Last Of It Let's Hope

Friday, March 31, 2023

Yuck.  Brutal week, worst eating yet.  Need to be done.  Right now.  Bring on the poverty diet.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, fries

Yeah.

Snack:  DQ resses blizzard, pb pretzels

Uh

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza plus jalas

WTF were you thinking you weren't all that hungry

Exercise:  Nope

65.6

Getting There

Thursday, March 30, 2023

One thing about a busy week, it goes by a little faster.  Still, ready for less insanity.  And to get back on track.  Almost there.

Breakfast:  2x McD egg mcmuffin, hash brown, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Wendys 2x single, spicy nuggets

Sigh.

Dinner: Popeye's 2x spicy chicken

Enough of those.  That's for sure.

Exercise:  Nope.

65.0

Palpable Fail

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Trying to limp through.  It's not going well.

Breakfast:  BK junior burrito, sausage biscuit, coffee

Bleah.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries, a few triscuits

Tasty, horrible for me.

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese sub, garlic cheese bread w pizza sauce, rice krispie treats

Getting back on the horse this weekend.  For sure.

Exercise:  Nope.

64.2

Trying For Positive Mindset

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

As in, this POSITIVELY sucks.  I'm so tired of it.

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, BEC biscuit, hash brown, coffee

Breakfast sounded necessary this morning.

Lunch:  Wendys 2x single, 10pc spicy nuggets, a few Triscuits

Excessive.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pep sausage, a couple fun size candy bars

What a crappy eating day.  I need to hit the grocery store and clean up around the house.

Exercise:   Nope.

62.0

Post-Vacation Annoyance

Monday, March 27, 2023

Ugh.  Back to reality.  Got home late last night, slept ok but just cratered late afternoon.  Hoping to go to bed very early.  At least I didn't gain any weight on the trip.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, Sprite Zero Sugar

One of those days.

Dinner:  2x mexican tacos, 2x american.  12 oz Miller Lite.  A few oreos.

Standard Monday fare.  Cleaned up some trip food with the Oreos.

Exercise:  Nope.  Really flagging.   Some of it is a medical reason.  Plus I have a horrible callus on the bottom of my foot right now.

62.6

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Travel day.

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs, 1 strip bacon, hash browns, pancake w syrup, toast w jam, OJ, coffee

Lunch:  Triscuits

Dinner:  Steak n Shake double cheese, fries, strawberry shake

Very tasty.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, medium walking

Didn't feel as good, foot issues today.

Saturday, March 25, 2023

Breakfast:  Over medium eggs, hash browns, bacon, pancakes w butter and maple syrup, OJ, grapefruit, coffee

Lunch:  Hot dog

Dinner:  Spaghetti and meatballs, garlic rolls, crackers, Sprite

It wasn't horrible but neither was it good.

Also:  Cheez it snapped, 4x12 oz Yuengling, a couple mini candy bars

Exercise:  27 holes with cart, tons of walking (cart path only, mountain course)

At least 15k steps, lol.  Felt pretty good though!

Friday, March 24, 2023

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs, bacon, toast w butter and jam, hash browns, OJ, grapefruit, coffee

Lunch:  PB & J sandwich, pretzels

Dinner:  Pizza Hut hand tossed ham, beef, mush plus 1 slice of veggie lovers

Also:  a couple Yuenglings, Oreos

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, lots of walking.

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast, coffee

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, fries, Sprite

Also:  A couple Yuneglings, pretzels, Oreos

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking (cart path only, mountain course)

Oy.  Really dragging after Wednesday's events.  And I didn't have good luck with my sock and shoe and padding choices, the callus was a real problem.

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Breakfast:  Nope

Medical procedure day, no eating allowed.

Lunch:  McDouble

Snack:  2x McDoubles

Dinner:  Culvers mushroom swiss, fries, diet root beer

Exercise:  Nope

Average Annoyance

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Gonna be quick, lots to do before three days out of the office.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter and strawberry jam

Good again.

