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The Day My Wedding Ring Fell in The Bathroom Garbage

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I have been very pleased with my weight loss to date even if it doesn’t feel like I lost that much. Many people that see have been saying it’s visible but I still have a belly for doesn’t feel like a lot to me. That changed today when I was drying my hands after using the bathroom at work and my wedding ring fell off my finger into the garbage as I was throwing the paper towel. Thankfully the garbage was only paper towels and was able to dump it out and hear the ring hit the floor. I was very grateful to be able to get it back so easily.

I knew the ring was a little bit looser recently but I had no idea how loose it was until that event happened. From what I’ve read it’s actually quite difficult or impossible to have a ring size smaller. It’s easier to get it bigger but from what I can tell the only way I can get it smaller you have little balls added to the inside to account for the extra space. I need to bring it in soon to see if that can be done. Until then I am playing Russian roulette every time I wash my hands. Of course on the plus side I do feel like the weight loss is working now!

I Have a New Nemesis, Well Technically Two of Them

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On my road to a lower weight i have learned many things about food and about myself.  Recently the biggest things I have learned are who are my enemies.  I didn’t think I had many of them but I have learned that not to be true.  Early on in my weight loss mission I learned French Fries were not only not my friend but they were evil.  They became nemisis number one.  For years we were so friendly.  I ate them and they kept being so tasty.  Now they are generally what makes a meal ok to wow I will gain weight tomorrow.

This past month I learned of another rival, the once so nice cake.  MC has been making test cakes for Teagan’s upcoming birthday parties (we are doing one for Family and one for Teagan’s friends).  Being a good husband and father it was my duty, no responsibility to sample the test cakes.  What I learned was two fold.  One, MC makes fantastic cake but I kinda already knew that.  The decorations are pretty amazing.  Two, cake is now my nemesis.  Granted I ate 3 slices in one day of the first test cakes but I didn’t expect to gain over 2lbs doing so.  It took over a week to get back down to the weight I was before I ate the cake.  I know I need self control but it is not my fault my enemies are so tasty.  I am great if I just dont have any and stay away from it.  That is what I do with fries, but cake is harder to resist after I have one small slice I have to have more.

I think I need to fast leading up to Teagan’s birthday.  That is my current solution for birthday cake problems that are in my future!

Test Cake

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MC has been experimenting with cake for Teagan’s upcoming first birthday.  This weekend she made her first test cakes.  One was in a duck mold.  it looked horrible but tasted perfect.  The other one was a traditional cake that also tasted fantastic.  MC is really good at this cake stuff but her decision to start a baking hobby is a challenge since I am dieting.

I was eating so much of that awesome cake that we had to throw out what we had left over after giving away a ton of it.

Lunch With My Mom & Sister

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Today was my mom’s birthday.  When talking to my sister last night she mentioned that she was going into the city with my mom for a show and they were going to grab lunch.  I pointed out sarcastically that I work in Times Square and I also have been known to eat lunch.  She didn’t know why she didn’t think of asking me but we made plans to get lunch.

We met up at an italian restaurant around the corner from my office.  That was coincidental since my mom got a recommendation from a friend to go there.  We had a nice lunch.  I had Veal Parm.  It was good to see both of them especially since I wasn’t going to see my mom for dinner on her birthday.

A New Media Center Unit

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Today I put together furniture for the media center.  When we found out we were haivng a baby we knew that part of baby proofing would require us to replace my old media center.  What I had was open and had glass shelves.  We bought a new unit with drawers.  I was able to put the power strips and everything inside the unit so only a few wires go out of it into the outlets.  We can also get baby proofing stuff to lock the doors on the front of it.

We hoped to have this built sooner but when we got it the base piece was broken.  Crate and Barrel was really cool and sent us the replacement part with little hassle.  We spent most of Teagan’s nap assembling it.  MC then played with Teagan as I moved all our electronic gear to the new enclosure.  I am very pleased with the results!

Now all I need to do is finally order my new TV so I can get it mounted on the wall above this unit.

Sushi Tasting Menu

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Tonight MC and I finally used a Travelzoo discount MC got me for Fathers Day.  It was something like 75% off a 6 course tasting menu at a very well reviewed sushi restaurant.  I didn’t know until last night it was in the Katano Hotel were Joe & Karen got married.  We scheduled for our baby sitter to stay late with Teagan and we went out to dinner.

