The Forecast Calls For Wilting

Tuesday, June 30, 2026

A bit more retention.  Will be interesting to see how things go this afternoon, golfing in the heat.

Went to sleep around 11:00, woke up once for the stupid beeping truck, then again (or maybe it was the same time, not sure) at 4:00.  I was oddly awake when I did - no shaking off sleep, I got up and disposed of a little water and felt more with it than I typically do at any time of day when I get up.  It was kind of pleasant, though it did take probably an hour to get back to sleep.  All in all it's been enough so far.

Scale was predictably up due to excess eating last night and retention.  But not as bad as feared.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

This time with cheddar.  The bread slices are ridiculously large this week, I really should cut them in half.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, chocolate milk

 

Snack:  2 hard boiled eggs  

Dinner:  French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite, root beer float 

 

Sandwich solid as usual.  RB float is a really elite dessert.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Handled the heat a lot better than expected, really didn't sweat too much or suffer.

116.0 

Retaining Ponds

Monday, June 29, 2026

File it under things that are only interesting to me I guess.  I consumed a lot of liquid last night.  Several big glasses of water, a beer, a Coke.  I had water and a Powerade Zero on the golf course.  And yet much, much less liquid than usual departed in the normal fashion.  I barely even had to go when I woke up - first at 3:45 with a cramp and then at 6:45.  Very clearly retaining water.

And so I was prepared for a multi-pound increase on the scale.  Instead, it was down.  Go figure.  There was some sweating involved but not that much.

This is not a complaint.

Anyway, let's Monday.  It's going to be a very hot week.  It was already 77F in my house when I went to bed last night, we'll see how much hotter it gets.  It was actually fine hanging out in the recliner with the fans running, but any activity meant getting soaked. I have canceled all plans to cook anything this week (though I will use the toaster) and it's going to be a lot of sandwiches.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

There's one example.  No sausage, don't want to use the stove. 

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, yogurt

 

And another.  No cooking.

Dinner:  2x mexican style tacos, avocado, leftover strawberry shortcake

 

And hooray for taco monday.  I considered skipping it knowing I had a big bowl of shortcake, but went for both.  

Also:  Boulder Creek avo oil salt and vinegar chips.  Peanut M&Ms.  Ate too much tonight. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Unless you count sweating as exercise.

114.6 

Zip Past

Sunday, June 28, 2026

This month has just flown by.  And there is so much that needs to be packed into the last couple days.

Got to sleep early, which was nice.  Quality was not stellar, though I want to say that after a water dump before midnight I did make it to 5:30 before the wakeups started.  Scale was down, probably in significant part because I finally cleared the system.  

Not looking forward to the heat wave that starts tomorrow.  It's going to be very hot with no letup in sight.  I've done OK without A/C so far, but when the overnight lows are in the 70s there just isn't any way to cool things off.  It's already 76 degrees in my house.

Breakfast:  Biscuits and gravy, 2 eggs over easy, hash browns, coffee

 

Same as two weeks ago and they once again killed it.  I mostly stopped going to this place a couple years back due to poor work by the kitchen but this is now 2/2 perfect meals.  Might have a new routine.

Lunch:  None

Obviously did not need much due to the heavy breakfast.  Ended up with none.

Dinner:   BLT, chips, 12 oz Miller Lite, strawberry shortcake w vanilla ice cream

 

Sunday dinners.  Last of the local berries, with the heat this week there will be no more until fall.  I do have leftovers for tomorrow.

Also, a McD coke, thought that was what I needed, but it was not. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much extra walking.  Didn't feel bad, but not a lot of pep.

116.0 

Stock Sat

Saturday, June 27, 2026

A very pleasant summer Saturday.

Not much of note, scale was down slightly, despite still being backed up.  Need to fix that tomorrow.  Slept okay.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, raisin toast w jam, coffee

 

Standard.  Good job today.

Lunch:  A few cashews.

