Missing Sleep So Much

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Being a decrepit old man sucks.  And nothing frustrates me more than the fact that I cannot get a good, solid night of sleep.  Last night, I went to bed at a reasonable time, just before 10:00.  Woke up at 12:30 with a delightful combination of needing to use the bathroom, back pain, and leg cramps.  Everything hurt.  Fortunately it resolved quickly and I went back to sleep ... until 4:15 when more cramping got me.  Not as easy to get back to sleep that time, ended up moving to the recliner and dozing for an hour between 6:00 and 7:00.  I need to be less fat, less inflamed and retaining a lot less liquid.  Recovery from this surgery is going to be hell.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Again.

Lunch:   Deluxe sub

After 3:00.

Dinner:  TB 2x chipotle chx burrito, crispy chicken taco.  Masa tortilla chips w guac.  Mint chip ice cream

Thought today was the start of the Volcano menu, no sign of it though.  Oh well.  Ordered a sample pack of the Masa chips (no seed oil, fried in tallow).  Quite good, though they are crazy expensive.

Exercise:  Nope, still not possible.  I'd say the back is about 50% recovered, but still twinges with some movements.  

72.8

Not Magically Cured

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

At the end of the day the back is feeling somewhat better but clearly not close to 100% normal.  No major improvement this morning, though a hot shower felt good.  Seen a little improvement since then.  Hoping for more relief tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Again.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, mcchick, vanilla cone

Had errands to run and short on time.

Dinner:  Frozen deluxe pizza, mint chip ice cream, home bread and butter

 

 

Yup.  Pretty decent for frozen pizza but still ... frozen pizza.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not possible.

74.4

Back Acting

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

It's always something.  My back started acting up this afternoon.  Not pleasant.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter, coffee

Again, excellent satiety.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

After 2:00 even.

Dinner:  Italian sub, Lays chips, 12 oz Miller Lite, Tillamook mint chip ice cream

Yup.

Exercise:  9 holes, as little movement as possible.  Ouch.

76.2

Blahs

Monday, June 26, 2023

Dragging, big time.  Woke up at 4:30, didn't really get any more sleep even though I spent hours trying.  When I should not have.

Breakfast:  Home bread w butter, coffee

Pretty good for satiety today.

Lunch:  2x Wendys baconator, olive oil chips

Too much sodium.

Dinner:  4x mexican tacos, ice cream sandwiches (later) and a few more olive oil chips

Hmm.

Exercise:  Nope

76.2

Slow Starts and Storms

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Slow start to the day, dozy.  Got up at 5, moved to the recliner and went back to sleep.  Didn't get up until 8:00, which is unfortunate as I have a million things to do today.  There is a good chance of some storms this afternoon, which, frankly, wouldn't be all bad.  We need the rain and I should work not golf.

Breakfast:  McD 2x sausage mcmuffin, hash brown, apple fritter.  Coffee

Needed to move the car, paired it with a breakfast run.  Going to clean out and organize the fridge shortly, I have lots of food, I need to be more prepared to cook it.

Lunch:  Ribeye

I meant to have this for dinner last night, but instead I had it for lunch.  Have half left for tomorrow's lunch, I think I'll have a steak sandwich.

Also:  3x TB chipotle chix burrito (later)

Dinner:  Brats/hot dog w MR, potato salad, green salad, strawberries and vanilla ice cream

Sunday dinners.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Chased off by the storms after that.

75.2

Released

Saturday, June 24, 2023

Glad to have a day off.  I need to up the intensity 1000% but today I do not have it in me.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Very fast service today.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, jalapeno cheddar popcorn

Snacky.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 3x ice cream sandwiches

Waited more than an hour for the pizza, that was a poor choice.  Good pizza though.

Exercise:   18 holes, lots of extra walking today.

75.8

Not Putting In The Work

Friday, June 23, 2023

Less than four weeks, yikes.  Coming up fast.

Breakfast:  Ham and cheese sandwich, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Meatloaf sandwich, fries

Local place, good, awful for me.

Dinner:  3x TB chipotle chx burritos, meijer cake donuts

Doh.

Exercise:  Nope

74.4

Utter Predictability

Thursday, June 22, 2023

When I eat crap, predictable consequences happen.  Cheap chain pizza certainly qualifies, especially when backed up with bread bites just dripping with seed oil.  Dumbass.

