Much From Little

Tuesday, December 11, 2018

An unexpected (and if you think about it, utterly pathetic) bit of triumph this morning.  Woke up at 4:45.  Didn't need to go back to sleep, felt fine.  Actually managed to get myself motivated and out the door for a short walk!  Okay, it took a while to get there and it was a very short walk, but I got outside.  I'll take it.

Yesterday evening was also unusually productive.  I had a list of things to do and actually accomplished a number of them.  It helped that I didn't turn on the TV or sit in the recliner.  Time didn't zip by as fast.  Happy.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Bowl of spicy beans with a little shredded cheddar, Wendy's single, 4 pc chicken nuggets

I probably should have had a little breakfast, it was a long time until lunch and I wasn't confident that I would be sated with the bowl of beans.  Went with a cheap (coupon) fast food top up - a terrible choice nutritionally but I'm not going to fret.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pizza with pepperoni ham and jalapeno.  Five Guys cheeseburger all the way and chocolate malt shake

EPIC FAIL.  Tired and hungry, then seduced by free stuff.

Exercise:  Yes!  A very short walk, only a little over 10 minutes.  A few blocks.  I am counting it though since it was purposeful.

My feet did not feel good this morning although they seemed to hurt less once I got going.  I am definitely concerned about them but we'll see if I can fight through and they improve over time.  Also of note, I don't live in as nice of a neighborhood as when I used to walk consistently a few years ago now.  It's not unsafe, just not as pleasant to walk.  I'll have to think about routes to take.


131.2

Crashed Then Re-Crashed Then Added Gasoline

Monday, December 10, 2018

Yikes.  That's about all I can say about a month of just abysmal eating.  Binged beyond all reason.  And my waistline shows it -- big time.  Too many pizzas.  Burgers.  Sweets.  Dr. Pepper.  Pure garbage.  I could re-create a decent portion of it since I save receipts until they're noted for budget purposes, but I'm already not feeling good about this.

So.  Today is a transition day as I try to get back to doing better.  Not perfect, certainly.  Perfection is extra difficult this time of year.  But better.  Most of the time.  I made up a batch of soup and a batch of spicy beans about a week ago so I have some of those tucked away in the freezer.  I've been making homemade pizzas some and have dough in the freezer.  One of my objectives this week is to think of other things I can make on the weekend, portion and freeze.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  3 egg omelet with bacon, ham, sausage, cheddar cheese, sour cream.  2 slices homemade wheat toast with butter

Out to lunch today, haven't been to this place in a while.  Pretty good meal.

Dinner:  CF ground sirloin in hamburger gravy with peas, 16" ham, salami and cheese grinder, mashed potatoes, Dr. Pepper

Edit:  Left work late so I opted for the grinder.  I did prepare mashed potatoes for the next couple days later in the evening and had a bit left over so I ate that.

Exercise:  Nope.  My feet have been feeling a little better of late, so that's a plus.  I'm still not moving much though.

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128.8 12/1

Whatever

Thursday, Novemeber 8, 2018

Yep.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Corned beef hash, eggs over easy, raisin toast, coffee

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, Dr. Pepper

Exercise:  Nope.  This getting no sleep business is getting old.

111.6


Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, bacon, raisin toast, coffee

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese grinder, chips and onion dip, 1L Dr Pepper

Exercise:  Nope.

110.8


Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  1/2 farmers breakfast less potato, bacon

Snack:  CFA spicy chicken, frosted lemonade

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza

110.6

Double MexiMonday

Monday, November 5, 2018

Yup.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Taco salad with extra sour cream

Dinner:  4 mexican style tacos with cheese and hot sauce

Also:  Dominos pep sausage onion thin crust pizza

Exercise:  Nope

109.8

Sunday Rainday

Sunday, November 4, 2018

I'm actually hoping for rain.  I'd like a convenient excuse to stay home and putter.

A little bloated this morning.  Ate late and I shouldn't have.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium in butter, hash browns in butter, 4 strips bacon, coffee

I find that I like my hash browns less toasty.

