Morning weight Thurs Nov 30 2017

No sleep data because I charged my tracker overnight. 

Wed Nov 29 2017

Only ate once today because I slept in, then was was too tired, and then got busy doing other things and forgot. 😞👎

I had 20 McNuggets with ketchup. 

Morning weight and sleep Wed Nov 29 2017

It's my day off so I got to sleep in for a bit. 

Tues Nov 28 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break mixed nuts & a hard boiled egg

Lunch ham & cheese on a low carb tortilla with a kale salad with green leafy sprouts

2nd break popcorn! (Provided by HR as a treat)

3rd break more popcorn! 

Dinner leftover rotisserie chicken and some cheese

Morning weight and sleep Tues Nov 28 2017

Forgot to take the pic until I was fully dressed, including jacket to go outside. 😞🤷‍♀️

Mon Nov 27 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: mixed nuts 

Lunch: ham & cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with leafy green sprouts 

2nd break: mixed nuts 

3rd break: hard boiled egg 

Dinner: browned ground beef with salsa 

Morning weight and sleep Mon Nov 27 2017

Sun Nov 26 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break mixed nuts

Lunch turkey and cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with green leafy sprouts

2nd break hard boiled egg and mixed nuts

Just a 10 hour day today so only 2 breaks. :-) 

Morning weight and sleep Sun Nov 26 2017

Sat Nov 25 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: pork rinds & homemade fermented salsa, plus some mixed nuts

Lunch: turkey and cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with green leafy sprouts

2nd break: mixed nuts

3rd break: more mixed nuts. 

Dinner: leftover pork chops in (canned) baked beans. Yummy!

I left my tracker home today charging 🔌 so it only recorded steps from this morning and late tonight. 😄

Morning weight and sleep Sat Nov 25 2017

I reset my sleep goal to 8 hours instead of 9. (I'm usually happiest when getting 10 hours consistently, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. 😞) 

Also: I am leaving my tracker at home today to recharge because I forgot to do that last night, so I won't have a step report in tonight's post. 🔌

Fri Nov 24 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: pork rinds & homemade fermented salsa, plus some mixed nuts

Lunch: turkey and cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with green leafy sprouts

2nd break: mixed nuts

We get 3 breaks on our 11-hour days! I had more mixed nuts. 

Dinner: grilled beef

Lots of steps today. I think I need to set my goal to 8000 steps rather than 6000. 

Morning weight and sleep Fri Nov 24 2017

I'm not sure why it thinks I was awake for an hour at 1 am. I did get up to use the bathroom at that time, but was only awake for a few minutes. Weird. 

Thurs Nov 23 2017 - Thanksgiving Day

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: mixed nuts 

They sent us home at noon today, which was a pleasant surprise. There was such a mad rush to get out of there that I forgot my lunch bag at work. Ah well, it'll still be there tomorrow. 🤷‍♀️

Snacks: cheese and mixed nuts

Dinner: grilled pork chops and steamed peas with butter. 

Even with only working half a day today, I still had a lot of steps!!

Morning weight and sleep Thurs Nov 23 2017

Wed Nov 22 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

Since I have to work all day tomorrow (and for the 5 days after that, for a total of 54 hours), we decided to go out to dinner at Outback Steakhouse for our own "holiday meal". I had a 6oz filet topped with lump crab meat and a bernaise sauce, with sides of grilled asparagus and sautéed mushrooms. 

We shared a chocolate-covered cheesecake for dessert. (No regrets!)

I had a tall dark beer, too. 

Since it was my day off, I didn't do much walking today. 

 

Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 

My fermented mustard recipe

Posting this here so I don't lose or forget it!

My fermented mustard recipe

In each of 2 pint jars, put:

1/2 cup of black mustard seeds
4 cloves of garlic (minced)
1 Tbsp of real maple syrup
1 Tbsp of finished water kefir
enough water to cover the seeds (approx 2/3 cup)

-- Weight the seeds under the liquid (I use a 4 oz regular mouth jar which fits perfectly in a wide-mouth pint jar) and cover with a water lock or other fermentation lid. Allow to ferment until bubbling slows or stops. I let my last batch bubble away for almost 2 weeks.
-- Dump one jar into a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, then transfer to another bowl. Mix in the contents of the other non-blended jar with the pureed mustard. Pour into jars for use or gift-giving. Keep refrigerated.

NOTE: if you want a smooth mustard rather than partially whole-grain, then you only need to use one quart jar rather than 2 pint jars.

possible substitutions:
-- could use a combination of different mustard seeds. some types of seeds are spicier or milder than others.
-- honey (or even raw honey) instead of real maple syrup.
-- could use brine from a finished ferment instead of the water, in which case you probably don't need the Tbsp of finished water kefir.

optional other additions to jars pre-ferment:
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar for some of the water
1/4 cup flavored kombucha for some of the water
horseradish, minced (or 1 tsp powdered)
jalapeño peppers (or red chile peppers, or any kind of chile peppers)
juniper berries (soak for 1-2 days first to soften, then remove the hard inner seed before adding to only ONE jar of mustard seeds - the one you're going to blend)
chopped meyer lemons, or blood oranges, or any kind of citrus fruit

other additions to finished mustard:
sherry
vermouth
flavored vinegar (raspberry, etc)

My last batch had horseradish, jalapeños, and juniper berries in it and was finished with a splash of vermouth. Everybody said it was deliciously spicy!