No beer, dry course.  So I had a Gatorade Zero.

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, fries w ketchip, mexican coke

Local 5G knockoff, they were insanely busy but I waited.

Might have a simple home milkshare too. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not much extra walking.  Didn't feel my best, though it was fine.  Felt better later.

117.4 

Not Early Not Ever

Friday, June 26, 2026

A bit of a sluggish start.  Had to get going earlier than I was ready to move.  Was late, but only five minutes or so.  Sleep schedule is still off but at least I was able to get to sleep before midnight.

Scale was up but I'm attributing it entirely to system backup.  Just did not have time to deal with it.  One more reason why I'd really like to be an early riser.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

Ended up going the whole week without a single sausage patty, so I didn't follow the plan I made even once.  Nor did I have any OJ.  Oh well, I don't feel deprived.  Except of a photo, which I somehow managed to forget.  Oops.

Lunch:  Soup, toast

 

A change of pace.

Dinner:  Italian beef, fries

Not their best but still enjoyable

Capper:  Root beer float. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Pretty active with projects this evening but it does not count.

117.6 

Pictures Of Sandwiches And Such

Thursday, June 25, 2026

This week has gone by quickly so far.  Ready for another day of toil, though it's annoying that I spent almost an hour waiting for my blood draw at the lab this morning.  Let's go.

Expected scale to be up due to lack of time for system clearance but it was down a bit which is nice.  Let's keep that going.  Could have used more than the seven hours of sleep I got but no big deal.  In sum, all good and let's get to the photos of sandwiches.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

There's one.

Lunch:  2 slices toast w butter, 2 slices pepperjack, greek yogurt w strawberries

 

And there is another.  This one is deconstructed because I was lazy.

 

 Good.

Dinner:  Home nachos, chocolate milk

 

At least no sandwich for dinner.  This was an enjoyable change of pace and since I bought two bags of the tortilla chips I will probably repeat it next week.

 Capper.

Exercise:  Nope.  Still a dry, non productive cough but it's not as prevalent today.

116.4 

Rules And Regulations

Wednesday, June 24, 2026

The ride rolls along.  Keep all available body parts inside the car when in motion.

Not really a whole lot of note.  I think my sleep schedule is just broken.  Again was not tired or sleepy until well after midnight, I think I finally got serious and fell asleep about 1:00.  No issues, slept with minimal interruption until the alarm went off at 7:00.  Felt okay, if not peppy.  It's vaguely interesting to me that I appear to sleep more lightly with no blanket but also have had fewer issues getting going.  House temp is hanging right on that line where no blanket is possible, with heat coming next week I assume it'll become a regular thing for a while.

A bit surprised to see the scale down this morning.  Ate quite a bit yesterday, three sandwiches, big glass of chocolate milk.  I did get the moderate exercise, but nothing crazy.  Also no major system outputs.  But I will happily take it - as badly as I'd like to fix things on a crash basis that's just not happening so let's try for some slow, mostly steady progress.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

Again.  Third day in a row where I decided not to take the time to do a sausage patty or crack open a bottle of OJ that I bought for the week.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, Greek Gods plain greek yogurt plus strawberries

 

Again.  Last of the turkey, last of the local berries.  May see if I can get some more this weekend before the season ends.

Dinner:  Home nachos

 

Avo oil chips, taco meat, cheddar, guac, jalapenos, salsa.  Something different.  Tasty.

 

And the capper, a root beer float.

Exercise:  Nope

116.8 

Ongoing Saga Of Feels

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

It's an interesting ride lately.  Some ups, some downs and entirely too much is this a symptom that I'm dying.  Yes, a bit dramatic.  But at the same time, there are and may be significant health issues and investigating or treating them at times feels worse than the idea of letting whatever happens happen.  It's a saga of feels.