Lunch:  3 eggs over medium, lots of bacon, hash browns in olive oil

Clean up.  Wildly excessive.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn extravaganZZa

Tasty.  Wildly excesssive.

Exercise:  Nope.  I will say that I felt pretty good this morning, which was a plus.  Just would have been nice if it was earlier, I woke up at 6:30.

63.8

Too Normal For Much Annoyance

Monday, March 20, 2023

Pretty routine Monday.  Didn't have a great morning but the afternoon and evening were productive.  I have SO much to do.

Have felt a little off since a medication addition and adjustment, have felt notably better today so hopefully I'm adjusting to it.  I have a strong preference to not be on meds so I need to get serious when I'm back from vacation ... assuming I get to go.  I will say I was pleased to not have gained yesterday.  I was reasonably active which helped.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter and strawberry preserves

Bought a jar for the trip but it turns out I don't need to bring it.  A nice addition.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

It's a good thing that the place that makes these isn't closer, it's dangerously good.  Also tried the new Pepsi Zero Sugar.  It's okay and definitely better than the prior version.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos.  A few triscuits and bar cheez later

Clean up after standard fare.  All good.

Exercise:  Nope.

65.0

Slightly Less Annoyed

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Still annoyed but a hair less so.  Vacation still in jeopardy but there are now reasons that are not related to me and my adventures in medicine.  Interesting that I frankly feel worse now, was feeling fine before these appointments.

We'll see what happens.

Breakfast:  Donuts, coffee

Yup.  Picked up a couple donuts yesterday evening.  Dumbass.

Lunch:  3 eggs over medium, hash browns in olive oil, 4 strips bacon

Different hash browns, these are refrigerated not frozen.  They were fine.  Nailed the eggs too.

Snack:  Triscuits and bar cheez

Dinner:  Low carb chicken pot pie, SF applesauce, 12 oz Mich Ultra, Great Value mint choc cookies

Experiment with a recipe, Sunday dinners may be going low carb.  Cookies were later ldo.

Exercise:  Nope,  Reasonably active, but not a lot of pep.

65.8

Very Very Annoyed

Saturday, March 18, 2023

Not much else to say, just annoyed.  Stewed late into the night, slept poorly, not feeling great today as a result.  

Breakfast:  Breakfast sandwich, egg bacon cheese cream cheese on pretzel bagel.  Coffee.

Not good for me but tasty.

Lunch:  Chips and onion dip (too much)

Dumbass.  I also bought a lot of junk for the trip ... assuming I get to go which is looking pretty shaky.

Dinner:  Wendy's single, spicy nuggets.  Bowl of soup.  Lemon pudding cups

Random ****.

Exercise:  Nope.

67.8

Argh Medical

Friday, March 17, 2023

Not going to lie, I felt a lot better a couple weeks ago before getting caught up in the medical system.  Yeesh.  Not done either.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Keto bowl

Was going to do Chipotle, but they were only doing online orders and I couldn't be bothered to download the app and sign up.

Also:  CFA fries and frosted lemonade

Dinner:  2x Popeyes spicy chx sand, 12 oz Miller Lite, mini Almond Joys bars

Sigh.

64.8

Superbad Again

Thursday, March 16, 2023

Yeesh.  Brutal.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Decided something was needed, went simple.

Lunch:  Wendys 2x single, spicy nuggets

Tiny window for lunch.

Dinner:  Sausage black olive pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite

Sigh.

Also:  Nice oatmeal cookies

Exercise:  Nyet

62.8

The Hole Just Gets Deeper

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Sigh.  I could work for a thousand straight hours and I swear I still wouldn't be caught up.  Just getting further and further behind.  It's horrible.

Breakfast:   2x McD egg mcmuffin, coffee

Sounded good, was good.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

First of the new batch with almost no celery, tasty as usual.  And I'm sated, could be that breakfast caused it.

Dinner:  Ham and salami sub, garlic cheese bread w pizza sauce, 12 oz Miller Lite, rice krispie treats

Busy.

