Alas Too Short

Sunday, April 30, 2023

Weekends are just way too short.  This one just flew by.  Didn't get in the time at the office I needed.  Tomorrow as a result is going to suck.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with veggie cream cheese, coffee.  Later, 3 strips bacon.

Yup.  I think I've got stuff for one more batch.

Lunch:  McD Big Mac, QPC, McChicken

Sigh.

Dinner:  Cheeseburger, chips, 16 oz Mich Ultra

Out.

Fourthmeal:  Pork fried rice, banana split flurry

Oof.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, good extra walking.  At least I got some exercise.

72.8

Faturday Followed by Funday

Saturday, April 29, 2023

Early start this morning, got up about 4:30 and was unable to doze back off.  Not super productive but I did get a couple things done.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out, coffee

It was good.  And very standard.

Lunch:  Bloody mary

The golf wasn't going so well.

Dinner:  Soup, chips and onion dip, 12 oz All Day IPA

And later, some apple strudel bites.  I didn't buy a lot of junk at the store this afternoon, but I did buy these.  Also jalapeno cheddar popcorn.  Just too much eating!

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, moderate extra walking.  Also got in a few thousand steps running errands and grocery shopping.

72.8

Whew Times A Million

Friday, April 28, 2023

Made it.  Barely.  Limped to the finish.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Yep.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries

Yum.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza plus jalapenos

Way way too much

Exercise:  Nope

73.8

Almost There At Least One Way

Thursday, April 27, 2023

Limping.  Leaking oil.  Struuuuuugling.  Just need to make it through tomorrow.  Somehow.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Solid.

Dinner:   Deluxe pizza, small home shake

Ate way too much as per usual.  Need to fix dinners.

Exercise:  Nope.  May have managed almost seven hours last night.  Maybe.

73.0

Repeat Vision

Wednesday, April 26, 2023

I may need to go on vacation just to try and have a morning where my brain doesn't spin up immediately when my body wakes super early.  I'm so sick of not getting enough sleep because I can't sleep.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Again.  Lots of butter today.

Lunch:  Wendys double stack biggie bag, crispy chix, Sprite Zero.  Also got 2 cookies from a bakery

The cookies were ridiculous.  Body was seriously pissed off about that much sugar.

Dinner:  Jersey Mikes big kahuna, salt and vinegar chips, small home shake

Tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.

71.0

Unexpected Flushage

Tuesday, April 25, 2023

I don't think I'll ever understand human biology.  I didn't have as much liquid as usual yesterday.  I had plenty of water-retaining carbs.  And yet overnight I lost a ton of liquid.  To the point of being annoying.  Good, but annoying.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

 

Yup.  Today is testing my will when it comes to only having one cup of regular coffee before switching to decaf.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, McChicken, later had a banana split blizzard type thing

Sigh

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pep sausage, small home shake

Sigh

Exercise:  Nope.  While I was awake at 4:45 and didn't really get back to sleep, I was never energetic.  Half dozed as long as I could.  It's going to be a brutal week.

70.8

Pain The Price

Monday, April 24, 2023

Ugh.  It's going to be a brutal week.  One day down.  Fat as predicted.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter, coffee

Yup.  Should go back to 2MAD but not right now.

Lunch:   Deluxe sub

A good sandwich.

Dinner:  3x mexican, 2x american tacos.  Later, small vanilla home shake

Standard.

Exercise:  Nope.   Work, and work.

74.4

Tomorrow Is Time For Srs Bzns

Sunday, April 23, 2023

Had just about enough of this, I think.  Time to get on track.

It's going to be an insanely busy day.  Again.  It was nice having down time yesterday but the fun is over.  Let's work.

Breakfast:  Donuts, coffee.  Followed by lazy bagels and veggie cream cheese

I should not be allowed near grocery stores.  Maybe if I had them delivered I'd stop buying crap.

Lunch:  Jersey Mikes #56, salt and vinegar chips

Sounded good, was good.  Will also eat the crusts of my loaf of bread for the week with peanut butter.

Dinner:  Meatloaf, real mashed potatoes, peas, NSA peaches, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also, 2x TB chipotle chix burritos, cinnamon twists, end of home bread w butter.  Will be very fat come morning.

Exercise:  Nope.  Active but no exercise.

72.8

No Snazzy Title

Saturday, April 22, 2023

Whew.  TGIS.  A desperately needed day off.  

Sleep is getting kinda ridiculous.  All week I have been dozing off in the recliner -- last night it was at 9:00 -- and then when I get up and get ready for bed I cannot get to sleep.  The brain just spins various work subjects and I cannot get it shut down.  Frustrating.  

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, BEC biscuit, coffee

Had to audible as I didn't have enough time for the usual breakfast out.