Anyway, the day yesterday was very good.  Felt fine all day, no issues.  I dragged just a touch after dinner but not enough to be concerned at all, I just didn't feel as good after eating.  Planned to go to bed after watching a basketball game and folding laundry.  That time came and went.  Not sleepy.  Scrolled.  Another hour.  Still not the first bit sleepy.  Another hour.  Same.  I think I finally forced the issue about 1:30.  Must have fallen into a light sleep because the darned truck with the backup beeper arrived at 2:00 and woke me up.  Rest of the night felt like light sleep, but I woke up and got up when the alarm went off at 7:00.  Despite the lack of sleep I don't feel tired at all (so far, it is only 8:30) and in general have felt very good.  Even a little stronger than yesterday.  Let's hope for a full day of good feels.

Scale was dead flat which was completely fine, yesterday was not at all active and had a lot of starch.  I am somewhat resigned to a lot of sandwiches and such, but we'll see if I can eat more or less what I want in lesser quantities with a little more activity and maybe the scale will slowly drift down.  It should take a lot of calories to maintain this weight.  I'm not a CICO true believer, but if you eat less you will lose.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

A repeat of yesterday.  Quick, easy and edible, nothing more.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, Greek Gods plain greek yogurt with strawberries

 

Repeat sandwich, trying yogurt for a side.

 Yum.

Snack:  Hard boiled eggs.  

 

Left over from the potato salad making. 

Dinner:  French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite, a glass of chocolate milk

 

Gave up on the salads.  Which means too many sandwiches.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Average walking, did not do much extra.  Felt okay but not as good as Sunday.

117.4 

Maybe Some Optimism

Monday, June 22, 2026

No idea how I was going to feel this morning after a good day yesterday.  It's early, but so far so good.  Slept okay, no issues other than a minor foot cramp in the 5:00 hour.  Slept up to the alarm and then snoozed as I was not ready to get up.  I kinda doubt that I'll ever get on a truly regular sleep schedule - leaving aside the random life events that throw it off, there is so much variability in the quality of sleep I get.

Scale down, which was nice and not expected since I overate at dinner.  It feels like I have made small progress on fixing portion sizes and not overeating as often but there is still much to do.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

Was very late so went with fast.  Bought a loaf of bread this week, so there will be sandwiches.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, leftover potato salad

 

I did not expect to end up with the leftover potato salad but it happened.

Dinner:  2x mexican tacos, guacamole

 

Dependable, though they were out of avocado.  Had a guac cup at home.  Cut to 2 tacos and it was enough this time.

 

Also a home rootbeer float for the capper - a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a 7.5 oz mini can of root beer.

I got so depressed reading ice cream cartons when I got groceries on Saturday.  So many effing ingredients.  Local dairy, you call it Grandpa's ice cream?  Grandpa didn't use ****ing locust bean gum, guar gum and carageenan you ****ing clowns.  Ended up with Hudsonville which isn't exactly clean, containing mono and diglycerides, cellulose gum and guar gum.  Even Tillamook isn't clean.  Looks like Turkey Hill might offer a suitable choice, going to check that out when I hit Meijer next. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Not going to push hard today, but I am hoping to be active around the house tonight since I did not get through all my weekend chores.

117.4 

Pleasant Reversals

Sunday, June 21, 2026

Not filled with pep.  Bolted awake at 4:30 with a toe-curling foot cramp.  Ow.  Cleared that, then did the usual attempt to get back to sleep without all that much success.  Maybe got another hour.  Maybe.

Morning chores are not off to a good start.  I had better get cracking.

Coming back to this just before bedtime:  Things turned around.  I managed to blitz through the making of an express potato salad.  Got my presents sorted.  Got to golf on time.  And I ended feeling the best I've felt on a course in weeks.  No fatigue, no power outages.  I still got out of breath if I went too fast, especially uphill, but I bounced back very quickly.  Heart rate too.  Did lots of extra walking.  It's as close to normal as I have felt in a while and it was VERY encouraging.  Let's see how I do tomorrow. 

