I've been in a major funk since September 2010. The funk has ebbed and flowed. Things seem better and then they're bad again. I'm getting better at admitting when things are bad. When will things be consistently good?

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Day 67 - August 31, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 3 mushrooms, 4 mini peppers, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 avocado
S:  2/3 chicken breast, artichoke hearts, baby carrots, 1/4 cup coconut flakes
L:  beef kabob, mushrooms, red peppers, zucchini
D:  pork fried cauliflower "rice", 1/2 avocado

(First day of school went alright.  I made it through the month without a ton of sugar.  The main item was a can of 7-up last week.  It was not worth it.  It's been really nice not fighting with food on a daily basis.  If I take the time to plan ahead a little bit I know I can eat this way all school year and that's a nice thing to understand.)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Day 66 - August 30, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 avocado, 3 mushrooms, 4 mini peppers, 1 cup broccoli
S:  2/3 chicken breast, baby carrots, artichoke hearts
L:  chicken breast, 1/2 cup salad, 1/4 cup fruit salad
S:  1/4 cup pork chop, 1/2 avocado, baby carrots
D:  Steak kabob, mushrooms, red peppers, zucchini

                I made more eggplant caponata so I can take it for my lunch the rest of the week.

(It worked out that today was a cooking day.  I made the eggplant stuff, another batch of pork fried cauliflower "rice" and the steak kabobs.  I think I'm ready for tomorrow.  And if not, well it's coming anyways.)

Monday, August 29, 2011

Day 65 - August 29, 2011

B:  2 eggs, avocado, 1 cup broccoli, 3 mushrooms, 3 mini peppers
S:  2 cups raw baby carrots, 1/4 cup coconut flakes
L:  2/3 chicken breast and artichoke hearts in a lemon sauce
D:  Leftover pork fried cauliflower "rice", 1 handful raw baby carrots

(I really like the pork fried "rice" leftover.  The flavors have a chance to meld together.  Tastes so good.  I "name" my summers.  Last summer was "yosemite, chicago/michigan/ben, and mosaics".  This summer was "New York, grandpa's, and cooking".  I'm so glad I've been able to try so many new recipes this past month.  It's been fun.)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Day 64 - August 28, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 avocado, 2 slices canadian bacon, 3 mushrooms, 4 mini peppers, 1 cup broccoli.
S:  3 lamb meatballs, 2 mini cucumbers.
L:  Chicken enchiladas, fruit salad.
S:  1/2 avocado, handful of baby carrots.
D:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice".

(The lamb meatballs were interesting.  I have 17 of them frozen.  I'm ready for school to start but then again not really.  I'm going to get to know kids for ten months and then 75 out of 200 of them will be gone.  They'll graduate.  I've already taught some of these kids when they were in the 9th or 10th grade.  It's so hard for me to say goodbye that for the first time I don't want the year to start.  Oh well, this is what I do, and I do love it.  I'm not planning on being a crazy eating person this year so that in and of itself should make this a better year than last year.  Here's to the adventure.)

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Day 63 - August 27, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1 cup broccoli, 1/2 avocado, 4 peppers, 3 mushrooms.
L:  Beef stew, cooked carrots, romaine.
S:  Part of a pork chop, raw baby carrots, 2 baby cucumbers, 1/2 avocado
D:  Chicken, beef, guacamole, green salsa, eggplant caponata, salad with walnuts and fruit, paleo brownie

(I have a lot of leftover pork which will be good for my fried "rice".  I need to make the lamb meatballs tomorrow morning.  I wonder if you freeze them before or after you cook them.  This will be about the tenth new recipe I've tried this month.  It's been fun.  When school starts and things get crazy I need to remember that planning ahead and eating well is worth it.)

Friday, August 26, 2011

Day 62 - August 26, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 avocado, broccoli, mushrooms, peppers, 3 small tomatoes
L:  Lamb kabobs, grilled veggies, roasted artichoke hearts for The Olive Pit
S:  2 hard boiled eggs, 1/2 avocado, 2 cucumbers, raw baby carrots, coconut flakes
D:  Beef stew, cooked baby carrots, coconut flakes, raw baby carrots, romaine

(I need to drink more water.  Sometimes when I think I'm hungry, I'm pretty sure I'm just thirsty.  I found pine nuts today at Sprouts in Brea.  They were on sale for $20/pound...what?  I got about 1/4 of a cup and it cost less than $3 so not too bad.  Now I can try the true lamb meatball recipe probably on Sunday.  Tomorrow I want to grill pork chops so I can make the pork fried cauliflower "rice" again.  Back to work on Monday.  Should be interesting.)