Lunch:  Homemade italian sausage pizza

Exquisite.  That's 2/3 this weekend.  Interesting that I don't really mind the taste of toasted cornmeal but the excess flour I tried yesterday to keep my pizza from sticking to the peel really detracteded from the flavor of the pie.

Dinner:  hamburger, cheese, pickle and mustard, salad w ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also:  McD chicken mcnuggets w sweet and sour, double cheeseburger, Dr Pepper

Exercise:  Nope.  Rainy day.

109.2

A Bust So Standard

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Weekends, man.

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled, 4 strips bacon, small avocado, coffee

Honestly I think scrambled is my least favorite way to eat eggs.

Lunch:  Ground beef and bean chili with lots of cheese, sour cream, jalapenos.  32 oz Miller Lite

Snack:  Chips and onion dip

Dinner:  Homemade italian sausage pizza

Not my best effort.  Too much flour on the peel.  I may have to try parchment.  On the other hand, I did confirm that giving the dough more time to come to room temp makes for a better stretch.

Exercise: 18 holes with cart

Felt good.  Even got in a little jogging while collecting wayward shots.  Feet were a little cranky afterward, but not as bad as many times.

106.6

Putting The No In November

Friday, November 2, 2018

Glad it's the end of the week.  Had enough.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Southern sausage omelet, coffee

Didn't seem like it had mushrooms this time.  Which was fine.

Dinner:  Homemade pepperoni pizza

I like the homemade pizza.  A lot.  But man I'm not used to having dinner between 7:30 and 8:00.   It takes a while for the dough to warm up and the baking steel to heat sufficiently.

Edit:  This was insanely good.  Seriously, I think homemade pizza with 72 hour crust is going to ruin most same day crust commercial pizzas for me.

Exercise:  Nope.  Feet are about normal today at least.

107.0


Thursday, November 1, 2018

I wasn't expecting the scale to be down after last night's pizza but OKAY!

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Ham sandwich with bun, potato salad, coffee

Work event, this was the best of the buffet -- I skipped the chips and cookies.  About all I can say is at least I kept it moderate.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl.  In:  small scoop rice, queso diablo, sour cream. 

Good as always.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did quite a bit of extra walking, including a few blocks for a work event, but not sustained to the point where I could count it.

106.8

So Close

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Today really should have been the day.  I woke up at 4:15.  I was awake.  Awake enough that I didn't get back to sleep until 5:30 or so.  It would have been a trivial exercise to get dressed and go walk.

I didn't.

Maybe if I hadn't struggled with falling asleep until well after midnight.  Maybe if I hadn't just known that today would suck -- as expected it was very hard to get going when I woke up again.  Maybe.

Maybe it'll be tomorrow.

Sigh.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Half farmer's breakfast with reduced potato, 4 strips bacon

Got more potato and an extra strip of bacon today.  I did manage to pull out some of the extra potato.

Dinner:  Pepperoni pizza.

Oops.

Exercise:  Nope.

107.8

Ready For A Leap

Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Here's hoping for a leap forward in November.  I've been kinda floating around the same range here for a while now -- due to extensive fail, of course, but also due to my unwillingness to make more changes and inability to get going on exercise.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Actively wanted some breakfast today.  But it wasn't like I suffered by not having any.

Lunch:  1/2 Farmer scramble with reduced potato, 3 strips bacon

Good as usual.  Nailed the reduced potato today too which was a bonus.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl.  In:  small scoop rice, queso diablo.  Out:  Sour cream

Satisfactory.

Exercise:  Nope.  Very tired this morning, no way was I going to get up.  Raining tonight.

111.0

Jimmied

Monday, October 29, 2018

Honestly I have no idea what to expect most days when I step on the scale.  Today, I guessed up.  It wasn't.  Now if I could just exercise consistently and cut some more carbs. 

On that subject, I didn't wear foot sleeves yesterday, just socks and house shoes and my feet felt great.  Today, again no sleeves but tonight they're barking a little.  Back to the sleeves tomorrow I think.  I have to say it was awful nice yesterday to have a zero pain day.

