Tuesday, February 11, 2014
At my physical which is coming up very soon. Sigh.
Breakfast: ~ 5 strips bacon, coffee
Lunch: Cheeseburgers, fries, a little bit of spicy beans
Dinner: Stew, chips and onion dip
Exercise: Nah.
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Yerbl
Monday, February 10, 2014
Urgh. Kinda fail. Mostly fail.
Breakfast: 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avocado and onion, 2 slices seeded bread of some kind with butter, 1 biscuit with butter, coffee
Snack: Fritos
Dinner: Leftover stew, Reeses peanut butter cups
Exercise: Nope.
Sigh.
Urgh. Kinda fail. Mostly fail.
Breakfast: 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avocado and onion, 2 slices seeded bread of some kind with butter, 1 biscuit with butter, coffee
Snack: Fritos
Dinner: Leftover stew, Reeses peanut butter cups
Exercise: Nope.
Sigh.
Sunday, February 9, 2014
Sunday FAILday
Sunday, February 9, 2014
I really have no idea if it will be a FAILday or not, I just like the name. Okay, it's off to a slow start -- I turned off the alarm and slept in all the way to 8:30. Ugh. Usually alcohol has the opposite effect and a couple drinks mean I wake up early!
Lots of things to do today even though I would prefer that it be a day of rest. Still working on that idea.
Breakfast: Fave omelet, home version. 2 CF eggs, a bit of butter. 3 strips bacon, an ounce or so of cream cheese and a large avocado. Coffee.
For fun I mashed the avocado. Also, it occurs to me that I really should use a larger pan for my "omelets" -- the eggs are just too thick in my little pan.
Lunch: Leftover stew, homemade cheese "crackers"
I chickened out on the crackers, they really needed a few more minutes in the oven. Oh well, still tasty. The stew was better than yesterday. Yum.
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza. Oops.
Exercise: Nope. Shoveled, cleaned, etc but nothing identifiable as such.
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I really have no idea if it will be a FAILday or not, I just like the name. Okay, it's off to a slow start -- I turned off the alarm and slept in all the way to 8:30. Ugh. Usually alcohol has the opposite effect and a couple drinks mean I wake up early!
Lots of things to do today even though I would prefer that it be a day of rest. Still working on that idea.
Breakfast: Fave omelet, home version. 2 CF eggs, a bit of butter. 3 strips bacon, an ounce or so of cream cheese and a large avocado. Coffee.
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| Let's see what it looks like pre-fold. Oh. Like that. |
Lunch: Leftover stew, homemade cheese "crackers"
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| Why is it that stew is always so much better the second day?? |
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza. Oops.
Exercise: Nope. Shoveled, cleaned, etc but nothing identifiable as such.
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Saturday, February 8, 2014
Play Time
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Good day so far! Slept very well, have felt decent all day thus far even though I haven't accomplished a great deal. Planning on some cleaning, making another stew, and knocking out some extra laundry. Easy stuff. Oh, and I am playing in the kitchen. Fun times!
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich -- the end pieces of loaf of white bread, 2 CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 1.5 strips bacon, 1 slice sharp cheddar. Coffee
I really don't know what it is about bread that makes this better, but it does. Oh well. That was it for bread in the freezer. When I buy it I buy the expensive super minimalist kind with nothing but flour, water, yeast and maybe honey or something. It's just not something I eat much of at home and I should eat even less.
Lunch: Homemade einkorn crust pizza with pepperoni
Yes! I made my usual cracker crust recipe and it was even BETTER with einkorn. Excellent flavor. According to the packaging the 1/2C of einkorn flour is 200 calories and 36g effective carb, so it's a bit high for weight loss but not awful otherwise.
The basic recipe, in case anyone stumbles across it:
1/2 C einkorn flour (I used Jovial brand), ~ 1 t baking powder (I use aluminum free), ~ 1/2 t salt, 1/2 C parmesan, grated (Kraft in the can for this is fine), ~ 1 t italian seasoning. Mix well in a large bowl by stirring with a fork.
