Everything Eaten Yesterday

On pumpkin panna cotta, see the Bitten blog.

Easy. Also fatty. It reminds me a bit of (real) gelato - it's so good you don't need a lot, no reason to pile up. I do plan to work my way from cream to skim. Since I've long liked california skim milk (not blue) over whole milk, it might even work.

I'm with osso, jes. I know you can forgive yourself and move on. It's a brand new day, as Sting says.

Sunday
B: low-cal/hi-fiber cinnamon bagel, apple, plain ff yogurt (w/splenda & cinnamon)
S: 1/2 a small movie popcorn (saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
D: chicken adobo, brown rice, broccoli, ff cottage cheese
S: apple
E: walked an hour

Monday
B: Ezekiel cereal, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover chicken adobo/brown rice/broccoli, grapes
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn
D: sweet potato, broccoli, a little olive oil, ff cottage cheese
S: ff riccota/cherries
E: 30 min elliptical, full weight routine (woohoo!)

151 & 152/173.6/+1.0

There's a part of my brain that is still on vacation. It's connected to my hand, the one that keeps stuffing stuff into my mouth.

B: Grapefruit bagel coffee
L: Chef Salad
Snacks: oh, I don't know you-name-it:
a couple three pieces of chocolate while packing a package for my kiddo (I did send him some), a bagel, a big piece of cheese after dinner, the last piece of Christmas fudge which I was supposed to save until I lost the ten vacation pounds... . Pass the Duct Tape.

D: Sauted Shrimp on Greens

159/193.5/-6.6 A tenth MORE than I weighed upon returning. gaaah!

I think youre getting obsessive Joe, I sorta dont like this side of you. You seem to have put away your joy of living and have taken up a mantle of something more gray and sad, and quantitative.

Can you perhaps start up a "Joe" thread about something irrelevant and entertaining like you do so well. (Im sure that the similarly obsessed will continue to follow this one).
Remember , we dont really know each other except by these offerings. So,my picture of you has always been a really gifted writer with a quirky POV and I imagine you as somebody who is always going around being amazed at many things at once. Id like to see more of that side .

When you start obsessing about the equivalent weight of a quarter pounder, Ive gotta jump in and give you a virtual dope smack.

bao
roast beef on oatnut
tangerine
apple
Snickers
tortilla chips
wine
chicken & shrimp piccata over linguine
seconds of the above
mixed nuts

5/172.8/-0.2

(...waiting to hear Joe's reply to farmerman...)

Bounce back, Girlie. You're doing great.

Feeling better (and ended up dropping what I gained by this morning anyway. I'll see if it holds by Monday AM), thanks all.

Main thing I'm less than thrilled with is that NYC is just plain difficult for me, and it does not have to be. You can, allegedly, get anything you want. One problem is portion sizes. Another is hidden weirdnesses (usually fat and salt) which I have to watch, watch, watch. A third is being at a home that is not mine, so there is that dynamic. And the final is that it's often a heavy carb time.

The good news is that we exercise like fiends during those times. And, we don't go there too often. This was flukey because of Thanksgiving and then for the holiday RP's sister and family came to the US so we had to go. But it was also a lot of overconcern about how much I was eating, and it seemed like the main topic of convo if I was around. Now, I realize that what I do for a living is boring and arcane, but I like to think that other things can be spoken of around me, instead of being asked if yet again I wanted more pita bread (oh, I'll make you some potatoes. Er, more carbs are the last thing I need. Etc. etc. etc.). I had to, quite literally, say no three times for it to be believed, when it came to offers of food. I don't want to be the engine driving what other people eat. I just want to eat what I'm eating and be left alone, like everyone else. Instead, it's a big production.

I'm rambling, I know, but this is how family situations are for me right now.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 c steel cut oats
Banana, fresh, 1 medium

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

Dinner: 4 oz skinless fried chicken
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c

Snack: Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz
Fruit Salad, 1 cup

CALORIES 1642 CARBS 283 g FAT 32 g PROTEIN 66 g Sodium 2235 mg

Much better than for the past few days. I'm back to 232.4; I was 235.6 yesterday.

