Not So Fat Pants

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

I ordered a pair of new pants the other day.  From eBay.  I can't find what I want in stock anywhere, it's like there's a big shortage of this particular kind.  Even the maker is sold out of most sizes and colors that I check.  I'm pretty particular, so I want this particular kind.   The pair I bought was two sizes down, so it's for the future (I hope) but the price was decent so I pulled the trigger.

Edit:  Tried them on and I could wear them.  Probably best that I lose 10-15 lbs before they hit the rotation but they're good.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Had a fleeting thought this morning that I was hungry, something smelled good, but I didn't need to eat and the anticipation of coffee was sufficient.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Standard.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn w ham, beef, mushroom.  12 oz Coors Light.  Nicks strawberry

Audible, work-related.

Exercise:  Nope.  I tried to buy a medicine ball at Meijer this morning but could not find them.  I'll either try Walmart or Dicks or just order from Amazon.  

Edit:  Correction -- YES.   Put in 3 1/2 hours of furniture moving, worked up a solid sweat.

25.0

Stop Return

Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Catching up.  Had to leave to go back to work the moment I finished eating lunch, got a call to return.  So between that and golf no time for posting.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I think three cups is going to be the new default.

Lunch:  Pollo asado bowl

Forgot that I had this and not soup and sandwich.  Ingredients were the same as the weekend, the chicken and rice froze just fine which is good to know.

Dinner:   Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

Also fairly standard.  I wish they would consistently use diced tomatoes and not grape tomatoes.  And I should ask for no onion.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, average walking

26.2

Sometimes You Are Not Ready

Monday, August 29, 2022

I was not ready for it to be Monday.

At lunch, I was not ready to be done eating even though I finished my food and if I just waited five minutes I'd be perfectly sated.  Fortunately a few nuts tripped the switch.

I'm just not ready.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese, a small handful of mixed nuts

Standard.

Dinner:  2x american, 2x mexican tacos.  12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, Nicks cherry chip

Hungry tonight.  Ate too many nuts.

Exercise:  Nope.

27.2

Everything But The EBTB

Sunday, August 28, 2022

Ran out of lazy bagel seasoning on the last one.  Hopefully I have another bottle, otherwise it's a pretty good hike to Trader Joe's if I need to restock.  Maybe there are passable copycats out there.

Otherwise, a standard Sunday upcoming.  I really should change my mentality one weekends, I've been using the fact that I'm much more active as an excuse to eat more or less what I want instead of being at all disciplined.  Should fix that.  I'll be up a few pounds tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with cream cheese, coffee

No whipped cream cheese available but they did have a tub of regular.  And I did find my other thing of bagel seasoning yay.

Snack:  Chips and onion dip.  

Sigh.  Need to finish them off so I can have a good week.

Lunch:  Chicken burrito bowl (chicken, cilantro lime rice, southwest beans, peppers and onions, salsa, cheese, sour cream)

Quite a bit of work but delicious.  And I have leftovers.

Dinner:  Steak, salad no dressing, chips, 12 oz Mich Ultra, cake and ice cream

Forgot to take a picture.  Sunday dinners.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking

26.0

Suvived

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Phew, made it through the week.  TGIS.  Busy day today, but not work-related.  Survived a bad day of eating and hopefully I'll survive today's chips and onion dip.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Once again.

Lunch:  Chips and onion dip, 12 oz Miller Lite

Yup.   WAY too many chips.  No control.

Dinner:  Soup, grilled cheese, Nicks mint chip

Since I didn't eat it yesterday...

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, modest extra walking.

25.2

BMI Is Dumb

Friday, August 26, 2022

I spent a couple of minutes messing around on the CDC's website yesterday with their BMI calculator.  I was curious as to how much weight I would still have to lose in order to be officially "not obese".  To reach their "healthy weight", the answer was ... A LOT.  Seriously, a lot.  I would have to be a weight I haven't seen since I was 35 years younger and 4-6 inches shorter.  It's ninety pounds below my immediate (long term) goal and forty pounds below my in-my-wildest-dreams stretch goal.

I've read a lot of criticism of BMI over the years but have never given it any meaningful thought, but man, if I were at that "healthy weight" just one pound below obese I would be a stick.

Moot point, since it's never going to happen.  But I am feeling good today after another drop despite eating a massive bacon cheeseburger etc for the second day in a row.  No repeat today, work and family stuff will cause bad eating, then it's the weekend and yeah.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns Vito, salt and vinegar chips, light lemonade

Hurried.

