#3011, Friday, April 28, 2023

Post 3011

- 13 years and 118 days since I started this blog -

Maplewood Grill Open Mic, April 18, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/27/23):         197.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice loss today means a loss on the week. Yay! Way to go, me. Of course, today's diet of restaurant meals may not be something I can recover from by Monday.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:50pm, at King David's Restaurant: Vegetarian plate: Salad, falafel, hummus, baba ganoush, tabouli, pita bread.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
8:30pm, at Angry Smokehouse: Beef brisket, coleslaw, brussel sprouts in bacon cream sauce.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;   Coffee: 18 oz.;  Water: 36+ oz.; 2 black Russians.

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#3010, Thursday, April 27, 2023

Post 3010

- 13 years and 117 days since I started this blog -

Maplewood Grill Open Mic, April 18, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/25/23):         197.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change. Still under 200. Good enough for now.

Food Log

Breakfast
3:35pm: 

Vegetarian frittata (eggs, cheddar cheese, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, onions, kale and spinach). Not shown: Dark chocolate nut bar.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
11:05pm: Chicken sandwich, with guacamole, on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread, with homemade coleslaw and walnuts. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 52+ oz.;

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#3009, Wednesday, April 26, 2023

Post 3009

- 13 years and 116 days since I started this blog -

Maplewood Grill Open Mic, April 18, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/25/23):         195.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change. Today. Everything changes.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:55pm: 

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes). Not shown: A slice of Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
11:05pm: Chicken salad (sliced rotisserie chicken, homemade mayonnaise, Spring Mix and spinach). A Quest bar and a dark chocolate nut bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.; and a healthy shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#3008, Tuesday, April 25, 2023

Post 3008

- 13 years and 115 days since I started this blog -

Maplewood Grill Open Mic, April 18, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    195.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/24/23):         198.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 2.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! One day of on-plan eating and I'm back in my best zone. Tonight's dinner, though, just about promises a weight gain tomorrow.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:25pm: Scrambled eggs. A Quest bar.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
7:30pm, at the Maplewood Grill: Half a (gigantic) reuben sandwich, and a salad.

Snack
11:00pm, at the Maplewood Grill: The other half of that (gigantic) reuben sandwich, and a dark chocolate and nut bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.;

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#3007, Monday, April 24, 2023

Post 3007

- 13 years and 114 days since I started this blog -

Maplewood Grill Open Mic, April 18, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    198.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/21/23):         196.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

This was an unexpected result. Based on what I ate and drank over the weekend, I was expecting a loss. This might be retained water from eating salty food (including restaurant food) and from discontinuing my 4-day-a-week senna pill (which I was taking as a prophylactic against constipation, one of my few fears). I don't know. I think 196 pounds is my new normal, we'll see if regular eating is enough to bring it down (although I already have plans to dine out Tuesday night, it may take awhile).

Food Log

Breakfast
21:05pm:

Oatmeal plus (rolled oats, chia and hemp seeds, wild blueberries, walnuts, kefir, whey protein powder, nutritional yeast, mushroom powder, cacao nibs, cinnamon, stevia). Not shown: Scrambled eggs.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
11:05pm: Chicken salad (rotisserie chicken, homemade mayonnaise, walnuts, Spring Mix, cabbage and spinach. A Quest bar..

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 50+ oz.;

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#3006, Friday, April 21, 2023

Post 3006

- 13 years and 111 days since I started this blog -

April 11, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/20/23):         197.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

Back to Monday's weight. Okay, another pound-and-a-half off, please.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:15pm: 

Frittata with cheddar and parmesan cheese, sweet potatoes, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions and peppers.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
10:05pm: Rotisserie chicken salad (sliced rotisserie chicken, walnuts, Spring Mix, cabbage, spinach, walnuts, tomato, and balsamic vinaigrette). A few squares of dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3005, Thursday, April 20, 2023

Post 3005

- 13 years and 110 days since I started this blog -

April 11, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/19/23):         197.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change. Today. Everything changes.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:20pm:

Oatmeal plus (rolled oats, chia and hemp seeds, wild blueberries, walnuts, kefir, whey protein powder, nutritional yeast, mushroom powder, cacao nibs, cinnamon, stevia).

