Friday, March 30, 2018

Vacay

Friday, March 30, 2018

I dunno why I eat like this.  Awful.

Breakfast:  Tim Hortons bacon everything bagel, coffee

Lunch:  2 McD cheeseburgers, vanilla shake

Snack:  BK cheesy tots, frosted lemonade

Dinner:  Meatloaf sandwich, fries, 2 fun size snickers, milk with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, Arizona grapeade

Exercise:  Nope, had to cancel.  Feeling somewhat better this evening at least.

135.6

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Alllllllmost

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Felt awful and went in very late this morning.

Breakfast:  Some club crackers

Lunch:  Wendy's double, fries, medium natural lemonade

Dinner:  Dominos thin pepperoni, ham, jalapeno, a little lemonade

Also:  Milk and vanilla ice cream as a shake

Exercise:  Nope.

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Trying To Make The Fail More Epic

Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Sinus issues are draining the life right out of me.  Annoying.  I'm sure the diet isn't helping.

Breakfast:  Tim Horton's bacon everything bagel

Surprisingly good, I usually avoid Tim's breakfast sandwiches.

Lunch:  Wendy's single, fries, medium natural lemonade, chicken BLT

Snack/Early Dinner:  CFA spicy chicken sandwich, fries, lg frosted lemonade

Dinner2:  Panera chicken and wild rice soup (from store), LC crazy bread and sauce, lemonade, milk & vanilla ice cream shake

Exercise:  Nope, not a chance

134.4

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

T Minus A Couple

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

With vacation coming up in just a couple days plus an annoying head cold, grocery shopping has not happened.  It will be junk until I come back.

Breakfast:  3 McDonalds sausage burritos, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl sans beans

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza

Exercise:  45 minutes, lots of arms and shoulders

134.6

Monday, March 26, 2018

A Bag of Mix

Monday, March 26, 2018

I'm not sure that I'm going to be able to really focus until I'm back from vacation.  The next one I mean.

Breakfast:  TB steak crunchwrap, coffee

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

Snack:  BK double cheeseburger, vanilla shake

Dinner:  3 Mexican style tacos w cheese and hot sauce, chips and salsa and guac

Exercise:  Nope.

134.6

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Lagworthy

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Still very tired.  Had a hard time getting to sleep last night, slept in again.  Tomorrow won't be fun.

Breakfast:  Leftover vigo yellow rice with 2 scrambled eggs, shredded cheddar and 5 strips thick bacon.

Pretty good but the rice just isn't as perfect as hash browns.

Lunch:  Leftover antipasto pizza, ~ 2 oz Meijer hot & spicy peanus, 12 oz Founders Solid Gold

Dinner:  American ghoulash, salad w ranch, 3 slices garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also:  Wendy's double stack, lg chocolate frosty

Edit:  I also had several shortbread girl scout cookies.

Exercise:  Nope.  FAIL.

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A Snappy Title Is Worth Three Clicks

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Whew.  Slept acceptably if not well.  Slept in.  Not peppy but at least not as worn down.

Breakfast:  Vigo yellow rice w 2 eggs over medium and ~ 5 strips Wright thick cut applewood bacon, coffee

Lunch:  Luna chocolate peanut butter protein bar

Dinner:  Antipasto pizza

Exercise:  Nope, uber fail

136.8

Saturday, March 24, 2018

Phewday

Friday, March 23, 2018

On fumes.  Literal fumes.

Breakfast:  3 McD sausage burritos, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Snack:  Strawberry sorbet waffle cone

Dinner:  Panko crusted walleye, potato puree, veg, french onion soup, 2x16 oz Two Hearted

Also:  Culvers onion rings and mint oreo shake

Exercise:  45 minutes of the usual, good workout

135.8

Thursday, March 22, 2018

This Cannot Stand

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Just limping through.

Breakfast:  None

Lunch:  Wendy's double with cheese, crispy chicken BLT

Snack:  Luna chocolate peanut butter protein bar

Dinner:  Italian sandwich, cheeesy tots, guac w pita chips and carrots

Exercise:  Nyet

136.2

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Meltdown, Part Infinity

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Yuck.

