wonderful train ride. I stayed in while B went out to party with some other moms, and after getting Edie to bed quite smoothly by 8, I found myself passing out in front of the TV by 8:30! I'm an oldie!

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea

BREAKFAST: 9:45am, bacon and cheddar on a bagel, chocolate cupcake, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 1pm, gyro platter, diet coke, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

DINNER: 7:30pm, cheesy poofs, Stouffer's French Bread pizzas, a little chocolate, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

T's Terroir of Terror

Woke up early, made pumpkin-gingersnap mini cheesecake cupcakes and fed Edles her breakfast.From there, we hopped on the bike, did a chore in Soho, pedalled up to Chelsea Market to visit our friend MAP, then home for nap. After lunch, we took a walk in the neighborhood, ending at the park. Edie chose to bring her monkey doll, which was horrendously cute, and for the first time she discovered squirrels, where she would point, squeal with delight then run after them.

In the evening, Yomomma came over and I took off to T's Penitentiary of Punishment. Not quite as bad as last week, but definitely underlines how badly I need strength training right now. We had a wonderful snickle at Dojo, and unfortunately she carpetbagged me into a no-sweets challenge next week. Oy. Well, I know sugar has been kicking my ass recently, so it makes sense.

AM SNACK: 7:30am, iced green tea


AM SNACK: 8:15am, dark chocolate
Didn't intend to, but I got it as a gift for B, and of course the first thing she does when she rolls into the kitchen is bust it open.

AM SNACK: 9:15am, pumpkin-gingersnap mini cheesecake cupcake


LUNCH: 1pm, large green salad, cheese ravioli with homemade marinara, a small piece of pumpkin cheesecake, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5:15pm, 3 tiny slices of pizza, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


SNICKLESNACK: 8:15pm, large spinach salad, hijiki tofu patty, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 10pm, hotdog with kimchi, small piece of potato nick, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5

Listless

Woke up tired, felt listless at Edie's playgroup, and when she took a nap, I napped too, a solid 1.5 hours. Kinda skipped lunch, and snacked a bit on the food me and the students made for the 100+ people of the PTA meetings. On the way home, still not horrendously hungry, but picked up some noodles so when I went food shopping soon after, I wouldn't overspend by being hungry.


BREAKFAST: 9:15am, iced green tea, toasted pumpernickel bagel with chevre and sable, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


PM SNACK: 1:45pm, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans


SCHOOL SNACKING: 3:30-6:30pm, croutons, a spoonful of mac n' cheese, a brownie, seltzer, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 7:45pm, beef lomein, water, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5


EVENING SNACK: 9:30pm, cheesy poofs, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Workworkworkwork pt 3

Well, the intention was for a healthy breakfast, but I ended up revving my engines hard. I was a little hungry at home, but had visions of a roasted veg and goat cheese sammich in my head. So I contented myself to some espresso beans, but when I got to Almondine, the sandwiches weren't ready yet! So I went across the street to Jaques Torres and got a slammin' cookie. Not healthy, but perfectly indulgent and satisfying, makes me happy to focus on healthier options later on.

AM SNACK: 8am, iced green tea, handful of chocolate covered espresso beans
BREAKFAST: 9:45am, large chocolate chip cookie, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

LUNCH: 12:45pm, 2 slices of green apple pizza, water, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
Further experimentation. Definitely a worthy seasonal pie. Key is a balsamic reduction, no tomato sauce, and a healthy dose of salt and pepper. Thin slice, no need to pre-fry the tomatoes.

PM SNACK: 4:30pm, green salad, two small almond ice creams, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5
DINNER: 5:15pm, 3 meatballs with Romano, a few olives, water, 3 chocochip cookies,1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5
A coworker brought in homemade cookies, had to have a few. Man, today is turning into an overboard sweets day!


EVENING SNACK: 7pm, 2 thin & crispy slices, .25 bowl, hunger 3/5
Experiment stretching a medium dough to large and lightly topping it. Reminded me of the cracker-like pizza I had many years ago at the very first 'artisinal' pizza place I experienced.

