Outta There

Thursday, September 26, 2024

And that's a wrap on the pre-vacation tsunami.   Featuring extra bad eating.   I really need to be a lot better when I get back.

Breakfast:  Pretzel bagel w veggie cream cheese, coffee

The bagel place had a broken toaster, and the coffee equipment was down too.  Yikes!

Lunch:  Meatloaf sandwich, fries

Yup.

Dinner:  3x chili cheese dogs, lemonade, McD chix mcnuggets w sweet and sour, caramel peanut clusters

Ugh.

Exercise:  Nope

100.4

Almost Gone

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Beynond red line.  It's bad.

One more day to get things done.  Yikes.

Breakfast:  Panera asiago bagels and cream cheese, coffee

Yah

Lunch:  Soup, mashed potatoes, swiss cheese

Standard stuff

Dinner:  Pep bacon pizza, later a Culvers concrete mixer

Different local place.  Good stuff.

Exercise:  Nyet

100.0

At Least No Dessert

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Stress levels way up.   Lack of time becoming a big issue.  Stupid vacations.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Jimmy John's #5, salt and vinegar chips, diet lemonade

It was pouring so I ordered delivery.  And tipped well.

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, root beer

At least I didn't have dessert since I didn't have any.  Sure had a sugar craving tho.

Exercise:  Nope

98.2

Price And Fail

Monday, September 23, 2024

Paid the price for bad eating, then failed again today.

Long day.  Didn't get home until after 10:30.  Started early too.  The price you pay for upcoming vacations.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2x McDouble, Coke Zero

Yup.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef, breadsticks w sauce, 12 oz MI P1lsner

Dunno why I craved the hut but it is so so bad for me.  Should have had tacos.

Exercise:  Nope

96.8

Straight Eight

Sunday, September 22, 2024

A slow start to the day.  Stayed up too late, went to sleep at midnight.  Woke up just after eight, so I got eight hours straight through, which is an extreme rarity.  It's always possible I woke up but I was never awake enough to look at the clock which is the usual case.  Had a couple crazy dreams, some of which I actually remembered.  So it was a weird one.

Feeling okay.  I was pleasantly surprised to see a drop on the scale despite the pizza.  I even feel a little backed up , which of course suggests that it could have been a bit lower yet.  Anyway, happy with that.  Today will be up, since there is no exercise likely (it's going to rain plus Sundays).  Lots of work to do and I need to start getting organized for my vacation.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with cream cheese, coffee

Good as always.  Takes a while, but low effort.  Now if only they weren't bad for me.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled w fajita veg in olive oil/butter, hash browns, 2 Meijer sausage patties

A satisfying bowl.   Might have a special Sunday treat in a little bit.

V-8 spicy bloody mary with olives - I impulse bought some V-8 bloody mary mix weeks ago and I finally have a chance to try one.  Didn't have any celery, pickles or other stuff so I kept it simple.  Also could have used ice.  It was decent, but not the best bloody I've had.

Dinner:  BLT, chips, 12 oz Miller Lite, cookie and ice cream

Sunday dinners.  Also, dominos jala bacon cheesy bread

Exercise:  Nope.

92.8

End Release

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Okay, that appears to be the end of the water release.  We're done with the easy part.  Of course I'll probably re-add a bunch of water when I go on vacation for 10 days, but it's a good practice run.  It's been working well.  Planned pizza coming this evening and Sunday dinner is always a wild card, but okay.

I did spin up a chocolate allu ice cream base that I had in the freezer last night and it was ... awful?!!  I gave up after a couple bites.  Not sure what went wrong.  

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

Standard.  I forgot to take a photo but it's the same thing I always get.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

Yup.

Dinner:  Pep bacon pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA

As planned.  Perfection.  So good.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, a reasonable amount of extra walking.  Not a lot of up and down today.

94.2

Less Watery

Friday, September 20, 2024

Ah, the flow has reduced.  Which is fine.  I still have water to lose, but at a more reasonable pace.

Didn't get to sleep as early as I would like but it doesn't seem to have mattered much.  I woke up a little after 6:00 and while I did not get going I was again unable to go back to sleep.  Someday I'll have a truly consistent sleep schedule.  I did do some electrolytes last night before sleep and had a slightly higher than usual pulse this morning, no idea if that was a factor.

Nothing else notable.  TGIF.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, mash, 2 oz Cabot extra sharp cheddar

Again.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, 12 oz All Day IPA

Always tasty.  Debating having an allu ice cream.

Exercise:  Nope.

94.4

Needing Proof Of Life

Thursday, September 19, 2024

I was rather amused yesterday, and again today, when my blood pressure cuff gave me really screwy heartbeat information.  Yesterday, it said it was 35 bpm.   Today's first reading was in the 40s.  Both times I immediately re-did it and got more typical readings, but yikes, am I even living at those numbers.  No wonder I'm so sluggish in the morning!

Dumped another massive quantity of water overnight and this morning.  I think it's finally slowing.  But good grief, why do I retain so much?

