It's been a long day. I got up a bit late, got to work a bit later than I like (I don't have a "hard" start time) and I distracted myself with work and ended up leaving later than I should have.
I had Nutrisystem Cheesy Homestyle Potatoes for lunch, along with some celery and some sliced peppers. I also had a juice box for a morning snack, and Nutrisystem Sour Cream and Onion Soy Chips.
For dinner, I once again had one of the Nutrisystem Southwest Chicken Wrap.
I decided to play "burn your insides" as my dinner game, so I tossed a sliced jalapeno (no seeds) and some red and yellow peppers with paprika, cayenne pepper and hotsauce into the pan.
I also tried a new regular dressing. Cindy's Kitchen Power Dressing (Jalapeno Ranch Style). I only had a tablespoon of it, since it was regular, and it was my fat for the meal.
I also had some celery (unlimited vegetable) and a slice of wheat toast (carbohydrate).
Good day, sir. I'm running way behind, so we're gonna stick to the facts.
Weight: 304 lbs
Body Fat: 42%
Water: 44.4%
I feel dehydrated this morning, which is hardly shocking, given the joy of last night (I wasn't able to keep down much water over the rest of the evening). Let's hope breakfast goes better, shall we?
Breakfast was Nutrisystem Low-Fat Granola.
Along with which I had a juice box (fruit), an 8 oz glass of milk (dairy) and two slices of raisin bread (double carbohydrate!). Now, I woke up this morning a little shaky, possibly due to the fact that I basically didn't get anything in the way of nutrition in the evening yesterday. Don't begrudge me that extra slice of toast.
On an unrelated note: I really need to buy some new bowls. Eating proper portions out of these makes me want to cry, since they're sized to hold about 4 times what I should be eating for breakfast (also what I would have eaten before this diet, if I only had one bowl of cereal).
You know what? I can't think of a single time I've said to myself, "you know what would make this scene better? Jonah Hill". Wonder why that is...
So I took my kettle back in to work today, so that I could prepare my lunch.
Which was a cup of Nutrisystem Cheesy Homestyle Potatoes. I also had some celery, and a juice box for a morning snack (I feel like I'm 5 every time I type that).
Hit the Whole Foods after work today, which is a terribly dangerous place for a man on a diet. I was mostly good, bought vegetables and milk, my main staples, but...
I picked up some Salmon Corn Chowder and Baked Kettle Chips with Salt and Vinegar for dinner. Really, either one of these things would be a day-killer. The chips alone are 480 calories for the bag. That's one good thing about whole foods: even when you go off the wagon, you can mitigate it (a 'family size' bag of chips from a regular supermarket is easily 2000 calories, depending on the branding).
Unfortunately, if you're watching tv and you are drinking soup from the side of a cup, and you get surprised, maybe you over-mitigate it. I was looking away from the computer, and I had last night's House on. While chugging the last of my chowder, it went to a rather loud commercial without warning, and I took an over-large swallow. I immediately gave up my entire delicious dinner to the, mercifully large, trashcan I keep at my desk.
After awhile, my stomach settled, and I made a discovery worthy of the nations most fervent politicos: oranges are a fucking stupid food to eat after you've made your throat raw vomiting. I'm now considering a glass of milk (there's about 8-12oz left in last week's half gallon) and a piece of raisin bread or something. I also still need to slice up my vegetables purchased today and take care of my dishes. I'ma go do that and pray my stomach stays in its place for awhile, that orange really isn't sitting right.
Because Bitches be all about dem planes. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, what's say we pretend it never happened and I tell you what I shoved down my throat today?
For lunch, I had a frozen Nutrisystem Toasted Ham & Cheese. Unfortunately, I do not have a toaster at work, so I had it from a microwave for the first time. It was basically like having a warm, soft wheat bread sandwich (I liked it). I also ate a morning snack of a juice box around 10, and had some celery with lunch.
When I got home, I grabbed a snack of a Nutrisystem Oatmeal Cookie... of which I apparently do not have a stock photo. I will have to remember this for the next time I have one handy. Well, after I ate that, much surfing of the internet took place, upon the conclusion of which, I decided I'd better fucking make dinner before it got too late.
When I went to grab dinner from the cabinet today, I realized I only have 3 kinds of dinners remaining... but I've got almost 2 weeks worth of them. This is not counting the slightly-less-than-a-week's worth of frozen dinners I have, mind you. But chief amongst the dry food dinners are the Southwest Chicken Wrap and the BBQ Sauce with Pork Wrap. Tonight, I went with the latter (for those of you who never quite got latter/former down, see pictorial above).