Lunch:  Campfire dog, tots with ketchup, 12 oz Miller Lite

Golf food.

Snack:  Chips and onion dip

Yuh.

Dinner:  Deluxe sub, chocolate french twirls

Not their finest effort on the sub (not at all).

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Reasonable walking, got in a few miles.

71.0

Made It Through Sorta

Friday, April 21, 2023

TGIF.  It wasn't as rough a week as the previous one, but I'm still insanely far behind.  And I was pretty burned out.  Looking forward to most of a day off tomorrow -- though of course I shouldn't take one -- before getting back to the grind on Sunday.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, bacon burrito

Subpar.

Lunch:  Chipotle barbacoa bowl

Good, not great.

Dinner:  1/2 of a 14" pizza w ham, mushrooms and meatballs.  12 oz Miller LIte

Very good.

Fourthmeal:  Wendy's spicy nuggets, frosty

Okay.

Exercise:  Nope.  A little active, but nothing dedicated.

72.6

Need To Square

Thursday, April 20, 2023

Need to get straight, but it's probably not happening until the weekend.  Really sluggish again today, right from the drop and that's despite going to bed early and maxxing sleep.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, egg mcmuffin, hash brown.  Coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Wendy's 2x Daves double

Way excessive.

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

Fatass.

Exercise:  Nope

71.0

How About Bricked

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

Yeah, still feeling the effects of yesterday's choices.  Ugh.

Breakfast:  Peanut butter bread, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries, some leftover tortilla chips and no bakes

Sigh.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pep and sausage

Try again tomorrow.

Exercise:  Nope.

70.8

Need A Different Word Than Bloat

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Ugh.  Ate too much.  Full.  Not bloated but it's unpleasant.  Need a better description.

Breakfast:  Peanut butter bread, coffee

Again.

Lunch:  Brisket w hot BBQ sauce, smoked mushrooms, a few pickle slices

Very tasty.

Thirdmeal:  Steak and Shake double w cheese, fries, chocolate shake

Also tasty.

Dinner:  Subway meatball, chips and guac, no bake cookies

Like I said, way too much.

Exercise:  Not really.  Did have to do some hiking to get to a medical test, but it only about a ten minute walk each way, plus a couple flights of stairs.

67.8

Munday

Monday, April 17, 2023

Nothing exciting about today.  Lots of work.  Hoping to get back on track sometime this week.

Breakfast:  Peanut butter bread, coffee

Had to go store bought this week, sourdough.  I like the homemade stuff better but this is fine.

Lunch:  McD 2xQPC, McChicken

Actually now that I think about it they screwed up and one of them was a double QPC.

Dinner:  3x mexican, 2x american tacos.  Breyer's strawberry ice cream later

Standard fare.

Exercise:  Nope.  Lots and lots of work.

70.0

Sunday NonFunday

Sunday, April 16, 2023

Off to a very slow and sluggish start.  The fixing of things this week definitely needs to involve not eating so darned much in the evenings.  It's messing with my sleep, over and above how work is messing with my sleep.  Sheesh.

Not quite sure how I'm going to juggle office time and laundry and cleaning and everything else today.  So much more to do than I have time to do it.

Breakfast:  Donut holes, coffee

Can you really call that breakfast?   I don't think so.  Going to eat some leftover pizza so that I have some actual food to go with it.

Lunch:  Pork fried rice

Same place as last week, this time I just got what I had planned to get last week.  I didn't see it on the menu, but that's because I didn't have my reading glasses lol.  Way too much fried rice but pretty good.

Dinner:  Broiled chicken breast, stove top stuffing, green beans w cheddar cheese sauce, SF lime jello w pineapple and walnuts, 12 oz Mich Ultra, no bake cookies

A little lighter on the Sunday dinner this week.

Exercise:  Nope.  On a positive note I finally was able to remove some tissue from the callus this morning, it's not close to gone but it's a little better.  Good thing.

66.0

Gloriosity

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Nice to have a one day break in the insanity.  Need to work a bunch tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes since I have accomplished nothing of any consequnce today.

Update:  I did manage to go to the grocery store.  Successfully bought no chips, no crackers, nothing of the sort.  Just donut holes.  Oops.

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out.

Lunch:  2 slices home peanut butter bread, 12 oz Mich Ultra

Pretty late to call it lunch, just wasn't quite ready for dinner yet.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, small home strawberry shake

Pretty decent, plus some leftovers for tomorrow.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Did some extra walking, not a huge amount.  Still limping around due to the callus.

67.0

Exhalation

Friday, April 14, 2023

What a week.  I am completely drained.  It was go time 100% of the time and I still lost tremendous ground.  Thankfully next week's schedule isn't as packed.  It will be super busy but not as deadline intensive.

