Woke up this morning excited to start the day and the 90 day Tai Cheng, hoping that it will help me gain flexibility in my bad leg. Chet said that he would do it with me. Love that we are both on the same page. We are keeping each other on track. Now that being said.. I have been trying to get him to do the evaluation piece all week so when we were ready we could jump right in and start. Always an excuse why not to.. Grrr.. So, today we had to do the evaluation piece, then do day 1, then off to the Y. Well the evaluation took WAY too long, so we were unable to go to the Y. I was so pissed when we first started. But by the time we got to the scoring stage, you would have never known that I started out HOT under the collar (work out clothes).
We had so much fun.. we were giggling, laughing at our selves and each other as we scored our flexibility, or lack there of.. After the first 'test' Chet quickly realized that just because you can run, jog, or do the workout machines with ease, does not mean that you are flexible or have motion control. I knew that I was going to suck at some of the tests, but would do great on some other. I should have taped the session as it would have made it on America's Funniest Home Video's. We looked like drunk clowns. But Net Net.. we had fun and are looking forward to gaining stability and flexibility.
Oscars Day- Homemade Gourmet Food Fest
We have been planning for today all week. What will we make this year? How bad will we cheat? Do we want Wine and Beer? etc.. etc.. 3 things that were not a question. Foie Gras, Caviar and no Nitrates/Nitrites (and YES cheese so 4 things). Taking Nitrates/Nitrites off the table eliminated salami and wine. We decided to go with Takibo (sushi) Caviar vs Beluga (yes we would special order 1 oz ... It's the Oscars!!), and to try and eat as clean as possible. What do you think? Still sounds good huh.. Everything but the Foie is something we can eat on a regular basis. Eat clean and fresh yet decadent. Officially 'Heather-ized' the menu!! Time to start a recipe blog... Clean eating doesn't mean just raw veggies and quinoa. :) Over the next few weeks I will start putting together my recipes and start posting them to a separate thread.
This years Oscars menu :
Water - we were going to open a bottle of Kombucha, but forgot.. we are just so used to water :)
1 oz Foie Gras
1 oz Brie
1 oz Italian - Bucheron style cheese
1 flat bread cracker
Dry 'sauted' cajun shrimp (8) - spritz of evoo in the pan
Faux Blini's - Smoked Salmon, Caviar, 1/2 Tbs Herb Kefir cheese on 1/4" thick dry 'fried' potato slice (3)
Dry seared scalops (3)
Jalapeno Popper - 1/2 tsp Herb Kefir cheese, 1/2 Tbs Roquefort cheese, 1/4 oz chopped cajun chicken (2)
Typical Oscars menu: (with lots of left overs that would extend the binge for days)
Bottles of Wine and beer
2-4 oz of Foie gras (package is only 6 oz and we generally had ~1 oz left over)
many oz of many different gourmet cheeses
many oz of hot sopressata, chorizo, pepperoni,
1-2 prosciutto and provolone stuffed peppers
many gourmet olive blend
REAL Blini's or potato latkes with smoked salmon, creme fraiche and caviar
bacon wrapped Filet
Roasted Brussels Sprouts w pancetta (lots of EVOO and salt)
jalapeno poppers filled with a mixture of chorizo, smoked gouda, cream cheese, mayo and topped with TONS of spiced ranch
Roquefort cheese dip
extra rich brownies with a layer of a peanut butter concoction, topped with an extra thick and rich cream cheese frosting (Chet's favorite - I generally didn't eat any, but I have my fill with all the taste testing while making it.. Now the next day I did generally eat one or 2)
other dishes that have made an appearance on Oscars night:
Oil sauteed shrimp and or scallops
Crawfish with garlic butter
Crusty bread
Chip beef dip
ranch dip
veggie dip
March 2, 2014 Oscars Menu Pictures
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| Foie Gras and Cheese |
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| Cajun Shrimp |
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| Jalapeno 'Popper' |
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| Seared Scallops |
Hungry yet? Wait till you see the calorie count.. it will surprise you!!
