Yes Hard Reset Tomorrow

Friday, February 28, 2025

It's been a rough week.  Very glad it's Friday.

And that's about it.

Breakfast:  McD 2x sausage burrito, 2x hash browns.  Coffee

Pretty tasty.

Lunch:  2x double cheeseburger, fries

I went to a local place I haven't been to in years.  I went often in high school and pretty regularly as an adult, but some years ago stopped entirely as it changed hands and the quality took a dive.  Gave it a chance and WOW.  Best burgers I've had in a long time.  They where just exquisite.  And the fries were great like they used to be.  Everything is much more expensive than it used to be, of course, but it was all really, really good.  

Dinner:  Chili cheese dogs, fries, sprite, donuts

And the capper a super tasty trip to the chili dog place.

Back on track tomorrow.

Exercise:  LOL NO.

102.8

Hey You Yeah You WIth The Blowups

Thursday, February 27, 2025

I need to get to the weekend and do a hard reset.  Just plain blew up yesterday and today isn't going much better.  Not good.

Thanks to excess eating and working until 11:00pm I did not get to sleep until after 1:00.  Got up on time at 7:00 but hoo boy was that not much fun.  Any less sleep and it would have been problem.

Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, orange juice, coffee

 

Again.  At least breakfast was easy enough to make me follow the plan.

Lunch:  Wendys sons of baconator

 This, however, was not the plan.

Dinner:  Dominos NY pep ham beef mush jala onion, a few avo oil chips and onion dip

 

Doh.

Exercise:  Nope.

100.8

In Range, Interrelated

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

As part of my annual physical I did a number of labs and I received the results yesterday.  Essentially everything is within the normal range.  HDL is fractionally low, cholesterol marginally high.  Neither is far enough off that I'm concerned about it.  As is the case with everything, losing some weight via diet and exercise would likely fix those.

I received another reminder about how the various issues I have are all interrelated this morning.  I went to bed early last night, made sure I had eight plus hours available.  I slept.  And I was not at all rested this morning.  Poor sleep quality.  While I did not have any particular plans to get up early or do anything, I certainly would not have been able to follow through with any I did have.  Too tired.  At least it appears that I'm not in too much sleep debt as I was able to (eventually) get up out of the recliner without too much resistance and as usual once I got going I feel okay.  But it is certainly annoying to struggle so much in the morning.  It really would be my preference to do the early morning walk but I just can't do it.  Not consistently.  So I guess I'm stuck with evening workouts, which means that I'll have the constant internal battle between "I should be exercising" and "I should be back at work I'm so far behind" which isn't healthy.

Sleep:  FAIL.

Going to stop segregating the report card, I think.  

Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, orange juice, coffee

 

Reading up on HDL and hemoglobin and stuff, the literature says that Vitamin C improves absorption of iron from meat.  Citrus juices are specifically mentioned.  I don't know if a couple ounces makes a difference, nor do I know if my messed up metabolism can handle it, but I had a small bottle on hand.

 Lunch:  Italian beef sandwich, fries

 A serious failure of willpower.  Just could not make myself prepare anything and I didn't have a full meal thawed.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut HT pep ham beef, breadsticks

 Ugh.  Ate too much.  Back on the horse tomorrow.

Eating:  FAIL.

Exercise:  FAIL.

Sun:  FAIL.

97.4

Hard To March

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Hard to believe that it is almost March.  February has gone by fast.  

Not a super interesting start to the day.  A little off the routine due to the need for fasting labs, but otherwise just a standard work morning.  I'm concerned that I have both personal stuff I need to do this evening and also a need for more time at work.  We'll see how it goes.

Breakfast:  Coffee

I didn't get my labs done until after 11:00 so no food for you.

Lunch:  Leftover beef stew, cornbread, Maiz lime tortilla chips

 

Huge bowl of stew makes up for it.  Good stuff.

Dinner:  Spicy beans with ham and cheddar, 12 oz All Day IPA, avo oil chips and onion dip

 

Too many chips.