Lunch
5:45pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
11:25pm: Roasted brussels sprouts with olive oil, cheddar cheese, and Everything But the Bagel seasoning. Carrots and homemade mayonnaise. A few squares of dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3004, Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Post 3004

- 13 years and 109 days since I started this blog -

April 11, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/18/23):         196.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change. Today. Everything changes.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:55pm: 

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions and peppers). Not shown: A slice of Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
11:40pm: Chicken salad (sliced rotisserie chicken, cheddar cheese, Spring Mix, cabbage, spinach, walnuts, creamy balsamic dressing). A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 36+ oz.; 2 shots of Jameson's Irish whiskey.

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#3003, Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Post 3003

- 13 years and 108 days since I started this blog -

April 11, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/17/23):         196.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change. Today. Everything changes. Tomorrow is probably going to show a change to the upside, considering the massive late-night calorie-fest.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:45pm: 

Scrambled eggs with mixed greens, tomato, onion, cheddar cheese and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast with cream cheese and Everything But the Bagel seasoning.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
11:15pm: Carrots and homemade mayonnaise, mixed nuts and horseradish cheddar, and a One bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; and a Black Russian

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#3002, Monday, April 17, 2023

Post 3002

- 13 years and 107 days since I started this blog -

April 11, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/14/23):         196.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 0.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

I have been at the same weight for the last eight days, and also none of the last ten days. That's unusual enough to notice, but really only goes to show that I am maintaining. Nothing more.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:30pm:

Veggie pizza omelet (eggs, shaved parmesan, Wegman's Grandpa's Sauce Goes Vegetarian, kale, spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms) and Golden milk oatmeal (oatmeal, chia seeds, hemp seeds, Greek yogurt, turmeric, cardamom, cinnamon, sage, powdered mushroom, salt and pepper).

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
11:15pm: A Quest bar and a lot of mixed nuts.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 66+ oz.;

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#3001, Friday, April 14, 2023

Post 3001

- 13 years and 104 days since I started this blog -

April 5, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/13/23):         196.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I have been at the same weight for the last eight days, and also none of the last ten days. That's unusual enough to notice, but really only goes to show that I am maintaining. Nothing more.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:30pm: A Quest bar.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
6:30pm, at the Fish Place: Fried haddock sandwich, cole slaw, potato salad, fried mushrooms.

Snack
9:00pm, at Sweet Treats: Hot fudge sundae (with vanilla soft-serve and whipped cream).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; a shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#3000, Thursday, April 13, 2023: Wow! 3000!

Post 3000

- 13 years and 103 days since I started this blog -

April 5, 2023

Daily Comment

I have written three thousand posts. What started off as an online food journal on January 1, 2010 had been going for over thirteen years.

I'm proud of this achievement.

As it happens, two weeks ago I achieved my second weight-loss goal of 195 pounds, effortlessly, as I was a few pounds under that when I got back from my winter travels. Today, I was a pound heavier than that. I expect to bounce back under quickly.

It's something. I haven't been in my current apartment for as long as I've been writing this blog. At the beginning, I had a life-changing dream, about happiness being a choice, and it changed everything.

While much of the time writing the blog, in whatever shape or form (as strictly food journal, or with Daily Comments like this one, or just as a travel blog, without diet content) is a labor of love, it doesn't feel like work. I enjoy the time I spend doing it.

It makes me happy.

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/12/23):         194.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 1.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

After almost two weeks, I bounced up in weight. It's the result of days of high-calorie eating (mostly of nuts), and some dining out. I expect it to come off fairly quickly, maybe by the weekend.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:45pm: Rotisserie chicken salad (sliced rotisserie chicken, arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, creamy balsamic vinaigrette).

Lunch

6:15pm: Mixed nuts and a Quest bar.

Dinner
11:15pm: Rotisserie chicken and guacamole sandwich (Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread) and brussels sprouts.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 40+ oz.;

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