EVENING SNACK: 10:15pm, 2 burgers & fries, 1 bowl, hunger 3/5

Workworkworkwork pt 2

Woke up to B placing Edie on the bed, and B narrating while Edie gingerly poked my face. "Nose!" Nose poke. "Hair!" Beard poke. "Where are poppa's ears?!" Ear poke. "Eyes!" Eye poke. Perhaps the most awesome way to wake up ever.

Had some dreams about being stuck in a construction zone of the Manhattan side of the Staten Island ferry, trying to get to the Island but being thwarted by the construction. Stranger, the construction worker explained I could not leave the zone the same way I came in, but would have to take a rickety single-person pontoon boat from there to Governor's Island, where I'd have to wait many hours for a ride to Staten Island.

Due to a self-locking door, a kitchen guy and myself spent a brief part of the morning jimmying the lock of the office, pretty annoying.

BREAKFAST: 8:45am, organic wholegrain chex with the good milk, half portion of iced green tea, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
LUNCH: 1pm, roasted potatoes with fennel sausage, water, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Freshly sliced potatoes cooked in a caste iron pan with onion, season with salt, pepper and parsley, and some seared crumbled sausage sprinkled on top. Pretty much the best off-menu lunch I'm gonna get in the pizza restaurant.

LUNCH 2: 2pm, 3 slices of green tomato-balsamic pizza, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Pizza experimentation. Seared some thick slices of green tomato in caste iron, thin sliced some and placed directly on pizza. Thin cooked-on definitely the winner. The nice bitterness of the tomato against the acidy sweetness of the balsamic just worked, and complimented perfectly by the bed of moz and garlic. Gotta try this at home for friends.

PM SNACK: 4pm, a small cup of almond ice cream, .25 bowl, hunger 4/5

PM SNACK: 5:45pm, green salad

DINNER: 8pm, 2 slices of white pizza with bacon and olives, 8 oz sprite, 1.25 bowl, hunger 4/5

Workworkworkwork

I'm still a little sore from T's tournament of terror last Friday, and the new layer of weariness from riding a strong 70 miles yesterday didn't help me feel much better when I woke up this morning. But I started with a good breakfast while racing through chores, and hoped for the best.

Mildly busy in the resto today, trying to hold myself to a better eating habit.

BREAKFAST: 9am, steelcut oatmeal, iced green tea, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5
Already we're out of oatmeal. Guess I gotta put a new pot on to soak tonight.

PM SNACK: 3pm, green salad, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5
 
LUNCH: 3:30pm, 4 slices of Sicilian, small almond ice cream,  8oz sprite, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5
 
PM SNACK: 6:15pm, cranberry lime soda
 
DINNER: 7:30pm, sauteed shrimp in light garlic sauce with a little bread, another small almond ice cream, half a vanilla soda, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 10:30pm, wholegrain tortilla chips with salsa, chocolate chips, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5

Spent

Pretty much a perfect day. Woke at 7, saw a little Edie & B, then took off for the Tour de Bronx. Beautiful weather, the bike felt great, the ride went smoothly. Coming home, my friend E got in touch and dropped in on her in Greenpoint for some seriously Polish food, hit the spot perfectly. Spent the even refreshening myself, playing with the Edles and just enjoying the feeling of a spent body.

BREAKFAST: 7:30am, granola with the good milk, iced green tea, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 11am, cliff bar, .5 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 12pm, bagel with cream cheese, apple juice, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5


BIKE SNACK: 4pm, slice of streetza, .75 bowl, hunger 4/5


DINNER: 5pm, kielbasa, perogies, stuffed cabbage, kraut, potato pancake, slaw, a few tomatoes, water, 1.5 bowl, hunger 4/5

EVENING SNACK: 8pm, large quantity of ramen noodles, 1 bowl, hunger 4/5