I'm still sore from exercise, but managed another 20 minutes this morning. The I had grapefruit and cornbread with tea before dashing off to all-day meetings at work. Oh boy! I think they're feeding us though.
Well we weren't supposed to be fed, but I had to give an impromptu demo during the lunch break, so those of us at the demo got fed. I had a salad with fatty dressing and fizzy water.
Dinner was leftover taco rice thing and beer.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
Back to the grind
This is such an uncivilized hour! For a week I've gotten up early, fed the cat and crawled back into bed for several more hours sleep (I should be sleeping right now), but not today. This morning I hit snooze only once and got up at the ghastly hour of, well sometime between 6:00 and 6:15. I was too bleary-eyed to really focus. Put the kettle on, prepared some grapefruit and put on the radio before starting, ugh, exercise! I did 22 minutes of Wii fit, which sucked!
I don't think I'm going to be able to do too much exercise in the morning because I get too sweaty. If I set my hair overnight, I can't then hop in the shower (well, I can, but I need a showercap) before getting ready for work. The plan now is to try a little in the morning, but do more after work (or class). I'm already sore from two days of making myself move muscles and get sweaty. This better do something about my weight and shape, or else!
On my way into work I picked up a fruit cup to supplement the grapefruit and tea already consumed.
Lunch was 3 pieces of pizza bought for a lunch-time staff meeting. Dinner was fiber-rich: taco filling (made with Gimme Lean and fire-roasted tomatoes with Adobo) over brow rice and beans with corn bread made with whole wheat flour.
I don't think I'm going to be able to do too much exercise in the morning because I get too sweaty. If I set my hair overnight, I can't then hop in the shower (well, I can, but I need a showercap) before getting ready for work. The plan now is to try a little in the morning, but do more after work (or class). I'm already sore from two days of making myself move muscles and get sweaty. This better do something about my weight and shape, or else!
On my way into work I picked up a fruit cup to supplement the grapefruit and tea already consumed.
Lunch was 3 pieces of pizza bought for a lunch-time staff meeting. Dinner was fiber-rich: taco filling (made with Gimme Lean and fire-roasted tomatoes with Adobo) over brow rice and beans with corn bread made with whole wheat flour.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Wednesday
Slept in. Got up made made tea and prepared grapefruit for breakfast. Went back to bed with Spouse for a bit :) Played with my new editor which is now a toy for both of us since Spouse is going to rewire it to make it safer (it's just a lamp). Went out to lunch at Marliave and had roasted beet and goat cheese salad with a nicely citrus flavoured dressing, ravioli with roasted tomatoes and panna cotta with a rhubarb sauce. Spouse had the mixed greens salad, pan-roasted chicken with risotto and bread pudding. We had an insteresting view of a cobbler's shop and watched people getting their shoes shined. Spouse decided he had to get his boots shined up so we went there after lunch. Then it was off to see Watchmen and eat Twizzlers!
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
My niece was born early this morning!
I still have no details other than they had to do a c-section (which was how Liz, the mother, was born as well) and mother and baby are doing fine. I still don't even know her name! As soon as Liz is p for phone calls, she's going to let us know herself, so I'm waiting for mom and A to get the news.
Breakfast was a grapefruit half and tea. Lunch will be at Lock Ober at 2:00. They've reopened for lunch for restaurant week so we get to try them out for only $20pp! And they have a huge menu for restaurant week, which not everyone does.
HUGE meal! We think we were getting better attention from the waiter because Spouse had his lovely suit on (plus we're always polite to waitstaff.) Spouse had fresh spring pea ravioli in potato soup, Statler chicken with asparagus and Bailey's and hot butterscotch sundae. I had field greens with crisp goat cheese, Locke-Ober fish and chips (very crispy fish and average fries with amazing malt vinegar beurre blanc) and cheese cake. Oh so decadent! I want to go back there again!
Breakfast was a grapefruit half and tea. Lunch will be at Lock Ober at 2:00. They've reopened for lunch for restaurant week so we get to try them out for only $20pp! And they have a huge menu for restaurant week, which not everyone does.
