Back At It

Monday, July 13, 2026

Definitely not ready for another week.  I was not sleepy last night and it was midnight before I forced the issue.  It did not help that the indoor temp and humidity were up.  The next few days are going to be brutal.  Might have to spend more time at work for relief.

Scale dead flat, still need to get back on track.

Breakfast:  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, coffee

 

Something different.

Lunch:  Turkey and swiss sandwich, Great Lakes jalapeno ranch chips, mini root beer

 

OK. 

Dinner:  3x mexican tacos, mexican coke, Turkey Hill simply natural mint chip ice cream

 

They were out of avocado tonight, bummer.  New flavor of the ice cream (Meijer was out of vanilla), very tasty.  Nice capper on a hot evening.

Exercise:  Nope.

124.6 

A Fun Funday

Sunday, July 12, 2026

I dunno, nothing special, but today was fun.

It was also apparently take your dog to breakfast day.  I did not get the memo.  I also don't have a dog.

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

 

I'm hooked.  Eating out is expensive but I have to say I have been enjoying this.

Lunch:  McDouble plain, coke.  Also had some chex mix and the last marshmallow cookies in there.

OK.

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, chips, salad no dressing, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Sunday dinners.  Insanely fat burger.

Also Culvers onion rings and coke.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, some extra walking.  Felt pretty decent.

124.6 

Track Soon

Saturday, July 11, 2026

Schedule definitely a bit scrambled after taking yesterday off.  Feels very much like Sunday.

Could have used more sleep.  Scale continues to tick up.  Need to get on track soon.

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

 

Standard.

Lunch:  1/2 burger, onion rings, 16 oz Yuengling

Post-golf.

Dinner:  Chex mix, pepsi

I also had some marshmallow cookies. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, quite a workout.

125.2 

Scrambled

Friday, July 10, 2026

Catching up after a busy day.  Woke up in the 4:00 hour and that was all the sleep I was going to get.  

Breakfast:   McD 2x sausage mcmuffin, hash browns.  Coffee

Okay.

Lunch:  Pulled pork, pasta salad, roll

Didn't eat much, not a big fan.  Also had a hot dog no bun.

Dinner:  CFA strips w ranch, fries, lemonade.  

Early.

Also some assorted snacks and ramen noodles.  Junk.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Plenty of walking.  Toasty.

124.4 

Direct Consequence

Thursday, July 9, 2026

Eat stupid food, win stupid prizes.  This is not rocket science.

Did not get to the store, so still scuffling.  Soon.

Breakfast:  McD SEC muffin, hash brown, burrito, coffee

OK.

Lunch:   BK texas whopper, fries, coke, tots

Meh.

Dinner:  Nachos

 

Plus a mini root beer. 

Tasty.

Exercise:  Nope

123.8 

So Many Bad Things

Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Sigh.  Up again, up every day this month.  Deservedly so, the eating has been bad.  Not good.

Again feels like I slept okay.  No interruptions and more would have been better.

Lots of work to do.  Let's try to keep the cortisol in check somewhat.

Breakfast:  McD 2x burritos, hash browns.  Coffee

Threw away the rest of the bread, I'm super cautious about mold.  Which is why it would be much better if I didn't, you know, eat bread.

Lunch:  Deluxe/meat lovers slices, Dr Pepper

Yes, I complain about bad eating on days I eat horribly. 

Dinner:  Sack of taco bell, pepsi

All the worst things today.

Plus a root beer float. 

Exercise:  Nope.

120.2. 

A Wrong Streak, Again

Tuesday, July 7, 2026

On a streak of days going in the wrong direction.  I was thankful that the scale was not up more this morning, last evening was pretty bad.  I haven't lost control too often lately but I sure did there.  Ugh.  I would really like to change that.

Sleep was okay.  I managed to fall asleep before I turned off the lights and TV and I want to say I got five plus hours uninterrupted.  As usual I was only so effective at getting back to sleep once I woke up.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  CFA spicy + pepper jack, fries, lemonade

Fail. 

Snack:  Hard boiled eggs

 

Again.

Dinner:  French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Again.  Also:  Popcorn and a root beer float.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Yes, again.

118.4 

Unnecessary Mondaying

Monday, July 6, 2026

While three day weekends are nice, there is always a tradeoff.  You go back to work and are just slammed.  Sometimes you're not particularly rested and you're sure not ready.  But you have to churn through it anyway.

Thankfully it feels like I slept acceptably.  Scale minimum up, no worries.  Let's go.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

This week's loaf - jalapeno cheddar.

Lunch:  Ham sandwich, plain greek yogurt w strawberries, chocolate milk

 

Used up the old bread as a changeup.