Breakfast:   Coffee

Didn't even have time for two cups.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns italian night club plus pickle and peppers on wheat sub bun

Speaking of no time.  Again the wheat sub bun was a major upgrade over regular JJs.

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos mexican style plus cheese and hot sauce

Forgot to take a picture.  Standard stuff.

Exercise:  Nope.

111.6

Weak End

Sunday, October 28, 2018

Dedication is kinda shaky right now.  I should get focused, break the cycle of weekend slacking.  This weekend won't be as bad as last weekend, but still, it's not good.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 4 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee

Just the GOAT with a bit less bacon.  Went with less due to the use of smaller pan.

Lunch:  Homemade italian sausage pizza

Last of this week's dough balls.  Exquisite.

Dinner:  Roast beef, gravy, four cheese potatoes, carrots, roll with butter, 12 oz Miller Lite

Excessive.

Exercise:  Nope.  Dreary, rainy day.

112.8

Delay of Game

Saturday, October 27, 2018

I've noticed lately that I've been eating later.  No breakfast most days and the last couple lunch has been at 2:00 or so due to business.  Dinner last night was 7:30 or so.  Most of the time hunger really hasn't been an issue at all. 

Breakfast:  McD sausage patty with cheese, coffee

I mean, except for today.  Stopped for coffee so I grabbed a dollar menu sandwich, hold the english muffin.

Lunch:  Chips and cheddar jalapeno dip, 16 oz Miller Lite

Garbage.  Pure garbage.

Dinner:  Homemade italian sausage pizza

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

111.6

At Least You Made It

Friday, October 26, 2018

Phew.  Made it through the end of the week.  Without being ended or leaving a trail of bodies in my wake.  The latter would have required a lot more energy than I had.  I'm just fried.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Meat lover's omelet with bacon, ham, sausage and cheddar cheese.  2 slices raisin toast

Second time I've been to this place and this was much better than what I had last time.  A little on the pricey side, but lots of food and pretty good.

Dinner:  Homemade pepperoni pizza

If I'm going to have pizza this is a decent way to do it.  By making the dough ahead a few days it's possibly a bit easier to digest (plus it tastes great) and I can keep the size manageable.  Other than burning the roof of my mouth all good.  We'll see what the scale says in the morning though -- there may still be some wheat bloat.

Exercise:  Nope

111.4

Increasingly Drained

Thursday, October 25, 2018

It's been a long and draining week.  I'm tired.  Looking forward to making it through tomorrow and then shutting down for the weekend.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns italian night sub on 9 grain wheat

I'm not a big JJ's fan but this was a very good sandwich.

Dinner:  Bowl of spicy beans with some shredded cheddar cheese, 4 leftover oatcakes, 1 oz raisins

Nothing sounded particularly good tonight.  I had thawed the beans, so eventually I settled on them.  Ate the raisins while waiting for them and then the oatcakes afterward when still hungry. 

Exercise:  Nope.

111.8

Flood Ungated

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

The release of water retained during the binge continues.  It is quite interesting how much a couple pounds of liquid impacts how you feel and look.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Omelet with sausage, mushroom, green pepper, onion and cheese, topped with sausage gravy.  Coffee

This was pretty good.  Will get again.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl.  In:  rice, queso diablo.  Out:  Sour cream

A lot of my favorite burrio artists working tonight.  Good stuff.

Exercise:  Nope.

One of these days I will get up.  I will wait out the plantar fascitis pain.  And I will walk.

113.2

Off It Goes In Part

Tuesday, October 23, 2018

At least some of the bloat has left.  Now if I can just not eat six million carbs again anytime soon.  And exercise.  Yeah.  That.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast half with less potato, 4 strips bacon

Good, but not their finest effort.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl latest version plus a scoop of rice

The customer after me did it better, getting double pork, no beans or rice ... but then she got tortilla strips.  Never mind.

