Wow, after what seems like weeks of thunderstorms, Chicagoland’s weather could not have been better yesterday! In the 70’s, blue skies, and perfect sleeping weather – I think it got down to 50 degrees last night 😀
For breakfast I scooped out half of a baked potato, leaving 3.5 of the shell. I scrambled 1 egg, 1.5 ounces of deli ham and red pepper and stuffed that in the potato, then put it under the broiler with .7 ounces of American cheese – delish!
And more strawberries – breakfast comes in at 335 calories, 39 carbs, 22 protein, 12.1 fat and 6 fiber.
I went to the gym and did the bike machine again – I warmed up with something called “the chaser.” Basically you ride the bike to grab tokens, then have to find the object on the token within a certain time to get points – it had me riding super fast, uphill, downhill – it was really fun! I did that for 10 minutes, then did a 6.9 steady hill climb – in the end I did 41 minutes on the bike for 8.1 total miles.
I was hangry when I got back to work – quick and simple, just heated up my vegetarian chili with chips and fresh jalapenos: lunch is 502 calories, 81 carbs, 25 protein, 11.2 fat and 16.6 fiber 😀
I need to thank my co-worker for bringing me these pickles – while I prefer dill pickles to sweet, these babies are jalapeno pickles from a farmers market! I need to make these – you start out with the sweet and slowly the heat creeps in. Have you made pickles before?
I’ve been trying to figure out how to use our fresh herbs, and decided to add some to my spaetzle batter – it turned out great!

I love my spaetzle maker – also found on Amazon.com for about $10 bucks.
I had grilled pork chops on the menu to go with the spaetzle – Tony picked up this marinade, and while I didn’t marinate the chops, I brushed it on at the last minute – gave the chops a nice tangy taste!
I tossed the grilled zucchini in a tablespoon of this dressing – I know it says onions on it (it’s actually Hannah’s!) but I liked it!
My plate: 521 calories, 52 carbs, 45 protein, 13.8 fat and 0 fiber
Then about 9:00, I could feel my blood sugar start to drop – must have overestimated the carbs in the spaetzle? So a weird event happened here on BDL – I had dessert! These shortcake shells are 60 calories each, with 2 giant sliced strawberries and whip cream. I woke up this morning and my blood sugar was a perfect 101! 😀
A big thank you to Leslie – I won one of her gorgeous handmade bags, and I hope she doesn’t mind that I am giving it to my daughter – she loves green – thanks Leslie!
And have you seen our friend Lynn’s movie yet from Actor’s Diet yet? It’s called White on Rice, available on demand. Tony and I watched it last night – it was so good! Parts of it had us laughing out loud. You have to check it out! 😀 Great job Lynn!
Stats for Monday:
- 1508 calories, 204 carbs, 94 protein, 38 fat, 24 fiber
- 8.1 total bike ride
- 5 minutes abs on the ball
I’ll leave you with something creepy – look what’s growing on our screened gazebo!

Have a great Tuesday! 😀 It’s another gorgeous day!
Wow that was odd. I just wrote an extremely long comment but after I clicked submit my comment didn’t show up. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that over again.
Regardless, just wanted to say fantastic blog!
I need to try that chili soon…looks good even without meat 🙂
never seen that marinade! and WTF IS ON YOUR SCREEN?! so so creepy.
Today is the perfect day for chili – the weather is so beautiful in Philly!
I’ve not made pickles myself, but have friends that give me jars of theirs. I want to do more canning in the future.
Your food pictures are so gorgeous! And I just have to tell you that your font is so easy for my aging eyes to read – crisp and large. I appreciate that. Some blogs have me squinting. Super cute bag; I got one too:)
Ah, I love your baked potato breakfast. If only I liked eggs, I totally be making that.
I’ve done pickles before but it’s been quite a few years. Sorry you had the blood sugar drop, but love your dessert solution! 🙂
ewwwwwww wtf is on that screen?!?! it looks like .. shoot i dont even know! lol *shudder*
i love your dessert! that looks so yummy!
nice bike ride! im planning a nice long one tomorrow.. i hope its nice out!
What great sounding weather. I love that temperature and the blue skies!
Haha i was gonna say, is your marinade just Dr. Pepper!? Then i saw it is an actual marinade, sounds great!! 🙂
You are doing an amazing job!! I love seeing people who can listen to their bodies and really make their eating a lifestyle. That’s awesome.
Your bike machine sounds so cool. I would love something to distract me like that during cardio. LOL
ohhh Dr. Pepper marinade!? I’ll have to see if I can find that.
OMG that last picture made me want to vomit. I’d make Johnny get rid of it. So nasty.
That is sooo creepy!! I can’t wait to hear what hatches!
biz, i love what you did with the baked potato for bfast! how original 🙂
Hi Biz!
I also had your vegetarian chili today (I, uum, added Frank’s Hot into it). 🙂 The vegetarian chili is good but not as good as the Best Buffalo Chicken Chili…
My guess is that those round pale green thingies are eggs that are going to hatch; and then some kind of creepy crawlies are going to come out of them. Then they take over the World. I hope you don’t suffer from Arachnofobia! 😉
Those eggs almost look fake!
Breakfast is so creative, I love that! You’re so much more ambitious in the mornings than I could ever be!
101 – nice! I think you should have some dessert more often! 😉
The weather here started off pretty blah, but now it’s beautiful! And the best part is that there is no humidity. Can’t beat it.
The Chaser game on the bike sounds like fun! Great way to motivate you to keep moving. I love that.
I have never made pickles, but have always wanted to try ever since I watched Good Eats and Alton showed me how. He makes everything look so easy though. Not so much I’m sure.
I have personally never made pickle.. but mom used to A LOT.. she pickeled all kinds of vegetables.. yummy 🙂
love the bag!