Today, I got food delivery from Nutrisystem.
It comes in a large box.
What is in this box, this box that rocks?
A monthly diet book, an inventory of what's in the box, and a welcome letter to my program.
The book primarily contains a series of daily pages, with check boxes for each item I can eat at each meal, along with this Grocery Guide in the back, which lists out what carbohydrates, vegetables, proteins etc. are.
It also contains this handy Dining Out Guide. That has both general eating out advice and ethnicity/genre-specific restaurants. When eating Chinese, avoid fried foods, buy steamed dishes, when eating British food, avoid it and just kill yourself, and so on and so forth.
They always pack their boxes with three trays, because that's about what you need to fit 4 weeks of food. In this picture, I've already removed most of the bubble packs they use to fill space. Of course, since I'm on the Select plan, I only get 2 weeks of non-refrigerated food, so I can condense them down to two or fewer boxes.
As you can see here, I've condensed the food down to two trays, and added a hammer and DeWalt drill to help with my various colon problems associated with the diet and having consumed exactly 12 gummi bears made with lycasin (jesus god, I think I'm just crapping pure stomach juices.
I got a few special entrees that are new to Nutrisystem that I'll be trying in the near future, but I mostly got standbys that I know I like. Granola, Cinnamon Squares cereal, and Blueberry Muffins for breakfast. Sausage Beans and Rice, Cheesy Mashed Potatoes, Turkey Hot Dogs and Pasta (2 separate dishes, thank god) for lunch. Lasagna, Rotini with Meatballs, and BBQ Beef for dinner. A ton of BBQ and Sour Cream and Onion Soy chips, and some Peanut Butter Cookies and Peppermint things for snacks and desserts.
I still have a bunch of other food I need to go through, but I'll start interspersing the couple of dishes I didn't mention here that I haven't tried before while I work through my current food. Also, I should be getting a frozen food delivery from Schwan in the next 14 days.
Additionally, I received an order from Amazon today, that contained a few sugar-free candies. I ordered some gummi bears, Twizzlers, Life Savers, and some brand of Lollipops made with Splenda. Now, I ordered these things because I can't chew gum anymore, for one reason or another, and sugar-free hard candy is one of the things I can occupy my oral fixation with since I quit smoking and still don't understand why it's a problem when politicians go to lesbian sex clubs. (there's a dick sucking joke in there, see if you can find it)
At any rate, as mentioned, I think I should probably toss the gummi bears, for the sake of my rectum. I didn't realize how high the calorie count was for Twizzlers (130 calories for fucking 6 sugar-free Twizzlers is not fucking worth it, I'd rather eat my soy chips), so I'll foist them off on someone else. The lollipops are pretty good, so they're staying, and Lifesavers are hard to go wrong with, even sugar-free.
March 31, 2010
Morning Weigh-In
I am not quite awake. I got a little carried away with part of the reorganization last night, and got to sleep a bit late.
345.4 lbs
While working on it, I watched Angels & Demons and let me tell you, despite ridiculous inaccuracies and a shaky foundation, this movie was absolutely terrible and completely predictable. Yeah, just don't do it to yourself if you're a thinking adult.
I'm trying to drink more water, because I know I'm terrible about that. I think I did a decent job of it yesterday, and I'll try to drink more consistently today.
345.4 lbs
While working on it, I watched Angels & Demons and let me tell you, despite ridiculous inaccuracies and a shaky foundation, this movie was absolutely terrible and completely predictable. Yeah, just don't do it to yourself if you're a thinking adult.
I'm trying to drink more water, because I know I'm terrible about that. I think I did a decent job of it yesterday, and I'll try to drink more consistently today.
March 30, 2010
Music as an Enemy?
So I decided to change my dinner routine a bit, tonight.
I had Cheese & Spinach Ravioli With Meat Sauce, along with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar for Dessert.
As I've stated, I really like the Italian dishes that Nutrisystem puts out, and this ravioli is no exception. You get two large pieces of it, and the accompanying sauce is pretty good.
I decided to swap in corn for my carbohydrate and butter for my fat this evening, and I chopped up broccoli in my romaine lettuce salad tonight. This was a good meal, only harmed by knowing that I'm in the middle of reorganizing my music and removing duplicates.
Ciao, bitches.
I had Cheese & Spinach Ravioli With Meat Sauce, along with a Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar for Dessert.
As I've stated, I really like the Italian dishes that Nutrisystem puts out, and this ravioli is no exception. You get two large pieces of it, and the accompanying sauce is pretty good.
I decided to swap in corn for my carbohydrate and butter for my fat this evening, and I chopped up broccoli in my romaine lettuce salad tonight. This was a good meal, only harmed by knowing that I'm in the middle of reorganizing my music and removing duplicates.
Ciao, bitches.
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These are not Chips
Afternoon snack time.
The Sour Cream & Onion Soy Chips are not quite as good as the BBQ ones, but they'll do.
They're flavored the same way potato chips are, with some frightening powder I don't want to think about too much. They're a fairly good snack.
I'm in the middle of reorganizing my music library, because iTunes freaked out and fucked the whole thing all to hell today. I don't let iTunes manage anything, but I use it since I am on my... I don't want to think about how many iPods I've gone through. I like the damned things, though. Ah well, it's just as well, since I've been looking for an excuse to reorganize the library for some time now.
The Sour Cream & Onion Soy Chips are not quite as good as the BBQ ones, but they'll do.
They're flavored the same way potato chips are, with some frightening powder I don't want to think about too much. They're a fairly good snack.
I'm in the middle of reorganizing my music library, because iTunes freaked out and fucked the whole thing all to hell today. I don't let iTunes manage anything, but I use it since I am on my... I don't want to think about how many iPods I've gone through. I like the damned things, though. Ah well, it's just as well, since I've been looking for an excuse to reorganize the library for some time now.