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Day 61 - August 25, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 avocado, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 3 mushrooms, 4 mini peppers
L:  2/3 of a chopped salad from The Corner Bakery
S:  Chicken, 1/2 avocado
D:  Sirloin, peppers, lettuce, peanut slaw from Lucille's

(Good day.  I definitely need to eat 4 times a day.  My headache lingered this morning but finally went away.  I wanted to make lamb meatballs tomorrow and the recipe calls for pine nuts.  I looked at Whole Foods and they were $12.99 for like a cup of pine nuts, so I'm either leaving them out or getting them someplace else.  I decided a few days ago that I do not like the coconut butter but I know coconut is a good fat so I bought coconut flakes today at Whole Foods.  We'll see.)

Day 60 - August 24, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 2 small tomatoes, 1/2 avocado, mushrooms, peppers
L:  Chicken, 2 small cucumbers, 1 cup baby carrots
S:  3 cups spinach, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2.5 slices bacon, 1/2 avocado
D:  Beef stew with carrots
S:  Chicken, 2 small cucumbers

(I also had a regular 7-up on the way to the concert which had 38g of sugar.  That's a lot given the past 23 days.  I ended up with a headache but that could've been the 13,500 screaming/singing fans.  It was a very fun night.)

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Day 59 - August 23, 2011

B:  Chicken, avocado, 2 medium tomatoes.
L:  Chicken, 2 small cucumbers, 1 cup baby carrots.
S:  Beef stir-fry, 2 cups steamed broccoli, celery.
D:  Spinach, 2 hard boiled eggs, 2.5 pieces of bacon.
S:  Garlic beef stew with carrots, celery.

(The crockpot worked well with the stew meat and carrots.  I used a recipe from Everyday Paleo.  I also cut up some of the stew meat for the beef stir fry.  Not that great.  I did marinate the meat though so that was a step in the right direction.  I haven't been counting calories, I've just been eating.  I think this can all be deemed an "adventure" and I'm ok with that right now.)

Monday, August 22, 2011

Day 58 - August 22, 2011

B:  3 eggs, 1/2 red pepper, 2 small tomatoes, 3 slices bacon, and I think I had an avocado
L:  Steak kabobs, grilled veggies, and roasted artichoke hearts from The Olive Pit in Brea
S:  Almond butter, celery, avocado
D:  Chicken, celery, almond butter
S:  Salmon, romaine, 1/2 red pepper

(I bought "stew meat" at Costco so now I need to find a "stew" recipe.  My dad mentioned browning the meat first in some flour and powdered sugar.  Those two items are not currently in my kitchen, so this should be an interesting food experiment, probably happening tomorrow.  No more almond butter or sunflower seed butter or any nut butters until September 2011.  This is a game.  I like games...if I think I have a chance of winning.  If I eat any nut butters the rest of the month I'll give anyone who notices $20...ugh, I don't know if that is enough money...$50.)

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Days 55, 56, and 57 - August 19, 20, and 21

Friday:
Bison Kebab, 1/2 yellow squash, 2 mushrooms, 1/4 red pepper.
Lemon carrots.
Cobb Salad at Brooksfield in Sacramento/Rancho Cordova
Turkey lunch meat, beets, tomatoes/lemon cucumbers/red peppers in vinaigrette.

Saturday:
2 eggs, 2 slices of ham lunch meat.
Tons of turkey lunch meat, lemon carrots.
Pork ribs, salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, and green bell peppers, green beans.
Celery, almond butter.
2/3 carrot pancake, coconut butter.

Sunday:
2 eggs, 3 slices bacon, 1 tomato, 1 avocado, 2 cups steamed broccoli.
Chicken taco, shrimp taco, beef taco, carnitas taco but no shells.
Salmon, cucumber, red pepper, 8 carrots.

