End O May

Friday, May 31, 2019

Phew.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Lunch:  2 Big Macs

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza

Exercise:  Nope

126.6

Carbage In

Thursday, May 30, 2019

Sigh.  Let's get through the week.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy chicken sandwich, 12 pc nugget

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese sub, garlic cheese bread with pizza sauce, some hot and spicy pork rinds

Exercise:  Nope

125.2

Those Were Choices. Bad Ones, But Choices.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

A ridiculously busy day.  12 hours, full stop.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy chicken sandwich, 12 pc nuggets.

While driving, didn't even bother shedding half the bun.  I suck.

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza

Going to pay for this.  Bigly.

Exercise:  lol no

124.2

Back Up

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

At least it's a short week.

A couple leg and foot cramps last night - pretty mild, but present and annoying.  Ended up snoozing the last hour in the recliner.

Back issues on the golf course tonight, tweaked it some.  I ended up walking the last few holes because it wasn't pleasant getting in and out of the cart.

Breakfast:  2+ oz hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  2 beef and cheddar sausages

They would have looked prettier if I had browned them, but they were good.

Snack:  Some hot and spicy pork rinds, 24 oz Miller Lite during golf

Dinner:  4 tacos mexican style plus cheese and hot sauce

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, walked about half of it.

125.2

Allergic To Success And Other Stuff

Monday, May 27, 2019

Allergies went to 11 today, too much pollen, too many other people's pets.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast with homemade strawberry jam, coffee

Yep, out before golf.

Lunch:  Dominos thin pepperoni ham onion

Forgot to take a photo. 

Dinner:  Ham/salami/cheese sandwich, potato salad, Kraft mac n cheese

Also:  2 Big Macs

Exercise:  18 holes, lots of extra walking, though not quite as much.

124.8

Walked n Watered

Sunday, May 26, 2019

Whew.  Got a lot of stuff (laundry, cooking, that sort of thing) done this morning, golf this afternoon.  Made a point to walk as much extra as possible, racked up at least an extra mile. 

Super dehydrated afterward, drank probably a half gallon of water.  I brought a Tervis and emptied it twice, apparently that was still not enough.  And I didn't even sweat much since it was only in the low 70s!

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, small avocado, coffee

The GOAT just not done up to standard.  Bacon was overdone and I tossed the last two strips.

Lunch:  Homemade pizza with pepperoni, jalapeno and red bell pepper.

Kinda rushed but still delicious.

Dinner:  2 beef and cheddar sausages, iceberg salad with avocado, some homemade not so spicy beans

OK.  They didn't have any precooked sausages, so I sous vided these then reheated and browned on the stovetop,  just not as good as when they're off the smoker.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, as mentioned lots and lots of extra walking.

127.0*

Weakend Weakness

Saturday, May 25, 2019

Not a lot of fortitude today.  Fortunately I have limited amounts of junk to eat on hand.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast with homemade strawberry jelly, coffee

Out before golf again.  Standard.  Good.

Lunch:  2 Big Macs

On the road, nothing sounded good.  Obviously a bad choice.

Dinner:  Homemade pepperoni pizza, a few remaining chips with onion dip

Good stuff.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking

128.0

To Cut, One First Binges

Friday, May 24, 2019

Happy Friday.  Looking forward to a good weekend.

Breakfast:  2 oz hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  Italian beef sandwich, chicago dog, fries

Dinner:  2 ground beef tacos, 1 al pastor taco.  Mexican style add cheese.

Also:  Chips and onion dip

Exercise:  Nope

126.6

Nuts About Nuggets

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Busy day, go go go from the start.  Tomorrow morning will not be pretty.

Breakfast:  2 oz hard salami, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy chicken plus pepper jack (minus half bun), 12 pc nuggets.  Wendys 4 pc nuggets

It's a long story.  All consumed while driving.

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese grinder

Not their best effort.  Still good though.

