What Doug Eats

2011-03-05T12:00:00.001-08:00

Gas station burger!

2011-03-04T22:18:00.001-08:00

Yum but why no salt? That's what not to like.

2011-03-04T14:30:00.001-08:00

Aaron made me a super yummy sandwich, because I have no foods. He is the best!

2011-03-03T22:14:00.001-08:00

Pig meat and egg sandwich.

2011-03-03T12:49:00.001-08:00

Pork and eggs

2011-03-02T21:01:00.001-08:00

Subway club

2011-03-02T17:06:00.001-08:00

Tofu and olives

2011-03-02T13:50:00.001-08:00

Salad yo

2011-03-02T12:27:00.001-08:00

Coffee milk

2011-03-02T10:35:00.001-08:00

Cup o cereal

2011-03-01T20:48:00.001-08:00

Pork and asparagus

2011-03-01T16:37:00.001-08:00

Bread

2011-03-01T12:18:00.001-08:00

Egg sando and a rip it

2011-02-28T13:54:00.001-08:00

Chicken bento

2011-02-28T11:52:00.001-08:00

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2011-02-26T13:17:00.001-08:00

Mother fucking mcdonalds

2011-02-26T13:16:00.001-08:00

Chicken sando from last night

2011-02-25T19:16:00.001-08:00

Ruben sando with potato salad and carrot sticks at Goose Hollow

2011-02-25T09:40:00.001-08:00

Steak and eggs

2011-02-25T06:44:00.001-08:00

More tea

2011-02-25T04:02:00.001-08:00

Tea with almond milk and honey... Possibly the fruitiest thing I've ever drank.

2011-02-24T19:27:00.001-08:00

Steak and peas

2011-02-24T15:44:00.001-08:00

Chai late'

2011-02-24T15:03:00.001-08:00

More pork!

2011-02-24T11:12:00.001-08:00

Pork chop on an English muffin with honey mustard.

2011-02-24T08:32:00.001-08:00

Tea

2011-02-24T04:21:00.001-08:00

Left over Thai BBQ chicken.

2011-02-23T20:12:00.001-08:00

Cheerios

2011-02-23T19:38:00.001-08:00

Chicken cauliflower veggies

2011-02-23T14:43:00.001-08:00

Thai BBQ chicken

2011-02-22T23:40:00.001-08:00

50cent tacos at scooters I ate two

2011-02-22T18:52:00.001-08:00

Chicken soup

2011-02-22T13:39:00.001-08:00

Tea with almond milk

2011-02-22T13:15:00.000-08:00

Salad roll and sauce

2011-02-22T09:38:00.001-08:00

Cheese sando

2011-02-21T20:09:00.001-08:00

Beef fillet with bacon, potato, and broccoli.

2011-02-21T20:06:00.001-08:00

Broad beans

2011-02-21T16:01:00.001-08:00

Coffee with skim milk

2011-02-21T12:35:00.001-08:00

What should Doug eat? For fun I thought I'd take some suggestions for what I should eat for dinner. I'm probably going to a store later so really most options are open. leave any suggestions in the comments.

2011-02-21T12:30:00.001-08:00

I like these random red pills :)

2011-02-21T11:03:00.001-08:00

English muffin cheese and egg

2011-02-20T23:14:00.001-08:00

English muffin

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2011-02-17T12:35:00.001-08:00

Okay so I ate at Cassidy's last night and got the chicken fried pork belly and half of a truffle oil burger and forgot to take a picture. This is the sloppy left overs which I'm now eating.

2011-02-16T18:22:00.001-08:00

2011-02-16T13:58:00.001-08:00

This just a fancy fucking energy drink.

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4 years time...

2011-02-15T16:01:00.000-08:00

I ran across an old photo of myself on facebook from about 4 years ago. It was hilarious, so I decided to do a little side by side action.

I remember in that 2006 photo thinking how good I looked at that time. At that point in my life I had already lost about 66 pounds and weighed about 234 pounds. I felt great and had a huge amount of confidence probably do to my rocking hair! Looking back, though I realize I looked like a fat woman. So much has changed through the years some good some bad but overall great and there is very little I'd change, because I really like the person I have become. I know my life has become better and better through the years, because I made the choices to improve my life and my thinking. My belief is that to become healthy and happier you need the change the way you think and realize that everything you know is probably wrong, but that is a good thing. It allows you to re-analyze why you do the things you do and change for the better. I still have a ways to go to be where I want to be, but with continued effort, critical thinking and support from family and friends I should be able to reach my goals.

