Sunday, December 31, 2017

Unopimistic

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Well, another year is about to bite the dust.  I don't think I'm going to accomplish any major 2017 goals in the next 12 hours, so it's safe to say that it's been a bust.  I haven't stepped on the scale in a while, but I know I haven't made any progress.  Doing better in the strength department but cardio condition has dropped off due to lack of walking.  No other major life improvements I can point to, either.  Work stress is way up, quality and quantity of sleep is down.  This cannot continue.

I've never been a big believer in new year resolutions, but I do have an interest in setting some goals for 2018.

1.  Fix the sleep.  Perhaps surprisingly, the first goal isn't food related.  I need to get more, better and consistent sleep.  I had hopes of getting up early today, instead I dragged myself out of bed at 8:00.  Pathetic.  And still not rested. 

2.  Dump the fast food.   It's too easy to just eat out every meal.  I don't mind the sit down stuff, at least when I make good choices -- it's too bad the breakfast for lunch and taco salad spots are long gone -- but it's too easy to get 1500 calories of drive thru.

3.  Get back to walking.  I have a million excuses, but they're just that.  Excuses.  Get out there are do it, dummy.  You felt great when doing three miles a day.

4.  Be honest with myself.  And that means being more critical when I fail.

And that's it.  Sure I want to lose a bunch of weight.  If I do those other things, it will come.

Sunday, December 10, 2017

Sun's Up Fun Up

Sunday, December 10, 2017

A pretty decent start to the day thus far.  Got up reasonably early, walked over to the laundry to get a load done, fixed a lovely breakfast and just now thinking about a second cup of coffee.  Not sure how much I will get accomplished today.  There are a million things on the list, but relaxation is needed too.  We'll see.

Breakfast:  Oatcakes w maple syrup, some CF applewood bacon, orange juice, coffee

Lunch:  Meijer True Goodness tomato basil soup, cheese toast, a few Pringles

Misc:  Lemonade

Dinner:  Roast beef, potatoes, carrots, 12 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  Nope.


Saturday, December 9, 2017

Post-Plague

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Ahh.  A relaxing Saturday.  Needed it, after being sick for nearly two weeks.  It's wonderful to finally feel mostly like myself again.

I hit the grocery store yesterday and ended up with a bunch of crap, which I'll probably work through over the next few days.  I'm hoping to get more on track here over the next couple weeks (yes, over the holidays) and hit it pretty hard in 2018.

Breakfast:  Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, glass of whole milk

Lunch:  3 slices of leftover deluxe pizza

Snack:  Outshine fruit bars, lime (3)

Dinner:  CF pot roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, 16 oz Vandermill blue gold cider

Exercise:  Nope.  Soon though!

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Saturday, October 7, 2017

Ahhh With Many Hs

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Phew.  Long, long, long week.  I think I'll make it, but it was still nice to have this morning to move at a more leisurely pace.  Didn't really sleep in as that seems to be impossible anymore, but lazed about.  I could have gone for a walk but let's be serious.  So fried.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium in butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, can of V-8 juice, slice sourdough with butter, coffee

A most hearty meal.  I'm regretting that this was the last of the hash browns.  Local stores no longer carry the kind I like (I've looked) so I'll be stuck with plain russets in the future.

Lunch:  2 Whoppers, Coke Icee

Dinner:  2 slices pizza, cheese popcorn, root beer, cupcakes and vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Need to get on that.

Forcing Habits

Friday, October 6, 2017

It's not always easy admitting what you ate, when what you ate is abombinable.

Breakfast:  Sourdough bread with generous butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Lunch:  Chicago dog, fries, root beer

Dinner:  Pizza and root beer

Exercise:  Nope


Thursday, October 5, 2017

Breakfast:  McDonalds bacon egg and cheese biscuit, sausage mcmuffin

I ordered an egg mcmuffin, I got a sausage no egg instead.  Oh well.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns plain slim capicola and cheese w mayo, salt & vinegar chips, root beer

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pepperoni ham and jalapeno pizza, garlic bread twists, root beer

Exercise:  35 minutes, mostly core

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

Scaled Up

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

I had a good reason for today.  Well, a reason anyway.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough bread w generous butter, 4 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Lunch:  2 BK whoppers, frozen coke

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 20 oz root beer

Dessert:  Cupcake and vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Back at it tomorrow.

149.6

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Back To This

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Not a good day.  Super busy, but also super poor choices.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough bread w/ generous butter, coffee

2nd Breakfast:  TB steak breakfast crunchwrap

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little fries w/ ketchup, DQ banana split bilzzard

Dinner:  Thin crust pizza w pepperoni, mushroom, bacon, 16 oz Miller Lite

Also:  Some lemonade

Exercise:  40 minutes arms and energy, 9 holes with cart

Monday, October 2, 2017

For A Certain Definition of Success

Tuesday, October 2, 2017

I guess logging everything for two days is a start.  And I did manage to eat two meals at home today, which is a significant improvement.  Let's see, if I did 80/20 on that, I'd be okay eating out 5x a week... Yeah.  Right.

Anyway, it's not much of a start.  I'm happy, though.  Even if this turns out to be 4,000 calories.  I think I'll go look it up.  I'm going to guess under, but not by that much.  (Edit:  Looks like just over 3,000)

Breakfast:  Slice of sourdough bread with generous butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Did I mention bacon?
Real sourdough bread and butter is so good.  And bacon.  So much bacon.  3 strips is enough.

