-We had another cold, clear, and crisp day in Halifax today. In many ways this was a little surprising given how much precipitation we had yesterday.
-Earlier today I remembered that we are now just a few days away from our 3rd annual Montifax Blog-off. I think that I will have to re-jig the scoring system a little so that things will be skewed a little more to Neil's favour. At the moment I am even thinking of going back to the original 5 to 1 scoring system that we used in the first year. Anyway, check back in February for exciting blog-off action.
-We had another successful Ultimate game. Though we whittled down an 18 lead to only a 6 point lead, we did manage to hold on to the lead and win. It may be hard for us to bring our winning streak to 3 as we will be missing quite a number of players next week.
-I had another big salad for lunch today. As usual, I didn't waste any valuable salad space on leafy greens. Who wants leaf taking up space when they could just as easily have something with a little more substance in their bowl?
-I guess I should get back to work.
Showing posts with label Salads. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salads. Show all posts
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Sunday, January 16, 2011
A Few Quick Notes 496
-After some early morning snow and slush today turned out to be a rather nice winter's day. Though it was cold this evening, the air was clear and the were sidewalks relatively dry.
-We managed to win our Ultimate game last night. This was a particularly impressive feat for two reasons. Firstly, because we were short females we had to pick one up from another team, which meant that we had to take a 7 point penalty. Secondly, even with our extra female player we only had two females, meaning that they didn't have any substitutes during the game. Hopefully we play as well next week.
(Update: Jeannette was upset that I did not mention that she was one of the two female player mentioned above. Both of these players played hard the entire game and score many of our points. Jeannette has suggested, and I agree, that she likely scored about one third of our points.)
-I have managed to do a fair bit of studying this weekend, which is good as my first comp is just around the corner.
-Our salad diet is still going strong. Furthermore, for the first time in my life I have also been doing a good job of integrating fruit into my diet. Actually, I may be over doing it on the fruit front, though this will likely come back into line now that one of the great citrus sales of the year has ended.
-I guess I should get back to work. The Durham Report awaits me.
-We managed to win our Ultimate game last night. This was a particularly impressive feat for two reasons. Firstly, because we were short females we had to pick one up from another team, which meant that we had to take a 7 point penalty. Secondly, even with our extra female player we only had two females, meaning that they didn't have any substitutes during the game. Hopefully we play as well next week.
(Update: Jeannette was upset that I did not mention that she was one of the two female player mentioned above. Both of these players played hard the entire game and score many of our points. Jeannette has suggested, and I agree, that she likely scored about one third of our points.)
-I have managed to do a fair bit of studying this weekend, which is good as my first comp is just around the corner.
-Our salad diet is still going strong. Furthermore, for the first time in my life I have also been doing a good job of integrating fruit into my diet. Actually, I may be over doing it on the fruit front, though this will likely come back into line now that one of the great citrus sales of the year has ended.
-I guess I should get back to work. The Durham Report awaits me.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
A Few Quick Notes 495
-We had another relatively mild winter's day today. My recollection is that things were a little grey, but never particularly bad.
-Assuming the forecast is worth anything, it seems that we are due for a storm starting tomorrow afternoon. The forecast is calling for up to 30 cm of snow, which seems hopeful given my experiences with Halifax weather. Whether we get the full weight of the storm or not, getting at least some snow seems plausible.
-I managed to consume a few more pieces of exotic citrus today. Of course, I consumed this fruit without documenting it in any way. Oops.
-It seems that the relatively unknown PC party leadership contender has been found to have ineligible signatures on his nomination form. In many ways this development isn't particularly surprising. I guess we will now have to see if the potential leadership candidate does go through with his threats to take any such disqualification to court. What ever happens, this should at least make for a few more days of exciting news from Newfoundland.
-Our salad trend continued tonight with both Rebecca and I opting for salads for dinner. Hopefully this pattern sticks.
-It seems that Republic of Doyle will make its triumphant return to Canada's airwaves tomorrow night. I am sure you are all waiting with baited breath for the season premiere as I am sure the better part of Newfoundland is. I am particularly looking forward to the second episode as I have been lead to believe that two of my friends are likely to make appearances as extras.
