1.9.11 Cont’d
7:00pm Orange
9:30pm Butterfish& Beet Salad, Pork Chop with Mushrooms and spinach….Birthday celebration for a friend – tried bites of several deserts…banana’s foster, ice cream sundae, grand marnier chocolate mousse, I just don’t have much of a sweet tooth, none of these were great or remotely worth cheating. I’d rather have baked brie. Or Thai Food. Or Morty’s Deli Deep Fried Reuben Rolls! YUP.
2:00am turkey slices

1.10.11
11:00am Turkey slices
3:00pm Snacks - Apple, Hummus and Ham slices
9:00pm Roasted Chicken , Romaine salad w artichokes, olives, avocado and bacon & side of acorn squash.
2:00am Navel Orange

1.11.11
1:00pm Celery & Hummus – Turkey Slices
4:00pm ½ Chicken breast w eggplant & zucchini
6:00pm macadamia nuts and raisins
9:00pm Roasted Cauliflower
11:00pm Chop Salad with chicken, nitrate free bacon, and egg -Lemon herb dressing

1.12.11
11:00am Celery & hummus
4:00pm Roasted eggplant & zucchini ½ Chicken breast
8:00pm Apple
11:00pm Brussels sprouts, chop salad
1:00am Raisins

1.13.11
11:00am Turkey w Hummus
3:00pm Orange
5:30pm Roasted eggplant & zucchini
7:00pm small salad with chicken/artichokes/olives
10:00pm Dried mango
11:00pm Chicken breast/ broccoli & cauliflower

1.14.11
11:00am Turkey slices w mustard
3:00pm ½ chicken breast with eggplant & zucchini
3:30pm Raisins
5:00pm Turkey slices w hummus -

1.4.11 Continued
6:00pm roasted squash
8:00pm mixed nuts & Apple
10:00pm Crab over greens with artichokes and tomato. Lemon herb dressing.
Midnight – Raisins

1.5.11
Noon – Celery
2:00pm – Banana
4:00pm – more leftover pork and squash.
9:30pm Broccoli cooked in olive oil capers and garlic 1 wedge of Organic squash cooked in duck fat -
11:00pm Crab over greens with tom and artichokes – lemon herb dressing
midnight – one more wedge of the duck fat squash -

1.6.11
11:00 am banana
3:00pm last of the pork tenderloin and squash – one wedge of duck fat squash…hhhmm
5:00pm orange
7:00pm sliced salami with mustard
11:00pm ½ chicken breast/ small salad/ roasted eggplant & zucchini/ one wedge of the duck fat squash.
1.7.11
Noon – banana
3:00pm apple
5:00pm Turkey slices with guac and mustard. Two chunks of Salami.
8:00pm orange
9:30pm ½ salad w crab/tomato/avocado & lemon dressing - Broccoli
2:00am - finished the salad
Midnight – 3:00am Tequila tasting! 5 shots – Chinaco/Partida/Cazadores/Espolon. Drunk. Yay.

1.8.11
Noon – Celery
4:00pm – Sliced Turkey with avocado and mustard – two wedges of squash in duck fat.
5:00pm The last last last bite of Christmas Salami.
8:30pm salad with chicken mixed veggies with lemon dressing
2:00am roasted acorn squash. One glass of red wine.

1.9.11
noon – celery
2:00pm Turkey & Hummus.

2 Cheat days coming up can't wait.

12.28.10 Cont.
4:00pm apple
6:00pm Turkey Slices w mustard
7:45pm brussels & Broccoli
- slammed at work – couldn’t really get my dinner in so I snacked on nuts and raisins – too many actually – There was a bunch of birthday cake, & chocolates all over the bar – crammed a bit of fancy chocolate butter toffee in my mouth – it was great – but that is the third time in as many days that I have found myself stuck and starving. Need to bring fruit to work.
1:00am Chop salad from Morty’s with lemon herb dressing – nitrate free bacon and chicken.