(I'm only giving the coconut butter one more chance to be good.  Ugh...maybe two.  My fridge is pretty empty.  I need to go shopping tomorrow.  I know squash is on sale at Sprouts in Brea.  I need one of those roasted chickens from Costco and eggs and broccoli.  I'm not a big fan of lunch meat but it was absolutely necessary on Friday on the farm.  Oh man...21 days with no blatant sugar.  I think I'm past the point where things have fallen apart in the past.  I can't get complacent now.  I'm making it to 30 days.)

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Day 54 - August 18, 2011

B:  3 eggs, 5 mushrooms, 1/4 red pepper, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1 avocado
L:  0.4 pounds of bison, 1/4 red pepper, 1/2 yellow squash, 3 mushrooms (all grilled) and a taste of coconut butter
S:  1 cup of lemon carrots
D:  Beef Brisket, 2/3 cup creamed corn, 2/3 cup thai peanut slaw at Lawry's Carvery near Staples Center


                   (In the interest of time I didn't skewer the vegetables.  I have enough for leftovers.)


(The last two days I used walnut oil to cook my eggs and veggies instead of olive oil.  I can't tell the difference in taste.  If it's ok to eat an avocado a day then I'm all for that.  The bison was really good, better than the bison meatballs I tried in New York.  I forgot to ask them to hold the BBQ sauce on the brisket at dinner.  It definitely had a bunch of sugar.  My parents are here though and there is no crap food in my condo so no chance to go into eating frenzy mode.  Heading out to see family for the next 3 days which means I'll be in an "internet free zone" until late Sunday night.)

Day 53 - August 17, 2011

B:  3 eggs, 2/3 of an avocado, 1/4 red pepper, 4 mushrooms, 2 cups steamed broccoli
L:  Steak kabobs with grilled veggies and roasted artichoke hearts
S:  celery and almond butter
D:  Chopped salad (which included salami, onions, pear tomatoes, cheese and garbanzo beans) at Mozza Pizzeria in LA
S:  celery and sunflower seed butter and almond butter

(I'm only going to be eating 4 times a day when school starts and I decided today that I can't waste one of those meals eating nut butter and celery.  So I'm done with it.  At least for now.  After a week of haggling in my brain about this darn nut butter I decided I like the quote from I don't know where... "Be not afraid of going slowly; be only afraid of standing still.")

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Day 52 - August 16, 2011

6:30am - 3 eggs, 3 mushrooms, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1/2 avocado
10:00am - 9 shrimp with cilantro lime dressing, 1/2 cucumber, lemon carrots
1:00pm - steak kabobs with 1 zucchini, 1/2 red pepper and 4 mushrooms, 2 raw carrots
5:30pm - celery, 1 single serving size of walnut butter and almond butter
10:00pm - 8 shrimp, lemon carrots, celery, sunflower seed butter and almond butter

(So I'm 16 days into this "adventure".  When I've tried eating better in the past the 2-3 week mark is usually when things start falling apart.  I kinda feel that happening with the darn nut butters.  And I'm sitting here wondering if it's the nut butter that I want or is it really the celery that I'm eating it with.  I'm perfectly fine eating celery alone.  I love the crunch.  I don't miss eating chips at all because of it.  But I don't think I could eat the nut butter on it's own.  I dunno.  At least I haven't gone back to sugar...thank goodness for silver linings...and for trying to be more positive in general!)

Monday, August 15, 2011

Day 51 - August 15, 2011

3 eggs, 3 mushrooms, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1/2 avocado.
Chicken Cobb Salad from Panera.
2 carrot sticks, 5 celery sticks, the rest of the almond butter.
1/2 lb of steak, 1 zucchini, 1/2 red pepper and 4 mushrooms all grilled, lemon carrots, 1/2 cucumber.

(I almost thought about going and getting more almond butter.  :(  Instead I started to crochet a beanie for Evangeline.  I'm not using a pattern.  It's going interestingly.  I probably should have used a pattern.)

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Day 50 - August 14, 2011

Chicken from costco, romaine, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 red pepper, 2 celery stalks.
Pork fried cauliflower "rice".
Fried chicken leg and thigh from Albertsons, lemon carrots, corn/olive/pepper/onion salad.
Chicken from costco, lemon carrots, celery, a lot of almond butter.