2011-02-15T15:11:00.001-08:00

Coffee!

2011-02-15T04:21:00.001-08:00

2011-02-14T22:06:00.001-08:00

Omg and the best looking cake ive ever seen, the raspberry filling was perfect.

2011-02-14T22:04:00.001-08:00

My lovey friend Kayla invited Dale and I for a valentines dinner. It was really tasty and fun! Such good meatloaf.

2011-02-14T14:00:00.001-08:00

I found a bunch of these pills in my bag, so I ate one. All I know is it's to small to be advill, I think it might be sudafed. I hope so because I feel congested.

2011-02-14T13:36:00.001-08:00

2011-02-14T11:56:00.001-08:00

New mobile posting format! As a suggestion from my friend Sean, I'm going to begin mobile posting from my phone. This will allow me to post my food right as I'm eating it, and people can check my food out throughout the day! So if you see something yummy comment fast enough I might be able to save you a bite :P

2011-02-14T11:40:00.001-08:00

Breakfast

School day jan12

2011-01-13T18:22:00.000-08:00

The food we have today is as follows... Cornflakes, coffee with skim, mini tuna sando, mini turkey sando, diet coke, cup o' noodle, 3 55cal beers, cheese sandwich, 1 and 1/2 dill pickles, and popped corn.

Happy Birthday Karol!

2011-01-13T18:14:00.000-08:00

The 11th was my awesome, beautiful, and funny friend Karol's birthday! She had a great party with lots of lovely people, and an amazing bread and cheese spread. Seriously I think I ate like $25 worth of cheese. I only took pictures of two plates because eventually I think people were starting to look at me funny. Earlier in the day I had two cups of coffee with skim milk, brand buds, and a PBR.

Back log jan5 to jan10

2011-01-11T17:20:00.000-08:00

Hey guys I haven't posted for awhile but I do have photos. I'm gonna post a brief summary of the day and then what I ate.

Jan 5
Woke up late for school, again my Iphone fucked up, but now it's working. Felt sleepy and rushed so I pounded an energy drink. For break fast I had some mini corn muffins with goat cheese and some left over peas and carrots. At school was pretty uneventful but I did have a tasty chicken sando that I brought from home. After School I went to my friend Aaron's place to hang out and play some video games, while there I had 2 vodka cranberries. After that I went and hung out with my friend Sean and his brother at the boiler room. When I got there Sean instantly got me a whiskey soda and a shot of Jagermeister -thanks buddy.- Later we met up with our friend Stephen and went to Yes or No Lounge where we had a couple of beers and some take out slices of pizza from Dante's Bar pizza window.

Jan 6 Was an awesome day turned in to an awesome night. Woke up and Sean's and we craved some pho so we decided to go to Pho Dalat, my favorite pho place in Portland. I split a banh xeo with sean and had small "super bowl" to myself. The "super bowl" is all the cuts of meat plus meatballs. Later we went to Jonathan's place where I ate a cheese sando -cheese and bread.- Eventual our friend Sarah showed and we proceeded to have a board game/ hang out time with drinks. I'm not sure what exactly I drank but something with vodka and some PBR. As it got later in the night we were hungry so we headed to Crush bar. There we played Yahtzee and I had whiskey soda and we all split nachos and I think a quesadilla was involved as well and according to the picture I also ate some Pringles at some point.

Jan 7 Woke up at Jonathan's to the smell of Bacon, two kinds of frittatas, and biscuits. Turns out my awesome friends Sean and Jonathan woke up before Sarah and I and went to the store and bought things to prepare. With the awesome breakfast we had mimosas and coffee. Later that day I hung out with a friend from Eugene and had some beers. That's all I ate that day.

Jan 8 I went to Hot Pot City with My friends and ate a ton of hot-pot. Later I had some coffee and some bean soup.

Jan 9 This day I kinda just hung around with a friend drank a little and ate some random food.

Jan 10 I didn't really do much but heres what I ate. Eggs with green onion, coffee, bean soup, celery w/ oyster sauce, soy beans with an egg, Raisin Bran, Whiskey, and more eggs.

