It was very hot this weekend, and I don't do very well in the extreme heat. Anything over 80 degrees in the Bay Area and that'c crisis mode for me. My body refuses to move. I shut down.
That's it.
Sat. 6-29-13
Breakfast; poached eggs, 1 piece of toast, potato pancake, black coffee, cream, 1 sugar
Lunch; 1 chicken apple sausage on baguette
Dinner; Out to eat at Rumbo Al Sur on Park Blvd. in Oakland. Great place, killer well drinks, greta service. I can't say enough about this place. We shared tapas food, salad, steak enchilada and a caramel flan that was the best I've eve had in my life. 1 margarita, 1 shot of tequila compliments of the bartender, and a cappuccino.
Exercise; 2 miles walking
Sunday Stats; 6-30-13
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of wheat toast, potato pancake
Lunch; leftover pesto pasta
Dinner; " " "
Exercise; 4 miles walking a little cycling
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Special Guest, Hot In Oakland
Our friend Janet Cohen, aka Juana, is here from her home in Mexico. She is Geraldine's bestest friend from all the way, back in the day. I'm really excited to see her.
I made a big batch of pesto from the 4 different types of basil we have in the herb garden out back. I'm making pesto past with fried potatoes w/spices & herbs, Italian chicken apple sausage, and red bell peppers. The veggie dour jour is Brussel sprouts w/olive oil, s & p, fresh garlic. The salad is spring greens w/blackberry vinaigrette, cucumber, black olives, red bell pepper, green onions.
It's very hot in Oakland today. Santa Anna winds from the east. Lots of sparks going off right now. Maybe I can sweat off a couple more pounds this weekend walking around the Lake.
I will do stats this week end. Weigh in is Monday morning. The moment of truth looms large.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I Ate Today;
Breakfast; coffee 1 sugar, soy milk, poached eggs, potato pancake w/fresh chives, s & p, olive oil1 piece whole wheat toast and then a cappuccino
Lunch; veggies and a handful of chocolate covered raisins, glass of orange juice
Dinner; Up above
Exercise; 4 miles walking
I made a big batch of pesto from the 4 different types of basil we have in the herb garden out back. I'm making pesto past with fried potatoes w/spices & herbs, Italian chicken apple sausage, and red bell peppers. The veggie dour jour is Brussel sprouts w/olive oil, s & p, fresh garlic. The salad is spring greens w/blackberry vinaigrette, cucumber, black olives, red bell pepper, green onions.
It's very hot in Oakland today. Santa Anna winds from the east. Lots of sparks going off right now. Maybe I can sweat off a couple more pounds this weekend walking around the Lake.
I will do stats this week end. Weigh in is Monday morning. The moment of truth looms large.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I Ate Today;
Breakfast; coffee 1 sugar, soy milk, poached eggs, potato pancake w/fresh chives, s & p, olive oil1 piece whole wheat toast and then a cappuccino
Lunch; veggies and a handful of chocolate covered raisins, glass of orange juice
Dinner; Up above
Exercise; 4 miles walking
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Lock, Load, and Duck For Cover, July 4th 2013
The 4th of July is here, and we celebrate the birth of our great capitalist nation once again. I remind people that we are a republic, not a democracy. In the words of John Fogerty, "I see a bad moon arising."
I hope everyone has a safe 4th of July. I see things differently than many people. It's hard not to be political and cynical in America, but it's not healthy for our mental stability. This country is headed for another economic downturn, and as far as I can tell most people have learned nothing from the last one. Spending is at an all time high and so is poverty.
Housing prices, including rents, have skyrocketed. Wall Street and the banks are back to their same old tricks, business as usual. Standard and Poor's, & Moody continue to give crap stocks triple A ratings, and suckers line up to buy them. People are living way beyond their means. All of this sanctioned by our politicians, up to and including our own personal bought and paid for man about town, Barack Obama. Basic physics friends, what goes up, will come down.
My friend Michael tried to open a bank account and they told him it was free checking if you kept a balance of $1,500.00 in your account. Where is a poor person going to get $1,500.00? If you don't have fifteen hundred dollars the checking account costs you 10 dollars a month. So, he's penalized 10 dollars, that he can ill afford, for being poor. In the words of Richard Milhouse Nixon, who took the dollar off the gold standard, like Adolf did back in 1934, "fuck the poor." And they are doing a great job of that.
Overproduction is at an all time high, while our legislators debate if the minimum wage should be raised to $10.00 an hour. Someone tell me who can live on $60.00 a day after taxes? Rents in SF are 2 G a month for a space the size of a large walk-in closet.
Here in Oakland, as all over the country, the poor spend their money on fireworks. I never understood why anyone would shell out money they can't afford on things that go boom. You can hear gun fire everyday in Oakland now. This has been building stead for the last two weeks. It's gets louder and closer each day. The M80s, cherry bombs, and ash cans are peppered w/double action and semi automatic weapon fire.
The police are helpless throughout all of this. Tonight the cops will be parked under the freeway overpasses because there are so many bullets flying around. It's not safe on the streets here during 4th of July.
Dogs, including the ones housed here, will be shivering all night. We will hold them, and get very little sleep.
When the sun goes down the battle will start on cue. The bombs bursting in air.
God Bless America. Can anyone tell me what it is that we are celebrating? It must be the concept of democracy and freedom, or maybe it's just a day off from work.
Flame on.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of 9 grain wheat bread, black coffee 1 sugar
Lunch; apple, cappuccino
Dinner; seafood bisque
Exercise; 4 miles walking
I hope everyone has a safe 4th of July. I see things differently than many people. It's hard not to be political and cynical in America, but it's not healthy for our mental stability. This country is headed for another economic downturn, and as far as I can tell most people have learned nothing from the last one. Spending is at an all time high and so is poverty.
Housing prices, including rents, have skyrocketed. Wall Street and the banks are back to their same old tricks, business as usual. Standard and Poor's, & Moody continue to give crap stocks triple A ratings, and suckers line up to buy them. People are living way beyond their means. All of this sanctioned by our politicians, up to and including our own personal bought and paid for man about town, Barack Obama. Basic physics friends, what goes up, will come down.
