Okay folks, the Half Moon Bay fun is over, back to food.
Alas, this has been a sad week in health-eating history. Behold:
Thursday: 2330
Friday: no idea! (banquet lunch for work + Cuban restaurant dinner with a friend)
Saturday: no idea! (snacks from Half Moon Bay Festival--no real meals)
Sunday: no idea! (snacks from Half Moon Bay Festival--no real meals)
Monday: no idea! (home from HMB, but exhausted and slept most of the day, so didn't track calories)
Tuesday: 1920 (best estimate... Persian restaurant dinner double date!)
Wednesday: 2260 (best estimate... Persian leftovers and birthday party for dinner/dessert!)
Thursday: 2900 (best estimate... ate breakfast out, Persian leftovers, and down-in-the-dumps chocolate!)
Don't you love how honest I am?
And yes, I'm very ashamed of myself. No, not really. But again, this shows how unhealthy eating out can be. I don't feel that badly though, because this was both my "bar trip" week and my catching up with friends week, so I knew I would let the diet slide.
But starting tomorrow, we're back on track!
I'm off to stock up on carrots!
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Hike to Tidal Pools
After settling into the hostel, I decided to hike along the coast back south toward Moss Beach in search of the famous tidal pools before the sun set. The path took me by some amazing houses, near some treacherous drops down to churning water and rocks below, and through some very odd and some very pretty foliage.
I found the tidepools themselves to be pretty and unique, but not as interesting to me as the surrounding landscapes.
I also found some critters!
After my hike back to the hostel, I sat and enjoyed sunset by the lighthouse:
I found the tidepools themselves to be pretty and unique, but not as interesting to me as the surrounding landscapes.
I also found some critters!
After my hike back to the hostel, I sat and enjoyed sunset by the lighthouse:
Lighthouse Hostel
After lingering around the Pumpkin Festival for 5 hours or so, I made my way north to the lighthouse hostel where I planned to spend the night.
I was feeling tired and a little grumpy after the festival, but my first glimpse of the hostel cheered me up instantly.
Isn't it beautiful?!
The lighthouse itself is still working, and very tiny and adorable. Unfortunately, it's not open to visitors. I imagine a hobbit family lives behind that tiny green door and wants their privacy.
The rest of the grounds are lovely as well, especially the private beach.
I spent the night in "The Fog Signal Annex" building.
My room had three bunkbeds (I got a bottom bunk, thank goodness). There were five other ladies there, who were all quite nice. They invited me to dinner with them, but I didn't really feel like socializing. Instead, I went on a hike along the cliffside--see pictures in next post.
I was feeling tired and a little grumpy after the festival, but my first glimpse of the hostel cheered me up instantly.
Isn't it beautiful?!
The lighthouse itself is still working, and very tiny and adorable. Unfortunately, it's not open to visitors. I imagine a hobbit family lives behind that tiny green door and wants their privacy.
The rest of the grounds are lovely as well, especially the private beach.
I spent the night in "The Fog Signal Annex" building.
My room had three bunkbeds (I got a bottom bunk, thank goodness). There were five other ladies there, who were all quite nice. They invited me to dinner with them, but I didn't really feel like socializing. Instead, I went on a hike along the cliffside--see pictures in next post.
Half Moon Bay Pumpkin Festival
OVERALL RATING: 2 out of 5 stars.
The incredibly long line of slow moving traffic that surrounded me on Saturday morning on my way to Half Moon Bay suggested that I was in for a real treat. However, the festival was really quite a let-down.
PROS: finding free parking (but only after circling for 10 minutes), pumpkin pie/tarts/lattes/cookies, seeing the enormous pumpkin.
CONS: enormous crowds, a lame parade (involving violently thrown candy that forced me to duck numerous times), kitschy art for sale, inflated prices.
Here's a selection of photos I took.
Final verdict: not worth attending unless you have small children, who will be impressed by the festivities, but will become exhausting quickly, dropping their chocolate ice-cream cone down the hair and back of the nice lady sitting on the ground in front of them (no, luckily, this was not me).
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Week 2
It's week 2 of the diet!
This was an odd week. The first half of the week I had absolutely no appetite, and ate very little. The latter half of the week I had some bad sweets cravings, plus I ate out a couple times. The difference in calories is striking! It really makes you cringe to think about how bad restaurant food can be...
Thursday: 960
Friday: 1035
Saturday: 984
Sunday: 1240
Monday: 1665 (craving day)
Tuesday: 2930 (best estimate... ate out and regretted it!)
