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?

Friday, September 30, 2011

Day 97 - September 30, 2011

For some reason this wasn't a good day and I don't really know why.  Maybe cuz I didn't get enough sleep last night.  Maybe because Geometry took a quiz today so I'm going to need to spend about 3 hours correcting that this weekend.  Maybe because I feel like I need a one week break from life.  Anyways, here's what I ate today...half an hour ago I felt kinda sick.

Pork fried cauliflower "rice", broccoli, avocado, carrots, 4 apples, 3 bananas, about 1.5 cups cashews, 12 lara bars, dried fruit with mixed nuts from Target, chicken with ham, peas and carrots, tri-tip, eggplant caponata

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Day 96 - September 29, 2011

B:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", avocado
L:  Chicken and artichokes, carrots
S:  Lamb kabobs, grilled vegetables, roasted artichoke hearts
D:  Progenex, banana, apple, carrots, avocado, tri-tip

(I still haven't made my brussels sprouts with bacon because now I am out of bacon.  Tomorrow I'm eating out with friends for dinner at a British place in Fullerton.  I'm glad I only bought two pieces of fruit today when I stopped at Target.)

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Day 95 - September 28, 2011

B:  2 egg omelette, broccoli, avocado
S:  Chicken and artichokes, eggplant caponata, coconut
L:  Pastrami, carrots
S:  Avocado
D:  Progenex, pork fried cauliflower "rice", some tri-tip, carrots

(I finally cooked the tri-tip.  It was nice to finish off the pastrami.  I don't think I want to eat eggplant again until at least next week.  Only two more days this week.  I'm gonna make it!)

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Day 94- September 27, 2011

B:  2 egg omelette, broccoli, spinach
S:  Pastrami, celery, coconut, eggplant caponata
L:  Chicken and artichoke hearts, banana
S:  Chicken, shrimp, scallops, broccoli, salad at Red Lobster in Brea
D:  Progenex, spinach salad, baby carrots, avocado

(Ate more today than normal but nothing in a robotic state so that was good.  A kid at lunch gave me the banana.  At first I told him I didn't want it but then went ahead and accepted it.  The sides at Red Lobster were broccoli, mashed potatoes, rice pilaf, and fries.  I had a double portion of broccoli and it was pretty good.  Tomorrow for dinner I need to eat some of the tri-tip....but I still need to cook it.)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Day 93 - September 26, 2011

B:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", avocado
L:  Pastrami, celery, eggplant caponata
S:  Lamb kabobs, grilled veggies, roasted artichoke hearts
D:  3 lamb meatballs, avocado, a bunch of baby carrots

(Cooking the lamb meatballs always makes my condo incredibly smokey.  I'm cooking chicken and artichokes now.  I need to cook another tri-tip roast either tomorrow or Wednesday.  It was on sale at Albertsons for $2.99/pound.  I've been wanting to try a brussels sprouts recipe with bacon for over a month.  I think it's gonna happen this week.  I've decided to lay off the fruit and mixed nuts, at least for a little bit.  I don't like weighing 195 pounds.)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Day 91 and 92 - September 24 and 25

September 24th - So here's what I ate yesterday up north while visiting my 89 year old grandpa who is living in a nursing home and pretty much not liking life and even mentioned that he wished my grandma were still alive even though she had been slowly declining in health for 7-8 years and at the end had no idea what was really going on...
7 apples, 5 bananas, 1 basket of strawberries, 5 larabars, container of cashews, 2 avocados, pastrami, chicken/veggie stir fry, 4 cucumbers, and a bag of mixed nuts/dried fruit trail mix from Trader Joe's

September 25th -
B:  2 egg omelette, spinach, avocado
L:  Chicken breast, corn, avocado, 2 cucumbers
S:  Spinach salad with 2 hard boiled eggs, red onion, and 4 slices bacon
D:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", carrots, avocado, progenex

(I made eggplant caponata this afternoon so now I have 4 servings of that.  I'm not going to buy pastrami at Costco ever again.  It's too much to eat before it goes bad.  I'm having it tomorrow and probably Tuesday too.  No crazy eating today so that was nice.)

