Mean, Lean 113

Trying to 'turn up the heat' I went for a walk today following my three-mile go on the Elliptical. It was a near-perfect day for walking, which as usual, made me ravenously hungry and unattractively sweaty. I found it impossible to keep to my 1-snack routine and had an apple and a joy stick. But I think I'll get in another walk this week, and when we head west, I can hopefully play some tennis. I'll show that Detecto.

Breakfast
3 Pieces When Pigs Fly Low Carb Bread
Peanut Butter, the amount it takes to cover the above
tea

Snackz
1 Cheese Stick
1 Apple (GS)
1 Joy Stick
1/4 cup mixed unsalted nuts
12 oz coffee
20 oz Coke zero

Lunch
Sashimi Salad: Baby Greens, Lemon-Wasabi dressing

Dinner
Chicken a la Em
Stir-Fry Cabbage, Onions and Peppers

The low-carb bread doesn't toast. That's the first thing you have to know. I put it on "7"—the highest toast setting twice, and it almost erupted in flames, but never became deliciously dark, only near-toxically burnt. This is because it is not made of bread, but something unholy. I ate it anyway.

I am feeling slightly better about the nut program, because I found my 1/4 cup scoop so I now I am assured that I am actually eating the allowed amount, instead of before when I was using my liquid measure, which is nearly impossible to get a nut-measurement right.

I must also comment on Coke Zero—I bought a 20 oz bottle, which claims it has 2.5 servings in it. Now it's ridiculous enough to even SELL a 20 oz bottle without claiming that a serving is 8 ounces. There may be a group of people out there who think 8 ounces is enough soda AND simultaneously can't believe it's not butter, but I haven't met any of them.

Lastly on my food-carping: The sashimi salad at Not Your Average Joe's is excellent, but it used to come with wasabi on the side. When I questioned the waitress, about something that might cost 39¢, she pretended she didn't know what I was talking about and denied the salad ever came with wasabi, pointing to the dressing and saying "it's lemon-WASABI dressing" as if I were confused about where the wasabi might be. I have been eating that salad for almost three years now, and I know that it came with wasabi. Secondly, it comes with pineapple in it, which it does not list on the menu (I helpfully pointed this out to the world-weary Joe's employee). I ate two pieces thinking it was mango before I pushed them onto my bar plate—it reminds me a little of bit of the beginning of the diet when I realized 'treachery is everywhere'— because even when you're trying to eat well they're sticking little unbilled pieces of highly-glycemic fruit into your salad.

Damn, that's cold.