Breakfast:  McD sausage mcmuffin, burrito, hash brown, coffee, WM maple donuts

As I feared, the breakfast places were packed.  I should have just eaten at home, but I had to go out for a Father's Day card and gift.  The donuts were insanely sweet, I have no idea how anyone could eat those on a regular basis.

Lunch:  None.  I had a few peanut M&Ms at the golf course, their food selection was lacking so I split a small package.

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, brat, potato salad, a little green salad, strawberry shortcake w ice cream

Ugh, ate too much.  I would have been fine if I had skipped the burger. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  As mentioned above, much extra walking.

118.0 

Enough Of A Struggle

Saturday, June 20, 2026

More the same.  Very glad to get to a weekend, that's for sure.  Managed to crash relatively early.  Slept OK, got up early.  Had breakfast which only sat so well.  Significant power outage during golf but made it through.  Have had an early dinner and don't feel bad while hanging out in the recliner, we'll see how it goes when I need to get up and do things.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast w jam, coffee

 

The standard.  Grade A job today.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

Post golf

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, fries w ketchup, mexican coke

From the local 5G knockoff. Very good as always.

Also:

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  No extra walking, it was enough of a struggle.

119.8

Facuet On

Friday, June 19, 2026

Okay, that was odd.  After a rough, low energy day yesterday I grabbed dinner and hit the recliner.  Did absolutely nothing, intentionally.  Got ready for bed early but wasn't sleepy.  And then the faucet kicked on.  I got up four or five times over night to dispose of water, no idea why since I had excessive carbs yesterday.  It was all retained, too, as I only had about 12 oz of water and 12 oz of Gatorade Zero.

But I guess I am not complaining.  Other than preventing fully consecutive sleep, it was not an issue.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, Egg McMuffin, hash brown, coffee

The last thing I felt like doing this morning was fixing anything.

Lunch:  2 leftover slices of pizza

Instead of eating at lunch I took a nap.  Or at least I tried, with middling success.  Had some pizza left from Wednesday in fridge at work so I had that when I got back.

Also had a snack of a small ice cream cone with a scoop of butter pecan. 

Dinner:  Italian beef, fries

Tasty, zero effort, bad for me.  Let's see if I can go to bed early.

Exercise:  Nope.

120.8 

Overwhelming Flatness

Thursday, June 18, 2026

Sigh.   This morning was a struggle, again.  I woke up as usual about 6:30, cleared some water, and was not otherwise anywhere close to ready to start the day.  I got just under 7 hours at that point and it was not enough.  More concerning is that I have a bit of chest discomfort.  I'm hoping it's just acid since I had pizza last night, but we will see.  Overall, I feel very flat.

Scale predictably up after the toxic mix of flour, soybean oil and fat.  I really need to make a pact with myself that if I am going to eat pizza occasionally it needs to be real pizza, not chain slop.

Breakfast:  Pretzel bagel with veggie cream cheese, coffee

Grease was not appealing this morning. 

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

 

On the road, work.  Was fine.

Dinner:  Taco salad w chorizo

Excessive.  Ate too much.

Exercise:  Nope.  Struggling.  Really discouraged with how I have felt today.

122.4 

Flatness

Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Some days I'm annoyed when the scale is perfectly flat, but today I was amused.  You change assorted variables, do different things, and you end up right where you started.

Obviously I need to make bigger changes in order to break out of this range ... LOWER, of course.  For whatever reason it's proving more difficult than usual.

Nothing else of note.  Slept okay.  Tired this morning, took a personal hour to buy some extra time to get going.  

Breakfast:  Bacon wrap, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  2x McDouble, Coke Zero

Not a good morning.  No pep at all, not even to fix a simple burger at home.

Snack:  Pepperoni pizza slices 

Dinner:  Dominos deluxe, bread bites, root beer float

And it got worse.

Exercise:  Nope.  A rainy day.