Add 1 T olive oil (I like California Olive Ranch) and 3+ T of water. Stir gently with the fork until a dough forms. With 3T of water it resists grabbing the last bit of the flour/cheese mixture, so I usually add about 1/2T more. Everything should be incorporated but not super wet.
The one change to my usual practice was this: Cover bowl with a towel and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. This makes it less sticky - in my 15 minutes of lifetime research on einkorn I read this somewhere, and it seems to work.
Preheat oven to 450F. Grease or spray a pizza pan. Spread dough into a crust -- you can do that with a rolling pin (might want to use a piece of parchment paper between the dough and roller to prevent sticking) or just pat it out with your hands to the desired thickness, which is what I did. You can go super thin but I seem to like a 9 to 10 inch diameter pie.
Dock (poke holes in with fork) the crust and bake for 5 minutes. Pull it, top as desired (mine had pizza sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella) and bake another 9 minutes or so. Let cool 5 minutes before cutting so the cheese sets.
This is NOT your traditional chewy pizza crust. It's a cracker crust. The edges are crunchy like a cheez-it, the inside is softer and closer to a biscuit in consistency. I cut mine into bite size squares. Yum.
Snack: A batch of coconut flour kinda peanut butter cookies. I didn't have much peanut butter so they weren't real peanutty. Other than that -- holy cow, coconut flour is where moisture goes to die.
Dinner: Homemade stew, several (lol) glasses of cabernet sauvingon
This batch wasn't as awesome as the last one, at least not thus far. I think I added too much liquid. Maybe I should, you know, measure next time. Oh, well. That's what I get for winging it. Still tasty and will probably improve with a day or two in the fridge.
Exercise: Sigh. Nope.
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Good day so far! Slept very well, have felt decent all day thus far even though I haven't accomplished a great deal. Planning on some cleaning, making another stew, and knocking out some extra laundry. Easy stuff. Oh, and I am playing in the kitchen. Fun times!
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich -- the end pieces of loaf of white bread, 2 CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 1.5 strips bacon, 1 slice sharp cheddar. Coffee
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| Looks large because of the 2 eggs! |
Lunch: Homemade einkorn crust pizza with pepperoni
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| Hard to go wrong with PIZZA. |
The basic recipe, in case anyone stumbles across it:
1/2 C einkorn flour (I used Jovial brand), ~ 1 t baking powder (I use aluminum free), ~ 1/2 t salt, 1/2 C parmesan, grated (Kraft in the can for this is fine), ~ 1 t italian seasoning. Mix well in a large bowl by stirring with a fork.
Add 1 T olive oil (I like California Olive Ranch) and 3+ T of water. Stir gently with the fork until a dough forms. With 3T of water it resists grabbing the last bit of the flour/cheese mixture, so I usually add about 1/2T more. Everything should be incorporated but not super wet.
The one change to my usual practice was this: Cover bowl with a towel and let it sit for 5-10 minutes. This makes it less sticky - in my 15 minutes of lifetime research on einkorn I read this somewhere, and it seems to work.
Preheat oven to 450F. Grease or spray a pizza pan. Spread dough into a crust -- you can do that with a rolling pin (might want to use a piece of parchment paper between the dough and roller to prevent sticking) or just pat it out with your hands to the desired thickness, which is what I did. You can go super thin but I seem to like a 9 to 10 inch diameter pie.
Dock (poke holes in with fork) the crust and bake for 5 minutes. Pull it, top as desired (mine had pizza sauce, pepperoni and mozzarella) and bake another 9 minutes or so. Let cool 5 minutes before cutting so the cheese sets.
This is NOT your traditional chewy pizza crust. It's a cracker crust. The edges are crunchy like a cheez-it, the inside is softer and closer to a biscuit in consistency. I cut mine into bite size squares. Yum.
Snack: A batch of coconut flour kinda peanut butter cookies. I didn't have much peanut butter so they weren't real peanutty. Other than that -- holy cow, coconut flour is where moisture goes to die.
Dinner: Homemade stew, several (lol) glasses of cabernet sauvingon
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| Now actually featuring red wine for deglazing purposes |
Exercise: Sigh. Nope.