Breakfast:  TB steak crunchwrap, coffee

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

Dinner:  Jet's super special deep dish pizza, a few peanut butter pretzels

Exercise:  LOL no

136.2

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

More Badder

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

I need to get to the grocery store and do some planning and prepping.

Breakfast:  3 McD breakfast burritos, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Dinner:  2 Culvers double deluxe, short mint shake

Also:  Some pretzels/peanut butter pretzels

Exercise:  45 minutes arms and core stuff, solid go.

136.6

Monday, March 19, 2018

Vacation Catchup Post

We'll see if I remember it all.

Monday, March 19, 2018

B:  Taco Bell steak crunchwrap, coffee
L:  Corned beef hash, 2 eggs, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee
S:  CFA spicy chicken sandwich, large frosted lemonade
D:  Dominos thin crust pepperoni, ham and jalapeno pizza

135.2

Sunday, March 18, 2018

B:  McD egg mcmuffin, hash brown, burrrito, coffee
L:  Granola bar, peanut butter pretzels
D:  Steak n Shake double cheeseburger, fries, strawberry shake
Exercise:  18 holes, cart path only so lots of walking

Saturday, March 17, 2018

B:  Breakfast buffet, coffee
L:  Granola bar, cheddar sausage w ketchup mustard relish, root beer
D:  Dinner buffet (massive), root beer
Also:  about 3 beers, some pretzels
E:  27 holes with cart

Friday, March 16, 2018
B:  2 eggs, bacon, breakfast potatoes, white toast, coffee
L:  Granola bar, cheddar sausage w/ ketchup mustard relish, root beer
D:  Fried chicken wrap, root beer
Also:  about 3 beers
E:  27 holes with cart

Thursday, March 15, 2018
B:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast
L:  Granola bar
D:  Fried chicken wrap, root beer
Also:  About 2 beers
E:  18 holes, cart path only

Wednesday, March 14, 2018
B:  2 slices extra sharp cheddar
L:  Qdoba bowl
S:  2 Wendy's double stacks
D:  Culvers double deluxe, fries, root beer

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Vacation Eating Pre-Vacation

Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Getting ready to go.

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

Snack:  ~ 2 oz CF cajun beef jerky

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

A poor effort.  Beans were undercooked and nothing was really great otherwise.

Dinner:  Corned beef reuben, cheesy tots

Local sandwich place.  They do good work.

Exercise:  45 minutes, the usual assortment of upper body stuff.  Solid workout.

131.0

Monday, March 12, 2018

Waiting For Stall

Monday, March 12, 2018

It has to happen one of these days, given that I'm eating a lot, not carefully and not exercising.

But it can wait, that would be fine.

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

Yes, the usual.

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

Also the usual.  Which the waitress knew.

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

Did I mention ... the usual?  Didn't need the 4th.

Snack:  ~ 2 oz Meijer hot & spicy peanuts

Also probably unnecessary.

Exercise:  Sigh, no.

131.2

Sunday, March 11, 2018

I Don't Know What's Going On Here ... But I Like It

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Just something I said to myself this morning.  I think it has motto potential.

Ugh, daylight savings time.  Never a good thing to lose that hour and this year was no exception.  I didn't sleep well in the first place and then you add that and it's going to be a slog today.

Breakfast:  Pita bread w 7 strips CF spicy beef bacon and a bit of hot sauce, coffee


Still in fridge cleanout mode.  Didn't make any eggs today.

Lunch:  2 slices of leftover antipasto pizza


Third meal just about as good as the first.  That's a good pizza.

Dinner:  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans w cheddar, roll with butter


Excessive.  I eat too much on Sunday nights.

Exercise:  Nope.  Reasonably busy but I'm always disappointed by how few steps it is.

131.2

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Let It Go, Water Edition

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Bodies are weird.  Mine has decided to let go of some surplus water weight the last couple days.  No idea why.  I haven't been on extra carb restriction or anything, in fact I've had pizza two nights in a row.  It's a mystery.  But at least in this instance a happy one.

