Day 24: acclimatized

Humans are remarkably adaptable. For example, I've been in New Hampshire for about six weeks now and this morning when I went out to the car, I was thinking how it was pretty warm - I didn't even bother to button my overcoat. It was 10 degrees F. Six weeks earlier in Texas had I walked out into 10 degrees F, I would have been shivering, sniveling, and whining.

My diet experiments tend to go through a similar arc. in the beginning they are quite trying. Eventually I get into a groove. And by the end, they are quite natural - even boring. Perhaps that's why no one has been reading these posts. But that's ok. Someday when I win the Nobel Prize for Economics, everyone will read them. Small children will be required to memorize what I ate on each day. Etc.

Day 24 started out with the return of the PB&B with some raisins and the ubiquitous coffee.

Breakfast	Quantity	Cost	Calories
banana	1.00	$0.19	90
bread	2.00	$0.26	133
peanut butter	1.00	$0.27	180
raisins	1.00	$0.43	120
coffee	3.00	$0.28	7
		$1.43	530

Lunch was the leftover baked pasta. And coffee.

Lunch	Quantity	Cost	Calories
macaroni	3.00	$0.47	310
sauce	1.00	$0.34	60
olive oil	0.33	$0.35	40
mozzarella	1.70	$0.89	118
onion	3.00	$0.23	16
coffee	3	$0.28	7
		$2.56	551

Dinner required a run to Tedeschi for more bread and cheese so I could make grilled ham and cheese sandwiches for dinner. When I walked in I saw they had pears and that got me thinking about making a special desert.

Dinner	Quantity	Cost	Calories
bread, wheat	4.00	$0.52	220
cheese, cheddar	2.00	$0.80	266
ham	62.00	$1.30	90
I can't believe	10.00	$0.13	40
		$2.75	616

I had picked up the Oscar Meyer ham the other day and been waiting for an opportunity to use it. I bought it on a whim, but once I got it home I realized how expensive it actually was. According to the package it has 2.5 servings. I used two slices, and based on weight, that was right about 1 serving (62g/162g package). But I'll confess it was a nice change of pace in flavor.




My special desert was baked pears with peanuts and honey.

Snack	Quantity	Cost	Calories
pear	1.00	$0.99	103
honey	1.00	$0.37	64
peanuts	0.50	$0.25	130
		$1.61	297

The recipe this is based on is here: http://www.skinnytaste.com/2014/10/baked-pears-with-walnuts-and-honey.html

I didn't have walnuts, so I substituted peanuts. And I forgot the cinnamon, which I did have. But it was still a nice, if somewhat pricey, treat.

My foot was bothering me today - I guess I've pushed it too hard trying to get back in to running, so I took the day off from exercise.

Day totals:

Cost: $8.36
Calories: 1,994
Weight: 167.5