HUGE meal! We think we were getting better attention from the waiter because Spouse had his lovely suit on (plus we're always polite to waitstaff.) Spouse had fresh spring pea ravioli in potato soup, Statler chicken with asparagus and Bailey's and hot butterscotch sundae. I had field greens with crisp goat cheese, Locke-Ober fish and chips (very crispy fish and average fries with amazing malt vinegar beurre blanc) and cheese cake. Oh so decadent! I want to go back there again!
Monday, March 23, 2009
V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N!
I was officially on vacation at 12:45 this afternoon! Hooray! Plus I just found out that my stepsister is in labor. New baby!
The weekend was rather nice. Spouse and I went out to dinner Saturday where I didn't finish anything of my fish, potato or squash. Sunday we had folks over for a roast dinner or lamb (or seitan), roast potato, parsnip and carrot, peas, broccoli and gravy. Dessert was a steamed pudding with custard. It was YUM!
Today I just had tea and bread and butter for breakfast (still full from last night) and then went off to a morning conference. By lunch it was vacation time, so I had a martini and my first Restaurant Week meal of parsnip soup (yum!) and mushroom risotto which, sadly, included white truffle oil so smelled like decaying feet. Hopefully I'll have better luck with the next Restaurant Week meal, whatever that may be.
Dinner was homemade vegetable soup and beer.
The weekend was rather nice. Spouse and I went out to dinner Saturday where I didn't finish anything of my fish, potato or squash. Sunday we had folks over for a roast dinner or lamb (or seitan), roast potato, parsnip and carrot, peas, broccoli and gravy. Dessert was a steamed pudding with custard. It was YUM!
Today I just had tea and bread and butter for breakfast (still full from last night) and then went off to a morning conference. By lunch it was vacation time, so I had a martini and my first Restaurant Week meal of parsnip soup (yum!) and mushroom risotto which, sadly, included white truffle oil so smelled like decaying feet. Hopefully I'll have better luck with the next Restaurant Week meal, whatever that may be.
Dinner was homemade vegetable soup and beer.
Friday, March 20, 2009
Happy Spring!
It became Spring today at 7:44am. Yay Spring!
Breakfast this morning was tea and grapefruit, but I got really hungry on the train in and got more food :( They have traded the english muffins for biscuits for the breakfast sandwiches at the refectory, which just wasn't as tasty (and would have been nice if it had been labelled as a biscuit.) Oh well.
Lunch was avocado and cucumber sushi and fresh veggie spring rolls with water.
Breakfast this morning was tea and grapefruit, but I got really hungry on the train in and got more food :( They have traded the english muffins for biscuits for the breakfast sandwiches at the refectory, which just wasn't as tasty (and would have been nice if it had been labelled as a biscuit.) Oh well.
Lunch was avocado and cucumber sushi and fresh veggie spring rolls with water.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
I'm just too fat
So breakfast was grapefruit and tea. And I'm hungry.
Lunch was red rice with sautéed cabbage and onions, plus a small bowl of leek and apple soup. And my second bottle of water.
I had to work late to film a public lecture, but decided not to stay to the reception and instead go out for some food. Hit Grendel's Den for spinach pie, rice and a garnish of a salad (leaf of lettuce torn into bites and a slice of plum tomato) and wine.
Lunch was red rice with sautéed cabbage and onions, plus a small bowl of leek and apple soup. And my second bottle of water.
I had to work late to film a public lecture, but decided not to stay to the reception and instead go out for some food. Hit Grendel's Den for spinach pie, rice and a garnish of a salad (leaf of lettuce torn into bites and a slice of plum tomato) and wine.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
No, I wasn't eaten by doughnuts
But it felt like it!
We had a brunch at work in honour of our facilities staff and there was a ton of food leftover, much of which ended up right outside my office. Sigh.
I'm better today though having breakfasted on grapefruit, onion soup and bread and tea. Lunch was a salad and water with some Smartfood as a snack.
Dinner was pizza that was too salty and too much beer (to quench that salt thirst). And an argument with random guy sitting next to me who was upset that we were going to be a "socialist country" even though he had no idea what socialism was. I tried to get him to define it several times (it was getting to be a game) but he couldn't so didn't try and would instead bring up anecdotes about England (which I pointed out was not a socialist country.) My dinner took an extra hour because of this!
We had a brunch at work in honour of our facilities staff and there was a ton of food leftover, much of which ended up right outside my office. Sigh.