Exercise:  Nope.  Another thing to fix.

61.4

Lower Pressure

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Well, at least I got a favorable number at the doctor today.  We'll see what Friday brings.  Backed it up with some horrific eating.

Otherwise, another day.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Post appointment breakfast.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt and vinegar chips, diet lemonade

Lunch meeting required JJs.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn sausage, mush, 12 oz Miller Lite, garlic toast

Cleaned up some toast from the freezer.  Meh.  It's gone.

Exercise:  Nope.

60.4

Well I Got Half

Monday, March 13, 2023

It was a good plan.  I decided to stay awake and power through yesterday, then go to bed early in hopes of then getting up early for a full reset of my internal clock.  I got half of it right.  In bed just after 8:00, asleep by 9:00 -- I could have done a little better there.  Woke up early ... and was still tired.  Ended up sleeping as late as I could.  So I got probably nine hours with only a couple interruptions.  

Anyway, I needed to spend yesterday at the office and I didn't so I'm going to be grinding trying to get stuff done.

Breakfast:   Coffee

Yup.  Starting to cut back on caffeine, only two cups of high test this week.

Lunch:  3 eggs over hardish, hash browns in olive oil, 3 strips bacon, 2 slices home bread w butter

Overcooked the eggs a shade.  Still working on getting them right.  I think in this case the pan size was a factor.  Still delicious.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite, a small bag of cheezit snapped, Reese PB cups

Bought a couple items of junk food.  Dumb.  

Exercise:  Nope.

63.0

Failing Forward

Sunday, March 12, 2023

One of the more unpleasant days of the year, the one where we spring forward.  Ugh.  I was watching the clock last night, knowing that this morning was going to suck since I was not sleepy.  I woke up courtesy of the bladder at a fairly early hour and decided that I need to tough it out today to get more on schedule.  So far it's going okay I guess.  Trying to limit myself to one cup of caffeinated coffee too.

Otherwise, yesterday's bad eating, delayed effects from Friday possibly, lack of sleep and lack of waste disposal made for an ugly number on the scale.  Oh well.  Need to do better this week, only 10 days until vacation.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:   2x Culvers double deluxe, olive oil chips and onion dip

Uh huh.  Nice photo.

Dinner:  Grilled cheese sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite, bacon

Didn't feel like fixing anything elaborate and since I had to slice today's loaf of bread anyway...  Also cooked up a pack of bacon so I can have that with lunches this week.

Exercise:  Moved more boxes.  Barely counts but yeah.  Dragging.

63.0

Vaguely Interesting

Saturday, March 11, 2023

Whew, TGIS.  It's early afternoon and it's already been a good day even if I'm not setting any productivity records.  I got my office picked up and that's a meaningful win.  A few other little things.  More to do, but it's a start.

Kinda interested by a drop on the scale this morning.  Yesterday was not a good eating day and I wasn't notably active.  It wasn't seed oil free (fries), I had tons of carbs.  I didn't dispose of any waste or notable amounts of water.  /shrug.  I'll take it.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, egg mcmuffin, apple fritter.  Coffee

Limited it to two cups of coffee, was feeling edgy.  Water helped.

Lunch:  Corned beef reuben, yucca fries

Local fusion place that I almost never go to advertised corned beef specials this weekend and I love corned beef so yeah, let's do it.  Expensive but very tasty.  I could take or leave the yuca fries, they were different but not outstanding in any way.

Snack:  Olive oil chips.  Managed to keep it reasonable.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, no bake cookies

Okay.  Not an ideal time to hit the Q, though I did get there before a large group which was nice.

Exercise:  Not really, though I have been quite active.  Looking to move a bunch of boxes which will take a while and if I do I am counting it.  Edit:  Yep, moved a bunch of boxes, got in a good workout.  It counts.

59.4

A Fitting Capper

Friday, March 10, 2023

What a week.  Sheesh.  And to top it off I got some negative medical news.  We'll see how bad it is next week but it's definitely not good.

