Roonytunes 2006

[treilin]

Thanks, BG, but I'm unfortunately not going to be that good tonight.

Tues, Feb 21st

Scale weight: 122.5lbs

6:30am: 50 min spinning class

9 am:
½ cup oatmeal
1 cup liquid egg whites
1 apple

11:45pm:
3 oz marinated chicken
grilled veggies – squash, eggplant, spinach, onions, mushrooms
1 slice Ezeikal bread

2:30pm pm:
3 oz marinated chicken
grilled veggies - – squash, eggplant, spinach, onions, mushrooms
1 slice Ezeikal bread

4:30pm:
3 oz marinated chicken
grilled veggies - – squash, eggplant, spinach, onions, mushrooms

7:30pm:
CHEAT MEAL

Yes, the cheat meal comes early this week, but it’s one I’ve known about for a while since it’s a very exclusive dinner. It’s for a good friend’s birthday and we’re having one of the top diva chefs in Philly cook a private meal in his kitchen for eight of us. This is the menu:

Course 1:
Smoked Salmon
Pickled Fruits
Vanilla and Armagnac Cured Steelhead Roe
Celery Confit, Spicy Herb Coulis
Sorrel Salad

Course 2:
Roasted Parsley Soup
Last Summer's Corn Milk
Confit of Chicken, Aromatic Spices, Roasted Garlic

Course 3:
Pulled Skate Wings
Mushroom Ragout
Hot Spring Egg
Bourbon Barrel Aged Maple Vinaigrette

Course 4:
Pepper and Cocoa Nib Crusted Veal Cheeks
Roasted Sweet Breads
Smoked Lentil Vinaigrette
Pickled Chanterelles
Coco Beans

Course 5:
Chocolate Coulant
Smoked Chocolate Crumble
Cardamon Infused Mineola Syrup
Cauliflower Foam

And of course, there is a special wine to accompany each course! However, I am going to eat this meal with no guilt because it is a unique and rare experience and I really enjoy my adventures with my friend who is celebrating his birthday tonight. I also popped around 9 Sesapures today.

In a weird way, I’m looking forward to tomorrow. I knew Feb was going to be a challenge with a few big ticket dinner events like tonight and my Miami weekend trip, but tonight is the last of it.

Whoa all of that sounds really good, but that's all at once???? or throughout a whole day? Lot of friggin food.

 

[Roonytunes]

Whoa all of that sounds really good, but that's all at once???? or throughout a whole day? Lot of friggin food.

That is one 5-course dinner and the chef was generous enough to throw in 2 more courses consisting of a caramel corn starter and a parmesan soup. The saving grace was the portions were individually sized for each person. Truthfully, other than the wine and the dessert, I can't even say the food was unhealthy since it was all cooked in a very pure way. And there were little to no carbs at all.

I've had a lot of excellent meals before but last night's definitely falls in the category of amazing. I also had some of the best wines that I've ever tried and remember thinking somewhere during the night that I could totally eat clean for an entire month to have a reward meal like this every 30 days!

OK, what are Skate Wings? ....the Bourbon Barrel Vinagrette sounds absolutely WONDERFUL! Mmmmmm, roasted sweet breads!!!...Cauliflower foam?

I'm still jealous of all the cool stuff you do!!!!

SG, I had to look up skate wings myself prior to the meal. Skate is a kite-shaped fish with a flat body and two wings. Only the wings are edible.

I'm ready to head to Philly for a taste of the good life...

BG, I hope you realize you have an open invite to Philly. The guest room is good to go as well as the treadmill for that AM HIIT cardio.

Here are some photos from last night's meal.

Caramel corn and tomato starter

Close-up of the cavier in the smoke salmon appetizer

Skate wings

Veal cheeks - my FAVORITE!! We had the sweet breads substituted with fois gras and it was unbelievably good.

Dessert with cauliflower foam - decadent!

I'm right back on program today and I'm going to see if I can do 15 days consecutively of clean eating with no cheats from today onward....

 

[treilin]

Well the meal sizes don't look bad! VERY YUMMY

 

[Roonytunes]

Well the meal sizes don't look bad! VERY YUMMY

That is one thing I like about fancy-schmancy dinners. The portions are always relatively small!!

 

[buffalogal]

BG, I hope you realize you have an open invite to Philly. The guest room is good to go as well as the treadmill for that AM HIIT cardio.

I am sooo there!!

Glad you had a good time last night. The food looks incredible.

 

[Roonytunes]

Wed, 2/22

Scale weight: 123lbs

8:30am:
1/2 cup oatmeal
3/4 cup liquid egg whites
1 packet splenda and pumpkin pie spice for flavor
1 apple

12:45pm: (got stuck in a looong meeting and was starving. had to be snippy to a co-worker who wouldn't let me eat and kept yapping)
3 oz marinated chicken breast
grilled veggie medley - zucchini, eggplant, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers
1 slice Ezeikal bread
1 apple

2:45pm:
3 oz marinated chicken breast
grilled veggie medley - zucchini, eggplant, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers
1 slice Ezeikal bread

4:45pm:
3 oz marinated chicken breast
steamed brussel sprouts
8 almonds

7:30pm: Lower body work

30mins plyometrics
- 2 sets of squat jumps
- 2 sets of lying leg curls holding 12lb db
- 2 sets of lunge walking with 20lb dbs
- 2 sets of step kick-ups
- 2 sets of step ups with 8lb dbs
- 2 sets of squats with 8lb dbs
- 2 sets of side lunges on bosu ball
- 2 sets of squats on bosu ball

Leg Extensions:
4 x 15 with 55lbs

Lying Leg Curls:
2 x 12 with 55lbs
1 x 12 with 50lbs
1 x 12 with 45lbs

Leg Abductor/Adductor Super sets:
4 x 15 outer leg abductor with 110lbs with 3 sec hold alternated with
4 x 15 inner leg adductor with 95lbs with 3 sec hold

Hyperextensions:
3 x 12 with no weight

9pm:
PWO shake - 1 scoop whey mixed with water

11pm:
2 tbsp ANPB

Totals: ~1405 cals (140g carbs, 143g protein, 33g fat)
Macros: 40c/40p/20f

 

[Roonytunes]

My plan to eat clean for the next 15 days just got shot down pretty quickly. I'm going back to Florida this weekend!!

I met a nice guy who I hit it off with while there, so he invited me back down. I have to admit I'm kinda excited

 

[iceprincess]

Wow - are you going to supply us with details? AND tell us why your diet will COMPLETELY fail???? ahhhuummm

 

[Roonytunes]

Wow - are you going to supply us with details? AND tell us why your diet will COMPLETELY fail???? ahhhuummm

Well, it won't COMPLETELY fail but I'm sure we'll be having a nice dinner out with a few cocktails on Sat night. I'll try to bring my stash of protein bars and see what I can do for Sunday. But it won't be the same as eating in my own kitchen - that's for sure!

I'll definitely let y'all know if the weekend goes well or not.

 

[*Bunny*]

Aww that's so nice ...
Have fun Roony