Lunch:  Wendy's Giant JBC meal with lemonade

Snack:  Jalapeno fritos and a glass of lemonade

Dinner:  3/4C soaked oatmeal with maple syrup, 1 can V-8 juice, small slice of sourdough w butter

OATS, GOAT
While carbs are not my friend, I do kinda wonder if a lighter dinner of this sort of thing might digest well, at least better than the crap I usually eat.

Exercise:  Nope.  I had good intentions, but I'm not there yet.

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Sunday, October 1, 2017

False Start After False Start After False Start

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Just brutal.  I haven't been able to string together a couple of good meals in a row, let alone a couple of good days.  Super tired, super stressed, super fat.  I actually felt a flash of motivation yesterday and I have good reason coming up to be in better walking shape but anything sustained?  Forget about it.

Some of that is ambivalence toward what I can or should do.   I could cut out carbs.  I could just eat less.  Kill the fast food.   Eat non-processed stuff.  Be 80/20 good.  A million options, none of which include eating pizzas and Big Macs and sugar.

I'm trying to clean out the fridge today so that I can go to the store and get a few things that would at least be "better".  That would be a start.  Eating them would be even better.  I've gotten super lazy about eating out.  Let's do better.

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs with chorizo, tomato, green onion, sour cream, jack cheese, hash browns, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee

Not bad.
I really should find a better breakfast place.

Lunch:  2 slices leftover pizza

Yum.
This is my favorite pizza at the moment.  Local place.  Pepperoni, salami, black and green olives, banana peppers, usually has yellow or red pepper.

Snack:  Some jalapeno fritos, root beer

Dinner:  Oven roasted CF chicken, long grain & wild rice pilaf, green beans, a slice of sourdough bread w butter

Not bad, not bad
Chicken turned out pretty well.  I really should have made some rice from scratch but I went for the fast, cheap solution.

Dessert:  Rice pudding

Exercise:  Nope, just moving around cleaning stuff and doing errands

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Sunday, August 20, 2017

The Ends Are Burnt

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Hey.  It's been a while.

Eating rampage continues unabated.  The only thing keeping my weight remotely in check is the higher level of exercise.  Still really fat though.  I do wonder if my scale is broken, or at least not accurate this close to the upper end, because that could be worse.

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs over easy in butter, 5 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee, rice pudding cup

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:


Saturday, August 19, 2017

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs over easy in butter, 5 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee

Lunch:  Leftover deluxe plus jalapeno pizza

Dinner:  Five Guys cheeseburger all the way plus jalapeno, little fries w lots of ketchup

Also:  Root beer float

Exercise:  Nope

152.0

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Overload and Reload

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Hey, it's been a while.

Things have been in full meltdown all along.  I have reached the point of complete saturation work-wise and it's killing my home life.  The only saving grace is that it's summer and I've been a bit more active.  That's a very faint silver lining.

Need to get back at it.

147.6

Monday, May 8, 2017

Perhaps Not As Embarassed As I Should Be

Monday, May 8, 2017

FAIL.

Breakfast:  McD BEC McGriddle, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 Chzbgr meal, orange HiC

Dinner:  McD 2 Chzbgr, fries, 6 pc Chicken McNugget, S&S sauce

Also:  Lemon oreos, glass of whole milk, pretzel nuggets, root beer float

Exercise:  Nope


Sunday, May 7, 2017

Breakfast:  Breakfast tacos, hash browns, coffee

Lunch:  Donuts

Dinner:  Pork chop, mashed potatoes, roll with butter, asparagus, neopolitan ice cream w/ choc sauce

Also:  Lemon oreos, glass of whole milk

Exercise:  18 holes with cart


Saturday, May 6, 2017

Breakfast:  McD sausage biscuit, coffee

Lunch:  Sack of McD, orange drink

Dinner:  Jack's frozen pizza, root beer float

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

Friday, May 5, 2017

Time. Bout Time.

Friday, May 5, 2017

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Chicken cordon bleu sandwich, onion rings, coffee

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, garlic bread w cheese, a glass of root beer

Exercise:  Nope



Thursday, May 4, 2017

Breakfast:  McD BEC McGriddle, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  2 BK cheeseburgers, vanilla shake

Dinner:  Subway meatball sub, some potato chips, root beer float

Exercise:  40 minutes legs and core



Wednesday, May 3, 2017

Breakfast:  McD BEC McGriddle. coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Dinner:  Little Caesars pepperoni pizza, sauce, root beer float

Exercise:  40 minutes arm and shoulder

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

May Be Failing

Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Breakfast:  McD bacon egg cheese mcgriddle, sausage biscuit, donut, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Dinner:  TB spicy triple double crunchwrap box w lemonade, chips w onion dip, 24 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  9 holes w cart


Monday, May 1, 2017

Breakfast:  Leftover homemade bread w butter

Lunch:  4 mexican style tacos

Dinner:  Pretzel crusted walleye, rice pilaf, a couple carrots, 12 oz Stella Artois, flourless choc cake

Also:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal w Hi-C, 6 pc Chicken McNuggets w Sweet n Sour

Exericse:  Nope

149.6

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Wet But Not Wild

Sunday, April 30, 2017

A rainy Sunday means no golf.  Probably office time instead and chores at home.  I wouldn't calll it fun, but I guess those things are necessary.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 5 strips Meijer thick cut bacon, hash brown mix in butter, coffee

Not sure how would improve on this.
Pretty much perfection.  About the only way I can think of to make it better is to use better quality bacon.

