Everything Eaten Yesterday

Monday
B: low cal/hi fiber cinnamon bagel, ff plain yogurt, 1/2 banana, hb egg white
L: chicken noodle soup, grapes
S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn
D: rotisserie chicken, spinach, ff cottage cheese

Tuesday
B: Ezekiel cereal, skim milk, 1/2 banana, hb egg white
L: 1/2 order of Chinese chicken & vegetables, brown rice, 1/2 fortune cookie
D: the other half of my lunch, ff cottage cheese
S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn

Wednesday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, 1/2 banana, hb egg white
L: leftover chicken/brown rice/black beans
S: mini bag of 94% ff microwave popcorn
D: rotisserie chicken, broccoli, ff cottage cheese
E: 30 min treadmill, 30 min bike (tried the elliptical, but I'm not up to it yet)

145-147/175.4/+2.8

Tuesday:
Breakfast: Quaker Instant Oatmeal, 2 packets
Walnuts, 0.5 oz (7 halves)

Lunch: Baked Potato, with skin, 1 large
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup, chopped
Fat Free Cheddar, 1 oz
Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 1 tbsp

Dinner: Pasta, cooked, 8 oz
Skim Milk, 1 cup
Primavera (1 c. mixed vegs w/light tomato sauce), 1 serving
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz

CALORIES 1778 CARBS 286 g FAT 32 g PROTEIN 94 g Sodium 1873 mg

Wednesday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Mixed fruit, 1 cup

Lunch: Parmesan Cheese, grated, 1 tbsp
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Walnuts, 0.5 oz (7 halves)
Baked Potato, with skin, 1 medium

Dinner: Thai Spring Roll, 1 serving
Bun Ga Nuong (Grill Chick & Vermicelli) 1/2 plate)
White Wine, 4 fl oz
Skim Milk, 1 cup

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free chocolate, 6 oz

CALORIES 1861 CARBS 262 g FAT 38 g PROTEIN 51 g Sodium 1899 mg

Calories were a lil high.

Restarting the food journal.
My weight this morning is 173.
First meal of 2009 was an omelet with bell pepper and cheese.

3-egg omelet w peppers and cheese
banana
tangerine
leftover turkey, potato, peas, carrots w/gravy
2 slices of French baguette
rice with chopped beef and Chinese sausage
bok choy
piece of Swedish holiday cake
2 chocolate truffles
2 glasses Irish Cream

1/175.2/+2.2

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
sensible foods apple harvest, 1 serving

Lunch: Thai Spring Roll, 1 serving
Vietnamese Chicken, Rice & Vermicelli, 1/2 plate, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Primavera (1 c. mixed vegs w/light tomato sauce), 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving
Pasta, cooked, 6 oz

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz

CALORIES 1841 CARBS 271 g FAT 35 g PROTEIN 55 g Sodium 2398 mg

Calories were a little high. Sodium just barely squeaked under.

Jan 1 -
coffee x 2, splash of milk each

two tilapia and much else fish patties, daub of tartar sauce

dilute grape juice/water

two small pieces of pizza - homemade dough, mozzarella, fontina, hot ital sausage, garlic, artichoke quarters, green olives

pellegrino/lime/ice

bourbon/egg nog/lf milk/ice x 2

Walk no. 1 (45 minutes fairly fast)

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 instant oatmeal packets
Walnuts, 0.5 oz (7 halves)

Lunch: Bun Ga Nuong (Grill Chick & Vermicelli) 1/2 plate), 1.5 servings

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Primavera (1 c. mixed vegs w/light tomato sauce), 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving
Pasta, cooked, 6 oz

Snack: 1 c mixed fruit
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz

CALORIES 1818 CARBS 232 g FAT 39 g PROTEIN 46 g Sodium 2274 mg

Calories were slightly high.

Never go on vacation.
Never go on vacation unless you promise yourself to post everything you eat everyday here.
Never go on vacation unless you promise yourself to post everything you eat everyday here even if that means taking off all your clothes at the grocery store and weighing in on the big scale by the entry, then getting dressed and out-running the local police to the Internet Cafe where you can reach A2k. Ten days in a row.

Okay. So I ate the world.
I ran a lot. More than thirty miles the first week, about half that the second. I ate everything thinking I was something other than I am.

What I am is back.
Day 156/193.4 (yes, that's about ten pounds of vacation)/-6.7

Joe(erp..)Nation

Muscle. It's ten pounds of pure solid muscle.

Really.

I can tell.

2 cinnamon-raisin English muffins, buttered
banana
apple
dim sum -- waaay too much
tortilla chips
lemon caper sole
salad
sweet potato
Irish Cream

2/176.6/+3.6
(I'm a slow starter)

[snort]

Thursday
Brunch: banana, Ezekiel cereal, plain ff yogurt, hb egg
S: 1/2 a small movie popcorn (saw Valkyrie)
D: small serving of chicken pot pie, salad, small amounts of black-eyed peas & cabbage (New Year's Day traditional food)
E: walked 75 minutes

Friday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, apple, hb egg
L: leftover chicken barley chili, grapes
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, carrots & celery
D: rotisserie chicken, broccoli, ff cottage cheese
S: air popped popcorn, a little evoo
E: 30 min elliptical, 30 min bike, some lower body weight machines - my hand's still pretty bruised (8 days and counting, damn it)

148-149/175.4/+2.8

Friday, Jan 2

coffee/milk splash x 1

2 slices from prev described small pizza

grape juice diluted x 2

3 (they're small, really) tilapia onion potato fish patties

1 bourbon and egg nog/yaaack

[snort]

SNORT!!!??
Just for that, the next time you are in New York, I am not giving you directions back to your hotel. (And I am stopping the run somewhere up near the Haarlem Meer.)

