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Time for another snapshot. I’ve now been on the Hacker’s Diet for 180 days. I’ve lost 65 pounds by my scale and 62 by my trend line. I’ve lost 75 pounds since I was at my heaviest last October. I’m to the point where I don’t look extraordinarily large nor skinny nor muscular. In essence I’ve lost about a pound about every three days, choosing to take 1100 – 1200 calories of what I burn every day from what I once referred to as my “mighty hump.” If you don’t know how much 1100 calories is, check the nutrition information the next thing you eat. You’ll be surprised at how much that is. I’m so close to my goal, and I know I can do it. All of you have been so supportive and wonderful, especially my wife. Thanks to everybody for giving me the loving and supportive environment to make this possible.

My favorite sausage, Casual Gourmet Chicken Sausage with Tomatoes, Basil, and Mozzarella Cheese, is no more. I ate this sausage for dinner for months, and it allowed me to lose a lot of weight. I’m very upset that it’s gone forever just because it didn’t “resonate with consumers.” Makers of my sausage, I appreciate your efforts, wherever you are.

Colleen’s out tonight, playing with a friend, and left me alone to fend for myself. Lately, I’ve been craving spicy dishes. Since she wasn’t here to eat my cooking, I decided I’d make some kind of spicy chicken dish. I got out the Yoshida’s Sauce and thawed a chicken breast, and dug around the spice rack looking for something to kick it up a bit. I found a bottle of “Ass Kicking” sauce that I’d been given for Christmas and have been too afraid to try. I tasted a bit… Yup, it was plenty hot enough. Eyes watered, mouth burned… Just a touch. I mixed about 2 teaspoons of the wickedly hot sauce into the Yoshida’s Sauce along with some crushed red pepper and soy sauce to thin it out a bit and let my chicken marinade. After about 30 minutes, I popped it on George Foreman’s grill and served it up to myself with some steamed rice. Heaven. Who’d have thought that Mexican style hot sauce (Captain Morgan is to Sailor Jerry as Tabasco is to Ass Kicking) would go SO WELL with an Asian Teriyaki Garlic sauce? WOW. Very hot, very tasty. Sorry for the random cooking blog. More on the new job and stuff this weekend…