Saturday, June 30, 2012
Day 180
This month has really flown by. I need to remember to weigh in tomorrow. I think it's going to be an "OK" month, but I'm not going to meet my goal due to excessive slacking and excessive pizza, beer & munchies.
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz CF ham
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with 1.5 oz mild cheddar, pat of butter
Dinner: Homemade pizza: Cracker crust (1 C self rising flour, 1 T olive oil, water) pizza sauce; parmesan cheese, mozz & provolone blend, 1 oz Armour pepperoni, pan greased with a bit of CF rendered lard; 12 oz Shiner Black
Pizza was fantastic, and by my estimate only a shade more than half the calories and carbs of a Little Caesar's Hot & Ready. This will likely be a staple of my weekends during football season, especially if I continue to perfect the crust - next time I'm going to try it with a bit of seasoning and some parmesan right in the crust. That is if I tolerate this quantity of wheat and continue to lose weight. Because of the light breakfast and lunch my best guess (via myfitnesspal) is that I was only at about 2,000 calories today which should be well below my basal metabolic rate. The scale will tell.
Exercise: 18 holes with cart. Did a bunch of other stuff, yard work, grocery shopping, etc. too
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Avoiding Heat
Friday, June 29, 2012
Day 179
It's been hot as **** everywhere, but it hasn't been too bad here. The natural air conditioning has kept the temps to 90 or below and most days have had a nice breeze.
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz Creswick Farms sliced ham, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
I was out of salami, so I opened a package of ham I got from the farm. This is good stuff. It has a slightly different (but familiar) taste than the deli stuff. I could do without sugar and maple syrup being on the ingredient list, but I doubt there's all that much.
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado and cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Dinner: 1/2 medium deluxe pizza, salad with italian, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Going out for pizza on Friday is a hard habit to break during the summer.
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, some extra walking.
Day 179
It's been hot as **** everywhere, but it hasn't been too bad here. The natural air conditioning has kept the temps to 90 or below and most days have had a nice breeze.
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz Creswick Farms sliced ham, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
I was out of salami, so I opened a package of ham I got from the farm. This is good stuff. It has a slightly different (but familiar) taste than the deli stuff. I could do without sugar and maple syrup being on the ingredient list, but I doubt there's all that much.
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado and cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Dinner: 1/2 medium deluxe pizza, salad with italian, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Going out for pizza on Friday is a hard habit to break during the summer.
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, some extra walking.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Easy Rebound
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Day 178
Solid comeback today. Felt pretty good although I flagged late this evening. Really, I think it was more humidity than anything else - even though I definitely am handling heat and humidity better than last year I still don't like it very much. It's just draining.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: ~ 2.5 oz Creswick Farms beef jerky
After golf: 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Didn't eat much this evening and I'm a little hungry (pre-beer) but not enough to worry about it.
Exercise: 9 holes + with cart, no extra walking. I also wrangled with the sprinkler for half an hour or so out in the yard.
Day 178
Solid comeback today. Felt pretty good although I flagged late this evening. Really, I think it was more humidity than anything else - even though I definitely am handling heat and humidity better than last year I still don't like it very much. It's just draining.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: ~ 2.5 oz Creswick Farms beef jerky
After golf: 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Didn't eat much this evening and I'm a little hungry (pre-beer) but not enough to worry about it.
Exercise: 9 holes + with cart, no extra walking. I also wrangled with the sprinkler for half an hour or so out in the yard.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Cracked
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Day 177
Yep, I cracked. I was rolling along just great again today, then I got back to the office very late in the day, realized that I had hours of work left to do and gave in to the pizza temptation. Definitely my kryptonite, not that I'm any kind of superman (lol). I definitely overate, too -- there is just no stopping when there is a pizza in front of me. Sigh.
On the positive side, I was productive at the office and it stays light late so I went out about 8:30 and zipped around 9 holes (+1.5) with a cart. I was moving briskly and other than still being a little over-full I felt good.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Exercise: 10.5 holes with cart, brisk pace.
Day 177
Yep, I cracked. I was rolling along just great again today, then I got back to the office very late in the day, realized that I had hours of work left to do and gave in to the pizza temptation. Definitely my kryptonite, not that I'm any kind of superman (lol). I definitely overate, too -- there is just no stopping when there is a pizza in front of me. Sigh.