(If I'm going to eat celery and any kind of nut butter then it needs to be earlier in the day when my brain is functioning better.  Telling myself I can handle eating it late at night is a joke.  Live and learn...but now I've made the same mistake twice.  Is that enough to convince myself that the first time wasn't a fluke.  Usually stuff like this sends me into an eating frenzy because I figure, what the hell, I've already blown it.  But almond butter or sunflower seed butter the other night doesn't seem so bad.  It doesn't wreck havoc on my body like sugar did before where I'd eat 6 cupcakes in a 15 minute period.  But the question remains, how many times do I have to make the same mistake to change what I do?)

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Days 47, 48, 49: August 11, 12, 13

I finally got by computer back!

August 11-
3 eggs, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 2 cups sauteed spinach, 1/2 avocado.
Steak kabobs, grilled veggies and roasted artichoke hearts from Olive Pit Grill in Brea.
5 celery stalks, sunflower seed butter, 1/2 cucumber.
2/3 chicken breast with lemon sauce and artichoke hearts, 1/2 cucumber, leftover collard greens and eggplant livorno.

August 12 -
3 eggs, mushrooms, collard greens.
Machaca and scrambled eggs with sliced tomatoes at The Filling Station in Orange.
Shrimp and Crab Louie at King's Fish House in Orange.
2/3 chicken breast with lemon sauce and artichoke hearts, eggplant livorno, 5 radishes, 8 celery stalks, sunflower seed butter.

August 13 -
Roasted Chicken from Costco, 1/2 avocado, 1 zucchini and 1 yellow squash sauteed in olive olive, baby carrots.
Roasted Chicken from Costco, 1 romaine heart, 1/2 red pepper, 1/2 cucumber, 2 celery stalks, baby carrots.
1/2 pound pork chop, 1 steamed yellow squash.
Steak kabobs, grilled veggies and roasted artichoke hearts from Olive Pit Grill in Brea.

(On the 12th I shouldn't have been eating the celery and sunflower seed butter.  I was bored, not hungry.  I've made a list of things I can do when I'm bored and put it on my refrigerator door.  I hope that helps.  Right now I want some almond butter but I'm not hungry.  That's so annoying.  When I was driving back from Brea tonight I was thinking, if someone offered me one of those fabulous Levain Bakery cookies right now I wouldn't want it.  That was an amazing realization.  Granted I had just had dinner but still.  It's only 9:13 but I think I'm going to sleep.  That way I won't descend into an almond butter frenzy.)

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Day 46 - August 10, 2011

7:00am - 3 eggs, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1 cup sauteed spinach, 1/2 an avocado
10:30am - 10 shrimp with cilantro lime sauce and the rest of the cauliflower/zucchini from yesterday
12:15pm - Celery and sunflower seed butter
4:10pm - 2/3 of a chicken breast with lemon sauce and artichoke hearts, collard greens with bacon and onions
8:45pm - Leftover beef with tomatoes, leftover eggplant livorno, leftover collard greens

                            The new chicken dish I tried was really good.  Have leftovers for 2 meals.


(I have leftover collard greens galore.  I'll eat as much of them as I can but I dunno.  I'm going to run out of spinach and broccoli at about the same time so that's good.  It means it's time for a trip to costco.  I wonder if they sell ground lamb because I want to try a meatball recipe before school starts.  It's been 10 days and I don't really miss sugar or flour or fruit.  I'm not super stressed though either.  Next week my parents visit so that will be a true test to see how this works when things get a bit nuts.)

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Day 45 - August 9, 2011

6:30am:  Broccoli quiche - no crust from the Primal Blueprint quick and easy meals cookbook
10:00am:  Beef stew meat with tomatoes, Eggplant Livorno...basically eggplant, tomatoes, onions and spices
2:00pm:  2/3 chicken breast with tahini dressing, sauteed cauliflower and zucchini in olive oil with spices, 4 steamed baby bok choy
5:30pm:  Salad with turkey and ham lunch meat and bacon with cucumbers, olives, bell peppers at Which 'Wich in Fullerton
9:00pm:  Celery and Sunflower Seed Butter

(I tried 4 new recipes today and I think 3 of them are worth fixing again.  Now I have 3 servings of the eggplant livorno left and 1 serving of the beef and cauliflower/zucchini left to eat later.  Tomorrow I don't have to drive into Orange County which is nice.  I tried to buy pork tonight at Trader Joe's but none of it looked good... they only had two options.  My plan for tomorrow is to try out two new dishes, one with vegetables and one with chicken.  We'll see how it goes.)

