Year 2, Day 325: A Little More Normal

Well it's been a few weeks of slippery sliding (especially where nuts are concerned) but today I made an honest-to-goodness effort to get back to will power. Even though my salad weighed in at a whopping $5.77, I couldn't finish it during my lunch sitting, so I brought it to my office to eat as a snack later. Unfortunately, I also spilled about half the remaining salad on the ground (and my floor is no place to eat from) so there was a calorie savings. I was no monk of food, but it was a nearly nut-free day (I had some peanut butter while preparing Emily's toast this morning).

Breakfast
2 Soft Boiled Eggs +1 Hard Yolk
1 Slice of Jane's Walnut/Whole Wheat Bread
1 small bite of peanut butter
Coffee

Snack
2 oz 50% Jalapeno Cheddar
3 Sticks Beef Jerky
1 oz Boston Lite Popcorn

Russo's ($5.77)
Romaine, red pepper, red onion, feta
chicken, broccoli, mushrooms, balsamic vinegar, pepperocini

Dinner:
Tilapia
Fried Onions
Cauliflower

Some mornings I find it very difficult not to eat any more after I'm done with breakfast. It's especially hard when I make hard boiled eggs for Magnolia and she doesn't like the yellow part. I always end up eating at least one of her yolks. I figure it's not as bad as finishing Ruby's peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, waffles with syrup, or pop-tart crusts, as I have done in the past, and for SOOOOOO long.

Year 2, Day 323: A New Bread in Town

Now when I make my acceptance speech I will have to thank Balthazar bread for getting me through. But we now eating Jane's bread and we're digging on it. It's just like anything new, it's different.

Breakfast
Jane's Bread with Butter
Lox
2.5 Scrambled Eggs
Coffee

Lunch
Broccoli Slaw, Cabbage, Romaine
Tuna, Feta, Balsamic Vinegar

Snack
1 Extra Smokey
~1 oz Boston Lite Popcorn
1 Coke Zero

Dinner
Rotisserie Chicken
String Beans & Snow Peas
Pickles

After Jane stays with us we always have lots of good stuff left over, but I went to Owen's Poultry Farm in Needham after Ruby's basketball game and picked up some eggs (determined to see whether they're 'better') and a rotisserie chicken. Both good, but not so much that I need to crow about it. Sorry for the bad pun.

Year 2, Day 322 Day of 100 Nuts

For God's sake I need an intervention. Today the nuts just got to me. There is a lot of stuff going on at work. I am very stressed out. I am staring at the nuts all day on my desk. And then hell, I just cracked. Wide open. Like a walnut.

Breakfast
2 Slices Balthazar Bread
Super Chunky Peanut Butter
Coffee

Snack
5 Sticks Beef Jerky
100 Nuts (45 Almonds, 35 Cashews, 20 Pistachios)

Lunch: Russo's ($5.61)
Romaine, red pepper, red onion, feta
chicken, broccoli, mushrooms, broccoli slaw
balsamic vinegar, pepperocini

Dinner
A few pieces of steak and chicken with onions, peppers
snow peas, string beans
1.5 slices of Jane's Bread

My sister-in-law Jane came today and she made a bread of all whole grains and very low in sugar. It is absolutely fabulous. She made four loaves. It's quite a bit like the Balthazar bread, but can you believe it, I think they may use more sugar. In any case, it's made from walnuts (like that's all I need, more nuts) and other great things and it's very dense and filling. She baked four loaves and so we froze three and we'll go through them one at a time.