This is a living document. As I discover more about my bread I’ll tweak the instructions and recipes here. I’ve adjusted the salt in the recipe below. The original called for 1 Tbsp of salt. I found 1 Tbsp of salt to be way too little and I’ve bumping it up for 1.5 Tbsp for my next batch (and I’ll…
Week 4: August 31-September 6 2010
This week I: – Lost 1.2 lbs.(303.4) – Drank all my water everyday. 66oz/day. – Went to the farmer’s market (peaches, whole grain bread loaf, pesto, green beans, celery and blueberries) I still need to: – Clean out my fridge. – Start collecting clear/glass containers for storing stuff in the fridge to make stuff easy to identify. This last weekend…
Mussels in dipping sauce
A few months ago, when my boss was in town, we went out to eat at Anchor and Hope in San Francisco. I had the “Mediterranean Seafood Stew” with mussles, chorizo meatballs, and harissa lobster broth. From the first bite I knew that it didn’t taste like what I’d expected it to taste. Don’t get me wrong, it was very…
18 lbs down: Welcome to Twoterville
This morning I’m down 18 lbs since I officially started clean eating and the blog. Today I finally entered “twoterville”. That is, my weight number finally starts with a two instead of a three. 299.0. I’m frankly embarrassed that I ever had a 3 in front of my number and I hope to forget about it as quickly as possible.…
September Goals
August Achievements: – Made healthy eating a priority and started clean eating. Yeah! – Gave up soda, juice, coffee (and everything else besides milk, water and tea). Haven’t missed them so far. – Lost 17.4 lbs and dropped a pant size. 300.6 this morning. Booya! – ALMOST broke into Twoterville. 0.6 lbs away SMART goals are specific, measurable, actionable, realistic…
Week 3 – Aug. 24-30, 2010
This week I: – Gained 0.6 lbs.(304.6) 🙁 My fault. Need to clean up my eating and be stronger in the face of temptation (1 cupcake, 1/2 piece of cake, lots of white bread and WAY too big portions) – Drank all my water everyday. 66oz/day. – Went to the farmer’s market (wheat shell pasta, wheat fettuccine pasta, pesto and…
Lasagna
I like lasagna.. and nothing really tops homemade lastagna.. that said.. I really think this is bad for you. Too much cheese and carbs.. but tasty. Possibly good with oregano and parsley added to the meat sauce and cheese layer. Still good without. Lasagna Original from Eat Clean Live Green: Ingredients no-bake lasagna noodles 1 pound ground beef (preferably organic…
Pants Pants Pants
I had an interesting experience yesterday. A few months ago I grew out of my jeans. I could kind of still wear them but they were too small through the thighs. So I ordered two new pairs of jeans. The new jeans were the right size in the thigh but too big in the waist. Regardless, I needed jeans with…
AB Grilled Chicken
Not everyone has two and half hours available to prep/cook dinner. Seriously, if I followed Alton’s recipe verbatum I’d have to start at it LONG before I got home from work OR we’d be eating at 10pm. Neither of those are acceptable so I’m running through my short-cut options. Option 1 – Skip the brine. I hate to miss out…
The magic pill
Last night I watched Dr. Who. It was an episode where an alien nanny decended on Earth and sold a magical pill that caused people to lose 1 pound a day of “unneeded” fat. It turns out that the fat was actually splitting off of the person and running back to the alien nanny. I would totally take that pill.…