Monday, August 8, 2011

Day 44 - August 8, 2011

6:30am:  3 eggs, 3 mushrooms, and 2 cups spinach sauteed in olive oil and 2 cups steamed broccoli
9:30am:  Leftover Pork Fried "Rice"
12:45pm:  Steak Kabob, roasted vegetables, grilled artichoke hearts from The Olive Pit in Brea
4:15pm:  Celery and Sunflower Seed Butter
7:00pm:  Leftover chicken breast salad with carrots/radishes and tahini "dressing", 4 steamed baby bok choy, 1/3 pound lemon vinagrette carrots.

(I decided after giving the chicken salad with tahini dressing another shot that I'm not fixing it again.  There are so many better things to do with chicken.  Now I need to find some other recipe that uses tahini because I have a ton of it and it wasn't cheap so I'm not just throwing it out.  I have also realized that I like bok choy but not enough to buy it at costco.  And the pork fried "rice" was actually better today than on Saturday...interesting.  I don't know what I'm doing yet tomorrow food-wise.  And I know I need to decide now so I'm not overwhelmed tomorrow and end up making a bad choice.  Is eating this way fun or work?  I don't know yet.)

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Day 43 - August 7, 2011

7:00am - Lamb burger patty, 1/3 pound of halfway cooked carrots in lemon vinagrette
12:25pm - Pork Roast, 1/4 cup cabbage coleslaw, 1/4 cup broccoli coleslaw, 4 small dill pickels in Anaheim
4:30pm - 2/3 chicken breast, 2 radishes, 6 baby carrots, 1/2 cucumber, tahini (sesame) dressing
7:45pm - 1/3 pound grilled skirt steak, 1 heart of romaine, 2/3 yellow pepper, 1/2 avocado, 4 steamed baby bok choy with coconut aminos

                                         The contents of my fridge.  A lot of veggies and some meat.

(This is when things get "dangerous".  I'm not hungry at all and I'm tired.  I have work to do for a meeting tomorrow at 2pm.  I could do what I've done in the past which is eat to stay awake and do work or I could just go to sleep.  The Yankees/Red Sox game has gone into extra innings.  I'm falling asleep as I type this.  No more eating today.  It's only 9:15 but I'm going to bed.  No chance to do dumb things.  Let's try and be smart.)

Saturday, August 6, 2011

Day 42 - August 6, 2011

6:15am:  3 eggs, 1 leek sauteed in olive oil, 2 strips of bacon, 2 cups of steamed broccoli
11:40am:  Lamb burger with 2 romaine lettuce leaves and mustard, partway cooked carrots in a lemon vinagrette
3:30pm:  Pork Fried "Rice":  1/4 pound ground pork, 1/4 head cauliflower, 1/2 egg, 1/2 onion, 1/2 cup green peas, sesame oil and coconut aminos
8:20pm:  Grilled Steak Salad:  1/3 pound skirt steak, 1 heart of romaine, 1/3 yellow pepper, 2 green onions, 1/2 cucumber, 1/2 avocado all mashed up so it was kinda like dressing but not really

                      Pretty good.  Next time I might try cut up pork cutlets instead of ground pork.

(I just realized I didn't have chicken today.  Wow.  I'm not missing the sugar or flour too much yet.  But then again I'm on vacation.  I've been able to plan ahead and cook a variety of foods so I don't get bored with the same meals again and again.  I need to remember this when I get stressed in September.  Even if it takes 30 extra minutes it's worth it to try 1 or 2 new recipes a week if it means not going sugar crazy.)

Friday, August 5, 2011

Day 41 - August 5, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 2 mushrooms, 1 cup sauteed spinach, 2 cups steamed broccoli
Snack:  Green Thai chicken with water chestnuts, 1 cup baked curry cauliflower from Everyday Paleo, 4 baby bok choy with coconut aminos
Lunch:  0.4 pound of sirloin, 1/2 zucchini, 1/2 red bell pepper, 4 mushrooms
Snack:  3 stalks of celery and sunflower seed butter
Dinner:  Lamb burger patty from Mark's Primal Blueprint Fast Recipes, 1 yellow squash and 1 zucchini steamed

(It's not easy for me to eat a substantial amount of protein everytime I eat.  It's been fun trying new recipes.  The baked curry cauliflower was really good and I've never in my life purchased ground lamb before.  I don't think I'll go crazy on the sunflower seed butter like I've done in the past with almond butter.  I wasn't sure how that was going to go. 