Overall, I've officially lost just over 110 lbs.

WOO-HOO! That's wonderful! (And you'll be passing me up any day now.)

I remember the family (and work-related) food situations all too well. Most of the people in my life have gotten over that now. And I've gotten better at handling it. But there were a couple of years there when I dreaded all such events. And I was continuously evaluating where they were coming from. Were they jealous? Doubting my strength? Just being mean by insisting that a little cake wouldn't kill me? Or even if no one was pushing food or acting weird about what I was eating or not eating, I would sometimes feel out of place. Things are much simpler now that everyone's used to the new me.

Woo-hoo is right.
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b: grapefruit tea (my espressomaker blew up!) toast
L: fruit salad
dinner: hamburger, toast, slices of cheese and olives

snacks; (What a maroon!) 4 pieces of chocolate over the whole day. Four prunes.

160/191.3/-10.8
ran two miles..... .

Thank you thank you thank you for understanding what I'm talking about. You're so damned cool, mac.

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

Lunch: Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Beets, boiled, 0.5 cup slices
Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 1 tbsp
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Broccoli, fresh, 1 cup

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
14 oz mixed greens salad
Rice Cakes, 2 cakes
Guacamole, 1 serving

Snack: Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz
Fruit Salad, 1 cup1

CALORIES 1652 CARBS 258 g FAT 38 g PROTEIN 81 g Sodium 2000 mg

bao
roast beef on oatnut
tangerine
apple
granola bar
wine
beef bourguignon
seconds of the above
brown rice

6/173.8/+0.8

toast with "ham foam" - a slovak specialty - and weak instant coffee with milk

gnocchi with champignon sauce and a salad
5 glasses of wine (yes, i did say five) with 4 mineral waters, one capuccino

bertolli with dry french fries (no oil used, non-stick pan)
shot of Stara Myslivecka (herb liquor)

weight: 4,563,885 kg, which is more than twice as much in pounds.
self-confidence: - 735.6

the days before were similar, just replace wine with becher or fernet.... damn slovak friends and their new houses and new babies and all other new acquisition one has to go admire and thusly partake in jubilation via drinking.

Every day is a new day (which is what our friends have been telling me, yanno).

A clean slate, an empty canvas. Time to paint on it, Dag.

Yesterday was a tilapia fish onion cake with mayo/tartar sauce dollop, and a slug of apple cherry juice very diluted

some of the cheese cracker things from a recipe from Penzeys. Gadzooks they're good. But they're so rich, er, like pumpkin panna cotta, and gelato, one is satisfied with a smidge. Over a day, I had 3 crackers. Recipe somewhere on a2k.
Naturally, the next batch will unrich them re fat and salt content (oh, but to what avail? Stay tuned..)

Late at night, one of the adobo burritos from the freezer alla microwava.

Over the day, two wee glasses of red.

Aack, I forgot - some stick pretzels and some sliced salami from friends' fridge.
Big "I forgot".

ham foam?

ham foam. what's not to love?

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 instant oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Dr. McDougall's Vegan Curry, 1 serving
Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
14 oz mixed greens salad
Rice Cakes, 2 cakes
Guacamole, 1 serving

Snack: Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz
Fruit Salad, 1 cup

CALORIES 1436 CARBS 237 g FAT 30 g PROTEIN 43 g Sodium 1884 mg

Calories were low but this is essentially a makeup week after last week.

I'm betting Ham Foam is spreadable as in liverwurst. I'm also betting that it's the last last last last bit of the hog to be used..... 'cept the squeal, of course.

B: Coffee and a roll
Snack: tea and one chocolate
Lunch: Hamburger and cottage cheese
Dinner: chicken bagel sandwich, olives
four prunes

161/191.0/-9.1

ham foam is indeed spreadable, but light as fluffy clouds. It is made for children mostly, which means it must be incredibly healthy. Only the best parts of ham are used. Shhhh. go away.