Old standby.  Kind of wish I had a donut though.  (Yeah, I know, donut bad).

Snack:  Leftover slice of yesterday's bread with generous butter

A very buttery weekend.

Lunch:  2 Culvers double deluxe, root beer float, Snyders pretzel pieces

Dinner:  Chicken, asparagus, rice pilaf, cheese sauce, roll with butter

Exercise:  Nope



Saturday, April 29, 2017

Breakfast:  McD sausage biscuit, coffee

Lunch:  Italian beef, chicago dog, fries, brownie

Dinner:  Grilled cheese on homemade bread, Campbell's chicken noodle soup

Okay.
I was pondering what to have for dinner.  The rain started so I didn't want to go out.  I didn't have anything thawed.  And then I remembered that I had picked up a can of chicken noodle recently.  What to have with it?  No crackers or other bread ... but wait!  Without specifically intending to do so I got the bread machine out of storage recently.  It can do a loaf in an hour.  I can shred some sharp cheddar.  Sold!  Grilled cheese it is.  Threw some italian seasoning into the bread, which came out mediocre but it does the job.

Dessert:  Root beer float

Obnoxiously good.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

Friday, April 28, 2017

Whoa

Am I really this far behind on logs?  Yikes.


Friday, April 28, 2017

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Parmesan-crusted turkey club, a few chips, coffee

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza, root beer floats

Exercise:  Nope


Thursday, April 27, 2017

Breakfat:  McD bacon egg cheese mcgriddle.  Donuts, coffee

Lunch:  2 BK cheeseburgers, vanilla shake

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn pepperoni/ham/onion/jalapeno pizza, root beer

Exercise:  40 miunutes arms and shoulders w core


Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Breakfast:  donuts, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl



Dinner:  Sack of taco bell, root beer

Exercise:  Nope


Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Breakfast:  McD bacon egg cheese mcgriddle, donuts, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl



Dinner:  4 hard shell tacos w cheese and sour cream, 36 oz Miller Lite

Also:  2 McD cheeseburgers, 2 apple pies, Hi-C

Exercise:  40 minutes shoulders and arms, 9 holes with cart


Monday, April 24, 2017

Breakfast:  McD sausage biscuit, coffee, donuts

Lunch:   McD 2 cheeseburger meal, Hi-C

Dinner:  Little Casears pepperoni pizza w sauce, 20 oz root beer

Exercise:  Nope


Sunday, April 23, 2017

Breakfast:  Stuffed hash browns, (bad) sourdough toast w jelly, coffee



Lunch:  Chili, 16 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:  Hamburger, chips, salad w ranch

Exercise:  18 holes w cart

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Shortly

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Well, one good thing:  I'd like ice cream, but I'm too lazy to go get any.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 5 strips Meijer thick cut bacon, hash brown mix in butter, coffee

Yup.  Dependably good.
Lunch:  A couple of cups of chili, dressed. 16 oz Miller Lite

Snack:  Chips and onion dip, lemonade

Dinner:  CF NY Strip Steak, mashed potatoes, carrots

Not my best effort ever
Ate about half of the steak.  Not bad, but not a top tier effort.

Exercise:  18 holes w cart

148.4



Friday, April 21, 2017

Breakfast:  McD bacon, egg and cheese McGriddle, sausage biscuit, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal w Hi-C

Snack:  CFA sandwich, frosted lemonade

Dinner:  Jacks frozen bacon cheeseburger pizza, chips and onion dip

Also:  Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream

Exercise:  Nope




Thursday, April 20, 2017

Bloat But Not As Much As Expected

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, donut, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl with chips

It's crack.
Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pepperoni ham onion, 32 oz grape powerade

Exercise:  40 minutes arm and shoulder.  Hard workout.

147.4



Wednesday, April 19, 2017

Breakfast:  Donuts, coffee

Lunch:  No bun slider things, steak fries w ketchup, coffee

yeah you tell me what to call this. 
Dinner:  Ham sandwiches, chips, salad w ranch, carrot cake w ice cream, root beer

Also:  Cadbury egg

Exercise:  Nope

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

I Hope I'm Getting It All

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

Finally.

Breakfast:  Donuts, coffee, asiago bagel with veggie cream cheese

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl



Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin crust meatball and ham, breadsticks with sauce, root beer

Exercise:  40 minutes core/energy.  Finally got one in.



Monday, April 17, 2017

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Deep fried cheeseburger, fries with ketchup, rootbeer

A little weird but not bad

Dinner:  Culvers 2 single butter burgers, fries with ketchup

Also:  Pringles, 32 oz grape powerade

Exercise:  Nope

145.4


Sunday, April 16, 2017

Breakfast:  Breakfast casserole, hash browns, coffee



Lunch:  Donut

Dinner:  Ham, mashed potatoes, roll with butter, green beans, salad w ranch, 12 oz miller lite, carrot cake w vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  18 holes w cart

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Garbage In, Then Give It A Few Hours

Saturday, April 15, 2017

Still busy.

Breakfast:  2 donuts, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal w Hi-C, 6 pc McNuggets w Sweet n Sour

The nuggets were free.  And they were good, hooray for the occasional well-run McD's.

Snack:  CFA chicken sandwich, fries, frosted lemonade

Man I love that frosted lemonade.

Dinner:  Taco salad, al pastor pork



Exercise:   Nope.  Lots of driving

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Friday, April 14, 2017

At Least An End Is In Sight

Friday, April 14, 2017

What a week.  And there is more to go.

