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Ok Big update.

July 25, 2006 on 6:44 am | In Fat Chef gets Fit | No Comments

Well it has been quite a while since I have updated my blog.

I have kept a hand written copy of most of what I have eaten over the last few of weeks, but don’t have everything.

But here goes.

Wed 28th of June

Breakfast:
Cottage Cheese and celery.
Lunch:
Romaine lettuce with cottage cheese, Whole Grain Bread
Crackers & Nectarine.
Snack:
1 oz Colby jack cheese
Cashews
Dinner:
Well I didn’t write it down … Oh well.

Thursday 29th of June
Breakfast:
Vegetarian Rice noodles (Rolls)
Lunch:
Green salad, Nectarine
Snack:
Crackers and cream cheese.
Dinner:
Salad with shredded beef.  Home made coconut Ice cream.

Friday 30th of July

Breakfast:
Bagel with cream cheese & nectarine.
Snack:
Cashews
Lunch:
Salad with romaine, cucumber & pepper jack.
Snack:
Crackers & (light) cream cheese.
Dinner:
Home made Vietnamese style spring rolls.

July 1st through the 4th We went camping, so I didn’t keep track of what I ate.
Although I didn’t keep track, I did a fairly good job of eating well and didn’t participate in any potato chips, or junk food.  We did do a lot of grilling, hamburgers & hot dogs, Polska kielbasa, carne asada, and a few fresh dug clams.  We also had scrambled eggs, Clam Ceviche, and even Lazy Joe’s Soup with Vegies.  Basically I took a pot of boiling water, threw in some bok choy, onion, and broccoli until crunchy/tender and then added to Cup o Noodles packages.  Easy quick semi-healthy (though way too much salt), and only one pot to clean.

Wednesday 5th of July
Breakfast:
Coffee
Snack:
Cashews
Lunch:
Cesar Salad, two tamales, and more coffee
Snack:
Ok I gave in and had one of those mini butterfinger crisp mini bars.
Then about 10 minutes later my friend brought around some Soan Papdi it is kinda like compressed cotton candy with cardamon and ground up nuts and seeds mixed in.  It was really quite tasty.  How could I resist, it came all the way from India…
Dinner:
Stir fried noodles with vegies.

Thursday July 6th
Running late, no breakfast.
Snack:
Cashews
Lunch:
Romaine salad, and tamale.
Snack:
Since I was still hungry, some plain popped corn.
Dinner:
My friend was visiting from Texas so we went to an all you can eat sushi buffet.  Well I guess I decided I might as well start my long weekend right and enjoyed a little bit of this and that and that and that and so on.  I finished it all off with green tea ice cream.  Yum  
Friday July 7th -9th
Well after moving a way a number of years ago, to go live in Taiwan, my friend Dan has finally decided to tie the knot.  Well lets just say it was a great excuse for a bunch of friends from college got to get together and go have a good time.  So we had his bachelor party in Vegas.  All I can say is Vegas baby Vegas…  We all had a good time, and I didn’t write down any of my vices.  What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.  I do have to mention that we all went to eat a Brazilian BBQ restaurant (www.pampasusa.com/) that was fantastic.  I really enjoyed the wine that we had Terazzas de los Andes malbec 2003.  (www.terrazasdelosandes.com.ar/) 

Monday July 10th,
Breakfast:
Coffee
Lunch:
Left over stir-fried noodles.
Snack:
Cashews
Dinner:
Salad with Chipotle dressing, and cauliflower.

Tuesday July 11th
Coffee
Lunch:
Greek Combo with rice and Salad (I only ate half)
Dinner:
Salad with another Chipotle and cilantro dressing (My in-laws liked it so much they asked me to make it again.)

Wednesday July 12th
Breakfast:
Coffee
Lunch:
Salad and Roast Beef Sandwich.
Fruit.  Ok I gave in and had a small piece of cake. 
Dinner: I didn’t write it down … and a week later I don’t remember what it was.
Thursday July 13th and 14th I had pizza and salad for lunch, and This is prety much where I stopped writing anything down.  Ok so I got a bit side tracked and haven’t kept notes from the 13th through the 23rd.  I also lost track of my exercise routine.    Now it is time to get back to it.

So Now it is Monday the 24th, and I am finally getting it back together.  I don’t have a lot to blog about, I ran a bunch of errands today related to updating my FM3 Mexican visa.  Yes I live in Tijuana Mexico.  I have been since summer of 2000.  It was the first time in a long time I haven’t eaten a salad at all during the day. 
Brunch: (left overs from Sunday)
Shrimp and pasta with a chipotle, dried tomatoes, and goat cheese cream sauce.
Afternoon snack:
Blended Ice coffee from Coffee bean.
Dinner:
Cheese and green chile Tamales