On the positive side, I was productive at the office and it stays light late so I went out about 8:30 and zipped around 9 holes (+1.5) with a cart. I was moving briskly and other than still being a little over-full I felt good.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Exercise: 10.5 holes with cart, brisk pace.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Sinused
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Day 176
Happy about yesterday, and after I, uh, got a bunch of stuff out of my system there was a nice reward waiting on the scale this morning. Amazing what a boost a little exercise gives. I'll get in 9 with a cart tonight because it's league night, but that may be it until Friday - it's supposed to be hot hot hot the next few days after today. I do not enjoy exercising when it's hot and especially when the humidity is up.
On an unrelated note, my sinuses are bothering me. I appear to be deathly allergic to something. No fun.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado & cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Snack: 1.5 oz Creswick Farms beef jerky, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: ~ 6 oz sirloin, 1/2 green pepper, 5 big mushrooms, ~ 10 cherry tomatoes, 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, a little extra walking. I also went to Wal Mart twice (bleh).
Back-to-back good days! I'm feeling positive. I am planning on having pizza this weekend, but there is a good chance that it will be homemade and less, um, calorific. I found a cracker crust recipe I want to try and if I make a half recipe it should make a nice personal sized pie for just over a reasonable carb count.
I took pictures of my shish kebabs yesterday but they vanished. Stupid phone. Didn't bother tonight, too hungry.
Day 176
Happy about yesterday, and after I, uh, got a bunch of stuff out of my system there was a nice reward waiting on the scale this morning. Amazing what a boost a little exercise gives. I'll get in 9 with a cart tonight because it's league night, but that may be it until Friday - it's supposed to be hot hot hot the next few days after today. I do not enjoy exercising when it's hot and especially when the humidity is up.
On an unrelated note, my sinuses are bothering me. I appear to be deathly allergic to something. No fun.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado & cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Snack: 1.5 oz Creswick Farms beef jerky, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: ~ 6 oz sirloin, 1/2 green pepper, 5 big mushrooms, ~ 10 cherry tomatoes, 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, a little extra walking. I also went to Wal Mart twice (bleh).
Back-to-back good days! I'm feeling positive. I am planning on having pizza this weekend, but there is a good chance that it will be homemade and less, um, calorific. I found a cracker crust recipe I want to try and if I make a half recipe it should make a nice personal sized pie for just over a reasonable carb count.
I took pictures of my shish kebabs yesterday but they vanished. Stupid phone. Didn't bother tonight, too hungry.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Calendar Time, Buddy
Monday, June 25, 2012
Day 175
I have a refreshed attitude this morning so let's see if I can right the ship. It's been a month of poor food decisions now and I am so fortunate that there hasn't been any damage done, scale-wise. I guess you could also look at that to mean that I'm still tremendously fat since I've been eating at least 4000 calories a day of the wrong stuff, but I'm thinking positive.
Anyway, I was thinking over the weekend that Christmas is in six months. A major, major goal for myself is just over 80 pounds away. With some determination, focus and effort I think I can hit that goal by Christmas and that would be one heck of a present to myself. Maybe it's just silly, but it's something I can easily remember. Under XXX lbs by Xmas. Go.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with 1 mini tub cream cheese, 5 slices canadian bacon
Dinner: ~ 6 oz sirloin, mushrooms, 1/2 green pepper, ~ 10 cherry tomatoes, 2 slices Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon all grilled shish kebab style; 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Exercise: 9 holes walking. I moved around at a good clip, just under 1.5 hours. Improving!
I picked up some eggs at the farm on Friday, for "large" eggs they were huge so I only ate two. The canadian bacon is also from the farm and it's good if kinda different.
I plugged today into myfitnesspal (trying it for the first time) and it says I ate about 1600 calories and burned 1163 with the walking, so a lovely deficit.
A good day.
Day 175
I have a refreshed attitude this morning so let's see if I can right the ship. It's been a month of poor food decisions now and I am so fortunate that there hasn't been any damage done, scale-wise. I guess you could also look at that to mean that I'm still tremendously fat since I've been eating at least 4000 calories a day of the wrong stuff, but I'm thinking positive.