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, sausage biscuit, coffee

Lunch:  Some kind of fancy grilled cheese, cup of tomato basil soup w/ oyster crackers, coffee



Snack:  A couple mini clark bars

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza



Exercise:  Nope



Thursday, April 13, 2017

Get to work, 7 am.  Leave work, 1 am.  Joy.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap

Lunch:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal w Hi C, McChicken

Dinner:  Subway meatball sub, chips, root beer

Snack:  Clark mini bars

Exercise:  Nope, had to cancel.

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Again Whatever

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

One more week.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Lee's Famous Recipe 3pc strip meal with ranch, mash w gravy, mac and cheese, biscuit

Snack:  McDouble, Large Hi-C

Dinner:  Taco Bell spicy TDC box, lemonade

Also:  A few mini Clark bars

Exercise:  Nope


Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Taco salad with pork

Dinner:  Big sack of McDonalds

Exercise:  Nope

Monday, April 10, 2017

Whatever

Monday, April 10, 2017

Long work day, 16 hours.

Breakfast:  McD sausage biscuit, coffee

Lunch:  Culvers 2 single cheese butterburgers, fries w ketchup

Dinner:  Sack of taco bell, pink lemonade

Exercise:  Nope

142.0

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Some More Excess

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Not going to worry until after the 18th.  Will be at max stress until then.

Breakfast:  Italian sausage, potato, egg, tomato sauce thing, raisin toast, coffee

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  Hot dogs, chips, salad with ranch

Also:  MacJr, Cheeseburger, lg Hi-C orange

Exercise:  18 holes w cart

144.8

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Some More Food

Saturday, April 8, 2017

Dreading the upcoming week.

Breakfast:  McD Egg McMuffin, Coffee

Lunch:  Taco salad with pork, chips and salsa

Dinner:  Greek yogurt w semi-frozen raspberries, a cup of decaf

Almost didn't even bother to eat dinner, a big meal at 2:30 will do that.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

145.4

Some Food

Friday, April 7, 2017

Busy day.

Breakfast:  McD Egg McMuffin, coffee

Glad I stopped, it was a loooong time until lunch

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl with chips

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza

Exercise:  Nope

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Thursday, April 6, 2017

I Think My Scale Is Broken

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Despite eating like that on vacation, it said I was down.  LOL.

Breakfast:  Late McD 2 cheeseburger meal w Hi C, Mac Jr

Lunch:   Wendy's single cheese, fries, lemonade

Dinner:  Big sack of Taco Bell, "lemonade", a couple snack size candy bars

Exercise:  Nope, slug

143.8

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Super Duper Vacay Fail

Catching up.

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Breakfast:  Bagel w cream cheese, instant oatmeal, yogurt, oj, coffee, muffin

Lunch:  Panera 1/2 italian, cup of french onion soup, bread chunk, coffee, brownie

Dinner:  Dominos thin pepperoni ham onion, butterfinger candy

Exercise:  Nope


Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Breakfast:  Oatmeal, sausage, vanilla greek yogurt, oj, coffee, lemon bread

Snack:  cheez and crackers, granola bar

Lunch:  Cookout burger, fries, mint chip shake

Dinner:  Applebees bbq brisket tacos, fries w ketchup, Miller Lite, salad w ranch

Exercise:  18 holes w cart


Monday, April 3, 2017

Breakfast:  Eggs, cheese, sausage, greek yogurt, oj, coffee, muffin

Lunch:  Corned beef reuben, fries w ketchup, some kind of lager

Dinner:  Salad w ranch, half of a 12" pizza w ham, mushroom, meatball, pint of yuengling

Exercise:  27 holes w cart


Sunday, April 2, 2017

Breakfast:   Eggs, cheese, turkey sausage, oj, coffee, mufffin

Lunch:  Corned beef reuben, fries w ketchup, pint of yeungling

Snacks:  gatorade, peanuts

Dinner:  Salad w fried chicken, ranch, some chips, pint of yuengling, DQ soft serve cone

Exercise:  36 holes w cart


Saturday, April 1, 2017

Breakfast:  Bob Evans sausage skillet, coffee

Lunch:  Cookout hot dog, strawberry shake

Dinner:  grilled chicken BLT salad, fried avocados, pint of Yuengling

Exercise:  18 holes w cart


Friday, March 31, 2017

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast, coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's single w chz, fries w ketchup, lemonade

Dinner:  Shoney's slim jim, fries w ketchup, bottle of yeungling

Exercise:  Nope

Also in there somewhere:  A couple mini almond joys and Reeses PB cups

Whew!

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Vacation Crap Mode Fully Engaged

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Yuck.

Breakfast:  McD 2 burrios, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 chzbgr meal, Hi-C, MacJr

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pepperoni bacon onion, grapeade

Some candy in there too.

Exercise:  Other than stress, nope

148.0

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Linkage

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

There has to be a link between sleep deprivation and weight gain.  Must be.  I'm too lazy to research, but there has to be a study out there.  It simply cannot be otherwise.

Breakfast:  CF beef jerky, coffee

Lunch:  2 coney dogs with fries and ketchup, coffee

Dinner:  Taco salad, pork

4th Meal:  TB triple double crunchwrap spicy, chips and cheez, empanada

Exercise:   Nope.

146.0

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Checked Out

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Yup, not doing what I need to do.