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, mash, 2 oz Cabot extra sharp cheddar

Again.  And very good again.  Even better satiety than usual!

Dinner:  3 eggs sunny, hash browns in butter/EVOO, 3 meijer sausage patties, 12 oz All Day IPA

So good I did repeated dinner too.  Am thoroughly stuffed, since I forgot that I should dial down the quantities a bit.

I hope to remember to do some electrolytes before I go to bed.  Meant to do that last night but forgot.  I figure with all the water I've dumped I might be a little short on potassium and magnesium.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did wake up shortly after 5:00 and was fairly awake, but I did not get going.  Didn't really get back to sleep either.  

96.0

Flooding Predictions

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Good grief.  As soon as I make the slightest step toward dietary sanity, my body says okay time to release all of the water.  It doesn't even have to be low carb!  Just somewhat sane and boom, there it goes.  Usually only lasts a couple days, but good lawd does it require a lot of trips to the head.

Anyway, a decent day yesterday (other than work which was not as productive as it needed to be).  I was tired and went to bed at a reasonable hour, had to get up this morning but easily could have slept a couple hours longer.  Getting off the excess calories and sugar and caffeine definitely changes how I feel.  But it's worth it to lose a bit of the bloat.  Things won't be real consistent since I'm on vacation in 10 days, and I have some meal plans for Friday and Saturday, but I'll get in a little practice so I can really focus when I'm back.

I spent a while last night paging back through this year and man, my eating has been bad.  No wonder I've mostly been stuck in this (high) range.  I should do better.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, mash, 2 oz Cabot extra sharp cheddar

Better soup/mash balance today, was a little short on mash yesterday.  Also think I was a bit over on cheese, but since I'll eat the 8 oz block over 4 days it doesn't matter.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, hash browns in butter/EVOO, 3 Meijer sausage patties, guac, 12 oz All Day IPA

I have no idea what I did at lunch to successfully
 take and keep a photo in landscape, but whatever.

Also better than yesterday.  The mini guac was a nice add (and good to use up since it was a week out of date), I am quite full as that was a lot of food.  Don't get me wrong, my mouth and brain would like to snack on something but it ain't happening.  Maybe I can dial quantities back a bit.

Exercise:  Nope.

102.2

Here We Go Round Eight Thousand

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Okay, time for a day of better choices.  I can do this.

It won't be perfect.  I know that.  I expect that I'll eat some things later in the week especially.  But I can get started with a nice lunch and let's see if I can add a home cooked dinner to it as well.  Go.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  You can tell I've been slacking as I could have eaten something.  Usually I'm fully used to not.

Lunch:  Soup, mashed potatoes, 2 oz Cabot extra sharp cheddar

Not a great batch of soup at all.  Oh well.  I have lots of it.  It wasn't bad, just kinda bland.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, hash browns in butter/EVOO, 3 Meijer sausage patties, 12 oz All Day IPA

A big ol' bowl of breakfast.  More than I needed, but I could still keep eating. I'm sure satiety will kick in, it was a lot of grub.

Exercise:  Nope.  One battle at a time.

106.8

Stop Skipping

Monday, September 16, 2024

I've been slacking on this.  For obvious reasons.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  McD $5 meal w coke plus mcdoubles, chocolate

Eyyy.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x American tacos, coke, Pringles, chocolate, vanilla frosty

I believe I have now consumed all the crap.  Done.

Exercise:  Nope

105.2

Sunday, September 15, 2024

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w cream cheese, coffee

Lunch:  2x Wendys son of baconator, Pringles, coke, scotcheroos

Dinner:  Pizza, bread bites, chicken bits, cheesy bread, brownie w vanilla ice cream, 12 oz Miller Lite

Also, a small bag of jalapeno Krunchers

Exercise:  Nope

103.6

Saturday, September 14, 2024

I was pleasantly surprised that I felt decent after the pizza blowout.  I think it helps that it's real pizza, not the chain junk that's loaded with seed oil.

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

Standard.

Lunch:  3x chili cheddar dog, coke

Better than expected

Dinner:  Jersey Mikes #56, coke, popcorn

Not their best

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, average walking

103.2

Friday, September 13, 2024

Friday the 13th!

Breakfast:  Pretzel bagel w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Yuh.

Lunch:  Meatloaf sandwich, fries

Excellent.  And very bad for me.

Dinner:  Pep bacon pizza, coke, 12 oz All Day IPA

Very tasty.

Exercise:  Nope

102.6

Living On McDouble Time

Thursday, September 12, 2024

Whew.  It's been a week.  And I had a max stress event to do this evening, glad to be past it.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2x McDouble, Coke Zero

Yup.

Snack:  McDouble plain, Coke Zero

Needed food before event, got food.  Best McBurger in a long time!

Dinner:  Sack of CFA, lemonade, chips

Post-event.  It was okay.

Exercise:  Nope.