Anyway, I was thinking over the weekend that Christmas is in six months. A major, major goal for myself is just over 80 pounds away. With some determination, focus and effort I think I can hit that goal by Christmas and that would be one heck of a present to myself. Maybe it's just silly, but it's something I can easily remember. Under XXX lbs by Xmas. Go.
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz mild cheddar cheese
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with 1 mini tub cream cheese, 5 slices canadian bacon
Dinner: ~ 6 oz sirloin, mushrooms, 1/2 green pepper, ~ 10 cherry tomatoes, 2 slices Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon all grilled shish kebab style; 12 oz Shiner Ruby Redbird
Exercise: 9 holes walking. I moved around at a good clip, just under 1.5 hours. Improving!
I picked up some eggs at the farm on Friday, for "large" eggs they were huge so I only ate two. The canadian bacon is also from the farm and it's good if kinda different.
I plugged today into myfitnesspal (trying it for the first time) and it says I ate about 1600 calories and burned 1163 with the walking, so a lovely deficit.
A good day.
Sometimes A Bad Idea Is Just A Bad Idea
Sunday, June 17, 2012 to Sunday, June 24, 2012
Days 167-174
In a cost cutting move, I decided to cancel my home internet service last week. It's been rough, I'm used to having it. I think I'm going to have to reverse that decision and make cuts elsewhere instead.
Otherwise, I hope I can reconstruct this adequately. It hasn't been a good week, but it's about to get back on track, more on that in the next post.
Sunday, June 17
Breakfast: 2 tortillas with eggs, chorizo, jalapenos, onion and sour cream
Lunch: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Dinner: Ham and cheese sandwich, carrots and celery, small serving of potato salad
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Monday, June 18
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: McDonald's daily double and double cheeseburger
Dinner: Don't remember, it was almost certainly pizza though
Exercise: None
Tuesday, June 19
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: 2 oz spicy peanuts
Dinner: 3 grilled Oberon brats with mustard, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite, 12 oz Shiner Kosmos beer
Exercise: 9 holes with cart
Wednesday, June 20
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with cream cheese, canadian bacon
Dinner: Jet's small deep dish super special pizza
Exercise: None
Thursday, June 21
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Exercise: None
Friday, June 22
Breakfast: McDonald's egg McMuffin, coffee
Lunch: Italian hoagie
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, salad with zesty italian, ~ 16 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, some extra walking
Saturday, June 23
Breakfast: None
Lunch: Taco salad, spicy pork, 1 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Large pizza, half pepperoni half meatball
Snack: A bag of pretzel chips
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, working around the house
Sunday, June 24
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Lunch: None
Dinner: 3 Johnsonville beef brats with bun and mustard, a few Ruffles chips (~ 7 or 8), salad with ranch
Also: McDonald's double cheeseburger and Daily double, 1 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking
Other: I think somewhere in there I also had snacks of a bag of vinegar and salt potato chips and a couple of ounces of spicy peanuts.
Doing this daily is so much easier.
Days 167-174
In a cost cutting move, I decided to cancel my home internet service last week. It's been rough, I'm used to having it. I think I'm going to have to reverse that decision and make cuts elsewhere instead.
Otherwise, I hope I can reconstruct this adequately. It hasn't been a good week, but it's about to get back on track, more on that in the next post.
Sunday, June 17
Breakfast: 2 tortillas with eggs, chorizo, jalapenos, onion and sour cream
Lunch: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Dinner: Ham and cheese sandwich, carrots and celery, small serving of potato salad
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Monday, June 18
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: McDonald's daily double and double cheeseburger
Dinner: Don't remember, it was almost certainly pizza though
Exercise: None
Tuesday, June 19
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: 2 oz spicy peanuts
Dinner: 3 grilled Oberon brats with mustard, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite, 12 oz Shiner Kosmos beer
Exercise: 9 holes with cart
Wednesday, June 20
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 2 eggs scrambled with cream cheese, canadian bacon
Dinner: Jet's small deep dish super special pizza
Exercise: None
Thursday, June 21
Breakfast: 1 oz hard salami, 1.5 oz cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Exercise: None
Friday, June 22
Breakfast: McDonald's egg McMuffin, coffee
Lunch: Italian hoagie
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, salad with zesty italian, ~ 16 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, some extra walking
Saturday, June 23
Breakfast: None
Lunch: Taco salad, spicy pork, 1 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Large pizza, half pepperoni half meatball
Snack: A bag of pretzel chips
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, working around the house
Sunday, June 24
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Lunch: None
Dinner: 3 Johnsonville beef brats with bun and mustard, a few Ruffles chips (~ 7 or 8), salad with ranch
Also: McDonald's double cheeseburger and Daily double, 1 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking
Other: I think somewhere in there I also had snacks of a bag of vinegar and salt potato chips and a couple of ounces of spicy peanuts.
