Getting Thru Thur

Thursday, February 13, 2020

Getting there.  Weekend in sight.  It cannot arrive quickly enough.  And only four weeks until minivacation.  I'm definitely overplanning for it already but that's okay, it gives my mind something to do during downtimes.

Unexpectedly productive yesterday evening, I accomplished everything on my list except for one thing.  I have a cooking project that I haven't been able to push myself into doing, in part because I don't really have any room in the freezer.  It's weird but right now I have more ideas and plans than I do meals at which I would consume these things.

One of the boxes I pulled out of storage yesterday was a box of pants.  Ran them through the laundry and I have pairs in each of the next four sizes down.  I might test one size down today, since the current size ones are feeling pretty loose.  Edit:  Nah.  I'm not crazy about the pants one size down - one is okay but they're black and don't really go with anything other than a sweater.  I have a pair two sizes down that's the same as my usual go-to so hopefully in a few more weeks I'll be into those.  Then I have several pairs of the same four sizes down, which I assume I wore in '13 when I was at my lowest.  On my next trip to storage I'll pull out the box of dress shirts ... I know I have a good selection of nice ones two sizes down.  At least a month away for those too.  Maybe longer.

I think I managed to fall asleep on my back last night - it was very late when I shut things down.  Looks like it doesn't make a difference what position I'm in -- the trend seems to be quite a bit of snoring for the first hour or two then not that much afterward. Weight loss is really the only major plan for dealing with it at this point.

Prospects for outdoor walking are grim the next couple of days, it's supposed to be bitterly cold and windy.  We'll see if I can motivate to do some indoor hiking somewhere.

This evening I scanned back through the archives.  Looks like I have two pounds to go to get to my lowest weight in at least three years, eight pounds to get to my lowest weight since the end of 2013.  At least if I've tracked things consistently -- and I'm mad at myself for the times I didn't weigh at all.  Of course I gained a bunch the second half of 2013, I have more than 70 to surpass where I was earlier that year. It was quite an eye opener to see the yo-yoing over the last few years.

Breakfast:  Coffee with cocoa butter (x2)

I received some different cocoa butter (how they spell it) via Amazon yesterday.  These are in uniform wafer form and much, much easier to deal with than the chunk and kibble form I got from the health food store.  They seem to be melting more uniformly, hopefully there will be less residue to clean up.

Lunch:  Walmart croissant with extra butter, smoked ham, 2 slices extra sharp cheddar, Fage cherry TruBlend yogurt

This seems to have become pretty standard, though I'll probably go back to homemade rolls.  It's easy, relatively quick and did I mention easy?  Also quite satisfying.

Dinner:  Keto sausage balls

Tweaked the recipe by cutting the almond flour and baking powder in half.  Was probably a little generous with the cheddar, I didn't bother measuring it.  Turned out tasty.  I'm sated, but I have something I want to try...

Dinner Part 2:  Cheddar cheese popcorn

You can't really tell because it's King Arthur white cheddar cheese powder, but yup.  A scant 2T of popcorn popped in about a T of coconut oil, then topped with a T of melted butter, a pinch of salt and a T of powdered cheese.  Yum.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned, it's frigid out there and windy.  Decided to have a lazy evening at home, not even tackling projects.

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