Saturday, September 24, 2011

Day 90 and 91 - September 23 and 24, 2011

I'm going to go with the erroneous thought that if I don't write about the day then it didn't actually happen.  The mini trip up north is over so now I have no excuse...and even that one wasn't very good.

Thursday, September 22, 2011

Day 89 - September 22, 2011

B:  Omelette, broccoli, avocado
S:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice"
L:  Chicken, 3 cucumbers, 1/2 red bell pepper
S:  Mixed nuts, cucumber, avocado, 6 carrots
D:  Chicken stir fry, avocado

                                         (Chicken Stir Fry - I used roasted chicken from Costco)

(Next time I'm going to actually follow the recipe for "stir fry sauce" that I found on EverydayPaleo.com.  This was good but I think it could be better.)

Day 88 - September 21, 2011

B:  Big ass omelette, avocado, broccoli
S:  Tri-tip, eggplant caponata, coconut
L:  Chicken, carrots
S:  A ton of mixed nuts
D:  Turkey, 2 cucumbers, 1 apple

(I ate a ton of mixed nuts because I bought a ton of mixed nuts.  I only ate one apple because I only bought one apple.  Patterns patterns everywhere...in math this is fun, in life I dunno.)

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Day 87 - September 20, 2011

B:  I'm just going to start writing "big ass omlette" because it's what I eat almost everyday, broccoli, avocado
S:  Chicken and artichokes, zucchini and cauliflower, coconut
L:  Tri-tip, eggplant caponata, carrots
S:  Tri-tip, mixed nuts, chicken
D:  Progenex, turkey, mixed nuts

(I feel ok about today.  I decided at Costco that there is no way I shouldn't be able to handle having some mixed nuts around, so I bought the giant container.  It serves 40 says the side panel.  I wanna see if I can make it to at least 20 servings.  Tomorrow is cooking night...I'm going to try at least one new recipe.  I'm excited about it.)

Monday, September 19, 2011

Day 86 - September 19, 2011

B:  2 eggs, small avocado, broccoli, spinach, 1/2 red bell pepper, mushrooms, green onions
S:  2/3 chicken breast with artichoke hearts, zucchini/cauliflower medley, eggplant caponata, coconut
L:  Tri-tip, broccoli vinaigrette slaw, 2 cucumbers, 1 carrot, small avocado
D:  Banana, ham, eggplant caponata, 2 cucumbers, small avocado

(Probably ate too much, but I don't feel "stuffed".  The reason I didn't go crazy on the fruit is because I only bought one banana when I stopped at the store...and I forgot to get eggs.  :(  I have two left though for tomorrow morning.  Tomorrow I need to cook the 2 pork chops in my fridge that I got on sale Sunday at Ralphs.  Then I can make the cauliflower fried rice again.  I've tried it with shrimp and with chicken but the pork is the best by far.)

Sunday, September 18, 2011

Days 83, 84 and 85 - September 16, 17, and 18

Big sigh.  Still no processed sugar so that's a good thing.  Still eat way too much "paleo" food when I'm bored, tired, stressed, etc so that's a bad thing.  So tomorrow I "begin again" yet again wondering if this time will be any different.  I did make eggplant caponata tonight and cooked a tri-tip roast so I'm happy about that.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Day 81 and 82 - September 14 and 15, 2011

I ate too many apples yesterday and today.  The "tempting fate idea" by buying 14 apples at once at Costco was not a good plan.  I've still eaten a bunch of vegetables, chicken, avocados, and corned beef, but the apples "win" on what I've had the most.  Ugh and move on.  Here we go again.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Day 80 - September 13, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 3 mushrooms, 1/2 red bell pepper, broccoli, avocado
S:  2/3 chicken breast, artichoke hearts, lemon carrots, apple
L:  Beef kabobs, grilled veggies, roasted artichoke hearts at The Olive Pit in Brea
D:  Apple, a TON of cashews, macadamia nuts, carrots, 1 slice of corned beef at Sprouts

(Drink more water!  Do not buy seeds or nuts!!!  Plan a little bit better.)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Day 79 - September 12, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 red bell pepper, broccoli, avocado
L:  2/3 chicken breast, artichoke hearts, lemon carrots
S:  2/3 chicken breast, curry cauliflower, apple
D:  Beef, squash, tomatoes, mushrooms, 1/4 cup yams, coconut

(I bought a pack of 14 apples from Costco so in theory those should last for 14 days.  Gotta make that happen.  I've decided I'm going to try shrimp fried cauliflower "rice" next time instead of using pork.  My next cooking day is Wednesday...or maybe tomorrow depending on when I get home...cuz the fried rice is better after it sits around a day.)

