June 8, 2008

Matsuri Sushi

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For dinner, we decided to go out again for two reasons: a) I’m going to be stuck in the same four walls for a week or more so I wanted to get out of the apt while I can, and 2) we wanted sushi! And I can’t make sushi. :) (Not that I’ve ever tried, although I totally would) I chose sushi for my last solid-food meal because it’s both light and filling, and I love it. We went to a sushi place near us, Matsuri.

We started off with the cucumber wrapped eel roll:

I had two of the rolls.

Then we got the Sushi and Sashimi Plate for Two:

I had the right side of the plate (one of each type of the groups). SOO delicious. Matsuri never disappoints. I’m estimating dinner at 700 calories.

Peter is mopping the apt as I type (love him), which marks the end of our thorough cleaning of the apt. As for the rest of the evening, I’m going to introduce P to Flight of the Concords, try to stay calm, and go to sleep. :) I have to report to the hospital at 8:30 AM, so the plan is to wake up at 7:30, take a shower, and take a cab over. I’m not sure how much/how little I’ll be posting over the next two or three days . I may find comfort in posting and post as usual or I may want to sleep and stare at the TV all day. Who knows? But I will try to post when I can. Thanks guys, and wish me luck!

 

June 8, 2008

Relaxing Sunday

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Hey guys! Another late post! This has been a calm, quiet weekend. I woke around 11 and decided against the gym in favor of brunch – I was starving! I did want to run to the gym to do a weigh-in. I’m interested to see if the surgery and recovery will cause me to lose or gain weight. If I lose weight, I just hope I don’t lose muscle! On the way to NYSC, I ran into Eva outside Banana Republic! Of course, we had to go in and peruse. :) We met up with Peter when he came downstairs. It was such a serendipitous meeting!

At my weigh in, I lost a lb! It was nice to see the scale move after maintaining for a while. I’m officially down to 167 lbs. 21 lbs down, 24-34 lbs to go!

Peter and I went to a new place for brunch, Alexandra. I started out with my favorite, iced coffee with fancy frothed milk:

Then we split a fruit bowl, I had about half:

Then for an entree, I got the spinach and goat cheese omelette:

Potato wedges on the side. I ate all the potatoes, and half the omelette (plus a couple bites of Peter’s eggs benedict).

After brunch, we walked around a while in the heat for a while until Peter started getting grouchy for want of a milkshake. We finally found a Baskin Robbins, where P got the largest Strawberry Cheesecake milkshake in existence. It was the size of a Double Gulp. I snapped this pic:

TOO CUTE! (He did not drink this whole thing, thank goodness.) I got a small cup of mint chip and forgot to take a pic until a few bites in because I was scowling about Peter’s jug of milkshake:

I ate about 3/4ths of this. Brunch was estimated at 800 calories.

After that I got a manicure and pedicure (Galapa-ghost on my nails, and Strawberry Margarita on my toes) and a massage. The massage was P’s idea – and a good one too! I’m starting to get really nervous about tomorrow and that really calmed me down.

Not sure what the plan for tonight is. Probably more keeping it calm. :) Maybe a workout, but I’m on the fence about that – we’ve done ALOT of walking today. See ya guys!

 

June 8, 2008

Challah Burger

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Another late post – sorry guys! This afternoon P and I spent on pre-surgery to do’s before Peter had his meeting at 6. While he was gone, I relaxed and did some stuff around the apt. When he got back, we watched Super Size Me while eating dinner. P had never seen SSM before so it was really interesting to watch it with him! Some great discussions ensued. I love that movie and never get tired of watching it.

We had talked about having wine with dinner (we’ve got about six bottles of wine in the house that we need to open), but ultimately I decided it wasn’t a great idea to have alcohol so close to my surgery. So I served lemonade mixed with water, served in wine glasses for flair:

P got some whole wheat challah rolls at the bakery this afternoon, so I used those to make a sandwich with Amy’s Californian Veggie Burgers, with mustard and ketchup on the side for dipping:

On the side I made a salad full of CSA goodies! Salad with lettuce, braising greens, and radishes, with a tbsp of Annie’s goddess dressing on the side:

This salad was AMAZING! These veggies tasted so pure and fresh and healthy. Just really incredible. You really could tell a difference from regular organic supermarket veggies. Dinner was 440 calories, 62g carbs, 16g fat, and 15g protein.

Heading to bed for another day of calming relaxation tomorrow. Night!

 

June 7, 2008

Good Brunch

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Hey guys!  I can’t believe I’m just getting my brunch post up!  I’ve really been trying to take the pressure off this weekend, which meant waking up leisurely, heading to the gym on my own time, then enjoying a calm outdoor brunch with Peter.  I’ve really been enjoying our calm QT together. :)

As I said, I woke up around 10:30 and was at the gym by noon.  It really took some prodding from both P and myself to get me there, but P was adamant about me having a workout.  And he was right – a hard workout and then brunch is one of my favorite pleasures in life.  I’m so lucky to have such a great support system!  Before I left for the gym I had half an Ezekiel Cinnamon Raisin English Muffin with a tbsp almond butter:

Pre Workout Snack was 174 calories, 21g carbs, 8g fat, and 7g protein.