Dinner:  Domino's pizza, garlic bread twists, misc items, 12 oz Mich Ultra, yellow cake w frosting, ice cream

Party.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not that much walking

26.0

So Puzzled I Did It Again

Thursday, August 25, 2022

I had already planned to eat exactly the same thing today as I did yesterday, since I had half of many ingredients left over, but I have to say it was VERY easy to be inspired to do it again when I saw another sizable drop on the scale this morning.  How?  I have NO idea.  Cleared the system but that wouldn't do it.  Was still notably non-bloated, which was nice.  But I have no idea.  I once again ate a LOT of food yesterday.  A half pound of beef, lots of cheese.  Bread and bun and beer.

I'm stumped but at least it's a happy stumped.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I did have an extra cup of decaf this afternoon so I guess that's different.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Exquisite.

Dinner:  Burger, same as yesterday.  Tomato.  12 oz Coors Light.  Nicks strawberry

Yum.  So very tasty.  If I can eat that and lose weight I'm in.

Exercise:  Nope.  Back to golf tomorrow I hope.

26.8

Senseless Once Again

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Sometimes things just make no ^&*ing sense.  Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just confusing.  I say that as I had a sizable drop on the scale this morning.  Despite eating a zillion calories - seriously, lunch included like 2/3lb of sausage, plus cheese and eggs and bread and milk.  I had nuts.  It was decidedly not a low calorie day and it wasn't really super low carb either though I guess it was not terrible in that regard.  Still, no reason there should be a big drop and yet there was.

Still a little above the low, but it's back near the low end of the range.  I like that.  I have some vague hope of dropping a little more before my late September vacation, but we will see.

Breakfast:  Coffee.

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Really an excellent batch of soup and adding cheese to the toast has been delightful as well.  A+.

Dinner:   Thiccburger (beef, american cheese, bacon, avo mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, guac on a pretzel bun), sliced tomato, Nicks strawberry

Very tasty.  And I'll do it again tomorrow night most likely.

Exercise:  Nope.

28.8

Minus Agua

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Yeah, not sure I get it.  I got rid of some extra water but not that much.  I ate about six thousand calories yesterday.  System didn't get rid of much.  And the scale was still down.  No complaints of course and I'm still about five up from my low, but down is down and sometimes down is a surprise.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Easy three cup morning.

Lunch:  Leftover sausage strata, handful of mixed nuts

 

Another absurdly large portion.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

The best of nicks.  And a solid salad tonight too.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, average walking

31.6

C.B. Worse

Monday, August 22, 2022

It always (pretty much) could be worse.  After a zillion bad calories yesterday I was puffy but not as bad as feared.  We'll see if I can whip myself into shape and get rid of it.

Otherwise, it's a Monday. 

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Leftover sausage strata, a handful of mixed nuts

Divided into portions that are WAY too large.

Dinner:   2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, a few mixed nuts, Nicks cherry chip

Ate ridiculous amounts today,

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  I would have liked to have had a pedometer on yesterday, I definitely got in some extra walking.  I could have done without the resulting overnight foot/leg cramps but oh well.

33.4

Puffed Not Chuffed

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Not worried or even annoyed, just puffed.  I knew it was coming, was super dehydrated last night and drank a ton of liquid.  And my body did not let go of it.  (Thanks pizza!).  Oh well.  The consequences of eating too much and the wrong stuff.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped plain cream cheese, coffee

Yup.  Probably even puffier now.

Lunch:  Sausage strata, chips and onion dip

I ran short on time, really could have used another 10 minutes in the oven.  Oh well.

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, chips, salad no dressing, ice cream w choc sauce

Sunday dinners man.

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

32.4

Treading

Saturday, August 20, 2022

TGIS.  Worked all day but still, TGIS.  I needed it.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast (no golf)

Very good today.

Lunch:  Leftover hamburger patty, mashed potatoes TCD style, a little cheese popcorn

Cleaned up the popcorn, it wasn't a good bag.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn extravaganzza, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks mint chip

Had to hit up the half off special one more time.  Not quite as good as the last one but still a top tier chain pizza, very much enjoyed it.

Exercise:  Nope.  Was very active for an office day, moved a lot of stuff, but it does not count.

30.4

Phewday

Friday, August 19, 2022

An excruciatingly long week reaches its end.   So busy.  The weekend will feature lots more office time, but it's always better when there isn't the pressure of the phone and meetings and deadlines.  At least for a day or two.

Surprised I'm not more tired tonight, since I woke up at 3:45 and never really got back to sleep.  Will probably crash hard in the not too distant future.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Both were exquisite.  Such a delightful lunch.  Too bad I had no time to do anything other than eat it and go.