Breakfast:   Home bread w peanut butter, coffee

Only had time for one cup!

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Tasty.  About a six minute lunch break.

Dinner:   Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef, breadsticks w sauce, 12 oz All Day IPA, small home strawberry shake

Exercise:  Nope.  Had an interesting pain, after this morning's stuff the back of my left leg behind the knee got super stiff and painful.  I limped around for much of the afternoon.  Seems to be getting better at least.

65.0

Just So Obnoxious

Thursday, April 13, 2013

This is ridiculous.  I couldn't get to sleep last night due to thinking about work.  Finally managed it, then woke up at 3:30 and due to thinking about work I did not get any more sleep of any consequence, though I did avoid getting up until about 7:00.  I should have just gotten up and gone in, today might have been less of a race against the clock if I had.  Tomorrow is going to be more of the same I'm afraid.  But at least it'll be Friday.

Breakfast:  Home peanut butter bread, coffee

Again.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Ate in about six minutes flat.

Snack:  Freddy's PBCB concrete mixer

Uh.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, small home strawberry shake

Decent.

Exercise:  Nope.  Would have been a nice day.  So stressed.

64.4

Yikes

Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Exhaustion definitely a factor.  Couldn't stay as late as I needed tonight, just grabbed some food and am going to crash hard.

Breakfast:  Home peanut butter bread, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, McChicken.  A small bag of Fritos

I think I need to go back to strict LC just to reset the satiety triggers.  I know that 2x QPC alone is more than I need but I just keep wanting to eat.  It's sickening.

Dinner:  3x TB chipotle chix burritos, 12 oz All Day IPA, small home strawberry shake

Late, tired.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not until Saturday.

66.2

Pure Exhaustion

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

I just don't have zip.  Between not being able to go back to sleep due to work stress and working too many hours, I am fried.  And I need to be doing so much more.

Breakfast:  Home peanut butter bread, coffee

Yup.

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

Sigh.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pep sausage, later a small home shake

Double sigh.

Exercise:  Nope.

68.2

It Was Monday Could Have Been Much Worse

Monday, April 10, 2023

Different day, different fail.

Breakfast:  2 slices home bread w natural peanut butter, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, McChicken.  Pretzels.

Idiot.  QPCs were very enjoyable though.

Dinner:  3x mexican 2x american tacos.  Later, a small home vanilla shake

Standard tacos.  Consumed at desk as I went back for a few more hours.

Exercise:  Nope.  Have started treating the callus, hoping in a couple weeks it'll be gone and walking will be much more pleasant.

70.6

Swearing At The TV

Sunday, April 9, 2023

Easter Sunday

Happy Easter.  Starting the day off right with a cup of coffee and swearing at the nonsense on my local TV news.  Going to have to ask for forgiveness because I got pretty angried up.

Pleased that getting a little exercise yesterday helped, now I need to keep it up and also fix the eating, which won't happen before tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Nutty donut holes, coffee

This isn't going to stick.

Lunch:  Chinese takeout - hot and spicy chicken on pork fried rice, egg roll, fortune cookies, crab rangoon.  A few stray chips leftover from yesterday.  Small home shake later.

Haven't had Chinese in a long time.  It was okay.

Dinner:  Ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, mini croissants w butter, brownie w ice cream

Holiday sunday dinner.

Also:  BK double cheeseburger, Sprite

Exercise:  Nope.  

68.2

Fresh Air, Sunshine

Saturday, April 8, 2023

Ahhh, that was nice.  Got outside.  Some sun.  Not too much.  Fresh air.  Light exercise.  Good stuff.

All of which I will pay for tomorrow.

Also, I have been slacking big time on my photo taking.  Tomorrow may not be great but I need to get at things WITH AUTHORITY on Monday, I'll see if I can add that to the list.

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

Return of the standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Delightful.

Lunch:  3x TB chipotle chix burritos, 16 oz Mich Ultra

More of an early dinner.

Dinner:  Wendys' single, spicy nuggets.  Chips and onion dip.  Home milkshake

Fat.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, modest extra walking

I'd have walked a bunch more if not for this damned callus.

66.6

Glad For That

Friday, April 7, 2023

Limped to the finish line.  It was not a great day but it was a little better than yesterday.  Next week is going to be BRUTAL.  Beyond brutal.

Breakfast:  Donuts, coffee

Uh huh.

Lunch:  Italian beef sandwich, fries, Nice magic trail mix

Could have not eaten the mix.

Dinner:  Ham and pep sub, 2 slices home bread w peanut butter, 12 oz All Day IPA

Bonus sub from yesterday

Exercise:  Nope.  Golf tomorrow though.

