Wednesday

Oh god... I had to leave my 11-noon class 10 minutes early today to use the bathroom. It was actually painful to sit. This is what I get for having a Nalgene of water during my 9:55 class. It was... brutal. I'm still in sort of residual pain.

Food today:
8:45a - 2 toaster waffles and syrup
12:00p - PB&J on whole wheat, 2 pb-oatmeal cookies
1:15p - Banana, half bagel of some sort (sammich was not enough)
1:45p - other half of bagel (why am I so hungry?)
2:45p - chocolate chip cookie
5:30p - Annie's veggie pot pie
over the evening - 4 pb-oatmeal cookies, 2c natural applesauce

Exercise today:
9:30-9:40a - Bike to campus
11:55a - Climb 4 flights of stairs
1p - Climb 4 flights of stairs
4:15-4:45p - Treadmill (just walking today)
4:45-5p - Stretching, abdominal work
5-5:10p - Bike home

Halloween

Full day ahead - work has been so busy lately, exercise class 4:45-5:45, voice lesson at 7, late night Mass for the Holy Day I'll be missing at 9 pm at Newman, packing in there somewhere - whew! I'm tired just planning it. Can't wait for tomorrow even if I do have to get up at 4:30 am.

Food:

7 am Bowl Fruity Cheerios w/skim milk, 8 oz kiwi strawberry juice, coffee

12:20 pm Vanilla soy shake

1:00 pm Snack-size Butterfinger

3:00 pm Frosted homemade sugar cookie (from coworker)

6:00 pm Bowl of veggie chili w/sour cream, 3 corn bread sticks w/margarine, 12 oz milk

6:20 pm Snack-size Butterfinger


Exercise:

4:45 pm Coworker exercise group - 1 hour

Tuesday

Eee. Big football game on the 10th, last home game of the season. It starts at 11, so I won't be able to make the concert (unless it's going so terribly that I really don't want to stay for the fourth quarter), but I should be able to hang out with you all afterwards.

Food today:
8:45a - 2 toaster waffles and syrup (out of milk)
9:15a - 2 pb-oatmeal cookies
11:00a - turkey bacon, spinach, tomato wrap
11:30a - Cheerios and 2% milk (found some), 2 pb-oatmeal cookies
2:10p - 80 cal yogurt cup
4:45p - 1T guac, 4 corn chips, 2-bite brownie
5:15p - 1 pb-oatmeal cookie, natural applesauce
10:20p - Doritos ranch snack bag (you can't eat healthy while studying)

Exercise today:
9:50-10a - Bike to campus
10:15-10:45a - Weightlifting
10:50-11a - Bike home
12:15-12:25p - Bike to campus
12:25p - Climb 4 flights of stairs
5-5:10p - Bike home
7:50-8p - Bike to campus

Tues 30 Oct

Looks like we will be able to come down to Madison on Sat Nov 10 for Yuki's concert with the State Orchestra. If you are not otherwise committed, the concert is scheduled for 1:30 pm, though I don't yet have any other specifics. I have let Megumi know we will come and suggested that we get together afterward. If your schedule allows, I hope you can be with us for at least a little while that day.

Don't worry about the concert, I'm sure Megumi will understand. Also I think they will do more concerts as she said this is the "first". Maybe you can catch one another time. We will certainly call you to get together afterward.

Food:

6:45 am Bowl Fruity Cheerios w/skim milk, 8 oz kiwi strawberry juice, coffee

11:45 am Banana, chocolate soy shake

12:30 pm Small peppermint pattie (50 cal)

7:00 pm Slice roast beef, 3/4 c garlic mashed potatoes w/beef gravy, 1/2 c homemade applesauce, 12 oz skim milk

7:40 pm Small peppermint pattie


Exercise:

5:45 pm Walk 65 min to enjoy possibly last of beautiful fall weather

Monday

Got my period this morning; hit me the worst that one's hit me since I went on birth control. Probably a combination of stress, not having worked out much recently, and not eating too healthy.

