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
Sunday, June 9, 2013
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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