Espresso!

2011-01-04T23:53:00.000-08:00

Today when I woke up I saw our espresso machine sitting on the counter (pictured), so I decided to make some. I had two cups of really strong espresso with steamed almond milk. It was really good and had me jacked to high heaven. With the espresso I had a smoothie like concoction which consisted of non-fat yogurt, frozen mixed berries (pictured), almond milk, and Brand Buds. It turned out kinda shitty but I ate some of it anyways. Later for dinner I had smoked turkey legs with beans, some mini corn muffins, and a "salad" with carrots, peas, onion, sesame oil, and some other seasonings. Today I did part of my One Hundred Push-Ups program and noticed that it was a lot easier than it has ever been, so I think it is working.

Food waste

2011-01-04T18:23:00.000-08:00

Nobody likes to waste food, but are we really preventing waste by over eating? To determine this we must identify what is the value of food to us. We eat food for energy, nutritional value and enjoyment. My view is that once we have reached the maximum value of a food, say we are satisfied, then any additional food we eat is wasted in an equal amount to if we threw away excess food unless said excess food will prevent us from eating additional food later (unlikely).

Consider this scenario. You go out to eat at a steak house for lunch at noon and get a 16 oz steak, a baked potato, and cheese covered Brussels sprouts. You eat 12 oz of your steak, 3/4 of your baked potato and all but two sprouts. You are fully satisfied (stuffed even,) the food has fulfilled it's maximum value; but you have left 4 oz of steak, 1/4 of a potato, and two sprouts (not enough for a doggy bag.) You think "I don't want to waste food, so I should cram the rest of this in." What you must consider is, is eating this excess food going to cause you more nutrition? More enjoyment? Or more importantly Is it going to cause you to eat less for the rest of the day. When you get home from work and sit down for dinner at 7 are you going to want to eat less for dinner? Most likely the answer is no. Even if the answer yes then are you going to end up with excess dinner food that you are going to feel compelled to eat so you don't waste it?

As you can see there is no benefit to eating the excess food. For there to be waste there has to be value, and food has a limited value. Now you can say that if the excess food has no value to you it may have value to someone else, but does it really? That is to say who wants your sloppy left-overs and if someone did are you really going to go though the trouble to provide it to them?

The question shouldn't be how not to waste food, but how to get maximum individual value of food. To do this we need to determine the point at which food is destined to become waste. This point would be when you over order food, over prepare food or over purchase food, not when you don't eat excess food. Hence we must prevent excess food from happening or find a way to give it value with out over eating.

The obvious answer is buy the right amount of food, prepare the right amount of food, and order the right amount of food. Lets look at the last one. It can be hard to not get excesses food at a restaurant, portions tend to be too big and you want to get the most value for the money you pay for food.

My tips would be
1. Eat food you really want. Don't be disillusioned by giant potions i.e. would you rather have a lot of okay food or the right amount of really good food for the same price?
2. Share your food. In the above scenario would you be satisfied with 8 oz of steak half a potato and half an order of Brussels sprouts? What if it was half the price? No, how about with an additional side dish to split?
3. Start with a doggy bag. Ask for a to go container at the beginning of your meal separate, the food you think you want for this meal and put the rest in the to go box. You will probably end up eating less this meal and have enough to eat for another meal. If your still hungry after you're done eating fuck it start eating out of the box.

More importantly than all of the above is to remember that the most important thing is your health. Would you rather be a fat pig who can falsely claim that you don't waste food, or a healthy person who tosses some food. Also realize what you are paying for. Are you paying for the maximum amount of food you can get or are you paying to be satisfied? I think its important to realize that in The States we have an excess of food and people don't go hungry because our choices to not overeat excess food, but because of socioeconomic politics. So fuck it toss food you don't want. I know your mom might have told you not to, but she probably told you a bunch of wrong bullshit.

First day of winter term

2011-01-04T01:59:00.000-08:00

Today was my first day of winter term. My plan to wake up at 9:30am failed. I don't know why, but my alarm on my Iphone first went of at 8:30 (so I went back to sleep) and then again at 10:30. Luckily my awesome mom didn't have to work today so I was able to get a ride from her and not be late.