Breakfast:  Ham and cheese sandwich, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Yup.

Dinner:  Jersey Mike's #56, Great Lakes salt and vinegar chips

WAY too much.

Exercise:   Nope.

73.0

Not Much Required

Wednesday, June 21, 2023

It doesn't take that much exercise.  Even nine holes with a cart, with little extra effort at all.  

Anyway, another pleasant night of sleep where I didn't wake until after 6:00.  I'm a big fan of that, it's been a rare thing of late.  So I celebrate when it happens.  Still don't have a lot of pep but I won't until after the procedure and rehab.

Breakfast:  Sausage mcmuffin, hash brown, coffee

Late breakfast after a meeting and a blood draw.

Lunch:  Lentils, grilled cheese

Yup.

Dinner:  Dominos bklyn pep sausage, parm bread bites, SF choc pudding

Doh.

Exercise:  Nope.

69.4

Putting In Windows

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Super tired this morning, though I slept rather well and wasn't forced awake until after 6:00.  Just wearing down, I guess.  It's making life challenging.

Breakfast:  Ham and cheese sandwich, coffee

Again.  Probably will not continue after this week.

Lunch:  2x Wendys doubles

Audible, craved burger, got burger.

Dinner:  1/2 italian grinder, chips, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also:  2x McDouble, vanilla cone.  Doh.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, minimal extra walking

70.2

Dial Back Dummy

Monday, June 19, 2023

It may be a holiday but it's not a work holiday.

Breakfast:  Ham and swiss sandwich, coffee

Solid meh for satiety.  Was ready to eat again by 10.  But since I bought a full loaf of sourdough this week I'll be eating many sandwiches.

Lunch:  Lentils, grilled cheese

Yup.

Dinner:  5x mexican tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, butterscotch SF pudding

Deluxed up the tacos, they were quite good.  

Exercise:  Nope.

72.0

Full Of Food

Sunday, June 18, 2023

Father's Day.  Always an enjoyable day.  Grateful for mine.

Predictable results after abysmal eating yesterday.  I think rice bloats me like nothing else, but add a vat of seed oil and other crap and yeesh.  

Breakfast:  3 eggs scrambled with peppers and onions, cheese, sour cream and picante sauce, 2 sausage patties, hash browns in avo oil and butter.  Coffee

Pretty tasty, though obv a lot much.

Lunch:  2x McDoubles.  Had a 16 oz Mich Ultra after golf

Yup.

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, pasta salad, chips, strawberry shortcake w ice cream

Tasty.  Party food.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not much extra walking

Really hoping to recapture some pep.

73.0

Not the Best No Not Close

Saturday, June 17, 2023

Whew.  Tired.  Got up earlier than usual and certainly earlier than I wanted to.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Dependably good.

Lunch:  Hot dog, bloody mary in a can

It didn't help, unfortunately.

Dinner:  Leftover taco bowl, chips and guacamole salsa

Way too much seed oil.

Also:  Meijer plain cake donuts.  Surprisingly tasty but of course completely terrible.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.

69.8

Friday, June 16, 2023

Breakfast:  Cheddar cheese, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jersey Mikes #56, salt and vinegar chips

 

Yup.

Dinner:  Maple bacon smashburger, chips, 16 oz Mich Ultra,  SF chocolate pudding

Yup.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, some extra walking

69.0

Need A Custom Order

Thursday, June 15, 2023

I definitely need a go-to takeout order for nights like last night.  What I got was a bit much and a bit off, plus I chose it in large part due to a coupon.  Maybe I should just default to tacos.

Anyway, not the best night of sleep, up too late, felt notably bad when I got up.  Fortunately a lot of it cleared right up, but coughing isn't an ideal start to the day.

Breakfast:  Ham and swiss sandwich, coffee

Went whole hog since I had one slice and the crust left.

Lunch:  Soup, 2 slices of pepperoni pizza

Since I had no bread for a sandwich I decided to try the local pizza place's lunch slice deal.  Not bad.  And the soup was from one of the best batches I have ever made, so it was delightful overall.