12.29.10
11:00am Banana
2:15pm Orange
3:30pm ½ Chicken Breast with guac and mustard.
6:00pm 2 chunks of salami
9:30pm Broccoli in olive oil w capers and garlic
1:00am Salad with Chicken/artichokes and avocado

12.30.10
Noon – Sliced Turkey
2:00pm Banana
3:00pm Orange
6:00pm – 9:00pm Crab Salad with tom/egg and I didn’t realize when I ordered it that there was blue cheese … Too busy at work to order something else or pick out the cheese.
10:00pm Cashews & Raisins
11:30pm Salami – running dangerously low on my Salami.
1:00am – 4:00am Gary Danko Staff Holiday party – open Champagne bar. (yikes). One very small plate –tasting each of the pork dishes from the insane buffet. I couldn't help myself.. Including ½ a pork bun… everything else probably had ingredients I shouldn’t be eating. Oh well. It was just lovely.

12.31.10
2:00pm Turkey Slices
4:30pm Apple
5:00pm Raisins
7:00pm Eggplant and Zucchini in garlic onion & olive oil
10:00pm Roasted Butternut Squash

1.1.11
2:00pm Raisins
4:00pm Apple
5:00pm Sliced turkey and ham with avocado
9:00pm Roasted acorn squash
11:00pm – 3:00am 3 glasses of wine and bunches of cashews.

1.2.11
Noon – Sliced Turkey
1:00pm small handful of nuts
4:00pm dried mangos & Raisins
6:00 Smoked salmon & seaweed
10:00pm Pork tenderloin, small salad, roasted squash medley

1.3.11
11:00am Celery
3:00pm Apple
4:30pm leftover pork and squash. Raisins for desert.
7:00pm more squash – starving
10:00pm roasted brussels , broccoli, eggplant & zucchini – 2 Salami chunks.

1.4.11
Noon Banana & Mixed nuts
4:00pm more leftover pork and veggies/squash. Yum.

12.22.10 continued
7:00pm raisins & mangos
9:30 pm broccoli and cauliflower
2:30am half a pomegranate

12.23.10
11:00am slices of turkey and salami w/ mustard.
3:00pm banana
4:00pm Nuts & Raisins
6:30pm Orange
9:30pm Salad w Chicken avocado, artichokes and olives
11:00pm Salami!

12.24.10
noon-Turkey
2:00 Apple
4:00pm Salami –
6:00pm 3 bean salad
8:30pm Split 3 ways:
Dozen oysters
Chicken meatballs over braised greens.
Baby gems with persimmon, prosciutto and Marcona almonds
Cauliflower with olives, capers and orange
Rosemary scented chicken with warm potato and lettuce.
Suckling pig with baby spinach, bread and roasted onion salad
Cassoulet with duck confit, braised lamb, garlic sausage and white beans
One bottle of Taittinger
One Bottle of Pinot
11:00 pm – 4:00 am One Shot of Cazadores, one million shots of Chinaco Anejo. One thousand cookies. Drunky.

12.25.10
11:00am Sliced Turkey
2:00pm Orange
4:00pm – 8:00pm Callahan/Garth Xmas tradition:
Homemade Bacon Stuffed Waffles-(I picked up a gluten/soy/dairy/wheat free batter – thought it would taste like dirt and was surprised – YUMMY), organic maple syrup.
Mushroom & green onion scramble.
Sausages, Salami’s, and smoked salmon.
10:00pm Salad w Salami tomato, & avocado
Midnight – 4 peanut butter cookies smeared in peanut butter.

12.26.10
2:00pm Orange
4:00pm Sliced Turkey & Dried Mangos
6:00pm Turkey meatballs in red sauce and 3 bean salad
9:00pm roasted Veggies in olive oil.