Trying to establish a constant sleep schedule is going to be difficult for me, but will totally pay off. I once read a study a long time ago and it went something like this: If you don't get enough good sleep your body doesn't release the right amount of endorphins. This lack of endorphins makes you crave food or other things that cause your body to release endorphins (like smoking.) I'm not sure if that is stated correctly, but the summary was get enough sleep and eat right and it will help you stop smoking. I very unscientifically took that to mean if I get enough sleep and smoke enough I won't want food as much :)

I did do enough smoking today and I also got all my food on "film." I started the day with a bowl of Chex, sliced banana, grapes, walnuts, and almond milk. With that I had tea and almond milk. At school I felt sleepy so I had a coffee with non-fat milk. For lunch I made a sandwich that consisted of Dave's Killer Bread, roast beef, provolone, and mustard. Dinner was store bought roasted chicken, cauliflower and diet soda. Later in the day I had a snack of crackers with cheese, mustard and smoked oysters and a beer. For some reason I was still hungry so I had decaf tea/almond milk and made some noodles with olive oil and garlic.

New year good food.

2011-01-02T22:01:00.000-08:00

I had a great new year's eve and new year's day, so good in fact that I didn't take any food pictures. Today I did :)
I woke up this morning at home and happened to have a lovely person next to me. I figured this would be an awesome chance to bust out some omelet skills. I made a four egg omelet with about an ounce of provolone and about an ounce of some cheese from Hickory Farms (thanks Preston) called "cheddar flavored cheese product." The two cheeses went well together and I really liked the Hickory Farms one. With that I made two pieces of buttered toast with Dave's Killer Bread. Since I was sharing this meal it turned out to be the perfect amount. Later in the day I got a craving for Mongolian style grill. I asked my dad if wanted to go (and pay,) he said yes because he is slightly addicted to Mongolian style grill. While there I had two plates of food, hot and sour soup, rice, and "pancakes" which is a ton of food. When I got home I started some laundry, grabbed a beer and started watching shows on my computer. This made me very tiered and I drifted off for awhile. When I woke up I decided to eat some crackers with the Hickory Farm cheese and have a couple mugs of tea to try and stay awake. One tea is green with almond milk and the other is black with almond milk and honey.

In other news I have fallen behind on my hundred push ups so will start anew tomorrow. Also my first day of winter classes start tomorrow. I think this term is going to go really well and having a bit of structure will help me to stay on track with my food photos. I think the hardest part for me about classes and not eating like crazy while I'm taking them is getting the right amount of sleep.

I don't really need that much sleep, but I am always able to sleep more than I need to which I think messes with me. If I am able to get 7.5 hours a night I would be excellent. I think my goal will be to be asleep by 2am and awake at 9:30am this gives me a little over an hour to get ready and to catch the bus.

When I woke up this morning my weight was 191 pounds.

Backlog

2010-12-28T19:57:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted since the twenty second, with the holidays around I got distracted. I did though take pictures of my food for some of the days. I'll post the date the pictures and then a description to the day.
12-22

On the 22nd I woke up at Sean's place Downtown, and enjoyed a cup of coffee. Whenever Sean has left over coffee he pours it into ice-trays and makes coffee-cubes. These are awesome to have around if, like me you don't like too hot of coffee, or you want iced coffee. The cubes allow you to chill coffee without causing the same water dilution that regular ice would. I had a bowl of dry Brand Buds which is a good snack to fill you up for awhile. Later Sean and I decided to get some food and wanted to check out Scooters afternoon happy hour menu. All items on the menu were $1.75 but none of them looked too appetizing, we decided to go with bean dip and chips and chicken pot-stickers, which we split and ended up not finishing either. While we waited for our food I ordered 3 vodka sodas (two small and one big.) Before we left I for some reason had jello shot. It was the perfect jello shot; it was strong, it easily left the container, and it retained its shape. Later that day I had a PBR and back at Sean's I had some of his home made kimchi with rice. The kimchi was at its last serving which I think is the best, because that is the oldest serving. This batch was really good and probably about 7 months old.

12-23

On the 23rd I headed to my parents house for "X-Mas" prime-rib. We don't really take Christmas too seriously. We usually end up eating something delicious on a day that's close to the 25th. Then we hang out with friends on the 24th or 25th.