Exercise:  Nope.

Report card:  Not a good day.

• Exercise (6k steps daily, lift 3x/wk Tu-Th-Sat/Sun, electrolytes) :  FAIL
• 150g Protein:  UNSURE, but probably FAIL
• Sleep:  PASS (although barely, may have been short of 8 hours but not sure, minor headache)
• Sun:  FAIL

 96.4

This Is Why We Cannot Have The Nice Things Argh

Monday, February 24, 2025

I had hopes of another successful night.  Went to bed on time and set my alarm to get just about exactly eight hours of sleep.  Slept through without incident.  Woke up and ... I'm tired.  Headache.  Sleepy.  Sigh.  No repeat.  I'm about to have my second cup of coffee and the first made no dent whatsoever in the fog and fatigue.

FAIL.

And as usual there is no explanation for why we cannot have nice things.  Sure, the food consumption was different and there was a little sugar involved, but I certainly didn't feel off in any way when I went to bed.  It may be as simple as I didn't position myself exactly the same way in bed.  I dunno.

But whether I like it or not another week is here.  

 Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, coffee

 

Due to brain fog I forgot to take a photo until after I finished eating.

Lunch:   Spaghetti

 

Since I did not eat it Saturday night.  As usual, it was a lot.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA

 

 One of the better parts of Monday.

Exercise:  Nope.  A few blocks during the day, not counting it.

Report card:  I'm changing it.  Simplifying.

• Exercise (6k steps daily, lift 3x/wk Tu-Th-Sat/Sun, electrolytes) :  FAIL
• 150g Protein: PASS (I think)
• Sleep:  FAIL
• Sun: FAIL (did get out a little, just not enough)

98.4

Sometimes The Unexpected

Sunday, February 23, 2025

I have to say, that was unexpected.  In a good way for once!

I had very little hope for a good night's sleep, coming off several bad nights in a row and an evening where I cracked and had pizza.  And what happened?  One of the better nights of sleep I've had recently!  No wake ups, no reflux, no headache or sinus issues, I got eight full hours and I feel pretty darned decent this morning.  Not quite peppy so it's not an A grade, but it's as close as I've been in a while.  The scale was even down fractionally despite the pizza.  So I'm thrilled ... except for the fact that it's 9:30 and almost time for breakfast.  Gulp.  Going to have to cram a lot in to the hours I have today.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with chive and onion cream cheese, coffee

 

Again with nonfat yogurt and a bit of olive oil.

Lunch:  2x Wendys son of baconator (minus mayo)

Did I mention that it's a super busy day?  Needed some protein.

Dinner:  Instant Pot beef stew with oyster crackers, cornbread w butter, a couple NSA peaches, 12 oz Miller Lite, ice cream, Wendy's thin mint small Frosty

 

Sunday dinners.  Almost forgot the photo.

 Exercise:  Nope

 Report card for today:  4/6.  Including two that don't really apply.  Not good. 

• 6k Steps:   Fail
• 150g Protein:  Pass  
  
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat):  Pass (N/A)
  
• Electrolytes:  Pass (N/A)
• Sun:   Fail
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Pass (8+ hours and it was good, grade B+)

 97.4

Not Greatest

Saturday, February 22, 2025

TGIS.

Off to a solid start.  Got everything I needed at the grocery store, picked up some milk.  Going to cook a turkey breast and then get in some time at work.  But at my own pace.

Slept poorly, had a headache again when I woke up.  Scale up as well.  But other than that all good.  Let's get to work.

Breakfast:  3 eggs sunny in EVOO, peppers and onions, cheddar cheese, coffee

 

Really nailed the eggs.  Just on the perfect edge of easy and medium.  Could have used some hash browns, but I decided to save the carbs in case the farm had cinnamon rolls today.

Spoiler:  They did not.  I cracked and got a donut from the bakery instead.

Lunch: Instant pot turkey breast and spicy beans

The turkey only turned out okay.  It wasn't stellar.  But whatever, I wanted to try it.  The beans were from an old batch, not even sure how old. 