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled in a bit of Kerrygold butter, a litle sharp cheddar, 1 medium avocado, 5 strips CF spicy beef bacon, 1 pita, coffee


Using some stuff up, trying to map things out before a vacation.  Good, but a bit excessive.  While I like pitas, it didn't really add anything.

Lunch:  2 slices of leftover antipasto pizza

Good stuff.

Dinner:  Chick Fil A spicy chicken sandwich, large frosted sunrise


This wasn't the original plan but it worked out.  Great sandwich as always and the frosted drinks are fantastic.

Exercise:  Nope.

132.8

Friday, March 9, 2018

When On Fumes

Friday, March 9, 2018

Phew.  Limped through to the end of the week.  It wasn't pretty.

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

I think the slices were cut thicker this week, I've been going through the salami a bit faster than anticipated.  Haven't weighed it to be sure though.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl


Standard stuff.  Not quite as enormous today.

Dinner:  1/2 of a 16" antipasto pizza


Excessive.  Definitley excessive.  But as usual I have lunches for the weekend.

Exercise:  45 minutes, lots of core, some arms, good stretching.

134.6

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Massively Overdone

Thursday, March 8, 2018

Ate way too much today.  Crap.  Oh well.  On a more positive note, had another idea to try and improve sleep, will be testing that in the coming days.  Last night's effort produced a couple hours of sound sleep but it didn't last and it just wasn't adequate.

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

Lunch:  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes w gravy, carrots, a bit of broccoli, roll with butter, coffee


Special at a local restaurant.  I planned to have breakfast.  I got the meatloaf.  It was pretty decent but not stellar.  If I had known it would be that much food maybe I would have stuck with the omelet plan.

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust with pepperoni, ham and jalapeno


A whole day's worth of calories right there.  Inhaled.

Exercise:  Nope.  Pathetic.

135.8

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

The Weird Combinations

Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Bought new pillows yesterday.  Slept a bit better, this is a good thing.  I'm going to be trying some additional things over the next week to see if I might be able to sleep more and better.  Next up, more dusting and a new furnace filter.

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

The sharper the better if you ask me.

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


A very nice job by the kitchen crew today.  Still carby.

Dinner:  Bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup, pita bread w 4 strips CF spicy beef bacon, 1 medium avocado and hot sauce


Sometimes you just throw things you like on a plate and hope they work together.  This was very tasty.  Really didn't need the soup too but it was chillin in the fridge needing to be consumed.

Exercise:  Nope.  Until I get the sleep sorted this is going to continue to be a struggle.  I could go for a walk tonight but it's very cold and I really need to do more work work.

137.8

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Brisket and Rice and Brisket and Rice

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Not very good meal planning today.  I knew I had leftover brisket and vigo rice.  I went to Qdoba anyway and decided not to switch to chicken.

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

Yeah, extra sharp.  New package.

Snack:  ~ 2 CF cajun beef jerky

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl


Holy cow did they load this up with queso.  It would have been a disaster as a wrapped burrito.

Dinner:  CF texas brisket on a pita with hot sauce, leftover vigo yellow rice


Very tasty.  Had a leftover hot sauce from taco monday, decided to save the world the visual.  Also super, super excessive.

Exercise:  45 min of an assortment, arms, core mostly.  Went pretty hard, felt pretty good.

136.4

Monday, March 5, 2018

The Blahs Are Implied

Monday, March 5, 2018

Blah indeed.  Mondays.

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

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


Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos with onion, cliantro, lime, hot sauce and avocado


Exercise:  Nope.  Cold and windy tonight.

137.4

Sunday, March 4, 2018

Sunduh

Sunday, March 4, 2018

It's been a fairly productive weekend.  I've checked quite a few things off the to do list.  Nothing of consequence, of course, but still, it's nice to get some things done.  And I even got out for a little golf this afternoon.  Consumed a ton of calories but it was on delicious food, not garbage.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs scrambled in a bit of Kerrygold butter, 5 strips Wright thick cut applewood bacon, a pinch of sharp cheddar, 1 medium avocado.  Coffee


Same as yesterday, same pleasing result.  Since I'm apparently completely incapable of cooking fewer than four strips of bacon I should probably just use regular cut.  On a related note, I have changed my scrambled egg technique and I've been pretty happy with how they've turned out.  I've mastered the over medium egg but my scramble game has been subpar ... possibly no longer.

