3.22-3.28 Need to get back in the groove

3.22

Thomas whole wheat bagel with butter 

Leftover pork chop

Made turkey nachos with the leftover turkey

Meatball and provolone on a roll 

Grilled cheese on rye

3.23

Kashi Honey sunshine cereal and Peach yogurt

Had a Salad with egg, green peppers, tomatoes and chicken with a whole wheat roll from Greenleaf's in the mall. There are 15 locations for those of you wondering. 

Made chicken and grilled zucchini for dinner. 

3.24

Thomas whole wheat bagel with butter

Turkey and cheese on a ciabatta roll 

Had dinner at my friend's wedding. I had assorted finger foods during cocktail hour. The first course was a tomato and mozzarella salad. For my main course I had the Prime Rib which came with vegetables and potatoes. I had a couple of slices of cake and a few cookies for dessert. 

3.25

Went to my favorite place Mastori's diner on the way home from the wedding. Split Spud mountain four ways and I had a chicken parm sandwich on sunflower bread. 

We don't have much food left at the house so we ordered from Benny's I got a grilled chicken sandwich with tomato and lettuce. 

3.26

Kashi Honey sunshine cereal

Peanut butter and jelly on rye

Had some of Jody's leftover baked ziti

Chickie's and Pete's Crabfries at the Sixers game

Went to Philly Cheesesteak's after the game. Went to Geno's, had whiz and provolone with and an order of cheese fries

3.27

Kashi Honey sunshine cereal

Went to PJ's for lunch because we hadn't gone food shopping yet. Had the chili, the irish nachos and ate half of a bison burger.

Had two dollar dogs at the Phillies game. 

3.28

Kashi Go Lean Crunchy cereal

Ate the leftover half of my burger

Finally went food shopping. For dinner we had a very delicious salad which Jody made. Main course was steak, asparagus and rice. 

I have a month left on my weight loss bet and have to do my best to eat as good as I possibly can. Hopefully I will not be eating out at all over the next month. 

4.16-4.21

4.16

Thomas whole wheat bagel with butter

Grilled Chicken sandwich on wheat with my avocado spread and provolone cheese

Orange

Half of a Kashi 5 cheese pizza

4.17

Kashi Go Lean crunchy cereal and Organic raspberry yogurt

Went to lunch at a local place owned by a family friend called Creole Cafe. I had the Louisiana Gumbo soup and a Muffeletta. 

Leftover Grilled chicken sandwich on wheat with provolone

Had a hot dog and half of a pretzel at the Phillies game. 

4.18

Thomas whole wheat bagel with butter

Went to lunch at PJ's. Had a cup of chili, split the irish nachos although the didn't have the chips so it was just fries instead and I had the cheesesteak quesadilla for my main meal. 

Had two slices of pizza from a place called Riccardo's for dinner. 

4.19

Kashi Honey Sunshine cereal

Leftover Grilled chicken sandwich on wheat with provolone

Ordered from Benny's.. got a mushroom cheesesteak and split Mega fries with my friend Mike. 

4.20

Made myself a delicious tomato basil omelette and ate a thomas whole wheat bagel with butter

Ham and mozzarella on wheat

I made pork chops and brocollini for dinner

4.21

Kashi Go lean Crunchy cereal and organic raspberry yogurt

Leftover pork chop with mozzarella on wheat

Leftover Pasta

Jody made Turkey burritos for dinner.. had two of them. 

4.8- 4.14- Boston Trip Report

4.8

Thomas cinnamon raisin bagel with butter

Leftover Turkey and egg noodles

Made another sandwich with the leftover piece of grilled chicken

We left for Boston around 5 or so and made it to New Haven, CT around 9 where we met my friend from college, Adrienne. We went to the world famous Frank Pepe Pizzeria.

We split a pizza with half veggie special which was onion, spinach, broccoli, peppers and mushroom and half onion and pepperoni. It was absoutely delicious. We got in to our hotel around 11 pm. 

4.9

For breakfast we ordered room service. We got a tomato basil omelette with home fries and wheat toast and banana pancakes and we split everything in half. They also had some of the best tasting orange juice I've ever had. 

Ate a couple of leftover slices of pizza for lunch. 