Health Food, In MY French Toast?
It's more likely than you think.
This morning, I decided to try an experiment, and that experiment involved starting with one of my frozen foods, Golden French Toast. This is one of the ones that can be (and is best) prepared in either a toaster or a toaster oven. I don't have a toaster oven, so I use a toaster (not a great logical leap there).
The second part of the experiment involved an egg (protein) and a piece of multigrain bread (carbohydrate).
I made french toast using these ingredients, because I wanted to eat fresh french toast and compare it to the stuff from the package side-by-side. The only additional ingredients in my home-made french toast were Pam in the pan and a bit of cinnamon, at the urging of every single goddamned person I mentioned this idea to. The only difference was that one tried to get me to use Splenda, too. Yes, asshats, the cinnamon was a good call. As to Splenda, well, I don't put sugar in my normal french toast, so I wasn't about to throw fake sugar into the mix right away.
Having addressed all that, we can move on to how it fucking tasted: pretty fucking good. The Nutrisystem french toast is alright, a bit dry, and light on the "egg" or whatever they actually use to produce this food. My french toast tastes like... my french toast. I cook it the way I like it. Come to think of it, it's a ridiculous goddamned comparison. OF COURSE I like the french toast I make better. The fact that there was a little bit of egg left over so I got a mouthfull of scrambled doesn't hurt anything. Oh, I also had a juice box for my fruit.
Let me also say that if I were working, I doubt I'd be eating this. I generally skip breakfast, and frequently lunch, when I'm working, so the idea of making myself french toast in the morning is laughable. Most of the meals I'm eating on this diet, I could and would eat while working, but the trend would be towards more sides that don't require any cooking or prep work. I'd be more likely to buy bag lettuce than head lettuce (which is a shared commodity, thankfully), and it's doubtful that I would ever eat an egg in the morning. I'd be much more likely to have the 8oz of nonfat milk that is one of the alternatives.
Apparently, for an in-state move I can change my address and vehicle registration online, and thank god for that. Any chance to avoid dealing with bureaucrats in person is one that should be taking.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST iTUNES! Being unemployed is depressing enough, you've gotta throw Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) at me before I've even properly built up a head of rage? Well, actually, that did it, and iTunes redeemed itself by bringing on the Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky.
This morning, I decided to try an experiment, and that experiment involved starting with one of my frozen foods, Golden French Toast. This is one of the ones that can be (and is best) prepared in either a toaster or a toaster oven. I don't have a toaster oven, so I use a toaster (not a great logical leap there).
The second part of the experiment involved an egg (protein) and a piece of multigrain bread (carbohydrate).
I made french toast using these ingredients, because I wanted to eat fresh french toast and compare it to the stuff from the package side-by-side. The only additional ingredients in my home-made french toast were Pam in the pan and a bit of cinnamon, at the urging of every single goddamned person I mentioned this idea to. The only difference was that one tried to get me to use Splenda, too. Yes, asshats, the cinnamon was a good call. As to Splenda, well, I don't put sugar in my normal french toast, so I wasn't about to throw fake sugar into the mix right away.
Having addressed all that, we can move on to how it fucking tasted: pretty fucking good. The Nutrisystem french toast is alright, a bit dry, and light on the "egg" or whatever they actually use to produce this food. My french toast tastes like... my french toast. I cook it the way I like it. Come to think of it, it's a ridiculous goddamned comparison. OF COURSE I like the french toast I make better. The fact that there was a little bit of egg left over so I got a mouthfull of scrambled doesn't hurt anything. Oh, I also had a juice box for my fruit.
Let me also say that if I were working, I doubt I'd be eating this. I generally skip breakfast, and frequently lunch, when I'm working, so the idea of making myself french toast in the morning is laughable. Most of the meals I'm eating on this diet, I could and would eat while working, but the trend would be towards more sides that don't require any cooking or prep work. I'd be more likely to buy bag lettuce than head lettuce (which is a shared commodity, thankfully), and it's doubtful that I would ever eat an egg in the morning. I'd be much more likely to have the 8oz of nonfat milk that is one of the alternatives.
Apparently, for an in-state move I can change my address and vehicle registration online, and thank god for that. Any chance to avoid dealing with bureaucrats in person is one that should be taking.
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST iTUNES! Being unemployed is depressing enough, you've gotta throw Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally) at me before I've even properly built up a head of rage? Well, actually, that did it, and iTunes redeemed itself by bringing on the Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky.
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March 29, 2010
Everybody Leave, I Have to Poop.... NOW!
So one of the greatest things about this diet comes from the occasional violent crapping that happens. I mean, I'm normally a one shit every day or so guy, but when the horn-spatter shits come, I know there will be aftershocks. Once again, you ingrates should thank me, as I made the kind decision not to torture you with the splatter my ass is currently producing in photo form.
No, you just get to digest the delicious chunks of my shit in word form. Fortunately, I can pop a magic little Immodium AD, the Gandalf of my stomach.
No, you just get to digest the delicious chunks of my shit in word form. Fortunately, I can pop a magic little Immodium AD, the Gandalf of my stomach.
Dinner
Tonight's dinner surprised me, in that I didn't think I had any of them left. Wedged Potatoes with Sliced Beef Steak was my entree, with a Blueberry Lemon Bar for Dessert.
I really enjoy both of these, the entree because it tastes like real food, and the Dessert because... it is tasty.
For my sides, I had a piece of multigrain toast (carbohydrate), some cucumber (unlimited vegetable), some green beans (vegetable), and some Newman's Own Caesar Dressing (fat). I like plain cucumbers, but that caesar dressing with cold green beans is fucking awesome.
