Everything Eaten Yesterday

Breakfast: Two pears
Lunch: Buffet at the Indian restaurant: Vegetable Pakora, Paneer in Tomato Sauce, Chick peas, lentil salad.

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Day 13 / 235 lb / -5 lb

red-bean bao

ham & cheddar on oatnut
apple

chicken & shrimp piccata over linguine

gatorade

63/172.0/-1.0

Tues Mar 3

2 coffees and splashes

Jaipur vegetables, by Tasty Bite..
(water, tomatoes, potatoes, green peas, carrots, paneer cheese, green beans, cashewnuts, watermelon seeds, onions, sunflower oil, raisins, cream, salt, chillies, ginger, garlic, herbs, spices, milk) mmmmmmm, good.

warm apple raisin torta, nice big piece

osso's sangria with ice, 2 med glasses

1/2 baked chicken breast (large)

candied orange peel (several peels, I dunno, maybe 1/3 of the curl around an orange)

mineral water

Thanks jes - it was kind of a sad visit as my mom is fading fast.

Tuesday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: roast turkey, collard greens, cabbage
S: grapes
D: brown rice, broccoli, ff cottage cheese
S: lo-cal/hi-fiber cinnamon bagel
E: 30 min elliptical, 15 min bike, weights

day 206/167.6 lbs/-5.0

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving
Dr. McDougall's Black Bean w/Lime, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
Bean Soup (slow cooker), 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving
Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 1 tbsp
14 oz mixed greens salad
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1785 CARBS 280 g FAT 43 g PROTEIN 62 g Sodium 2297 mg

Wednesday

Breakfast: One whole wheat bagel with veggie cream cheese

Lunch: (Skipped)

Dinner: Vietnamese: noodle soup ("fo") with tofu, leek, mushrooms, and carrots. Curry with tofu, mixed vegetables, and rice.

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Day 13 / 233 lb / -7lb

Are you guys drinking a lot of liquids with your diet to lose weight? If so, how many glasses/day?

Lots. I'd say I go through about a gallon and a half of tap water and diet coke a day.

I toss back at least 8 8 oz glasses of H2o (sometimes it's in the form of decaf tea). Often more.

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
Guacamole, 1 serving
Smart Balance Buttery Spread, 1 tbsp
14 oz mixed greens salad
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Apples, fresh, 2 small

CALORIES 1788 CARBS 291 g FAT 44 g PROTEIN 51 g Sodium 2237 mg

Uh oh. I know I posted yesterday's food, so unless I failed to submit it, the food is floating around another thread..

Thursday Mar 5 -

tuna and mayo on 1 piece of 9 grain toast
2 coffees with milk splashes

dilute grape juice
mineral water

2 bowls of chicken melange, a concoction involving previously baked chicken wings, sauteed chopped big onion, previously cooked brown rice, frozen green beans, chicken broth, and a can of what turned out to be a mild masala sauce, by Jyoti.

chocolate milk and rum on lots of ice, one glass.

I drink 6-8 8 oz servings of water, plus usually a few servings of decaf tea, or Fresca, or Crystal Light.

Wednesday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover bulgur & veggies
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
D: big salad w/a little blue cheese & balsamic dressing
S: ff cottage cheese
E: 30 min elliptical

Thursday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover bulgur & veggies
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, carrots & celery
D: Cajun Dirty Bulgur (recipe in the next post), broccoli
S: ff cottage cheese
E: day of rest

Friday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover dirty bulgur
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
D: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, broccoli, ff cottage cheese
S: ff plain yogurt w/a few thawed frozen cherries, a little splenda & cinnamon
E: 30 min elliptical, 35 min bike, weights

day 207-209/167.6 lbs/-5.0

Cajun Dirty Bulgur

2 T canola oil (I cut that down to 1 tsp)
1 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
2 cups uncooked bulgur
1 pound ground beef (I subbed ground turkey - it tastes good, but beef would be a better visual contrast)
4 cups chicken broth
1 tsp cajun seasoning
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tsp celery flakes (I used 1/2 cup chopped celery)
1/4 tsp red pepper
1/4 tsp black pepper

Heat oil in medium saucepan. Saute onion and green pepper (and celery) until tender. Add bulgur and cook, stirring, until slightly toasty. Meanwhile, fry beef in skillet (season to your liking), breaking into small pieces. Drain well. Add beef to bulgur with chicken broth and all other ingredients. Bring to a boil. Lower temperature to slow cooking. Cook covered until broth is absorbed well in bulgur - 35-40 minutes. (It only took 20 minutes for me, so be sure to check it sooner.)