At the gym I did Cardio Smorgas: treadmill with weight, Elliptical, Step mill, jogging on treadmill.  I tried to do the Cardio Wave, but it was malfunctioning.  That’s the problem with that thing -about every third time I want to use it, it’s broken!  Really annoying.  Cardio smorgas=479 calories burned.

After some cleaning up (myself and the apt), Peter and I headed to brunch.  We wanted to try a new place, so after a quick search we ended up with Good.  After a quick walk, we were settled at an outdoor table for a sunny brunch. :)

I started out with an iced coffee:

That’s P’s arm and Polo shirt! :)   Then we started out with a bread basket.  We’re both suckers for carbs – and these were totally worth it!.

Two spotted big guys were Lemon Blueberry Bread, on opposite sides was the Savory Cheddar Cornbread, and hiding down below were Warm Buttermilk Biscuits.  There was also The Best Pear Pecan Crumbcake:

Which really was the best Pear Pecan Crumbcake I’ve ever had!  All of these breads were amazing – loved the lemon blueberry, and the cheddar cornbread, and the biscuits were the perfect biscuit consistency and taste.  Just amazing!  I had 1/3 the crumbcake, 1/2 of each of a piece of the other three breads.

For an entree, I got the scramble of the day with peppers and Fontina cheese with asparagus and avocado, with greens on the side.

I ate all of the greens, none of the bread, and half of the scramble with half the avocado.  I’m estimating brunch at 750 calories.

At brunch, P and I made a list of all our pre-surgery to-do’s and to-buy’s.  So far we’ve hit up Duane Reade, the grocery store and done alot of apt cleaning.  For tonight, P has a meeting at 6 and then I think he wants to see SATC.  I’ll happily oblige!  Hope you’re having a great Saturday!

 

June 7, 2008

NYC Food Blogger Summit 2008

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Hey guys! Dinner tonight was alot of fun. It was so great to meet Ari and Betsy in person. We’re definitely going to have to do it again. But let’s backtrack:

This afternoon when I got home from work I had a slice of Cinnamon Raisin Ezekiel Bread with a tbsp PB:

Snack was 175 calories, 21g carbs, 9g fat, and 7g protein.

I had planned for this to be a pre workout snack, but after lunch I started feeling weird/sickly again. After I had this snack, I actually fell asleep! I woke up at 7:50 – our dinner was at 8! Whoops! I’m not sure what’s going on with me lately – Peter think I’m just dealing with alot of stress and nerves. I am getting pretty nervous about this surgery!

Anyway, I raced to meet the girls, who had already gotten a table. I started off with a glass of Chardonnay.

For an entree, I got the stuffed portabello mushrooms (I ate about 2/3 of this):

And the three of us split the maple cream tart for dessert.

After dinner, that temptress Arielle convinced us all to go to Billy’s Bakery for cupcakes! :) (Didn’t take much convincing!) I got one chocolate/vanilla and one vanilla/vanilla.

I ate one and gave one to Peter.

What a great night! I’m estimating dinner and dessert at 650 calories. Girls, we’ve got to do it again!

I’m heading to bed. Hopefully I’ll feel better tomorrow and get in a good workout in the morning. Night!

 

June 6, 2008

Lonely Afternoon

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The office is empty and I am all alone, boo hoo.  I have to stay til 5 but I am out of here at 4:59!  Lunch was tough today because I don’t have my camera, so I was pouting about it.  I started nibbling on the Shredded Oats, but then I was like, ‘Get it together, Kate.  If you want food, have a meal’.  Only I wasn’t really hungry for anything.  Weird.  I got some nonfat cottage cheese and a container of street blueberries:

And then a little later I had a coconut bar:

I also had some tea and I’m planning on having another snack later.  I just really have no appetite today.  Snacks were 283 calories, 37g carbs, 5g fat and 26g protein.

I’m glad I got what I did though, having snacks of substance is better than having garbage.

This afternoon: gym, then to dinner with the ladies!

 

June 6, 2008

Weird Morning

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Sorry for the late post guys, it’s been a weird morning.  My doctor never got the lab results from the lab, so I had to call the lab, which sent me to the lab headquarters, which sent me back to the lab, who made my doctor call, and so on and so forth.  Good news it that it all worked out.  My doctor is calling in my prescriptions as I type and the hospital should be calling before 2 with the time of my surgery on Monday.  Phew!  It will be a miracle if I get to this surgery on Monday.  This surgery has been Murphy’s Law from Day 1. I can’t wait til it’s over!

Anyway, since I was on the phone with doctors and labs all morning, I got to work late which meant I was rushing and forgot my camera.  Boo.  Sorry guys.  But this morning I had another bowl of shredded oats and banana with milk.  I’m on such a cold cereal kick these days!  Looked like this:

Breakfast was 431 calories, 90g carbs, 4g fat, and 16g protein.