Food today:
7:45a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk, pb-oatmeal cookie
11:00a - Peanut butter and jelly sandwich on whole wheat
12:40p - rest of B&J chocolate fudge brownie pint (I feel like shite)
2:45p - 5 triscuits
4:45p - 1/2 bowl vegan chili (all gone), pb-oatmeal cookie
6:30p - bowl fish stew, pineapple juice
10:25p - 2 4pb-oatmeal cookies

Exercise today:
9:20-9:30a - Bike to campus
12:15-12:25p - Bike home
6:00-6:15p - Walk to campus (bused home)

Monday 29 Oct

Monday doesn't seem quite so daunting with the prospect of our visit on Thursday (and a 2-day conference to end the week). I also think my schedule is more open today so I might catch up on some of the paperwork. Let me know if there's anything I should bring from home for you.

Don't feel too bad about the ice cream pigout - calories consumed on the day you get your period bad shouldn't count against you. At any rate, you don't need to make yourself feel worse than you already do from nature.

Food:

6:45 am Bowl Fruity Cheerios w/skim milk, 8 oz apple cranberry juice, coffee

1:45 pm 12 oz Kwik Trip pumpkin cappucino, Revival Soy bar

7:00 pm Finnish baked pancake (very light and eggy) w/apples cooked in butter & cinnamon, snack size 3 Musketeers


Exercise:

5:30 pm 30 min Pilates mat work

Sunday

Oh by the way, when I made peanut butter oatmeal cookies last night, I made sure to burn half a tray for you. Don't let me forget them on Thursday.

Food today:
8:30a - 2 toaster waffles, a little syrup
10:55a - peanut butter & jelly sandwich, 2 pb-oatmeal cookies
12:20p - 80cal yogurt cup
2:00p - few almonds
6:15p - 1 serving oatmeal, 3pc turkey bacon, 2 pb-oatmeal cookies

Over the evening: 6 pb-oatmeal cookies, 1/3 pint B&J's chocolate fudge brownie (boo PMS)

Exercise today:
10:15-10:25a - Bike to campus
5:45-5:55p - Bike home

Sunday 28 Oct

Good morning! Hope you have had/will have an opportunity for some Halloween socializing this weekend. Take a break and be good to yourself - you'll be more productive later if you rest. Trick or Treaters come today and Michael's invited a bunch of his friends so I've promised them chili. I'll try not to raid the Halloween candy, but I can't promise to be perfect!

Wow, I can taste those peanut butter oatmeal cookies already! MMMMM! I can't believe how burned out I am after 240 trick or treaters at the door and teenagers on the roof followed by the Messiah.

Food:

8:30 am Vanilla soy shake

9:00 am Half piece of apple crisp

12:00 pm One Eggs Benedict half, 1/2 c hash browns, wedge of honeydew and canteloupe, coffee

2:00 pm Small caramel bar

3:30 pm Halloween-sized crunchy Reese's bar and Kit Kat - only one of each

5:00 pm Small bowl of chili w/sour cream and cheese, a few handsful of Tostitos, 12 oz milk

8:30 pm Hallowee-sized 3 Musketeers bar


Exercise:

Handing out trick or treat candy was about it. Too tired to even think about situps.

Saturday 27 Oct

Looking forward to cleaning up a bit around the house today - long overdue! Walk last night was a bit soggy toward the end, but overall a good experience. Met the neighbors who live in Hansel's old house - I always seem to meet my neighbors on walks!

Hope you found/find a Halloween party to put a little fun into your weekend. It sounded like you could use a bit of break.

I'm finally making that vegetarian chili recipe with the butternut squash, and if it tastes even half as good as it looks in the pot, it will be awesome! Wish you could join us for supper! (I'll bring you some in a container along with the recipe if it's good!)


Food:

9:00 am Bowl Scottish pinhead oatmeal w/skim milk, raisins, brown sugar, 8 oz cranberry apple juice, coffee

1:00 pm Revival Mocha milk protein shake (yummy!)

1:30 pm Reese's Caramel peanut butter cup (not bad, but the caramel is extraneous)

2:45 pm 10 calorie Slender soda

5:15 pm Bar made with graham crackers, caramel, peanuts, marshmallows, crushed pretzels and chocolate

6:30 pm Medium bowl excellent vegetarian chili w/sour cream, 3 small cornbread sticks w/margarine, 12 oz milk

6:45 pm Homemade apple crisp (no ice cream!)

