Holiday Dinner and Post-Holiday Breakfast

This is a marinated skirt steak with grilled mushroom/garlic/onion toppings. This isn't a usual dinner. Pasta is pretty much never on the menu, and neither is a hunk of meat this big. Although, with all that, this meal clocks in at about 650 calories.


The sandwich is the next morning, onion/mushroom egg-white omelet.



More updates to come later. I'm also going to start putting up general ingredient prices and how long they last, just because it's useful stuff. Finally, the mile morning runs have gotten dropped by the wayside since it's 5 degrees outside, so I'm substituting other cardio exercises in. More details to follow.

So, for the most part, the diet is going swimmingly. I was down to about 193 on a digital scale, but I have no idea where I am now, as my scale seems to add and subtract weight when it seems fit. For example, before breakfast, I'll be 191, and after breakfast, 205. Mind you, that's one small sandwich and a small cup of tea. Clearly not 14 pounds' worth. So I'm just using it as a motivational tool, and not as a measurement of my weight. When the weight is high, I tell myself that I need to stick to the diet more and lose it. When the weight is low, I tell myself that it's all progressing as it should and that sticking to the diet and exercise will keep it going down.
The hardest thing with exercise that I've found is forcing myself to go outside and do cardio when it's below freezing. It's hard, but doable, I've found, with the right clothing. So, other than that, no big news, so here are the obligatory pictures.