My friend Michael tried to open a bank account and they told him it was free checking if you kept a balance of $1,500.00 in your account. Where is a poor person going to get $1,500.00? If you don't have fifteen hundred dollars the checking account costs you 10 dollars a month. So, he's penalized 10 dollars, that he can ill afford, for being poor. In the words of Richard Milhouse Nixon, who took the dollar off the gold standard, like Adolf did back in 1934, "fuck the poor." And they are doing a great job of that.
Overproduction is at an all time high, while our legislators debate if the minimum wage should be raised to $10.00 an hour. Someone tell me who can live on $60.00 a day after taxes? Rents in SF are 2 G a month for a space the size of a large walk-in closet.
Here in Oakland, as all over the country, the poor spend their money on fireworks. I never understood why anyone would shell out money they can't afford on things that go boom. You can hear gun fire everyday in Oakland now. This has been building stead for the last two weeks. It's gets louder and closer each day. The M80s, cherry bombs, and ash cans are peppered w/double action and semi automatic weapon fire.
The police are helpless throughout all of this. Tonight the cops will be parked under the freeway overpasses because there are so many bullets flying around. It's not safe on the streets here during 4th of July.
Dogs, including the ones housed here, will be shivering all night. We will hold them, and get very little sleep.
When the sun goes down the battle will start on cue. The bombs bursting in air.
God Bless America. Can anyone tell me what it is that we are celebrating? It must be the concept of democracy and freedom, or maybe it's just a day off from work.
Flame on.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of 9 grain wheat bread, black coffee 1 sugar
Lunch; apple, cappuccino
Dinner; seafood bisque
Exercise; 4 miles walking
Blackberry Vinaigrette + Fasting+ Gun Fire Off In the Distance
The blackberries in our back yard are blooming, and intend to take full advantage of them while they are here. They are completely organic, and I know exactly where they came from. Technically they're not mine, but the bush grows "into" our yard, and we're on very good terms with our neighbors. We all share, like grown ups.
I cut and pasted the next paragraph from the net, maybe livestrong.org or is it com, or something like that. You get the idea. It's not original. The only original stuff here is my bullshit, and a good percentage of that is recycled. Blackberries are good for our bodies. That's the point.
Blackberries, like most berries are low in calories and high in nutrients. Per half cup, blackberries have 37 calories, 9g of carbohydrate and 4g of fiber. Other nutrients in blackberries include vitamins A, C, and K, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. Vitamin A helps maintain eye health while vitamin C promotes wound healing, keeps gums healthy and helps the body absorb iron. Vitamin K, along with magnesium, are important in promoting bone health. Potassium plays a role in health blood pressure levels. And fiber helps control cholesterol and keeps you regular. You can't go wrong with all this goodness.
Why live without it if it's right there for the taking? So, below is a simple recipe for blackberry vinaigrette, which we had on your salad last evening. Also note that blackberries in Northern California are growing wild EVERYWHERE, for FREE. Just go find em, and pick em. Bring the dog and the kids with you too.
Please pick up after your dog, your damn self, and your delicate genius offspring.
Thursdays are a fasting day. I couldn't wait for it to end.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; 2 cheese quasaidillas w/green onions, s & p, asiago cheese, steamed brown rice w/more green onions, 3 beers (man those tasted good)
Snacks; 2 handfuls cashews, 1 handful chocolate covered raisins
Alice was here again. Just assume she's usually present.
One person's normal is another person's abnormal.
Exercise; 3 miles walking... slacker
(Talking Heads)
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting use to it now,
Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town
That's Oakland and me. I love that band. That's the band I always wanted to be in, besides Muddy John Lee Hooker's band. Or was it the Ramones, Moby Grape, the Stones, or the ...........................?
Blackberry Vinaigrette
1/2 cup fresh blackberries
1 1/2 tbs dark sesame seed oil
1 clove fresh garlic chopped fine
s & p to taste
pinch herbs of Provence
2 tbs Champagne vinegar
a little fresh thyme chopped fine
large pinch ground ginger
smallest pinch nutmeg
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs orange juice
pinch cardamon
garnish with fresh mint
Instructions; Throw it all in blender, except the mint, pulse 2, 3 times...1 1/2 tbs per salad serving...garnish with the mint, whatever.
Good Night!
I cut and pasted the next paragraph from the net, maybe livestrong.org or is it com, or something like that. You get the idea. It's not original. The only original stuff here is my bullshit, and a good percentage of that is recycled. Blackberries are good for our bodies. That's the point.
Blackberries, like most berries are low in calories and high in nutrients. Per half cup, blackberries have 37 calories, 9g of carbohydrate and 4g of fiber. Other nutrients in blackberries include vitamins A, C, and K, magnesium, potassium, and fiber. Vitamin A helps maintain eye health while vitamin C promotes wound healing, keeps gums healthy and helps the body absorb iron. Vitamin K, along with magnesium, are important in promoting bone health. Potassium plays a role in health blood pressure levels. And fiber helps control cholesterol and keeps you regular. You can't go wrong with all this goodness.
Why live without it if it's right there for the taking? So, below is a simple recipe for blackberry vinaigrette, which we had on your salad last evening. Also note that blackberries in Northern California are growing wild EVERYWHERE, for FREE. Just go find em, and pick em. Bring the dog and the kids with you too.
Please pick up after your dog, your damn self, and your delicate genius offspring.
Thursdays are a fasting day. I couldn't wait for it to end.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; 2 cheese quasaidillas w/green onions, s & p, asiago cheese, steamed brown rice w/more green onions, 3 beers (man those tasted good)
Snacks; 2 handfuls cashews, 1 handful chocolate covered raisins
Alice was here again. Just assume she's usually present.
One person's normal is another person's abnormal.
Exercise; 3 miles walking... slacker
(Talking Heads)
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance,
I'm getting use to it now,
Lived in a brownstone, I lived in the ghetto,
I've lived all over this town
That's Oakland and me. I love that band. That's the band I always wanted to be in, besides Muddy John Lee Hooker's band. Or was it the Ramones, Moby Grape, the Stones, or the ...........................?