Today is the first day of our Friday Summer Hours, which means that every Friday from now until Labor Day, the office will close at 2 PM! Wahoo!  Unfortunately/fortunately one person has to stay behind until 5 PM to answer phones and stuff.  I volunteered today to be my day to get it out of the way early, plus I’m not going to be here next week.

Today I’m training the temp who’s sitting in for me next week, then heading to the gym for a good workout (feeling much better today).  After that, I’m having dinner with Arielle and Betsy for what I’ve dubbed NYC Food Blogger Summit 08. We’re going to Blossom.  What would you get?

Have a great day!

 

June 6, 2008

Not Myself

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Hey guys, I’ve been feeling kind of off all afternoon.  Weird appetite, really tired – just in a funk.  Quick post and then off to bed.

The CSA pickup was a breeze.  Unfortunately because of a cold spring, the first few weeks will be small this year.  Here’s this week’s bounty:

From left to right: radishes, broccoli rabe, lettuce and braising mix.  It all looks and smells delicious!  I’m assured that next week’s crop will be much bigger.

After that I had a Luna bar:

Snack was 180 calories, 25g carb, 5g fat, and 10g protein.

I had intended this to be a pre workout snack, but I couldn’t get it together to go the gym.  I’ve been feeling sickly and feverish all afternoon.  So I’ve been snacking off and on and not really tracking it.  I really need to make sure that I’m okay for the surgery on Monday – so that’s my number one priority.  Hopefully I’ll be feeling better tomorrow to have a more normal day calorie and exercise wise.  Night!

 

June 5, 2008

100th Post!

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This is my 100th post! Woohoo!  Thank you to all my lovely readers and commenters.  As I told a reader who emailed me recently, this blog as been such a blessing in my life.  Thank you all for being a part of it! :D   Sorry, I’m a cheeseball!

Today is New Product Day, apparently!  After my new cereal discovery this morning (love) I wanted to try more new stuff for lunch.  I ran some errands this afternoon (bank, post office, etc) and found myself outside of the Organic Market!  You know what that means!

After perusing the isles for a while, I decided to try an Amy’s Burrito.  I’ve always wanted to give them a whirl, but was nervous about a whole frozen/microwave thing – I thought they would taste fake.  I tried the Black Bean and Veggies Burrito:

Which turned out like this:

This was sooo tasty and filling!  Great nutritional and ingredients lists too!  Definitely a huge success.  Along with I had some nonfat cottage cheese and street raspberries.  They had blueberries, but these raspberries were speaking to me.

Don’t those raspberries look INCREDIBLE??? Too beautiful to pass up!

All together:

Lunch was 464 calories, 61g carbs, 10g fat, and 35g protein.

While I was at the Organic Market, I picked up a little treat for myself!  It’s kind of humid today, and only going to get more hot (summer in the city, you know).  So I grabbed a box of the Coconut bars to have in the office as an occasional afternoon treat for myself.

I was skeptical and almost didn’t get them, but then I thought, ‘come on, why not, granny?’  OH.MY.GOODNESS.  These things are heaven on a stick.  Literally.  They are soooooooo good.  The best coconut flavor and a really good nutritional.  I never used to care much about coconut, but in the past 4 months I have just gone coconut CRAZY.  After I let my stomach settle, I had a bar:

If you look closely in the picture, you can see that about 75% of the bar is actually made up of real shredded coconut.  So delicious.  Such a find!  Snack was 90 calories, 16g carbs, 4g fat, and 0g protein.

This afternoon the plan is to pick up my first CSA bounty!  :)   I’ll be sure to snap a photo for you guys.  Then hit the gym.  I think I’m alone for dinner tonight – hopefully I’ll be inspired my new fruits and veggies to make a delicious dinner!

 

June 5, 2008

Upsetting Morning

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Hey all! I’ve had a stressful morning so far. I missed a call from my dad at 6:45 AM, and when I called him back, I couldn’t get through. I called my dad’s office, and his secretary told me he wasn’t in because there was a death in the family!! So I immediately began freaking out calling my dad – still not able to get through. 20 minutes of worrying later, I finally got through to my mom and she told me that everything was fine, we’d never met the person who died, it was a 5th cousin or something. Oh my goodness. So terrifying.

Anyway, on to food. As promised, I mixed it up with a new type of cereal:

I’m the only person in the world who doesn’t like Peanut Butter Puffins, so I was hesitant about this because they’re by the same company. But they looked like this cereal I used to buy for $1.99 in college. Even though it was cheap, it was my FAVORITE cereal (maybe because it was cheap). :P

I had 1 1/4c of Shredded Oats with a cup of milk and a banana. I guess it was a big banana, because you can hardly see the Shredded Oats in the picture!

This was soooo good! And probably alot more nutritious than my old college bargain cereal. Breakfast was 431 calories, 90g carbs, 4g fat, and 16g protein.

Today is CSA day, wahoo!!! Have a good one!

 

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