Exercise:

12:40 5 min crunchies, rollups, leg circles while waiting for laundry load to change, multiple stair trips

Lots of running around to clean, cook, laundry

Saturday

No rest today. I'm getting up early to hit the gym when it opens, then either going to the game or (if I can sell my ticket) going in to work. Otherwise Sunday's going to be an all-day ordeal too.

Food today:
7:45a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk
10:00a - Reese's Peanut Butter cup
10:35a - 2 oat & honey granola bars
3:15p - four cheese Lean Cuisine pizza
6:30p - bowl vegan chili, spoonful B&J's chocolate fudge brownie, 8oz 2% milk
7:30p-1:30a - 5 small peanut butter oatmeal cookies
2:30a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk

Exercise today:
8:50-8:55a - Bike to gym
9:15-9:35a - Treadmill
9:35-9:45a - Floor work
9:50-9:55a - Bike home
10:20-10:30a - Bike to campus
3-3:10p - Bike home

Friday

I really don't have a costume. But I've got enough stuff stashed around that I can probably pull off "pirate" decently well. I just hope I can find a party to go to at some point, or this is going to be a long, depressing weekend in the office.

Food:
7:50a - 2 freezer waffles, 1/2 Tbsp syrup
11:00a - large Gala apple
12:00p - 2 oat & honey granola bars
1:00p - 80 cal yogurt cup
3:30p - Reese's Peanut Butter cup
5:10p - handful raisins
5:50p - oat & honey granola bar
7:45p - buraka, lentils, matzo ball soup, steamed veggies
8:30p - small brownie, 6oz hot tea
10:00p - bite-size Twix, 4oz white wine
12:00a - 8oz apple juice

Exercise:
9:10-9:20a - Bike to campus
9:20a - Climb 4 flights of stairs
12:00p - Climb 4 flights of stairs
3:20-3:30p - Bike home
6:10-6:30p - Walk to campus
8:40-9p - Walk home
11:40-12a - Walk home (bused to campus)

Friday (Yay!), 26 Oct

Forecast is for mostly sunny, so I'm hoping for nice weather for Moon Walk Wisconsin tonight, a Walk Wisconsin offshoot to enjoy fall evenings. Dad has agreed to walk with me. It starts at 7 pm from the Plover Copps along the Tomorrow River Trail. I'm only going for the quarter marathon, 6+ miles, because I don't want to be walking at 11 pm after working all week. At least I'll make up a little for missing exercise altogether yesterday.

If you really don't have a costume for Halloween, you can always frizz your hair and wear the grad gown and a maroon scarf and go as Hermione.

Food:

6:45 am Bowl Cinnamon Life w/skim milk, 8 oz apple cranberry juice, coffee

11:45 am 1 slice toast w/margarine and jam; chocolate soy shake

2:30 pm Sliver chocolate frosted brownie from coworker (same one from a couple of days ago)

3:30 pm About 1 oz sample of Cranberry Sierra Mist at grocery store

5:30 pm 5 coconut-breaded shrimp w/mango dipping sauce, 9 tater tots, 1/2 c cinnamon applesauce, 12 oz milk

8:20 pm Piece of pumpkin cake w/cream cheese frosting at halfway point of walk

10:00 pm Piece of pumpkin cake w/cream cheese frostin at terminus, small cup hot cider


Exercise:

3 hrs to walk 7 miles, last half in thick mist - feet are sore, ready for bed

Thursday

Another big research day. Sigh.

Things have just been rough in general lately; very little social interaction because people are either busy or they live with their own social interaction (Erica's around very rarely, so I don't live with mine). I don't really have the energy or motivation to do the standard chores - laundry, primarily. And as of late everything has either been "work" or "procrastinate"; I don't have restful times when I don't need to be working. I'm really looking forward to forcing myself to take the night off next Thursday, though I'll have research and homework hanging over my head anyway. Merf.

Food today:
7:40a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk
9:30a - 2 oat & honey granola bars (so hungry...)
10:15a - large Gala apple
11:50a - turkey/havarti sandwich, banana
12:10p - 2 small chocolate chip cookies, 16oz 2% milk
6:30p - 5 inside-out Oreos and fresh strawberries, vegetarian potstickers, rice, salad
12:30a - Reese's Peanut Butter cup (rough day)

Exercise today:
8:40-8:50a - Bike to campus
8:50a - Climb 4 flights of stairs
3-3:10p - Bike home
9:40-9:50p - Bike to campus
12:15-12:25p - Bike home

Thurs 25 Oct

Sounds like you're having a rough week - hang in there, weekend comes fairly soon. At least we've still had some sunshine. And next Thursday, Pokey sticks! Yay! I know I can hardly wait.