102.6t

Get Me To A Weekend

Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Super busy week and it's not close to over yet.  I need a weekend and a reset.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2x McDouble, Coke Zero

Uh.

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, root beer.  Nutty donut

Grr.

Exercise:  Nope.

105.0

Fluxed Up

Tuesday, September 10, 2024

Well that was different.  Woke up with some pretty bad acid reflux going on.  Not enjoyable to experience that in the middle of the night.

At least I could move to the recliner and the rest of it was fine.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yeah, more acid.  Yeesh.

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Busy day, lots of travelling.

Dinner:  Pizza hut thin pep, bread/cheese sticks and sauce

Free pizza go brrr

Exercise:  Nope.  15 hours of work.

101.6

Weird And Late

Monday, September 9, 2024

A weird day.  Didn't eat until 4:15, then ate tons of crap.  Sigh.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  2x McDouble, Coke Zero

Like I said, at 4:15.

Dinner:  4x Mexican tacos, donut, chips

Junk.

Exercise:  Nope.  Long, long workday.

105.0

Lets Do This Sunday

Sunday, September 8, 2024

Off to a very late start.  Got to bed at a reasonable hour but didn't get right to sleep.  Elected to not set an alarm this morning, so I didn't get up until after 9:00.  By the time I get going, here it is after 10:30.  Oof.  At least I'm not headed to the golf course today.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w Tillamook plain cream cheese, coffee

I'm puzzled why Meijer stopped carrying only the veggie flavor Tillamook, but plain is okay I guess.  Much cleaner ingredient list than the alternatives.

Lunch:  3 eggs over easy, mashed potatoes, leftover chorizo rotel dip, 3 strips bacon

Pretty tasty.

Snack:  An ounce or so of Cabot extra sharp cheddar.

Maybe an ounce and a half, dunno.

Dinner:  Brats MR, chips, salad no dressing.

Also:  Big Mac, 2x Mcdouble, Sprite

Exercise:  Nope.  Active around the house, but no set exercise.

102.8

Off Upcoming

Saturday, September 7, 2024

Stayed up too late.  Paying for it.

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

Standard.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, cheddar chili dogs, fries

Okay.

Dinner:  Chorizo rotel dip w Maiz chips, plain donuts w glass of whole milk

Yeh.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking

Good workout.

105.0

Almost Soupday

Friday, September 6, 2024

Hopefully tomorrow I can snap out of this.  Way past time.

Breakfast:  Pretzel bagel w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Lunch:  Sack of CFA, coke

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA, coke

Exercise:  Nope

103.8

Thursday, September 5, 2024

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Sack of CFA, coke

Dinner:  Sack of TB, root beer

Exercise:  Nope

102.4

Down Then Up Up Up

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Didn't expect a dip on the scale after last night, but I got one.  Yay.  

Won't be able to say the same tomorrow. Alas.  I need to cook.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  McD mcdoubles, 4pc nugget, sm fries sm dr pepper

Sack of fast food.  While it was better than average, it was still junk food.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep beef pork, bread sticks, can of Dr Pepper

More junk food.

Exercise:  Nope

100.8

Lots To Do Lots To Do

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

A Tuesday that is of course a Monday.  Cramming five days of work into four days.  It wasn't the worst morning, but man things are sure stacking up.

Need to get busy.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  4x mexican tacos

I need to make a batch of soup.  Should be tonight, but we'll see.  Tuesdays aren't usually good for anything productive since I get home too late.

Dinner:  2x small tacos, chips and salsa, 24 oz Miller Lite, 2x Wendys son of baconator, frosty

Tuesdays.  Last one of the year.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not that much walking

102.4

Time To Cook

Monday, September 2, 2024

After a long weekend (it's now Monday evening), it's time to cook.  Time to get the eating in check.  And that requires food.  Good food.  Not the junk I've been shoveling in.

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

Standard.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, a few mixed nuts

Post-golf.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, chips and queso, coke, popcorn, no bakes.

Will clean up a few potato chips and donuts later.  And then be done..

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, good extra walking.

100.8

Multiple Catchups

Sunday, September 1, 2024

Tired.  Slept in, big time.  Got nothing accomplished this morning.  Thank goodness it is a holiday weekend.

Breakfast:   Coffee, donuts

Soon.

Lunch:  McD 2x McDouble, coke

So late I was very pressed for time.  Needed food.

Dinner:  Steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, 12 oz Miller Lite, a little ice cream

Sunday dinners

Also:  TB luxe box, root beer, soft taco

Not good.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, below average extra walking

99.2

Saturday, August 31, 2024

Long day in the sun.

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

Standard.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:  Jersey Mikes 56, chips and onion dip, mexican coke

A lot of food.

Exercise:  27 holes with cart, not that much extra walking.  It was plenty.

103.6

Friday, August 30, 2024

TGIF.

Breakfast:  Pretzel bagel w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Okay.

Lunch:  CFA spicy, extra filet, fries, coke

Excessive.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, good crisps

Yup.

Exercise:  Nope.

101.4