Exercise:  Nope

115.2

Bender Bloat

Monday, October 22, 2018

It's hard coming off a bender and this was one of my worst ones ever.  By last night, I was in rough shape.  I feel more normal tonight and eliminated extra liquid today, so things are more or less back on track.  I was extra hungry tonight, resulting in the "dessert".

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's double, no bun, plain (just meat and cheese)

Dinner:  4 mexican style tacos plus cheese and hot sauce

Dessert:  Fage 5% plain yogurt with frozen raspberries

Exercise:  Nope. Sleep schedule is a mess too.

120.8


Sunday, October 21, 2018

Yikes.

Breakfast:  Breakfast lasagna, hash browns, 2 donuts, coffee

Lunch:  Homemade pizza with quick crust, pepperoni, Cheez its, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Hamburger, a few Lays chips, vanilla cake and ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.

120.0


Saturday, October 20, 2018

Yikes.  I did restock a few things at the farm.

Breakfast:  GOAT, extra bacon.  Coffee

Lunch:  Chips and jalapeno cheddar dip, Dr. Pepper

Dinner:  Homemade pizzas (x2) with pepperoni

I guess I had two dinners.  Or a really late lunch and a dinner.  Anyway, delicious.

Exercise:  Nope.

116.8

Acidity Too Much

Friday, October 19, 2018

Not feeling it again today.  Crashed last night about 9, woke up at 2, back to sleep at 3, up at 8.  I think the thing that will finally get me off the pizza kick is the fact that my stomach just can't handle the acidity of the tomato sauce at night.  I end up with heartburn or reflux or something and it's unpleasant.

Lots of bad stuff on today's menu.  Hoping to get to the farm tomorrow, it would be nice to restock a few things.

Breakfast:  TB steak crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl, old school

Dinner part 1:  McD double cheeseburger, Dr Pepper

Dinner part 2:  Homemade pepperoni pizza

Exericse: Nope.  Still fighting this sinus thing that's going around.

115.0



Thursday, October 18, 2018

Breakfast:  2 oz Meijer double cheddar cheese, can of V-8, coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast, bacon, 2 slices raisin toast

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza

Exercise:  Nope

115.2

Encore Encore

Wednesday, October 17, 2018

More of the same.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, 2 slices raisin toast, coffee

Not as good as yesterday.

Dinner:  Pepperoni sausage pizza

Exercise:  Nope.  Almost got out of bed.  But almost does not count.

117.2

Pending Reset

Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Motiviation and focus still lacking.  Another FAIL of a day.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, 2 slices raisin toast

Snack:  McD double cheeseburger

Dinner:  Dominos bacon, beef, onion brooklyn style pizza

Exercise:  Nope.

116.8

Why Is It So Hard To Get Back On The Horse?

Monday, October 15, 2018

Title says it all.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  Ham, salami and cheese grinder with lettuce, tomato, mayo

Dinner:  4 mexican style ground beef tacos with cheese and hot sauce

Exercise  Nope.

115.8

Hoping That Does It

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Okay, enough.  I was not good today.  Really not good.  But hopefully I have it out of my system.

I'm not expecting to be perfect.  But I need to get back to being good 80% of the time at least.

Breakfast:  GOAT, coffee

Lunch:  Bloody mary with cheese and olive skewer, pickle, 1 oz? of peanuts

Dinner:  TB triple double crunchwrap, spaghetti, garlic bread, cake and ice cream

Also:  McD double cheeseburger, Dr Pepper

Exercise:  18 holes with cart. 

115.2

Maybe Not Never Mind

Saturday, October 13, 2018

Sigh.  Need to do some menu planning, get some new ideas.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza

Dinner:  Nope

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

116.0

Pizza Week Winding Down

Friday, October 12, 2018

A good thing for my weight that I think I'm ready to be done with the pizza binge.  It's been a rough week.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, avocado, cream cheese.  Sausage patties.  Coffee

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza

Exercise:  Nope

115.8

Yes Virginia Pizza Makes You Fatter

Thursday, October 11, 2018

Really short on inspiration this week.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast with less potato, 3 strips bacon

I couldn't finish it today.