64.8

Get Me To A Weekend

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Yuck.  Least productive day in a while.  At the worst possible time.  Need to crash early and bounce back tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter and strawberry preserves, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Wendys 2x single, spicy nuggets, a couple slices of american cheese

As usual, it took way too long for satiety to kick in.

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

Bah.  Worst RKTs I've had in a long time.

Exercise:  Nope.

62.8

Carryover Effect

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Not very inspired today.  Definite lingering effect from yesterday.  Just kinda bummed.

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

Fat day.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, S&V chips, diet lemonade

Fat.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza

Fat.

Exercise:  Nope.

61.8

Answering Sleep

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Answering all these sleep questions on medical paperwork makes me think ... about sleep.  About how lately I'd just like to go to bed early and then get up whenever I'm ready.  It would sure be nice to have a consistent routine, but I'm not sure even that will get me to a place where I always feel rested in the morning.  Even usually might be a bridge too far.

Anyway, too much starch and sugar yesterday.  Will do a bit better today I think.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter, coffee

Skipped the jam this morning.  Probably should have just skipped it entirely, I think it made me hungry by mid-morning.

Lunch:  2 eggs scrambled w fajita veg and guac, hash browns in olive oil, 3 strips CF bacon

Cleaned up the eggs and hash browns so less than usual.  Added guac.  All in all quite satisfactory.

Dinner:  Freddy's patty melt, followed a while later by Dominos brooklyn pep saus, ice cream

Discouraging medical news sapped my enthusiasm to do anything.

Exercise:  Nope.

60.0

Little Extra Flush

Monday, April 3, 2023

Pleased that paying the slightest attention produces positive results on the scale when you have tons of extra water hanging around.  We'll see how bad today was.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter and a little strawberry preserves, coffee

Yep.   Bread is definitely better when the dough cold ferments more.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, Sprite zero sugar

Not the absolute best but still exquisite.  Did not have time to go home for lunch, this is very much a splurge.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos.  Later, brownies w ice cream

Standard tacos, no beer.  Cleaned up the brownies.  Ice cream is just Breyers natural.  Not junk.

Exercise:  Nope.  Seeing a doc tomorrow, dreading it.

59.2

Extra Lucid For Sure

Sunday, April 2, 2023

Huh.  That was interesting.   I crawled back in bed after being up for a while to warm up and maybe get some extra sleep.  Which I did, and I had a particularly lucid dream in which I was most definitely actively participating.  Tied up a number of current stressors.  Way too realistic.  Yikes.  Maybe I should have just stayed up!

Anyway, it was nice to get rid of a bunch of water.  Good drop despite having hash browns for lunch and dessert.  Makes me optimistic that I can do this poverty diet thing.

Breakfast:   Brownies, coffee

Very late breakfast.  Didn't want to fix anything, so yeah, baked good.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled, hash browns in olive oil, fire roasted peppers and onion, 4 strips CF apple smoked bacon

The veg was a new addition, found a kind at Meijer that looked good and they worked wonderfully.  Easy prep, just five minutes on the stovetop in a little olive oil.

Dinner:  Chuck roast w/ LC gravy, carrots, a little mashed kohlrabi, 12 oz Mich Ultra, a little Nicks mint chip, home bread w butter later

The kohlrabi was an experiment, meh.  It was okay.  Won't make again.  Was very pleased with the gravy, best I've done so far experimenting with thickening using xanthan gum.  

Ate the heel of this week's loaf when I got home since I had to slice it.  It's better when it has more time in the fridge, at least a week is ideal before baking.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not super active today either.

62.8

No Fools Here

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Okay, let's try this again.  I don't have any expectations of immediate drops, but I do have some hopes of improvement.  Going to radically cut the food budget, which is going to curtail eating out other than taco monday.  I hope, anyway.  Lots of soup and eggs.  Some cleaner treats, still going to try and get away from the seed oils, HFCS and other processed crap.  Will probably gradually become more LC as I eat down what I have on hand junk-wise.  Let's go.  March sucked.

Update:  Pretty successful grocery run, kept it under $40.00.  Of course I didn't get much for what I spent, but I have enough stuff on hand that I didn't need much.  Next week will be harder, since I'll need to get stuff to make soup and I'll want to hit the farm to restock a couple things if I can.  We'll see. 

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled, hash browns in olive oil, 2 sausage patties

Solid.

Dinner:   Soup, brownie with vanilla ice cream

Made the other half of the premade brownie mix I put together a couple weeks ago, since I had the requisite eggs and butter on hand (and because I ended up not taking it on vacation - I did take premade pancake mix which worked great).

Exercise:  Nope.  Somewhat active but not really.

68.4