It takes about 45 minutes to get there from downtown and for some reason I was super hungry so I got some cashews to snack on during the trip. When I got to my destination I was still hungry but really didn't want to eat too much. My parents had a left over subway sando that I had a couple bites of, my mom was making mac and cheese for a pot luck so I had some shredded cheese, and my dad brought a hot dog from Costco and I ate a quarter of it. While I was doing all this eating I was also prepping and cooking the prime-rib. I took some pictures of the rib pre-cooked and post slice, but I missed a picture of the whole thing cooked.

What we have here is, prime-rib packaged, post prep, and two shots of my plate. Here is a run down of how I like to do a super simple prime-rib. Preheat your oven to 500F. Remove prime-rib from package rinse in cold water and pat dry. In a bowl add about 1/4 kosher salt, lots of freshly cracked pepper, and any additional desired dried seasonings. To this mixture add about 3/4 cup olive oil and about three tablespoons of diced garlic. Mix this well with your fingers and with your hands coat the entire prime-rib. Place the probing end of a digital probe thermometer in to the center-most part of the rib and set it for 133F. Place the prime-rib in the oven for 15 minutes, once this time is reached turn the oven down to 350F. Cook till the center reaches a temp of 133F, remove and let rest for 15 minutes. Cut and serve. We ate ours with Brussels sprouts and a baked potato both covered in a simple homemade cheese sauce. Oh yeah and two beers :)

Form the 12-24 till 12-26 I didn't really take any pictures but I will give quick rundown of what I did and any standout dishes I remember.

12-24 I was at my friend Karol's apartment cat sitting and really just ate snacks that were around and some left-overs including two opened bottles of wine. Karol always cooks yummy healthy high-in-fiber food, so I can be confident that what I eat there is pretty good for me. Later that night I went out clubbing with a friend and had a bunch of drinks. It ended up being a really good night because I ran into another friend I hadn't seen in awhile. He bummed a bunch of smokes from me, but later ended up getting me more intoxicated at a strip bar to pay me back. I think I got the better of the deal.

12-25 On xmas day my friends and I have a tradition of hanging out after we spend time with our families. This seems to be the perfect time when people are in town. We (about 7 of us) ended up at Sean's apartment where he made an amazing chicken adobo. We ate the adobo and prefunked for awhile. Around 10pm most of us headed to Branx/Rotture where they were holding their last Saturday dance party that happened to coincide with xmas. I love their last Saturday dance party because it's an alt everyone welcome no pretensions super busy strong drinking time. I ended up really intoxicated and saw lots of random people I haven't seen in awhile. I don't know that I have ever hugged or danced with so many different people in one night. I know when I got home I ate something, but I have no idea what :)

12-26 There was what we tend to call a Peggy party. Basically it's a high school chess club reunion, at Peggy's (The lady who ran the club) house. What more realistically it is, is a large group of people who have been friends for a long time get together to eat delicious food and play board games. It was pot-luck style but what always stands out is Peggy's chili, fried potatoes, and worlds best lemon meringue pie. I have a picture of the chili, potatoes and something called Advocaat. The best way I can describe Advocaat is an eggnog like drink, but thicker, more alcoholic, and doesn't taste like eggnog. The proper way to "drink" it is in a small glass with a spoon.

12-27 I slept till 5pm, woke up and cleaned up any mess that I had made at Karol's over the weekend and headed home. I don't really remember what I ate, but I do know that the previous weekend kicked my ass.

I had a great xmas time and ate some good stuff, now I'm looking forward to new years eve :)

Late night snack

2010-12-22T13:39:00.000-08:00

I ended up not going out last night and instead stayed in and watched some 20/20 on Hulu. Interesting fact although the hosts of 20/20 are younger by at least double than the hosts of 60 Minutes, 20/20 is three times as boring.

I did eat some leftovers from the New Phoenix Casino. What I had was a carton of pho and some fried crab-puffs. The pho broth was this delectable extra bone-milky extra anise-y concoction, I've never had pho quite like it. If you're curious by what I mean by bone-milky you should watch this video by Maangchi. Although, she is not making pho, but instead a Korean style Ox Bone Soup it really exemplifies the idea of a milky bone broth.

While on Maangchi's website I would highly recommend looking around and watching her different videos. She is this cool and clever chick originally from Korea who posts videos on how to make Korean food. Not only is it really informative it is a blast to watch, and she always comes up with the best onomatopoeia for food sounds. My friend Sean has made several of her recipes and they are always amazing.