Blackberry Vinaigrette
1/2 cup fresh blackberries
1 1/2 tbs dark sesame seed oil
1 clove fresh garlic chopped fine
s & p to taste
pinch herbs of Provence
2 tbs Champagne vinegar
a little fresh thyme chopped fine
large pinch ground ginger
smallest pinch nutmeg
1 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp lemon juice
1 tbs orange juice
pinch cardamon
garnish with fresh mint
Instructions; Throw it all in blender, except the mint, pulse 2, 3 times...1 1/2 tbs per salad serving...garnish with the mint, whatever.
Good Night!
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Wed. 6-26-13 Exercise
I don't know what to write today. July one is coming up in 5 days and that's my weight in day. I need to be at 210 pounds, and I think I can make that, but I'd be much happier with a little buffer room for slipping and sliding. Sept. 8th, which is my birthday, I need to weight in at 200 pounds. So, I feel like the pressure is on. I also have the feeling that those 10 pounds aren't going to come off easily.
I have been walking more than my usual, and I'm hoping to get in 30 miles this week. I'm also looking to do the Dipsea Trail Run in July, so I need to be in shape for that hike. I'm praying to the gods that my old man feet hold out.
I've got to start thinking about a program to tone up i.e., add some muscle. I've been doing s little light weight lifting, and maybe some more of that could help. I got a friend who's a personal trainer. Ex-lieutenant from the Marine Corps. He did a stint in Iraq, and was smart enough to get out after one tour. Gotta watch the back.
That's what's happening in this part of planet earth.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; coffee 1 sugar, soy milk, big potato pancake w/chives, flour, granted Irish cheddar, olive oil, s & p, fresh chives, 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown bread
Lunch; small take out of sushi
Snacks; 2 ounces of Genoa salumi, orange juice
Dinner; Turkey tacos w/garlic, yellow onions, green onions, spices, tomato sauce, cayenne pepper,green peper er flour tortillas, dandelion salad lemon, blackberry vinaigrette, kalamata olives, cucumber, lemon, olive oil.
Exercise; 6.5 miles walking
I have been walking more than my usual, and I'm hoping to get in 30 miles this week. I'm also looking to do the Dipsea Trail Run in July, so I need to be in shape for that hike. I'm praying to the gods that my old man feet hold out.
I've got to start thinking about a program to tone up i.e., add some muscle. I've been doing s little light weight lifting, and maybe some more of that could help. I got a friend who's a personal trainer. Ex-lieutenant from the Marine Corps. He did a stint in Iraq, and was smart enough to get out after one tour. Gotta watch the back.
That's what's happening in this part of planet earth.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; coffee 1 sugar, soy milk, big potato pancake w/chives, flour, granted Irish cheddar, olive oil, s & p, fresh chives, 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown bread
Lunch; small take out of sushi
Snacks; 2 ounces of Genoa salumi, orange juice
Dinner; Turkey tacos w/garlic, yellow onions, green onions, spices, tomato sauce, cayenne pepper,green peper er flour tortillas, dandelion salad lemon, blackberry vinaigrette, kalamata olives, cucumber, lemon, olive oil.
Exercise; 6.5 miles walking
Tuesday 6-25-13 Videos
I finally got up a bunch of videos from Paris uploaded to You Tube. It rained the entire time we were there, but that's Paris. It's rained every time I've been there. I like going on vacation during off- season, so that's what you get in the off-season. It's still Paris and it was was fun.
That was the trip that made me decide to finally confront my weight issues, which is what brought me to doing this whole blog about loosing weight, etc. etc. The trip was worth it for that alone.
There's also a video on herbal mint tea. I have more to upload if or when I get around to it.
There is little or nothing to report in my world today. I'm afraid it's just statistics.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea, 3 small cookies, 5 pieces of salumi
Lunch; 1 Italian chicken sausage, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 small potato for home fries w/s & p, olive oil
Dinner; kale salad w/chicken sausage, red bell pepper, kalamata olives, cucumber, grated carrot, olive oil, fresh lemon, s & p
Snacks: large handful of nuts
Exercise; 5 miles walking, weights
That was the trip that made me decide to finally confront my weight issues, which is what brought me to doing this whole blog about loosing weight, etc. etc. The trip was worth it for that alone.
There's also a video on herbal mint tea. I have more to upload if or when I get around to it.
There is little or nothing to report in my world today. I'm afraid it's just statistics.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea, 3 small cookies, 5 pieces of salumi
Lunch; 1 Italian chicken sausage, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 small potato for home fries w/s & p, olive oil
Dinner; kale salad w/chicken sausage, red bell pepper, kalamata olives, cucumber, grated carrot, olive oil, fresh lemon, s & p
Snacks: large handful of nuts
Exercise; 5 miles walking, weights
Monday, June 24, 2013
Pizza Hangover
Way too much pizza consumed last night, and I'm glad today is a fast day, but I can't wait till my 24 hours are up and I can eat leftovers. Our neighbor Alison made some amazing desert cookies and ice cream w/fresh fruit.
The folks from Jersey had a good time, and the Forno Bravo oven was rocking. Man, I love that oven.
Very busy schedule today. Keep the faith.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; black tea w/agave
Dinner; 3 pieces of leftover pizza, some sweets and 7 pieces of Genoa salumi
Exercise; 5 miles walking
The folks from Jersey had a good time, and the Forno Bravo oven was rocking. Man, I love that oven.
Very busy schedule today. Keep the faith.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; black tea w/agave
Dinner; 3 pieces of leftover pizza, some sweets and 7 pieces of Genoa salumi
Exercise; 5 miles walking
Friday, June 21, 2013
Friday 6-21-13
I'm glad the weekend is here. It's pizza cooking time again. We have some Italian guests, Frank and Linda, coming from New Jersey. and folks that live down the street who are from NYC. The only person that will be a west coaster will be my wife Geri.
I'm going to cook them up some Neapolitan pizza so they feel right at home in the Bay Area. Frank likes to hike so maybe we can get a big trek in before he goes back. I still have to do the Dipsea Trail at Muir woods. It's on my list of things to do for 2013. It's a grueling 8 mile hike up Mt. Tamalpias over to Stinson Beach. It's alway easier on the body going up a mountain than down a one.