I'm better today though having breakfasted on grapefruit, onion soup and bread and tea. Lunch was a salad and water with some Smartfood as a snack.
Dinner was pizza that was too salty and too much beer (to quench that salt thirst). And an argument with random guy sitting next to me who was upset that we were going to be a "socialist country" even though he had no idea what socialism was. I tried to get him to define it several times (it was getting to be a game) but he couldn't so didn't try and would instead bring up anecdotes about England (which I pointed out was not a socialist country.) My dinner took an extra hour because of this!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Back to work
I mostly at granola, rissoto and seitan over the weekend, with copious amounts of beer thrown in for good measure. I've been able to maintain my weight for a while now, which is good, but really need to start thinking about exercise to start losing some of this weight.
Spouse has decided to limit when he eats (he's tried this before) to somehow help his sleeping pattern. He said he will not heat after 6:00pm, which means we will never have dinner together (and "too fucking bad" to any complaints I raise on that.) What he really needs is to see the doctor again (so do I) and maybe get a different perspective from her (or perhaps she'll agree with him.) His heart has been giving him trouble, so I really want that to get checked out before he does anything drastic. I think much of his problems are coming from not having structure in his day, but what the hell do I know.
This morning's breakfast was half a white grapefruit! The co-op just has them all in a bin labelled "Grapefruit" and they have invariably been pink when I've bought them, but this time there was a nice, tart regular one in the mix! Also had a bowl of fruity granola with spy milk and the Ubiquitous Tea.
Lunch was veggie lasagne and salad with Russian dressing with a bottle of water (I'm on my third bottle for the day.) I also had a snack of Smartfood, which I really didn't need because I wasn't hungry, I just wanted the taste (a bit of emotional eating going on.)
I bought lots of things for soup tonight, although not a much as I planed as things started getting heavy. I made a big pot of spicy vegetable soup and corn muffins for dinner, which was very tasty, and washed it down with beer.
Spouse has decided to limit when he eats (he's tried this before) to somehow help his sleeping pattern. He said he will not heat after 6:00pm, which means we will never have dinner together (and "too fucking bad" to any complaints I raise on that.) What he really needs is to see the doctor again (so do I) and maybe get a different perspective from her (or perhaps she'll agree with him.) His heart has been giving him trouble, so I really want that to get checked out before he does anything drastic. I think much of his problems are coming from not having structure in his day, but what the hell do I know.
This morning's breakfast was half a white grapefruit! The co-op just has them all in a bin labelled "Grapefruit" and they have invariably been pink when I've bought them, but this time there was a nice, tart regular one in the mix! Also had a bowl of fruity granola with spy milk and the Ubiquitous Tea.
Lunch was veggie lasagne and salad with Russian dressing with a bottle of water (I'm on my third bottle for the day.) I also had a snack of Smartfood, which I really didn't need because I wasn't hungry, I just wanted the taste (a bit of emotional eating going on.)
I bought lots of things for soup tonight, although not a much as I planed as things started getting heavy. I made a big pot of spicy vegetable soup and corn muffins for dinner, which was very tasty, and washed it down with beer.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Midweek
I'm wondering what to do with the dried cherries I bought last week. They seemed okay in the steamed pudding I did on Sunday (better than the cakey part, that's fer sher!), but they're a bit too sour for anything else. I tried them in my cream of Wheat this morning and needed some maple syrup with it as well. They might work for a sauce for meat (or "meat") though.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
800 Days
Spouse and I have been married for 800 days today! Go us! I'm really rather pleased how well I've taken to the whole marriage thing. Not that I'm the perfect spouse at all, but we manage to find ways to make it work for us.
Brekkies this morning was oatmeal with a small spoonful of maple syrup and tea. Lunch was tofu and veg noodly thing and a jack fruit shake at Le's in the square with Spouse. He also brought me a berry cream cupcake from Sweet Tooth :) I haven't had anything from there in a long time and it was SOOOOO yummy!
Dinner was bread with garlic oil and beer. And SEX!
Brekkies this morning was oatmeal with a small spoonful of maple syrup and tea. Lunch was tofu and veg noodly thing and a jack fruit shake at Le's in the square with Spouse. He also brought me a berry cream cupcake from Sweet Tooth :) I haven't had anything from there in a long time and it was SOOOOO yummy!
Dinner was bread with garlic oil and beer. And SEX!