I'm proud of myself for eating just one LifeSaver at work this afternoon. In the past, one turns into 6 or 7 or 10 followed by whatever else sweet or otherwise I can shove into my mouth. I'd love to think I'm regaining a modicum of self-control. Then I can have the occcasional snack without turning it into a gorge.

Regrettably, there was no good opportunity to exercise today. We went out to Fazoli's with Michael and Hannah and then to ACT's production of Meet Me in St. Louis.

Food:

7:00 am Bowl Scottish pinhead oatmeal w/brown sugar, raisins, skim milk, 8 oz apple cider, coffee

12:00 pm 12-oz Kwik Trip Pumpkin Spice cappucino

12:30 pm Medium Honey Crisp apple w/cinnamon sugar dip

12:45 pm Strawberry-banana soy shake

3:00 pm 1 wintergreen LifeSaver

5:45 pm About 1 1/2 c. baked rigatoni w/cheese and sausage, 2 1/2 breadsticks (yipe!), 24 oz. Light lemonade

Wednesday

Ugh, is it only Wednesday? Sigh.

Food today:
9:00a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk, 1 dried apricot
11:00a - Large gala apple
1:45p - Pita pizza (pita, pizza sauce, mozzarella, mushrooms, spinach)
3:10p - handful raisins, oat & honey granola bar
6:00p - small bowl vegan chili, slice apple-raisin bread
7:00p - about 15 peanut butter M&Ms

Exercise today:
9:30-9:40a - Bike to campus
12:15-1p - Treadmill (I ran a mile!!) and elliptical
1:15-1:25p - Bike home

Wed 24 Oct

I LOVED Yourmometer this morning - actually laughed out loud! Sometimes our blocks and lacks are as funny as our inspirations, probably because you connect with the audience. What fun!

Food:

7:00 am Bowl Grape Nuts Trail Mix Cereal w/skim milk, 8 oz OJ, coffee

11:00 am Sliver of frosted brownie from coworker

11:40 am Vanilla soy shake

3:30 pm Bowl Cinnamon Life w/skim milk (starving!)

6:00 pm Medium bowl chili w/sour cream and cheese, 12 oz skim milk


Exercise:

1 hr Coworker exercise group

Tuesday

Today's another lock-myself-in-the-office day. Hopefully I'll get my work done though! And I'm glad you liked the strip - I was really happy that JKR would put an intentionally homosexual character in her books, though I'm more happy that she didn't make a big deal out of it at the time.

In other news, I just looked at myself in the bathroom mirror here - maybe it's just that I haven't been sleeping well, but my face looks really bloated. Sigh.

Food today:
9:00a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk, 2pc baked tofu (all gone now)
12:00p - Genisoy protein bar
5:15p - small plate corn chips, 1Tbsp guac
6:00p - small bowl pea soup
9-10p - big chocolate chip cookie (took me a long time to eat it)

Exercise today:
9:45-9:55a - Bike to campus
9:55a - Up 4 flights o' stairs
5:20-5:30p - Bike home
12:40-1a - Walk home (bused to campus)

Tues 23 Oct

I liked Yourmometer today - I agree it was better not to "out" Dumbledore in the books, and I'm glad she did now (although the cynic in me suspects it was a device to boost sales of the book). It gives me more empathy for Dumbledore as a human being.

Michael had some blood tests and we get to collect poop samples over the next few days. He's on a BRAT diet for a couple of days to settle his tummy down (bananas, rice, applesauce, toast). Dave didn't think it was anything serious, but better to test to be sure. He also gets to take Imodium 3 times a day for a couple of days to fiber up his bowels.

Food:

6:45 am Bowl of Grape Nuts Trail Mix Cereal w/skim milk, 8 oz OJ, coffee

11:45 am Chocolate soy shake, slice buttered pumpkin bread

5:45 pm About 4 oz rotisserie chicken, 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 c strawberry applesauce, 12 oz skim milk

Exercise:

51 min Step video (good sweat)

Monday

Boo Monday. By the way, I'm not sure if walking up 4 flights of stairs really counts as exercise, but I keep writing it down to shame myself out of taking the elevator when I'm tired like I am today...

