Okay - while it was an epic fail in the blender it was a raging success in the Cuisenart. I highly recommend this recipe. It's no Ben & Jerry's Coffee Heath Crunch but at a thousand calories less I'll learn to change. The only concern I have is how does two bananas effect the ability to poop. Only time will tell.
I've been steaming fish lately. An easy low calorie treat - if you cook up the right fish. Spend your money on frozen talapia. It's got a good taste, doesn't shrink too much, and goes well with rice or lentils. Stay away from pollack and cod. While they are great fish breaded and friend they are not so great steamed.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Taking it Easy with some Ice Cream
Today's workout was cleaning the kitchen and repairing the vacuum. It counts if its over two stories and its hot enough to make you sweat; right? Probably not but I am embracing something I would have never done in my younger more testosterone driven days. I'm taking a recovery day to make sure that my initial push yesterday doesn't hurt me and everything gets a chance to heal. So today was for attending to important things like finishing my application for nursing school, playing words with friends and reading World War Z.
I have nothing fabulous to write up from the kitchen. Actually it was a culinary failure from start to finish. I cook a lot of Lao/Thai food and this cook book said I could bypass the traditional bamboo steamer and cook the rice in an electric steamer. I didn't believe it but I gave it a try. The book was wrong. About a week ago I had prepped an Indian chicken dish not thinking how it would fare sitting in the fridge for a week with pineapple chunks. The acid pretty much liquified the chicken. So dinner was a mad rush to McD's for the kids.
I did try making some of my own protein bars at home figuring it might be a decent way to save some money - only to learn that some things are worth the money. I've been watching Michael Korey Fitness on Youtube and got the recipe from his videos. The homemade protein bar was simple but it was just too bland.
He does have a recipe for banana based ice cream that I am going to try tonight. I did try it last week in the blender and it was flavorable but I had to add too much liquid so that it ended up like a really thick milk shake instead of ice cream. It was the only way to get it out of the blender. Tonight I am going to try it in the Cuisinart.
Michael Kory Protein Ice Cream
I have nothing fabulous to write up from the kitchen. Actually it was a culinary failure from start to finish. I cook a lot of Lao/Thai food and this cook book said I could bypass the traditional bamboo steamer and cook the rice in an electric steamer. I didn't believe it but I gave it a try. The book was wrong. About a week ago I had prepped an Indian chicken dish not thinking how it would fare sitting in the fridge for a week with pineapple chunks. The acid pretty much liquified the chicken. So dinner was a mad rush to McD's for the kids.
I did try making some of my own protein bars at home figuring it might be a decent way to save some money - only to learn that some things are worth the money. I've been watching Michael Korey Fitness on Youtube and got the recipe from his videos. The homemade protein bar was simple but it was just too bland.
He does have a recipe for banana based ice cream that I am going to try tonight. I did try it last week in the blender and it was flavorable but I had to add too much liquid so that it ended up like a really thick milk shake instead of ice cream. It was the only way to get it out of the blender. Tonight I am going to try it in the Cuisinart.
Michael Kory Protein Ice Cream
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Recipies 9/13
I'm a big fan of food - so what did I shove in my pie hole after the bike ride from hell?
First I opened a jar of Del Monte red grapefruit. I love to do a lot of cooking, food network surfing, cutting, and chopping - but even I am not going to peel, depith, and quarter grapefruit. Somethings are just worth paying for unless your Ina Garten, but that girl is crazy.
GUACAMOLE SALAD
But I did go get some greens. I love avocados so I simply mashed up one with some chopped up green onions, cilantro, pinch of sea salt, and some lime juice. Too much greens to really call it guacamole - it was more or an avocado/guacamole salad.
And since part of the reason I am writing this is to have some accountability I am going to sign my posts with my daily weight.
Adam 313 lbs
Winded
I'm a big believer in just getting out there, trying something new, and just showing up. So I got down the bike, put some air in the tires and set out on a gentle 6 mile ride. I've driven this gently sloping road more times than I care to remember. But riding downhill made me realize that this gently sloping hill was about to become a bitch when I turned my bike around. Sadly it was only a 300 foot climb over three miles - but last time I was tooling around the city on a bike I was about a third less of the man I am today.