Exercise:  Nope

125.8

Excess Drift

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Hump day.  And not an interesting one at that.  Title selected because I've been hitting the spindrift a little too hard, I think I racked up three today.  One is fine.  Two, once in a while, sure.  Three is too many.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz hard salami, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Homemade chili, extra sharp cheddar, 1 medium avocado, some plain pork rinds

Good again.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pizza with pepperoni and ham

One of their better efforts.  The power of the $5.99 deal was too much to overcome when I had nothing planned for dinner and needed to go back to work for a couple hours.

Exercise:  Nope.

126.6

Four Point Eight Seconds of Fame

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

I made an appearance on local TV news yesterday.  It wasn't a story about me, I just happened to be present when they were filming and was in the shot for a few seconds at the end.   It was worth a LOL.  Now if I just looked less like a human wall.

Anyway, not a good night for sleep, very tired this morning and late.  Tried a different position and I don't think it was helpful.  One of these days I'll get the variables sorted.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Standard.  Still no stock photo.

Lunch:  3 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, small avocado

The undisputed GOAT, this time with an extra egg and a bit less bacon.

Snack:  Meijer pork rinds, 24 ox Miller Lite

Dinner:  5 oz sirloin, 3 chicken wings, a cup of beef broccoli soup, salad, a slice of toast

A bit excessive but not too bad.  Okay, yes it was.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, decent amount of exra walking

124.8

Monday Again Grumble Grumble

Monday, May 20, 2019

A pleasant surprise to wake up and feel decent despite no more than six hours of sleep.   Who knows why, could be the extra sleep the night before, the relaxed day or the light dinner.  Or something else.  Regardless, it was nice.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Standard.  Got a larger than usual package of salami this week so probably nothing else for breakfasts.

Lunch:  2 Chick Fil A spicy chicken sandwiches, plus pepperjack, minus half buns

No photo as literally eaten while driving and late.  Made it impossible to eat just the filets.  Probably wouldn't get cheese again just because it sticks to the bun, otherwise a nice addition.  I do wish they had spicy nuggets, that would be a much better choice, less breading.

Dinner:  4 tacos mexican style plus cheese and hot sauce

Taco monday, another standard.

Exercise:  Nope.   Really need to get on that.

125.4

Cumulative

Sunday, May 19, 2019

Tired.  It was a battle to stay awake last evening;  of course once I gave up and went to bed at 9:15 it wasn't possible to go right to sleep.  Woke up without an alarm at the same time as yesterday, which was good.  It was raining, which was not good, and with lingering fatigue a couple hours of light snoozing was in order.

Yesterday was a terrific reminder that all I really need to do get improve things is walk.  I mean besides keeping the eating in check, that is.  Just walk.  Walk, eat decent, get as much rest as possible.  Easy game.  Why am I so bad at it?

Breakfast:  2 eggs in butter, Alexia hash browns, 5 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, coffee

Recharging with the GOAT.  My avocadoes aren't ripe, so I had extra bacon.  And I have a couple slices to have with lunch and/or for breakfasts.  Oven cooking is sure convenient.

Lunch:  Homemade pizza with pepperoni, bacon and mozzarella.

I didn't feel like making the pizza last night so I pushed it to today.  It's going to be a carby day.  More cheese than usual and this felt like a lot, possibly because I also had breakfast.

Dinner:  Ground beef, a very small scoop of american goulash and parmesan cheese, iceberg salad no dressing.

Surprisingly wasn't hungry, so a couple ounces of beef mixed with the rest did the job.  I was able to successfully skip the garlic bread, apple pie and ice cream without difficulty.  Good times.  And I didn't even have the urge to snack when I got home which is a happy change.  Actually all I really want is a grapefruit spindrift sparkling water but I only have one left and I kinda want to save it.  (Edit:  Just discovered that some Target and CVS locations carry it and also Amazon.)

Exercise:  Nope.  Moved around some doing chores but did not do a whole lot.

