Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Day 57 - Lost 15.4 lbs.

Weight: 205.6

Breakfast - Celery, Cucumber, kale, collard, spinach juice:

Lunch - leftover stir fry with white rice:

Dinner -

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

TED Talks: Chew On This

I've been watching the TED talks on NetFlix - especially the ones on food (Chew On This) - I highly recommend them:

"TED is a conference that takes place all around the world, known for attracting speakers who give thought-provoking, big-picture speeches about a range of subjects. The motto of the conference is, “Ideas Worth Spreading” and talks run anywhere from three minutes to a half hour, hopefully packed with insight. Netflix is aggregating these talks into two and a half hour segments called TEDTalk Shows, and divvying them up into 14 different categories, such as space, beauty, food, and sex."

For example:

Day 56 - Lost 15.0 lbs

Weight: 206.0

Breakfast - celery/cucumber/kale/collard juice:


Lunch - clean-out-the-fridge stir fry (asparagus, collards, kale, snow peas, Thai ginger, Thai chili's, red onion, mushrooms, butter beans, broccoli, low-sodium soy sauce, Sriracha, chili paste, and zucchini) with leftover white rice:


Dinner - Salad (mixes lettuces, tomatoes, green pepper, red onion, steamed mixed veggies, butter beans, white rice, salsa dressing):


Dessert - Grapefruit:

Monday, March 26, 2012

Day 55 - Lost 13.6 lbs

Weight: 207.4

Breakfast - celery, cucumber, kale, and collard greens juice:


Lunch - Salad (5 lettuces, kale, radishes, onions, celery, cucumber, tomato, rice, butter beans, green pepper) with salsa dressing (salsa, italian spices, cider vinegar, black pepper):


Snack - Whole grain sour dough toast with all-natural peanut butter:


Dinner - leftover pasta and pizza from the party (no pic).

Snack - white rice (with soy sauce and wasabi), and a grapefruit:


Sunday, March 25, 2012

Day 54 - Down 11.4 pounds

Weight: 209.6

Brunch - Chipotle:


Dinner - leftover stir fried veggies and white rice, plus a huge salad with salsa dressing:




Snack:

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Day 53 - Lost 13.6 lbs.

Weight: 207.4

Breakfast - cucumber (1), celery (3), kale (3), collard greens(3) juice:



Lunch - (Memere, Lisa, Darrin's BDay Party) salad, noodles with sauce, rice pilaf:


Dinner - (HVM Auction): salad, roasted potatoes, roll, noodles with sauce (no pic).

Lat Night Snack (out with friends) - Sweet Potato/Avacado/Cucumber Maki Roll, Avacado Salad, Vegetable Hot&Sour Soup, and too much Saki (no pic).

Friday, March 23, 2012

Falafel with Lemon Tahini Sauce

Falafel:
2- 15oz can chickpeas
1 – 15 oz can cannelini beans
3 tablespoons whole wheat flour
1/4 cup chopped parsley
2-3 large cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Lemon Tahini Sauce:
2 tablespoons tahini paste
zest and juice of 1 lemon
water to thin it out to your liking

Put all of the falafel ingredients in the food processor and blend until smooth. It should be very thick. Then, make it into patties however big you prefer.  I make them about the size of 2 teasoons.  Bake them on 400 for 20-30 minutes. Watch them during the last 10 minutes. They should dry out and be a bit browned.

Food Matters


Summary:

51% of each meal needs to be raw or the body treats it like it's under attack.

Spirulina is a super food (most soluble complete protein of any food).
Cacao is good, chocolate is bad (most minerals of any foodstuff).

Vitamin supplements didn't exist 100 years ago - we survived since the dawn of man without them, getting them from food.

Less than 6% of US doctors have ever gotten training in nutrition.

Modern drugs are bad for you when taken for any significant period of time.

People need Education not Medication.

Day 52 - 11.6

Weight: 209.4

Breakfast - 1 Cucumber, 3 stalks celery, 3 kale leaves/stalks, and 3 collard green stalk/leaves juice:



Lunch - mixed lettuces, green pepper, onion, celery, tomato, and salsa dressing (salsa, italian spices, cider vinegar):





Dinner - pizza (I was a bad boy):


Snack - real whole grain sourdough bread with ground peanuts (peanut butter):


Thursday, March 22, 2012

Hungry For Change

I watched the free world premiere of Hungry For Change at http://www.hungryforchange.tv/online-premiere.


