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Food & Exercise -- Wednesday through Saturday
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Chris Braun - 31 May 2004 03:07 GMT Well, I'm back from Rhode Island. We had a wonderful time! I ate more than I should have, though at least I got a bit of exercise. We stayed with friends who had a dog, and I took him out for walk/run sessions (with a fair amount of stopping mixed in -- it's not clear to me how people really do serious runs with a dog!). And our hosts have a weight room and we managed to lift one morning. And they also have an indoor pool so I got in a swim.
Here's the data:
Food:
Wednesday -- travel to Providence and big dinner at friends' home: 6:30 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices melted f/f cheese 11:15 (waiting for plane): energy bar 1:00 (on plane -- brought from home except for the snack mix): sandwich w/ 112g grilled chicken breast on English muffin w/ 1 tbsp f/f mayo; 1/2 oz. snack mix 6:30 -- 11:30 (friends' home): 16 oz. wine; 4 crackers w/ goat cheese; salad w/ vinaigrette; 3 oz. roast lamb; green beans; orzo w/ pine nuts; passion fruit custard w/ blueberries
Totals: 2215 calories (343 from wine); 93g fat (38%), 218g carbs (30%), 132g protein (24%)
Thursday -- all-day symposium and dinner in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Brown computer science department {We were staying at the home of the professor who founded the department, who's now VP for Research at Brown.}: 7:15 (friends' home): 3/4 cup Kashi GoLean Crunch w/ 3/4 cup 1% milk 9:00 -- 11:00 (symposium snack food): small bits of various fruit breads, adding up to about 2 slices 12:00 (symposium lunch): salad w/ greens, 2 oz. grilled chicken breast, vinaigrette; 1/2 brownie 3:30 (symposium snack food): 1.5 oz. cheese; 1/2 cup snack mix 5:30 (symposium cocktail hour): 6 oz. wine; 6 various appetizers (chicken satay, phyllo pastry w/ mushrooms, etc.) 7:30 (symposium dinner): tossed salad w/ citrus vinaigrette; 3 oz. roast lamb; 2 oz. asparagus; lemon cake; 5 oz. wine 11:00 -- 12:00 (friend's home): 1 oz. pistachio nuts
Totals: 2214 calories (236 from wine), 97g fat (40%), 189g carbs (34%), 98g protein (18%)
Friday -- hanging around at friends' home in morning, bumming around the RI seacost in the afternoon, campus dance -- a big traditional commencement weekend thing -- in the evening: 7:30 (friends' home): 3/4 cup Kashi GoLean Crunch w/ 3/4 cup skim milk 8:45 (friends' home): 2 scrambled eggs 2:00 (restaurant -- old favorite from college): 1/2 appetizer of littleneck clams in oil & garlic; 1/2 entree of spaghetti w/ seafood (clams, shrimp, lobster) in oil & garlic; 1/2 entree of fried clams w/ french fries 7:00 (restaurant): tuna melt sandwich 22:00 (campus dance): 7 oz. wine
Totals: 2085 calories (150 from wine), 94g fat (41%), 144g carbs (28%), 130g protein (25%)
Saturday -- in the daytime, up to Boston to have lunch with an old friend and visit some old haunts; in the evening, Linda Ronstadt concert that was part of the commencement weekend festivities : 7:30 (friends' home): 3/4 cup Kashi GoLean Crunch w/ 3/4 cup skim milk 9:30 (friends' home): 1 slice dark hard bread w/ 1/2 oz. goat cheese 12:30 (Chinese restaurant): mai tai; various dim sum (4 steamed dumplings, Chinese noodles with meat sauce, 2 oz. roast duck, 1/2 cup Peking noodles) 3:30 (bought in drugstore): 1/2 Milky Way ice cream bar (split w/ DH) 7:45 (restaurant): 1 cup clam chowder; small hot fudge sundae
Totals: 1927 calories, 61g fat (28%), 249g carbs (52%), 50g protein (10%) {Geesh -- terrible ratios!}
Averages for the week: 1799 calories, 33% fat, 37% carbs, 26% protein
Exercise:
Wednesday: 5:30 p.m. -- 2 miles run/walk/stop with dog
Thursday: none of significance -- at symposium all day -- a bit of strolling around the campus
Friday: 7:30 a.m. -- weightlifting: bench: 1x10x45; 1x10x65; 1x8x85; 2x5x95 incline bench w/ DBs: 1x10x15s; 1x10x25s; 1x8x35s DB flyes: 1x10x15s; 2x10x25s DB bent-over rows: 2x10x35, each side front squats: 1x10x45 back hypers: 1x10 reverse hypers: 1x10 9:30 a.m. -- swimming: 10 x (1 length breast stroke, 1 length backstroke) 5:30 p.m. -- 2.5 miles run/walk/stop with dog evening -- a bit of strolling around the campus
Saturday: 8:30 a.m. -- 3 miles run/walk/stop with dog (more running this time -- it was a gorgeous crisp morning and both the dog and I were feeling frisky :-) ) 5:30 p.m. -- about 1/2 mile slow walk with dog (We were walking on top of a rather battered seawall -- my friends' home is on the bay -- and running wouldn't have been safe.)