I'm just worried about my feet hurting. Next year I need an operation on my right foot big toe.
Old age sucks. Don't let anyone tell you there is something called the golden years. It's all bullshit. If it wasn't for antibiotics we wouldn't live this long.
There is nothing else to report.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown toast, 1 potato pancake cooked w/olive oil, s & P, coffee 1 sugar, 2 glasses orange juice
Lunch; peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread
Dinner; 1 piece Italian chicken sausage, small kale salad
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking, weight lifting
I'm going to cook them up some Neapolitan pizza so they feel right at home in the Bay Area. Frank likes to hike so maybe we can get a big trek in before he goes back. I still have to do the Dipsea Trail at Muir woods. It's on my list of things to do for 2013. It's a grueling 8 mile hike up Mt. Tamalpias over to Stinson Beach. It's alway easier on the body going up a mountain than down a one.
I'm just worried about my feet hurting. Next year I need an operation on my right foot big toe.
Old age sucks. Don't let anyone tell you there is something called the golden years. It's all bullshit. If it wasn't for antibiotics we wouldn't live this long.
There is nothing else to report.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown toast, 1 potato pancake cooked w/olive oil, s & P, coffee 1 sugar, 2 glasses orange juice
Lunch; peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread
Dinner; 1 piece Italian chicken sausage, small kale salad
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking, weight lifting
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Tony Soprano Syndrome
In one of my blog recently I spoke of the Tony Soprano syndrome. My neighbor and friend Deborah Roberto is a fellow east coast Italian from New Jersey and we would watch the Sopranos together, and we would make comments about this and that scene from the series.
One time Deborah said to me, "He's always eating." I replied, "I was thinking the same thing." I related this to my own struggle with food. The unconscious act of eating. Even though you just had a big meal an hour earlier there I would be looking in the refrigerator for something to "snack" on. tony was always in the fridge.
James Gandolfini was a talented actor and a young man in today's world, only 51. I can't honestly say I'm a huge Soprano's fan. I loved the acting though. They had the characters down to a tee. Having grown up and lived with people like the ones portrayed in the series I don't see the romance there that others do.
None the less I'll continue to use the term Tony Soprano syndrome. I'm sorry the world has lost such a very talented actor, one who could scare the britches off of you by just looking at you, not saying a word. I know that look. Rest in peace James, rest in peace.
Fasting day today.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; small turkey sandwich w/mustard, kale salad w/nuts, feta cheese, tomatoes, lemon, olives oil, hard boiled eggs, bowl of tuna casserole, chocolate bar
Exercise; 6 miles walking, weight lifting
One time Deborah said to me, "He's always eating." I replied, "I was thinking the same thing." I related this to my own struggle with food. The unconscious act of eating. Even though you just had a big meal an hour earlier there I would be looking in the refrigerator for something to "snack" on. tony was always in the fridge.
James Gandolfini was a talented actor and a young man in today's world, only 51. I can't honestly say I'm a huge Soprano's fan. I loved the acting though. They had the characters down to a tee. Having grown up and lived with people like the ones portrayed in the series I don't see the romance there that others do.
None the less I'll continue to use the term Tony Soprano syndrome. I'm sorry the world has lost such a very talented actor, one who could scare the britches off of you by just looking at you, not saying a word. I know that look. Rest in peace James, rest in peace.
Fasting day today.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; small turkey sandwich w/mustard, kale salad w/nuts, feta cheese, tomatoes, lemon, olives oil, hard boiled eggs, bowl of tuna casserole, chocolate bar
Exercise; 6 miles walking, weight lifting
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Wednesday 6-19-13
Nothing to report today. Very busy.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown bread, black tea w/agave, 1 potato pancake w/s & p, fresh chives, olive oil
Lunch; Cappuccino and oatmeal cookie
Dinner; tuna casserole w/mushrooms, onions, cream sauce
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs, 1 piece of brown bread, black tea w/agave, 1 potato pancake w/s & p, fresh chives, olive oil
Lunch; Cappuccino and oatmeal cookie
Dinner; tuna casserole w/mushrooms, onions, cream sauce
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Tuesday's Cliche and Pop-Overs
I feel tired these days. I have no idea why. It could be from eating foods that I haven't been eating. It's days like this that I can say, thanks for turning on, tuning in, and now it's time for me to drop out, and feel it's not a cliche'.
I'm going to publish Geri's recipe for pop-overs, wonderful. I think I ate 6 of the 10 she made. They were wonderful.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs s & p, 1 piece of brown toast, 1 pop over, 1 potato pancake s & p and olive oil
Lunch; 1 pop over, 1 turkey sandwich w/mayo
Snacks; Orange juice, water melon
Dinner; another turkey sandwich w/mustard
Exercise: 5 miles walking
I'm going to publish Geri's recipe for pop-overs, wonderful. I think I ate 6 of the 10 she made. They were wonderful.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs s & p, 1 piece of brown toast, 1 pop over, 1 potato pancake s & p and olive oil
Lunch; 1 pop over, 1 turkey sandwich w/mayo
Snacks; Orange juice, water melon
Dinner; another turkey sandwich w/mustard
Exercise: 5 miles walking
Monday, June 17, 2013
Back To The Real World
Vacation is not the real world. We work hard all year long and then if we're lucky for a couple of weeks we pack up more posessions than we will ever need and hit the road, the high seas, and the air for destinations that we've determined will make our lives better for going there.
That is the way it was for Geraldine, our dog Frida, and myself last week. We went up the California coastline and stayed at our friend Erwin's in Bodega Bay, land of Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds, then up to Mendocino, back again to Bodega Bay, and last but not least east to Elk Grove for a house concert at my dear old friend Gerry Cassidy's home.
Elk Grove is the land of strip malls. Four at every corner and every stop light. It is also home to some of the biggest people on the planet. We had breakfast at a diner that had canned fruit proudly labeled on the menu. This is in the Sacramento Valley one of the biggest producers of fruit and produce in the world. We saw one person walking on the sidewalk and one Hispanic man in cowboy regalia riding a bicycle. Gerry's home is an oasis in an otherwise wasteland of mediocrity.
