1-27-2007

Jan 27, 2007

Been home from a conference for a week now. Last weekend at the conference, I did not have too much damage control to worry about. I did well on food, better than anticipated. I ate a great sushi meal the first night, with some miso broth and edamame, two beers. 

Two suppers to write home about:

My first chef's dinner! An overview would be to say that normally, most people would go out to eat a burger after it was over; the portions were truly gourmet. My group of 13 did not get to the restaurant until 8:00 p.m. Most of us, me included, had not eaten too much all day cuz we were workers/organizers at this conference (1200 people).  We did not leave until 11:30 p.m.!  Each course was sumptuous:  i'll list in order, all served with about 2-3 ounces of a complementary flavor of wine:  

* a savory creamy something served in a hollowed out quail egg - had caviar on it, black truffles at the bottom with a brioche toast point. We ate it with an itty bitty demitasse spoon, like 3 bites of that.  

*rustic bread assortment

*Then, came the main course, 3 medium rare tiny lamb chops with 1/2 c  au gratin potatoes.  Port wine reduction sauce. Wilted spinach as plate decoration.

*Next was a salad that was made to look like a tiny flower pot - edible orchid at the center of red leaf lettuce, curly green endive, smattering of goat cheese at the bottom of a phyllo shell. yes, it was served after the main course!?

* the house specialty dessert;  Grand marnier Souffle. This should be outlawed. 

The other notable supper was at an Asian Fusion joint called Straits in San Jose on Santana Row - again, all day not much food til this meal, and i had it with two Kirin on tap. large of course. Korean beef, with baby bok choy, asian pancake thing with curry sauce, dry braised chicken, lime leaf rice  (unbelieveable intense lime leaf flavor), shrimp/rice stir fry dish, chicken satay.  Just plain amazing.  i will go back there, bring my DH! It was that good. 

My exercise that long weekend (Thursday - Sunday) was 40 minutes in the gym, doing treadmill interval work, 100 crunches, lunges.  35 minute swim - glorius early morning in a heated pool outside. 

The other days, walking walking walking between buildings - they were a 1/4 mile apart, and i was one of the organizers, so my legs were barking at the end of these days.

1-14-07

Jan 14, 2007

Had a pretty good day today, food choice wise and of course, nice long bike ride. 

TOM:  moody, no, too mild...feeling rabid maybe.  Pissed at the world that my weight will not seem to budge. Trying to just observe this mood - really it's not like me usually i am very positve, like on drugs positive. I think I mentioned several hundred times to anyone who will listen that I am 49 - translation:  peri-menopausal...which means "be afraid, be very very afraid." 

I have been *not thin* for most of my adult life. I get why I am not a size 2, no shit, but why THIS fat???? I am a dedicated exerciser, eat the right foods...all the magazines say to do all the stuff I do.  So what is the problem here????

(see what i mean about this mood....)

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