Chris 262/149/ (145-150) -- though I'll probably have gained some weight :-)
Alison L Miles - 31 May 2004 21:21 GMT > Well, I'm back from Rhode Island. We had a wonderful time! I ate > more than I should have, though at least I got a bit of exercise. We [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > a weight room and we managed to lift one morning. And they also have > an indoor pool so I got in a swim.
> Here's the data:
> Food: What, no clam cakes? Maybe I just didn't read thoroughly enough, but I didn't think it was possible to get through a trip to Rhode Island with no clam cakes or Del's lemonade (btw--was the chowder the red Rhode Island kind?).
Sounds like you had fun!
-Alison, who has never actually found a clam in a clam cake
Chris Braun - 31 May 2004 23:35 GMT >What, no clam cakes? Maybe I just didn't read thoroughly enough, but I >didn't think it was possible to get through a trip to Rhode Island with no >clam cakes or Del's lemonade (btw--was the chowder the red Rhode Island >kind?). Nope, no clam cakes :-). Honestly, I don't love them -- mostly they're just fried clam-flavored dough. But the steamers and fried clams were incredibly great. I do like Del's -- and it's another nostalgia thing -- but we didn't get any this trip. It was a tad chilly most of the time, which made it less tempting.
The chowder was the white "New England" kind. I don't really care for the red kind much. I don't know that I think of it as particularly Rhode Island style; isn't it supposed to be Manhattan style?
I take it you've spent time in Rhode Island :-). Have you ever heard of Tweet Balzano's in Bristol? That's where we had the meal with the steamed littlenecks, fried clams, etc.
>Sounds like you had fun! Absolutely!
>-Alison, who has never actually found a clam in a clam cake I think I did once in Maine :-).
Chris 262/150/ (145-150) -- up a pound today, but well worth it
Alison L Miles - 01 Jun 2004 12:55 GMT > The chowder was the white "New England" kind. I don't really care for > the red kind much. I don't know that I think of it as particularly > Rhode Island style; isn't it supposed to be Manhattan style? I never figured out the difference. Every time I had "Rhode Island" chowder it was red, like Manhattan style, but every web site I just looked at said that the red was indeed Manhattan style and that real Rhode Island chowder has a clear broth, mostly clam juice and chicken broth, which I have never seen or had. I'm so confused and so obviously not a RI local!
> I take it you've spent time in Rhode Island :-). Have you ever heard > of Tweet Balzano's in Bristol? That's where we had the meal with the > steamed littlenecks, fried clams, etc. I haven't been there, but that sure sounds good! I could really go for some fried clams. If I ever have the luck to be in the area, I'll definitely try to get there. Yum!
>>Sounds like you had fun!
> Absolutely! Good :)
> Chris > 262/150/ (145-150) -- up a pound today, but well worth it That's great for a few days away and and all of the exceptional dining! Still, I'll bet it's nice to get back to your "normal" diet and exercise plan.
Happy June, all!
-Alison
SnugBear - 01 Jun 2004 02:54 GMT > What, no clam cakes? If I went to RI, I'd want some Wright's Farm chicken <S> (hold the shells & fries, bring more salad and chicken!)
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Chris Braun - 01 Jun 2004 03:24 GMT >> What, no clam cakes? > >If I went to RI, I'd want some Wright's Farm chicken <S> >(hold the shells & fries, bring more salad and chicken!) Hmm, I don't think I know what that is. I'll have to check it out next time I'm there :-). Is Wright's Farm a restaurant?
Chris
SnugBear - 02 Jun 2004 02:13 GMT > Hmm, I don't think I know what that is. I'll have to check it out > next time I'm there :-). Is Wright's Farm a restaurant? Alison about covered it <g> Let me just say the roasted chicken was *almost* as good as what is served in the beer tents in Munich at oktoberfest. <mmmmmmm - chicken>
It is beyond me why they serve shells & sauce at the same meal as fries, but isn't that how we all got fat??
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Alison L Miles - 01 Jun 2004 12:42 GMT >> What, no clam cakes?
> If I went to RI, I'd want some Wright's Farm chicken <S> > (hold the shells & fries, bring more salad and chicken!) Oh MAN, how in the world did I forget THAT? That stuff's GREAT, and a dieter's worst nightmare--family style rolls, salad drenched in dressing, shells and red sauce, fries, and roasted chicken, as much as you can eat, and a gift shop with yummy fudge.
It's in Nasonville. Here's a link, for the unenlightened, curious, or hungry:
http://www.wrightsfarm.com
Not to be confused with Wright's Dairy Farm in North Smithfield, a lovely dairy with skim milk that tastes like whole and a bakery full of lovely pastries, including great angel wings and any kind of whipped cream dessert you can think of.
http://www.wrightsdairyfarm.com
Um, OK, off to find a healthy low-fat high-protein snack now that thoughts of pastries have put me in hunger mode.
-Alison
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