Wednesday: 2200 (best estimate... ate out!)
When I actually take the time to try to figure out the nutritional content of restaurants that don't post their own info, I realize that eating out even once a week is terrible for a person. But over the last year I've probably eaten meals at restaurants/events 2-3 times a week. Maybe this calorie counting will help remind me to eat nothing but steamed veggies the next time I'm invited to a restaurant!
That said, the coming weekend appears to be full of food dangers. Tomorrow I am attending an event luncheon and having dinner out with a girlfriend. Then I'm spending Saturday at a Pumpkin Festival, where there will be tasty treats all around. We'll see how things go.... I may be spending all next week in the gym making up for it!
This was an odd week. The first half of the week I had absolutely no appetite, and ate very little. The latter half of the week I had some bad sweets cravings, plus I ate out a couple times. The difference in calories is striking! It really makes you cringe to think about how bad restaurant food can be...
Thursday: 960
Friday: 1035
Saturday: 984
Sunday: 1240
Monday: 1665 (craving day)
Tuesday: 2930 (best estimate... ate out and regretted it!)
Wednesday: 2200 (best estimate... ate out!)
When I actually take the time to try to figure out the nutritional content of restaurants that don't post their own info, I realize that eating out even once a week is terrible for a person. But over the last year I've probably eaten meals at restaurants/events 2-3 times a week. Maybe this calorie counting will help remind me to eat nothing but steamed veggies the next time I'm invited to a restaurant!
That said, the coming weekend appears to be full of food dangers. Tomorrow I am attending an event luncheon and having dinner out with a girlfriend. Then I'm spending Saturday at a Pumpkin Festival, where there will be tasty treats all around. We'll see how things go.... I may be spending all next week in the gym making up for it!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Miracle Food
Dear World,
Did you know that bacon only has around 75 calories per piece?
Totally worth it!
Sincerely,
A bacon lover
Did you know that bacon only has around 75 calories per piece?
Totally worth it!
Sincerely,
A bacon lover
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Boring
Hi folks, it's been a slow fall around here, what with waiting around and hanging out and staring at the ceiling and watching the grass grow while I wait for my bar results.
To help pass the time, I have started a new health kick. Although this might not be the most fascinating thing you read online, I am going to use this blog to post weekly calorie counts. Yeah, I tried a fancy diet with restrictions and stuff, but realized I am just not that strong! So I'm doing the old-fashioned thing.
To start things off, here is the calorie count for week 1:
Thursday: 1320
Friday: 1300
Saturday: 1280
Sunday: 1220
Monday: 1520
Tuesday: 1500
Wednesday: 1460
As you can see, I'm trying to keep calories between 1200 and 1500. I'm also exercising intensely at least twice a week (at the gym) and exercising moderately at least twice a week (on my treadmill).
I've decided not to weigh myself, because there's too much danger of rewarding weight loss with chocolate or comforting weight gain with chocolate. (Yes, chocolate is magical and serves many purposes for me.) So my goal is simply to stick to the exercise/food plan and assume results are happening!
I've had remarkably few cravings this week considering the Halloween chocolate that is in every aisle in every store. But I imagine I will have to take a day off the diet right after Halloween to indulge my sweet tooth just a little. Of course, that still leaves three weeks of being good!
To help pass the time, I have started a new health kick. Although this might not be the most fascinating thing you read online, I am going to use this blog to post weekly calorie counts. Yeah, I tried a fancy diet with restrictions and stuff, but realized I am just not that strong! So I'm doing the old-fashioned thing.
To start things off, here is the calorie count for week 1:
Thursday: 1320
Friday: 1300
Saturday: 1280
Sunday: 1220
Monday: 1520
Tuesday: 1500
Wednesday: 1460
As you can see, I'm trying to keep calories between 1200 and 1500. I'm also exercising intensely at least twice a week (at the gym) and exercising moderately at least twice a week (on my treadmill).
I've decided not to weigh myself, because there's too much danger of rewarding weight loss with chocolate or comforting weight gain with chocolate. (Yes, chocolate is magical and serves many purposes for me.) So my goal is simply to stick to the exercise/food plan and assume results are happening!
I've had remarkably few cravings this week considering the Halloween chocolate that is in every aisle in every store. But I imagine I will have to take a day off the diet right after Halloween to indulge my sweet tooth just a little. Of course, that still leaves three weeks of being good!
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