Breakfast:  CF beef jerky, coffee

Lunch:  Quiznos brisket bowl

Dinner:  Mexican combo platter, most of a 32 oz Coors Light

Also:  McD MacJr, cheeseburger, Culvers mint oreo shake

Exercise:  45 minutes lots of arms and shoulders.  Pretty good workout.

142.8

Crumbling

Monday, March 27, 2017

Sigh.  Add some candy bars and pringles onto yesterday, too.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, cofffee

Lunch:  4 mexican style tacos, Reeses PB cups

Dinner:  2 Culvers single cheese burgers, fries w/ ketchup

Exercise:  Nope

144.4

Fundamental Lack of Under

Sunday, March 26, 2017

I just don't get it.  Here I had a bunch of pizza Friday.  Scale down.  Had a horrible blowout last night, no exercise (I spend most of the day reading), feel bloated and plugged today.  Scale down.  It's maddening.  But, then again, it's better than the alternative and I'll probably still pay for it later as things catch up to me.  But what a horrible stretch.  Yeesh.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 5 thick strips bacon, hash brown mix in butter, coffee

Glorious.
10/10, will eat again.  Second straight day of excellent oven bacon.  20 minutes at 375, flip once.  This is with the Wright thick cut applewood smoked bacon.  It's just the right mix of crispy and chewy.

Lunch:  Leftover hamburger patty, mashed potatoes with milk

Ended up being more like potato soup.

Dinner:  Chop suey casserole, cheesy beans, rolls with butter, cake and ice cream, 12 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  Nope

143.4

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Dam Bust

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Welp.  The messed up psyche won this one.  Late in the day, too.

Breakfast:  Some cheezits, coffee

Slept it.  Finished off the cheezits while lazing and reading a book.  No photo.

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, 6 thick strups bacon, hash brown mix in butter

Perfection.  And a lot of it.
Extra bacon, lots of potatoes.  Didn't get me through.

Snack:  Greek Gods plain greek yogurt

Too lazy to thaw any berries.
Closed thing to a snack I had on hand, since I had already cleaned up the last of the Cheezits.

Dinner:  ~ 7 oz CF ground beef cooked oven slider style with dehydrated onions, mashed potatoes

Meat and potatoes, what could be bad?
Not bad, not exceptional.  I impulse bought a stick of Kerrygold butter with garlic and herbs at the store since it was new and on sale.  Added a nice flavor, but nothing over the top.  Terrible value, of course, but it was a cheap splurge and I still have most of the stick left.  The most annoying thing is that the stick is 3.5 oz, not the usual 4 oz, good thing I won't use it for anything measured, just on potatoes and veggies.

Blowout:  McD MacJr, cheeseburger.  Chili cheese fritos, no back cookies

Epic (and epicurean) failure.  I was not particularly hungry.  This was a pure failure of will, egged on by whatever defective part of my brain says this is OK.  No photo.  Awful.

144.4

Friday, March 24, 2017

Not Even Halfin' It

Friday, March 24, 2017

TGIF.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal w/ Hi-C, Mac Jr.

For McFood it was quite good.  It was still McFood.

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza.  Will probably have a cup of decaf later.

Grossly excessive.  If I have access to pizza, I will eat it.  Ruthlessly.

Exercise:  Nope.

145.2

Thursday, March 23, 2017

Halfin' It

Thursday, March 23, 2017

It's almost like I know that a vacation is coming.  I'm definitely not dialed in to eating right.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Standard bowl of goodness.
Large and caloric.

Dinner:  2 Wendy's singles (bogo coupon), some Cheezits, might have a cup of decaf later

Exercise:  40 minutes, assorted.  OK workout.

145.2

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Or Less Than Two Thirds

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

Got through the super stressful day.  Phew.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard no pic.  Is cheese.

Lunch:  Some kind of deluxe italian sub.

No pic.  Was quite tasty, though rather heavily mayonaised.

Also:  Raspberry sorbet cone.

Dinner:  Taco salad, pork.   Hot sauce.  Might have a cup of decaf.

Sometimes you get it to go.
Not quite as fantastic as other times but still very tasty.  This particular salad was heavy on the pork, I'm not sure it had any beans.

Exercise:  No, not unless you count stress.

144.6

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Two Thirds

Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Getting closer.  I even had a plan for dinner but cracked.  Stressful day coming up tomorrow, so I was weak.  So it goes.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

No photo.  Is cheese.  I will say that it was unusually good today.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Mr. Smooth with the iPhone
Another high quality Qdoba effort from my favorite burrito artist.

Dinner:  Domino's booklyn style pizza with pepperoni, ham, onion.  Decaf coffee.

Sometimes you just need cheap chain pizza.  No photo.

Exercise:  40 minutes mostly energy stuff.  Had really good pep, moved through things quickly.  Even the knees and ankles were on board, they didn't complain too much.

144.8

Monday, March 20, 2017

One More Day Of That

Monday, March 20, 2017

Slept well, just not enough after getting back from vacation semi-late night.  Ankles are a little grumpy, it will be interesting to see if they (and the achilles) are loose enough tomorrow for some exercise.