Breakfast:  Coffee, small slice of banana bread w butter

Yup.  Co-worker made a treat.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries, Wendy's single, frosty

Uh huh.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite

Yeah.

Exercise:  Nope.

61.2

Just Limping To End

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Trying to make it to the end of the week.  It's been a bumpy one.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Wendy's 2x single

On the road, no time.

Later:  McD fries, frozen coke

Not very good tbqh

Dinner:  Ham and salami grinder, garlic cheese bread, 12 oz Miller Lite, rice krispie treat, peanut butter

Tasty, bad for me.

Exercise:  Nope.

60.0

Fail Repeat Fail Repeat

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Sigh.  So bad.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns in olive oil, 2 Meijer sausage patties, home bread w natural peanut butter

Really nailed the breakfast.  10/10.  Was excessive but very enjoyable.

Dinner:  Sausage black olive pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite, pb bread

Again very very excessive.

Exercise:  Nope.

59.4

The Many Synonyms For FAIL

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Sigh.  Things got off to such a nice start.  I got lots of sleep last night.  Slept decently.  Maxed it out.  Probably nine hours, at least close.  Felt pretty good this morning.  Cracked after lunch and was pretty spent by the end of the day.  Discouraging.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Ham and cheese omelet, raisin toast, Popeyes spicy chicken

Argh.

Dinner:  Dominos bklyn sausage mush, 24 oz Miller Lite, popcorn

Still not sated.  ARGH.

Also:  bread w/ crazy richard's peanut butter.  Found a jar in the pantry.

Exercise:  Nope

58.4

Explosion Exhaustion

Monday, March 6, 2023

All the E words today.  Mostly just exhausted, though.  Intellectually I know that when I go to bed super late and won't have enough time to get a good night of sleep the next day is going to suck and yet somehow it happens and I'm miserable.  It doesn't especially help that I worked a full day on Saturday and didn't get enough downtime yesterday.  And I'm still behind the eight ball at work.

Scale results were predictably explosive, ate way too much and just horribly.  Need to fix that, pronto.  And it would be nice to get to some exercise too so I'm not in such bad shape when vacation arrives.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Three cups did nothing.  Going to have to hope some food perks me up at lunch.

Lunch:  Leftover american goulash, grilled cheese

Currently sitting like a rock.  Kinda failed, too, didn't reheat long enough.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite

Standard.  Decent.  Also:  Popcorn

As usual when I make it it's done on the stovetop in a little coconut oil, then a little melted butter on top.  Finished eating at 7:00, hoping that helps with efforts to get to bed early.

Exercise:  Nope.

62.8

The Denser Kind of Fat

Sunday, March 5, 2023

TGITOS.  That other S.  Eight million things I want and need to do today, but I can do them at my own pace.  Looking to have a good day.

Expected to be up today and I was, but it didn't feel as bad as some of the lighter days I've had recently.  Somehow the fat was denser, firmer, that sort of thing.  Less puffy.  Felt leaner even though I wasn't.  Which is kind of nice.  I would think that if I actually follow through on reducing carbs and greatly reducing the seed oils that I will feel like that more often, but with added bonus less actual fatness.

That's the idea anyway.  Welp.  Let's get busy.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with cream cheese, coffee

Yup.  Later, cleaned up four strips of bacon:

Lunch:  Lentils, chips and onion dip, Popeyes spicy chicken sandwich

Dunno.  Yeesh.

Dinner:  American goulash, salad no dressing, garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite

Dessert, brownies, ice cream, choc sauce

Also:  Popcorn w butter.  It's an eating day.

Exercise:  Not specifically, but ...

59.0

The Good Sandwich

Saturday, March 4, 2023

TGIS.  A million things to do, off to a lazy start.  Let's get going.

Breakfast:   Home breakfast sandwich (1x egg, 2 sl cojack, home bread w butter), coffee

For a super basic, not even seasoned sando that sure was good.  Of course it took a little bit for satiety to kick in, but not having anything snackable around it wasn't a problem to fight off the urge to eat more.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Excellent as always.  Last of this week's loaf.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, 12 oz Miller Lite, chips and onion dip

Different chips and dip, stopped at Aldi.