The bar has a kind of puffed rice treat base, with blueberries on top, with whatever the hell kind of white chocolate it is they love to wrap diet bars in. The blueberry part is kind of moist, so that's nice.
So, it's occurred to me that this weekend is Easter, and that means extra family about, and various traditions I won't be taking part in this year related to food. We're going to have food around that I love to eat and can't eat, and there will probably be more than a few takeout meals in the mix. This will be my first great test.
There are basically three ways to approach a holiday weekend when you're on a diet:
1) You can say "fuck it" and just do whatever you want.
This is an undesirable option, because it's detrimental to work already accomplished, and it's highly likely to completely derail a diet. This is how I was sidetracked from basically the third week of December to last week. A holiday "special dispensation" led to complete fuckuppery that lasted the better part of 4 months.
2) You can say, "I'll go off diet, but I'll eat appropriate portions and not eat too many things that are awful for me."
I fully believe that there are people who can do this. However, for the reasons stated above, I don't think I can do this. Maybe if I were more than 2 weeks into the diet, I could try that, but I shan't dare to try it, yet.
3) You can say, "I'm going to enjoy the presence of family and friends, but I'm not going to eat what they're eating."
This is going to be my tack. I'm not going to eat with my family, I'll stagger my meal times so that there's not the strangeness of my Nutrisystem tray sitting on the table with the ham. I WILL sit with them for most of their meals, but I won't indulge in a glass of wine or spirits with them, because I still have at least 79 lbs to go before I get to drink again. I just need to remember my higher power: booze. Shit, that's a bad higher power... maybe "booze later" is my higher power. Yeah, that works.
I'm thinking of sitting at the Easter dinner table with some white candles singing, "We shall overcome."
I really enjoy both of these, the entree because it tastes like real food, and the Dessert because... it is tasty.
For my sides, I had a piece of multigrain toast (carbohydrate), some cucumber (unlimited vegetable), some green beans (vegetable), and some Newman's Own Caesar Dressing (fat). I like plain cucumbers, but that caesar dressing with cold green beans is fucking awesome.
The bar has a kind of puffed rice treat base, with blueberries on top, with whatever the hell kind of white chocolate it is they love to wrap diet bars in. The blueberry part is kind of moist, so that's nice.
So, it's occurred to me that this weekend is Easter, and that means extra family about, and various traditions I won't be taking part in this year related to food. We're going to have food around that I love to eat and can't eat, and there will probably be more than a few takeout meals in the mix. This will be my first great test.
There are basically three ways to approach a holiday weekend when you're on a diet:
1) You can say "fuck it" and just do whatever you want.
This is an undesirable option, because it's detrimental to work already accomplished, and it's highly likely to completely derail a diet. This is how I was sidetracked from basically the third week of December to last week. A holiday "special dispensation" led to complete fuckuppery that lasted the better part of 4 months.
2) You can say, "I'll go off diet, but I'll eat appropriate portions and not eat too many things that are awful for me."
I fully believe that there are people who can do this. However, for the reasons stated above, I don't think I can do this. Maybe if I were more than 2 weeks into the diet, I could try that, but I shan't dare to try it, yet.
3) You can say, "I'm going to enjoy the presence of family and friends, but I'm not going to eat what they're eating."
This is going to be my tack. I'm not going to eat with my family, I'll stagger my meal times so that there's not the strangeness of my Nutrisystem tray sitting on the table with the ham. I WILL sit with them for most of their meals, but I won't indulge in a glass of wine or spirits with them, because I still have at least 79 lbs to go before I get to drink again. I just need to remember my higher power: booze. Shit, that's a bad higher power... maybe "booze later" is my higher power. Yeah, that works.
I'm thinking of sitting at the Easter dinner table with some white candles singing, "We shall overcome."
Afternoon Delight
Today, I'll be enjoying one of my most-often-consumed Nutrisystem snacks, the BBQ Soy Chips.
The various Soy chips are the best variety of snack foods, and the BBQ ones are my favorite flavor.
The portion size is one of the best things about them. They're pretty much like rice chips, and provide a decent snack. I was pretty hungry, since I missed lunch, but these stemmed my urge to fling myself onto the back of a pig and carve bacon slabs right off of it.
The various Soy chips are the best variety of snack foods, and the BBQ ones are my favorite flavor.
The portion size is one of the best things about them. They're pretty much like rice chips, and provide a decent snack. I was pretty hungry, since I missed lunch, but these stemmed my urge to fling myself onto the back of a pig and carve bacon slabs right off of it.
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Mid Day Weigh In
Because I didn't feel like eating lunch today, I am moving towards morning weigh-ins, and because fuck you, that's why, I bring you today's number.
346.6 lbs
I just took an explosive shit, could have something to do with all the fiber in this food. Hopefully, I'll get that on some kind of schedule soon, so that I don't have to live in fear of my own ass.
Don't feel much like eating lunch, so maybe I'll do an afternoon snack.
346.6 lbs
I just took an explosive shit, could have something to do with all the fiber in this food. Hopefully, I'll get that on some kind of schedule soon, so that I don't have to live in fear of my own ass.
Don't feel much like eating lunch, so maybe I'll do an afternoon snack.
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Breakfast
Woke up in the middle of the night last night and forgot to set my alarm, so I woke up JUST in time for breakfast this morning.
I had not previously tried Berries & Multigrain Flakes, but it's about what you'd expect. Cereal with dried bits of fruit in it. I don't much care for dried fruit in my cereal (straight from the box) because of the way the various components start to take on a strange tang. That being said, it tastes about the same as a non-diet variant.
