Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Sourdough All Day Every Day

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

I have not quite mastered the hunger yet but I'm gaining on it.  I could probably make it less of an issue by simultaneously eating more (fat and protein) and whacking the unnecessary carbs.  But for now I'll just keep plugging away at the possible even if that means I eat sourdough.  A lot of sourdough.

Breakfast:  2 slices of sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

Standard.  Ate later than usual due to a blood draw and other delays.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon/ham/sausage, 2 slices sourdough with (probably) margarine, coffee

These screwed up pictures are making me sad.
Second time I've been to this place.  Reasonably happy with it, though I should ask what they put on the toast.  If I just drank water instead of coffee the cost (with tip) would be about the same as Qdoba.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, 1 slice sourdough with generous butter

Managed to fight off the urge to get a fast food/pizza/other unhealthy megadinner.  So far anyway.  Hoping I can call it an early night.

Exercise:  Nope.  Sleep schedule worse not better.  At least I know I'll get a workout in tomorrow.

145.4

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

I Wonder What Normal People Are Like

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Seriously.  It must be nice to eat a modest amount of food and think 'okay, that's enough, I'll be full in a few minutes'.  Fat people don't think that way.

Edit:  Speaking of weird thinking, I am contemplating the possibility that I'm not eating enough fat.  I mean you would think so between the butter, brisket and guac, but maybe not.  Maybe this is just a weak justification for "dinner".

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig beef, coffee

Adequate as usual though it doesn't stick exceptionally well which suggests this may not be a long term solution for breakfast.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl, McDonalds Mac Jr

Not pictured:  Mac Jr
I was hungry after working out.  I ate the bowl.  I worried about whether I ate enough to get through -- it wasn't the biggest bowl I've ever had.  So I got a burger too.  Which is dumb, that's 460 calories I would have been just fine not consuming.  Seriously, normal people would never even consider driving through McDonalds on the way back to work.  And while I am hungry this evening, it's not so bad.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, small heel of the sourdough loaf with butter

Just fitting in some extra fat.  LOL fat people.

Exercise:  45 minutes of assorted arms, core, energy you name it.  Worked hard despite struggling pretty bad.

146.0

Monday, January 29, 2018

There Are Many Words That Start WIth M Including Madcap

Monday, January 29, 2018

I would say that I was somewhat less than thrilled to see it be Monday again already.  Oh well, it happened.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

I bought a different kind of sourdough this time, a more traditional loaf instead of a boule shape.  That's about the extent of it, otherwise it's the same stuff.

Lunch:  3 ground beef tacos, mexican style plus cheese with avocado and hot sauce

No, I have no idea why the avocado slices were served like that.
I didn't eat lunch until after 4:00.  Busy day.  I was reasonably hungry but this did the trick.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Exercise:  Nope.  May have to contemplate evenings as unpleasant as that sounds.

148.0

Sunday, January 28, 2018

Scheduling Issue

Sunday, January 28, 2018

More words about sleep.  I actually feel like I slept relatively well last night.  Unfortunately I did not get to sleep early.  I really am going to have to ban electronics use, use something other than my phone for an alarm, etc.  Fact of the matter is I just wasn't sleepy.  When the alarm went off this morning I just switched it off (intentionally) and got up when I was ready ... at 9:30.  Yeah, this is not a good thing.

Feeling pretty decent otherwise.  I always forget how much of a difference it can make in how I feel to just lose a few pounds.  And to cut out most sugar.  Fewer aches and pains already.

Breakfast:  4 slices Wright applewood thick cut bacon, 1 slice sourdugh with ample butter, coffee

Bacon done to perfection, 17 minutes at 375.
I'm pretty fond of this breakfast and if I got up early enough during the week it wouldn't be any big deal to have it.  The sandwich version is a reflection of my perpetual AM tardiness more than anything else.  I think I'm going to divide up the remaining bacon, put it on parchment and freeze it ... we'll see how much I have to adjust the cooking time as a result.

Lunch:  Leftover antipasto pizza

You know, I just don't love banana peppers.
Debated ways to eat less since I will have to have dinner tonight (guest on Sundays, no choice).  Didn't apply any of them.  Guess I had better get a little exercise, huh?

Dinner:  Meatloaf, Idahoan four cheese potatoes, green beans

Spy photo
I wasn't hungry but I was polite.  I even had a bit more than this, it was good.  Kept it in check though.

Exercise:  Nope and that's too bad.  I certainly could have fit some in.