12.27.10
11:00am Celery
2:00pm two bites of peanut brittle – gross, but I was starving at work with no options. Yuck.
3:00pm apple
7:00pm Last of the turkey meatballs & 3 bean salad
10:00pm ½ chicken breast and roasted veggies
11:00pm 1 chunk of Salami – I have begun to ration the salami now that I am getting low on it….

12.28.10
1:00pm banana
3:00pm sliced turkey with guac and 2 chunks of salami w mustard.

12.17.10 Contd
11pm Raisins & cashews.
2:00am 1 glass of red wine.

12.18.10
10:00am Celery
2:30pm Turkey & Hummus
4:00pm Salami
8:00pm Brussels sprouts & Salad w chicken, artichokes, olives and uncured bacon
11:00pm Dried mangos.
1:00-2:30am 2 glasses of red wine.

12.19.10
Noon- Banana macadamia nuts & Raisins
I had a work meeting at my house and literally hid the salami from my business partner so he couldn’t get at it. Salami weakness.
4:00pm Turkey slices with mustard & an orange. One slice of Chorizo Salami.
7:00pm snacked on some smoked salmon
11:00pm Salami for dinner! I just lobbed off a couple chunks and went at it. Made a big batch of Turkey meatballs for the week w spinach and eggplant in a sugar free tomato sauce & tried a few bites.
Not enough veggies today.

12.20.10
Noon – Banana
3:30pm Two meatballs w/ sauce & spinach
4:30 pm Sliced Turkey with avo & mustard and a couple chunks of Salami.
7:00pm Made a huge 3 bean salad for the week. Snacked on some & an apple.
10:00pm Dinner at Wayfare Tavern – scouting for the two holiday parties in January.
Split the following:
Almond Stuffed Dates wrapped in smoked bacon w fennel garlic puree and raisin caper salsa verde.
Grilled Calamari with Chili oil, celery, toasted garlic, and squid ink vinaigrette.
Marin Autumn greens, preserved oranges, pomegranate and walnut vinaigrette.
Grilled Hawaiian Tuna w roasted cauliflower, olives, smoked chili oil and arugula.
1.5 glasses of red wine.

12.21.10
11:00 am Banana
2:30pm Dried mango/persimmon/raisins & almonds. (Overload)
4:00pm 1 Turkey meatball & sliced Turkey with mustard and guac.
6:00pm Three been salad
7:00pm Apple
10:00 pm – picked at a salad - no appetite. Had one bite of a cookie. It looked a million times better than it tasted. Lame cheat.
Midnight – Orange.

12.22.10
11:00 am Banana
2:30pm Orange juice & 2 Turkey meatballs with spinach.
4:30pm 1 chunk of Salami w hummus and avocado. Large Handful of nuts.

12.14.10 cont’d
4:00pm Squash and some leftover chicken
7:30pm banana
10:00pm Salad w chicken, tomato, uncured bacon, artichokes and olives w lemon herb dressing
12:00am Brussels sprouts cooked in veggie broth & lemon.

12.15.10
11:00am butternut squash
3:00pm baked granny smith apple chips yum.
5:00pm Turkey and avocado & more squash
8:30pm Salad – made the same one as last night….see above
10:00pm Sicilian style broccoli & Cauliflower from Morty’s Deli -
2:00am 2 slices of turkey and a couple bites of squash
**10 days til Xmas and I can’t wait for the gazillion pounds of salami that I get. I am making an exception from the ban on nitrates/nitrites for some Molinari’s.

12.16.10
2:30pm Banana
3:00pm Celery Sticks
5:00pm raisins
6:30pm small salad w/chicken and avocado
10:00pm broccoli and squash and oh Xmas came a little early this year someone gave me a 3lb salami – I ate a shitload of it. Yay Christmas.

12.17.10
11:00am celery sticks and a few slices of turkey
2:30pm apple
4:00pm Lettuce Wraps with chicken – uncured bacon and tomato’s. Salami for desert .