This brings us to one of my favorite boring topics, portion size. This is a standard cereal bowl. You will note that the cereal just about covers the bottom of the bowl. This is about a half cup of cereal. In the pitcher is a half cup of nonfat milk. These are standard serving sizes for cereal. Now, I don't know about you, but normally, if I were to eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast, I'd fill the bowl and then splash milk on it. That bowl will hold roughly 2.5-3 cups of cereal, meaning 5-6 times what a person is supposed to eat.
I enjoyed one of my juice boxes (fruit) and an egg (protein) with a piece of multigrain toast (carbohydrate) for my sides.
I'm a big fan of runny eggs, the yolk (unfertilized chicken fetus) being the best part of the egg. For this reason, I rarely eat just egg whites, even though you get 3 of them.
One of the great things about the flexibility on the sides is that they can sometimes be combined into a dish. I've been doing this so far only in my salads with dinner, but, as I get bored with my options, I'll start to do it more often with my breakfast sides and I'll start to get more creative with the dinner sides, as well. One thing I've never made, but probably will soon, is multigrain french toast. We'll see, I feel creativity preparing to burst forth from either my hands or my colon, it's hard to tell.
In case anyone's wondering, I had my easiest experience with my former state's labor department's telephone system this morning. I think they've routed tax help separately from the standard system, which meant I didn't get dropped immediately upon entering my help choice, and instead was immediately helped and told I'd get my replacement form in 7-10 days. That's cutting it a bit close to tax day for me, but it could be worse.
I clearly got around to writing this late, but who cares? I'll inform on lunch for immunity from dinner, but only if snack walks, too.
I had not previously tried Berries & Multigrain Flakes, but it's about what you'd expect. Cereal with dried bits of fruit in it. I don't much care for dried fruit in my cereal (straight from the box) because of the way the various components start to take on a strange tang. That being said, it tastes about the same as a non-diet variant.
This brings us to one of my favorite boring topics, portion size. This is a standard cereal bowl. You will note that the cereal just about covers the bottom of the bowl. This is about a half cup of cereal. In the pitcher is a half cup of nonfat milk. These are standard serving sizes for cereal. Now, I don't know about you, but normally, if I were to eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast, I'd fill the bowl and then splash milk on it. That bowl will hold roughly 2.5-3 cups of cereal, meaning 5-6 times what a person is supposed to eat.
I enjoyed one of my juice boxes (fruit) and an egg (protein) with a piece of multigrain toast (carbohydrate) for my sides.
I'm a big fan of runny eggs, the yolk (unfertilized chicken fetus) being the best part of the egg. For this reason, I rarely eat just egg whites, even though you get 3 of them.
One of the great things about the flexibility on the sides is that they can sometimes be combined into a dish. I've been doing this so far only in my salads with dinner, but, as I get bored with my options, I'll start to do it more often with my breakfast sides and I'll start to get more creative with the dinner sides, as well. One thing I've never made, but probably will soon, is multigrain french toast. We'll see, I feel creativity preparing to burst forth from either my hands or my colon, it's hard to tell.
In case anyone's wondering, I had my easiest experience with my former state's labor department's telephone system this morning. I think they've routed tax help separately from the standard system, which meant I didn't get dropped immediately upon entering my help choice, and instead was immediately helped and told I'd get my replacement form in 7-10 days. That's cutting it a bit close to tax day for me, but it could be worse.
I clearly got around to writing this late, but who cares? I'll inform on lunch for immunity from dinner, but only if snack walks, too.
March 28, 2010
Early Nightly Weigh In
Well, I need to get to sleep so I can wrestle The Man tomorrow morning, so I did an early weigh in.
349 lbs
This is why they tell you not to get weighed every day.
349 lbs
This is why they tell you not to get weighed every day.
Temptation and The Meaning of Life
So I was having a pretty massive hankering for various things that were bad for me today. I hadn't watched any TV, so it wasn't the usual source (advertising). It was just the hunger.
What I would do with this is closer to cunnilingus than eating, right now.
Fortunately, I'm well outside of the range of Lou Malnati's right now, and I exercised discipline with regard to my more local pizza options. I hunkered down, worked on paperwork, and, while watching one of my favorite Monty Python movies via Netflix on Xbox, found my new diet reinforcement device.
Reference 53 seconds in and on. Fortunately, after watching this, I no longer had any desire to eat. The contagious effects of vomiting are well known to everyone, and I'm quite certain the only thing that saved me was the lack of smell.
This has given me an idea for a new product to sell to people on a diet.
People have long used perfumed handkerchiefs to mask an unpleasant odor. What I propose is a vomit scented handkerchief or scent box for people on a diet. Craving a cheese steak? NO PROBLEM! Just take a whiff of this deliciousness to put that craving to bed!
I would buy this product.
Reference 53 seconds in and on. Fortunately, after watching this, I no longer had any desire to eat. The contagious effects of vomiting are well known to everyone, and I'm quite certain the only thing that saved me was the lack of smell.
This has given me an idea for a new product to sell to people on a diet.
You know what, you should fucking thank me. I was going to put a picture of a bucket full of vomit here, but after the google image search I just endured, I don't have the heart to do that to you.
People have long used perfumed handkerchiefs to mask an unpleasant odor. What I propose is a vomit scented handkerchief or scent box for people on a diet. Craving a cheese steak? NO PROBLEM! Just take a whiff of this deliciousness to put that craving to bed!
What? You think I'm gonna pirate and learn to use photoshop just for this? And you open source asshats can eat my salad, because I'm not reinstalling GIMP today.
I would buy this product.
Dinner
Food has happened, let's look at it.
Tonight, I enjoyed some Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert, and powered through a Meatloaf and Tomato Sauce with Mashed Potatoes for dinner.