Monday, March 09, 2009
The Weekend was a Dead Loss
Tons of food, tons of booze.
Today I had orange juice, tea and toast a bit of butter and jam for breakfast. Lunch was leftover mashed potatoes, vegan fillet mignon and water.
Dinner was a repeat of lunch but with broccoli.
Today I had orange juice, tea and toast a bit of butter and jam for breakfast. Lunch was leftover mashed potatoes, vegan fillet mignon and water.
Dinner was a repeat of lunch but with broccoli.
Friday, March 06, 2009
Having the Master Painters In
A friend used to say that she had the Good Ovary and the Bad Ovary. When she had a period without complaints, it was a Good Ovary Month. The month with all the yuckiness was a Bad Ovary Month. When I woke up at 3:00am, I knew this was a Bad Ovary Month. Fortunately for me, I have a wonderful spouse. He was up all night so when he knew it was time for me to get up, he put the kettle on and came in to give me a massage to get the blood flowing (to my limbs, that is.) He asked what I wanted for breakfast, and probably would have run down to the cafe for an omelette had I asked, but all I could think of was orange juice, of which we had none. So he went out and bought it for me. Isn't he a dear?
The solids of breakfast were three (yes three) corn muffins left over from chili night. I still felt a bit like crap when I left, but looked pretty, which was designed to help my mood. I'm feeling much better now that the second round of ibuprofin has kicked in.
The solids of breakfast were three (yes three) corn muffins left over from chili night. I still felt a bit like crap when I left, but looked pretty, which was designed to help my mood. I'm feeling much better now that the second round of ibuprofin has kicked in.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Overslept again
I did hear my alarm, but then I hit snooze. When I woke up again, an hour had passed! So I only had time for a bit of tea and the other grapefruit half from yesterday's breakfast (apparently Spouse didn't eat it.) I managed to make it to work only a couple minutes late, which was good. Surprising though as getting dressed took a while.
I decided to pull out my girdle today. It's a long Ragu OBG with suspender (garter) straps and is mighty tight. It may actually be too small, but I managed to get it zipped anyway. Getting the stockings on was almost impossible though as I couldn't reach the back clip with both hands because it's very high up and far back. Then after I did get all the underwear on, I found I would really need something covering that tiny bit of thigh at the top to keep from chafing. So the girdle is making me look as slim as it could due to the bulk of the sweatpants under my skirt. I think I really do need to make some bloomers now!
Lunch: couscous with chickpeas, green beans, tofu with spinach. Also a bag of Smartfood (bad!) and water (good!)
Dindins: veggie Toad-in-the-Hole with Bisto gravy, broccoli, beer.
I'm thinking of trying to make my own veggie sausage. I have one sausage recipe, but don't yet know what the texture is like. I have some spice recipes though for English sausages, so it I can get the texture down, I think I'll be okay. Plus, one of my coworkers has sausage-making apparatus and has offered it to Spouse for meat sausages With my secret spices, we could have the doings of home food for him!
I decided to pull out my girdle today. It's a long Ragu OBG with suspender (garter) straps and is mighty tight. It may actually be too small, but I managed to get it zipped anyway. Getting the stockings on was almost impossible though as I couldn't reach the back clip with both hands because it's very high up and far back. Then after I did get all the underwear on, I found I would really need something covering that tiny bit of thigh at the top to keep from chafing. So the girdle is making me look as slim as it could due to the bulk of the sweatpants under my skirt. I think I really do need to make some bloomers now!
Lunch: couscous with chickpeas, green beans, tofu with spinach. Also a bag of Smartfood (bad!) and water (good!)
Dindins: veggie Toad-in-the-Hole with Bisto gravy, broccoli, beer.
I'm thinking of trying to make my own veggie sausage. I have one sausage recipe, but don't yet know what the texture is like. I have some spice recipes though for English sausages, so it I can get the texture down, I think I'll be okay. Plus, one of my coworkers has sausage-making apparatus and has offered it to Spouse for meat sausages With my secret spices, we could have the doings of home food for him!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Halfway through the week
Okay, I've gotten this three meals a day thing down, now I need to make them a bit healthier so maybe I can lose some weight (exercise wouldn't hurt either). Breakfast this morning was half a grapefruit, half of the last oat scone, bowl of strawberries and Ubiquitous Tea.