I know, I KNOW what the wrap looks like if you just dump it out of the package, alright? IT TASTES GOOD and that's all that matters to me, tonight. But don't the bell peppers and celery look pretty? I think the vegetables look pretty, and that fucking bread... you all saw how that bread (carbohydrate) was looking at me! Dressed in that light brown toasting, it knew what it was asking for! Don't even get me started on that filthy light ranch dressing (fat), that tart ended up ALL OVER the vegetables.
Ahem, I seem to have lost my composure for a moment there, and I do apologize. Now, we can discuss desert, which, as is typical for me, these days, probably won't happen. The song below is not what I listened to over dinner. I actually classed it up and started with the full BWV 1007 during prep and finished BWV 1008 while I was finishing dinner (Jian Wang's interpretation). However... I came across the video below while looking for BWV 1007 on the Youtube, and it was sufficiently badass to take its place in this post.
Apparently, Saturday I passed 300 posts on this ridiculous little venture. I'm not sure how to feel about that. OH HOLY CHRIST THE JETS ACTUALLY WON? Now, no one likes to see any of the NY teams win (except maybe the Mets, because they're just so adorable) but I REALLY love to see New England losing. I can't believe I didn't watch because I didn't want to see the Pats win, again. On a side note: this makes me exactly 2-6 on my playoff predictions.
At any rate, last night I ate this. Did you know that Papa Johns is the only one of the major pizza chains that still offers a "small" pizza? I did not use the delicious garlic butter sauce, and the toppings were all the vegetables and sausage.
Weight: 308.4 lbs
Body Fat: 43.4%
Water: 43.3%
As I said yesterday, I was dehydrated, and now, after a day of eating largely carbs, I'm water-heavy. At least the weekend was pretty close to net zero change.
And this morning, it's back to our regularly scheduled meals. A frozen Nutrisystem Ham & Cheese Omelet.
And with that, I had a slice of raisin bread toast (carbohydrate), an 8oz glass of milk (dairy), and a juice box (fruit). I'm just finishing slugging down my breakfast quart of water, then it's on to the shower and work.
Son of a bitch. I finished writing the whole entry, and then Firefox froze up on me. I had to reconstruct from memory, so it's a bit short today. Stay free, Fatheads.
So I went out last night. My intent was to find a quite coffee shop and read some books/drink much coffee. I started out at a hookah bar with a buddy, then moved on to a wing joint/sports bar to watch the fucking pack crush Atlanta. We went there for dinner, over the course of which I had two jack and diets before switching to rum and diet. I had two skewers of shrimp (10 medium/large shrimp) with broccoli instead of fries. Of course, the broccoli was covered in butter and salt, but it's still much better than fried potatoes. I would provide a picture, but I was in a bar. Bars tend to be dark, and not conducive to even the nicest phone camera photography.
From there, I went on to lose horribly at pool, while continuing to drink rum and diets, with the occasional shot of I don't even remember. And then there was dancing. One must be drunk for dancing, otherwise one will realize how ridiculous one looks, and stop immediately. This one did not stop.
Through the entire night, I drank Bacardi and Diets after dinner (as I said, with the occasional shot that magically appeared) until my last drink of the night. I ordered a Harp beer, and drank just a few mouthfulls of it before deciding "no, this is not worth the calories". I was very proud of myself. In the past, I've always resorted to beer on these broken diet nights. My pattern is to start off good with Bacardi and diets, get buzzed, and then maintain with beer. Last night, I managed to just cruise on the Bacardi and Diets.
Of course, I'm a little upset with myself that I did any drinking at all, but I need to face facts. I'm employed again (thank God), I live downtown in one of the greatest cities in the country, and I have an active social life. It's unrealistic to expect that I won't be drinking at all. I just need to restrict myself to the lower calorie hard liquor drinks with diet soda or no non-liquor additives, and keep my nights out to a minimum.
On the walk home, I ran into the supermarket and bought some manner of sammitch and a bag of chips (the standard larger size of bag). I ate most of the (not very large) sammitch and very little of the chips, apparently, before passing out in front of my living room television. I left my I believe there was at least roast beef, possibly ham and turkey, and American cheddar.
Weight: 301.8 lbs
Body Fat: 42.8%
Water: 43.8%
I'm a bit dehydrated, but this is still a good thing. I'm going to consume the remaining rotisserie chicken in my fridge along with some small portion of the fantastic salt and vinegar chips I bought last night while I watch some TV and rehydrate this morning, then I'm throwing out the remainder of the chips and possibly putting my fat ass on the elliptical (probably just going to play drums).
Enjoy the alternative to yesterday's music, Fatheads!
PS: I ate a morning snack of a drumstick from the rotisserie chicken and a juice box for morning snack yesterday, and some bell peppers and a Nutrisystem Turkey Hot Dog for lunch.
