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Saturday, February 15, 2020

With great relief, we have reached another weekend.  I was pretty wiped out last night.  Regrettably it didn't lead to an early bedtime and an epic night of sleep, instead it was the usual lateish night and oversleeping until about 8:00 in order to get a decent complement.  I woke up a number of times, the first at 2:00, and never really seemed to get into a deep sleep.  Snorelab says things weren't notably bad on that front at least.

Lots to accomplish today, though most of it will just be the usual weekend chores, laundry, cleaning, that sort of thing.  Not too many cooking projects, I'm pretty well stocked.  Speaking of food, it's interesting how I seem to have settled into a routine for the most part.  I'm pretty happy eating the deconstructed sandwich and yogurt for lunch most days and a protein and buttery starch for dinner.  Tacos and pizza.  Some stuff in the freezer for when I want a change.  I won't lose weight eating this way forever but so far it's going just fine and I'm glad.  I'm even enjoying cooking more, though I rarely do anything complex outside of weekend mornings.  Pretty sure that'll become even less once the weather improves and half the weekend is again consumed with golf, but that's okay.  

One random thing I did last night was plan a reward for when I hit my next milestone.  It's one worth celebrating and I decided what I want to do when it happens.  It'll be nice and until then it may keep me on track.  Probably about two weeks away, I think, if things continue.

Breakfast:  2 strips Wright thick cut applewood bacon, Walmart croissant with extra butter, coffee with cacao butter

Brought the chunk cacao butter home, will use it up on weekends.  A pleasant and leisurely breakfast that will easily keep me sated until I decided to get moving on lunch. 

Lunch:  Homemade tacos with seasoned ground beef, cilantro and onion, avocado and TB fire sauce.

Today's cooking project.  I bought a tortilla press and my first ever bag of Maseca.  Overall I'd give them a grade of about 7/10, maybe 8.  There is room to improve my tortilla game, but for a first effort they were definitely not bad.  The texture of the beef was better than my usual, since I used a boil method I found online instead of the usual pan fry.  Keeper, I think.  Seasoning was homemade, or at least home mixed.  Next time -- tomorrow -- I'll make the tortillas a little bigger and make fewer of them.  I just watched a Rick Bayless video on youtube and picked up a few tips.

If I keep making these (i.e. if they prove to be compatible with losing weight) I think I'll invest in some taco holders.  I think I have plastic taco plates somewhere but they aren't robust at all and I doubt they'd hold the tacos up very well during prep.

Oh, and I only used half the avocado on the tacos so I guess I better eat the other half.  Done.

Dinner:  Homemade pizza with pepperoni, ham, sausage, mushroom, red pepper, black olives, green olives and roma tomato.

Lots of stuff on hand, decided to make a loaded pizza, close to a tribute to the late great antipasto pizza from a much missed local place.  Super delicious and I could actually eat the whole thing, but I'm doing well with pizza self-discipline.  I'll enjoy the rest on Monday.

Exercise:  Nope  Surprisingly inactive today, just did not have much pep.   Also have had a fun new issue pop up, pain in the upper right abdomen when I raise up after bending over.  Google suggests many possibilities, we'll see if it resolves.

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