The location in relation to our offices wasn’t optimal since there was no direct subway so we ended up walking in 90+ degree heat to the place.  The exercise was great but the heat was brutal.

I didn’t realize it was a tasting menu when we I got the present.  Generally I am wary of them because i am picky.  This time it was generally good.  There was something for me to eat in every course.  I was even a bit adventurous and tried some new stuff.  I am not a fan of eggplant.  The food was very good.  I was just still hungry after the meal before desert.  I ended up ordering 3 pieces of ale cart sushi.  I even splurged on a $13 piece of fatty tuna.  It was well worth it.  Very tasty.  The entire meal was very tasty.  I am not sure if we would do it again especially since the full price meal would have been a huge bill, but we were both glad we did it.

Out of Town Guests

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Friday MC’s sister in law Cathy came to visit.  She hasn’t seen Teagan since before she was 6 months.  She lives far enough away that trips are difficult.  We meet her in Bryant park and then took the subway home.  MC and Cathy went to dinner and I put Teagan to bed.  After they got back from dinner we hung out and talked a bit.

This morning we were all tired because Teagan was up for over an hour at around 1AM or so crying.  She is typically a great sleeper and a great baby but we think she was teething.  She kept us all up.  Once we were up we all went for breakfast.  The french cafe place we wanted to goto was busy so we ended up at an irish place that does breakfast/brunch.  MC and I have walked past it before but never tried it.  I had an omelette.  It was good.  We all shared scones.  They were ok, but the ones at the farmers market i typically get on Sunday’s are much better.  Teagan was great at breakfast and sat in her stroller almost the hole time.  After breakfast we walked Cathy to the subway and said our goodbyes.  I grabbed a Cappuccino at Starbucks (one ding against the breakfast place was they only did regular coffee).  From there we ran one or two errands and then went home and feed Teagan lunch.

In the afternoon we ran out again to goto the grocery store.  MC wanted to look for fresh food to use to prepare meals for Teagan.  We ended up opting not to get anything and will use Fresh direct since it looks like they had better stuff.  On the way home I ran over to the Liquor store and got some Pimms.  I wanted to get some for a while since I really liked the taste when I had some in the UK last year.  Thankfully the store by our apartment had some and we just bought the rest of the ingredients and the grocery store.  I made one to have at dinner and it was very tasty.

We made fish and potatoes for dinner.  I tried tuna instead of the usual sword fish i like.  I was not as big of a fan with the tuna.  I will go back to sword fish next time.

 

Hung Out at Home

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We took our last day of the 4 day weekend and decided to relax a bit.  We went out to the farmers market near austin street and got breakfast.  We sat and ate in the shade in the park.  It was nice, even if it was super hot.

We decided to spend most of the day at home and try to unwind before the work week started.  Teagan however didn’t get the memo.  She was crawling everywhere.  This weekend she figured out she can use her new crawling skills to get all over the apartment.  We do not have any baby gates up yet so we have to follow her around the apartment when she goes off on any adventures.  Until this weekend she has been great so far and only stayed in her play area.  After running around MC and I decided to finally order the baby gates and some additional safety gear.  We were held up because we have an opening by her play area that is over 80″ in length.  We didn’t want to drill holes into molding but no friction mount system will work on a space that large.  We (MC) figured out a compromise that will get us to drill holes in the walls avoiding the molding.

In the late afternoon MC took Teagan to the pool but couldn’t get in since it was so hot and the pool was at capacity.  She ended up in the park using the sprinkler.  They both had fun even if they couldn’t goto the pool.  It was a nice end to a great activity filled weekend.

Brunch With Family

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We went to MC’s cousin Brian’s to see her Aunt, Uncle, and several cousins especially two from out of town and their toddler!  We don’t get into Manhattan that often with Teagan so it was nice to get out.  MC’s cousin’s apartment was really nice and they had a great spread from Fresh Direct for brunch.  It was good to see her family.  Some we just saw at our place for brunch but others we haven’t seen in over a year.  it was great to catch up.  It was nice to get Teagan to meet her little cousin.

After brunch we headed right home since there was a chance of rain and Teagan needed to eat and nap.  Thankfully she napped a bit on the way home.