Thursday 10/25
8:00 - Starbucks Bacon Avocado Breakfast Wrap
12:00 - Chicken Parm Panini Sandwich.  No sides

I could post my food log for the past couple of weeks, but you’d probably gain a few pounds just from reading it.  My food scale is still in a box probably somewhere in the midwest, but I’m back. 

Tuesday 10/23
22:00 - Subway - 6” double meat turkey on wheat with Swiss cheese, various vegetables, dry.

Wednesday 10/24
8:00 - Starbucks Bacon Avocado Breakfast Wrap, piece of Dk Chocolate
13:00 - Schwarma Laffa (hey, this is NYC!), cabbage, eggplant, and couple bites of free cake.
21:00 - Chinese Food (Pork Dumplings, Sesame Chicken/Broccoli, Beef Lo Mein, No Rice)

I know - today was not the best!

Thursday 9/6:

7.5 – 1 organic food bar (omega-3 flax), 19g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – 56g baby carrots, 108g mini tomatoes, 152g celery, 12g almonds, 12g jay robb egg protein (2 blocks)

13.75 – 1 slice ezekiel low sodium bread, 2 oz deli sliced roasted turkey, 2 oz chicken breast, 18g walnuts, 1 apple (4 blocks)

17.25 - clif builder’s bar (3 blocks)

20 - 1 cup nonfat cottage cheese, 100g blackberries, 2 omega dark chocolate truffles, 16 oz green kombucha tea (5 blocks)

Total - 18 blocks

Wednesday 9/5:

7.5 – 1 organic food bar (omega-3 flax), 19g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – mozzarella string cheese, 1 apple, 3 almonds, 6g jay robb egg protein (2 blocks)

14 – 1 slice ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz deli sliced roasted turkey, 10g almonds, 10g walnuts, 112g baby carrots, 108g cucumber slices, 108g tomatoes (4 blocks)

17.5 - clif builder bar (3 blocks)

20.75 - omelet: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 oz mozzarella. 190g sauteed green beans. 108g raw tomatoes, 148g raw cucumbers, 99g raw celery.  8 oz green kombucha tea (4 blocks)

Total - 17 blocks

Tuesday 9/4:

7.5 – 1 organic food bar (omega-3 flax), 19g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – mozzarella string cheese, 60% of apple, 3 almonds, 2 walnut halves, half cup of 2% milk, 1/3 clif builder bar (3 blocks)

14 – 2 slices ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz deli sliced roasted turkey, 40% of apple, 10 almonds, 5 walnut halves (4 blocks)

17.5 - 2/3 clif builder bar (2 blocks)

21 - omelet: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 oz mozzarella, turmeric. raw vegetables: 108g tomatoes, 148g cucumber, 112g carrots. 1 dark chocolate omega truffle, 8 oz green kombucha tea (4 blocks)

Total - 17 blocks

Monday 9/4:

It’s probably clear from previous posts that my Zone discipline sometimes wavers, but this day was insane, ending with a five monster-course wedding banquet feast spread over 6 hours.

Let’s just say, I’m back on the Zone, starting…..now!

Total - X blocks

Sunday 9/2:

10.5 – ZonePerfect bar, Fruit & Cheese Assortment (5 blocks)

15 – omelet: 1 egg, 2 egg whites, 1 oz mozzarella.  1 slice ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread, 1 tbsp macadamia/cashew butter, 3 oz raw green beans, small apple (5 blocks)

18.5 – 1 cup cottage cheese with 5 oz blackberries, 2 omega dark chocolate truffles, 1 apple (5 blocks)

22 - ZonePerfect bar, brie and cinnamon raisin ezekiel sandwich, apples (5 blocks)

Total - 20 blocks

Saturday 9/1:

10:30 – 1 slices ezekiel cinnamon raisin, 1 oz brie, 0.5 omega dark chocolate truffle, 1 apple, 19g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

13.5 – ZonePerfect bar (2 blocks)

18:00 – stuffed grape leaves, hummus, feta, half pita, tabouleh, raisin nut bread (non-zone, but calorically equivalent to about 7 blocks)

21 - 1 egg, 1 mozzarella string cheese, 1 peach, raw cucumber and carrots (2 blocks)

23 - balance bar, ZonePerfect bar (4 blocks)

Total - 19 blocks

Welcome to Geek Zone.