12/21

2010-12-21T22:13:00.000-08:00

Today I woke around noon at a friends house downtown. I needed to get back to the burbs and take care of some things. Before I left he made me a strong-as-shit cup of coffee, it was really good. I love having coffee at the start of the day because it gets me wired and ready to be active. By the time I got home I was hungry and had a craving for some oily fish. Luckily there was a can of kipper snacks (smoky canned herring) in the cabinet. The entire can was only 162 calories and is packed full of omega 3 fatty acids. For some reason the fish oil really fills you up. The only problem is anything that touches the fish or oil is really going to smell for awhile. After I ate I updated my blog for last night and helped my mom with her new t.v. set-up, Then I was back on the train to the city so I could meet my awesome friend Karol. We met up at Mcminamins a local restaurant/bar. The only thing good about Mcminamins is that it's casual and has good tots, its kinda the place you go when you don't want to think about a better place to go. The service was really bad and the dick waiter called me buddy, as in just a minute buddy. Since I was there with Karol it was fun anyways. While there I had a hot toddy, a PBR, a salad with vinaigrette, and half a basket of tots. It's now 10:07pm and I'm trying to decide if I want to go out or just stay in for the night... I guess you guys will see what I decide tomorrow :)

Continuation from 11/20/10

2010-12-21T16:25:00.000-08:00

After my coffee and soup yesterday I headed to the city to hang out with some friends. We basically stayed in had some drinks... I had a lot :) I took pictures of the bottles I drank from, but did not take pictures of every dink, although I did track it. I had two beers, 7.5 ounces of Soju, 9 ounces of bubble gum flavored vodka, and 1/4 can Four Loko (or a Loko if you will). For those of you who don't know Soju is a Korean type drink which tastes somewhere between strong sake and vodka, its one of my favorite things to shoot or sip straight. The bubble gum vodka I drank with soda water so that there was no additional calories from a mixer. Four Loko is a really tasty caffeinated malt liquor beverage that has been know to hospitalize college kids. I find that Four Loko makes me feel like I'm drinking while 17 again. Here are the booze pics.

Don't worry I didn't drink all of that on only a can of soup. When I got to Portland I was super hungry so I went with my friend to Whole Foods. I really don't like Whole Foods, it's overpriced and pretentious plus they don't carry any OTC medications and you know what I don't get hippie fake headaches I get real headaches and some mother fucking herb isn't gonna help. Anyways we went there because it's really close. We ended up getting carrots, soybeans, garlic, and green onions. We cooked those together and added fish sauce, sesame seeds, red chili flakes, and oyster sauce. It was really good and filling and was only 135 calories for a cup with 9 grams of protein. After eating that and drinking for awhile I was convinced to eat a tiny piece of brownie which I calculated to be about 53 calories. As the night progressed a few of the group and I ventured off to Scooters a local bar. While there I and two others shared a basket of chicken strips and fries. The chicken strips were really good and extra crunchy, I recommend them. When we got back I was still hungry and there happen to be some delicious chicken drumsticks in a curry-ish sauce and I ate that over rice. Over all I had a fun night, I did eat and drink too much, but probably ate less than if I wasn't taking pictures. A cool thing about losing weight and eating less is your alcohol tolerance drops and when this happens your satisfied with fewer drinks and fewer drinks means less calories and more weight loss. I could in theory just stop drinking, but I have found that if I drink hard liquor and soda water I tend to loose weight faster and feel more satisfied than if I don't drink, plus I really like drinking ;)

Day 1 back

2010-12-20T16:17:00.000-08:00

Alright here's my first pictures. I had a cup of black coffee for breakfast and some light soup for lunch. So far that's a total of 128 calories. I also started my day one week one of the plan on hundredpushups.com.

Tip of the day: Drinking coffee makes you want to eat less and gives you a tiny boost to your metabolism.

Back at it

2010-12-20T15:14:00.000-08:00

Hey folks I'm starting up the old blog again. Looks like is been almost a year and a half since I last posted, I guess I should do a quick run down of what I've been up too food wise.