-Assuming the forecast is worth anything, it seems that we are due for a storm starting tomorrow afternoon. The forecast is calling for up to 30 cm of snow, which seems hopeful given my experiences with Halifax weather. Whether we get the full weight of the storm or not, getting at least some snow seems plausible.
-I managed to consume a few more pieces of exotic citrus today. Of course, I consumed this fruit without documenting it in any way. Oops.
-It seems that the relatively unknown PC party leadership contender has been found to have ineligible signatures on his nomination form. In many ways this development isn't particularly surprising. I guess we will now have to see if the potential leadership candidate does go through with his threats to take any such disqualification to court. What ever happens, this should at least make for a few more days of exciting news from Newfoundland.
-Our salad trend continued tonight with both Rebecca and I opting for salads for dinner. Hopefully this pattern sticks.
-It seems that Republic of Doyle will make its triumphant return to Canada's airwaves tomorrow night. I am sure you are all waiting with baited breath for the season premiere as I am sure the better part of Newfoundland is. I am particularly looking forward to the second episode as I have been lead to believe that two of my friends are likely to make appearances as extras.
Tuesday, January 04, 2011
A Few Quick Notes 492
-Today, much to my surprise, was actually quite nice, if a little chilly.
-I am presently in the midst of making some focaccia-like bread. Instead of following a proper recipe I just added some olive oil and herbs to some rolled bread dough. While it may not be great, it should at least be edible.
-A few days ago John Cusack was asked what he thought was going to happen in 2012. He told them to Mayand their own business.
-Our collective salad kick is still ongoing. Yesterday I stopped by the grocery store and purchased carrots, celery, sliced cabbage, radishes, green onions, and red onions. Today I supplemented our today supplies with another 10 lbs of carrots.
Of course, I haven't just been buying supplies but also consuming salads. Twice today I had salads that contained six Canada's Food Guide servings of vegetables.
I suspect that if that if I am able to maintain this rate of consumption I will be burned out on salads by the end of end of the month.
-Though I have already put in a fair bit of work today, I should probably try to do some more reading before I call it a night.
-I am presently in the midst of making some focaccia-like bread. Instead of following a proper recipe I just added some olive oil and herbs to some rolled bread dough. While it may not be great, it should at least be edible.
-A few days ago John Cusack was asked what he thought was going to happen in 2012. He told them to Mayand their own business.
-Our collective salad kick is still ongoing. Yesterday I stopped by the grocery store and purchased carrots, celery, sliced cabbage, radishes, green onions, and red onions. Today I supplemented our today supplies with another 10 lbs of carrots.
Of course, I haven't just been buying supplies but also consuming salads. Twice today I had salads that contained six Canada's Food Guide servings of vegetables.
I suspect that if that if I am able to maintain this rate of consumption I will be burned out on salads by the end of end of the month.
-Though I have already put in a fair bit of work today, I should probably try to do some more reading before I call it a night.
Monday, January 03, 2011
Evening Snack
In line with our new pro-salad stance, the snack I have prepared for the apartment this evening consists entirely of vegetables.
And because you care, I have already had two salads today. If all goes well I will have consumed about 5 or 6 more servings of vegetables by the end of the evening.
And because you care, I have already had two salads today. If all goes well I will have consumed about 5 or 6 more servings of vegetables by the end of the evening.
Sunday, January 02, 2011
A Few Quick Notes 491
-As has been standard so far this winter, today saw us get some rain and have temperatures hovering just above freezing. Talk about fun weather.
-As suggested by our last post, we had salads with our dinner tonight. This means that everyone had at least one salad today and some of us had two. It should also be noted none of us over-indulged in the main course, which was chili. Of course, all of this salad consumptions means that I am likely going to have to make a run to the carrot store tomorrow to pick up a few more carrots and some celery (which happens to be on sale this week).
-I have been doing a fair bit of studying today, though I guess I could have been a little more diligent.
-It seems that there is some new graffiti on the cement wall across from my bedroom window. I guess none of us noticed this going up yesterday.