I was not on any diet plan last week, and I know I put on at least 3 or 4 pounds in five days. I also didn't exercise as much as I would if we had just stayed at home in Oakland. We did a lot of driving.
We had a nice time, but I'm glad to be home. The pictures below were taken from our trip.
The name of the band that played at the house concert was called Western Skies Orchestra aka Faster Rattler. The leader of the band is Brendan Phillips, son of the late great Utah Phillips.
Some photos are included in this blog. I think our lives were better for going to these places and seeing some old friends.
Thanks to Erwin, Gerry and Heidi.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch: nothing
Dinner; 3 pop over muffins hot from the oven made by Geri, turkey sandwich w/mayo, tomato and a small salad
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
That is the way it was for Geraldine, our dog Frida, and myself last week. We went up the California coastline and stayed at our friend Erwin's in Bodega Bay, land of Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds, then up to Mendocino, back again to Bodega Bay, and last but not least east to Elk Grove for a house concert at my dear old friend Gerry Cassidy's home.
Elk Grove is the land of strip malls. Four at every corner and every stop light. It is also home to some of the biggest people on the planet. We had breakfast at a diner that had canned fruit proudly labeled on the menu. This is in the Sacramento Valley one of the biggest producers of fruit and produce in the world. We saw one person walking on the sidewalk and one Hispanic man in cowboy regalia riding a bicycle. Gerry's home is an oasis in an otherwise wasteland of mediocrity.
I was not on any diet plan last week, and I know I put on at least 3 or 4 pounds in five days. I also didn't exercise as much as I would if we had just stayed at home in Oakland. We did a lot of driving.
We had a nice time, but I'm glad to be home. The pictures below were taken from our trip.
The name of the band that played at the house concert was called Western Skies Orchestra aka Faster Rattler. The leader of the band is Brendan Phillips, son of the late great Utah Phillips.
Some photos are included in this blog. I think our lives were better for going to these places and seeing some old friends.
Thanks to Erwin, Gerry and Heidi.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; black tea w/agave
Lunch: nothing
Dinner; 3 pop over muffins hot from the oven made by Geri, turkey sandwich w/mayo, tomato and a small salad
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
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| Mendocino |
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| Mendocino |
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| wild flowers |
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| Brendan Phillips and Utah's old friends backing him up |
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Vacation Looms
Tomorrow my wife and I head up the coast for the rest of the week, and I'm not going to blog. There are no obligations on vacations.
I'm reading, exercising and resting. Limited technology to accompany us up north. The computer is still not working right and the geek squad is rescheduled to be back here again next week. Till then FUCK TECHNOLOGY.
In the winter of 1971 I was just a boy of 17, living up on top of a mountain on the outskirts of Whitethorn CA. northwest Mendicino County, I lived in a commune with my friends Paul, Hansil, and Susan. We lived with this dude named Snake and his six, that's right, six old ladies and Mamma, Snake's partner in crime. Brigham Young didn't have anything on Snake. Mamma was around to keep the girls in line. Snake rotated them through the week, a different woman for each day, with him taking Sunday off to rest. That was probably when he serviced Momma. I had no knowledge of their monthly cycles, and what happened when the curse arrived, if they were all in sync or what. Snake never did a lick of work. The girls waited on the enlightened one hand and foot.
We were as poor as church mice. We started using the flooring to heat the place. It was a cold and wet winter. Snake had the girls convinced that he was Jesus, and he told our friend Hansil that the reason he was glowing was that he was filled with the spirit of Snake's love. Me and my buddy Paul, who had been a heroine addict in Vietnam for 18 months, told Hansil it was hepatitis.
I didn't believe a word of Snake's bullshit, not even when I was tripping. One day the owner of the cabin came up and asked us to get the fuck off his property or he'd sick the sheriff on us. Snake had everyone believing it was his land. It turned out that we were squatting.
There was a war between the hippies and the old guard going on up there at that time. As you know the hippies won that one. The old timers thought all the long hairs were girlie men, as our ex-gov would say. They never figured they were hardened veterans of the longest war to date in the history of the country.
Me, Susan and Paul would hitch into Whitethorn, drink cheap wine, eat good LSD, and just hang out in town with the other local hippies. There was this woman Kathy who was one of the hippie warriors. She'd come into town with an M-16, bullets across her chest. She had a saber sword, and boots made of Spanish leather. Well, you know what I mean.
Whitethorn had been really cool. There was a free clinic started and a bread program, but that area was going through a change. The hippies said, "We ain't cutting down trees, we're growing weed, and that's final."
It's funny where life takes you if you just float along with the stream and don't think about everything too much. "Hey man, you want to go to the country and live in a cabin with a psychopath and his 7 women? " "Sure, why not."
My father died about two months after me, Paul and Susan left the cabin and moved back to Haight Ashbury. I as living with Paul, and working in a restaurant on Filmore Street when the old man passed away. I don't know what happened to any of those folks. Paul was my main man. He never fired a gun the whole time he was in Nam. He got off the plane, started shooting heroine, and that's what he did for 18 months.
My whole first trip out west was more wild than anything I could have ever conjured up. In fact, 17 was like a Tom Wolfe novel. I had to live on the streets. I was the hobo, a rolling stone. There were some tough times. hard lessons to learn, and some sad looses, but it was a magical year none the less.
I went back to Connecticut because Rocco passed, but I only stayed a year. My dad's brother Tony died shortly after his death. I didn't want to go home after he died. I mean, he was gone, what could I do? I fell in love that summer in Connecticut, and got my heart broke. That's when I knew I was done with Connecticut for good.
I'll keep a journal of my eating habits and exercise, and do some photo shooting. Maybe I can get a blog up Sunday. Till then.
That's it.
Bye Bye.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate Today;
Breakfast;
black tea 1 tsp agave
Lunch;
Banana, nuts, raisins, dried fruit, oj
Dinner;
Cheeseburger on focaccia herb bread w/A-1 steak sauce, water melon, popcorn (the last of the burger meat)
Exercise; 5.5 miles walking
I'm reading, exercising and resting. Limited technology to accompany us up north. The computer is still not working right and the geek squad is rescheduled to be back here again next week. Till then FUCK TECHNOLOGY.