Doing this daily is so much easier.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Encapsulating the FAIL
Tuesday, June 12 - Saturday, June 16, 2012
Days 162-166
Too much FAIL. Fail in posting. Fail in eating. Fail in exercising. Let's at least get caught up.
Tuesday:
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz hard salami, ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Dinner: Taco bar - 4 tacos with lots of toppings, 3 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, not a lot of extra walking
Wednesday:
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz hard salami, ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: McDonald's double cheeseburger and daily double burger
Dinner: Small deep dish deluxe pizza
Snack: Lay's potato chips
Exercise: None.
Thursday:
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Lunch: Patty melt with french fries
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Snack: Lay's potato chips
Exercise: 12 holes with cart, no extra walking (solo)
Friday:
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz hard salami
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, salad with italian dressing, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Snack: Few Lay's potato chips (yay they're gone)
Exercise: 11 holes with cart, some extra walking
Saturday:
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: Brat with mustard and onion
Lunch: Steak, 1/2 baked potato with sour cream and butter, a little salad with ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Pizza with ham and meatball
Snack: Popcorn
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, some extra walking
Ok, enough of that. I am going to probably have to deal with some issues tomorrow on the food front, but otherwise I'm ready to get back to it. I don't think I've gained much weight but I'm definitely bloated in the belly from all the starch. It's gotta go. As does the fast food, and (OBVIOUSLY) the pizza.
Days 162-166
Too much FAIL. Fail in posting. Fail in eating. Fail in exercising. Let's at least get caught up.
Tuesday:
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz hard salami, ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Dinner: Taco bar - 4 tacos with lots of toppings, 3 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart, not a lot of extra walking
Wednesday:
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz hard salami, ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: McDonald's double cheeseburger and daily double burger
Dinner: Small deep dish deluxe pizza
Snack: Lay's potato chips
Exercise: None.
Thursday:
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Lunch: Patty melt with french fries
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Snack: Lay's potato chips
Exercise: 12 holes with cart, no extra walking (solo)
Friday:
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz hard salami
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, salad with italian dressing, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Snack: Few Lay's potato chips (yay they're gone)
Exercise: 11 holes with cart, some extra walking
Saturday:
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: Brat with mustard and onion
Lunch: Steak, 1/2 baked potato with sour cream and butter, a little salad with ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Pizza with ham and meatball
Snack: Popcorn
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, some extra walking
Ok, enough of that. I am going to probably have to deal with some issues tomorrow on the food front, but otherwise I'm ready to get back to it. I don't think I've gained much weight but I'm definitely bloated in the belly from all the starch. It's gotta go. As does the fast food, and (OBVIOUSLY) the pizza.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
A Fortnight Of Fail
Monday, June 11, 2012
Day 161
I thought up that title yesterday, thought it to be quite fitting as it's been about 3 weeks since I've had a stretch of decent habits.
Breakfast: ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: Italian hoagie
Dinner: Small deep dish pepperoni and bacon pizza
Dessert: ~ 12 strawberries
No exercise. I spent the evening working around the house, too warm and humid to do anything real exciting. Cooler weather moved in overnight thankfully.
I bought a quart of strawberries on Friday and finally got around to prepping them to freeze. Ate about a dozen, so good. Not many treats beat fresh local strawberries.
Day 161
I thought up that title yesterday, thought it to be quite fitting as it's been about 3 weeks since I've had a stretch of decent habits.