Unfortunately, this new addition to the wall, at least in my opinion, isn't as nice as what is to be found under it. That the graffiti has taken a turn for the worse is unfortunate as I have to spend a fair bit of my time looking at it. I guess at this point I wouldn't mind if the building decided to remove everything and start from scratch.
-Oh, and I should note that in addition to increasing my salad consumption I am trying to put a little more emphasis on doing more chin-ups, a pursuit that fell by the wayside this summer shortly after a accidental self-inflicted rib injury.
-As suggested by our last post, we had salads with our dinner tonight. This means that everyone had at least one salad today and some of us had two. It should also be noted none of us over-indulged in the main course, which was chili. Of course, all of this salad consumptions means that I am likely going to have to make a run to the carrot store tomorrow to pick up a few more carrots and some celery (which happens to be on sale this week).
-I have been doing a fair bit of studying today, though I guess I could have been a little more diligent.
-It seems that there is some new graffiti on the cement wall across from my bedroom window. I guess none of us noticed this going up yesterday.
Unfortunately, this new addition to the wall, at least in my opinion, isn't as nice as what is to be found under it. That the graffiti has taken a turn for the worse is unfortunate as I have to spend a fair bit of my time looking at it. I guess at this point I wouldn't mind if the building decided to remove everything and start from scratch.
-Oh, and I should note that in addition to increasing my salad consumption I am trying to put a little more emphasis on doing more chin-ups, a pursuit that fell by the wayside this summer shortly after a accidental self-inflicted rib injury.
Making friends with salad
For the past few months Neil, Rebecca, Jeannette, and I have all be discussing, in somewhat aspirational terms, the concept of healthier eating (not that our eating habits were that bad too begin with). In general, the areas of discussion have tended towards both the idea of favouring the consumption of relatively healthy foods (more of the problem for Jeannette and Rebecca) as well as the idea of portion control (more of the problem for Neil and I) .
Not surprisingly, aside from a few ambitious thoughts, little had actually been done to work towards these goals. Jeannette, with her love of breakfast sandwiches, and Rebecca, with her love of tinned cola, had make little progress when it came to avoiding their respective vices. Neil and I were also continuing to over-consume a variety of foods.
Shortly after Jeannette and I returned from St. John's the general consensus that was reached seemed to be that increased salad consumption may help with both problems. Not only would the consumption of more salads mean the consumption of healthier foods (assuming we can hold off on bacon bits and croutons), but it would also mean that portion control would be less of a problem as most of the vegetative ingredients in our salads are close to calorie-neutral (i.e. you can eat as many carrots as humanly possible and they won't cause you to get fat).
So over the past 3-4 days this is what we have been doing - having salads either with, or as, many meals. Though it has been less than a week, our ability to stick with the program has been remarkably consistent.
Of course, aside from more trips to the carrot store, there is not much evidence that this dietary change has had any effect. Presumably, I should at least soon start to notice an increase in my carrot chopping speed, or maybe even in my ability to prepare a red pepper.
Not surprisingly, aside from a few ambitious thoughts, little had actually been done to work towards these goals. Jeannette, with her love of breakfast sandwiches, and Rebecca, with her love of tinned cola, had make little progress when it came to avoiding their respective vices. Neil and I were also continuing to over-consume a variety of foods.
Shortly after Jeannette and I returned from St. John's the general consensus that was reached seemed to be that increased salad consumption may help with both problems. Not only would the consumption of more salads mean the consumption of healthier foods (assuming we can hold off on bacon bits and croutons), but it would also mean that portion control would be less of a problem as most of the vegetative ingredients in our salads are close to calorie-neutral (i.e. you can eat as many carrots as humanly possible and they won't cause you to get fat).
So over the past 3-4 days this is what we have been doing - having salads either with, or as, many meals. Though it has been less than a week, our ability to stick with the program has been remarkably consistent.
Of course, aside from more trips to the carrot store, there is not much evidence that this dietary change has had any effect. Presumably, I should at least soon start to notice an increase in my carrot chopping speed, or maybe even in my ability to prepare a red pepper.
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