I had a romaine lettuce salad, with lite ranch, some cauliflower (vegetable) and 5 green olives (fat), along with a slice of multigrain bread for my carbohydrate. Of course, there's the requisite diet soda: Coke Zero. Nutrisystem manufactures a couple of kinds of meatloaf, and I've got it in my head that I like at least one of them, but I'm not sure which one or if they still make it. This was not it.
The meatloaf itself is all right, although I've never been a fan of tomatoes being involved in my meatloaf preparation. Where it really falls apart is at the mixture of tomatoes and mashed potatoes. I ate the meatloaf, but I couldn't get the taters down. Fortunately, Dessert happened.
These are my favorite cookies. They're crispier than the other cookies from Nutrisystem, and they taste pretty much like standard cookies. The fact that there are a bunch of them in a serving, so it makes you feel like you're eating more, doesn't hurt.
Tried to do my taxes today, and realized I was missing the only one of my many tax forms that could not be obtained online. My previous state of residence is backward in the strangest ways. Fortunately, I've got two weeks, so I should be able to call Monday and get a new one on time. Well, this means I need to get to sleep on time tonight, so I can begin the ritual of calling and being disconnected until they finally give me the privilege to sit on hold to wait to talk to them.
This is the great thing about that state's unemployment system. Once they get a certain number of people on hold, they just drop your call and tell you to call back later. This wouldn't be so bad, except for the part where it takes about 5 minutes to get through all the menus to get to the point where it either puts you on hold or drops you. So I expect to spend about 3 hours doing this tomorrow morning.
Tonight, I enjoyed some Walnut Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert, and powered through a Meatloaf and Tomato Sauce with Mashed Potatoes for dinner.
I had a romaine lettuce salad, with lite ranch, some cauliflower (vegetable) and 5 green olives (fat), along with a slice of multigrain bread for my carbohydrate. Of course, there's the requisite diet soda: Coke Zero. Nutrisystem manufactures a couple of kinds of meatloaf, and I've got it in my head that I like at least one of them, but I'm not sure which one or if they still make it. This was not it.
The meatloaf itself is all right, although I've never been a fan of tomatoes being involved in my meatloaf preparation. Where it really falls apart is at the mixture of tomatoes and mashed potatoes. I ate the meatloaf, but I couldn't get the taters down. Fortunately, Dessert happened.
These are my favorite cookies. They're crispier than the other cookies from Nutrisystem, and they taste pretty much like standard cookies. The fact that there are a bunch of them in a serving, so it makes you feel like you're eating more, doesn't hurt.
Tried to do my taxes today, and realized I was missing the only one of my many tax forms that could not be obtained online. My previous state of residence is backward in the strangest ways. Fortunately, I've got two weeks, so I should be able to call Monday and get a new one on time. Well, this means I need to get to sleep on time tonight, so I can begin the ritual of calling and being disconnected until they finally give me the privilege to sit on hold to wait to talk to them.
This is the great thing about that state's unemployment system. Once they get a certain number of people on hold, they just drop your call and tell you to call back later. This wouldn't be so bad, except for the part where it takes about 5 minutes to get through all the menus to get to the point where it either puts you on hold or drops you. So I expect to spend about 3 hours doing this tomorrow morning.
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His Tubbiness
348.4 lbs
A successful day, and a successful game night, where there was much Halo 3 with the typical crew. We kept playing with this one racist guy who wouldn't stop shouting the N word, and some other guy who was playing out his God delusions and pedophilia fantasies via game chat. Pretty creepy people on Live.
Men Who Stare At Goats was good, watch it.
That's the news, I'm the Fatass Engineer, and you're not, so why don't you cry about it?
A successful day, and a successful game night, where there was much Halo 3 with the typical crew. We kept playing with this one racist guy who wouldn't stop shouting the N word, and some other guy who was playing out his God delusions and pedophilia fantasies via game chat. Pretty creepy people on Live.
Men Who Stare At Goats was good, watch it.
That's the news, I'm the Fatass Engineer, and you're not, so why don't you cry about it?
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March 27, 2010
Saturday Night's Alright for Fragging
Last night contained moderate success at fragging. A bit of ME2 was played prior to engaging in glorious Halo battle. Started out with some delightful Double EXP Living Dead, because we all love our zombie time. Branched into our usual Big Team Social, and finished up with 2 of us demolishing Brigs and a General in a couple of Multi-Team matches.
But you don't care about that, you want the food, don't you you fat, tubby bitch?
Tonight's Dinner was the Chicken Past Parmesan with a dessert of Peanut Butter Cookie. I decided to keep the mostly Italian dinner theme going because... well, I have mostly Italian dinners. The Chicken Parm is, of course, not what I would produce if I were to make this for myself, but it's good for a microwave meal (that, once again, requires no refrigeration). The cookie is also a pretty tasty treat as far as diet cookies go. Hell, it could pass for a non-diet cookie.
Once again, I enjoyed some romaine lettuce with lite dressing for my unlimited veggie and a juice box for my fruit. A new feature tonight is the Pepperidge Farm Deli Flat that I enjoyed with the meal.
These are great for anyone on a diet or who is diabetic. The singles count as a single slice of bread, but are like super-thin rolls that are split so that you can use them for a sandwich. They're not the only brand out there, but they're the ones we have at the moment.
In other news, I witnessed Repo! The Genetic Opera Last night, and it's most excellent, if a little heavy on the goth aspect. If you enjoy gory cult films and Tim Burton, you'll enjoy this (if you liked Sweeny Todd). I felt the need to aquire the soundtrack immediately upon completion (that's Zydrate Anatomy above). I fell asleep during GI Joe, watched it this morning, and it was forgettable. I now know why people hate Channing Tatum.