Dinner:  Pizza with ham, pepperoni and onion

So much onion.  Wow.

Exercise:  Nope.

114.0

Hashed Tag: Fail

Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Wait around long enough and you'll witness fail.  Epic fail even.   Once the fail starts it's hard to stop.

The siren song of pizza got me tonight.  One of my favorite places had a deal.  I didn't feel like cooking, nor was I fan of eating leftovers.  So I cracked.  Again.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  Skillet - eggs, ham, mushrooms, green pepper, onion, tomato, cheese, redskin potatoes, 2 slices raisin toast

Went to a fancy place with a pretty good repuation that I'd never visited before.  Honestly, this was a letdown.  The potatoes were basically french fries (and overdone at that) and there were too many of them.  The rest of the dish just didn't come together.  Too many mushrooms, I dunno.  It just didn't work.  The toast may have been dry.   I'll try it them again but definitely will not order this.

Dinner:  Pepperoni pizza

As above.  Doh.

Exercise:   Nope.  Very tired this morning.

113.2

Not Best Laid Plans

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Didn't really have it today.  Just kind of muddled through.  Tired tonight.

Breakfast:  1 oz salami, coffee

Lunch:  2 Culvers double deluxe with cheese burgers (no bun)

Dinner:  16" ham, salami and cheese deluxe grinder, 16 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

114.2

Serious Binge Serious Bloat

Monday, October 8, 2018

Yesterday was the worst.  I needed to drink more liquid.  I needed to find more sleep.  Maybe doing those things would have prevented the epic blowout.  Yes, there was even more pizza involved (dominos thin pep ham onion).  I was in full relentless eating machine mode.  Unsurprisingly I'm quite bloated this morning and had a bit of acid reflux overnight.  Not bad enough to do anything other than wake me up for a couple minutes, thankfully.

Back on the horse.

Evening update:  Man, I've got the hunger tonight.  Plowed through some tacos and I'm still wanting to eat more.  I don't need more.  Physically I'm OK.  But mentally, I want to eat.  And I am NOT getting any sense of satiety again tonight.  Going to end up eating a yogurt or frying up some bacon just to try and get the brain to trigger.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Taco salad, extra sour cream

Dinner:  4 mexican ground beef tacos plus cheese and hot sauce

Also:  Container of 5% Fage plain yogurt with ~ 1/2C frozen raspberries, 1.5 oz CF sausage

Exercise:  Nope.  Rant incoming.

I'm really tired of feeling like crap.  I don't feel that way as often, thankfully, but I still do.  And I am SO frustrated by the plantar fascitis.  I want to walk.  And too much of the time I just can't.

114.6

Cracked

Sunday, October 7, 2018

Woke up really early and never really got it going today.  Tired.  And I cracked come dinnertime.

Breakfast:  GOAT, coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's daves double, no bun, just meat and cheese

Dinner:  12" pepperoni bacon pizza

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

112.8

Await Consequence (or Perish? Butnahh)

Saturday, October 6, 2018

A brief moment of contemplation before stepping on the scale ... how much will last night's (long-planned) celebratory pizza hurt?  And then the sweet relief of ... not that much.

A rainy dreary Saturday is on tap, so I forsee football watchin' and furniture movin' since I didn't do that last night.  Plus laundry and other stuff that adds up to ninety-nine percent good times.  I'm a little punchy. 

Breakfast:  1 oz hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Small rice, brisket, peppers, queso diablo, roja salsa, cheese, jalapeno, extra quac.  May give up on the peppers, they're annoying to eat.

Dinner:  Parmesan-rye crust pizza with pepperoni, salami and cheese

This was a semi-fail.  Dough was too wet (I didn't measure liquid) so it didn't crisp up even with extra time in the oven.  Oh well, it still tasted good.

Also:  Container of Fage 5% yogurt w 1/2C of frozen raspberries

Had an early dinner since I was hungry and decided to have some extra calories.

Exercise:  Moved a bunch of furniture around.  I'm counting it since I worked up a good sweat.  Golf was rained out.

