Aftershock

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

I think last night's carb blowout was a massive shock to the system.  There was a lot of extra time in the can this morning.  Today's eating hasn't been too great either.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

Stock photo alert

Standard

Snack:  ~ 2.5 oz CF cajun beef jerky

Not much of a photo, is it?

Lunch:  Wendy's double with cheese

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust pepperoni, ham, jalapeno pizza

Of all the pizzas you had to get DOMINOS.

Tasty.

Dessert:  Girl Scout thin mints

Yeah, I was wrong.  Not done with the stupid cookies.

Exercise:  45 minutes arms and core

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So Rocky

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

I'll get caught up with photos soon.

Terrible night of sleep last night and I felt it this morning.  Just awful.  Very few likely reasons why I couldn't get to sleep, yeah I'm pointing the finger at the cookies.  Cleaned up tonight and got rid of some at work so I think I'm safe now for a while.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

Usual.

Lunch:  Chick fil a spicy chicken sandwich, large frosted lemonade

Dinner:  Spaghetti w/ tomato sauce and parmesan, salad with ranch, garlic cheese bread

Snack:  Girl Scout peanut butter patties and lemonades cookies

Bleah.

Exercise:  Nope, had to move to tomorrow due to work stuff.

136.0

Cookie Pushers

Monday, February 26, 2018

Uh oh.  I was compelled to buy some Girl Scout cookies to support a relative and they came in today.  I hope to get rid of a couple of boxes tomorrow at work but I have two boxes of thin mints in the freezer now.  This will not end well.

Breakfast:  ~1 oz of hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Corned beef hash with 2 eggs over medium, cinnamon raisin toast

No coffee with lunch today.

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

Taco Monday ftw

Dessert:  Girl Scout cookies, Caramel Delites.

Whoa, sugar rush.

Exercise:  Nope.  Annoyed.

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Expenditures

Sunday, February 25, 2018

Ugh, super slow morning today.  Could not get to sleep last night - I went to bed nice and early but got back up when I could not sleep.  Turned off the alarm and it was 9:00 before I got up.  It's nice getting extra rest but I'm going to pay for it tomorrow.

Lazed about way too much today, also did way too much shopping from the couch.

Breakfast:  1 egg fried in butter, 1 slice sourdugh with butter, 1 slice sharp cheddar, 5 strips Wright thick cut applewood bacon, can of V-8


Used an egg ring for the first time, that was fun.  Worked well with the normal sized slice of bread.  I only ate 3 of the bacon strips with breakfast, ate the other two later.

Lunch:  Pint of spicy beans, 1 medium avocado


Standard stuff.  Really enjoyed the avocados this week, nice to get them to ~ perfectly ripe.

Dinner:  Roast beef, 4 cheese potatoes, carrots, gravy, a butterflake roll with butter, 12 oz Miller Lite


Sunday dinners man.

Exercise:  Nope.  I probably wouldn't have gone out this morning anyway - 35+ mph winds - but the late start was not helpful.  I didn't go out last night as I tweaked my back and was pretty uncomfortable.

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Pizza Day, Lucky

Saturday, February 24, 2018

A very pleasant though not overly productive day.  I avoided work in favor of running errands and I did get quite a few of those done.  I ordered some things and even found a favorite hat in store.  All good, though I did spend a lot of money.

Breakfast:  2 eggs fried in butter, 1 slice sourdough with butter, 1 slice sharp cheddar, can of V-8, coffee

Yeah, I'm not a photographer.

A tasty sandwich.  I skipped the bacon knowing that I'd be having a bunch of beef bacon for lunch.

Lunch:  Pita with CF spicy beef bacon, coffee

If I had gone to the store earlier I
could have made some tzattziki sauce...

Last of the pitas and I finished the package of beef bacon.  I intentionally bought three during my last trip to the farm so I have more.

Dinner:  12" antipasto pizza

A particularly good example of this pizza.

I almost stopped halfway.  Almost.  Pizza is still crack, though I am more aware of the feeling of bloat that comes with eating too much of it.

The weekday routine, at least to the extent it consists of the usual breakfast and soup or beans for dinner, is undoubtedly better.   But a little indulgence on the weekends makes this feel like no sacrifice at all.

Exercise:  Nope.  Annoyed.  I am going to go move a few things this evening, but maybe I'll find a way to make myself go for a walk too.