Dinner:  TB 3x chicken chipotle burritos, white cheddar popcorn, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks strawberry

Audible when grocery shopping took too long.  Idiot.

Exercise:  Nope.  Should have, at least that's what I thought when I went in to work shortly after 6.

31.6

Or Maybe Not At All

Thursday, August 18, 2022

LOL.  Scales are stupid.  I ate pizza last night.  Chain pizza.  And Jimmy Johns for lunch. And ... still.  The scale was my friend this morning.  I did clear some stuff out of the system but was it really that much?

Weird night.  Went to sleep early, sometime around 9:30.  Woke up at 2:00 and was quite alert after I did my business.  Stayed up until 3:15 then was able to go back to bed.  Snoozed a couple times after the alarm went off at 5:00.  I was more awake at 2:00, but it wasn't bad.  Certainly needed all of the sleep.

Fine.  I'll take it.  Gladly.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

New batch of soup turned out very good.  Extra big bowl as I had a little oddball quantity and ate that up in addition to my usual jar.  The grilled cheese was delightful, much better than the other sandwiches I have had with the same ingredients (except no ham this time).

Dinner:  A few mixed nuts, 12 oz All Day IPA, ~ 8 oz of burger patties, mashed potatoes TCD style, Nicks triple chocolate

Pleased with how the burgers turned out, just basic in the oven slider style (but a little too thick to be true sliders).  Potatoes were from the freezer (thawed in fridge overnight) and reheated just fine.  A simple, tasty meal which will be repeated tomorrow night due to leftovers.

Now that I write that all up no wonder that I'm pleasantly sated.

Exercise:  Nope.

32.2

Well That Will Bring Progress To A Screeching Halt

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Sigh.  After a 13 hour day at the office I was in no mood to cook.  So of course I went for pizza.

Dumbass.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I could have used a few more cups too.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt and vinega chips, light lemonade

No time to leave for lunch today.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn extravaganzza, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks mint chip

Very tasty.  Dumbass.

Exercise:  No ldo

35.2 

Slow Drop

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Okay, let's see how long it takes to reverse the damage.  Slow start but it's a start.  Bad leg was less swollen today and I got rid of a little extra water but there is still plenty that could leave.  

I hadn't notice that last week was rather bad too, so this gain played out over a little longer time span than I had been thinking.  It was still quick and the causes seem rather obvious, but still, don't just trust your memory.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Three cups and could easily have had more.  Yeesh.  Tired despite 7.5 hours.

Lunch:  Ham and cheddar sandwich, soup, chips and onion dip

All sorts of cleanup.  Last of the wild rice and ham soup, which froze just fine.  Last of the package of ham, even the addition of mustard and dill pickle couldn't save another bland mediocre sandwich.  Last of the chips and dip.  Gone.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

Changed it up a bit.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, light extra walking

36.2

The Worst Okay

Monday, August 15, 2022

So not really the worst, there are many things worse.  Many.  But that doesn't mean that I wasn't annoyed af when I weighed in this morning.  It wasn't a surprise, the binging is real.  And I was visibly bloated.  It was bad.  I expected a bad number and what I got was a lot worse.  So ... yeesh.  I would like to lose some pounds before vacation in late September but given what I've put on this month I've got further to go.  Need to buckle down.

I was also annoyed to be very (predictably) tired this morning.  Slept in an hour (go figure, I slept in about that much yesterday) and was accordingly an hour later than I wanted to get to work.  Grr.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:   Wild rice soup, ham and cheddar on buttered italian bread

Cleaning soup out of the freezer, wasn't sure if would be good but it was fine.  Sandwich was very mediocre, the store bread is blah despite being not a mass-produced variety.  Also cleaning out the fridge as I'm working on last week's sandwich stuff.  Will finish it tomorow.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, chips and onion dip, Nicks cherry chip

Didn't eat the chips as planned this weekend, so I broke into them tonight.  Doh.  Oh well, I'll finish them off in the next day or two and they'll be gone.  Just need to not buy more.

Exercise:  Nope.  At least the knee issue from last night appears to be OK.  Was a little iffy yet this morning but I'm moving around fine by lunch.

37.8

Different Resistances

Sunday, August 14, 2022

I forgot to weigh in this morning.  Which is no big deal, but it's always surprising when I forget.  I was just very off this morning - tired, so I slept an extra hour and then snoozed a couple times.  Still took a while (including a hot shower and a bunch of coffee) to feel right.  Ish.  Definitely not 100% at any point today.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped cream cheese, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Lentils with extra sauage, pretzel chips with Founders beer cheese dip

Cleanup.  I cleaned out the freezer to make room for the double batch of soup I made this morning.  I think I might have one jar of lentils left.