126.0

Better Meatballs

Saturday, May 18, 2019

At the grocery store yesterday I thought maybe I'd pick up a bag of frozen meatballs.  Throw a couple on my pizza, maybe have the rest for a meal or two.  Then I looked at the ingredients.  Uh, yeah, no thanks.  I guess I'm going to have to make some one of these weekends.  I should actually make some tomorrow since it's going to rain but I'm not prepared to do so.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast with homemade strawberry jelly, coffee

Pretty standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Good stuff.

Lunch:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite

I did not eat all the lettuce, not close, it was spinach and weeds rather than something normal like iceberg or romaine.  Other than that it was good.

Snack:  Tortilla chips and homemade salsa

Dinner:  8 oz Trader Joe's gyro slices, TJ avocado tzatziki

Keeping it easy.  And it was.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of extra walking.  Good workout.  I am very tired tonight between the early wakeup and the walking.

128.2

Carnitas Knowledge

Friday, May 17, 2019

Phew, another week endured.  It wasn't terrible but I sure didn't get a lot accomplished.   Weather forecast for the weekend is suboptimal so I may or may not get in much golf or outdoor projects.

Hit the grocery store and it only took four items to nearly hit fifty bucks - shampoo, coffee, bacon and a tri tip were all over ten bucks apiece.  Good grief. 

Breakfast:  Salami, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Homemade chili, extra sharp cheddar cheese

This was a very solid batch and I still have some left for next week.

Dinner:  2 ground beef tacos, mexican style plus cheese.  1 chorizo.  1 carnitas (no cheese).

They threw in the carnitas for me to try, it was very good.  Would definitely order again if it's on the menu.  I'll have to check next time I'm in.

Exercise:  Nope.  Sleep schedule will hopefully get a little adjustment this weekend.

128.4

Destroying Pizzas Like It's My Job

Thursday, May 16, 2019

At this point of the week I've generally had enough.  What's sad is that I haven't had a super busy week.  Call it burnout if you wish, whatever it is finds me saying baaaah at six on Thursday.  Which sometimes leads to pizza.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour salami, coffee

Standard.  Imagine a stock photo here.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, ham and sausage, sour cream, 2 slices homemade wheat toast with butter

Audibled.  I'll eat today's planned stuff tomorrow.  This was the biggest doggone omelet I've ever seen.  I think it was supposed to have cheese and since it didn't they stuffed it.  Big time.

I couldn't even finish it.  And I was kinda hungry!

Dinner  Domino's brooklyn pizza, ham pepperoni and jalapeno, Spindrift grapefruit sparkling water

Sigh.  Once again I finished this and said "yeah, I could go for more".  It's taken a good half hour or more for the satiety to kick in and for my stomach to tell the brain "you GOTTA be kidding me".  I probably needed to drink more water this afternoon, I did have 20 oz but did want more.

Exercise:  Nope.

127.6

Bound In Range

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Apparently I eat like a person that weighs X number of pounds, since I've been at X for a bit.  Not terribly concerned as there have been some improvements in how I feel, body composition, etc.  But yeah, I could stand to tighten some things up and ffs start walking.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Standard.  Might need a stock photo.

Lunch:  Homemade brisket & ground beef chili, extra sharp cheddar cheese

Good stuff.  Easy, tasty and filling.

Dinner:  8 oz Trader Joe's gyro meat, TJ avocado tzatziki sauce, 1/2 small onion, small avocado

I was wondering when I opened the package if it would be enough but I'm quite sated.  Not all 8 oz servings look alike - once heated and piled on the plate it looked like the large quantity it was.  For many people, this would be 2 servings, but I'm me.

Tomorrow's eating will probably look like a carbon copy of today, except I'm out of avocadoes.

Also:  Meijer pork rinds.  Too many pork rinds.

Exercise:  Nope

128.6

Some Toast ... And Other Stuff

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Back into the regular golf routine and there will be issues.  Today wasn't too terrible but it was still bad.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Smoked turkey, 4 strips thick cut bacon, 1 small avocado, a little hot sauce

I won't bother with the turkey again, it's just ... blah.  Needs carbs and gravy and stuff.  I ended up not being able to eat all the turkey.