I have Men Who Stare At Goats sitting around waiting for me to watch it, and am off to either watch that or play the vidja games.
But you don't care about that, you want the food, don't you you fat, tubby bitch?
Tonight's Dinner was the Chicken Past Parmesan with a dessert of Peanut Butter Cookie. I decided to keep the mostly Italian dinner theme going because... well, I have mostly Italian dinners. The Chicken Parm is, of course, not what I would produce if I were to make this for myself, but it's good for a microwave meal (that, once again, requires no refrigeration). The cookie is also a pretty tasty treat as far as diet cookies go. Hell, it could pass for a non-diet cookie.
Once again, I enjoyed some romaine lettuce with lite dressing for my unlimited veggie and a juice box for my fruit. A new feature tonight is the Pepperidge Farm Deli Flat that I enjoyed with the meal.
These are great for anyone on a diet or who is diabetic. The singles count as a single slice of bread, but are like super-thin rolls that are split so that you can use them for a sandwich. They're not the only brand out there, but they're the ones we have at the moment.
In other news, I witnessed Repo! The Genetic Opera Last night, and it's most excellent, if a little heavy on the goth aspect. If you enjoy gory cult films and Tim Burton, you'll enjoy this (if you liked Sweeny Todd). I felt the need to aquire the soundtrack immediately upon completion (that's Zydrate Anatomy above). I fell asleep during GI Joe, watched it this morning, and it was forgettable. I now know why people hate Channing Tatum.
I have Men Who Stare At Goats sitting around waiting for me to watch it, and am off to either watch that or play the vidja games.
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Late or Early Weigh In
Gaming happened until around 1am, dropped a deuce, cleaned up the dvr a bit and started watching Repo: The Genetic Opera after that. Sleep eludes me.
350.0 lbs
That's all I got, gonna try and sleep, now. Probably won't be eating breakfast today, maybe I'll get to eat lunch, we'll see.
350.0 lbs
That's all I got, gonna try and sleep, now. Probably won't be eating breakfast today, maybe I'll get to eat lunch, we'll see.
March 26, 2010
Dinner of MEAT
So, following the afternoon revelation, I decided to go whole hog on dinner, and eat the Lasagna with MEAT sauce for dinner.
followed by the Double Chocolate Almond Cookie for dessert. As far as microwave lasagnas go, it's pretty decent. A bit light on the cheese, but there's sufficient meat sauce to make it tasty. A bit more kidney beans and peas than I'm used to in Lasagna, though:
Yeah, one of the fun things with this food, is that you'll occasionally encounter these healthy "filler foods" that round out protein and whatnot without increasing the fat and calorie count to an undue amount.
So, as sides, I once again decided on kalamata olives as a fat, romaine lettuce with a lite ranch as a unlimited vegetable, a piece of wheat bread as a carbohydrate, and some strawberries for my fruit.
Dessert was enjoyable. Chocolate and strawberries have certainly come in better forms, but rarely in diet food.
So I know that I said I wasn't going to go the non-fat dressing route... and I fucking haven't. I decided to try a "lite" dressing as a compromise between non-fat and tubby style, and this one's been pretty tasty. I'ts T. Marzetti's Light Classic Ranch (seen here: http://www.marzetti.com/products/marzetti/detail.php?bc=32&cid=1&pid=115 ). It's not super light, but it's better than going all the way with a sweet tub of Marzetti's Bleau Cheese dressing. Allowing it to slowly and deliciously caress your tongue, sliding down the back of your throa...
Moving on, it's pretty good shit, I'd recommend any of the Marzetti dressings that apply to your diet situation. As a salad topper or vegetable dip, they're pretty sweet. As for it's uses as a lube product, however, I anticipate reviews pouring into the email account: fatassengineer@gmail.com .
Following this meal, I am full, and prepared to watch GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (because the internet has taught me to ENJOY watching my childhood be penetrated over and over again like a 15 cent hooker in a freshman dorm), prior to the weekend's gaming festivities, where either aliens or zombies will be slaughtered in bulk.
followed by the Double Chocolate Almond Cookie for dessert. As far as microwave lasagnas go, it's pretty decent. A bit light on the cheese, but there's sufficient meat sauce to make it tasty. A bit more kidney beans and peas than I'm used to in Lasagna, though:
Yeah, one of the fun things with this food, is that you'll occasionally encounter these healthy "filler foods" that round out protein and whatnot without increasing the fat and calorie count to an undue amount.
So, as sides, I once again decided on kalamata olives as a fat, romaine lettuce with a lite ranch as a unlimited vegetable, a piece of wheat bread as a carbohydrate, and some strawberries for my fruit.
Dessert was enjoyable. Chocolate and strawberries have certainly come in better forms, but rarely in diet food.
So I know that I said I wasn't going to go the non-fat dressing route... and I fucking haven't. I decided to try a "lite" dressing as a compromise between non-fat and tubby style, and this one's been pretty tasty. I'ts T. Marzetti's Light Classic Ranch (seen here: http://www.marzetti.com/products/marzetti/detail.php?bc=32&cid=1&pid=115 ). It's not super light, but it's better than going all the way with a sweet tub of Marzetti's Bleau Cheese dressing. Allowing it to slowly and deliciously caress your tongue, sliding down the back of your throa...
Moving on, it's pretty good shit, I'd recommend any of the Marzetti dressings that apply to your diet situation. As a salad topper or vegetable dip, they're pretty sweet. As for it's uses as a lube product, however, I anticipate reviews pouring into the email account: fatassengineer@gmail.com .
Following this meal, I am full, and prepared to watch GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra (because the internet has taught me to ENJOY watching my childhood be penetrated over and over again like a 15 cent hooker in a freshman dorm), prior to the weekend's gaming festivities, where either aliens or zombies will be slaughtered in bulk.