12.10.10 Cont’d
4:30pm Turkey with Avo/mustard
6:00pm Dried Mangos
11:00pm Chicken tacos w/ black beans – skipped the tortilla.
2:30am Glass of red wine
3:45am Sliced Turkey
**

12.11.10
1:00pm Celery & Turkey
4:30Pm Mixed nuts & Raisins
8:00pm Chicken and veggies
11:00pm Orange
2:30am handful of nuts
** Ate way too much of everything the last few days – my appetite has been nuts.

12.12.10
Noon – Turkey w Hummus and Roasted Veggies.
3:00pm apple – raisins and mixed nuts.
5:00 – 7:00pm Xmas Party – snacked on mixed nuts and Ham
9:00pm Roasted chicken & veggies.
12:00am Turkey w/ mustard

12.13.10
11:00am Turkey and hummus
2:00pm apple
3:30pm dried mango slices – Turkey w avocado
8:30 pm Roasted chicken and butternut squash.

12.14.10
11:00am Celery & Coffee
2:00pm Lettuce wraps w salmon, tomato, avocado & an orange.

Promised myself to stay away from the salted nuts for a few days – I’ve been overloading.
Ooooh and I forgot last Thursday I was making special holiday cocktails at work w/ Hot chocolate and rum... or whiskey...or frangelico. The rum won, but I probably had about a tablespoon of partially hydrogenated, high fructose, processed garbage mixed w booze.

12.6.10 Cont’d
10:00pm Izzy's - Filet Mignon Steamed Broccoli & House salad w Oil & Vinegar
2 glasses of Red wine.

12.07.10
11:30am Celery Sticks
2:00pm Apple
3:30pm Turkey/avo/hummus & dried mangos
8:00pm Cauliflower
9:30pm Chop Salad
12:00am Butternut squash

12.08.10
Noon - Celery Sticks getting pretty sick of celery but I don’t know what else to grab on my way out the door….
2:30pm Apple
5:00pm Turkey and Guac
9:45pm Spinach, roasted chicken & squash
12:00am macadamia & cashews. Way too many. Oopsie.

12.09.10
Noon - Butternut Squash
3:00pm – Apple
6:00pm almonds & raisins.
10:00pm went to visit Drew & Sean @ Blue Plate w/ Amy and split:
Beet salad with shaved celery
grilled monterey bay squid with lemon & parsley
baby gem lettuce with pomegranate and bacon.
spanish chorizo and warm cannellini beans, crispy slow egg, frisee, sherry vinaigrette
crispy pork belly and mussel escabeche, cauliflower, grilled red onion, pickled gypsy peppers
pan-seared branzino, charred eggplant, salsify, dino kale, harissa
Had one glass of Cremant d'Alsace Brut Rose

I technically ate no grains/dairy/sugar but I felt so sluggish this morning - total cheat day regardless. I am pretty sure I will have fantastic dreams of that pork belly for years though. That splurge was worth it.

12.10.10
Noon – Celery again
2:15pm sliced apples with hummus.

12.3.10 – cont’d
10:30pm chicken/avo/black beans over greens with lemon dressing
2:30am turkey slices – almonds .

12.4.10
11:00 am celery sticks
3:00pm apple
6:30 chicken with broccoli
9:00pm celery sticks with Hummus and hand full of almonds
12:00am – eggplant caponata & Kobe steak (split both w/ my coworker)

9:00 pm – 4:00 am
7 X 1.5oz Partida Reposado. : ) Goal partially achieved.

12.5.10
11:00am Celery & hummus
2:30Pm Turkey/avo/mustard wraps. Dried mangos. Apple.
5:30pm Almonds – Turkey.
8:30Pm Orange
10:30Pm Chicken brussels & butternut squash.