Food today:
9:05a - Cheerios and enriched vanilla soy milk
12:00p - Genisoy protein bar
12:50p - 80 cal Kemps yogurt cup
2:00p - Genisoy protein bar (really hungry for some reason)
4:15p - Large gala apple (yay Sentry and your excellent produce)
6:30p - 1pc baked tofu and small bowl vegan chili
9:05p - 1 slice apple raisin bread, 8oz cranberry peach juice

Exercise today:
9:15-9:25a - Bike to campus (windy like whoa)
9:25a - Up 4 flights of stairs
12p - Up 4 flights of stairs
3:15-3:45p - Weight lifting
4-4:10p - Bike home

Monday 22 Oct

Here goes another week.... Michael came home sick again with diarrhea, upset stomach. Scheduled appointment for him to see Dave Marie tomorrow afternoon as this has been going on for about a month on and off.

6:45 am Bowl of Fruity Cheerios (they're good, honest), 8 oz glass OJ, coffee

11:30 am Vanilla soy shake, slice buttered pumpkin bread

2:30 pm Water with TrueLime

6:00 pm Boneless pork chop with stuffing, 3/4 cup corn, 12 oz skim milk

Exercise:

35 min Pilates mat work (smelled dinner cooking and had to stop - sigh!)

Sunday

Today is the day where not having done work on Saturday catches up to me. Sigh.

Food today:
9:00a - Cheerios and 2% milk, 3 dried apricots
12:20p - 2pc baked tofu
1:10p - 3pc turkey bacon
1:30p - handful raisins
3:30p - small Gala apple
6:25p - Lean Cuisine 4 cheese pizza, 8oz 2% milk
6:50p - handful raisins
7:40p - handful raisins (it's better than eating chocolate, I suppose)
10:30p - small bowl vegan chili

Exercise:
walking around the grocery store? yeah nothing.

Sunday 21 Oct

Another beautiful morning of sunshine - hoping for time and motivation to take a long walk. Dad and I are signed up for the Moon Walk Wisconsin on Friday night so I'd best keep in walking shape. We will only do the 6 1/2 mile leg because it starts at 7 pm and after working all week, I don't want to keep walking til 11 pm. Saw Patrick driving by in his car while walking down Patch St. He doesn't have a class scheduled - will have to find out why not.

8:00 am Chocolate soy shake, slice buttered pumpkin bread

12:00 pm 2 eggs, over easy; 2 pcs raisin toast w/blackberry jam; 1/2 c hash browns, 12 oz. OJ, coffee

4:50 pm 5 dark chocolate peanut M&Ms

5:15 pm Burrito Supreme w/steak from Taco Bell, water

8:30 pm 10 oz unfiltered apple cider

Exercise:

3:15 pm-4:45 pm Walk around Iverson along Green Circle home on Patch St (with Dad)

Saturday - GAME DAY

So today the Badgers got to beat up on a little school and make themselves feel better after having lost two weeks in a row. It actually got so boring that I left at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Then Rowan came over and we watched some awesome Alan Rickman movie and hung out. It was fun. (:

Food today:
9:15a - Oatmeal with raisins
During game - about 10 Reese's Pieces
2:15p - Bowl of pea soup (leftover from Thursday), piece of cornbread
4:30p - Piece of applesauce/raisin bread, glass of mead
7:30p - Piece of applesauce raisin bread
1:10a - 4 pc baked tofu

Exercise today:
10:30-10:40a - Bike to campus
1:30-1:40p - Bike home

Saturday, 20 Oct

Apologies for the moniker; I was feeling fat and thought if I acknowledged it, it would give me more incentive to change [Hobbes: no worries, it just makes me giggle]. Today was Empty Bowls day - a benefit for Hunger Prevention - and such a pretty, sunny day that I took Grandma for a drive for a couple of hours to view leaves.