In the winter of 1971 I was just a boy of 17, living up on top of a mountain on the outskirts of Whitethorn CA. northwest Mendicino County, I lived in a commune with my friends Paul, Hansil, and Susan. We lived with this dude named Snake and his six, that's right, six old ladies and Mamma, Snake's partner in crime. Brigham Young didn't have anything on Snake. Mamma was around to keep the girls in line. Snake rotated them through the week, a different woman for each day, with him taking Sunday off to rest. That was probably when he serviced Momma. I had no knowledge of their monthly cycles, and what happened when the curse arrived, if they were all in sync or what. Snake never did a lick of work. The girls waited on the enlightened one hand and foot.
We were as poor as church mice. We started using the flooring to heat the place. It was a cold and wet winter. Snake had the girls convinced that he was Jesus, and he told our friend Hansil that the reason he was glowing was that he was filled with the spirit of Snake's love. Me and my buddy Paul, who had been a heroine addict in Vietnam for 18 months, told Hansil it was hepatitis.
I didn't believe a word of Snake's bullshit, not even when I was tripping. One day the owner of the cabin came up and asked us to get the fuck off his property or he'd sick the sheriff on us. Snake had everyone believing it was his land. It turned out that we were squatting.
There was a war between the hippies and the old guard going on up there at that time. As you know the hippies won that one. The old timers thought all the long hairs were girlie men, as our ex-gov would say. They never figured they were hardened veterans of the longest war to date in the history of the country.
Me, Susan and Paul would hitch into Whitethorn, drink cheap wine, eat good LSD, and just hang out in town with the other local hippies. There was this woman Kathy who was one of the hippie warriors. She'd come into town with an M-16, bullets across her chest. She had a saber sword, and boots made of Spanish leather. Well, you know what I mean.
Whitethorn had been really cool. There was a free clinic started and a bread program, but that area was going through a change. The hippies said, "We ain't cutting down trees, we're growing weed, and that's final."
My father died about two months after me, Paul and Susan left the cabin and moved back to Haight Ashbury. I as living with Paul, and working in a restaurant on Filmore Street when the old man passed away. I don't know what happened to any of those folks. Paul was my main man. He never fired a gun the whole time he was in Nam. He got off the plane, started shooting heroine, and that's what he did for 18 months.
My whole first trip out west was more wild than anything I could have ever conjured up. In fact, 17 was like a Tom Wolfe novel. I had to live on the streets. I was the hobo, a rolling stone. There were some tough times. hard lessons to learn, and some sad looses, but it was a magical year none the less.
I went back to Connecticut because Rocco passed, but I only stayed a year. My dad's brother Tony died shortly after his death. I didn't want to go home after he died. I mean, he was gone, what could I do? I fell in love that summer in Connecticut, and got my heart broke. That's when I knew I was done with Connecticut for good.
I'll keep a journal of my eating habits and exercise, and do some photo shooting. Maybe I can get a blog up Sunday. Till then.
That's it.
Bye Bye.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate Today;
Breakfast;
black tea 1 tsp agave
Lunch;
Banana, nuts, raisins, dried fruit, oj
Dinner;
Cheeseburger on focaccia herb bread w/A-1 steak sauce, water melon, popcorn (the last of the burger meat)
Exercise; 5.5 miles walking
New Clothes + Fasting
I have been avoiding buying new clothes because I wanted to make sure that I was going to make it through this whole change. I didn't want to buy new pants at a size 38 and then have to buy size 34 later on at the end of the year, but these old pants that I've been wearing are becoming uncomfortable.
When I started in mid-November 2012 I was a size 44 waist. Now I'm a size 38 or maybe smaller. It's time to get some new pants and shirts before I get down to my fighting weight. There's a lot of work to be done before I'm at that place. I ordered some 38's and some XL T-shirts for now. Come X Mas I'm buying myself a new wardrobe.
LL bean is my place to shop, but they quit stocking black jeans. What's up with that? I mean black is basic. I hate shopping.
Today is a fast day, and besides a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and nuts I made it through the day.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast;
black tea w/agave, 3 handfuls of nuts, raisins, dried fruit
Lunch;
nothing
Dinner;
Roasted chicken, steamed veggies, sour dough bread, water
Exercise;
6 miles walking
When I started in mid-November 2012 I was a size 44 waist. Now I'm a size 38 or maybe smaller. It's time to get some new pants and shirts before I get down to my fighting weight. There's a lot of work to be done before I'm at that place. I ordered some 38's and some XL T-shirts for now. Come X Mas I'm buying myself a new wardrobe.
LL bean is my place to shop, but they quit stocking black jeans. What's up with that? I mean black is basic. I hate shopping.
Today is a fast day, and besides a couple of handfuls of dried fruit and nuts I made it through the day.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast;
black tea w/agave, 3 handfuls of nuts, raisins, dried fruit
Lunch;
nothing
Dinner;
Roasted chicken, steamed veggies, sour dough bread, water
Exercise;
6 miles walking
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sunday Journal Stats
A nice laid back weekend. Didn't get much accomplished but who the hell care? All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs w/s & p, 1 potato pancake
Lunch; lamp Indian warp
Dinner; Out with friend tonight..Italian I think, maybe pasta
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs w/s & p, 1 potato pancake
Lunch; lamp Indian warp
Dinner; Out with friend tonight..Italian I think, maybe pasta
Exercise; 3.5 miles walking
Saturday Journal Stats
It's the weekend and I refuse to blog. So, here are the hardcore stats for today.
Breakfast;
2 eggs, one piece of brown bread, 1 cappuccino, 1 potato pancake, olive oil, s & p
Lunch;
nothing
Dinner;
cheese burger, kale salad
Exercise;
3.5 miles walking
Breakfast;
2 eggs, one piece of brown bread, 1 cappuccino, 1 potato pancake, olive oil, s & p
Lunch;
nothing
Dinner;
cheese burger, kale salad
Exercise;
3.5 miles walking
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Computers+ Fasting + BIG NEWS - 6 Inches + Raspberry Vinaigrette
The geek squad is coming tomorrow, and hopefully the problems we're having with our Internet connections will be resolved, at least for the present.
