Almost Baconpalooza

Monday, September 30, 2019

Whew.  Long day.  I don't like Mondays.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Was a little hungry - thanks pizza - but not that hungry.  No problem skipping.

Lunch:  ~ 1/2 lb CF black pepper garlic beef bacon on CHAFFLES

Different chaffles today, mozzarella cheese, an egg, 1T of almond flour, 1/4t of baking powder.  I'd say they were more waffle-like.  Worked great as a sandwich bun.

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

Decided not to have breakfast - no baconpalooza - since I needed extra work time.  Tacos are quick, easy and on Mondays cheap.  Probably should have ditched some tortillas but so it goes.

I ate one before I remembered to take a photo.

Exercise:  Nope

116.4

Pour Pour Pour

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Another rainy Sunday, same as last week.  On one hand it's too bad it means no golf, on the other, it's great for productivity around the house.  This has been the most productive Sunday morning I've had in months!  If I can keep it rolling this afternoon my home may be in tip top shape for once.

Today's obsession is with italian beef.  My OCD has me wanting to find a good recipe and a deli slicer.  Reality is going to dictate that I just go to the local place that makes a fabulous one and get a couple and eat 'em without the buns.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Considered eating something this morning, but ended up not bothering.  Not notably hungry just a small edge.  Thinking about a fat Qdoba bowl for lunch and a light dinner.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl - light white rice, brisket, roja, verde, cheese, sour cream, guac

Decent and pretty satisfying.  Did LOL at the one small scoop of guac.  At least it wasn't extra.

Dinner:  Dominos thin curst, pep ham onion

Cracked.  Sigh.  I had a plan, it just didn't happen.  Due in part to being in the middle of a bunch of cleaning including the kitchen, but that's just an excuse.  Next time I'll have a better plan.

Exercise:  Nope.  Active day including a couple shopping trips, but nothing that counts.

116.4

Tubb E

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Happy weekend.  Looking forward to some recharging.  Feels like I slept decently last night, so it's been a pretty good day so far.

Breakfast:  None

Not hungry, check.  I thought about stopping for coffee but decided I did not need it.

Lunch:  2x Jersey Mike's number 56 subs made in a tub

Had a BOGO coupon.  I did not know that they'd throw these on a bed of lettuce.  Did not eat much of the lettuce.  Quite tasty.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, avocado

Perhaps a bit much.  Pretty good, though the avocado was not elite.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, dccent extra walking.  Felt good today.

116.2

Helpered

Friday, September 27, 2019

Ah, the end of a week.  Glad that is the case.  More sleep issues last night, this time I didn't get to sleep until very late.  Just was not sleepy.  Went to bed early.  Even broke out the blue blockers.  Sigh.  As a result I pretty much ran out of gas this afternoon.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yep, not hungry.

Lunch:  McDonalds 2 Mcdoubles plain no bun, sausage patty from a sausage McMuffin

Another meal on the go.  Didn't have a lot of time so I went with this.

Dinner:  Leftover ground beef, cream cheese, Alexia hash browns in butter, extra sharp cheddar

This was an interesting mix.  It wasn't bad.  Putting the cream cheese in with beef ended up making it taste kind of like Hamburger Helper.  At least what I remember of it, haven't had HH in decades.  Or maybe a stroganoff flavor.

It was also a lot of food.

Exercise:  Nope.

118.6

Natural Necessary Frustration

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Sleep, man.  How can something so necessary and so natural be so freaking frustrating.

Went to bed on time.  Didn't go to sleep right away, my fault due to electronics use which I really should ban from the bedroom.  Still went to sleep at a reasonable hour.  Woke up with alarm, instantly knew I hadn't slept well or enough, reset alarm for an hour later.  That hour went by in a blink.  Still very tired, despite eight hours of "sleep".  I didn't wake up multiple times as I sometimes do.