147.6

Saturday, January 27, 2018

The Elusive Quality

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Very much looking forward to a day where I get quality sleep again.  That's a long way in the future, after much weight loss and exercise, but it'll be wonderful when it happens.  It's like the holy grail. 

I almost got up after getting hit with the leg cramp at 4:30 but didn't quite manage it.  We're early enough in the process that I'm not going to worry about it.  Still, a little walking probably would have been a better choice than the couple of hours of fitful sleep that followed before I just gave up.

Breakfast:  4 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, 1 slice sourdough with extra generous butter, coffee

I still have no idea why the photos
have gone haywire.
Since it's the weekend I changed up the meat, i.e. I had time to do some bacon (and a package that is about at the expiration date).  More calories there but OK.  In general I'd like to eat more fat (and less starch) for rib-sticking purposes.  Also went super heavy on the butter - generious has been about 1 T, this was 1.5 T plus.  It was ... buttery.  Very buttery.  Again, more fat.

Lunch:  Antipasto pizza

May just have to give up on rotation
This is a 16" pizza.  I ate half, 4 slices, which is quite a bit.  Given that it was after 3:00 I'm not worried about it sticking even though it's very high carb.  Leftovers tomorrow.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Pizza stuck really well.  Not hungry at all.

Exercise:  Got in a nice walk today.  Originally was just going to be about 8 blocks out and back to get some eggs, but I added six or so blocks detouring to the library.  Didn't chart the distance, with the two quick stops it was about a half hour.

A Limp And A Cramp

Friday, January 26, 2018

Limped through the end of the work week.  It wasn't a very productive day and I'm looking forward to a little time to recharge.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough, generous butter, 1 package buddig corned beef, coffee

The corned beef was ok.  I can do better in the lunch meat department, but I'm going to call this week a win because I ate the planned breakfast four days in a row without resorting to a drive thru.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl.

It's a bowl!
Usual fixings except the burrito artist misheard me and put a scoop of corn salsa on there.  That's something I'd never ask for - even though I eat lots of corn products the look of corn salsa is unappealing.  But it didn't matter, there were enough other and dominant flavors.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, also pint of Vandermill bluegold hard cider

Bah.  I should have read the label on the cider.  280 calories and added sugar.  Oh well.  I have two more of them too.  Oh and the label also informed me that it contains sulfites and sure enough I woke up at 4:30 with a leg cramp.  Stupid sulfites.

Exercise:  40+ minutes, lots of shoulder and arm plus core.   Went pretty hard (I mean for me).  A solid workout.

149.0

Thursday, January 25, 2018

Now With More Lunch Fail

Thursday, January 25, 2018

I had a hard time making up my mind as to what I wanted for lunch today.  As you will see.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig turkey, coffee

I didn't like the turkey as much as the ham or the beef.

Lunch:  Chicken fajita salad with guac (no shell or dressing), chips and salsa, Arby's double roast beef minus bun

Salad
Tried out a mexican place I've never visited.  I forgot to ask for no shell, my bad.  I ate too many chips.  And I decided there wasn't enough chicken so I stopped through an Arby's on the way back to work.  I was pretty full then but as expected it could have stuck better.

Breakfast > Mexican.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Exercise:  Nope, not yet.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Not Recently Precedented

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Not quite in the books yet but I think it's going to be two solid days on plan.  Yes.  Definitely feel a little off today but it's hard to describe.  And it's not all bad, I do move better when I don't have a full belly.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

I have no idea what's up lately with pictures being rotated.
It's annoying.
Not a real pretty picture.

Lunch:  3 egg omelet with bacon, ham, sausage, cheese.  2 slices sourdough with (probably) margarine, coffee

It was nice to have time for a sit down lunch.
Searching for a new breakfast for lunch place.  Food was pretty good, will probably go again.

Dinner:  Can of V-8 juice.

Big can, it's like 11 oz or something.

Exercise:  Nope.  Let's give it a week to see if I start feeling better in the mornings.

Target Tuesday

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Well how about that.  For the past few days I've been targeting today as a "start".  A day where I would not give in to excuses, temptation, whatever and just follow a preplanned idea for one whole day.  And it happened.  So many times I false start or don't even try enough to false start.  So I'm happy about a single day.

Even if it isn't perfectly clean or great or whatever.  It's better than the usual binge eating.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

Good quality local bread, butter and the cheapest most processed lunch meat you can buy.  I know.  I'll explain later.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl.  Light on the cheese, no chips on the side.