At some point this evening when I was coming back from Fresh n' Easy, it's only an 8 minute walk down the road, I realized that the first time I try anything it usually doesn't end up going very well.  I typically listen to people's advice but don't incorporate a whole lot of it into whatever I'm doing.  I guess I'm fairly stubborn.  Then the second or third time around I usually come to see that I don't really know what I'm doing and maybe I should listen to what others are suggesting.  You would think I'd learn to just listen to people from the beginning.  Maybe someday.)

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Day 40 - August 4, 2011

6:30am - Green Thai coconut milk chicken with water chestnuts, 1 cup steamed spinach
9:40am - 1/2 cucumber and 1 hard boiled egg
12:15pm - 2 cups raw spinach, 2 slices of bacon, 2 hard boiled eggs (spinach salad) and 1 cup steamed broccoli
3:00pm - 10 shrimp with a lime/jalapeno/cilantro/cumin/olive oil sauce, 1/2 an avocado, 1/2 cucumber
8:00pm - 2 skewers which amounted to 0.4 pound sirloin, 1/2 red pepper, 4 mushrooms, 1/2 zucchini

Dinner was good...and I have leftovers!

(I passed a ton of donut stores on the way to the courthouse.  A kid was selling candy in the jury room after lunch.  I went to the Whole Foods near the cupcake place in Belmont Shore and briefly thought, if this was 5 weeks ago, I'd be getting cupcakes.  None of this bothered me today though.  The dudes running the jury room were hilarious.  I had a cookbook with me and was finding recipes to try.  Jury duty couldn't have come at a better time.  I needed to laugh.)

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Day 39 - August 3, 2011

6:30am - 3 eggs, 1/2 avocado, 1 cup steamed spinach
10:30am - 1 romaine heart, 1/3 yellow pepper, 1/2 english cucumber, 3/4 chicken breast
3:15pm - Salmon cake (consists of canned salmon, 1 egg, green onion, fresh ginger, dill, lemon juice fried in coconut oil) from Everyday Paleo and 2 steamed yellow squash
8:45pm - 3/4 chicken breast, 1/3 yellow pepper, 3 steamed baby bok choy with coconut aminos (like soy sauce without the soy or sugar)

I read about the coconut aminos online today and found it at Henry's in Fullerton.  The bottle doesn't lie...it fizzes like crazy.  I was surprised it tastes so good.  Will definitely be using it in the future.  I'm trying to eat more red meat.  That did not happen today.  I have to report for jury duty tomorrow.  I don't know what that is going to mean for what I eat at lunch.  I should take food with me.  I should get that ready now.  I wonder how long a hard boiled egg stays "good" out of the refrigerator?

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 38 - August 2, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 2 cups steamed broccoli, 1/2 an avocado
Lunch:  3/4 of a chicken breast, 2 steamed yellow squash
Snack:  Last third of the beef, red pepper, water chestnut stir fry with 2 cups steamed broccoli
Dinner:  3/4 of a chicken breast, 1/3 of a yellow bell pepper, 1/2 of an english cucumber, 1 heart of romaine...ie...I had a big ass salad with no dressing.

I picked up some new ingredients at the store today, mostly spices, and I'm excited about trying some different recipes out before I get to go back to school.  It always seems better to write "get" instead of "have" and "school" instead of "work".

Day 37 - August 1, 2011

Breakfast:  3 eggs, 1 zuchinni sauteed in olive oil
Lunch:  1/3 pound of beef, 1/3 red bell pepper, water chestnuts all sauteed in olive oil and 1/2 an english cucumber
Dinner:  same as lunch

I took a nap from about 10-noon and then slept from 7:45pm until 3:21am.  When I looked at my phone at 3:21 I thought forget this I'm sleeping some more and eventually got up right before 6 with a small headache.  I need to eat a wider variety of food today so I don't get super bored.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Day 36 - July 31, 2011

Last day in NY/Plane Day:
Waffle stuffed with yogurt, bananas and blueberries, orange juice, bacon, 1/2 corned beef with swiss on pumpernickel sandwich, 2 scoops ice cream, cinnamon roll, cheddar cheese pretzel, sour patch kids, trail mix, 2 levain bakery cookies.

August should be interesting.