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Macromealing

Friday, February 23, 2018

... when I should be micromealing.   Definitely ate too much and too often today.

Anyway, glad it is Friday.  Sleep continues to be a mystery -- I woke up before my prior alarm setting at 5:00 (which I canceled a couple days ago).  Was pretty awake when the light alarm went off at 5:30.  Lazed about and didn't get motivated to do anything but not nearly as tired as yesterday.  It's weird.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

Might be time to stock photo the breakfast

The usual.  Still lots of this stuff left.

Snack:  1/2 coconut chocolate frosted donut, more coffee

Danger!  Danger!  Dan ..(urp)

Hopefully I won't have to negotiate the office treat booby trap for a while now.  Another special occasion today.

Lunch:  Meatloaf on a bit of mashed potato and a slice of texas toast with onions and brown gravy

Yummo.

I need to step up my meatloaf game, this was really, really good.  It was odd to get very little potato though, it was just barely there.

Snack:  Chick Fil A spicy chicken sandwich, large frosted lemonade

Crack.  Pure crack.

I'm just glad that the closest CFA (which just opened) is 20 miles away.  Otherwise I'd eat there way too much. 

Dinner:  Pint of homemade beef vegetable soup, 1 medium avocado, a small Bubbies dill pickle

Also pictured:  Recipe books for inspiration
checked out from the library 

Figured I had better take it a little easy tonight.  Fortunately I had a jar of soup in the fridge and avocado.  I still overdid it for the day but I was never uncomfortably full.  And I did make some sensible reductions ... I just needed to not eat the half donut and two lunches.

Exercise:  Nope.  Dumb, no excuse.

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Mad Science Food Division

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Glad to be getting closer to the end of the week.  Put the daylight alarm clock into action last night, it was effective in waking me up but it didn't fill me with any extra pep.  Still need more sleep and better quality sleep.

Breakfast:  1+ oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar

Hide the salami!

A little heavier on the salami.  I still have a lot left.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Above the rim.  That's a lot of food.

Standard stuff.  A big bowl today for no particular reason, just luck of the draw.

Snack:  2 oz Meijer hot and spicy peanuts

No photo.  End of the bag.

Dinner:  Pita bread, ~ 8 oz CF spicy beef bacon, can of V-8 juice

Not a very impressive visual.

Close to a beef bacon gyro.  If I hadn't left the tzatziki sauce out after I made gyros I would have thrown some on there.

Exercise:  40 minutes, core and cardio

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Soup Resoup

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

A pretty OK day.  At least it has been today.  We'll see what the scale says tomorrow.  I'm always interested to see whether I'll be punished for the bad stuff.  It's being kept to a relatively modest level, but it has definitely not been banished.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice mild cheddar, coffee

Not sure this can be made to be exciting

Standard.  Only had one cup of coffee instead of two.

Lunch:  Chick Fil A spicy chicken sandwich, small chicken soup w/ saltines, large frosted lemonade

Can't really tell much from this picture, can you?

Decided to try the soup instead of getting fries or nuggets, it was quite good.  One downside of going to CFA is I can eat a lot of it and it's not cheap.

Snack:  2 oz Meijer hot n spicy peanuts

Calorie density in image form

Pre-dinner warmup.

Dinner:  Homemade vegetable beef soup, 1 medium avocado

Souptaculer

Used a different recipe and a CF chuck roast instead of ground beef.  Quite happy with the results, meat was super tender.  Definitely could have consumed more than the pint.

Exercise:  Nope.  No valid excuse.

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Unintentionally Avocado Intensive

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

I forgot what I had for lunch.  So I had an avocado for dinner.  I would say oops but NO REGRETS.

Still raining so another day without putting the evening walk idea in play for days where I don't take a morning walk.  Did get a workout in though. 

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice mild cheddar, coffee

Let's see if I can go 3/3 with lolportrait mode

Standard.  About out of mild cheddar.  It's not bad when you eat it with the salami actually.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl. 

Not the best angle for this shot.

Stock standard.  My burrito artist went heavy on the queso diablo but relatively light on everything else.  You just never know what you're going to get.

Dinner:  Gyro, 1 medium avocado

I'll never be a photographer.

Not standard!  I've had one of those gyro kits in my freezer.  Bought it since you can't just buy gyro meat, which is too bad.  I like gyro meat way too much.  Anyway, this kit made three gyros.  I skipped two of the pitas and didn't use much tzazitki (however you spell that) sauce.  It was better than expected.