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Fucking Lent
I just realized it's fucking lent... God I suck at religion. Let it be noted I have at least a dozen different items that I could have eaten for lunch that contained no meat. Wait... but I don't think I have any non-meat dinners.... Fucking awesome. I realize I've fucked up, and intend to do better later, and realize that fucking up is in my future. Well, I'm not going to hell for this, I'm going to hell for saying fuck Lent. Or that other thing, you know the one.
Turkey Experiments
So, today I had an experimental meal for lunch.
The Turkey Hot Dog was something that Nutrisystem sent as part of one of my free food weeks, and I was intrigued, especially because it's a non-refrigerated item.
It came in this vacuum-sealed pouch and is just a bit smaller than a normal hotdog. Microwaved for 30 seconds, and its instructions also said to serve it on a whole wheat bun. Certain Nutrisystem meals require the addition of bread or milk that don't come out of your side servings.
For my side I had romaine lettuce with some lite ranch dressing (fuck you, I'm trying the light shit, and this brand is pretty good) and, since I had no whole wheat buns around, I used a piece of bread.
The hot dog... tasted like a hot dog. Nothing great, I mean, I'd rather eat Vienna Beef or Nathan's over this, but it was pretty comparable to a Ballpark frank. A turkey ballpark frank. With nothing on it. I've gotta order next month's food today, and I think I'll get a few of them. Ciao, homies.
The Turkey Hot Dog was something that Nutrisystem sent as part of one of my free food weeks, and I was intrigued, especially because it's a non-refrigerated item.
It came in this vacuum-sealed pouch and is just a bit smaller than a normal hotdog. Microwaved for 30 seconds, and its instructions also said to serve it on a whole wheat bun. Certain Nutrisystem meals require the addition of bread or milk that don't come out of your side servings.
For my side I had romaine lettuce with some lite ranch dressing (fuck you, I'm trying the light shit, and this brand is pretty good) and, since I had no whole wheat buns around, I used a piece of bread.
The hot dog... tasted like a hot dog. Nothing great, I mean, I'd rather eat Vienna Beef or Nathan's over this, but it was pretty comparable to a Ballpark frank. A turkey ballpark frank. With nothing on it. I've gotta order next month's food today, and I think I'll get a few of them. Ciao, homies.
GOOD MORNING
Well, I can't say I'm back on schedule or anything, since I woke up at 2am, but at least that means I got to have breakfast today.
For this morning's entree, I chose the Homestyle Pancakes. They're the first frozen food I've had since getting back on the program, and they're one of my better breakfast options. Due to a propensity for skipping breakfast or not being awake for it, I've got more frozen breakfasts than anything else. I've got about a week's worth of them, but only one dinner and no lunches left.
For my sides, I enjoyed a single large egg (protein) cooked on some non-stick spray, a piece of 15 grain toast (carbohydrate), and an apple juicebox (fruit).
A good breakfast, I'd say. The pancakes are a little sweet, but in general remind me of whole wheat pancakes. They're ok to eat on their own, which is good, since sugar-free syrup is like spooge post vasectomy, the potency is gone. The fun thing about a lot of these dishes is they seem to be chemically engineered to fill your stomach. Oddly enough, the "rib-sticking" factor that the one guy creams his jeans about in the commercials is the best way to describe it.
One thing this diet has driven home to me is how crazy portions are in restaurants and whatnot.
This is a 4oz juice box. It is, obviously, marketed for pre-schoolers. These damned things are only in about 1/4 of the grocery stores I've been in, and in none of the big box stores like Sam's or BJ's. My main point, however, is that this damned thing fits in the palm of my hand. THIS is an appropriately sized fruit serving. For comparison:
We all remember Ecto Coolers, (if you don't, fuck you youngin etc. etc.). For most of it's run, from what I can tell, including the years I'd have sucked these down like a greedy little tubkins (although I didn't get fat until later) these were 8.45 oz. That means that you were basically feeding a kid double what you should feed a fucking adult for a single serving. On the other hand, I can't think of 8.45 oz of liquid in any way actually slaking my thirst under most circumstances. Of course, if I'm actually thirsty I'm most likely to drink just water.
Now, apparently, the standard size is 6.75 oz for juice boxes, which has little bearing on the point I really want to make. I can't believe how tiny the portions of what I should be eating are compared to what I'd just order at a restaurant in "normal" quantity.
That is a picture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Llama, because I found it faster than a picture of a small McDonald's orange juice. I could go out, buy one, and take a picture of one, but fuck that, and soon you'll see why.
Apparently, a god-damned small OJ from Mickey D's is either 12 or 16 oz, from what I can tell from the internets. Now, that's either 3 or 4 servings of fruit. That is insane when you think about the fact that most of us would just order that with our breakfasts thinking we were being good for not having coffee with fucking cream, or rather than having a soda with breakfast, or that "at least I'm eating some fruit with this horrific fried lump of potato and death sandwich". Of course, in proportion to the other shit you'll get in that meal, it's probably about right.
Fuck it, go on about your business, I'll see you at lunch.
For this morning's entree, I chose the Homestyle Pancakes. They're the first frozen food I've had since getting back on the program, and they're one of my better breakfast options. Due to a propensity for skipping breakfast or not being awake for it, I've got more frozen breakfasts than anything else. I've got about a week's worth of them, but only one dinner and no lunches left.
For my sides, I enjoyed a single large egg (protein) cooked on some non-stick spray, a piece of 15 grain toast (carbohydrate), and an apple juicebox (fruit).