For lunch I had the Foie and cheese. I decided to have a full oz a piece of the cheese and 1 oz of Foie. I'm OWNING IT.. This may have been a blessing in disguise.. As I was eating the pure FAT on a tiny cracker, I started to feel sick. I almost couldn't finish it.. But I did.. I had to go and lay down for a bit. My system was NOT ready for all that rich FAT all at once. I actually contemplated throwing up as I really felt like crap.. But didn't want to start that shit.. Lesson.. even smaller portion control going forward.
Ran up to the store to grab a few things for dinner. While in the store these 2 ladies stopped me to ask how to cook fish. Haa.. who am I the fish lady? - They saw that I had a bag of frozen scallops in my cart.. so I guess I am the fish lady.. We chatted for a bit and I suggested the Veracruz recipe. The one asked what to serve it over.. pasta? I told her that we had it over quinoa cuz we had just come off a cleanse and had not added pasta back to our diet yet. The other lady was happy I said that as she loves quinoa. But here was the feel good moment.. LADY - ' You have the most beautiful hands and nails.' ME - 'Huh..' LADY - ' What ever vitamins you have been taking has done wonders for your nails, they are beautiful' ME (still stunned as I was in my work out clothes, no make up, greasy hair in a pony tail, hoping to not speak to anyone) - 'Why thank you!' We had closing exchanges and parted ways. me smiling and looking at my hands and nails :)
Confession: Many of us have self loathing self images. Believe me I am absolutely one of those people. However, there are a few body parts that I have always liked about myself. Thick hair, strong white natural nails and naturally white teeth (now I do use crest white strips from time to time). As a pre-teen early 80's WAY before all the aloe gloves and socks, I used to buy white cotton gloves (I had to order them at the pharmacy) and put vitamin E (from the caps) on my cuticles and Vaseline jelly on my hands and feet and cover them with gloves and socks and sleep in them. Not sure where I learned it from, as no one I knew did this. The only thing I can think of is maybe I read it in the Prevention magazine. But anyway my family would always laugh as did my collage roommates. Again this was before it became main stream. For my hair, I used to put this cholesterol hair cream on and sleep with a plastic shower cap and a warm wet towel. Ohh I was a sight.. But always had good nails and hair :) Having Thyroid disease changed that. My hair fell out and is now very thin, my nails were still white, but got really thin and I went through a biting nail phase a few years ago with all the stress with work. My toe nails started looking so freaking gross. So much so that I stopped getting pedicures and wearing open toe shoes.
As I was walking away and standing in line. I really looked at my hands and nails. WOW.. they do look great. Very white tips, no white spots, all very long and strong, and so in need of a manicure. Heee.. But I hadn't noticed. Thanks lady in the store, time to take back my hand, nail and hair routine and love my nails again :)
Because of my lunch fiasco and upset stomach, for dinner I was VERY conservative with the Roquefort 1 TBS total. Can you believe my FAVORITE cheese ever - free pass to indulge and I only had 1/2 oz?? Who am I?? and what did this cleanse do to me?? Haaa. I REMOVED my own Cheese and Wine.. Haa.. I crack myself up.. To be honest I am afraid to add it back due to all the Thyroid issues and other 'bad' side effect of moldy cheeses. Special occasions only.. I do not want to aggravate my system this soon after the cleanse.
Breakfast - Coffee, Shakeo w 1/2 C Kefir Whey,
Lunch - 1 oz D'artagnan - Whole Duck Foie Gras, 1 oz Casatica di Bufla (Italian Buffalo milk in the French Bucheron style), 1 oz Formage D'Affinois Brie, 1 flat bread cracker
Dinner - Sauteed Shrimp (8), 3 Faux Blinis, 2 Jalapeno Poppers
Snack - 3 Seared Scallops
Noticeable changes
Not as sore as I thought I would be after yesterday's workout
BP good - high - mid 80's
Body - really long and strong nails :), a lil sore from the workout at the Y
Mind - tired.. need to go to bed earlier
Totals for the day - 1,241 Cal 83 Carb 66 Fat 97 Prot 11 Fiber 100 oz H2O
Link data - 3249 Cal burned, 55 min moderate activity, 5809 steps, 5:49 hrs/min sleep
Goals met for the day - ~1200 cals (can you believe it? was high in fat - BUT..), 100+ oz H2O, oil pulled, stretches, 5000+ steps, 30+ min activity
Goals not met for the day - over on cheese allocation, smoked 11 cigs, no 6 hrs of sleep
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