For dinner we went to an Irish Pub called Mr. Dooley's. For appetizer we had the Curry cheese fries which were very different but very delicious. For my entree I got the Jameson steak which was a steak cooked with onions and a Jameson BBQ sauce served with Mashed potatoes and asparagus. I also had a couple of pints of guiness with this meal. 

4.10 

For breakfast we again ordered room service and I got the same tomato basil omelette as the day before. 

For lunch we went to a place called Stephanie's on Newbury Street. I got the asian barbeque duck sandwich which was good but not great. It was described as pulled duck with napa slaw and baby arugula rolled in warm lavish bread. I also had an Ipswich brown ale here which was very good. 

It was really, really windy out this day and we'd been out all day so we decided to get room service for dinner. The hotel had a sushi bar so we got sushi as well. I got a spicy yellowtail roll and for dinner I got the chicken club sandwich. 

4.11

We had a late start to the day and the first thing we ate was around 3 pm. We went to Legal seafoods, which has been mentioned once before in this blog from our Florida trip. Legal started in Boston and has been expanding across the east coast in recent years. They have turned in to one of my favorite restaurants.  I got some absolutely phenomenal mussels in white wine sauce to start off my meal. They also give you this bread that is always super fresh and hot and delicious. For my entree I got the Wood Grilled Assortment which on this particular day came with Swordfish, Tuna, and Salmon along with 4 grilled shrimp, a bunch of very tasty scallops, a baked potato and broccoli. Awesome meal. 

Since we got a late start to the day again we ordered in from a place called Laz cafe. We split mozzarella sticks and a Margerita Pizza. It was decent but nothing to write home about. 

4.12

We had Easter Brunch at a place called North 26. I had a top shelf margarita which might not have been the best idea. For my entree I had -the beef sirloin with onion bacon jam with asparagus and polenta. Pretty solid brunch on short notice. 

For dinner we ordered room service again and I got an Angus burger with fries. I asked for it medium but it basically came raw and I had blood dripping down my chin. 

4.13

We left Boston around 11 am and headed for Salem to check out some touristy stuff. We had lunch at the Hawthorne Hotel at their restaurant called Tavern on the Green. We split the chicken fingers which came with an interesting BBQ Ranch sauce and I had the raspberry chicken salad.

For dinner we went to a restaurant in New Haven called Brazi's  where my friend Adrienne was working. I had Calamari dish served Brazi style with hot cherry pepers in a light marinara. We also split mozzarella franchese and for my entree I had Chicken Penne a la vodka. A very delicious meal to end the trip.

4.14

Had leftover Penne a la vodka for lunch

Jody made chicken with vegetables and apple sauce for dinner. I went food shopping today also so I can get back to eating well. Last I checked I had lost 12 lbs. so far so only 8 more to go. 

Reflections on the first 3 months of the bet

March Summary:

Ate out or ordered delivery a total of 12 times which is an improvement once again from the previous month. I was surpised when I saw this total because I thought we ate out a lot this month. I did spend a lot more money eating out this month because pretty much all the restaurants we went to resulted in a +$100 bill. I also lost credit card roulette on the biggest bill of the month so that is included here. In all I spent around $1070 on eating out. 

So I am now 3 months into the bet and I feel pretty good about my chances of making it all the way. There were some rough patches in the beginning and I do still constantly get cravings for taco bell, chick fil a and other random places that I can't eat. I should have some interesting situations coming up in the near future. We are going to Boston next week from the 7th to the 12th so travelling again might present some challenges. Luckily it is a much shorter drive. At the end of May I go to Vegas for a week so once again I'll be faced with the challenge of 7 days away from home. The most difficult part of the bet is staying focused on paying attention to every single thing I eat because if I slip up once it is all over. 

I hope over the next 9 months to improve my eating habits even more than I already have while still being able to enjoy eating as much as I do. It's going to be important for me to find a balance once this bet is over and not just immediately go back to eating fast food every day. I'm looking forward to buying a house with a nice big kitchen around October or so. I think that will help with making meals at home rather than having to go out to eat. Also, I will be able to cook on the grill which is one of my favorite things to do. 

I hope to find some time to do some more top ten lists because I understand that for those of you who check this regularly it gets boring just reading what I'm eating every day. 

91 days down.. 274 more to go