Torture = Cooking Paleo Pad Thai for your friends, and roasting brussel sprouts and measuring out packaged crab for yourself. Not that the later wasn’t delicious, but it was a true test of resilience to cook with forbidden ingredients. I couldn’t even like a finger or a spoon with peanut butter. Le sigh. Today was…
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Day 9 of the HCG Diet
I’ve been at the 500-calorie part for a full week now. It’s still weird, but getting used to it. It’s hard when my friends come into today and we’re talking about dinner and I feel like I’m holding everyone back from going out to eat and going our drinking. It’s hard when I’m walking through…
Austin: New Elizabeth Street Cafe
They’ve successfully done barbecue and upscale seafood, so why not add Vietnamese? Lamberts and Perla’s co-cwners Larry McGuire and Thomas Moorman have launched a new restaurant group (McGuire Moorman Hospitality) and announced a new restaurant called Elizabeth Street Café, a casual eatery serving simple Vietnamese cuisine in an environment inspired by a cozy French neighborhood café. Housed in the…
New Cooking Technique: Broth Saute
I made scallops tonight in a broth saute and they were awesome! It’s SO easy. Here’s how to make lowfat scallops in a broth saute. The key: rinse the scallops and dry with paper towels. Get them as dry as you can, this will give them the “fried” effect without the fat. Do it: Heat…
HCG Diet Day 8
Breakfast (at 2p, old habits die hard): cauliflower rice, kale, ground beef + packaged tuna 3.5 ounces Snack: apple Gym: weight the same as yesterday. Did a CrossFit OneWorld workout: 21-15-9 155# deadlift, 40# kb swing, with 100 single unders between rounds. 10:11. Tired afterward. Dinner: whole raw yellow squash, ate it like a banana.…
Austin: swapatx Presents Clothing Swap!
Clothing swaps are not new. People who are really good at organizing them are. Check this from swapatx’s FAQ: There are free swaps around town. Why are you charging $5? A couple reasons. First of all, charging a nominal fee helps us to be able to spend a lot of our free time working the…
HCG Diet Day 7
Technically, this is the 5th day of the diet part of the HCG Diet. The first 2 are loading, and the more I don’t eat now the more I wish I had eaten then … an oreo brownie? a BeauJo’s veggie pizza? Chocolove chocolate bars are on sale? Man I could have eaten all that…
Movies on Apps?
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution today announced the groundbreaking launch of the “App Editions” of feature films Inception and The Dark Knight. The free App Editions give consumers the first five minutes of a feature film and bonus content, the entire feature film can be purchased in-app. “Warner Bros. is bringing more than 100 million Apple device…
Recipe: (More) Paleo, Low-Cal Cabbage Soup
Except instead of my decadently delicious but healthy, we have straight-up low-calorie but STILL delicious and healthy cabbage soup in a tomato base! Paleo Low-Cal Cabbage Recipe: 2 cans stewed/chopped/diced tomatoes 4 cups chicken broth onions (I used a whole bag of frozen) 1/2 head cabbage 1 bunch swiss chard garlic seasonings to taste Directions:…
HCG Diet Day 6
Unexpectedly on a road trip from Aspen to Denver, I snarfed cabbage soup for breakfast before we left and packed an apple and leftover dinner from the night before for lunch, assuming finding a salad with meat would be easy for dinner. We spent most of the day at the hospital supporting a friend, our…