Exercise:  45 minutes, lots of arm and shoulder, some core.

I'm puzzled by how my muscles feel weak and tired and resistant, even to relatively simple and unloaded movements.  May just be getting old.

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A Flood A Flood

Monday, February 19, 2018

Didn't get enough sleep last night, so this morning wasn't a super pleasant experience.  I really need to learn not to snooze, it just doesn't ever help things.  I did order a daylight alarm clock today and am kinda interested to see if that makes any difference -- it is really dark in my place.

Otherwise, I definitely had the hunger this evening.  Got an extra taco and they were beefy tonight so that's good.  I would really like to go for a walk before bedtime but it's cold and raining pretty steadily so that will not be happening.  I'd think about joining the YMCA but it's expensive and overcrowded.  Maybe some other time.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice mild cheddar, coffee

Pictures now more likely to be in lolPortrait Mode.

Standard.  Edible.

Lunch:  Corned beef hash with 2 eggs over medium, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee

First time in forever they put the toast on the plate.

Not quite as great as last week but still good.  Will eat again.

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos w cilantro, onion, cheese, avocado and hot sauce

Definitely excessive.

Delicious as always.  Gotta love Taco Monday.

Dessert:  Chobani Flip

I don't know why I thought Banana
Low Fat Yogurt might be a good idea.
It wasn't.

Meh.  It was free at the grocery store this week.  Won't be getting again.

Exericse:  Nope.  Rain and more rain.

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I Assume The Consequences Are Delayed

Sunday, February 18, 2018

I expected to feel worse this morning after yesterday's eating.  I did end up sleeping in and very late, ending up in a crazy dream where I hopped a flight on a whim between the Bahamas and Jamaica only to realize mid-flight that I didn't have my passport.

I've never been to the Bahamas.  Or Jamaica for that matter.

Anyway, today holds the promise of some activity.  I just hope it's not too cold out there.  Oh, and bad eating as I have a birthday party this evening to attend.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough with butter, 3 strips our family bacon, 1 egg over hard in butter, 1 slice medium cheddar, glass of V-8, coffee

Sammy!

I was very pleased with how this turned out.  It would have been easier to eat with a top bread but the cheese was melted just enough to hold it all together.

Lunch:  Spicy beans, 1 package buddig ham

Seriously, I give up.

From last week's batch.  Not bad at all.  I also tasted a spoon or two worth of the batch of vegetable beef soup I made this afternoon.

Dinner:  American ghoulash, garlic toast, some Lays sour cream and onion chips, strawberries and blueberries with a sprinkle of sugar, super chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream

No, this wasn't all of it.  

Oof.  Poor self control. 

Exercise:  Walked to get my car.  Only 3/4 of a mile or so but at least there was a pretty solid incline so I got nice and warm.  Interesting blend of bodily resistance (not quite fatigue but similar) and a little pep in my step once I got going.  I'll take it.  Nice reminder too of how badly I need to get out there every single day.  The next two are going to be a challenge due to forecast heavy rain.

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Weekends Are For Fail

Saturday, February 17, 2018

Maybe not entirely for fail but for fail none the less.  It's easier to eat outside the routine.  I had different dinner plans but aborted for a close-to-home option when it started snowing hard.

I did make it to the farm this morning and stocked the freezer nicely.  I also organized the freezer and yeah, I've got lots of good meat on hand.  Let's eat more of that, you know?

In summary:  Man I ate a lot of starch today.  Not cool man.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough with butter, 5 strips Our Family standard bacon, coffee

Bacon was good but not life changing.  Back to applewood.

Pretty standard stuff this morning.  I didn't make any eggs, though I could have.

Snack:  ~ 1/3 chocolate coconut donut, coffee

Ate a bite before the photo, this was about half.

I tried to break it in half.  Fail.  This was left from yesterday.   (Edit:  To be clear, a whole donut was left from yesterday, they got me one and I never got around to eating any of it.  Ate part today, the rest is left yet)

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Now if I can just figure out their rewards program

Good as always.  I couldn't decide on a plan for lunch, so I went with a default option.

Dinner:  Stromboli (pepperoni, sausage, peppers, cheese)

This was the "small" size.  Yikes.

Not planned.  Tried something new.  I think I'll stick to their pizza.