It was good to see that lots of walking on vacation offset a lot of bad eating pretty well.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  4 mexican tacos with hot sauce

Living near a good mexican place is a good thing.
Except for fatness.
Dinner:  2 culvers singles with cheese, fries with ketchup, 12 oz Bells Smitten Ale

Exercise:  Nope

145.8

Friday, March 17, 2017

Vacation Garbage Time

Sunday, March 19, 2017

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, hash brown, sausage burrito, coffee

Lunch:  N/A

Dinner:  Steak and Shake double cheeseburger, fries, mint oreo shake

Also:  Almond joy, honey roasted peanuts

Exercise:  18 holes with cart


Saturday, March 18, 2017

Breakfast:  French toast, bacon, coffee

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich, potato chips, 3 x 16 oz grape powerade, 2x peanut butter crackers, mini donuts

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, fries with ketchup, salad bar salad with ranch, chicken noodle soup w crackers, decaf, 12 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  36 holes with cart.  LOTS of walking.


Friday, March 17, 2017

Breakfast:  Buffet scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, biscuit and gravy, grits, coffee

Also:  Peanut butter crackers, grape Powerade, 24 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:  Reuben, french fries, salad bar salad with ranch, vegetable beef soup

Exercise:  18 holes with cart


Thursday, March 16, 2017

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast, coffee

Also:  Pretzels

Dinner:  Ham and swiss sandwich, fries, salad bar salad with ranch, cup of pinto beans

Also:  36 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  18 holes with cart


Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2 cheeseburger meal, orange drink, Mac Jr

Dinner:  Culvers single bacon deluxe, fries, root beer

Also:  Almond Joy candy bar

Exercise:  Nope

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

Blame Rice Have Rice

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

It's weird.  I didn't have a good eating day yesterday, and yet the scale ticked lower.  The one thing different was rice.  I had potatoes - both mashed and fried.  But no rice.  I had corn.  No rice.

No, I don't really believe that's a thing - all starches are going to keep me bloated - but it would be something if it was.  I could give up the rice, if it made that kind of difference.  Too bad it probably doesn't.

Oh yeah, I didn't have any beer either.  Right.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

No photo.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

No style points for the less-than-suave food photo in public.
Tasty as always.  With lots of ... rice.  Right.

Dinner:  Leftover chuck roast, mashed potatoes.  Probably 12 oz Bells Two Hearted in a bit

Leftover chuck looks a lot like brisket, you know?
Yup.  Didn't have any gravy left.  And yeah, this was way too much potatoes.

Exercise:  45-50 minutes, all over.  Worked hard, good sweat, got the heart rate up.

144.8

Monday, March 13, 2017

The Suck

Monday, March 13, 2017

Couldn't sleep last night, between the time change and sleeping in I was all sorts of messed up.  Had to get up relatively early, too, though I did go back to bed for an hour which was less than ideal.

Only photo I took today was lunch, maybe I'll catch it up later.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  4 tacos mexican style

Not the prettiest tacos but so so good.
Went with the extra taco, hungry today.

Dinner:  2 Culvers singles with cheese, fries with ketchup

Yup.  Is what it is.

Also:  Some leftover mashed potatoes

Exercise:  Nope.

146.2

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Death To DST

Sunday, March 12, 2017

Is there anyone on the planet that actually likes Daylight Savings Time?  Didn't think so.  Just like everyone else losing an hour last night has me thoroughly scrambled today.

Fighting a sore and swollen ankle last night and this morning.  Finally feeling a bit better now.  I'm sure the hard floors aren't great for it, I should probably put on some shoes.

Breakfast:  LOL, no

Slept in, plus losing an hour, plus being a lazy slug meant that it was after noon before "breakfast" was on the table.  Pathetic,.

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, 5 strips bacon, hash brown mix in butter, veg juice, coffee

Can't say enough.  Ok, I can,.
The usual weekend fave.  Backtracked on my no oven bacon pledge since I wanted to cook up the rest of the package and it turned out really good for once.  375, 20 minutes, flip after about 12.  Eggs were on the wrong side of medium so a point docked there and the hash browns were also a whisker shy of perfection.  Still a fantabulous meal.

Snack:  Taco Bell shredded chicken burrito

Didn't quite make it to dinner.  Fat people problems.

Dinner:  Leftover chuck roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, gravy, 12 oz Miller Lite

Next time, make more gravy.
Every bit as good, maybe better the 2nd time around.  Oh, and make more carrots too.

Also:  Fig Newtons and a glass of whole milk

Exercise:  Nope.  Having ankle issues so I'm hobbling.

147.0

Saturday, March 11, 2017

Sometimes Failure Is Both Epic And Epicurean

Saturday, March 11, 2017

On the road most of today = garbage eating.  Honestly I was in a pissy state of mind and I didn't care very much.  Not a whole lot better this evening, but some.  I had planned to hit the farm on my way home this afternoon but I got a late start and took a whole lot longer than I had planned so no dice.  Fortunately I still have quite a bit of stuff on hand.

Brunch:  A whole bunch of Chik-Fila-A.  Coffee.

No picture.  Tasty but very excessive.  And there was sugar involved because they have great lemonade.

Lunch:  4 White Castles with cheese

No picture.  Tasty but very WTF.  What can I say, we don't have the Castle around here.

Dinner:  CF chuck roast, mashed potatoes with gravy, carrots, later 12 oz Bells Two Hearted Ale

Gold, Jerry!  Gold!
Delicious.  It created a lot of dishes, but I'm glad I made it.  Threw the roast in the crock pot before I left this morning, 10 hours later it's splendid.

Exercise:  Nope.  Negative exercise, sitting on my ass in the car.

147.0

Friday, March 10, 2017

Failure Of The Will, Part Infinity

Friday, March 10, 2017

Today seemed like it lasted an eternity.  I was not feeling it at work.  And tonight I have the hunger.  Sigh.

