I hate being fat.

Fire in the Sky

mikey10123 — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 01:31:18 +0000

Big wildfire a few miles from my house as I write this…2800 acres and 0% contained.

Dinner tonight was an apricot chicken sandwich with swiss cheese, sliced avacado, and good mustard. Then I ate an apple from Wenatchee.

I remain not good with computer!

mikey10123 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:34:50 +0000

This is the third week of Bruce and I working our way through the “Couch to 5k” program and associated podcasts, and today was the first day that I’ve felt like I’m really making noticeable progress. I love that I’m feeling better, stronger, and healthier.

As for diet, mom was here from Thursday to Monday, and so I had some great home-cooked meals this weekend; I was able to maintain the healthy aspect of eating, though, for the most part.

I continue to avoid fast food and restaurants and cook at home (when mom isn’t around). Last night’s dinner was some shredded chicken and cheese on a bowl of beans (Grandma’s recipe for the win!). Night before that I had half a leftover sandwich from Johnnie’s, tri-tip on sourdough roll. Sunday, Saturday, and Friday were roast beef sandwich, potato salad, and a bowl of beans. Thursday night last week was the first half of that Johnnie’s sandwich.

Prior to that, I had done a package of chicken breasts on the grill and prepared them in various ways; one night was a chicken salad, another night I had a chicken quesadilla. I’m very pleased with how the diet is going.

Wheee

mikey10123 — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:23:44 +0000

I been bein pretty good lately Tonight I accidentally did really well though. I grilled up a package of chicken breasts, used a couple of them to make chicken sandwiches, and pan fried some potatoes. I’ve never actually done the taters that way before, and they turned out really damn good. I am very pleased.

Catching Up

mikey10123 — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:01:59 +0000

Every time I post I accuse myself of slacking. So maybe the SLA on these posts should change.

I’ve been eating pretty well. I’ve almost completely cut out the high-sugar espresso drinks at work — I had two of those in the last two weeks, and that knocks out like 400 calories a day. I’ve also been walking after lunch with the continual inspiration of my boss, and it’s definitely helping.

My cousin’s wife was here last week, and we ate out at Tia Juana’s one night for dinner (I had a burrito and a couple of tacos) and grilled chicken breasts the night before.

I grilled a couple of steaks night before last, had one then and had the second one for lunch today, cold and cut up in a salad with chipotle dressing. That was pretty good.

Last night I was so worn out I fell asleep before I even fixed dinner. Good times.

Rest of the week

mikey10123 — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:44:07 +0000

Rest of the week was pretty good.

My friend Heather and I grilled on Thursday night; Friday I had a taco salad for lunch and not much motivation for dinner, as I didn’t get home until nearly 10pm.

Saturday was a mellow day – bread, hummus, and a salad for lunch, and a bowl of cereal for dinner.

Alexander’s!

mikey10123 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:37:22 +0000

I don’t get to do this often (thank god) but I went to Alexander’s Steakhouse tonight with friends. I had a “sampler” plate of three different kinds of steak, and it was freaking phenomenal. I went easy on the sides and had no dessert, but even still, this is a once-a-year or so treat.

I’ve not felt well the last few days, which is part of why I took it (relatively) easy tonight. Yesterday I had two slices of pizza for lunch and a bowl of cereal for dinner, and that was it for the day.

Back to my normal routine now.

Another week gone by

mikey10123 — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 04:11:32 +0000

And here I am on Saturday night. I just grilled up four 1/4 pound burgers, and ate two of them with the leftover roast vegetables from the other night. It was freakin great.

I had some cereal for breakfast today, and some bread and hummus for lunch.

Last night I was just beat, I got a chicken sandwich and a diet coke from yack in the box and came home.

All in all, a pretty good week.

I am not good with computer.

mikey10123 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:47:46 +0000

Freeeeesh!

I’ve slacked a couple of times coming home late this week and opted for fast food, so I have to be straight up about that. However, I have also done some good things.

I grilled over the 4th weekend a couple of times, which was standard (by now) faire.

Tonight I tried for the first time some pre-marinated chicken breasts from the butcher’s counter at Johnnie’s. I got “bloody mary chicken” and they turned out freaking great. Check ‘em:

Dinner was freakin delicious.

Slacker!

mikey10123 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:59:09 +0000

I have been eating well, but I have been slacking bad on recording it.
As an example, Sunday night was a great one — for my birthday dinner I had the now-nearly-standard NY strip, but coupled with roasted vegetables. RJ gave me some zucchini from his garden, so I added that to some potatoes and onions and roasted that up. Yum!

More soon.

Love the grill

mikey10123 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:52:45 +0000

I been slackin bad on bloggin my foods, but I been eatin well and nothing out of the ordinary. Standard work fare and cooking at home.

Tonight was a NY strip, and it was by far the best I’ve grilled so far. There is definitely an art to that.