Breakfast.. PAYROLL. No breakfast for me!! Only Apple, water, and iced Coffee.
Lunch… Tuna Sandwich on Bread Alone 7-Grain.
No Snack.
Dinner (PBC)… Pizza Night at home. Brought home Italian Wedding & Shrooms pizzas
Breakfast.. One of the greatest things is Grandmas cooking. Once a week, we have a little old Mexican woman who sells hot Tamales from a cooler. No question where these ingredients are from!! Best Breakfast… the spice is better than caffeine.
Snack… Popcorn leftover from event.
Lunch… Fruit & Cottage cheese.
Wish I had small curd Cottage Cheese. After investigation, our Steward checked the wrong product in… what a difference.
Dinner (PBC)… Striped Bass Cartoccio and side of Broccoli di Rabe.
Chef Diego likes to be my nemesis….
I lost pounds in water weight… now I need to get serious.
WEIGH IN: 267
Breakfast… Eggs, Spinach, Seven-Grain Toast
Snack… Cup of Grapes.
Lunch… Pappardelle Al Forno ( my favorite Pasta dish) with Cauliflower Merguez instead of Beef.
We will see this a lot ..
No Snack.
Dinner PBC… 1 Slice Bianco, 1 Slice Margherita, 1 Slice Capo.
Full, but not bloated!
Breakfast… Busy… on the run. Just a scoop of plain Oatmeal (literally eaten over a garbage can). Guzzled water. Iced Coffee.
Snack… Pick and Tasting (the best kind of snack)
Lunch… Fruit Salad & Cottage Cheese
Need to eat light, going running later
No Snack.
Dinner PBC… Stuffed Peppers– Cauliflower, Spinach, Mushrooms, Arborio Rice with fresh Mozzarella, Grana Padana & HOC (Herbs of Certe). Sauteed Garlicky Spinach. Water.
WEIGH IN TOMORROW (UH, OH)
Breakfast… (Certe) Jumbo Oat Bran Mixed Berry Muffin.
We grind our oats and use a basic quick bread recipe with fresh berries and IQF cranberries.
Red Velvet Iced Tea ritual
1 qt. Alkaline Water
Snack…. Our Purchasing Director just came back from the Jersey Shore and handed me some homemade fudge. Couple of bits and satisfied. So delicious!
Lunch… Tuna Salad on Bread Alone Seven-Grain Toast. Side of sautéed Spinach.
Skipped Snack.
Dinner (PBC) …. 1 Slice Bolognese, 1 Slice Margherita, 1 Slice Farmers. (Balanced meal???)
No exercise today.
Brunch (Home)… Fruit Salad, Cottage Cheese, Scrambled Eggs in OO with Sea Salt & fresh Pepper
Because I work a lot and dont spend too much time at home, I need to begin researching around where I live. Hopefully, next weekend I will have a better chance.
Dinner… Went out for Mexican to a Mom & Pop Mexican Restaurant with Abuelas in the kitchen. Mole Enchiladas. Very fresh. Not certain how local or organic, but very fresh.
Usually I work on Saturdays, but in August… I take off. Whenever I am not working and home with my family, I do a 2-meal (Brunch/Dinner) with some snacks.
Brunch…. Asparagus, Mushroom & Gruyere Frittata with sautéed Potato and Onions in OO.
Had to cook due to hard to find guideline ingredients.
Dinner…. Local Tuna cooked rare, avocado, corn & Arugula. Minestrone Soup.
Had an early dinner. Took my Wife out for her belated Birthday (I know, dont say it).
Snack…. Air-Popped Popcorn
Breakfast…. 2 Bananas (Payroll Day, no time to eat and cant afford it). I wish I can say the bananas were from my rooftop garden but…
No Snack
Late Lunch PBC… Pappardelle Al Forno, no meat (with Cauliflower Merguez). My Fave and we make our own pasta with high-quality flour.
Snack… Fruit Salad with Cottage Cheese
Dinner... Friday night is Pizza night at my house. Instead of using local Pizzeria, I brought home Pizza from PBC.
Breakfast (PBC)…NY State goat Cheese, NJ Tomatoes and our Basil (we grow on site), a toasted Sesame Ciagel (Our answer to Bagels. Using unprocessed, non-bromated flour, first they are steamed then finished in our Brick Oven)
Red Velvet Iced Tea
Alkaline Water with Lemon
Snack… Handful of Pistachios
Lunch… LI Duck Egg scrambled with Spinach, Mushrooms & Tomato, Baked Potato with Malt Vinegar, OO, Sea Salt, & fresh Pepper.
Duck Eggs have more to offer than Chicken Eggs.
Alkaline Water with splash of fresh OJ
Sencha Shot Green Tea (need a boost)
Snack… Double Espresso (finish what the Green Tea couldnt) & Fruit Salad
Dinner (PBC)… 2 Slices Margherita, 1 Slice Italian Wedding.
Very filling, but not bloating. When I have 3 slices of Pizza, usually my wedding band gets tight. I guess that is why, every so often, my wife leaves leftovers on counter for me.
Here We Go….
DAY 1
Breakfast… McMann Steel Cut Irish Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries, Diced Granny Smith Apples for tartness, Vermont Grade A Maple Syrup for sweetness.
NOTE: Being I work long days, I need as much energy as I can get my hands on and Steel Cut Oats are what they feed Race Horses.
Alkaline Water with Lemon
Red Velvet Iced Tea in a Stainless Steel PBC bottle to sip throughout the day.
Snack… Carrot Sticks (boring) and more water.
Lunch… Wild Mushroom Barley Soup (Veg Stock), Millport Dairy Amish Cheddar on Bread Alone 7 Grain Toast with side of sautéed Broccoli Rabe with Garlic (breath) and OO.
Alkaline Water with splash of fresh O.J.
Snack… Apple and more water (yawn)
Cardio for 30 minutes
Dinner… (at PBC)… Jumbo Meatball, Wild Mushroom Sauté on a bed of Spinach (omg, so filling). Next time, maybe half portion.