The great thing about the bike is that it has granny gear - that little tiny third gear on the crank set saved my ass. I never used to use it - what was the point. Well fighting my way up the hill I learned that I have a lot of ground to cover and that I am going to be taking it more slowly than I imagined. Reality sucks. I'm more of an instant gratification kind of person.
It did eventually all get too hard and I laid my bike down in some shaded grass and just lay there. Defeated. The morning dew soaking through my shirt providing relief. I don't know how long I lay there but I had every intention of standing up and walking that bike home. But I laid there in the shade, got my breathing under control, got to the point where I could drink from my camel back without feeling nausea, and finally felt human again. Who knows how many songs played on the ipod while I was down or if any of them were specifically inspirational. But I got up, brushed off the grass, strapped on the geeky helmet, and rode the bike home uphill.
That's what this whole thing is about really isn't it - getting back up when your down.
The great thing about the bike is that it has granny gear - that little tiny third gear on the crank set saved my ass. I never used to use it - what was the point. Well fighting my way up the hill I learned that I have a lot of ground to cover and that I am going to be taking it more slowly than I imagined. Reality sucks. I'm more of an instant gratification kind of person.
It did eventually all get too hard and I laid my bike down in some shaded grass and just lay there. Defeated. The morning dew soaking through my shirt providing relief. I don't know how long I lay there but I had every intention of standing up and walking that bike home. But I laid there in the shade, got my breathing under control, got to the point where I could drink from my camel back without feeling nausea, and finally felt human again. Who knows how many songs played on the ipod while I was down or if any of them were specifically inspirational. But I got up, brushed off the grass, strapped on the geeky helmet, and rode the bike home uphill.
That's what this whole thing is about really isn't it - getting back up when your down.
.... Here we go again
I'm fat and forty - but you got that from the title of yet another blog. Just what the internet needs, some middle aged sad sack crying about his weight and how hard it is to get in shape. Boo hoo, poor me. But I need a venue to vent, and bitch and cry. If you are so inclined I welcome you to my little part of the internet.
I wish I could say this was the first time I trotted myself out onto the internet in an attempt to loose weight. But it isn't. I was a pretty funny but smug little shit last time I was online. Speaking from an assumed authority that I self bestowed. I don't know where the arrogance came from but I had the brass to repackage what I found online and teach it like I had learned it from actually doing more than clicking my way through somebody else's webpage.
This time I'm approaching this as a journal - something probably best kept private, but in an attempt to get some sort of accountability I am making it public. I'm not going to teach shit that I haven't earned with sweat and early morning grumbling. That I promise you and myself.
I have had some moderate success with weight loss in the past - meaning I am down twenty five pounds from my high of 340 lbs. I currently tip the scale at about 313 on a good day after a heavy shit. But I plateaued in both weight loss, effort, and motivation during my final year of nursing school. I could blame school but I think loosing weight just got hard and I have a tendency to quit when things get hard. Damn, balls don't feel so brassy now that I've admitted that.
It's 1:47 AM and I got bored looking at Facebook and porn hours ago, so it's time to his the sack. G'night all y'all.
I wish I could say this was the first time I trotted myself out onto the internet in an attempt to loose weight. But it isn't. I was a pretty funny but smug little shit last time I was online. Speaking from an assumed authority that I self bestowed. I don't know where the arrogance came from but I had the brass to repackage what I found online and teach it like I had learned it from actually doing more than clicking my way through somebody else's webpage.
This time I'm approaching this as a journal - something probably best kept private, but in an attempt to get some sort of accountability I am making it public. I'm not going to teach shit that I haven't earned with sweat and early morning grumbling. That I promise you and myself.
I have had some moderate success with weight loss in the past - meaning I am down twenty five pounds from my high of 340 lbs. I currently tip the scale at about 313 on a good day after a heavy shit. But I plateaued in both weight loss, effort, and motivation during my final year of nursing school. I could blame school but I think loosing weight just got hard and I have a tendency to quit when things get hard. Damn, balls don't feel so brassy now that I've admitted that.
It's 1:47 AM and I got bored looking at Facebook and porn hours ago, so it's time to his the sack. G'night all y'all.
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