Snack:   Meijer chili lime pork rinds

Way.  Way.  Too many pork rinds.  Good though.

Golf:  24 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:   5 oz sirloin, slice of toast, iceberg salad with ranch, cottage cheese, bar cheese, 2 chicken wings, cup of beef barley soup.

Not bad and a pretty decent value.  Will probably end up here pretty often on Tuesdays.  It was still too much stuff that's not really smart diet food.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, no extra walking

128.2

Review We Got Reviews

Monday, May 13, 2019

Despite eating way too many corn chips last night, clothes actually felt a bit looser this morning.  That was nice.  Not reflected on the scale, but regardless, it's a nice feeling.  It really isn't surprising that things have been kinda flat -- easy to see why, significant carbs every day for like six in a row.

Tried a new product (new to me) this afternoon, Trader Joe's seltzer water flavored with cranberry and lime juice.  Gets a solid thumbs up, nice flavor and still only 5 calories (3% juice).  I mean, it's still fizzy water with light flavoring, but I enjoyed it.  Valuewise it's not great, 4 pack for $2.99, so about twice the cost of LaCroix.  If I like the remaining 3 cans as much I'll probably stock up whenever I find my way back to TJ's.

And tonight, another new one.  Spindrift sparkling water, also with fruit juice.  This was grapefruit flavor, though it also had orange and lemon juice listed as ingredients.  10% juice, 17 calories, more carbs (either 4 or 5, I forget).  Also on the expensive side.  Tasted good, more like grapefruit than expected. 

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Armour hard salami, coffee

Probably more like 2.5, sliced a little thicker this week and it seemed like I made more of a dent in the half pound I bought.

Lunch:  2 beef and cheddar sausage links, a couple ounces of smoked turkey, an ounce or so of tortilla chips with homemade salsa.

I didn't eat the spicy beans (or cheese), it just wasn't my best batch.  I think that batch was made in the slow cooker and just never came together.

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

Good as usual.  Inhaled.  Inertia is working for me for once, because I don't want to get up off the couch I'm buying time for the fullness to kick in and hopefully override the desire to eat more.

Exercise:  Nope.

128.6

It's Over Already Oh Come On

Sunday, May 12, 2019

Sigh.  Another weekend in the books.  So quick.

Breakfast:  1 egg over medium, 1 beef and cheddar sausage link, Alexia hash browns in butter, 1 small avocado, coffee

Good stuff.

Lunch:  Cup of chili, a few chips and homemade salsa, smoked whitefish dip

Testing this morning's cooking projects and the last of yesterday's purchases.  I was kinda meh on the dip, which wasn't very diplike.

Dinner:  Thin cut sirloin cooked in a bit of avocado oil and ghee, mashed potatoes, asparagus with butter, 12 oz Miller Lite

Almost forgot to take the picture.  Had eaten half the steak and some asparagus.

Also:  Chips and homemade salsa

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, quite a bit of extra walking.

128.0

Poor Planning, Excess Food

Saturday, May 11, 2019

Ahh, the weekend.  I should work but it's probably not going to happen.

Due to some poor planning I now have more meals than I need for the next few days.  Oops.  I got a little carried away at the BBQ place, buying brisket, smoked turkey, sausage and a container of smoked whitefish dip.  I'm planning to use the brisket in a big pot of chili tomorrow which will end up in the freezer.  I can eat a bunch of the turkey with some spicy beans.  Hmm.  Oh well, it's a good problem to have.  And the stuff I bought at Trader Joe's can chill in the fridge for a while.

Today was not great bob on the food front, but whatever.  Few regrets.  

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast with a little homemade strawberry jelly, coffee

Out to eat before golf.  Tasty.

After golf:  12 oz Miller Lite

Snack:  McDouble, plain, no bun

I knew I wasn't going to make it, so I got your basic $2 snack.

"Lunch":  1 sausage link, 1 slice smoked turkey, 1 slice brisket

Had to taste.  Didn't get home until 6, so calling it lunch is not quite accurate.  Good stuff.