Dinner:  3x mexican tacos, avocado

 

Taco monday.

And then I lost it.  Add way too many Boulder Canyon avo oil potato chips, toast and a root beer float.  Never really found satiety. 

Exercise:  Nope.  OK with having a day off, though I thankfully felt decent yesterday.

118.0 

Seven AM Wall

Sunday, July 5, 2026

Whew.  Good thing there is another day to this weekend.  I could really use a day off, but instead it's going to be a standard Sunday.

Was ready to crash after dinner last night but as usual once I went through the pre-bedtime routine I was no longer sleepy.  Still managed to go to sleep at a reasonable time.  Woke up at 5:00 with minor cramps, these are more a function of spending too many hours in the same position, I think, than anything else.  Easily resolved and back to sleep.  Try as I may, though, there was no sleeping past 7:00 a.m.  

Scale up, still backed up plus excessive (and known fattening) dinner.

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

 

Third time, not quite as good today but still very tasty.

Lunch:  Nutty donut holes

Not my finest impulse buy.

Dinner:  Steak, chips, salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, vanilla ice cream w choc syrup and a few honey roasted peanuts

 

Sunday dinners.  Also 12 oz Pepsi.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, no notable extra walking.

117.8 

Festive

Saturday, July 4, 2026

A very festive day.

Scale up, backed up.  Slept well, no issues.

Breakfast:  Everything breakfast bowl, coffee

 

Huge.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

Post-golf.  

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, chips and queso, mexican coke

Excessive.

And a capper, root beer float.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Brutal.  Hot, humid, no breeze.  Sweated out tons of liquid.

116.6 

Not Yet Independent

Thursday, July 3, 2026

Disappointing to have a bit of a meltdown last evening.  I haven't had too many problems with control lately but I did.  Ate way too much, way too many cookies.  And I paid the price.  I didn't feel horrible, just uncomfortable enough to not want to do anything.  And I didn't do anything.  What a waste.

Another lesson learned.  Will it stick?  History will suggest no, but I'll keep trying.  Oh, and I've also learned that less fat and more wheat is not good for regulating the system.  Sheesh.

Sleep mediocre, scale up, day off incoming.

Breakfast:  Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, orange juice

 

Something different.  I bought a jar of Crazy Richard's PB (100% peanuts) and one of Bonne Maman preserves.  Tasty change of pace.

Lunch:  Ham sandwich, chocolate milk, hard boiled eggs

 

And off to golf we go.

Dinner:  Chili cheese dogs, fries, coke, avo oil tortilla chips w avo salsa

Post golf dinner out.  

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, some extra walking, I am suitably tired.

117.2 

Projecting

Thursday, July 2, 2026

I got fairly wrapped up in my furniture moving project last evening but did not get it quite finished.  Which is not a surprise, I took it at a fairly leisurely pace.  Added a few extra steps, expanded the scope.  So the project will continue into this evening and I'll get another non-workout workout in.

Slept fine, scale flat, last day before a holiday weekend let's go.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

Bought a half loaf of different bread so I have normal sized slices for once.

Lunch:  Ham sandwich, chocolate milk, hard boiled eggs

 

Another sandwich.

Dinner:  Leftover deluxe pizza, avo oil tortilla chips w avocado salsa, lemon snap cookies

 

Didn't even heat the pizza up.

Exercise:  No, I guess.  As mentioned, busy with project and active, but not specifically exercise.

115.4 

Flip Calendar Not Script

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

And just like that it's a new month.  Huh.  June was okay.  Scale was down a chunk, though much of that was early month water removal after a really bad May.  The range is very slowly grinding lower.

Slept okay, scale down slightly, nothing else of note.  Quiet day at the office with the holiday coming, need to get some work done.

Breakfast:  Cheese sandwich, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, chocolate milk

 

Also again.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, Lower sugar Gatorade, root beer float

 

Half of a 12" pizza.  While I found myself wishing I'd ordered the 14", that's only because it was really good and I love pizza.  I didn't need more.  First time trying the lower sugar variety gatorade, it's okay.  I'll stick to the zero though. 

 

I bought Turkey Hill simply natural vanilla bean ice cream at Meijer.  Ingredients:  Milk, cream, sugar, vanilla, vanilla bean.  That's what I'm talking about.  First sampling was positive.  Looks like Meijer carries several flavors and it's even on sale may have to check them out.

Exercise:  Nope.  Did a major shopping excursion and was sweating pretty good by the time I finished offloading everything, but not counting it.

 ETA:  Foolishly decided to rearrange some furniture so it looks like I'll be getting a workout. 

115.4 

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