As you can tell from my last few post I wasn't doing so great with my food consumption and that continued after I stopped blogging. For a while I didn't really care about what I ate and of course gained some weight. If I remember correctly I got up to around 205 or 210 pounds and that scared me. I decided to take some drastic action... I became a Vegan and... I really liked it.

As a Vegan my weight dropped a little, but the cool thing was I could eat as much Vegan crap as I wanted I did not seem to gain any weight. The thing about being a Vegan is everyone thinks its hard, but it really isn't. I remember coming home from the bars a 2am and eating an entire bag of BBQ flavored potato chips, whats hard about that? My vegan pigging out continued for a few months with no weight gain, but also no loss.

I decided to continue being Vegan but to also watch my calories, the weight dropped immediately. In a month I was down ten pounds and maintaining. In the following month I was down five more. In the next few months I got down to 184 pounds the lightest I have ever been! My weight fluctuated between the 184 to 190 mark and I maintained this for a long time, and the best part was I liked what I was eating and did not feel deprived.

Then I broke up with the boyfriend I had at the time, ended up moving back into my parents house (when my brother happened to be visiting from Japan for three months) and it was the beginning of the holidays. It was basically a shit storm, don't get me wrong I love my parents and brother and am glad to be around them, my break up was for the best, and holidays are fun, but all the stuff happening at once and the availability of crappy food and animal products at my parents house made me break. It was a slow shift back into meat.

I went to Vegas with my brother, while there he got one of those delicious $5 dollar steaks. I couldn't resist and had a few bites and oh my god it was good! I didn't eat anymore meat for the rest of trip. A few weeks later I had a crazy fun drug and booze filled Halloween weekend, I woke up and felt like having steak my friends were happy to oblige and I'm glad they did because that steak was amazing. Then a few days later I was at home with my family and we were all bored so I decided we should have a BBQ. I went to the store with my dad and we bought chicken thighs, beef ribs, steak and my dad found a ham. I cooked all the meat except for the ham, it was delectable.

Now my thinking at the time was I'm going to stop with the meat I just needed to get my fill, but what I didn't account for was the ham. I did stop eating meat for a few days and was doing fine, but one day I came home and my dad had cooked the ham in the most amazing way. My brother put it “I have never seen someone cook something with such care and dedication.” Sufficed to say it was the best ham I have ever eaten... and I was no longer a Vegan “on pause.” Now here I am back to eating meat, and living at my parents. I have no regrets about the last year. I learned that changing your diet drastically isn't so hard, I lost a bunch of weight and look better than I ever have, I had a relationship that was worth it although though it didn't work out, I got to see my brother again, I got to meet some amazing people, and do some really fun things.

Since my diet has changed I did gain some weight and am up to 194 pounds, hence the restart of this blog. I hope that though this I can learn again how to manage a healthy intake of meat and other foods. I also want a chance to write more and be more interactive with this blog, I'm thinking maybe of doing some video and also including recipes. I hope to provide content that will keep you guys entertained and commenting, and as always feel free to ask any questions.

Cheers,
Doug

Snaky/breakfast

2009-07-14T18:05:00.001-07:00

Flip Sides, coffee with 3% milk (how luxurious), Flip Side w/ peanut butter, some nuts (not that whole package), and more coffee.

Late night snack

2009-07-14T18:03:00.000-07:00

Ravioli, salmon burger, and some Flip Sides.

New week

2009-07-13T20:54:00.001-07:00

We have here for breakfast; Coffee black, eggs w/ cheese, more coffee, and for dinner eggplant and onion rings coated in Bran Buds and baked, asparagus, salad, salmon burger with a piece of eggplant on top of it.

2009-07-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

Today ,so far, I have had; two cups iced tea, coffee, salad, and corn bread shepherds pie sorta thing.

2009-07-01T20:16:00.000-07:00

I was super hungry yesterday and ate a lot, but I think I stayed close to or within my calories. I had Iced coffee, 3 iced teas, pork chop, vegetables, salad, chicken breast sando, fudgebar, pretzels, caned soup, popcorn, salad with a pickled egg.

New week

2009-06-30T03:23:00.000-07:00

Today I ate; kielbasa w/ mustard, corn, salad, and diet soda for dinner. I had two cups of coffee and after working out I had tuna salad w/ a hamburger bun and a diet soda.