Road trip tomorrow, there will be Chick-Fil-A in my future.

Breakfast:  ~2 oz sharp cheddar, a few slices salami, coffee

Same old.  No photo.

Lunch:  Taco salad, al pastor pork, hot sauce

I might get a photo up tomorrow.

Terrific as always.

Dinner:  2 Wendy's singles (BOGO coupon), chips and onion dip

No photos.  FAIL.

Exercise:  Nope.  Total slug.

149.2

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Ongoing Bloat

Thursday, March 9, 2017

Feeling bloated this evening. (Edit:  Oddly less so after eating dinner?!)   Had a carby lunch late, but this has been kind of a theme.  I may need to reduce the carbs further - cut out the rice and remaining potatoes too.  I have to admit that I'm not too excited about that - giving up potatoes may well be more annoying than giving up (most) flour.

Breakfast:  ~2 oz sharp cheddar, a few slices of salami, coffee

Ran out the door this morning, so forgot the photo.  Even took the coffee with me.

I could use a prior pic as a stock photo, but I'm not going to bother.

Early lunch (noon):  Taco Bell shredded chicken burrito

I decided to test a theory - let's see if it makes any difference in my workout if I have some food - carbs and protein and fat - a while before my workout.  Verdict:  No discernible difference.

No photo, was eaten in car.

Lunch (2:00 or so):  Qdoba brisket bowl

Pretty standard Qdobowl.  
Having a good burrito artist make your bowl is a good thing.  The young woman who made mine recognized me as a regular and did a fine job.  Quite tasty.  I thought about getting chicken instead of brisket due to the calories in the earlier burrito but figured nah, let's stick with the good stuff.  Few regrets.

Dinner:  2 eggs over medium, rest of the CF beef bacon, hash brown mix in butter, vegetable juice

Yum.  10/10, would eat again.
6 strips of the "bacon" today.  Seems like 20 to a 1 lb package.  I like the stuff and will get some more when I go back to the farm, which could be as soon as tomorrow.

Will probably have a 12 oz Bells Smitten Ale.  I think I have two of those left and a couple Two Hearted.  Might need to wack the beer too.  We'll see.

Exercise:  45 minutes "all body".  Solid workout but perhaps not quite as intense.

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Wednesday, March 8, 2017

More Mind Tricks

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Mind games.  Left work late, brain said I'm super hungry, must eat now.  Stomach was kind of buying in.  I had just barely enough willpower to go directly home.  Arrived, and suddenly I'm not so hungry.  Which I would expect, having had a large lunch at 1:00.  Stupid mind tricks.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, a few slices of salami, coffee

I somehow forgot to take a picture.  At least I remembered the breakfast, which was not exactly a sure thing.  My morning routine sucks.

Lunch:  Taco salad, al pastor pork, hot sauce

I'm amazed that I don't have several fingers
in this shot, trying to be suuuper smooth.
FAIL.
Huge and delicious.  I definitely like what this place does for taco salad.  And it wasn't even too busy today, though I suspect it being after 1:00 was helpful in that regard.

Dinner:  2 eggs over medium in a pat of butter, 7 strips CF beef "bacon", leftover mashed potatoes

That's the elusive double-yolk egg right there.
Well all right then.  I have decided that I like the beef "bacon" for what it is.  It has some nice flavor to it and I like the texture, it has a little chew without being tough.  And then you have the rest of the meal.  Of all the ways to prepare potatoes I like mashed best and these were sublime... even if you can't see them under the eggs.  They aren't good for weight loss, but I might just eat them anyway.

Will probably have 12oz Bell's Smitten Ale again tonight in a bit.

Exercise:  Nope.  This is the thing that's a problem.  Better weather is coming though.

149.6

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Let's Rebound

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Okay.  So yesterday featured a meltdown.  Let's get back on the horse.

I didn't pay a big price on the scale today despite well over 2k calories for dinner, we'll see if it shows up tomorrow.  I had a hard time getting to sleep since I was still working on digesting all that food, but otherwise no obvious adverse effects.  I did remember to bring some jerky in to work but I didn't need it.  It wasn't a bad day.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz sharp cheddar, a few slices of salami, coffee

The dynamic trio.
Spread the cheese and the salami out some since I knew lunch would be late.  Seemed to work fine, I wasn't hungry.  I usually don't have morning hunger issues.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

I probably should tell them to go easier on the rice tho
Standard.  Pretty good today.  I didn't eat until after my workout, so it was 2:15 or so.  It made the end of the day a non-issue.

Dinner:  7 slices of CF "spicy beef bacon", some sauteed onion and jalapeno in butter, mashed potatoes, a glass of vegetable juice.

Not a great photo, but it shows the general idea.
lol, oops.  I was planning to make meatballs, thinking I pulled out some ground beef over the weekend to thaw.  Um, nope.  So I decided to try the beef "bacon".  This worked better than expected, but it was a few notches short of great.

I may have 12 oz of Bells Smitten Ale, not sure as it's already 8:00.

Exercise:  45 minutes, focus on arms and shoulders, though there's always plenty of loaded cardio.  Went pretty hard, worked up a very nice sweat.

147.8

Monday, March 6, 2017

Meltdown Deluxe

Monday, March 6, 2017

Sigh.  It's a fascinating glimpse into how messed up my brain is.