Summary: Sugar is bad.  Sugar Makes you fat.  White flour turns into sugar in your blood stream, which gets stored as fat. HFCS is super sugar.  It's super bad.  Aspartame is bad.  Local foods are better than processed foods.  Your body will not burn fat until you stop taking toxins in (fat is where your body stores the toxins to protect itself from them).  Loving yourself and self-imaging is the key.  "I accept myself unconditionally, right now."  Ask yourself where does my food come from, what went into it (ethically), what is my intention to do with the food - will it support me?

Eat chia seeds, parsley, and cilantro to detox.

juice: celery and cucumber base with kale/collards

Some movies come across like they are trying to help and advise you.  Others, like this one, come across like it's trying to convince you.

Day 51 - 11.8

Weight: 209.2

Breakfast - IBID:

Lunch - Pho (fresh rice noodles, vegetable broth, mushrooms, onions:


Dinner - Clean-Out-The-Fridge Strifry (baby bok choy, celery, red onion, enoki mushrooms, collard greens, Bragg's Aminos):

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Day 50 - Down 12.8 lbs

208.2

Brunch - a grapefruit (I was in a hurry):


Dinner -Greek Salad, veggie burrito, Cuban black bean soup with salsa:


Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Day 49 - Down 13.4 pounds

Weight: 207.6

Breakfast - Cereal:

Lunch - Fat-free Hummus plate:


Dinner -

Monday, March 19, 2012

Day 48 - Lost 13.2 lbs

Weight: 207.8

Breakfast - Five cereal Blend, flax, strawberries and banana, almond milk:

Lunch - Veggie Burito:

Dinner -

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Day 47 - Lost 12.4 lbs.

Weight: 208.6

Breakfast - Cereal, flax, fruit and almond Milk:

Lunch - Veggie Burrito (zucchini, mushrooms, onion, salsa, tortilla):


Dinner - Big Salad (iceburg lettuce, spinach, baby greens, cucmber, onion, celery, tomato, kalamata olives):


Snack - Cuban Black Bean Soup:

Day 46 - Down 11.6 lbs

Weight: 209.4

Brunch - Veggie Burrito (onions, zucchini, mushrooms, lettuce, salsa, tortilla) and Cuban black bean soup:


Dinner - Shamrock Shakes (Bailey's Irish Cream, Creme De Menthe, Vanilla Vodka) - Happy Saint Patrick's Day!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Day 45 - Lost 12 pounds

Weight: 209.0

Brunch - Veggie Pho (Spring Vidalia Onions, Baby Bock Choy, mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, summer squash, bean sprouts, peas, and rice noodles):


Dinner - Brown sushi rice with wasabi, low-sodium soy sauce, avacado, and cucumber:


Thursday, March 15, 2012

Day 44 - Down 11.4 pounds

Weight: 209.6

Brunch - hashbrown potatoes with red pepper, spring vidalia onions, red onion, mushrooms, and garlic (oops, I thought I took a pic).

Dinner - Vegan Thai thom yum soup, vegetarian rolls, vegetarian pad thai, vegan fried rice (no pic).

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Monday, March 12, 2012

Day 41 - Down 10.6 pounds

Weight: 210.4

Breakfast - five cereal blend, ground flax meal, unsweetened vanilla almond milk:


Lunch - Braised kale and a baked potato with salsa:


Snack - fat free hummus, carrots, celery, and whole grain wheat bread:


Dinner - Ratatouille with fresh tomato sauce:


Sunday, March 11, 2012

Day 40 - Down 10 lbs

Weight: 211.0

Breakfast - :

Lunch - :


Day 39 - Lost 10.6 lbs

Weight: 210.4

Breakfast - I skipped breakfast due to the calorie overload last night.

Lunch - whole grain whole wheat bread, carrots, celery, and no fat hummus:


Dinner - leftover spaghetti with sauce (no pic).

Friday, March 9, 2012

Day 38 - Lost 10.4 lbs

Weight: 210.6

Brunch - a salad (lettuce, spinach, green pepper, red onion, cucumber, tomato with dijon/basalmic/lemon/italian seasoning dressing:


Dinner - We had guests coming over so I spent the whole day making home made spaghetti/sauce/meatballs/sausage(I bought the sausage)/garlic bread(Italian bread from the store).  For dinner I caved in to olfactory pressure... oops (no pic).

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Day 37 - Lost 11.4 pounds

Weight: 209.6

Breakfast - usual cereal blend with flax and unsweetened almond milk



Snack - baked potato with salsa (see below).

Lunch - Vegetarian Indian food (sorry no picture of the buffet at the restaurant).

Dinner - another baked potato with salsa:

Wednesday, March 7, 2012