White rice, pinto beans, brisket, fajita veg, hot queso,
hot salsa, pico, light cheese, sour cream, guac.
Lunch whenever possible is going to be the main meal of the day.  This fit the bill.

Dinner:  Can of V-8 juice

And that's the thing I'm happiest about, no heavy dinner.  Maybe some days I'll need to eat, tonight I did not.

Exercise:  40 minutes of mostly arms and shoulders.  Worked hard.

~156.8

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Overly Biscuity

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Slept better last night and happy about that.  Downside is that it was hard to get to sleep because I stayed up watching the football game and I ended up shutting off the alarm and sleeping in.  I do not enjoy the struggle of trying to reset the sleep schedule.

Breakfast:  Leftover tuna biscuit bake, coffee

ino idea what is up with the rotation
Too much.  One square would have been sufficient.  That's what I get for trying to eat 4 meals worth of this in 3 so that I don't have to throw it out.  Also, for next time:  Reduce pan size to the 8x8 or maybe the 9x9.  Cut the biscuit almost in half, keep the filling level the same.

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:

Much Like The Old

Saturday, January 6, 2018

The new year hasn't exactly gotten off to a rousing beginning.  Just more of the same, work, stress, poor sleep and atrocious eating.  I don't think I ate a single "home cooked" meal all week.  Feeling sluggish to the extreme this morning as a product of awful sleep.  I just could not get comfortable last night and had enough congestion that oxygen was in short supply.  I expect to be dragging all day.

On the positive side, I had a good workout yesterday and didn't have the usual muscular fatigue that I've noticed over the last quite a while, where every movement is a challenge.  Very happy about that.  I have some private theories as to cause, but if I can get past it that's a very good thing no matter what.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Hot Tuna Biscuit sandwich

Hey, a home cooked meal!  Not a particularly healthy one, but at least I made it.  Something my mom made when I was a kid, the recipe calls for Bisquick but I made Kenji's 2 ingredient biscuits for the crust instead and it turned out great.  Lots of leftovers too, maybe next time I'll remember to take a photo.

Dinner:  Antipasto pizza, root beer

Downside to the early and carb-heavy lunch is I got hungry.  So early dinner it is.  Ate way too much.  Again.

Snack:  Triscuits with Yoder's jalapeno cheddar dip

Was pleasantly surprised by the dip, but then I left it out overnight and the rest is in the trash.  Oops.

Exercise:  Nope.

Not a successful day but a reasonably relaxing one.

Update:

Not sure I can recreate the whole week's worth of crappy eating, but I could try.

Friday, January 5:
B:  Coffee, Taco Bell steak crunch wrap
L:  Qdoba brisket bowl with chips
D:  McDonalds classic chicken, bacon McDouble, cheeseburgers, 2 pies
Exercisse:  40 minutes arms and core

Thursday, January 4:
B:  McD bacon egg and cheese biscuit, sausage burrito
L:  Wendy's double w cheese, fries, lemonade
D:  Dominos pan pepperoni bacon pizza, root beer

Wednesday, January 3:
B:  Coffee
L:  Jimmy Johns ultimate porker, salt & vinegar chips, root beer
D:  Culvers single bacon deluxe, SW chicken sandwich, fries, root beer

Tuesday, January 2:
B:  Coffee
L:  Wendy's single w cheese, fries, lemonade, chicken nuggets
D:  McDonalds classic chicken, cheeseburgers, small fries

Somewhere in there I had some taco bell snacks too, a couple stackers, a chicken burrito and an orange cream freeze

What a miserable week of eating!

Monday, January 1, 2018

It's A New Year After All

Monday, January 1, 2018

I guess it's unavoidable.  The new year is upon us.  Looks like the locals for the most part stayed up since there was nobody out there at 8:00 this morning.  Quiet like you only see on holiday mornings and even then it's usually 6:00 when it's that quiet.  It took some of the grating edge off being so late to get going.

Closing the books on last year, I didn't lose any weight.  Actually gained a nominal amount.  Boo.

Breakfast:  Marble cornbread scramble with pico de gallo, diced potatoes, coffee


I had the most smiley waitress ever this morning.  It was impressive.

Lunch:  TB chicken burrito, stacker

Dinner:  Ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, rolls with butter, cookie and ice cream

Exercise:  Not really, though I did walk a few blocks for breakfast and back.

159.4