I made a mistake today.  I let myself get too hungry.  And I didn't have anything handy to solve the problem.  When I left work I was ravenous.  I went through the nearest drive thru and got the deal of the day.  Which helped.  BUT... because the switch had been flipped I wasn't satisfied to stop there.  I mean, I almost saved it and contained the damage.  But I didn't.  Despite a feeling of relative satiety that built gradually I still got pizza.  And ate pizza.  Which I didn't need, at that point it was purely reflexive, emotional, the subconscious-calling-the-shots eating.

Awful.

So tomorrow.  More water.  And I need to bring a package of jerky to work so that if I get hungry like that I can eat something.  Immediately.

Breakfast:  ~ 5" leftover Subway ham and cheese

Five inches of "meh".  I thought about just not finishing it.
It wasn't as good the 2nd day.  I think my urge for the subway has been sated.

Lunch:  3 tacos mexican style with hot sauce

Pictured fully dressed with 2x hot sauces for variety.
I just didn't eat enough lunch.  Last week 3 was enough.  I felt pretty good after eating 3.  But by 5:00, good night.  Maybe I should have eaten lunch later.  That was probably the real problem.

Dinner:  2 Culvers single cheese butterburgers, Domino's brooklyn crust with pepperoni, ham, onion

It was hard to delay long enough even to take this crappy photo.
Obviously complete and utter failure.  I didn't take a picture of the pizza, I just plowed through it.  Like I said above, by the time I ate it my stomach was feeling pretty content, but some part of my brain said MUST.  EAT.  MOAR.

Exercise:  Nope.  More walking around the office than usual, by quite a bit, but it does NOT count.

148.2

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Stupid Biochemistry

Sunday, March 5, 2017

I see a lot of people on the internet arguing that nothing determines weight loss but calories in versus calories out.  Many of these folks are intelligent, well-educated people.  They argue that position with passion bordering on fanaticism at times.  I just don't buy it.  There is too much going on in the human body for it to be so simple - we are not a 99% efficient natural gas furnace, where it's easy to calculate thermal efficiency.  Sure, over the long run, calorie surplus or deficit is closely - even very closely - correlated to weight gain or loss, but it's not just that simple from day to day.

There is without a doubt short-term inefficiency.  I can have a day where I eat at my target of 2,000 kcal and I still am up a pound or two, despite knowing with absolute certainty that my basic metabolic rate will burn more calories than that... it certainly isn't negative!  Fluids matter.  Waste removal matters.  Stuff matters.

As a result I try not to really pay much attention to calories.  As long as I'm eating decent food I'll be okay for a while, especially if I get back to walking consistently.  I still get frustrated by the short term variance and have the impulse to think about calories consumed, but that's just being human.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, 3 strips bacon, hash brown mix in butter, vegetable juice, coffee

Consumed later than the usual breakfast, just shy of "brunch"
The usual favorite.  Only gets 9/10 today, the eggs were cooked on heat a notch too high, the bacon left on 20 seconds too long.  Still delicious.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

The peaks of Mt. Guac always make it look enormous.
Good as usual but nothing particularly noteworthy about it.

Dinner: ~ 7" Subway ham w/ provolone, all the veg minus spinach, southwest sauce.  Later, 12 oz Bells Smitten Ale

This is a photo of a 12" sandwich
In a rarety, I didn't eat the whole thing!  I thought I was hungry, but when I got home I determined I wasn't as hungry as I had thought.  So I ate the larger half and stuck the rest in the fridge.  This counts as a good thing.

I had intended to do a little cooking tonight, but I got tied up in an unpacking project so I went easy.

Exercise:  Well, it wasn't exactly the exercise I had planned, but I'm going to count it - went to the storage unit and wrestled with stuff for quite a while, then brought a number of boards and boxes home.  Had to be well over an hour of lifting, hauling, bending and twisting.  Then there was some unpacking, and moving stuff ... I'm tired and I'll sleep tonight!

147.8

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Salad Motherlode

Saturday, March 4, 2017

Thank goodness it's the weekend.  Lots to do, much of which I do not care to do, but still.  So nice to be "off the clock" and able to tackle things at my own pace.  And, for the record, my pace is very.  effin.  slow.

Breakfast:  3 oatcakes with a drizzle of maple syrup, 4 strips bacon, vegetable juice, coffee

Now I know what pure carbon tastes like.
Unmitigated fail.  Round 2 with the oven bacon and I screwed up.  Left it in too long and it was carbonized.  I think I'll just go back to doing it on the stovetop -- yes that means I have to attend it, but given that I'm 0/2 getting comparable results with the oven I can do that.  I don't screw up like this real often - it's more typical that my cooking fails are underseasoning or just poorly conceived food combinations.

I ate it anyway.

Lunch:  Taco salad, al pastor pork, hot sauce

The motherlode (of taco salads)
I figured, hey, it's 2:00, it'll be dead.  WRONG.  Every seat taken, so I got my salad to go and went back to work.  Holy huge salad Batman.  I was able to see some of the cook making it - a couple scoops of rice, one of beans, a healthy scoop of meat and then the veggies.  Enormous and satisfying.

The only ding is for the crappy plastic fork.  I guess I should have had a real fork at the office.

Dinner:  Subway 6" ham, provolone, all the veg minus spinach, southwest sauce

Pretty standard Subway
Worked until about 8:00, so I knew that cooking was not going to happen.  Despite the salad lunch I still wanted veggies so I got Subway again.  Added bonus, it was the sub of the day so it was 75 cents off.

Satisfactory.

Exercise:  Nope.  Ten hours at the office (minus lunch) not condusive.  That and me being a lazy ****.

146.4