12.6.10
1:00pm Celery sticks
3:30PM Apple
5:00pm Turkey/guac/mustard wraps & celery w/ hummus
10:00pm Off to Izzy’s steak house… TBD

11.30.10
starving at work late night – and there is nothing but garbage to eat. Managed to get someone to pick me up some raisins…

12.1.10
Trying to change my meal times today - to avoid the 1:00am starvation problem
Noon – 3 bean salad
4:30pm – Turkey lettuce wraps
8:00pm Apple
9:45pm Chop salad with lemon dressing
12:00am – Brussels sprouts and Sopressata/Coppa (didn’t realize I haven’t eaten any type of Salami in a couple months…yum!) Mixed Nuts.

12.2.10
11:00am Apple
3:30Pm Orange
6:00Pm home-made chicken Veggie soup.
10:30Pm Crab/avo/tomato salad over mixed greens – lemon herb dressing and almonds for desert.

12.3.10
12:00pm apple & raisins
3:00pm turkey –guac – mustard wraps & dried mango
off to work.

As to my goal – fail – I’ve been too busy to kick back and have any booze. Lame.

11.27.10
1:00pm Celery Sticks/left over roasted butternut squash
2:00pm Dried Fruit
4:00pm turkey lettuce wraps
6:45pm More squash
9:00pm Homemade chicken veggie soup
2:30am Just home from work and starving! Grazed through my fridge- turkey, squash and some almonds. F’n hungry.

11.28.10
Noon - Celery sticks & raisins
3:30pm Turkey & hummus, side of squash
6:00pm Apple & almonds
8:30pm Roasted chicken and brussel Sprouts.
10:30pm 3 bean salad

11.29.10
1:30pm Celery & three bean salad
4:00pm dried mangos
7:15pm Apple and mixed nuts
9:30PM Roasted Chicken and the last of my Butternut Squash/Brussel Sprout leftovers.
1:00am finished paperwork & starving – mini bowl of homemade soup – couple bites of bean salad – handful of almonds.

11.30.10
2:30 pm half a banana
3:30 pm Turkey slices with guac, mustard & an apple
6:00 pm Home made chicken veggie soup.
Dinner tonight @ work–Morty’s Deli delivers to me at the bar on Tues & Weds - he’s making me pork tenderloin and sautéed spinach. Tomorrow is his farmer’s market day – can’t wait…

Goal: I need to start drinking more alcohol. Other than my recent trip to Vegas, I have been pretty much sober and boooring. I have just under five weeks to have fun before my busy season at my other job.

Starting this today because of the holidays…
11.24.10

11:30am – Dried Fruit
3:00pm – Turkey lettuce wraps & an apple
6:00pm – Chicken and vegetable soup.
9:30pm – Morty’s Deli Paleo Delivery – Chop salad with lemon dressing and brussel sprouts in olive oil and capers.

11.25.10
T Day at Amy & Drews house with Tim (A James Beard award winner/pastry chef, a chef and an owner of a deli ) diet = doomed
Noon – Celery sticks
3:00pm – Apple
4:00pm-6:30pm – grazed on some apple slices and almonds – tried a little of the cheese plate… first cheese since June. A Cracker.
7:00pm 10:00pm– Turkey with Garlic Sage Butter & Prime Rib in Olive Oil & Garlic
Mixed Organic greens with pear, blue cheese & toasted walnuts .
Roasted Butternut Squash and Brussel Sprouts (Paleo)
Chard & Niman Ranch uncured Bacon
Stuffing – Only had a little bit of this
½ Amy’s homemade dinner roll.
Roasted sweet potatoes with Rosemary
Shared bites of Amy’s Pumpkin Pie, Apple Galette and cocoa covered hazelnuts all doused in home -made whipped cream.
Chocolate Truffles.
Holy cheat day. Wow.
Oh and a crap load of booze. Wine, Champagne, some Spanish digestif liquor, Fernet, more wine.

11.26.10
Noon – Celery Sticks
2:00pm Apple
4:30pm Turkey Lettuce wraps
6:00pm couple hands full of nuts
8:00pm dried fruit
10:00pm salad w/lemon dressing and roasted butternut squash