After sleeping for 12 hours

2009-06-29T19:10:00.001-07:00

After dim sum Sunday morning (see previous post) I went home and slept for about twelve hours. My parents in the mean time made hamburgers and potato salad. When I woke I was happy to see there was some for me. The hamburger was made with beef which I haven't had in a long time and was really good, the potato salad was made by my mom and was also really good, it was a Dijon honey potato salad. Later I had a Fudgesicle, and even later I had a roast beef sando on a bun with some cottage cheese.

Last week I did really well during the week and it was easy, I even went to the gym as much as I should. When the weekend came I ate and drank like crazy (there was a wedding), but I did "save" calories all week for the wedding and although I probably burned though those plus some, I think I did relativity well.

This coming up week I have mentally committed myself too eat as I should and work out. The only thing I have coming up is a trip to Sauvie Island to hang out on the beach. I expect that this outing will require extra calories, so I will be saving calories all week long in expectation of this. Other then Sauvie Island I plan to stay close to home and for fun I will go to the gym.

Hang ova Sunday morning

2009-06-29T18:45:00.000-07:00

After a night of drinking and not sleeping very well (see previous post) I went to Fong Chong with friends for some dim sum. We ordered Wo-gok (taro fried thing), Pot stickers, steamed "pot stickers", shrimp shun fun (rice noodles with shrimp), charsu bow, shui mai, beef tripe, phoenix claw (chicken feet), and seafood chow mein. It was some of the worst dim sum I have ever eaten. It was all very bland and cold. The seafood chow mein was really good though.

A friends wedding.

2009-06-29T17:30:00.000-07:00

Saturday was my friends wedding, and I have been saving calories all week so that I would be able to eat and drink at this happy event, and I did just that. I had about 7500 calories that I could consume on Saturday opposed to my usual daily budget of 1850. I honestly have to say I must have gone over 7500 calories.

My plan was to bring a flask of vodka and drink that instead of beer and wine, but I did not have time to go to the liquor store, so I ended up drinking beer and wine, and it was incredibly good. My friend had home-brewed the beer and made an especially good ESB.

So down to what I ate... For breakfast I had a iced coffee with nonfat milk and a granola bar. At the wedding I had a bunch of glasses of red wine (some pictured), one glass of white wine, one glass of sparkling wine (not pictured), and some beers. The food at the wedding was Indian style and delicious, I had rice with two kinds of curry, one pakora, two pieces nan, one crunch nan?, and tandoori chicken. I then proceeded to help (with others) to finish an unfinished plate of food. I then had some more drinks, did some square dancing, and shared a piece of cake (notice the three forks.) More drinks proceeded to happen and eventually the bride and groom were off to hump, the wedding reception was done, and it was still early. A couple of friends and I decided to head off to bars.

I was unable to take many pictures at the bars as it was to dark but I will try and recall what I drank. We went to the C-bar and I had one Vodka soda, we then proceeded to Red Cap where I had one shot of Jagermeister, and probably two more vodkas sodas. We then met up with a friend and proceeded to his car where we (me and three friends) shared a large beer and smoked drugs. Then we went to Scooters I believe I had a vodka soda and at least one PBR. After Scooters we went back to the place we were going to crash, but it was occupied with other people, so we decided to load up all the beer in said apartment and get a motel. Once we rented the room I ran to the Plaid Pantry for snacks (not all pictured), Gatorade, Hot Pockets, beef jerky, mozzarella sticks, and two kinds of potato chips. We (three of us at this point) shared that food, drank some pbr, and smoked weed. It was the wee hours of the morning and we decided to go to sleep (sleeping in wedding clothes is not fun.) Unfortunately check out time was at the ungodly hour of 11am which set me up to have a Sunday of not so healthy eating (next post to come.)

Karols Karaoke night

2009-06-29T17:22:00.001-07:00

Sunday I went to Chopsticks Three lounge for a karaoke night hosted by my friend Karol. I had a blast and was happy to see everyone there especially some people I hadn't see for awhile.

I stayed with in my calorie budget by not eating until after drinks. I had 7 Vodka sodas, one Buttery Nipple (not pictured), a plain McDonald grilled chicken sandwich, half of a large fries. On way home at 5am I had a Powerade Zero, and when I got home I had a small plain sando.

2009-06-26T03:13:00.000-07:00

Turkey burger, Brussels sprouts, diet soda, and a Powerade zero.