Picture Post

Sunday, September 21, 2014

Hey, how about that, a couple of pictures.  I'm not sure that this really qualifies as a meaningful start to the diet, though it is sadly noteworthy that breakfast and lunch were home cooked, and dinner will be too.  If I can manage to avoid snacking or dessert it could be a no drive-thru kind of day.  That would be a step in the right direction.

I am currently thinking that during the week I am going to start eating breakfast for dinner as often as possible.  I want to have some easy lunches like soup or chef salad available.  Breakfast can be fairly minimal.  If I do that, it's an easy game.

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, Alexia hash browns cooked in olive oil, 4 strips CF chipotle bacon, small avocado, coffee

Breakfast.  Yum.

This was probably 7/10, but since it was breakfast that means it was really 9/10.  Maybe another 30 seconds for the hash browns and another day of ripening for the avocado.

Lunch:  3 strips (~ 4 or 5 oz) CF smoked brisket, leftover mashed potatoes, 3 corn tortillas, coffee

Sometimes weird is good

I'm not sure the tortillas were truly necessary, but it was kinda interesting to eat these leftovers as (effectively) a sandwich.  I guess I also could have toasted some bread, but whatever, I have ample tortillas on hand.  Cutting back on starch didn't happen here.

This was the first time I have purchased the pre-cooked CF brisket.  It's pricey at ~ $11 or $12 a pound, but it is quite good.  Pre-cooked quality meat is expensive but nice to have on hand for lazy times.  I opened the 1 lb package, had a bunch for dinner last night, this and I'll get another meal out of it.

Dinner:  Chicken breast, a little rice, green beans, cheese sauce, rolls with butter, a slice of blueberry pie with vanilla ice cream.

A bit much, but good.

Snack:  McChicken, medium chocolate shake.  FAIL.

Exercise:  Nope.  Was planning on 18 holes with cart but the weather sucks and I'm not 100%.

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