111.0

Taco Theorem

Friday, October 5, 2018

Well, the taco theorem held true to form, eat tacos, lose weight.  Okay, it was a fraction of a pound, but considering it was a late dinner (after 8:00) I was still thrilled.  I hope it keeps up, I like tacos.

End of a busy week.  Glad it is over.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast less potatoes, 4 strips bacon.

They gave me more potatoes today and I didn't pull any out.  Oh well.

Dinner:  12" pepperoni and sausage pizza

Fantabulous.  I like my homemade less-flour pizzas but nothing compares to the real deal and this was exquisite.

Exercise:  Nope.  Like I said, busy week.  If I perk up I may move some furniture, but it's more likely that I'll leave it for tomorrow.

110.8

Close And Close Enough

Thursday, October 4, 2018

Catching up as wifi was off at home for a couple days due to a project.  Glad to have it back.

Today was a goal check day.  Fell short, but only by a pound or so.  Still very please with how things are going.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast minus many potatoes, 3 strips bacon

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos mexican style with cheese, hot sauce

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

111.4



Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Breakfast:  Container of Fage 5% plain yogurt, coffee

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl 2.2 plus a half scoop of white rice and one of queso diablo

Exercise:  Nope

113.6



Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Breakfast:  Hot shot stick, coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast minus some potatoes, 3 strips bacon

Dinner:  Extra thin crust deluxe pizza, 12 oz Labatt Blue Light, 12 oz Miller Lite

Ate lots of the pizza but didn't feel bloated which was nice.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

113.4

Just Flux

Monday, October 1, 2018

I was surprised to see the scale up this morning.  I moved it to a different location, I guess it made a difference.  Still ended up down about 10 pounds last month, so not al bad.  Must be that I need to start walking.  Probably won't be this week, which is shaping up to be brutal.

Breakfast:  1 hot shot stick, coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's baconator (minimal bun).

Some of the stupid bun stuck because it fused to the cheese, which fused to the meat.  Oh well.  It also wasn't one of Wendy's finer efforts.

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos mexican style plus cheese and hot sauce.

Good as always.

Exercise:  Nope.

115.4

Doubled

Sunday, September 30, 2018

A drizzy, chilly day.  To be determined if it's decent enough to get in a round of golf.

Didn't learn anything about the impact of tacos yesterday since I backed it up with Qdoba.  Today's eating may be a bit off too, but we'll see.

Breakfast:  GOAT, coffee

Went with 3 eggs since these are the smallest "large" eggs I've ever seen.  I need to pick up some CF eggs.

Lunch:  None.  I was pleasantly surprised not to even need a snack.

Dinner:  Rye/parmesan crust pizza with pepperoni

Had 12 oz Founders Solid Gold for dessert.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Also moving some furniture around.  Nothing too heavy.

113.0

Some Joys

Saturday, September 29, 2018

You can tell I'm feeling a bit optimistic about the weight trend.  Last night I spent a bunch of time on Amazon (that I should have spent sleeping) picking out a few items to try using the Prime Wardrobe feature.  Seems pretty neat to me, we'll see how it works in practice.

A beautiful cool morning, felt like we had the golf course to ourselves.  It was pretty great.

I was too quick saying no exercise last night, ended up toting around some cases of flooring.  That stuff isn't featherlight.

Breakfast:  Hot shot stick, coffee

Snack:  Bloody Mary with Tito's vodka, dill pickle, cheese/olive/sausage skewer

Lunch:  3 ground beef tacos, mexican style, with hot sauce.

I forgot to ask for cheese.  Not a big deal.  Definitely a better deal on Taco Monday, but it sounded good.

Snack:  Hot shot stick

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl v2.2

Lots of brisket, lots of peppers, tons of salsa, not much quac.  Spicy.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Will also be moving more flooring.

113.2

Pizza Party

Friday, September 28, 2018

Wow, end of the business month.  Went by fast.  Today didn't start off great since I could not get to sleep last night.  May have been 2:00 am before I did.