Friday 8/31:

7.25 – 1 slices ezekiel cinnamon raisin, 1 oz brie, 0.5 omega dark chocolate truffle, 1 apple, 19g jay robb whey (4 blocks: 4.3F, 4.7C, 4.1P; 403 kcal)

10.5 – 3 almonds, 2 walnut halves, 60% of apple, 1 mozzarella string cheese, half cup of 2% milk, 1/3 of clif builder bar (3 blocks: 4.5F, 3.2C, 2.8P; 315 kcal)

13.75 – sandwich: 2 slices ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz roasted turkey slices. 40% of apple, 10 almonds, 5 walnut halves   (4 blocks: 4.0F, 4.6C, 4.2P; 391 kcal)

17 - 2/3 clif builder bar, 7 almonds (2 blocks: 3.1F, 2.4C, 2.1P; 230 kcal)

21.5 - dinner out: (estimate of my portions) 2 oz yellowtail sashimi, 2 oz tuna sashimi, 1/3 mushroom & celery salad, 3 oz broiled duck & sauce, fried pumpkin croquette, tofu fries and sauce, cheese and prosciutto risotto, ice cream and chocolate souffle (~15 blocks: 29.6F, 16.4C, 9.8P; 1665 kcal)

Total - 28 blocks

Precision at its most pointless.

An online zone calculator figured that I should be at 17-18 blocks, so I’m trying 17 (4,3,4,2,4).
 
 

Thursday 8/30:

7.25 – 2 slices ezekiel cinnamon raisin, 1.25 tbsp organic peanut butter.  19g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – 3 almonds, 2 walnut halves, 60% of apple, 1 mozzarella string cheese, half cup of 2% milk, 1/3 of clif builder bar (3 blocks)

13.75 – sandwich: 2 slices ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz roasted turkey slices. 40% of apple, 12 almonds, 3 walnut halves   (4 blocks)

17 - 2/3 clif builder bar (2 blocks)

20.5 - 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese, handful of blueberries/goji berries, 1.5 omega dark chocolate truffles, 8 oz kombucha tea (4 blocks)

Total - 17 blocks

Wednesday 8/29:

7.5 – organic food bar (omega 3-flax).  18g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.75 – mozzarella string cheese, 3 almonds, 2 walnut halves, half-cup of 2% milk, 60% of apple (2 blocks)

14 – sandwich: 2 slices ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz canned tuna, tabasco sauce.  7 almonds, 5 walnut halves, 40% of apple (4 blocks)

17.5 - ZonePerfect bar (2 blocks)

20 - dinner out: chicken parmigiana w/ double vegetables (12 blocks)

Total - 24 blocks

updates: the last couple of days have gone well - not too hungry & no postprandial sluggishness, so I’ve taken my zone precision up a notch.

Tuesday 8/28:

7 – organic food bar (omega 3-flax).  20g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – mozzarella string cheese, 3 almonds, 2 walnuts, half-cup of 2% milk, half apple (2 blocks)

14 – sandwich: 1 slice ezekiel low sodium bread, 3.5 oz chicken breast, tabasco sauce.  5 almonds, 4 walnut halves, a few dried goji berries, half-cup of 2% milk, half apple (4 blocks)

18.75 - 16g jay robb whey, 6 almonds, 4 walnut halves, 2/3 slice of ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread (2 blocks)

21.25 - omelet: 3 egg whites, mozzarella string cheese. 1 apple, 1 omega dark chocolate truffle, 8 oz green kombucha tea (4 blocks)

Total - 16 blocks

Monday 8/27:

7.5 – organic food bar (omega 3-flax).  12g jay robb whey (4 blocks)

10.5 – apple, mozzarella string cheese, a few almonds & walnuts (2 blocks)

14 – sandwich: 2 slices ezekiel low sodium bread, 3 oz canned tuna, a little tabasco.  some raw almonds/dried goji berries (4 blocks)

18.5 - a few forkfuls of left-over pasta.  12g jay robb whey (2 blocks)

20.75 - 4 oz chicken breast, rest of left-over pasta, 8 oz green kombucha tea, 1 omega dark chocolate truffle, some blueberries (4 blocks)

Total - 16 blocks

after a half-hearted Zone effort last week, Sunday began my transition into the real zone.

Sunday 8/26:

7 - wild oats burrito: egg, potato, cheese (almost perfectly 4 blocks)

13.5 – sandwich: turkey, bacon, cheese, sourdough.  mixed vegetables. (6 blocks)

17.5 – one slice of ezekiel cinnamon raisin bread with small piece of camembert. 12g jay robb whey (3 blocks)

20 – 1 cup fat-free cottage cheese with handful of blueberries.  1 omega dark chocolate truffle (4 blocks)

22.5 – some milk before bed (0.5 blocks)

Total – 17.5 blocks