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Day 78 - September 11, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 red bell pepper, 1.5 cups broccoli, avocado
L:  Ham, 4 mini slices of cheese, tomato slices, "asian" slaw
S:  Beef, squash, tomatoes, mushrooms, coconut
D:  Salmon burger patty, curry cauliflower, celery, carrots, 1/4 cup yams, a few bites of chicken to see if it was any good

                            The curry cauliflower is great!  I get 3 servings out of one head of cauliflower.

(I've been wanting to try the salmon burger patty for a month.  It didn't hold together very well when I flipped it but I'm ok with that.  It tasted really good.  I cooked 4 things tonight to eat this week.  I'm pretty happy with how this whole eating thing is going.)

Day 77 - September 10, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 2 slices canadian bacon, 1/2 red bell pepper, avocado, banana
L:  Salmon, 1/4 cup fried yams, kale, banana, apple
D:  Beef, squash, mushrooms, tomatoes, avocado
S:  2 nectarines, coconut

(I don't have too much of a problem only eating "paleo" foods but I still eat when I'm bored or don't want to do what I really should be doing like work for school.  I had 5 pieces of fruit.  Wow, and not in a good way.)

Friday, September 9, 2011

Day 76 - September 9, 2011

B:  2 eggs, tri-tip, broccoli, avocado
S:  Chicken, kale, celery
L:  Pulled pork, mustard slaw, collard greens, 2 pickles at Lucille's
D:  Brat sausage with onions and peppers, greens with squash and carrots, banana at Angel Stadium
S:  Apple, cashews, coconut

(I finally looked to see how many calories coconut has.  Wow, like 200 for 1/4 cup.  I have no fresh meat in the fridge.  :(  I'm defrosting a salmon fillet from Costco but I know I'm going to need to go to the store at some point tomorrow.)

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Day 75 - September 8, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 red bell pepper, 3 slices bacon, 1 cup broccoli, avocado
S:  Chicken, coconut, celery, 1/2 cucumber
L:  Tri-tip, kale, avocado
D:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", 1/2 cucumber, some chicken.

(I'm exhausted and I've only been thru 3 days this week.  I need to do so many things that I think I may just go to bed instead.)

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Day 74 - September 7, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 1/2 red bell pepper, 3 slices bacon, avocado
L:  Chicken, lemon carrots, coconut flakes
S:  Tri-tip, 3 celery stalks, 1/2 cucumber
D:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", a lot of blueberries...probably 1.5 cups, maybe 2

(I felt like the blueberries were getting old so I ate them all up.  I ran out of lemon carrots today and it's kinda late for me to be cooking anything so I dunno about tomorrow.  We'll see how it goes.  It should be ok.  I can steam something up in the morning if I really think I need to.  I currently have no fruit.  I should have bought some today when I went to Sprouts in Brea.  Ahh well, live and learn.)

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Day 73 - September 6, 2011

B:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", avocado
L:  Costco chicken, eggplant livorno, coconut flakes
S:  Tri-tip, coleslaw
D:  Lamb kabobs, grilled vegetables, roasted artichoke hearts from The Olive Pit in Brea

(The eggplant livorno is finally gone.  I didn't miss the eggs this morning.  I have lemon carrots for tomorrow but may resort to celery and cucumbers for my other meal's vegetables which I've decided right now that I have to be ok with that.  I left at 6:10am and didn't get home until 8:50pm.  I'm really tired.  On my way home I was thinking, "I should eat something when I get there" but then I thought, "But you're not hungry at all."  I only would have been eating for something to do.  Last year I would've eaten anything.  This year I didn't.  What a difference 365 days makes.)