Do you know what the #s are on the bulgur? I am guessing, hmm, this is 4 servings? More? If it's 4 servings then here's what Sparkpeople.com said about it:
Calories 567.7
Total Fat 18.0 g (very doable when taking alli, btw)
Saturated Fat 4.0 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 4.7 g
Monounsaturated Fat 7.4 g
Cholesterol 86.2 mg
Sodium 1,686.1 mg (I assumed regular chicken broth and didn't add any salt for the cajun seasoning; your mileage may vary)
Potassium 1,091.1 mg
Total Carbohydrate 61.2 g
Dietary Fiber 14.4 g (fantastic!)
Sugars 1.0 g
Protein 43.1 g
Vitamin A 4.3 %
Vitamin B-12 12.9 %
Vitamin B-6 36.5 %
Vitamin C 27.8 %
Vitamin D 0.0 %
Vitamin E 7.2 %
Calcium 8.0 %
Copper 30.6 %
Folate 12.4 %
Iron 27.0 %
Magnesium 37.3 %
Manganese 140.1 %
Niacin 66.8 %
Pantothenic Acid 15.8 %
Phosphorus 54.5 %
Riboflavin 21.1 %
Selenium 55.0 %
Thiamin 17.3 %
Zinc 29.0 %

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Baked Potato, with skin, 1 large
Skim Milk, 1 cup
Mixed vegs, 1 cup
Parmesan Cheese, grated, 2 tbsp
Tuna, Canned in Water, 3 oz
Rice Cakes, 2 cakes

Dinner: Guacamole, 1 serving
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Monterey Cheese, 1 oz
14 oz mixed greens salad
Morningstar Veggie Sausage Links (2 per serving), 1 serving 80 3 4 9
Mixed vegs, 1 cup

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Pears, fresh, 1 pear
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1780 CARBS 284 g FAT 35 g PROTEIN 94 g Sodium 2139 mg

I've been running all week but not the kind of running where you are actually moving in any direction.
Friday I threw a little Scrabble party for two friends. I made the meal. I haven't cooked for anyone in awhile and there was some daunt in my head.

Friday;
B: Regular
L: cheese and two eggs, coffee (which looks like breakfast)
D: Boiled Shrimp. (made the shrimp boil with extra pepper and lemons, bay leaf) with Gold's Horseradish Sauce. Smacking good.
Little teeny canapes with veggie stuff (eggplant and pepper flakes.)
Martinis (Frozen Vodka, lemon twist or Olives), Vodka Gimlet.
Pasta with Olive and Caper Sauce. *
Lemon Roasted Chicken Thighs.
Roasted Garlic, crusty bread and a big Caesar Salad.
St. Francis Cabernet 2005
Rodney Strong Merlot 2005
Dessert: Chocolate Bread Pudding, Fruit cookies and Macaroons.

* Note: Capers, I remind myself here, are as salty as fish eggs.

The Scrabble game was intense, as it always is, with all of us ending up within three points of the others. I was third, those girls are tough.

Yesterday:
B: regular
L: bagel and a banana
D: Left over pasta, left over chicken thigh.

219/186.4/yes. that's a pound up for the week.
Today starts two weeks of really thinking about this body and mind of mine.

Love you all. Wish you all could come to New York and sit on my big couch and nosh and talk. Hoping for the best for mac's mom.

Joe(okay. Pressing the re-set button.)Nation

Sounds like a blast, Joe!

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Mixed fruit, 0.5 cup
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp
Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp

Lunch: Feta Cheese, 1 oz
Pine Nuts, 1 tbsp
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 2 servings
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Vinaigrette, 0.5 oz

Dinner: Tilapia, 4 oz
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
Couscous, 1 cup
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1696 CARBS 241 g FAT 41 g PROTEIN 105 g Sodium 1605 mg

Lunch was out, at a local Irish pub. We got the walking in and heard a lot of brogues, but the food was eh and there was a boatload of feta. I had to really pick it out in order to limit the serving size. Don't think we'll be back there for a while. Unfortunate.

Made the inside-out eggroll casserole tonight. Awesome! Will be making it again with ground turkey as the protein soon. Also bought some herbed tofu as a protein alternative for it. It will become a menu staple. Tasty and freakin' good for us.

I forgot what I ate on Thursday and Friday, but here's what I had on Saturday:

Breakfast: (skipped)

Lunch: Vietnamese vegetable salad with shitake mushrooms and tofu

Dinner: "Sushi Italiano": thin zucchini wrapped around a mixture of gorgonzola cheese and vegetables; eggplant lasagna.

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Day 15 / 233 lb / -7 lb

Saturday

2 coffees and 1.5 sugar total

Nice piece of warm apple torta, not quite as big as last time, depends on how I slice up the baking dish of it.

brown rice/sauteed onion/green beans/2 chicken wings/masala broth

dilute grape juice

apollonaris water

big fat bowl of spinach sauteed in butter w/ricotta/fontinella/lemon juice and tossed with elbow macaroni

red wine and grape juice sangria on ice

B: toast, grapefruit, coffee
L: Nada
S: two pieces of Hershey's chocolate
D: steak and salad, Diet Coke
E: Ran 4.5 miles in the morning. 3.2 miles at night.
220/183.6/-16.5