Lunch was veggie lasagna and salad (with sesame dressing) and water. I had 2 chocolate-covered cherries as a snack and a diet coke during class.
Since it was class night, Martin thought I shouldn't prepare dinner, but it was kind of late when we decided to think about food so we just went out I had bean tacos with sour cream and guacamole and sangria. Over dinner we came up with a storyline for the first short movie to make with the new 16mm camera I'm only going to use one reel so it will be a maximum (that's with one usable take each shot) of 3 minutes. It's a hokey story, but it's just supposed to be for practice.
Lunch was veggie lasagna and salad (with sesame dressing) and water. I had 2 chocolate-covered cherries as a snack and a diet coke during class.
Since it was class night, Martin thought I shouldn't prepare dinner, but it was kind of late when we decided to think about food so we just went out I had bean tacos with sour cream and guacamole and sangria. Over dinner we came up with a storyline for the first short movie to make with the new 16mm camera I'm only going to use one reel so it will be a maximum (that's with one usable take each shot) of 3 minutes. It's a hokey story, but it's just supposed to be for practice.
Tuesday, March 03, 2009
Tuesday
Breakfast was the same as yesterday. I really need to pick up some more fruit and the makings of granola this week (and maybe some more flour for bread) so I can have some variety in my breakfasts.
Lunch will be leftover tetrazinni from the other night.
Had a bad snack of a Milky Way from the vending machine and one chocolate covered cherry.
And dinner was leftover chili with 2 cornmuffins and 1 cider.
Lunch will be leftover tetrazinni from the other night.
Had a bad snack of a Milky Way from the vending machine and one chocolate covered cherry.
And dinner was leftover chili with 2 cornmuffins and 1 cider.
Monday, March 02, 2009
Not quite a snow day
I waited until after 7:00 to get ready for work, by which time the bosses had already emailed to say they were staying home Got dressed, but the hair up in victory roll (and the snood does not stay on o well with half the amount of hair in it) and checked email one last time before heading out. School opening is delayed until noon. Like I'm going to be in any mood to leave the house then! Feh!
Breakfast was half a grapefruit and two scones. And Ubiquitous Tea.
As long as I'm home, I might as well make lunch. I should try to bring it with me though and not eat it before 11:00 when I leave. It will be veggie sausage and broccoli on past with a cream sauce.
Dinner was chili, corn muffin (by which I mean muffins with corn in them, not cornmeal, which I forgot to buy) and beer.
Breakfast was half a grapefruit and two scones. And Ubiquitous Tea.
As long as I'm home, I might as well make lunch. I should try to bring it with me though and not eat it before 11:00 when I leave. It will be veggie sausage and broccoli on past with a cream sauce.
Dinner was chili, corn muffin (by which I mean muffins with corn in them, not cornmeal, which I forgot to buy) and beer.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Weekend
Saturday was so nice without grades hanging over my head. Although I had several students emailing because HW2 was due. Breakfast was Cream of Wheat with dried strawberries, then I shopped for Sunday dinner and picked up spicy noodles for lunch. Took myself out to dinner at the Franklin Cafe (Southie) and had a Manhattan, tuna tartar over tofu, butternut squash spring rolls with creme fresh, an Old Fashioned (it was all about the Old Man Drinks) and blackened tuna with salad I think I've had my fill of fish for a while! They have a few more vegetarian options on the new menu though (like the spring rolls) so I'm going to have to go back and try more :)
Sunday was waking early to worry that Spouse wasn't back from NYC yet and trying to doze until he came home (at 7:45) Once he finally got to sleep I got up and made oat scones and breakfasted on a 1 egg omlette with broccoli and parmesan, 2 slices soy bacon, a scone and Ubiquitous Tea. Lunch was 2 more scones. Dinner was "chicken" tetrazini and broccoli with wine.
And I finished my second snood!
Sunday was waking early to worry that Spouse wasn't back from NYC yet and trying to doze until he came home (at 7:45) Once he finally got to sleep I got up and made oat scones and breakfasted on a 1 egg omlette with broccoli and parmesan, 2 slices soy bacon, a scone and Ubiquitous Tea. Lunch was 2 more scones. Dinner was "chicken" tetrazini and broccoli with wine.
And I finished my second snood!
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