I didn't fast again today, and I don't care, though I did not eat between breakfast and dinner. I'm looking forward to a time when I don't have to fast, with the exception of in-between meals. That's the ving of the thing, it's where I'm headed. As a wise woman once said to me, "It's not where you're coming from Marcel, it's where you're going to that counts." For the rest of the year I will continue to fast twice a week, unless I loose too much weight. This week is the exception to the rule. There's always an exception for everything it seems.
I've faced my food addictions and I've beaten them. I'm not declaring victory just yet because my year is not up, and my goal of 180 /170 total body weight has not been met. I don't look at food the way I did before I started this. In other words, I changed my mind set which was the major stumbling block in the past to loosing weight. I now look at healthy choices with an aside that I can have something that's not particularly healthy for me once in a while, and that this is the way it will be for the rest of my life. The alternative of possible health risks are just too vast to contemplate returning to my previous dysfunctional relationship with food.
The BIG NEWS is that I have decided that once this year of blogging my metamorphosis from a food addicted blob to a relatively normal healthy sixty year old man I am going to quit daily blogging, or as Lizzie the blog stalker once wrote to me, the "what I ate today" blog, and I'm going to move on dot org. I think I'll do a weekly blog instead, and post it on line each Sunday in conjuntion with the SF Chronicle, or maybe nothing at all. There will be no what I ate or exercised today segment, but a general overview of the week with recipes and other crap.
These last 6 months have been amazing, and I've learned a lot about myself. Learning is an on-going process. It never ends until we die. Dying it self is a learning process. I want to take what I've learned and apply it to living a better life. I'd like to help others who have problems with their weight. How to do that I'm not quite sure just yet.
If you notice the title of this blog has a - sign after the word NEWS, and before the letter 6. I did that deliberately because that's how many inches I've lost from my waistline. I said I wasn't going to weigh myself until July 1st, and I think I have enough discipline not to get on a scale, but I never said anything about measuring my belt.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of wheat toast w/basil, 1 potato pancake w/olive oil, s & p and smoked gouda cheese, 1 cup coffee 1 sugar
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; 8 oz. grilled Cheese burger w/smoked gouda cheese and A-1 steak sauce, s & p, salad w/kale, tomato, cucumber, black olives, red bell peppers, raspberry vinaigrette, 2 beers
Exercise Today; 3 miles...back's out again...can't straighter up.....aleve
Raspberry Vinaigrette Recipe; This tart dressing should be used sparingly. It's powerful stuff.
Ingredients;
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 tbs orange juice
2 tbs sugar, honey or agave,
dash of herbs of Provence
pinch salt
2 twists fresh ground pepper
2 tbs good olive oil
4 tbs Champagne vinegar
pinch black cardamon
2 large cloves garlic
1/2 tsp very good balsamic vinegar
Put it all in a blender, pulse on high several times and you're good to go.
I didn't fast again today, and I don't care, though I did not eat between breakfast and dinner. I'm looking forward to a time when I don't have to fast, with the exception of in-between meals. That's the ving of the thing, it's where I'm headed. As a wise woman once said to me, "It's not where you're coming from Marcel, it's where you're going to that counts." For the rest of the year I will continue to fast twice a week, unless I loose too much weight. This week is the exception to the rule. There's always an exception for everything it seems.
I've faced my food addictions and I've beaten them. I'm not declaring victory just yet because my year is not up, and my goal of 180 /170 total body weight has not been met. I don't look at food the way I did before I started this. In other words, I changed my mind set which was the major stumbling block in the past to loosing weight. I now look at healthy choices with an aside that I can have something that's not particularly healthy for me once in a while, and that this is the way it will be for the rest of my life. The alternative of possible health risks are just too vast to contemplate returning to my previous dysfunctional relationship with food.
The BIG NEWS is that I have decided that once this year of blogging my metamorphosis from a food addicted blob to a relatively normal healthy sixty year old man I am going to quit daily blogging, or as Lizzie the blog stalker once wrote to me, the "what I ate today" blog, and I'm going to move on dot org. I think I'll do a weekly blog instead, and post it on line each Sunday in conjuntion with the SF Chronicle, or maybe nothing at all. There will be no what I ate or exercised today segment, but a general overview of the week with recipes and other crap.
These last 6 months have been amazing, and I've learned a lot about myself. Learning is an on-going process. It never ends until we die. Dying it self is a learning process. I want to take what I've learned and apply it to living a better life. I'd like to help others who have problems with their weight. How to do that I'm not quite sure just yet.
If you notice the title of this blog has a - sign after the word NEWS, and before the letter 6. I did that deliberately because that's how many inches I've lost from my waistline. I said I wasn't going to weigh myself until July 1st, and I think I have enough discipline not to get on a scale, but I never said anything about measuring my belt.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of wheat toast w/basil, 1 potato pancake w/olive oil, s & p and smoked gouda cheese, 1 cup coffee 1 sugar
Lunch; nothing
Dinner; 8 oz. grilled Cheese burger w/smoked gouda cheese and A-1 steak sauce, s & p, salad w/kale, tomato, cucumber, black olives, red bell peppers, raspberry vinaigrette, 2 beers
Exercise Today; 3 miles...back's out again...can't straighter up.....aleve
Raspberry Vinaigrette Recipe; This tart dressing should be used sparingly. It's powerful stuff.
Ingredients;
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 tbs orange juice
2 tbs sugar, honey or agave,
dash of herbs of Provence
pinch salt
2 twists fresh ground pepper
2 tbs good olive oil
4 tbs Champagne vinegar
pinch black cardamon
2 large cloves garlic
1/2 tsp very good balsamic vinegar
Put it all in a blender, pulse on high several times and you're good to go.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Computer problems day two + fasting or rather no fasting
The fun continues. I contend that life was simpler and much more fun when we didn't have all this "cutting edge"dependency on "advanced" technology. Walking around with a hand held computer/telephone doesn't cut it for me. I don't find it cool, hot, dope, hip, fly, bitchen, bad, da bomb, the shit, or sexy.