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Friday, February 7, 2014
Honest Ups and Downs
Friday, February 7, 2014
TGIF. Although it was a pretty decent week, I'm glad it is the weekend.
Kind of excited this evening. I got a package delivered today - the stuff I ordered at the beginning of the week. One of the things in my box was some pasta (fusilli) made with einkorn wheat. I'm thinking dinner!
Also, after hitting up the grocery store I am less than $1 over for the week, and if I don't spend any money this weekend on food I am absolutely booking it as a win, since a couple of bucks were spent on convenience store items and that money came out of the spare change in my car. I am not a purist! Also, this week's spending was definitely inflated by the $30 I spent on the package ... almost makes up for skewing the beginning of the week the other way by squeezing a grocery run into January. I imagine this is kind of how the government works...
On to the eats.
Breakfast: ~ 4 strips bacon, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: Spicy beans, some colby/jack cheese, 1 large avocado
Snack: Chips and onion dip. Ugh. I spent $3.04 for this? Why?
Dinner: ~ 4 oz einkorn fusilli pasta, half a jar of Classico italian sausage spaghetti sauce, a little parmesan.
In a word, YUM. Really nice flavor, no texture surprises. Just good pasta. Like any pasta it's highly caloric (4 oz is 400 calories), but the nutrition chart actually shows it has some value. Assuming that I can tolerate the stuff and ideally assuming that it doesn't bloat me like today's wheat, I'd love to be able to use this occasionally as a side dish -- tonight is likely the only time in the immediate future it'll be used as a main course. Maybe I'll get some spaghetti to use as a base for other italian dishes. Lots of possibilities.
And I haven't even played with the plain einkorn flour or the coconut flour yet!
Exercise: Sigh, no. Slept in. Bitterly cold. Try again.
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TGIF. Although it was a pretty decent week, I'm glad it is the weekend.
Kind of excited this evening. I got a package delivered today - the stuff I ordered at the beginning of the week. One of the things in my box was some pasta (fusilli) made with einkorn wheat. I'm thinking dinner!
Also, after hitting up the grocery store I am less than $1 over for the week, and if I don't spend any money this weekend on food I am absolutely booking it as a win, since a couple of bucks were spent on convenience store items and that money came out of the spare change in my car. I am not a purist! Also, this week's spending was definitely inflated by the $30 I spent on the package ... almost makes up for skewing the beginning of the week the other way by squeezing a grocery run into January. I imagine this is kind of how the government works...
On to the eats.
Breakfast: ~ 4 strips bacon, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: Spicy beans, some colby/jack cheese, 1 large avocado
Snack: Chips and onion dip. Ugh. I spent $3.04 for this? Why?
Dinner: ~ 4 oz einkorn fusilli pasta, half a jar of Classico italian sausage spaghetti sauce, a little parmesan.
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| It looks like whole wheat pasta to me, man |
And I haven't even played with the plain einkorn flour or the coconut flour yet!
Exercise: Sigh, no. Slept in. Bitterly cold. Try again.
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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Might Need Slight Adjustment
Thursday, February 6, 2014
An okay day. Well, it was a very nice day personally but a bit less so dietwise. I still consume too much starch and haven't been exercising. But I am making small progress.
Oh, and I could eat less cheese...
Breakfast: 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: Frisco burger (1/3 lb burger on sourdough with ham, cheese and onions), chips, coffee
I think I also should stop drinking coffee at lunch. I generally don't feel great after doing so, probably because I drink too much.
Dinner: Last of the stew, garlic cheese biscuits
I upped the biscuit count to three and it was ... too much?! Yup. I'm going to need to make another batch of stew this weekend... hope I have more stew meat or a chuck roast in the freezer!
Also: 12 oz Bell's Two Hearted Ale. Last one. I don't think I'll buy more for a bit, don't need the calories and at $9 per six pack with deposit that's a sizable bite in my weekly budget.
Exercise: Nope, unless you count ... uh, never mind.
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An okay day. Well, it was a very nice day personally but a bit less so dietwise. I still consume too much starch and haven't been exercising. But I am making small progress.
Oh, and I could eat less cheese...