Exercise:  Nope.  I was a bit more active than usual according to the pedometer but nothing close to an actual block of exercise.  Which is not good, since I've got plans for some serious golf in a month.  Need to get to that walking.

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Shrinking Guts

Friday, February 16, 2018

I can't say that my gut is shrinking much just yet, but I have been less hungry of late.  Like this morning.  I ate about two bites of my buttered sourdough and decided I didn't want any more.  Instead of eating it anyway I let it go.  Like a normal person.  For once.

Breakfast:  A couple bites of sourdough with butter, 2 slices mild cheddar cheese, coffee

I need more jumbo coffee mugs!

The blandest cheese ever.  I think I was going to use it in something, now I'm just eating it to be done.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl no bean version

A rare post-stir photo

Standard.  I guess I could have had beans since I ended up not having them for dinner.  I like Qdoba.  I go there enough I should really figure out their stupid rewards program.

Dinner:  2 ground beef tacos, 1 pork taco, all plus cheese avocado and hot sauce

100% win

Yup.  A lot more expensive than Mondays though.  I think I may have a cider too.

Exercise:  45 minutes of core and shoulders mostly.  Went pretty well.

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Something New

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Made a major purchase today.  Stressful, but so far I'm happy with it.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough with butter, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

Forgot to take a photo, go figure.

Lunch:  Corned beef hash w/ 2 eggs over medium, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee

Pic taken after cutting and mixing in the eggs.
Almost forgot.

Apparently bagging on my lunch place helped, this was even better than Monday.  10/10 will eat again.  BTW I only ate one slice of the toast because I was ... full?!?

Dinner:  Fried lake perch with tartar sauce, french fries with ketchup, 16 oz Miller Lite

Slaw dish looked ENORMOUS.
Did not want.

Invited out, it was OK.  I didn't find anything on the menu too exciting.  Didn't eat the slaw.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did do some stairs though which was nice.  Not quite as challenging.

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Soup And Sandwich

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

Weird day today.  Standard start, then I didn't have lunch until 4:00.  And some other stuff, which I'll perhaps detail later.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough with butter, 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

I give up.

Out of the salami.

Lunch:  Chick Fil A spicy chicken sandwich, large frosted lemonade

No picture, on the go.  It was a really good sandwich and the frosted lemonade is crack.  I did manage to skip the fries.

Dinner:  Spicy beans, 2 strips CF brisket, medium avocado

Yeah, that.

The beans were from the most recent batch, tasted good.  They were, however, really, really, really soupy.  Oh well.

Exercise:  Nope, short on time today that's for sure.  Too bad, because it was actually pretty nice.

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Too Much Too Early Too Late

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Ugh.  The stress got me.  Woke up from a work-related nightmare at 4:15 am. 

Made it through the day but pretty tired.  Certainly too tired to do much of anything this evening.  And I'm convinced that the tiredness played a large role in the dinnertime cracking.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough with butter, 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice sharp cheddar, coffee

You don't even have to ask how I feel about photo rotation issues.

Even had an extra cup of coffee this morning.  I knew it was going to be forever until lunch so I had the sourdough too.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl, no bean version

Would it be gauche to just ask for a bowl of brisket and guac?

Standard.  Not quite as huge as usual.  Still delicious.

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust ham, pepperoni and onion pizza

Darned convenience.

Yeah, fail.  Tasted good though.  Of all the chain pizzas I think this the one I like best.

Exercise:  45 minutes focus on biceps, triceps and core.   It went better than expected.

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I Don't Don't Like Mondays? Maybe?

Monday, February 12, 2018

On second thought, even Mondays that I don't hate kinda suck.

Woke up really super early this morning, but it was due to stress and not anything productive.  Didn't get up and do anything to alleviate the stress, either.  But today has been survived.  Tomorrow may be worse.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz hard salami, 1 slice our family sharp cheddar, coffee

This picture would be unimpressive no matter how it's rotated.

I didn't get Armour salami since there was a backup at the deli.  This was some packaged kind and it was merely OK.  Probably won't get again.

Lunch:  Corned beef, hash browns, 2 eggs over medium, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee

Fantastic if not healthy.

After bagging on my favorite lunch place last week this time my meal was outstanding.  Go figure.  It helped that it wasn't busy.

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

They gave me lots and lots of cheese.

You gotta love taco monday.  What a delicious dinner.  Again not healthy but delicious none the less.

Exercise:  Nope.

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