Had pizza tonight, of course, since it's Friday.  Still, I'm wondering if I need to be extra good over the next week, since I have an interim goal coming up and I'm not there yet.

Breakfast:  Fage 5% plain greek yogurt, coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast with reduced potatoes, 3 strips bacon

Couldn't decide what I wanted for lunch, so I went with this.  American fries, scrambled egg, diced ham onion green pepper and cheese.  Top shelf bacon too.  Weird angle on the pic makes it look bigger than it was.

Dinner:  Parmesan-rye pizza with pepperoni

Exercise:  Nope. 

113.8

Avocado Intensive

Thursday, September 27, 2018

A productive day.  Not so much this evening, but a good day.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  Spicy beans with taco blend cheese, 2 medium avocados

Couldn't decide what to have for lunch so I went with what I had in the fridge.  It was good.  This was a smaller container of beans, but it was satisfying.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl v2.1 minus sour cream minus pico

Hit the brisket jackpot on this one.  My burrito artist gave me at least double meat.  Just brisket, peppers, extra roja salsa, cheese and jalapenos, spicy and very good.  Stuffed.  May need to refer to this combination as v2.2.

Exercise:  Nope

114.0

Kinda Resolute

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Productive day, felt pretty decent.  I am feeling a little leaner and the clothes are a bit looser but there is a long long way to go.

Breakfast:  2 oz CF cajun jerky, coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's single (no bun), double stack (no bun)

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl v2.1 except no sour cream

My burrito artist was fair but I didn't get extra anything.  After seeing what the guy ahead of me got I should have asked for extra quac.

Also:  Fage 5% plain yogurt with 1/2 C frozen Meijer raspberries

More calories, more fat

Exercise:  Nope.  Feels like I'm getting closer, ambition-wise.

113.6

Maybe I Can Eat Tacos

Monday, September 24, 2018

I received a pleasant surprise on the scale this morning despite eating tacos last night.  I assumed that the corn tortillas would result in bloat, that was not the case at all.  I vaguely remember the scale moving down after other taco mondays ... may need to look back at that and also try again!

Breakfast:  2 oz CF cajun jerky, coffee

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avocado, sausage patties

Got extra sausage and couldn't even finish the omelet.

Snack:  1 oz Armour hard salami

Dinner:  Pepperoni sausage pizza, 16 oz Miller Lite

Golf season is just about over, at least on weeknights.  I forgot take a picture until I had boxed up the part I didn't eat right away.  It wasn't one of their finer efforts.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

113.0

Things Which Are Back

Monday, Sepember 24, 2018

A couple of them.  First, the weakness.  It stuck around for a while this morning.  I do wonder if some of it is a gastric issue, though, since I was uncomfortable after lunch as well.  Second, the hunger.  I had a big dinner and I'm hungryish again an hour later.  It was odd enough that I was hungry before dinner.  Actually, maybe I just didn't eat enough today.  Or drink enough water.  Or maybe it was just too many carbs.  I dunno.

Breakfast:  1 oz hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  Omelet with extra sausage, cheese, onion

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos mexican style plus cheese

Dessert:  Container of Fage 5% plain yogurt with ~ 1/2 C frozen thawed red raspberries

Exercise:  Nope.  Momentarily woke up early enough, but went back to sleep.

115.4

Happily Lacking

Sunday, September 23, 2018

Deep thoughts this morning.  I was very happy to observe that I did *not* wake up with leg cramps last night.  Maybe I can drink a glass of red wine after all.  That lead to a follow up thought that I haven't felt the weakness in a bit.  These are things that make me happy.  And the heel pain didn't last yesterday, after a little bit it was a non-factor.  Makes me hopeful that with some additional loss it might abate even further.

Breakfast:  GOAT, coffee

2 eggs, 5 bacon, medium to large quantity of hash browns.   All good, if not the best effort ever.