120.2 

Let's Go Small

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

I think it needs to be tried.  More meals/snacks but each one small.  Still trying to keep within an eating window - if I could get it to 10 hours or less that would be great, but at the moment it's closer to 12.  The hope is to have somewhat more consistent energy.  If that doesn't happen, well, it wouldn't exactly take a lot to abandon it and go back to the usual meals.

Sluggish start, definitely could have used another hour or two to doze.  But okay once going, so far.  Scale was down smartly despite the fact that I felt heavier.  Still in the same range.

Breakfast:  Bacon wrap, coffee

 

Still feels like a sound first meal.  About 400 calories, so it fits the 4-5 smaller meals plan.  A little after 8:30.

Lunch:  Home cheeseburger w guac, Meijer hot dill pickles

 

One patty instead of two.  A little after 12:30.  Looks like about 550 calories.  Again a good size.

Snack:   Leftover brat with jala mustard

 

Unusual to have something of substance on hand.  About 4:30.  About 350 calories

Dinner:  Chef salad with ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Post-golf.  About 8:00.  It was not their finest effort and I think I'm done with the salad experiment.  Which is unfortunate, there just aren't any good menu choices.  It's a pizza and sandwich joint.  Based on the limited nutrition info that's out there the french dip looks like the best sandwich option.

Grabbed a popcorn on the way home.   

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Not a huge amount of extra walking but enough.  Felt fine.  I think having a modest snack worked out.

120.2 

Good No Loss

Monday, June 15, 2026

Some days you can be happy with no drop on the scale.  Today was one of those days.  I truly had no idea what to expect, if I went just straight based on how I felt in the moment I would have guessed up, a little puffy this morning.  Instead it was dead flat.  Given that yesterday was the best I've felt in a while, I'm happy.  Lots of weight to lose but I'm not going to lose it if I can't function.

Sleep was okay.  It was nice to wake up at 1:45 and actually be cold.  I had to grab a blanket.  When you have no functional A/C that's a huge win.  A very pleasant 70 degrees this morning inside and with no hot weather in the 10 day hopefully I can keep it there.

Alright Monday, let's go.

Breakfast:  Bacon wrap, coffee

Different type of bacon this week, I think it's Kentucky Legend applewood.

Lunch:  Home cheeseburger

 

Just the most basic thing, burger, american cheese, jala mustard. 

Dinner:  3 tacos mexican style plus avocado, 12 oz Yuengling

 

Now let's see if the strawberries are still good.

 

They were. 

Exercise:  Nope.  A little disappointed to be low energy/low grade fatigued this evening.  I walked over to get tacos but had no pep, was dragging a bit.  I think I may actually have to try more (smaller) meals/snacks.  Given that life is going to prevent me from going full fat-adapted ever, maybe that'll help.

123.0 

Please Fix

Sunday, June 14, 2026

Not entirely sure what it wrong with me but it would be nice if it would fix itself.

Not much of note.  Was very dozy yesterday.  Slept okay, got about seven hours.  Pretty low energy so far today with some flux.  That's what gets me, I worry about the (human) power outages.  Scale was up, between the slop bowl and being backed up no surprise.  ETA:  Got moving around 8:00 and actually had a pretty good morning.

Breakfast:  Biscuits and gravy, 2 eggs over medium, hash browns, coffee

 

Knew yesterday that I wanted biscuits and gravy and this specific order at a specific cafe was mentally locked in.  Kind of like the root beer float the other night, it just needed to happen.  And it was very, very good.

Lunch:  McDouble, Coke Zero

On the way to golf, did the job.

Dinner:  Brats w MR, chips, salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, strawberry shortcake

 

Sunday dinners.  You have to love local strawberry season. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Average plus walking, more than I have done in any round lately.  And as a bonus, I felt good.  Honestly writing this just before bed this afternoon is the best I have felt in a while.  I did not struggle at all physically, didn't do anything crazy but all was well.  

123.0