Breakfast: ~ 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: Italian hoagie
Dinner: Small deep dish pepperoni and bacon pizza
Dessert: ~ 12 strawberries
No exercise. I spent the evening working around the house, too warm and humid to do anything real exciting. Cooler weather moved in overnight thankfully.
I bought a quart of strawberries on Friday and finally got around to prepping them to freeze. Ate about a dozen, so good. Not many treats beat fresh local strawberries.
Birthday Parties
Sunday, June 10, 2012
Day 160
Still on the failboat. Was energetic early but by afternoon the ongoing lack of sleep caught up to me. I took a very long nap, was conscious for a couple hours, and then got a full night's sleep.
Breakfast/snack: 4 oz beef jerky
Lunch: Ham and cheese on a potato roll with mustard, a little potato salad, celery with ranch
Dinner: 14" pizza, half deluxe half ham/bacon
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking
Day 160
Still on the failboat. Was energetic early but by afternoon the ongoing lack of sleep caught up to me. I took a very long nap, was conscious for a couple hours, and then got a full night's sleep.
Breakfast/snack: 4 oz beef jerky
Lunch: Ham and cheese on a potato roll with mustard, a little potato salad, celery with ranch
Dinner: 14" pizza, half deluxe half ham/bacon
Exercise: 18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking
Title Omitted
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Day 159
Ugh.
Breakfast: Western omelet, 2 slices raisin toast, coffee
Lunch: Corned beef reuben, onion rings, 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Small deep dish deluxe pizza
Snack: Popcorn
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Day 159
Ugh.
Breakfast: Western omelet, 2 slices raisin toast, coffee
Lunch: Corned beef reuben, onion rings, 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: Small deep dish deluxe pizza
Snack: Popcorn
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Motivation Fail
Friday, June 8, 2012
Day 158
I really shouldn't let this slide for days at a time, makes it a challenge to remember what I ate.
Breakfast: 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: 1.5 oz beef jerky
Dinner: 1/2 of deluxe pizza, salad with italian, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart. Lots of running around otherwise.
Day 158
I really shouldn't let this slide for days at a time, makes it a challenge to remember what I ate.
Breakfast: 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee
Snack: 1.5 oz beef jerky
Dinner: 1/2 of deluxe pizza, salad with italian, ~ 20 oz Miller Lite
Exercise: 9 holes with cart. Lots of running around otherwise.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Closer To Non-Fail
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Day 157
Yeah, still not quite all the way back on track. At least for most of the day I was in a good frame of mind.
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz ham, 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with cream cheese, 4 slices Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon
Dinner: ~ 2.5 oz cajun jerky
After golf: 12 oz Miller Lite ($3.00), popcorn ($1.25)
I got in about a 40 minute walk this evening, and it was so nice I went out to the golf course and got in 12 holes with cart. Other than the popcorn, it was a good day.
Day 157
Yeah, still not quite all the way back on track. At least for most of the day I was in a good frame of mind.
Breakfast: ~ 1 oz ham, 1.5 oz jalapeno white cheddar cheese
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with cream cheese, 4 slices Applegate Farms Sunday Bacon
Dinner: ~ 2.5 oz cajun jerky
After golf: 12 oz Miller Lite ($3.00), popcorn ($1.25)
I got in about a 40 minute walk this evening, and it was so nice I went out to the golf course and got in 12 holes with cart. Other than the popcorn, it was a good day.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
And Again
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Day 156
Super busy day, bad lunch choice. I don't like Subway much but this really wasn't very good.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: 12 inch Subway BLT plus avacado.
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Dessert: NSA rice pudding cup
Exercise: Zipped around 18 holes with a cart.
Day 156
Super busy day, bad lunch choice. I don't like Subway much but this really wasn't very good.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: 12 inch Subway BLT plus avacado.
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Dessert: NSA rice pudding cup
Exercise: Zipped around 18 holes with a cart.
At Least Once More
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Day 155
More catchup , more FAIL.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado & cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Snack: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Dinner: Chef salad with ranch, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Also: Popcorn
Exercise: 9 holes with cart
Day 155
More catchup , more FAIL.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, avacado & cream cheese; sausage; coffee
Snack: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Dinner: Chef salad with ranch, 2 x 12 oz Miller Lite
Also: Popcorn
Exercise: 9 holes with cart
How Many Time Can I Write FAIL Here
Monday, June 4, 2012
Day 154
Catching up again. Still failing.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: Culver's Bacon Deluxe?