Dinner:  Taco bowl (seasoned ground beef, Bush's southwest zest beans, Vigo avocado lime rice, Pace picante sauce, cheddar, guac), 12 oz All Day IPA

I made the reluctant call to cook and I'm glad I did.  Turned out pretty decent.

Exercise:  Nope.

68.6

Asking For Clearance

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

Another day.  I do feel somewhat better, though clearly not 100%.  Lungs are not clear.  But I'm far more functional than I was on Monday.

Unrelated, I have seemingly disposed of some water, feeling a little leaner and the scale was kind again despite the big sandwich for dinner and no exercise due to the rain.  All good.  I even slept straight through until after 5:00 this morning!  More than six hours is incredible.

Breakfast:  Half ham and swiss sandwich, coffee

Yup.  Not sure if this is worth continuing, I was still rather hungry by late morning.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Same as yesterday, one slice less in the sandwich.  I also found a jar or two of soup from an older batch in the freezer so I'll be able to get through tomorrow at least with the same menu.  

Dinner:  2x Wendy's doubles, SF chocolate pudding

Best way to get me to crack?  Keep me at work past 6:30.  So not a perfect day with the buns and mayo, stupid seed oils.

Exercise:  Nope.

67.2

Smoothing Out Rough Spots

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Still not healthy, though I guess I do feel a little better today.  Appeared that I had a fever last evening but it was gone this morning.  Nothing outrageous, just another thing making life unpleasant.

Sleep was a little smoother.  First wakeup was before midnight.  Ugh.  There were a couple others, too.  But I was never awake for more than a half hour or so before falling back to sleep.  Didn't do the math but I think I probably managed seven hours in all.  As a result I'm tired today but not exhausted.  Ready for a post-lunch nap that isn't coming though.

Got rid of some extra water thanks to a decent day of eating.  Still would like to lose a chunk of weight before surgery.

Breakfast:  Half ham and cheese sandwich, coffee

One slice bread, butted, one slice cheese, some deli ham.  It was something.  Can't say it was real satiety provoking but I would not expect it to be.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Yup.  One less slice of cheese since I had one for breakfast.

Dinner:  Italian sub

Meh.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rained out.

69.8

When You Forget The Leaf

Monday, June 12, 2023

I hate being sick.  I managed to stop the drainage pretty well but still have a cough and today I just generally feel like crap.  Hopefully it'll be better tomorrow.

Decided this morning that I'm going back to 3MAD for a while.  Just a little breakfast, but I think for now it's better.  Once I'm healthy and rehabbed I may well revisit.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Yup.  Realized just now, as I'm finishing almost the last of this batch, that I didn't throw a bay leaf in for the simmer.  I feel so ... defeated.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos w added guac and Pace picante sauce, SF butterscotch pudding

Decided to jazz up the tacos a bit.  Worked better with the mexican style but tasty either way.

Exercise:  Nope.

73.0

Doing Some Math

Sunday, June 11, 2023

Sleep should not take up so much of my posts, but it seems like I'm doomed to keep posting about it since every night it's something new.

Held up better than expected yesterday given the lack of sleep the night before, but I still went to bed by 9:30.  Managed this time to sleep until almost 4:00, then I was able to get back to sleep around 5:00 and it lasted until past 7:00.  By my math that should be about eight hours, though it wasn't super high quality.  When I woke up my throat was swollen almost entirely closed, presumably due to drainage from the sinuses though they didn't seem to be particularly fussed.  A few hours later things are pretty well back to normal, though it has settled in the chest and that's not quite clear yet.   It's always something.

Anyway, given the rough start not much has happened yet this morning.  Taking it easy.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with cream cheese, coffee

Might be the end of the run for now.

Lunch:  Leftover deluxe pizza, grilled cheese, chips and onion dip

Modest quantities for once.  And laziness worked to my benefit, didn't want to leave to go get anything so I settled on the grilled cheese.  Good thing I got groceries yesterday.

Dinner:   Chicken enchilada, rice, chips and salsa, cupcake and ice cream

Birthday party food.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rained out, which was fine with me.  Needed a day off.

73.4

Why Is Sleep So Hard

Saturday, June 10, 2023

Ridiculous.  I went to bed around 10, not that unusual.  I woke up at 1:30.  And I could NOT get back to sleep.  Felt like crap but was not able to sleep.  I got most of an hour between 5:30 and 6:30, but that was it.  So frustrating.