8:00 Cappucino soy shake, slice of buttered pumpkin bread

12:00 Bowl of AWESOME sweet potato squash soup, breadstick, tiny can Diet Coke, and (gulp!) 3 cookies

2:00 Water

6:00 Large grilled chicken thigh/drumstick, 3/4 c Lipton noodles, 3/4 homemade applesauce, 12 oz skim milk


Absence of exercise:
Shopping at new Steve & Barry's with Grandma, laundry

Friday

First off I'd like to welcome my mother to the blog (that's Big Momma over there, a title with which I confess I am slightly concerned). She'll basically be doing the same thing as me, tracking food and exercise, and hopefully we'll be able to motivate each other.

I'm not going to do the traditional food and exercise and times post today, because I spent most of the day in a conference and I don't remember precisely when or what I ate. But what I would like to say is that tonight, for the first time in a very long time, I am sitting on my couch at night and actually feeling satiated. I feel as though my food needs have been met for the day. And this is not a common theme. Here is, in effect, what I ate today:

Breakfast was a plate of standard continental fruit (cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, strawberries) and a small slice of coffee cake with a cup of Earl Grey tea. Lunch was something on the order of a small salad, steamed zucchini, a wild/brown rice mix that may have had broccoli in it, and a piece of mushroom quiche. And dessert - I split a piece of apple-pear pie with a friend of mine in exchange for half a (small) piece of chocolate cake. ^_^

Midafternoon snack was a couple pieces of cheese, two small cookies and a teeny brownie. Dinner was half a lentil-barley-mushroom spanikopita type thing, a small boiled red potato, a small portion of a chickpea salad, and a matzo ball. Topped that off with a chocolate chip bar (like I said, craving chocolate).

I realize I ate too much junk today. But I had a good amount of real food too, and a real lunch. I think that helped a lot. I'll probably gain off of this, which is no good, but... I really enjoy the satiated feeling. A lot more since I really haven't felt it in a while. I apparently do a lot better when I'm not cooking for myself...

Friday, 19 Oct

Heading out to day trip to western part of WI - all day in the car. I knew I should have exercised last night.
Sat in the car from 7:30 am-5:30 pm with pauses for 2 home visits and lunch and a quick trip through the grocery store.

6:53 am Strawberry-banana soy shake, slice of pumpkin bread with margarine, black coffee

12:00 pm Cup of Tortellini Alfredo soup, 1/3 hot hoagie with roast beef, cheese and veggies, iced coffee w/skim milk

2:30 pm Half a large Rice Krispie bar, 8 oz gas station cappucino, 32 oz Diet Coke

8:20 pm 1 cup pumpkin pie yogurt, 2 pc buttered, toasted sunflower seed bread, banana

9:15 pm cup of peppermint tea


Exercise

7:08-8:02 pm Pilates mat

Thursday

Today is the day I lock myself in my office until this homework project is done. This class is a FUCKTON of work, but I'm also learning a lot and getting more comfortable with analysis (that's fancy calculus), at least insofar as the computer science world uses it. Didn't shower this morning (ew), but hopefully I'll be done before 4pm so I can pick up my poster for the conference tomorrow and shower before I meet up with Rowan to make dinner. Mmm soup.

Food today:
7:45a - medium Gala apple
9:45a - Genisoy protein bar
12:30p - Turkey and dill Havarti on a dill roll, chocolate chip cookie (:
4:00p - small M&M cookie from Rowan
7:00p - bowl of pea soup, 2 pc corn bread, glass Rhine wine, glass cranberry-peach juice
9:30p - 2 dried apricots (for aid in digestion)

Exercise today:
9-9:10a - Bike to campus
3:10-3:30p - Walk around campus
3:50-4p - Bike home

Starting Again, Again!

Okay, I've been tracking calories, I suppose I should do this publicly too so that you all can shame me when I do bad things.

Food today:
7:45a - medium Gala apple
12:30p - Einstein Asiago cheese bagel (Torah study)
4:25p - Genisoy protein bar
7:30p - Pesto noodles, crescent rolls, pineapple (GOD I'm hungry)
11:30p - small piece chocolate chip zucchini cake ^_^

Exercise today:
9-9:10a - Bike to campus
Repeatedly - Up 4 flights of stairs, walk across campus
5-5:10p - Bike home

And in the interest of full disclosure, next Thursday I fully intend to split a small order of Pokey sticks with my mother - that's basically half a cheese pizza. It's highly therapeutic.