I stopped by Assenti’s fresh pasta store this morning. I picked up some fresh Roma tomatoes from Mona Lisa across the street, to make a pomodoro+basilico sauce (yes, there’s olive oil). I ate 150 g of the whole grain penne, and puréed 6 tomatoes in the sauce.

I need to buy another 10 lb bag of potatoes. I went through the bag in 2 weeks, which is about 320g/day (3/4th of a pound per day). I’ll try to measure my total potato consumption (Russet/sweet/New) over the next month. I’ll aim for 450g/day (one pound a day).

G-d I love cereal. Shredded Wheat, blueberries, banana, and almond milk. I’d order this as dessert if it were on the menu.

I had a Larabar before spin, then came home and made a salad and a veggie burger. I’ll be hungry in a little bit, and will eat again.

I wanted to make a healthier version of the starch I buy at Rubios, so I tried to make spanish rice with brown basmati rice.  It turned out almost perfect, except the rice was a little al dente. I cooked it a little longer, and fixed it.

I had Top Ramen again for dinner, and a 425g sweet potato, and I made some salad rolls with rice noodles.  So with the rice, bean, and veggie burrito, I’m definitely over 2lbs of starch today.  I also had some cantaloupe, grapefruit, strawberries, and an apple.  Plus, I drank at least a litre of Tab.

Picked up a veggie burrito from Rubio’s after spin.  It’s supposed to be 770 calories.  I think there’s some cheese in it.  I’ll ask them to leave it out next time.

I made these with a 400g sweet potato (white), a little olive oil, curry powder, garlic, salt and pepper. I use a ziplock bag to shake-coat the fries, then bake them for 40 min @ 450° F.

While the starch-based, whole food diet is the basis of my weightloss, spin 4 times a week helps me with the rest.  I started spin 3.5 months ago @ 103 kg.  It was tough the first few weeks, but now I love it.  I work up a nice sweat and probably 175 bpm.  The people and music are great, and know I’m burning lots of calories.  So far, I’ve lost 10 kg since joining the studio.  It’s all part of my steady 100g/day weightloss.

This is Holly leading the class today.