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 31, 2017
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.
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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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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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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? |
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 |
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
I really should find a better breakfast place.
Lunch: 2 slices leftover pizza
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
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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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. |
Lunch: 2 slices leftover pizza
Yum. |
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 |
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. |
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. |
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
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
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
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
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. |
Snack: Chips and onion dip, lemonade
Dinner: CF NY Strip Steak, mashed potatoes, carrots
Not my best effort ever |
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
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
Dinner: Ham sandwiches, chips, salad w ranch, carrot cake w ice cream, root beer
Also: Cadbury egg
Exercise: Nope
Breakfast: TB sausage crunchwrap, donut, coffee
Lunch: Qdoba brisket bowl with chips
It's crack. |
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. |
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
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
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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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.
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
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
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
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
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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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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. |
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
Extra bacon, lots of potatoes. Didn't get me through.
Snack: Greek Gods plain greek yogurt
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
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
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. |
Snack: Greek Gods plain greek yogurt
Too lazy to thaw any berries. |
Dinner: ~ 7 oz CF ground beef cooked oven slider style with dehydrated onions, mashed potatoes
Meat and potatoes, what could be bad? |
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
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
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
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. |
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.
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
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. |
Exercise: No, not unless you count stress.
144.6
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Two Thirds
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 |
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
Dinner: 2 culvers singles with cheese, fries with ketchup, 12 oz Bells Smitten Ale
Exercise: Nope
145.8
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. |
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
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
Tasty as always. With lots of ... rice. Right.
Dinner: Leftover chuck roast, mashed potatoes. Probably 12 oz Bells Two Hearted in a bit
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
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. |
Dinner: Leftover chuck roast, mashed potatoes. Probably 12 oz Bells Two Hearted in a bit
Leftover chuck looks a lot like brisket, you know? |
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
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
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. |
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
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
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
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,. |
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. |
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
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
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! |
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
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
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
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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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. |
Dinner: 2 eggs over medium, rest of the CF beef bacon, hash brown mix in butter, vegetable juice
Yum. 10/10, would eat again. |
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
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
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
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. |
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. |
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
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
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.
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
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. |
Lunch: Qdoba brisket bowl
I probably should tell them to go easier on the rice tho |
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. |
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
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
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
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
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. |
Lunch: 3 tacos mexican style with hot sauce
Pictured fully dressed with 2x hot sauces for variety. |
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. |
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
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
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
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
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" |
Lunch: Qdoba brisket bowl
The peaks of Mt. Guac always make it look enormous. |
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 |
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
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
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
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
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. |
I ate it anyway.
Lunch: Taco salad, al pastor pork, hot sauce
The motherlode (of taco salads) |
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 |
Satisfactory.
Exercise: Nope. Ten hours at the office (minus lunch) not condusive. That and me being a lazy ****.
146.4
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