Dinner: Jet's small super special pizza
Snack: Popcorn
No exercise, long night at work.
Day 154
Catching up again. Still failing.
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Lunch: Culver's Bacon Deluxe?
Dinner: Jet's small super special pizza
Snack: Popcorn
No exercise, long night at work.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Here We Go Again
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Day 153
Feeling much more optimistic this morning. I took a lengthy nap yesterday afternoon, went to the office for six hours, slept for another five hours or so overnight and woke up this morning feeling surprisingly good. I've read somewhere that Thomas Edison or someone mostly just napped rather than sleeping in blocks of 8 hours, I might have to try that since it's so rare that I wake up refreshed.
Even more surprisingly, I didn't feel especially bloated. I know I've got some water being retained as a result of all this starch, but I still felt pretty lean. The scale hasn't moved, so hopefully a good week will get things headed back in the right direction.
I went grocery shopping this morning and bought nothing. Seriously -- I bought 4 food items: Some ham, a package of Applegate Farms bacon, a Fage yogurt and a bottle of ranch dressing. Still spent $26.00 total but that's another story. I have quite a bit of stuff on hand and I think I'm going to try and hit one of the farmer's markets this week for some more produce.
Also, I'm giving serious thought to buying a food dehydrator. I will probably try the oven method first, but since I seem to like jerky I might as well look at making it myself. We'll see.
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee ($10.75 + tip)
Lunch: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Snack: Brat, about 1/3 of a bun, mustard; 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: 2 hamburger patties with mustard, celery w/ ranch, tomato slices, 2 sun chips, 2 doritos
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Day 153
Feeling much more optimistic this morning. I took a lengthy nap yesterday afternoon, went to the office for six hours, slept for another five hours or so overnight and woke up this morning feeling surprisingly good. I've read somewhere that Thomas Edison or someone mostly just napped rather than sleeping in blocks of 8 hours, I might have to try that since it's so rare that I wake up refreshed.
Even more surprisingly, I didn't feel especially bloated. I know I've got some water being retained as a result of all this starch, but I still felt pretty lean. The scale hasn't moved, so hopefully a good week will get things headed back in the right direction.
I went grocery shopping this morning and bought nothing. Seriously -- I bought 4 food items: Some ham, a package of Applegate Farms bacon, a Fage yogurt and a bottle of ranch dressing. Still spent $26.00 total but that's another story. I have quite a bit of stuff on hand and I think I'm going to try and hit one of the farmer's markets this week for some more produce.
Also, I'm giving serious thought to buying a food dehydrator. I will probably try the oven method first, but since I seem to like jerky I might as well look at making it myself. We'll see.
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avacado; sausage; coffee ($10.75 + tip)
Lunch: ~ 2 oz beef jerky
Snack: Brat, about 1/3 of a bun, mustard; 12 oz Miller Lite
Dinner: 2 hamburger patties with mustard, celery w/ ranch, tomato slices, 2 sun chips, 2 doritos
Exercise: 18 holes with cart
Grad Season For Some, Fat Season For Me
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Day 152
Breakfast: ~ 2 oz ham
Snack: Hot dog, no bun, a little mustard ($2.00)
After golf: 12 oz Miller Lite ($3.00)
After golf: 12 oz Miller Lite ($3.00)
Lunch: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza ($5.50)
Dinner: Culver's bacon deluxe double burger ($4.87)
Snack: Popcorn (free)
Exercise was 18 holes with cart. I had to drive so I got in less walking than usual. Happy it didn't rain.
Improvement Later
Friday, June 1, 2012
Day 151
Breakfast: Salt bagel with veggie cream cheese ($3.50)
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee ($10.75 + tip)
Dinner: 14" meat pizza minus sausage, 1 bottle Shiner beer ($12.75 + $7.50 for a six pack)
Still catching up. I was really fried after working late late late Thursday night.