Okay.
Back on the program.
B: Coffee and fruit
Lunch: Chicken salad bowl @ Chipotle (No Cheese)
Dinner: Bagel and Turkey.

Toured the gym, it's new and shiny like the New Year

157/191.6/-8.5

[hehehehehehehehe]

gingerbread bagel, buttered
banana
Mango Tango
leftover beef bourguignon with slices of baguette
tortilla chips
shrimp cocktail
boiled lobster w drawn butter
baklava
piece of Swedish holiday cake

3/174.6/+1.6

(OK, time to get serious...)

Saturday
B: hb egg, grapes, carrots & celery
L: brown rice sushi, ff cottage cheese
S: low-cal/hi-fiber cinnamon bagel, cherries
D: black-eyed peas, cabbage, more cherries for dessert
E: 30 min elliptical, 30 min bike, 15 min treadmill, lower body machines

150/173.6/+1.0

coffee/milk x 2
two pieces from small pizza (cheese/sausage/garlic/artichoke bits/olive slices/thin crust/cornmeal)
pellegrino/ice/lemon
45 minute walk (w #2)
pellegrino/ice/lemon
teeny wedge of fudge cake made by a pal
1 hot ital sausage/microwaved and sliced
1 glass with shot of bourbon/lot of ice/pumpkin soy milk to top

pepper & cheese omelet
1/2 chicken chipotle sandwich
bowl of chicken tortilla soup
blueberry scone
rice w chopped beef & Cinese sausage
baby bok choy
wine

4/171.8/-1.2

(A negative delta!)

Ugh. We were in NYC. I did not have the best time of it with eating, despite my best efforts. I am not happy.

1/3
Breakfast: 2 instant oatmeal packets
Walnuts, 0.5 oz (7 halves)
Stonyfield Farm ff Lotsa Lemon yogurt (1 cup)

Lunch: Apple
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jams, preserves, jelly, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp

Dinner: Bread, pita, white, 1 pita, large
White Rice, medium grain, 1 cup
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Feta Cheese, 1 oz
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Tossed Salad, 2 cup

Snack: Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
Fruit Salad, 1 cup

CALORIES 1989 CARBS 340 g FAT 35 g PROTEIN 89 g Sodium 2097 mg

Horrible day, almost 200 calories more than I'm allotted and about 55 g of carbs more than I'm supposed to be having. I am not pleased.

1/4
Breakfast: 2 instant oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Vinaigrette, 2 tbsp
Tossed Salad, 2 cup
Bread, pita, white, 1 pita, large
Fruit Salad, 2 cup

Dinner: Bread, pita, white, 1 pita, large
White Rice, medium grain, 1 cup
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Feta Cheese, 1 oz
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Tossed Salad, 2 cup

Snack: Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
Fruit Salad, 1 cup

CALORIES 1804 CARBS 308 g FAT 20 g PROTEIN 105 g Sodium 2077 mg

Better day but still high in the carb department.

Up about 4 lbs. Current weight is 235.6. I am really, really not happy. Wednesday, when I get back to work, I am joining the gym.

I hope you forgive yourself, Jes. Your a flocking saint as far as I'm concerned.
Plus, the gym will be good.

I've started again with walks. I'm an old swimmer, jogger, then walker, walker for miles and miles and miles. However, when I'm a slug, my natural state, I'm not unhappy. Once I get going, more than, say, three days on something like walking, I keep it up, start to need it. This has been a lifelong pattern.

This time, two things are going on.

1) It's f/hot here in the summer and I'm more fragile than I used to be. It's f/cold here on some days of winter, and (so on).

2) My spine is older than it was then now. Which is to say, that I have a lifelong thing of not great peripheral vision, plus stupidity, which means that sometimes I miss small curbs or level differences. The main one I remember was at university, next to the music building. Missed the curb, interesting pain for days after. Lumbar region.
So, what, nearly fifty years later, I can still get this. Putting down a grocery bag with the wrong torque. Or, when starting walking again, missing a gap thing on a sidewalk and getting a jounce.

I've saved a link somewhere re exercises to support weak back musculature, and I should do that.. I remember once back in north-north, watering the back yard with myself at a near right angle. Haven't had it for at least a year, though.

So, I hit a bump like that on my walk the other day. I'm in a rest but move around phase.

The good news is, I'm trolling online for new shoes. (I'm an underpronator par excellence, need cushioning for sure, no slamming against concrete my lady, but also not too flexible, that makes me feel like my metatarsals are about to split). I know very well shoes matter. Shoes even cured me once, long ago.

And, at least in this intricate but not busy neighborhood, I'm walking in the street from now on.



On food, my main engagement is avoiding eating the pumpkin panna cotta all by myself. I'll let y'all know when I work down to making it with only skim milk. The one I think is sublime involves cream.