Morning weight and sleep Wed Nov 22 2017

Yeah, I woke up at my regular time. But I went back to sleep. 

Tues Nov 21 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: hard boiled egg and some mixed nuts

Lunch: turkey & cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with sprouts

2nd break: more mixed nuts

No dinner

Morning weight and sleep Tues Nov 21 2017

Forgot to take the pic until after I was fully dressed. 

Mon Nov 20 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: I had a hard boiled egg and some mixed nuts

Lunch: turkey & cheese on a low carb tortilla, and a kale salad with leafy sprouts, pumpkin seeds, & dried cranberries

Dinner: thin crust pizza 

Here's my steps for today. I love that it says my "longest idle" was 31 minutes. I only get 30 mins for lunch. Lol! 😄

Morning weight and sleep Mon Nov 20 2017

Sun Nov 19 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

Lunch at Mimi's: 3 egg omelet with bacon, mushrooms, spinach, cheese, & avocado with a side of tomato slices. 

Dinner: grilled beef 

My tracker was fully charged this morning but I forgot to put it on until we got back home from church so it didn't record most of today's steps from all the errands we ran. 👎😞 Here's the data from the rest of the day, relaxing at home. 

I'll track my sleep tonight and post it in the morning. 

In other news, my green leafy sprouts were done this morning so I put them into the fridge. I'll use them in my lunches this coming week. 👍

And this morning as I was getting dressed for church, I put on my tan pants and discovered they were way too big! 

👍👍

Morning weight Sun Nov 19

My tracker was plugged in last night so I didn't record my sleep. 

Sat Nov 18

Breakfast smoothie 

Lunch: turkey & cheese on a low carb tortilla and some mixed nuts 

My tracker's battery died at noon (because I didn't fully charge it) so it didn't get most of my 7 hour bell rehearsal. Mutter. Here's what it did get:

I plugged it in overnight so it will be fully charged in the morning. 

Morning weight and sleep Sat Nov 18 2017

The new fitness tracker is too small for my wrist 👎 so I've ordered the next size up. Meanwhile I'll wear this one attached to my bra strap until the new one arrives. 👍

Fri Nov 17, 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: pork rinds with homemade fermented salsa, plus mixed nuts

Lunch: turkey and cheese on. Low carb tortilla, some plain Greek yogurt, some more mixed nuts, and a kale salad with pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries

2nd break: I was in a different part of the building again and so didn't have anything to eat 

Dinner: bacon and 3-egg omelet plus a side of fruit

In other news, my new fitness tracker arrived today. I will start tracking again with tonight's sleep. 👍

Morning weight Fri Nov 17

Thurs Nov 16 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: I had some kojak cheese and some mixed nuts

Lunch: today was my shift's Holiday Meal. I had green beans, turkey with dressing & gravy, cranberry sauce, and a Diet Coke. 

I didn't eat anything for 2nd break because I took my break in a different room and didn't have access to my lunch bag. 

I packed a lot of snacks, though! I'll take what I didn't eat today with me tomorrow. Here's a pic of my snacks:

Clockwise from top left: kojak cheese, mixed nuts, Greek yogurt, pork rinds with homemade fermented salsa, Parmesan cheese crisps, and a boiled egg. 

My fitness tracker's app says I need to replace the  battery even though I just put a new one in last week. 😠 It didn't record most of my steps today, either, so I've retired it. My new one is supposed to arrive tomorrow so I'll start wearing it this weekend. 

Morning weight and sleep Nov 16 2017

Wed Nov 15 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

Lunch: 10 McNuggets with ketchup while driving down to West Hollywood for a "Lesbians in Tech" networking event. Once we got there we had dinner. 

Dinner at Bar 10: hamburger no bun with Swiss and tomato with a side salad (greens, tomatoes, & cucumbers with a balsamic vinaigrette) and an Asahi beer. 

Since I didn't work at the warehouse today, I didn't walk as much as the past couple of days!

Morning weight and sleep Wed Nov 15 2017

Tues Nov 14 2017

Breakfast smoothie 

1st break: macadamia nuts & a boiled egg

Lunch: turkey & cheese on a low carb tortilla and a kale salad with pumpkin seeds and dried cranberries (but no dressing today)

2nd break: I was in a different part of the building during 2nd break, so I didn't have access to my food. So I ate it with dinner. 

Dinner: plain Greek yogurt and kojak cheese with leftover chicken

In other news: my Up Move fitness tracker is misbehaving. It's several years old and hadn't been used for a few years when I dug it out this past week (& put a new battery in it). It only goes into sleep mode via the app instead of via buttons on the device (an annoyance, but not a deal breaker), but today it stopped recording my steps at 9:18 am then started again after I got home and synced it with my phone. As a result, I am missing a large portion of my step count today! Not OK. 👎😞😒😠

So I ordered a new Up 24 tracker and it should be here on Friday. 

Meanwhile, here's what it did record today. 

Morning weight and sleep Nov 14 2017