Otherwise, I got through today better than I thought I would.  Still in poor condition, but that isn't going to change until after upcoming surgery and rehab.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out.

Good as always.

Lunch:  ~ 24 oz Coors Light

Post-golf.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza

Good as always.  Hopefully I have kept the quantity in check sufficiently that it doesn't delay bedtime.

Later:  Hot fudge sundae with hard serve.  Will miss these.  Bad habit but very tasty.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, minimal extra walking.

Not much pep.  Did not push it.

73.6

Running Out of Synonyms

Friday, June 9, 2023

Ugh.  Woke up at 2:30.  Didn't get back to sleep until after 5:00.  Frustrating.  Not feeling great either, some cough/congestion.  Especially annoying given other health issue.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Thought about eating, didn't.

Lunch:  2x TB chipotle ranch chx burrito

On the go.

Dinner:  Oklahoma onion burger, chips, 16 oz Mich Ultra, hot fudge sundae w hard serve

Tasty.  Sundae was a nice capper, just the right size.  But of course I should not eat it.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, some extra walking.  Dragging, hurting.

77.6

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Forgot to type this up.

Breakfast:  Bagel sandwich w sausage, egg, cheese, cream cheese.  Coffee

Local place.  Not bad.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, McChicken.  Hot fudge sundae w hard serve

Audible after the local place I planned to go was too busy.

Dinner:  Deluxe sub, chili cheese fritos, zebra mini donuts

Weird mix.

Exerrcise:  Nope.

76.8

Distention

Wednesday, June 7, 2023

Super fat.  Dumbass.

Breakfast:  TB california crunchwrap, coffee

Mid-morning, sounded good, was good.

Lunch:  Wendy's double, pretzel pub

OK.

Dinner:  Domino's bkln extravaganzza, parm bites

Bleah.

Exercise:  Nope

73.0

Quickest Ever

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Had possibly the quickest appointment ever with my PCP.  In, out, done in 15 minutes.  This is NOT a complaint.

Yes, it's a vey takeout-intensive day.  I need to get organized and get off that train.  Pronto.

Breakfast:  Sausage McMuffin no egg, hash brown, coffee

Decided I was hungry.  Being awake at 4:45 might have had something to do with that, even though I did not get up and actually do anything.

Lunch:  Jersey Mike's #56, salt and vinegar chips

Tasty.

Dinner:  Taco Salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, too many Fritos

OK.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Did a little walking but very tired.

74.0

Quick Fail Post

Monday, June 5, 2023

Sigh.  So much fail.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

On the go.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 2x Nicks mint chip bars, lazy bagels w cream cheese

Relentless eating machine.

Exercise:  Nope.

74.8

Rest Needed

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Wrapping up a busy (albeit not productive) weekend.  Catching up.

Breakfast:  Meat lovers omelet, raisin toast, coffee

Different place, the usual is closed on Sundays.

Lunch:  Loaded brat, plain cake donuts

Outing food

Snack:  Salt and vinegar chips, dip

Sigh.

Dinner:  Leftover home burger, chips, salad, a bit of blueberry pie w ice cream

Fine.

Also:  2x Big Mac, cone

Idiot.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Not much extra walking still a decent workout.

72.8

Saturday, June 3, 2023

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Yup.

Lunch:  Loaded brat, cake donut

Outing food.

Snack:  Olive oil chips and onion dip

Doh.

Dinner:  Home burger, chips, salad, blueberry pie and ice cream

Party food.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.

70.2

Funny Bloat

Friday, June 2, 2023

Whew.  Limped home.  Glad it was a short week.

Not at all surprised to be up this morning, but oddly enough I felt much less bloated than yesterday.  It's just weird.  And funny.

Breakfast:  Sausage McMuffin, hash brown, coffee

Decided to eat something.

Lunch:  Meatloaf sandwich, fries

Audible since I was running errands.  Very tasty.

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza, Nick's mint chip bar

Yup.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not that much walking

74.2

Who You Are

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Not much to report.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub.  Later had a pb cup flurry from Freddies

Doh.

Dinner:  Ham, salami cheese sub, garlic cheese bread, rice krispie treats, 1x Nicks mint chip bar

Fat.

Exercise:  Nope

73.0