A good breakfast, I'd say. The pancakes are a little sweet, but in general remind me of whole wheat pancakes. They're ok to eat on their own, which is good, since sugar-free syrup is like spooge post vasectomy, the potency is gone. The fun thing about a lot of these dishes is they seem to be chemically engineered to fill your stomach. Oddly enough, the "rib-sticking" factor that the one guy creams his jeans about in the commercials is the best way to describe it.
One thing this diet has driven home to me is how crazy portions are in restaurants and whatnot.
This is a 4oz juice box. It is, obviously, marketed for pre-schoolers. These damned things are only in about 1/4 of the grocery stores I've been in, and in none of the big box stores like Sam's or BJ's. My main point, however, is that this damned thing fits in the palm of my hand. THIS is an appropriately sized fruit serving. For comparison:
We all remember Ecto Coolers, (if you don't, fuck you youngin etc. etc.). For most of it's run, from what I can tell, including the years I'd have sucked these down like a greedy little tubkins (although I didn't get fat until later) these were 8.45 oz. That means that you were basically feeding a kid double what you should feed a fucking adult for a single serving. On the other hand, I can't think of 8.45 oz of liquid in any way actually slaking my thirst under most circumstances. Of course, if I'm actually thirsty I'm most likely to drink just water.
Now, apparently, the standard size is 6.75 oz for juice boxes, which has little bearing on the point I really want to make. I can't believe how tiny the portions of what I should be eating are compared to what I'd just order at a restaurant in "normal" quantity.
That is a picture of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Llama, because I found it faster than a picture of a small McDonald's orange juice. I could go out, buy one, and take a picture of one, but fuck that, and soon you'll see why.
Apparently, a god-damned small OJ from Mickey D's is either 12 or 16 oz, from what I can tell from the internets. Now, that's either 3 or 4 servings of fruit. That is insane when you think about the fact that most of us would just order that with our breakfasts thinking we were being good for not having coffee with fucking cream, or rather than having a soda with breakfast, or that "at least I'm eating some fruit with this horrific fried lump of potato and death sandwich". Of course, in proportion to the other shit you'll get in that meal, it's probably about right.
Fuck it, go on about your business, I'll see you at lunch.
Sleep
Fear not, I actually fell asleep at around 9:30 last night while watching the teevee, and just woke up a bit ago with a powerful need to hit the head.
350.8 lbs
Good to see the numbers turning reasonable. I'm going to go have a lie down and try to get back to sleep.
350.8 lbs
Good to see the numbers turning reasonable. I'm going to go have a lie down and try to get back to sleep.
March 25, 2010
Fat Says What Now?
Good evening, and welcome. I realized I left "Fat" off of the list of what's what, as I went to consult my own printout of that post on the inside of the pantry door tonight, so here's the skinny on fat:
Fat
6 Almonds
5 Large Olives (Green or Black)
1 Tbsp of Regular Salad Dressing
1 tsp of Mayonnaise
1 tsp of Oil
1 tsp of Peanut Butter
10 Large Peanuts
4 Pecan halves
4 Walnut Halves
Basically, I only ever seem to eat the salad dressing or the olives, though I've been known to partake of the peanuts, on occasion. Now, on to Dinner.
This evening's dinner entree was the Rotini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce. Most of my favorite dinner entrees are from the "Italian" selections of the Nutrisystem menu. The food just seems to lend itself to being made in microwave form.
Which is, of course, not to say that the food is in any way authentic Italian cuisine, but it'll do.
For the sides, I went with romaine lettuce for the 'unlimited' vegetable, with lite Ranch and some kalamata olives as my Fat, strawberries for my side and a slice of wheat bread for my carbohydrate.
For Dessert, I enjoyed my Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar, which is only pictured unwrapped, because Blogger is being retarded and keeps loading the fucking image upside down. So Blogger can suck my taint, which, I'm sure, tastes nowhere near as good as this bar.
You've probably eaten a peanut butter diet/energy bar before, you know what to expect. This is better than most I've tasted, and the portion is significantly smaller. I'd recommend it as a choice if you want actual dessert food from Nutrisystem.
That's all I got kiddies, I'm feeling full and looking forward to my Thursday night stories, so I'll weigh in and give out the daily number before I go to bed, I just leave you with this gif, courtesy of Warming Glow , from last week's Community.
Fat
6 Almonds
5 Large Olives (Green or Black)
1 Tbsp of Regular Salad Dressing
1 tsp of Mayonnaise
1 tsp of Oil
1 tsp of Peanut Butter
10 Large Peanuts
4 Pecan halves
4 Walnut Halves
Basically, I only ever seem to eat the salad dressing or the olives, though I've been known to partake of the peanuts, on occasion. Now, on to Dinner.
This evening's dinner entree was the Rotini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce. Most of my favorite dinner entrees are from the "Italian" selections of the Nutrisystem menu. The food just seems to lend itself to being made in microwave form.
Which is, of course, not to say that the food is in any way authentic Italian cuisine, but it'll do.
For the sides, I went with romaine lettuce for the 'unlimited' vegetable, with lite Ranch and some kalamata olives as my Fat, strawberries for my side and a slice of wheat bread for my carbohydrate.
For Dessert, I enjoyed my Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar, which is only pictured unwrapped, because Blogger is being retarded and keeps loading the fucking image upside down. So Blogger can suck my taint, which, I'm sure, tastes nowhere near as good as this bar.
You've probably eaten a peanut butter diet/energy bar before, you know what to expect. This is better than most I've tasted, and the portion is significantly smaller. I'd recommend it as a choice if you want actual dessert food from Nutrisystem.
That's all I got kiddies, I'm feeling full and looking forward to my Thursday night stories, so I'll weigh in and give out the daily number before I go to bed, I just leave you with this gif, courtesy of Warming Glow , from last week's Community.
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