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Exercise – 5 May 2009
May 5, 2009, 9:23 pm
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Walked 3.5 miles around the neighborhood.



Diet-5 May 2009
May 5, 2009, 9:22 pm
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  • Brekky: 1 slice home-baked honey bran toast w/whipped butter & homemade grapefruit marmalade; a few slices of strawberry, banana, and apple; coffee w/homemade soymilk
  • Lunch: 1 slice honey bran toast, 1/2 avocado, a few oz. of cheddar cheese; salad of home-grown Bibb lettuce, curly-leaved lettuce, some carrot and celery, salt and lemon juice for dressing
  • Dinner: Lebanese kadayef (home-made yeast dough, that rose twice) baked, stuffed with spinach/onion/spice mixture; lentil stew (with celery, 1/2 carrot, & some onion). Some wine & beer, too.


Exercise-4 May 2009
May 4, 2009, 10:05 pm
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Took a walk (in the rain, but w/rain-gear on) around the neighborhood, 2.8 miles.



Diet-4 May 2009
May 4, 2009, 10:04 pm
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  • Brekky: 2 slices of home-baked honey-bran toast w/whipped butter & homemade grapefruit marmalade; banana, strawberry, & apple slices; coffee w/freshly made (just last night) soymilk.
  • Lunch: 1 slice of home-baked honey bran toast w/Tillamook medium sharp cheddar cheese, 1/2 tomato, and 1/2 avocado
  • Dinner: Macaroni & cheese (homemade), peas and carrots (grown in our garden, frozen after harvesting and blanching), some white wine


Diet-3 May 2009
May 3, 2009, 9:40 pm
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  • Brekky: 2 slices (ends) of home-baked, honey bran bread, toasted, w/whipped butter & homemade grapefruit marmalade; coffee w/nonfat milk (ran out of home-made soymilk, will make some tonight); sliced banana, strawberry, and apple
  • Lunch: Went to OAEC (Occidental Arts & Ecology Center) Plant sale, where I bought a “savory scone” w/rosemary and 2 vegetable rolls. Had those for lunch, along w/some Dong Quai tea.
  • Dinner: Ate out at King Hwa restaurant, since I worked in the garden all day (planting 2 red currants purchased above, weeking, and planting asparagus I grew from seed). Had: brown rice, vegetarian moo shu (one pancake only), string beans w/tofu, and some snow peas w/mushrooms. Tea and a bit of orange for dessert.


Diet-30 April 2009
April 30, 2009, 8:45 pm
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  • Brekky: 3/4 sesame bagel (UG) + last bit (end) of homemade honey-bran bread I had left in the freezer, w/whipped butter and homemade lemon marmalade (not as bad as I first judged it) and, of course, grapefruit marmalade. Coffee w/soymilk; a few slices of strawberry (from the garden) and banana.  Need to bake another loaf of bread!!!
  • Lunch: Hash brown potatoes, 3 eggs (only 1 yolk) w/a little onion, broiled 1/3 tomato (all that was in the house), juice of 1 orange (from our garden), baked sesame bagel w/butter and marmalade, decaf coffee w/soymilk. (Running low on that , too.)
  • Dinner:  Angel hair pasta prepared by hubby (way too much pasta w/too little sauce, as a result, I don’t know why he does that…); greens=chard, prepared by yours truly–last chard from our garden, white wine.
  • Snack: Pepper jack cheese, tamari almonds, white wine, chocolate.


Diet-29 April 2009
April 29, 2009, 10:58 pm
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  • Brekky: 1 slice of honey bran bread w/whipped butter & homemade grapefruit marmalade; 1 Just Desserts “Black Tie” chocolate cupcake (which hubby would have liked for a dessert after dinner…); coffee w/homemade soymilk; fruit consisting of strawberry, apple, Manila mango, and banana slices.
  • Lunch: Ate leftover broiled tofu w/vegetable chow mein
  • Dinner:  Baked halibut w/tomato, fennel, & zucchini; braised beet greens (from our own garden!) with garlic, hot pepper (again, dried, from our garden), and a bit of red wine vinegar, rosemary potatoes (rosemary from our garden); salad of curly lettuce, beets, orange (all from our garden) & sunflower seeds w/homemade dressing (secret recipe executed by hubby). YUM!
  • After dinner snack: Fennel crostini w/pepper jack cheese and white wine.


Diet-28 April 2009
April 28, 2009, 9:15 pm
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  • Brekky: 1 slice of honey-bran toast with whipped butter and home-made grapefruit marmalade; coffee w/homemade soymilk; fruit plate of 1/2 sliced banana, 4 sliced strawberries, 1/2 small sliced apple, 1/2 diced Manila mango
  • Lunch: Farm House at Sebastopol: 3 poached eggs (laid by our hens), ate whites only w/Tabasco sauce; 2 slices whole wheat toast w/butter and homemade grapefruit marmalade; big lettuce salad w/a few slices of tomato and avocado and dried cranberries w/Ranch dressing; coffee w/homemade soymilk.
  • Dinner: Ate in SF, at Mel’s on Lombard, on way home from visiting mom: veggie burger w/grilled cheddar and mushrooms, red onion, lettuce; lettuce salad w/grated carrot, lemon, salt, and pepper for dressing; hot tea w/lots of lemon and 1 tsp. honey; steamed veggies: zucchini, crookneck squash, broccoli and carrot.


Diet-27 April 2009
April 27, 2009, 10:03 pm
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  • Brekky: 1 slice of honey bran toast w/whipped butter & home-made grapefruit marmalade, 3 sliced strawberrries, sliced small 1/2 apple, ~1/3 sliced banana; coffee w/soymilk
  • Mid-morning snack: Just Desserts “Black Tie” chocolate cupcake with coffee & soymilk; 1 slice of honey bran toast w/whipped butter & home-made grapefruit marmalade
  • Lunch: 1 slice honey bran toast w/pepper Jack cheese + an avocado, carrot
  • Dinner: From Sam Choy’s Sampler:  Welome to the Wonderful World of Hawai’i Cuisine, Lasagna-Style Hibachi Tofu Salad (this was basically broiled, marinated tofu topped with wok cooked veggies and a ginger/garlic/cilantro pesto sauce topping (YUM), accompanied by “Chinese Pasta Primavera” which was essentially Chinese soft noodles (boiled) mixed with wok-stir-fried broccoli, asparagus, snow peas, shallots (from our garden), cilantro, garlic, and red bell pepper, seasoned with a bit of tamari. Fabulous dinner, if I do say so myself.  Michael loved it! Had some white wine, too.
  • After-dinner snack: A bit of dark, organic, stone-ground chocolate w/decaf tea and lemon & sugar


Exercise-26 April 2009
April 26, 2009, 10:40 pm
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Took pretty walk, maybe 4.5 miles RT, from home, up Acreage Lane, to Occidental Camp Meeker Rd., back to Occidental, and then back on Graton Road to home.