All-American Hamburgers & Fresh Lemon Bars

On Tuesday, A.A. and I took Sophie and Misha to off-leash park. It was the second time for them: first time was the day before Misha got spayed. There were 6 dogs included male brindle Dane! He was not big as a male Dane, but of course, bigger than Sophie, so she was running away from him. Sophie was a runner as always; Misha was like a observer. Misha didn’t run so much, but occasionally she did. Two ladies came to us saying they used to have Mastiff and one lady who had a male Dane joked that she would trade her Dane to Misha.. We stayed there about one hour and a half, and Sophie and Misha both enjoyed a lot! Only thing I regretted was that I forgot to take my camera with me again.

On Wednesday, I was preparing hamburgers for lunch in the morning, but I changed my mind so that it was windy and I didn’t feel like doing barbecue. So, we did barbecue on Thursday evening. Well, I wish I could have a hamburger and asparagus for lunch, because I was not hungry much at the time, but I ate them anyway. Hamburgers were very good, it might be a little too soft, but otherwise, I was satisfied. I also baked fresh lemon bars, and it was almost perfect: the crust was too thick. It’s understandable so that the recipe called for 13” by 9″ baking pan, but I used 9″ by 9″ Emile Henry square baking pan. I just didn’t want to make it big. The funny thing was that the crust was too thick while lemon filling was perfect portion. I need to arrange the original recipe for the next time.

Today, which is Thursday, was very hot: I couldn’t take Sophie for a walk before our bedtime. Both Sophie and Misha were laying inside of the house almost all afternoon. Especially, Misha has double coat, so she ate lots of ice cubes. A.A. finally turned on an air conditioning after the dinner, and then it became very cold inside. Our body temperature is very different, so the inside of our house during summer is colder than winter time to me.

Day 27: I had pizza yesterday, so I gotta make up today.. I had Udon like pasta for lunch, but I think noodles were too much; I didn’t want to have dinner.)

• Breakfast: tasted apple pie I baked this morning; a half of yogurt (apple pie didn’t taste good, so I was kind of disappointed and couldn’t finish eating yogurt)
• Lunch: spinach pasta with seaweed (udon taste; a quoter pound pasta)
• Dinner: skipped (I was not hungry..)

Day 28: I prepared hamburger for lunch this morning, but I didn’t feel like doing barbecue, so we went to Sizzler. I don’t know it was a good choice or not, because I had some popcorn shrimp with salad. I didn’t eat ice cream, though.

• Breakfast: cereal with banana
• Lunch: salad bar @ Sizzler
• Dinner: skipped (I was not hungry..)

Week 4 Feed Back:

I have lost 10 lb. total so far, which means that I didn’t lose any weight this week. I think I need to cut all the alcohol (especially for weekend) and eat more warm vegetables to increase metabolism. 

Day 29: not good.. I wish I had a hamburger for lunch

• Breakfast: cereal with banana & blueberries
• Lunch: ham; cucumbers; some fruits (pineapples, grapes, blueberries) 
• Dinner: hamburger with roasted asparagus with lemon; lemon bar (about 360 cal.)