Lunch:   Wendy's single (no bun or toppings for that matter), junior bacon cheeseburger (no bun)

Snack:  Bloody Mary with Tito's, cheese and olive skewer, pickle

Dinner:  2 ball park franks with mustard and dill relish, iceberg salad with ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also:  1 oz Armour hard salami

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

115.4

Targeting 15 Yards Ejection

Saturday, September 22, 2018

A thoroughly pleasant weekend day.  Nice cool fall temperatures, bad golf, football on TV, getting laundry done and good food.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, 2 slices raisin toast with butter (?), coffee

Ate out before golf, this is a standard meal.  Forgot to take a photo until I was almost done, oops.

Lunch:  Taco salad with extra sour cream, 22 oz Miller Lite

Pretty good, was hungry.

Dinner:  CF ribeye seared in avocado oil and a pat of butter, 1 medium avocado, glass of Black Box pinot noir

An excellent piece of meat.   Ate about half of a 1 lb ribeye.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Feet (heels) barking a bit afterward.

116.2

Just Blips

Friday, September 21, 2018

Weight blips up, blips down.  No worries.  Playing the long game.

In other news, TGIF.  Looking forward to a nice fall weekend, some exercise and maybe getting a few things accomplished at home.  We'll see about that.

Breakfast:  Fage 5% plain yogurt, coffee

Lunch:  GOAT

Quite a bit of hash browns again.  Otherwise just delicious as always.

Dinner:  Parmesan/rye crust pizza with pepperoni and green olives

Added a few toasted sesame seeds tonight, not super noticeable but nice.

Exercise:  Sigh, nope.

116.2

Cause Effect Unknown

Thursday, September 20, 2018

A slight tick up today.  Was it two carby meals yesterday?  Pizza hangover from Tuesday?  Who knows.  Doesn't really matter, just stay on track.

Breakfast:  1 oz Armour salami, coffee

Need to add a third of an ounce to each of these this week, since I ate 4 oz in 3 servings.

Lunch:  Wendy's single no bun & 2 junior bacon cheeseburgers no bun

Time to eat at home today so I put 'em in a bowl.  Much easier to eat this way.

Dinner:  GOAT

Yeah, that.  Was craving it all afternoon.

Exercise:  Nope.

117.2

Most Of The Things If Not All The Things

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

I have to say, I'm really enjoying this satiety business.  I didn't even have to eat much of last night's pizza to be sated, not even half!  (Let's not talk about later, when I ate more despite not needing it).  I didn't finish my lunch today because I was sated.  Little meals that take the edge off have been enough.  This is good stuff -- I don't have to eat all the things.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz Armour salami, coffee

A day for grab and go.

Lunch:  Corned beef hash, 2 eggs over easy

This was version one, which went back

Decided that this sounded good, in hindsight maybe I should have gone in a different direction.  I have to say that I hate sending food back but I had to ask for a re-make, the hash browns were not cooked enough.  It was good on re-do but I didn't feel the need to eat all of it.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl v2.1

First time in a while I thought about saying "where's the beef?".  My burrito artist was a little skimpy.  I'm pretty full, but wondering if I got enough protein and fat.

Exercise:  Nope.  Really starting to feel like I should be ramping up.

116.2





Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Some mostly standard stuff.


Breakfast:  Container of Fage 5% plain yogurt

Lunch:  Wendy's single (no bun) and junion bacon cheeseburger (no bun)

Snack:  ~ 1 oz Armour salami

Dinner:  Pepperoni sausage pizza, 36 oz Miller Lite

Forgot to take a picture.  Oops.  Remembered in time though since I didn't eat the whole thing in one sitting...

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

116.8

Ink Spilled Subject Monday

Monday, September 17, 2018

Sigh.  Work weeks too long, weekends too short.  You know how it goes.

Breakfast:  1 hot shot, coffee

Last one of those.

Lunch:  Omelet with extra sausage, cheese and maybe onion

I don't remember there being any onion.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl v2.1

Again with the no beans, rice or queso.  Still good.  Confused the burrito artist tho.

Considering having that 12 oz of Founders Solid Gold that I never had the other night.

Exercise:  Nope.

117.2