I'm sure I would sleep better if I didn't have sinus blockage when I lay down.  Not much that I can do about that other than nasal spray and obviously I can't use that very often.  I'm fine when vertical and even propped up, but I shift when sleeping and getting to sleep in a good position isn't always easy.

Anyway, pay no mind, just ranting pointlessly.  I blame fatigue.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Getting used to this again.  I'll eat if I'm hungry but today I am not.

Lunch:  Spicy stewed chuck, some extra sharp cheddar

This must have been from a different batch than what I had on Monday -- hey, dumbass, label your freezer stuff -- because it was delicious.  Really good.

Dinner:  CF ground beef on cheddar CHAFFLES, a T or so of mayo and some green olives

CHAFFLES.  I bought a waffle maker a couple weeks ago to try making these and I finally did it.  Getting home earlier made all the difference.  And?  They were pretty good.  Definitely worked great as a bun substitute for a burger.  Decided to make an olive burger.  Used the smash burger method for the patties and they turned out pretty solid.  Not too excited about cleaning the cast iron tho.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned, super sluggish.  If it doesn't turn around, may have to do (gulp) evenings.

120.0

Quick Bounce

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Feeling much better today.  Definitely improved last evening after a big dinner (which, yes, definitely had some carbs) and I slept decently.  Woke up before my alarm this morning and probably could have even made myself get going but decided to use the time to try and beat back any remaining fatigue.  So far so good.

Also good is watching some of that water weight disappear.  Thanks bod, appreciate you letting go.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Had a cup of regular coffee, no adverse reaction noted.  It may be that if I keep it to one cup I can still drink regular.  We'll see.

Lunch:  2x McD McDoubles minus buns, 1x sausage mcmuffin minus mcmuffin (and most of the cheese)

Tired of buying so many meals but such is life on the go.  This was surprisingly decent, ordered the McDoubles plain.  Easy to eat and reasonably satisfying.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, a bunch of bacon, some Alexia hash browns in butter

Regular cut Target brand applewood bacon instead of the stuff I prefer.  It was fine, really.

Exercise:  Nope.

122.2

Blergh

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

A little low grade low carb flu today.  Slept horribly last night, not rested at all.  Headache, no pep, that sort of thing.  A fine consequence of eating all that sugar.  On the plus side I have disposed of massive amounts of waste.

Breakfast:  Decaf coffee

Wondering if I should have eaten something.  Oh well, too late now.

Lunch:  Wendy's baconator, no bun.  Spindrift grapefruit

Helped, somewhat.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl.

Spent $12+ and ... was happy about it?!?  Double meat, small scoop rice, cheese, sour cream, pico, hot salsa, guac.  Gave me a ton of brisket, almost too much.

Exercise:  Nope.  Super tired and sluggish today.  I managed a Target run after dinner.

126.8

An Oasis

Monday, September 23, 2019

A brief highlight in an ocean of suck.  Seriously.  The last several weeks have been horrible for eating.  Zero restraint.  Impossible gluttony.  I could probably recreate at least 80% of it just by reviewing the receipts, but I'm not going to.  Just know it's been really, really, really bad.

So.

Planned to have a good day today and it actually happened.  Pleased about that.  It took longer to get going this morning than I hoped, so no exercise, but at least I didn't oversleep and I did make it to the office by 7:00 to deal with something I didn't go in to address on the weekend.  Big win there.

Breakfast:  None

Not needed.  If I had been hungry I could have eaten but not today.  Didn't have time for coffee, either, though my consumption has been way down lately. 

Lunch:  Spicy chuck

Pulled this from the freezer yesterday.  It was fine.

Dinner:  2 Culvers double deluxe burgers, minus onion, minus buns.   Will probably have a grapefruit Spindrift later.

Planned to cook but when I don't get home until almost 7:00 that's not appealing.  I do want to keep trying to cut down on meals out though. At least I had a coupon.

Exercise:  Nope.

135.4

Sometimes Plans Are Just Plans

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Just a pop in.  Hoping to get on track by Wednesday at the latest.

127.0