Breakfast: 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee
Lunch: Frisco burger (1/3 lb burger on sourdough with ham, cheese and onions), chips, coffee
I think I also should stop drinking coffee at lunch. I generally don't feel great after doing so, probably because I drink too much.
Dinner: Last of the stew, garlic cheese biscuits
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| Yup. This is not a repeat. |
Also: 12 oz Bell's Two Hearted Ale. Last one. I don't think I'll buy more for a bit, don't need the calories and at $9 per six pack with deposit that's a sizable bite in my weekly budget.
Exercise: Nope, unless you count ... uh, never mind.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Recalculating
Wednesday, February 5, 2014
Today's thinking is that I might be able to eat out a bit more than I previously thought. Certainly nothing like I have been doing, but more than once a week. The idea is that I really can keep my other meal expenses in check which would allow me to go out to lunch a couple times a week. I know I can't kick that habit completely - it's social, not just food. But there is no reason whatsoever for me to drive through for breakfast or (except on the rarest of occasions) dinner. If I can keep my grocery bill under $40, that would leave $35 a week for eating out, which would be at least 3 meals, 4 or 5 if I'm super thrifty. Dunno if it will work - it may be that weeks where I restock meat and eggs that I have to cut back, but it is nice to know that it is a possibility anyway! On track so far this week.
Breakfast: 2 slices Kraft Big Slice sharp cheddar. Coffee
Slept a little later this morning after staying up too late again. It wasn't quite as egregious, but I still figured after how I felt yesterday I should get a bit more. Didn't cook anything for unrelated personal reasons, just cheese was fine.
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avocado, onion; 2 slices sourdough toast, coffee
My favorite omelet. I really need to ask if they use butter or margarine on the toast, I suspect it is the latter because it seems ... oily. I wonder if they'd change it for me.
Dinner: More of the homemade stew, 2 garlic cheese biscuits
So very tasty and just exactly what I wanted. If I can do this -- make something that I anticipate even before getting home, that's not too hard, that tastes delicious -- I'll eat at home instead of getting a pizza.
Drop biscuits are just ridiculously easy and these were the best yet. To make two (2) biscuits, I just stir 1/2 cup self-rising flour (or the equivalent made from flour/baking powder/salt), a pinch sugar, a shake of extra salt, a sprinkle of garlic powder (yeah, real garlic would be good, I'm going for fast) with a fork in a large bowl. In a microwavable bowl, mostly melt 2 tablespoons butter. Let it sit for a moment, stir it up with your fork just a bit then add 1/4 C buttermilk and stir it. The butter will probably clump up some but don't sweat it if not much. Add the butter mixture to the dry stuff, gently stir it together with a rubber spatula until just combined. Add some shredded cheese (I used colby jack today because it was what I had, cheddar is great), up to 1/2 C or so. Gently stir it in. Spoon (or use spatula/fork) out into two piles on a piece of parchment paper (greasing might work too) on a cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Exercise: Nothing official. As I mentioned, I slept in. Then again I had to shovel out the end of the driveway from what the plow left me, and I overdid it. Felt pretty terrible afterward. I need to whip myself into better shape, my heart says so.
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Today's thinking is that I might be able to eat out a bit more than I previously thought. Certainly nothing like I have been doing, but more than once a week. The idea is that I really can keep my other meal expenses in check which would allow me to go out to lunch a couple times a week. I know I can't kick that habit completely - it's social, not just food. But there is no reason whatsoever for me to drive through for breakfast or (except on the rarest of occasions) dinner. If I can keep my grocery bill under $40, that would leave $35 a week for eating out, which would be at least 3 meals, 4 or 5 if I'm super thrifty. Dunno if it will work - it may be that weeks where I restock meat and eggs that I have to cut back, but it is nice to know that it is a possibility anyway! On track so far this week.
Breakfast: 2 slices Kraft Big Slice sharp cheddar. Coffee
Slept a little later this morning after staying up too late again. It wasn't quite as egregious, but I still figured after how I felt yesterday I should get a bit more. Didn't cook anything for unrelated personal reasons, just cheese was fine.
