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While I don't in general recommend keeping track of
things (because it's boring, time consuming, and
unsustainable), I figure there are some doubting
Thomases and just plain confused folks out there who
have trouble imagining what a week of no-s diet meals
might look like. Also, Justin (in his last post)
persuaded me.

So here's what I ate last week. It's descriptive, not
prescriptive. It's not even particularly exemplary. I
don't, for example, recommend having just a peach and
nothing more for breakfast, and I don't often do that,
but I was in a hurry, and you know what, it happens. I
figured it was more useful to have a real week than an
ideal week. I tried to behave normally, and haven't
edited out my imperfections. Notice that while some
meals were larger or smaller (or stranger) than might
be desired, I never violated the letter of the law. I
never do, and this is key. Warning: if you're not a
doubting Thomas or hopelessly confused, this is going
to make very dull reading.

I've included caloric beverages in the list below. As
for non-caloric beverages, I usually drink a cup of
black coffee in the morning, and 2 cups of unsweetened
tea (1 green, 1 black) during the day. I also drink a
ton of water.

I've included S-days as well, so you can see how
crazy/sane they get after a year on the nosdiet.

Meals are numbered rather than named for visual impact
and brevity.

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Monday

#1: A Peach.

#2: Rye cereal with rains and almonds. A kiwi.

#3: Ate out: Steak Frites. Bread and butter. 2 glasses
red wine.

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Tuesday

#1: Open faced sandwich made with Mestamacher whole
grain bread, sliced turkey, tomato, cucumber, mustard,
and artichoke cream. A swig of OJ.

#2: Oatmeal with raisins and almonds. A kiwi.

#3: Cooked fancy meal for book club: Piece of salmon
steak (maybe 1/4 pound), piece of Halibut steak (maybe
1/4 pound), suateed broccoli rabe with carrots and
garlic, parsnip puree (with lots of cream and butter),
buttered french roll.

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Wednesday

#1: Open faced sandwich made of mestamacher,
microwaved leftover salmon steak, parsley, sour cream,
diced cucumber, seaweed salad. A Kiwi.

#2: 2 french rolls with raclette cheese and tomato.

#3: Spaghetti with jarred tomato sauce. Way too much
Bread. Butter. Microwaved broccoli. Parsley.

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Thursday

#1: Open faced mestemacher sandwich with raclette
cheese, parsley, microwaved broccoli, and butter. A
peach.

#2: Oat/wheat/rye meal cereal with raisins and
almonds.

#3: Fried leftover spaghetti with broccoli and garlic.
Tomato sauce. 2 Beers.

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Friday

#1: Mestamacher sandwich with cucumber, Parmesan
cheese, parsley, and butter.

#2: Oatmeal with banana and almonds. An apple.

#3: Take out Chinese: cup of hot and sour soup. cup of
egg drop soup. bowl of beef fried rice.

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Saturday (S-day)

#1: Fried noodles in peanut oil, scallions, 2 strips
diced turkey bacon, 2 eggs, soy sauce (weird
breakfast, I know).

#2 (and snacks): At fair: grilled sausage, 3 medium
cookies, hot dog. Banana. Cup hot sour soup. Cup egg
drop soup. Pria bar. Bowl beef fried rice.

#3: 3 slices cheese pizza. 1 glass red wine.

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Sunday (S-day)

#1: Brunch buffet at fancy restaurant with in laws:
fried plantains with chipote ketchup, octopus salad,
chick pea salad, a pork rib, a strip of flank steak, a
piece of lamb. Grits. A macaroon. A piece of pineapple
upside down cake. I'm sure I'm forgetting something.
This was a lot of food, and good (and fatty).
    
#2: One and a half slices cheese pizza. Green salad.
Half a pint of ice cream. A seven and seven.

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Man, that was boring. Hope this helps someone.

Reinhard