Monday, September 5, 2011

Day 72 - September 5, 2011

B:  Chicken (part of the roasted ones from Costco), lemon carrots, eggplant livorno, avocado
L:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", blueberries, coconut flakes
S:  Tri-tip, vinaigrette coleslaw (with cabbage, celery, green onions and cashews), 1/2 cucumber
D:  Chicken, coleslaw, lemon carrots, coconut flakes

(I really like the lemon carrots.  I don't like the eggplant livorno very much.  It's only ok.  The vinaigrette coleslaw was also "eh".  I was surprised at how easy it was to cook the tri-tip roast.  I figure I'll get 5 servings from it.  Woohoo.  I also was reminded today that I don't get nearly as hungry when I'm drinking enough water.  I didn't cook enough this weekend to make it through the week which means Wednesday or Thursday needs to be a mini cooking night, which should be cool.)

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Day 71 - September 4, 2011

Big sigh...I don't know if I want to write all of this today...it wasn't so great.  Ahh, here it goes:

Breakfast at 3:15am - Banana, 3 celery stalks, almond butter
Snack at 8:10am - Banana
Breakfast again at 9:00am - 2 eggs, 4 slices bacon, ham steak at Mimi's Cafe
Lunch at 12:05pm - Leftover beerocks, 1/2 cucumber, avocado
Snack if it can be called that at 3:00pm - Celery and the rest of the jar of almond butter.
Dinner at 9:45pm - Banana, some pork fried cauliflower "rice" and a ton of cashews, like 2 cups at least.

(So nuts and nut butter are not easy to have around and not go crazy on them.  Maybe because they remind me of salt even though the ones I got were unsalted.  I don't really know.  I just know I shouldn't buy them anymore.  I keep telling myself I should be able to do certain things, like have a jar of almond butter in my fridge, but no, not right now.  I hate making the same mistake over and over again.  But here's to another day.  I'm going to cook a tri-tip roast for the first time ever tomorrow.  Yay!)

Day 70 - September 3, 2011

B:  2 eggs, avocado, 8 mini peppers, 3 slices of bacon
S:  Banana, coconut flakes, 12 medium shrimp, eggplant caponata
L:  Beerocks...basically ground beef with cabbage and onions usually all encased in bread, 1/2 cucumber
D:  Chicken, lemon carrots, eggplant livorno and I may have had another avocado...I can't remember now.

(I cooked a lot in the morning.  It was nice to get a bunch of stuff ready so I have good food ready to eat whenever.  The beerocks was better when my dad made it.  He asked what dough I had used and I said I just ate the filling.  He was shocked but I explained how I was doing the no sugar, no flour, no grains etc. thing.  He mentioned pork adobo and I had been thinking about that too but he said there's no way he could eat that without rice or noodles and I mentioned that cauliflower "rice" was pretty good.  I may try and make that later this week depending on how things go.)

Friday, September 2, 2011

Day 69 - September 2, 2011

B:  2 eggs, 5 mushrooms, 4 mini peppers, 1/2 cup broccoli, 1 avocado
S:  12 medium shrimp, eggplant caponata, baby carrots, 1/4 cup coconut, banana
L:  Beef Kabobs, roasted artichoke hearts, grilled vegetables from The Olive Pit
D:  Seafood cobb salad with oil and vinegar from King's Fish House
S:  Chicken, 1 avocado

(The banana was good.  I have one more for tomorrow.  I also bought blueberries tonight for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and maybe Wednesday.  I was starving by 2pm.  I ate.  Then I ate again around 5:30.  Finally I ate even more.  Now I'm not hungry but I am exhausted.  Yay 3 day weekend.)

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Day 68 - September 1, 2011

B:  12 medium shrimp, avocado, eggplant caponata, carrots
S:  Beef, zucchini, red peppers, mushrooms
L:  Pork fried cauliflower "rice", romaine, carrots
D:  3 hard boiled eggs, eggplant caponata, 1/4 cup coconut flakes
S:  Romaine, avocado

(I feel like I had a lot of carrots today.  I haven't eaten two avocados in the same day for a really long time.  I bought two somewhat green bananas today at Henry's.  I gotta make sure I don't go overboard on fruit.  I'm trying a new recipe on Saturday with ground beef.  I can't remember the last time I cooked with ground beef.  It should be interesting.)