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avocado, onion; 2 slices sourdough toast, coffee
My favorite omelet. I really need to ask if they use butter or margarine on the toast, I suspect it is the latter because it seems ... oily. I wonder if they'd change it for me.
Dinner: More of the homemade stew, 2 garlic cheese biscuits
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| I think I like stew even better than soup. Maybe. |
Drop biscuits are just ridiculously easy and these were the best yet. To make two (2) biscuits, I just stir 1/2 cup self-rising flour (or the equivalent made from flour/baking powder/salt), a pinch sugar, a shake of extra salt, a sprinkle of garlic powder (yeah, real garlic would be good, I'm going for fast) with a fork in a large bowl. In a microwavable bowl, mostly melt 2 tablespoons butter. Let it sit for a moment, stir it up with your fork just a bit then add 1/4 C buttermilk and stir it. The butter will probably clump up some but don't sweat it if not much. Add the butter mixture to the dry stuff, gently stir it together with a rubber spatula until just combined. Add some shredded cheese (I used colby jack today because it was what I had, cheddar is great), up to 1/2 C or so. Gently stir it in. Spoon (or use spatula/fork) out into two piles on a piece of parchment paper (greasing might work too) on a cookie sheet. Bake in preheated 450 degree oven for 15 minutes.
Exercise: Nothing official. As I mentioned, I slept in. Then again I had to shovel out the end of the driveway from what the plow left me, and I overdid it. Felt pretty terrible afterward. I need to whip myself into better shape, my heart says so.
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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Staggering But Upright Mostly
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
It could be better, it could be worse. The good: I woke up early. Bad: No exercise and precious little sleep. Good: Ate all meals at home. Bad: Too much starch. On balance though things are okay.
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich -- 1 CF egg fried in butter, 2 strips bacon, 1 slice sharp cheddar, 2 slices of white bread I found in the freezer. Coffee.
Yup, found the remnants of another loaf. I actually found another sourdough, but it was so freezer-burned that I just chucked it. The trials of not eating all that much bread... at home at least.
Lunch: Spicy beans, 4 oz (?) CF summer sausage
I did not remember to take a picture, nor did I check to see if the sausage was 2 oz or 4 oz. I'm going to assume 4. First time I've had it, it was tasty but expensive for what you get. I'm better off getting primal cuts and you know, cooking.
Dinner: Homemade stew, 2 garlic biscuits
I am becoming disturbingly adept at making bread products. These are not the greatest biscuits in the world, but they were quite good. And they went well with the stew. I was initially ambivalent about the stew, but by the time I finished my bowl I decided that it was pretty good. Hopefully another day in the fridge will improve what's left.
Also: 12 oz Bell's two hearted ale. A habit I need to not fall into.
Exercise: Sigh, no.
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It could be better, it could be worse. The good: I woke up early. Bad: No exercise and precious little sleep. Good: Ate all meals at home. Bad: Too much starch. On balance though things are okay.
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich -- 1 CF egg fried in butter, 2 strips bacon, 1 slice sharp cheddar, 2 slices of white bread I found in the freezer. Coffee.
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| I know it's better with bacon, but better ... with bread? |
Lunch: Spicy beans, 4 oz (?) CF summer sausage
I did not remember to take a picture, nor did I check to see if the sausage was 2 oz or 4 oz. I'm going to assume 4. First time I've had it, it was tasty but expensive for what you get. I'm better off getting primal cuts and you know, cooking.
Dinner: Homemade stew, 2 garlic biscuits
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| Pretty stew, pretty biscuits, pretty yum |
Also: 12 oz Bell's two hearted ale. A habit I need to not fall into.
Exercise: Sigh, no.
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Monday, February 3, 2014
Happy Improvisation
Monday, February 3, 2014
Almost a good day. Almost. I went back to hard surface sleeping last night and while I didn't sleep great I got up without incident. I had enough aches and pains to decide not to push it with exercise, but it was a very pleasant morning. Felt pretty good all day. Starting to fade a bit, but I should have enough left in the tank to finish tonight's project, which is improvising some beef stew.