Dinner:  Steak, chips, salad no dressing, rolls w butter, ice cream w choc sauce, little bag of fritos and pretzel chips

Craving salt.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, modest extra walking.  Not up to my usual standard.

--

Tomorrow Will Be Not Good

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Yeah, today has been a debacle.

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out, except golf was canceled before I finished eating it.  A rainy rainy dreary day which meant I did a lot of other stuff.

Lunch:  Chipotle barbacoa bowl, a bit later a CFA spicy and diet lemonade

I dunno, I like chipotle.

Dinner:  BK single southwest bacon whopper, chicken nuggets, 12 oz All Day IPA, pretzel crisps w Founders beer cheese dip.

Fat.   And ate late too, which is not good.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned, golf was canceled.  Super busy doing stuff all day but only so much movement.

32.2

Standard Failure

Friday, August 12, 2022

At least it's the end of the week.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Another 3 cup day.

Lunch:  Ham and salami sub, rice krispie treat

Eaten on the fly.  Sandwich was rather good.

Dinner:  Brat w mustard, chips, 16 oz Mich Ultra, also 2x TB chipotle chx burito, spicy beef burrito, Nicks mint chip

Okay.  And I went to the grocery store after and bought relatively few chips.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much extra walking

33.4

Yuck

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Fatigued.  And fat.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Most obvious 3 cup day ever.

Lunch:  Home cheeseburger, cottage cheese

Yup.  Bun had a couple tiny tiny mold spots, glad I caught them.

Dinner:  Dominos thin pep ham gr olive, 12 oz Coors Light, cheese popcorn, Nick's triple choc

Almost made myself go to the grocery store.  But failed.

Exercise:  Nope.  Back at it tomorrow.

34.2

Ketchup

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Yup.  It's bad.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt and vinegar chips

Not what I had planned, worked through lunch.

Dinner:  Qdoba chicken bowl.  Also CFA spicy, frosted lemonade, cheese popcorn, nice oatmeal cookies

Just kept EATING.  Bad.

Exercise:  Nope.

32.0

Failure Is Always An Option

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Not a good stretch.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Home double cheeseburger, Fry Daddy's snack mix

Just meat and cheese but RIDICULOUSLY fat.  Plus WAY too much mix

Dinner:  Chef salad w ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite, more snack mix

Ugh.  Tried to burn out on the mix, not 100% sure I succceeded.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, minimum walking

30.2

There It Is

Monday, August 8, 2022

Finally a spike on the scale.  With all the awful eating lately I've been waiting for it and it finally came this morning.  Boo.  Lots of retained fluid to get rid of, so it may or may not last.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  

Lunch:  Ham and cheddar sandwich on a buttered brioche bun, chips and onion dip

Again no phone no photo.

Dinner:  2 mexican 2 american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, some more chips, Nicks cherry chip

Need to just not buy chips next week.  The tacos were not super fat but they were excellent.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  Now if only I were rested.

30.2

Need a Week, Got an Hour

Sunday, August 7, 2022

I could use a lot of extra sleep.  Because I made the choice last night to stay up and see the festival fireworks, I was rather sleepy this morning.   Took an extra hour to get a little more rest.  We'll see how badly that screws things up tonight and for tomorrow morning.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped cream cheese, coffee

Yup.  Easy and enjoyable.

Lunch:  Qdoba chicken bowl, Meijer chili cheese corn chips

Okay.  Also:  Buy fewer chips dumbass.

Dinner:  Sirloin steak, salad no dressing, garlic toast, chips, ice cream w choc sauce, also Wendy's double stack and med choc frosty

ALL the eats.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not all that much extra walking today.

27.2

Another Heater

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Whew.  Another hot day, though it wasn't quite as brutal as yesterday.  Close though.

Pleased to see another tiny drop, despite another day of poor eating.  Lots of exercise helps with that I guess.  Anyway, do better.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, raisin toast w homemade jam, coffee

Standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Not their finest effort.

Lunch:  Redskin peanuts, chips and onion dip

Snacks.  I bought WAY too many chip-type things this week.  Oops.

Dinner:  Lentils w extra sausage, 12 oz All Day IPA, Nicks mint chip

Sounded good, was good.  Working on cleaning out some stuff from the freezer.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, moderate extra walking

27.6