It’s Still Rock n’ Roll To Me

Yesterday was one of those focused sit for hours and work at the computer days. I woke up to my usual 4-6oz. of juice with my thyroid upper (as I like to call them) followed later with breakfast. I also woke up extremely sore, and even as I write this still sore! See what a gym hiatus will do?

So, what did I eat? *Please keep in mind that I'm not a nutritionist nor am I condoning a certain way of eating to lose weight or be healthy. This is for my own tracking and accountability.

I had some local sausage that I needed to use up, but was having a hard time figuring out how to use it, so I came up with this:

I cooked a thin patty of sausage wide enough to cover a bagel and topped it with a local egg, local spinach a tiny bit of cheese and butter and ate half of the sandwich and shared the other with Josh. This was really good! And I was pleased with myself for eating half (although I might eat a whole one today depending on hunger) and just as satisfied. I cut up some organic strawberries to go along with it. oh! and that bagel is whole wheat.

Can I tell you how excited I am to have found these bagels? In nyc we used to order par-baked frozen bagels from fresh direct and bake them in the oven. They were like the real bagels you'd get anywhere in nyc (nothing like the chewy sour mess that lenders and the like make) and I found them here! I knew they were the right kind when the package read "made in bronx ny" and they are exactly how I remember!

This satisfied my hunger all day. To the point where I was working all day and forgot to eat lunch. Which is not good, but by the time I started selling jewelry at one of the local concerts I was starving. Luckily the rib-man was there!

This was split in half. I love this mans ribs! They are spicy and not smothered in bbq sauce (my nemesis), plus he smokes them all day. <3

When I got home from the concert I was still hungry so I got out a little ramekin and filled it with organic whole plain yogurt, a little organic raspberry jam, a couple of granola thins crumbled on top, chopped up strawberries and a little honey drizzled on top.

So good! And then, I was in the mood to bake! Am I alone in the baking=comforting? It's not that I'm in the mindset to sit and eat a pan of brownies in secret, far from it. I just want to bake and enjoy something singular, savor the taste and satisfaction with myself of eating one and putting the rest away. Knowing that I can do that and be okay with just one. And that's exactly what I did.

Meet cream cheese brownies (in wedge form because I no longer have a square pan):

I followed a basic cocoa brownie recipe and then found a cream cheese topping recipe and married the two together. I love cocoa brownies, who has chocolate on hand for melting? These were good! I used mostly organic/local ingredients which doesn't make them healthful in abundance, but makes me feel better about the process. I'm also finding that brownies or any dessert for that matter that is bought out of convenience is much less enjoyed yet easier to over eat, why is that? I guess for me, I find pleasure in baking and not over eating. A pleasure that is not emotional eating. Yet, when emotional eating has set in, it's in the form of already made or easy-to-make brownies, that are not good or enjoyed yet eaten in excess in private. Two totally different things. Thoughts?

Today will be yoga, I've been craving yoga. And a trip to the gym. Catching up on work and then heading off to the Artisan market.