Breakfast: Bacon and sharp cheddar sandwich w/ 3 strips bacon, ~ 2 slices Kraft sharp cheddar, the end pieces of a loaf of sourdough. Coffee
Tasty. And it held me pretty well. I'm out of bread. I think. Maybe I have other ends n pieces in the freezer, I should look.
Lunch: 2 McDonalds cheeseburgers, 1 medium fries, coffee
Oops. I didn't have time to eat real food, I had six minutes to get this, which I ate on the road. It was better than average for McDonalds but still mediocre.
Dinner: Romaine and tomato salad with improvised "ranch" dressing, homemade pizza with CF sausage
I used up the last leftover sausage link and the last of my shredded italian cheese. This is just too easy and too good. Because I can I ordered some einkorn flour over the weekend and am looking forward to see if I can use that in place of the wheat flour. Should be a fun experiment.
One random highlight was improvising something approximating ranch dressing, despite not having any mayo or chives or .... I dunno. Sour cream, buttermilk, dill and other spices made a tasty dressing worlds better than the not-very-good blue cheese that had me questioning the point of eating salad yesterday. Yay.
Also: 12 oz Bell's Two Hearted Ale. Yum.
Exercise: Nope. If I do some, it will help.
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Almost a good day. Almost. I went back to hard surface sleeping last night and while I didn't sleep great I got up without incident. I had enough aches and pains to decide not to push it with exercise, but it was a very pleasant morning. Felt pretty good all day. Starting to fade a bit, but I should have enough left in the tank to finish tonight's project, which is improvising some beef stew.
Breakfast: Bacon and sharp cheddar sandwich w/ 3 strips bacon, ~ 2 slices Kraft sharp cheddar, the end pieces of a loaf of sourdough. Coffee
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| Stylin' with the paper towel plate, woo |
Lunch: 2 McDonalds cheeseburgers, 1 medium fries, coffee
Oops. I didn't have time to eat real food, I had six minutes to get this, which I ate on the road. It was better than average for McDonalds but still mediocre.
Dinner: Romaine and tomato salad with improvised "ranch" dressing, homemade pizza with CF sausage
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| Yum? Yeah, all sorts of yum. |
One random highlight was improvising something approximating ranch dressing, despite not having any mayo or chives or .... I dunno. Sour cream, buttermilk, dill and other spices made a tasty dressing worlds better than the not-very-good blue cheese that had me questioning the point of eating salad yesterday. Yay.
Also: 12 oz Bell's Two Hearted Ale. Yum.
Exercise: Nope. If I do some, it will help.
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Sunday, February 2, 2014
Yeah Buddy Weekends
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Okay with how yesterday went. There was temptation. I considered caving and getting a pizza for dinner instead of making one. Fortunately I would have had to shovel my way out and I didn't really feel like doing that, so for once laziness worked in my favor.
Super slow start today, slept several hours past usual and at least five hours past when I want to be getting up. Obviously that means I did not restart morning walks today. That is going to continue to be a problem, since I have been up well past midnight for at least a week straight. Shifting schedules is hard.
Last night I watched a YouTubed talk by Dr. Davis, the guy that wrote Wheat Belly. I thought it was a fairly convincing argument for giving up grains in general and wheat in particular. I'll have to find his book at the library and read through it.
Breakfast: 2 CF eggs, scrambled, in an omelet with 3 strips bacon, 1/2 large avocado, ~ 1.5 oz cream cheese. The other half of the avocado. Coffee
I recreated my favorite omelet (although I have taken to ordering it with grilled onions), so much yum. Did the bacon in the oven while I assembled the rest and have five strips left over to tuck into the fridge for snacking or salad use. Very tasty! Cream cheese is so underrated in an omelet.
Lunch: Homemade pizza with sausage
Thank goodness it occurred to me to use up one of the leftover hot italian links, it added a very nice touch to the pizza! This is sooooo good. It has 1/2C of wheat flour, if I can replace that I might even be able to keep eating it occasionally. Going to experiment once some stuff I ordered today gets here.
Dinner: Super bowl party. Chili with cheese and ugh light sour cream. Italian bread. Salad. A couple pigs in the blanket. Chips and salsa. 12 oz Labatt Light. Lemonade.
