Well, after five weeks of Friday weights that bounced around between 395 and 391, I seem to have perhaps busted that plateau, weighing in this morning at 386 (down from 393 last week).
We'll see if future weeks support the following conclusion: Eating an average of 5 corn tortillas a day makes more difference than you would think!
Yup, the big difference this week was
no corn tortillas. I did eat one meal of the Ezekial sprouted-grain wraps (the ones we call "Bible wraps" or "Jesus wraps" in this house because of the verse from which they take their name that's printed all over the packaging) but those are too bloody
expensive to make a daily habit of! (It also helps they come from a store that's 85 miles away.)
I was
mindful of my potato intake, but what with the
two visits to Wendy's, I don't think I ate many (if any) fewer potatoes than usual, despite my irrational suspicion of them delicious tubers.
But I also took ETeSelle's advice and kept notes this week about what I ate. Just for interest, I'll post these here, now. There are no quantities, but you can assume fully-loaded plates and bowls -- I eat hearty. (We aren't big on washing dishes at my house, so "plate" and "bowl" typically mean the standard 10" paper Dixie plates and 20oz paper Dixie bowls.) The notes should be pretty inclusive, though I do sometimes "graze" on fruit or veg as I walk through the kitchen, so there might easily be an extra serving or two of fruit forgotten and not listed on some of these days. I know for sure that my piles of produce are missing half a bag of small cucumbers, half a tray of campari tomatoes, and at least three small tangerines, that I most certainly ate but managed to fail to record below:
A WEEK OF MEALS: 10/7 thru 10/13
Friday:Breakfast: Bowl of crock pot beans (15-bean-mix, plus black beans, plus an onion and spices) mixed with my
cooked grain mix (brown rice, red rice,rye berries,wheat berries,oat groats,spelt,hulled barley, millet, flax, spices)
Lunch:Half a small canteloupe
Snack:Bowl of celery sticks
Dinner:Tacos (made with Ezekial-brand sprouted-grain wraps, fat-free refried beans, tomatoes, lettuce, cilantro) and a glass of wine
Late snack:Plate of cut apple, celery, carrots, romaine hearts
Saturday:Breakfast:Bowl of crock pot beans over cooked grains
Late lunch:Plate of
Chopped/pasta salad with white bean dressing
Late dinner:Bowl of chopped/pasta salad and a glass of whisky/soda
Sunday:No breakfast
Lunch:Bowl of crock pot beans over cooked grains, with hot sauce
Afternoon snacks:A banana and a few chunks of canteloupe
Dinner:4 med potatoes, one medium onion, cooked in microwave steamer, served with seasoned tomato sauce; and a glass of wine
Late snack:Bowl of chopped/pasta salad and a glass of whisky/soda
Monday:Breakfast:Bowl of oatmeal, made of equal parts rolled oats and rolled rye, handfuls of raisins and frozen berries stirred in, cooking liquid a healthy splash of apple juice topped up with water
Lunch:Plate of the chopped/pasta salad
A banana
Dinner:Plate of crock pot chili (red and pinto beans, onion, tomato paste, spices) over cooked grain mix, and a glass of wine
Late snack:Bottle of ESB (ale)
1 can of canned peaches in juice (rinsed)
(
Note: The can of peaches is your sign that we were entirely out of fresh fruit and getting low on fresh veggies. Next day was a Sams Club run (70 mile drive) and you'll notice the quantity/quality of fruit and vegetables in the meals suddenly goes
WAY up!)
Tuesday:Breakfast:Bowl of chili over cooked grain mix
Lunch snack:5-6 small cucumbers
Dinner snack:Fruit/veg plate: grapefruit,banana,3-4 campari tomatoes, handful of snap peas
Late dinner:Small bowl chopped/pasta salad while veggies cooking
Microwave-steamered veggie platter: 1 potato, 2 onions, 1 red bell pepper, 6-8 stalks asparagus (served with my patented instant sauce for steamed veggies, consisting of picante sauce from a jar, splashes of soy sauce and vinegar, plus a hefty pinch of garlic powder, all stirred together)
Wednesday:Breakfast: Plate of chopped/pasta salad (5th day eating; need to finish it)
A banana
Lunch:Wendy's baked potato with catsup
Wendy's side salad, no dressing
Dinner:Last of the chopped/pasta salad
Microwave-steamed veggie platter: 3 small potatoes, 2 small onions, 6-8 stalks asparagus
Late snack:big handful of grapes
Thursday:Breakfast:2 Wendy's baked potatoes, with catsup
2 small bananas
Lunch:Crock pot chili over mixed grains
small handful grapes
2 cherry tomatoes
Afternoon snack:Plate of raw snap peas
Pear
Dinner:Microwaved steamed-veggie platter: 1 large potato, 1 small onion, 6-8 stalks asparagus, 1 red bell pepper
Whoops! Late night eating frenzy:3 pieces of sprouted-grain pumpernickle bread, toasted, with almond butter and apricot preserves
Bowl of crock pot beans (because if I didn't conclusively fill myself up I was
never going to stop going back for more slices of delicious crunchy sweet greasy toast!)