Day 151
Breakfast: Salt bagel with veggie cream cheese ($3.50)
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese, avacado; sausage; coffee ($10.75 + tip)
Dinner: 14" meat pizza minus sausage, 1 bottle Shiner beer ($12.75 + $7.50 for a six pack)
Still catching up. I was really fried after working late late late Thursday night.
May Results & June Goals
Goals for May:
Here we go...
And the results:
1. FAIL. I somehow managed to lose 5 pounds. Essentially that happened the first two weeks of the month and I managed to somehow not gain a bunch the second half despite lapsing big time. Considering that, this was a win.
2. PASS. Thanks to golf season and some weather that was cool enough for walking I made this goal with ease. I could definitely do better and weekdays are still a major struggle but it's coming.
3. INCOMPLETE. I'm having a hard time with this but I didn't work as many evenings. I'm giving it an incomplete because I've recently had some ideas on how to improve things and I'm just getting started putting them into place. We'll see.
4. FAIL. Sleep is still not good.
5. PARTIAL PASS. Got caught up some, the weather and my schedule hasn't been super conducive to additional progress. Need to do better.
6. FAIL. Didn't do this. Need to.
Goals for June:
1. Get back on track. A cheat (read: Pizza) day or two a month is not a big deal. Two weeks in a row is. Stop it.
2. Lose 15 pounds. By focusing again this should be attainable. I was thinking about cutting this to 10 pounds but I bet I have some lovely water weight to flush again and it will go if I'm just better about things.
3. 15 days of meaningful exercise. Should not be too hard, since I almost get there with golf alone.
4. Make progress on the work front. I'm trying to change from a high volume model to a lower volume but higher collection model, if I can pull it off (and get enough business) it will greatly improve my quality of life. Very early in the process but I'm enthused.
5. Insert food expenses into posts. Going to try this again from June 1.
Here we go...
1. Again, lose 15 pounds. I've been pretty consistent the last 3 months and I hope this continues for a few more. I'm roughly 1/3 of the way to a longer term goal weight, so there is plenty to go.
2. 15 days of meaningful exercise. Same story, if I can figure out weekdays the weekends take care of themselves.
3. Broadening this goal to make some kind of improvement in work/life balance.
4. Renewing the improve sleep schedule goal.
5. Adding a catch up on yard maintenance goal. My yard looks bad and it makes me unhappy.
6. Insert amounts paid for food into posts.
And the results:
1. FAIL. I somehow managed to lose 5 pounds. Essentially that happened the first two weeks of the month and I managed to somehow not gain a bunch the second half despite lapsing big time. Considering that, this was a win.
2. PASS. Thanks to golf season and some weather that was cool enough for walking I made this goal with ease. I could definitely do better and weekdays are still a major struggle but it's coming.
3. INCOMPLETE. I'm having a hard time with this but I didn't work as many evenings. I'm giving it an incomplete because I've recently had some ideas on how to improve things and I'm just getting started putting them into place. We'll see.
4. FAIL. Sleep is still not good.
5. PARTIAL PASS. Got caught up some, the weather and my schedule hasn't been super conducive to additional progress. Need to do better.
6. FAIL. Didn't do this. Need to.
Goals for June:
1. Get back on track. A cheat (read: Pizza) day or two a month is not a big deal. Two weeks in a row is. Stop it.
2. Lose 15 pounds. By focusing again this should be attainable. I was thinking about cutting this to 10 pounds but I bet I have some lovely water weight to flush again and it will go if I'm just better about things.
3. 15 days of meaningful exercise. Should not be too hard, since I almost get there with golf alone.
4. Make progress on the work front. I'm trying to change from a high volume model to a lower volume but higher collection model, if I can pull it off (and get enough business) it will greatly improve my quality of life. Very early in the process but I'm enthused.
5. Insert food expenses into posts. Going to try this again from June 1.
Sigh
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Day 150
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz ham
Lunch: ~ 4 oz home roasted chicken
Dinner: Pizza. FAIL.
Yup. Getting caught up here, so memory leaves me a bit short on details.
Day 150
Breakfast: ~ 3 oz ham
Lunch: ~ 4 oz home roasted chicken
Dinner: Pizza. FAIL.
Yup. Getting caught up here, so memory leaves me a bit short on details.
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