Dinner:  Homemade pepperoni pizza

Light on both pepperoni and cheese.  Added a little broiler time to the mix and got some nice char spots.  Delicious as always.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, decent amount of extra walking.  Some full contact shopping.

130.2

Limpering

Friday, May 10, 2019

Limping into the weekend.  Not with a bang, with a whimper.  Limpering.

Unsurprisingly I had a hard time getting going this morning.  I was quite late.  No enthusiasm for work has been located.  I've mostly wasted the day and that will probably continue until 5.   All of these are reasons why I need to add regular exercise to the mix (plus, you know, lose a bunch of weight and sleep better), but nothing happens overnight.

Breakfast:  Coffee

I had nothing grab-and-go that immediately came to mind, so I went without.  Not a big deal and it's certainly possible that I was subliminally punishing myself for last night's blowup.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, sausage and ham, pepper jack cheese

Not a usual stop.  Good and not too expensive at $10 including a decent tip.  Of course I'd save money eating at home, goes without saying.

Dinner:  2 tacos mexican style plus cheese, 1 taco al pastor, mexican style plus cheese.  1 medium avocado.  6 strips thick cut bacon

Hit the grocery store, but by the time I got home I wasn't feeling like cooking.  It's a mixed blessing having a good taco place a block away.

Exercise:  Nope.

129.2

The Body Resistant

Thursday, May 9, 2019

The body just doesn't wanna today.  It was very difficult to get out of bed this morning -- the rain didn't help, I enjoy sleeping on rainy mornings.  My back is cranky.  My knees were very unhappy with my as I climbed one flight of stairs.  It's all working together to tell me that I should have stayed in bed.  And the scale wasn't friendly either.  Sigh.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Cleanup, aisle zero.

Lunch:  2 Culvers double deluxe burgers, no buns

Thank goodness for coupons.  Somehow I appear to have forgotten to take a picture.  Not sure how.  Anyway, it was two double burgers in a bowl.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn style pepperoni ham jalapeno.  6 strips thick cut bacon.

Cracked.  Hard.  Put down that pizza and thought, you know, I could eat another one right now.  Just a bottomless pit.  It sure would be nice to, you know, NOT BE LIKE THAT.

Exercise:  Nope.

129.2

Word Mashup

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

There should be a word that's a mashup of Wednesday and weakly.  Fatigued this morning despite another late start.  If I don't start getting to sleep earlier (and sleeping better) starting a program of morning exercise is going to take a monumental exercise of willpower.

Which is not something for which I am known.

Weak.  Sad.  But at the same time I'm not going to berate myself too much for my limitations and instead just keep plugging along.  At least I've been through this enough to know that the bloat this morning is temporary.  I really needed to find better food options in time-crunched, non-solo meal scenarios.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Stock photo, just because.  Cottage cheese is not glamorous.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, avocado and cream cheese, 2 sausage patties

The old favorite.  Haven't had it in a while.  Stilll good.

Dinner:  2 Arby's greek gyros, minus pitas.  Meijer chili lime pork rinds, Kozy Shack NSA rice pudding cup

I probably would have been sated from the gyros if I had just waited.  But I didn't, so I had the pork rinds.  Had the pudding later, didn't have one the other night.

Exercise:  Nope.  Tired.

128.8

Someday We'll Stop the Hunger

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

At least there were no leg cramps.  Progress.  Tired though, I really would benefit from some higher quality sleep.

Breakfast:  Cottage cheese, coffee

Lunch:  Leftover brisket chili (1/2 container), leftover brisket, 5 strips bacon

Cleaning out the fridge.  Ate a bit extra in the form of the bacon leftover from the weekend in anticipation of a late dinner.

Snack:  Meijer chili lime pork rinds

Not bad.  Flavor isn't overpowering, pretty subtle really.

Dinner:  16" ham salami and cheese grinder with LTM.

Inhaled.  I can still eat with the best of them.  And I'll pay the price.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, little walking

126.8