Dessert:  Brownie and vanilla Haagen Dazs ice cream

Testing a home premix recipe.  Not bad.  Thassalotta sugar tho.

Exercise:  Nope.  Schedule still way off.  Hoping to be active this afternoon/evening, dunno if it will prove to be enough to count.

58.0

Broken Yolks

Friday, March 3, 2023

Whew.  Glad it is Friday, though I still have to get through the rest of it.

Was pleasantly surprised to find sausage patties in stock when I hit Meijer last night, they've been out for months.  Earlier this week I had actually resorted to checking out what Walmart had to offer but wasn't planning to go there until this weekend at the earliest.  Now I can cross that off.  They didn't have any hash browns of the Meijer brand, which is too bad because Ore Ida for some unknown reason is more than double the price.  Ridiculous.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2 eggs over, hash browns in olive oil, 2 sausage patties, bread w butter

Typing this up I have to say a V-8 or tomato juice sounds good.  Don't have any little cans though so it's not happening.  Otherwise all good.  Now if I could just crack a few eggs without breaking half the yolks.

Dinner:   3x TB chix chipotle ranch burrito, olive oil chips and onion dip, WM coconut fudge cookies, 12 oz Miller Lite

More epic FAIL.

Exercise:  Nope.  Schedule is even worse than before.

56.4

Change Is Hard

Thursday, March 2, 2023

Yeah.  I emptied the dishwasher at lunch and set the table and sure enough, I put out a spoon as if I were having soup instead of a fork for breakfast.  

Genius.  Idiot.  

Change is hard.

Working on getting through the rest of the week, kind of disappointed that I was unable or unwilling to go to bed early last night.  That was what I really needed to do since I didn't go back to work.  It did not happen.  Not good.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Only had the opportunity for two cups, probably going to have a post lunch decaf.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled w guac and sour cream, hash browns in olive oil, 3 strips bacon, home bread w butter

Ahh, much better effort.  Got the pans right, a bit lower heat, all good.  A little heavy on the potatoes, I may need to start measuring them.  Or, you know, stop eating them.

Dinner:  2x Popeyes spicy chicken, Olive oil chips

FAIL.  Epic fail.

Exercise:  Nope.  Still way off on schedule and very tired in the morning.

56.8

Rather Out Of Practice

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

The week rolls on.  February ends with a nominal gain for the month, entirely due to last evening.  I can deal with it, the month was a total trainwreck as far as eating and exercise go.  That said, kicking off a change here today.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Three cups and done early, could have easily had more but I limited myself.  Tired this morning.

Lunch:  3 eggs kinda sunny side, hash browns in olive oil, 3 strips bacon, home bread w butter

Part one is to switch to breakfast for lunch more often.  I used to do that all the time with the fave omelet and sausage patties.  Didn't quite have that today but it was breakfast.  I am rather out of practice, which resulted in overcooked hash browns, overcooked eggs, mediocre bacon.  Visually I was giving it a failing grade before I dug in but it tasted just fine.  So it's an unexpected win.  Had a couple slices of home bread with butter since I have a full loaf of that to eat the rest of the week.  Going forward I'll need to cut the carb count but for a first day it was fine.

Dinner:  Soup and grilled cheese, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

Part two is to move soup and grilled cheese to dinner.  I like fast and easy and knowing that I have that waiting for me - plus it's a meal I really like - will hopefully reduce the number of pizzas I consume.  Eventually will need to axe the grilled cheese, but for now it's fine.

Very tasty.  Now I just wonder if ditching the grilled cheese would help with the post-dinner desire to eat -- I'm pleasantly full but once again would destroy any snackable food I had handy right now.

Exercise:  Nope.  That part of the equation was not happening, stayed up too late and slept poorly.  Really need to work on my bedtime discipline.

57.8