Easing In

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Lots of musings today, which figures given that I've been awake for three hours and the sum total of my accomplishments is I walked and I got cleaned up.  Oh, and I just made a cup of coffee.

Still, I'm calling that a successful start.  Easing into things, I woke up at 3:30 and took plenty of time to do very little.  Went out at my usual time, maybe 15 minutes earlier than I have been since I was fully awake at 5:00 instead of just waking up.  Between successful eating yesterday, clearing the system and a walk the scale was primed for a nice drop.  All good.

It was interesting that I encountered nearly zero people this morning.  No walkers, runners or dog people.  I know it's a weekend and I'm slightly earlier, but it was pretty nice (with appropriate gear) so I would have expected a few.  A couple people were working to open a restaurant for breakfast downtown, a police officer returned to the station and an ambulence went by a few blocks down, but that was about it.  Maybe a car or two but nobody else.  I usually only expect that kind of peace and quiet on Christmas morning.

I have plans to cook and bake stuff this weekend, but I'm definitely thinking that I should eventually move toward eating more like I do during the week, at least during the golf off season.  I'm a little addicted to seeing that scale move down.

Breakfast:  2 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and guacamole, coffee

One of the best omelets I have ever made, which admittedly isn't saying that much.  I didn't have a ripe avo so I just used a mini cup of guac -- honestly, I may do that more often since the cups on average can be less expensive than even the small avos.  At least they were this week.

Snack:  A few Epic salt and pepper pork rinds

Didn't need many.  Just a few - lunch was delayed by bread baking.

Lunch:  Home pizza with ham and mushrooms

Tasty, though dough again well past its prime from the freezer.  I think I have one left.

Dinner:  Tuna melt bowl (tuna, avo mayo, dill pickles, green olives, american cheese), 24 oz All Day IPA

No bread in this tuna melt.  Just trying something new.  It was pretty good, we'll see how well it sticks.

Exercise:  Walk, 1.8 miles, just under 40 minutes.  A bit quicker today, actually felt good on the flat stretches.  Uphill was still a bit of a struggle -- okay, that's overselling it, but it's notably harder.  Felt faster, was faster.  Also:  9 holes, walking,  Took about an hour and a half.  My phone credited me with 6,200 steps or so.   I was at 4,600 beforehand (including the walk) so it was a good hike.

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