Not good. Ate way too much.
Exercise: Nope. Slept in way too late. Moved around cleaning but that does not count.
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Okay with how yesterday went. There was temptation. I considered caving and getting a pizza for dinner instead of making one. Fortunately I would have had to shovel my way out and I didn't really feel like doing that, so for once laziness worked in my favor.
Super slow start today, slept several hours past usual and at least five hours past when I want to be getting up. Obviously that means I did not restart morning walks today. That is going to continue to be a problem, since I have been up well past midnight for at least a week straight. Shifting schedules is hard.
Last night I watched a YouTubed talk by Dr. Davis, the guy that wrote Wheat Belly. I thought it was a fairly convincing argument for giving up grains in general and wheat in particular. I'll have to find his book at the library and read through it.
Breakfast: 2 CF eggs, scrambled, in an omelet with 3 strips bacon, 1/2 large avocado, ~ 1.5 oz cream cheese. The other half of the avocado. Coffee
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| It has bacon, it has to be FULL OF WIN |
Lunch: Homemade pizza with sausage
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| One link was the perfect quantity! |
Dinner: Super bowl party. Chili with cheese and ugh light sour cream. Italian bread. Salad. A couple pigs in the blanket. Chips and salsa. 12 oz Labatt Light. Lemonade.
Not good. Ate way too much.
Exercise: Nope. Slept in way too late. Moved around cleaning but that does not count.
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Saturday, February 1, 2014
Try Again Try Sixty
Saturday, February 1, 2014
Okay. I made it through a day of eating at home. This is rarer than you might think - I only managed to spend no money out of pocket on food five times in January. Pathetic! I don't even mind cooking, I am just lazy. And there are some things that I just don't seem to make well.
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich (2 small slices of sourdough toast, 2 eggs fried in a pat of butter, 5 strips bacon), coffee
This is delicious. Of course it is. It would be better with cheese or if I had remembered to butter the toast, but it was still very nice. I like this breakfast, but I really shouldn't eat the toast. Oh, well. I have the heels left and will probably eat them tomorrow, then that loaf will be completely out of my freezer.
Lunch: 2 CF italian hot links with jalapeno mustard, spicy beans
Kind of a let down. I did not cook the sausages long enough and then I waited a few minutes to eat them. I should have sliced, moved to another plate and nuked them. Oh, well. I didn't quite finish both. The beans were tasty as always, in this case despite being in the freezer for a while.
Dinner: Homemade cheese pizza, simple salad (romaine and tomato) with Bolthouse Farms blue cheese yogurt dressing.
Love that pizza. It's a simple cracker crust, a little sauce, italian seasoning and cheese. I do find myself wishing that I wasn't so carb-intolerant, because I could make that every day.
The salad, however, was meh. Maybe I don't like romaine that much. The dressing was sharper than I would like. Decided to try it since soybean oil was waaay down the list of ingredients. I should just make my own dressing, of course, since it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid soybean and canola oil in salad dressing.
Exercise: Nope. Maybe tomorrow.
Okay. I made it through a day of eating at home. This is rarer than you might think - I only managed to spend no money out of pocket on food five times in January. Pathetic! I don't even mind cooking, I am just lazy. And there are some things that I just don't seem to make well.
Breakfast: Breakfast sandwich (2 small slices of sourdough toast, 2 eggs fried in a pat of butter, 5 strips bacon), coffee
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| Doesn't that just look tasty? |
Lunch: 2 CF italian hot links with jalapeno mustard, spicy beans
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| Good job, not such a good effort. |
Dinner: Homemade cheese pizza, simple salad (romaine and tomato) with Bolthouse Farms blue cheese yogurt dressing.
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| Pizza, pizza, pizza, pizza .... and yeah, um, salad. |
The salad, however, was meh. Maybe I don't like romaine that much. The dressing was sharper than I would like. Decided to try it since soybean oil was waaay down the list of ingredients. I should just make my own dressing, of course, since it is IMPOSSIBLE to avoid soybean and canola oil in salad dressing.
Exercise: Nope. Maybe tomorrow.
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