Lunch:  2 slices leftover antipasto pizza, single serve unsweetened applesauce, 2 oz Meijer hot and spicy peanuts




A mix and match kind of lunch.  Tasted good.

Dinner:  CF texas brisket, Vigo yellow rice


This was wildly excessive ... and I don't regret it.  I suspect I'll be just fine come bedtime.

Exercise:  6 holes of golf, walking.  Pedometer said 2.33 miles, took just about an hour due to waiting around.  It wasn't easy but it wasn't too much of a struggle.  Probably could have gone further but I was satisfied.

137.4

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Saturwhat

Saturday, March 3, 2018

Switched off the alarm and slept in this morning, which meant 9:00.  This is NOT helping my efforts to get on a more walking-friendly schedule.  Did feel like I slept decently -- not that I woke super rested, but that ~ never happens at this weight so no surprise.  That's something I long for and hope that I'll get to experience again sometime down the road.

I am experimenting with some format tweaks - not changing the size of photos or adding captions mostly.  Just streamlining the process a bit.  I should find a more efficient way to add photos as well, maybe I'll look at that next.

Breakfast:  2 eggs pan scrambled in a bit of Kerrygold butter, 5 strips Wright thick cut applewood bacon, a pinch of shredded sharp cheddar, 1 small avocado, coffee


A tasty scramble this morning.  I chopped up 2 of the slices of bacon and mixed them in.  Very very good and will make again.  Ate the extra bacon, lunch will be a bit light and I need to finish this package by tomorrow or freeze it.

Lunch:  2 slices of leftover anitpasto pizza


Still delicious the 2nd day.

Dinner:  2.5 oz beef jerky, can of V-8 juice, girl scout thin mints cookies


Jerky was meh.  Farm kind is much better.  And ... hopefully that's it for the cookies.  Valuable lesson about not having stuff around.

Exercise:  Nope.  Reasonably active, even moved a couple boxes, but nothing concerted.

137.0

Friday Foolday

Friday, March 2, 2018

Whew.  Limped through the end of the week.  It wasn't pretty but I made it.  Did have an enjoyable evening playing cards with friends.

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

As usual.

Lunch:  Arby's brisket sandwich


Didn't have lunch until after 3:00, just too busy.  I was going to get a roast beef gyro but they didn't have any unfrozen flatbread.  WTF.  Anyway, this was pretty good.

Dinner:  Antipasto pizza



I got the 16" size since I'll need an extra meal out of it.  Delicious as always.

Snack:  Girl Scout thin mints cookies.

Cracked.  Again.  Almost gone.  Man I ate a lot of flour today!

Exercise:  Nope.  Had to cancel my session due to work business.

138.2

Thursday, March 1, 2018

Cookie Monstah

Thursday, March 1, 2018

The binge last night got me.  I sure as heck didn't need the cookies.  Ate them anyway.  And didn't stop eating them until I ate all the ones I could eat without getting up off the couch.  Pretty pathetic.

So, anyway.  That's a wrap on February.  It was moderately successful.  I lost 8 pounds, which is not bad though certainly not great.  If I had better control over the binges, ate fewer carbs and most importantly restarted the WALK EVERY DAY program it could have been much, much better.

But it's a start.  Six weeks in and it's going okay.

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

I'm pretty fine with this standard breakfast.  It's easy, repeatable, low carb.  And did I mention easy.

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

Chowed down.
Yeah carbs.  It wasn't as much as last time and it wasn't as good but it still did the job.

Snack:  ~ 1.5 oz CF cajun jerky

Good stuff.  No picture, same as last time.

Dinner:  2 oz Meijer hot and spicy peanuts as a warmup, bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup and a medium avocado

Extreme closeup!

I can't believe how tender and perfect the beef is.
I forgot I had the jerky and was wondering why the peanuts were keeping me sated until almost 8:00.

Exercise:  Nope.  Another night of staying up way too late.

137.2