Week #3 Update

No pictures this week. I did try some new things though including some steamed rice-flour dumplings with a sticky soy-sauce sauce. I'm not a big fan of how the texture and I don't know if I'll be eating them in the future, but it was interesting to try.

This week I need to make another big batch of sunomono and I'm going to try out making tsukune (basically little oval meat dumplings in a soup base).

I am down .8lbs to 223. It's progress at least. I haven't been exercising much other than a few walks of 2-3 miles each. I'm going to step that up next week and try to get at least a 3 mile walk in every day now that the weather is nicer. I'm down almost 3lbs in 3 weeks, so it could be worse. It'll take about 2 years to lose all I need to lose at this rate, however, so definitely need to step up. On the other hand, I'm learning to make some pretty delicious food, so that's good :)

Week #2 (late) Update

I ended out week #2 with .2lbs down at 223.8. Not the best progress ever, but I'm cutting pocky and mochi icecream out from now on since I can't seem to stop eating it.

Here's pics of various things I made during the week:

This is the oyakodon (parent and child bowl). I've been making this almost every night. It's so delicious. I should probably add veggies to it, but onions count, right?


And this is the wafuu (curry) that I made. I used sweet potatoes and parsnip to replace regular potato and carrots, and I had no actual curry spice, so I just mixed a version of my own. It was a lot of work, but very tasty and fed both of us for two full dinners.

I'll update more on Friday.

Week 1 Update

Today I ate:

Two pork buns: 360 cals
Bowl of rice w/sesame and nori: 250 cals
Oyakodon: 500 cals
Pocki: 90 cals
Mochi: 300 cals
Total: 1500

My weight at the end of week one was 224.0. So down 1.6lbs. Not bad, but I can do better.

I got my teapot with infuser finally, so I can make genmai-cha to my heart's content. I drank four large cups of it today. So delicious.

I am planning on making Wafuu (curry) on Saturday night and sushi again on Sunday. I need to step up the exercise as well and plan to start walking 2-4 miles a day, everyday as well as doing my kettlebell exercises 3x a week.

I'll try to take more pictures this weekend. That's all for now.

Update Schedule

Daily updates were starting to drag on me, so I think I'll be doing Friday updates plus maybe Sushi Sunday ones (with pics!). I'll just post my food and such at the end of the week when I update my stats.

Meanwhile, back to making chocolate mochi. I should have pictures :)

Food for 3/22/11

Today was pretty lazy and simple. Also, I ate too much mochi and pocky :P

Breakfast: Tea + pork steam buns (2)- 360
Lunch: egg stirfried with rice, soysauce, and sesame seeds- 300
Snack: pocky and chocolate mochi- 300
Dinner: beef and yakisoba noodles stirfried with onion and sauce- 500
Dessert: mochi- 300
Total: 1760

Exercise- ab exercises and 60 kettlebell swings.

Food for 3/21/11

No pictures today. My camera didn't get a good one of the Oyakodon and the rest of my food today was pretty darn boring or I've already posted a picture of it in an earlier post. (I'm also not keeping calorie count on weekends.)

Here's the count:

Breakfast: HUGE mug of tea and a pork steamed bun- 180 cals
Lunch: cup of rice with sesame seeds, chopped pickled ginger, and soy sauce- 250 cals
Snack: pocky- 150 cals
Dinner: Oyakodon - 500 cals
Dessert: chocolate mochi icecream- 100 cals
Total cals for day: 1180

Tomorrow I'm planning on making sunomono and yakisoba stir fry. And of course, more rice! My tea pot should be here soon, and then I can have a large pot of tea ready at all times. I'm looking forward to that (and getting to make loose-leaf teas).

Sunday Sushi

So today I made sushi for the first time. The rice came out pretty well, but I think I'll use slightly more vinegar next time since it was a tiny bit too sticky I think.

I made tempura as well with asparagus and sweet potato. It was delicious, but a lot of work (and probably not totally healthy, seeing as it is fried).

Here are the pictures:

That's the sushi- cucumber rolls and tempura asparagus rolls.


That's the tempura.


And there is the whole meal.

It was delicious (the two of us couldn't finish everything, so we saved some for later).