I was very frustrated because of this stupid computer crap today, and very hungry. When I get frustrated it triggers those food cravings and today I caved in. I'm going to try and do my second fast day of the week Friday, tomorrow v.s. today.
I'm not going to trip on it. So, if the 4 of you don't hear from me it's not because I've fallen off the flatbed food truck, it's technology at it's finest once again.
Geek squad needed.
I'm not going to trip on it. So, if the 4 of you don't hear from me it's not because I've fallen off the flatbed food truck, it's technology at it's finest once again.
Geek squad needed.
Real life true confessions.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; yogurt, banana, 2 slices water melon
Lunch; focaccia turkey sandwich w/mayo, dandelion, black pepper, tomato slices
Dinner; dandelion salad black olives, feta cheese, s & p, olive oil, and steamed and sauteed Brussel sprouts, vinaigrette, juice
Exercise; 6 miles walking
Computer Problems
It's the same old story, computer problems, very frustrating. Yesterday was a good day other than the computer. I'll leave it at that for now, too busy. Who knows how long the computer problems will last.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today:
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of wheat bread with fresh chives, 1 potato pancake, black tea with agave
Lunch; handful of nuts, water melon
Dinner; turkey sandwich w/dijon mustard, dandelion greens, tomato slices, black pepper
Exercise; 6 miles walking
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today:
Breakfast; 2 poached eggs on 1 piece of wheat bread with fresh chives, 1 potato pancake, black tea with agave
Lunch; handful of nuts, water melon
Dinner; turkey sandwich w/dijon mustard, dandelion greens, tomato slices, black pepper
Exercise; 6 miles walking
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Burnt Ribs
The rib experiment in the pizza oven did not work as originally conceived. I removed most of the hot coals from the oven. Then I left the oven door open to reduce the heat, then I put the ribs in, and came back 4 hours later and what I got was burnt ribs, black as coal. Maybe the interior heat of the oven was 250 degrees, but the floor of oven was 500, which is where the ribs were sitting. I'm going to try again after another pizza meal and elevate the ribs using bricks and a grill. This way they will not be sitting on the brick oven floor.
For now when I do ribs I'm going to do them in the oven, in the kitchen, inside the house, where I know I have absolute control over the heat distribution. As usual I ate way too much pizza. Today I pay the price.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; home fried potatoes
Lunch; turkey sandwich w/tomato and dijon mustard
Dinner; pizza w/pesto, potato, salumi, smoked gouda cheese
Exercise; 4.5 miles walking
For now when I do ribs I'm going to do them in the oven, in the kitchen, inside the house, where I know I have absolute control over the heat distribution. As usual I ate way too much pizza. Today I pay the price.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food/Not War
What I ate today;
Breakfast; home fried potatoes
Lunch; turkey sandwich w/tomato and dijon mustard
Dinner; pizza w/pesto, potato, salumi, smoked gouda cheese
Exercise; 4.5 miles walking
Monday, June 3, 2013
No Blog Weekend + Pizza Night + Baby Back Spare Ribs
Wee, Geraldine and I had a lovely weekend. They're always too short, especially for her. She works so hard. Life in the urban jungle is still a struggle. I would have blogger or at least given a written account of my food consumption and exercise, but there was too much going on around here at home.
I was very good this weekend with food consumption. I didn't eat between meals and my intake the rest of the time was moderate. I didn't do that as much exercise as I would have liked. Saturdays Geri and I usually walk the dogs first thing in the morning and that's a nice little trail we use and that's a mile. Then we walk around Lake Merritt, which is 3.5 miles. The we go to the Grand Lake farmers market and do some shopping. Then if it's a really good day we get in a couple of more miles after dinner, which we try to do every night.
Today is a fast day and that's going well. I had some pistachios, a little cucumber, and a little water melon. I also had a cup of tea with one sugar for breakfast. I've had some strong cravings today and I needed a little some to quell them.
We have old friends coming over for pizza tonight. This time I'm going to put some baby back ribs in the oven after the pizza cooking is done. I'm using a recipe I got from James Earl Jones. I saw him on Oprah maybe twenty years ago, and O mentioned she had his baby back ribs, and asked what was his secret. The answer was Lawry's seasoning salt for a dry rub. I put a little olive oil on both sides of the ribs, a liberal sprinkling of Lawyr's, double wrap of tin foil, in the oven at 250 degrees for five hours. The hardest thing about this recipe is going to the store and getting the food. If you want to can add some BBQ sauce 45 minutes before you're done cooking or at the end.
I'll close the door to the oven when I done cooking pizza, and then put them in the oven before we go to bed and what when I wake up tomorrow they'll be done. I love that oven.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food, Not War
What I ate today; (see the above for details)
Exercise; 5.5 miles walking
I was very good this weekend with food consumption. I didn't eat between meals and my intake the rest of the time was moderate. I didn't do that as much exercise as I would have liked. Saturdays Geri and I usually walk the dogs first thing in the morning and that's a nice little trail we use and that's a mile. Then we walk around Lake Merritt, which is 3.5 miles. The we go to the Grand Lake farmers market and do some shopping. Then if it's a really good day we get in a couple of more miles after dinner, which we try to do every night.
Today is a fast day and that's going well. I had some pistachios, a little cucumber, and a little water melon. I also had a cup of tea with one sugar for breakfast. I've had some strong cravings today and I needed a little some to quell them.
We have old friends coming over for pizza tonight. This time I'm going to put some baby back ribs in the oven after the pizza cooking is done. I'm using a recipe I got from James Earl Jones. I saw him on Oprah maybe twenty years ago, and O mentioned she had his baby back ribs, and asked what was his secret. The answer was Lawry's seasoning salt for a dry rub. I put a little olive oil on both sides of the ribs, a liberal sprinkling of Lawyr's, double wrap of tin foil, in the oven at 250 degrees for five hours. The hardest thing about this recipe is going to the store and getting the food. If you want to can add some BBQ sauce 45 minutes before you're done cooking or at the end.
I'll close the door to the oven when I done cooking pizza, and then put them in the oven before we go to bed and what when I wake up tomorrow they'll be done. I love that oven.
That's it.
Peace,
Make Food, Not War
What I ate today; (see the above for details)
Exercise; 5.5 miles walking
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