Dinner:  Pepperoni bacon pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA

 

Not what I had planned.  But after spending several hours at work I was not feeling like more cooking.

Exercise:  Nope.  Modestly active but it does not count.  And did not go lift.

 Report card for today:  1/6.  Pathetic.

• 6k Steps: Fail
• 150g Protein:  Pass  
  
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat): Fail  
  
• Electrolytes:  Fail
• Sun:   Fail (there wasn't much but there was some sun, enough that I should have gotten out)
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Fail (not enough, poor quality, grade D)

97.8

Not Even Six K

Friday, February 21, 2025

Getting close, by noon (or in this case 1:00pm) on Friday you can feel the weekend.  If it were summer, I'd be tempted to knock off early.  But I wouldn't.

Not a great start to the day, I did not want to go to sleep last night, it was well after 12:30 before I did.  So I got about six hours and woke up with a delightful headache.  Slow to get going.  Once I did I was fine as usual.  Weight ticked down, but I'm still right where I was on the first of the month. 

Breakfast:  Cheddar and swiss cheese, coffee

 

Entirely unsatisfactory.  It was almost 11:00 last night when I realized that I had not cooked the sausage patties I had pulled out for the next few days, so I had to improvise.  It was either cheese or yogurt, and I didn't have that much yogurt left.  The other was going to be eaten at lunch so it didn't really matter.

Lunch:  Wild rice and extra ham soup, spelt rye bread w butter, plain greek nonfat yogurt

 

Lots of extra ham.  I do enjoy this soup, though I think I only have one serving left.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, 12 oz All Day IPA, 5 squares Ghihardelli 72% dark chocolate

 

Good but not their best.

Exercise:  Nope.

Report card for today:  4/6.   Not good enough.

• 6k Steps: Fail
• 150g Protein:  Pass
  
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat):   Pass (not a lift day)
• Electrolytes:  Pass (not an electrolytes day)
• Sun:   Pass (There was partial sun!  I went outside for a little while, walked a few blocks)
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Fail (about six hours, poor quality, tired, grade D)

 96.4

Fine Reminders

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Looking ahead to the weekend.  I can use one, even if it will be filled with work.

Early start today, lousy sleep.  Not looking good for the report card.  We'll see if I can at least get in the protein and the exercise.  Scale ticked up yesterday, a fine reminder that too much (crappy) bread and processed meats will cause water retention.  Not a major worry.

Breakfast:  3 strips CF black pepper garlic bacon, coffee

 

Last of it.  Ate an hour plus earlier than usual which definitely tested the satiety staying power.

Lunch:  Wild rice soup with extra ham, sliced cheese, spelt rye bread w butter, nonfat plain greek yogurt

 

Again.  And again a lot of food.

Dinner:  NY Strip steak, 2 CF eggs sunny in EVOO, hash browns in RCO, 12 oz All Day IPA

 

And will have two squares of Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate.

Exercise:  Nope.

Report card for today:  2/6.  Not good Bob.

• 6k Steps:  Fail
• 150g Protein: Pass
  
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat): Fail
  
• Electrolytes:  Fail
• Sun:   Pass (changing my grading here, I get a pass which is really a N/A since there was no sun)
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Fail (about six hours, poor quality, tired, grade D)

 97.2

Get Out Of This Month

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

February is going by quickly.  Which is fine with me, it really has no redeeming features.  Neither does March, for that matter.  Once we get to April there is at least a chance of some half-decent weather.  But for now I'm tired of winter.  Some sun would be nice.

A fairly successful day yesterday, though I did not sleep well last night.  It's going to be an interesting challenge getting enough protein - I am going to have to completely change my meat portion sizes if I'm going to avoid excessive patching with cheese and yogurt.  I'm not real interested in protein powder (though I may want to revisit using it in protein ice cream this summer), so that means more meat.  Despite feeling like I ate a lot yesterday the scale was down decently and I moved a little water.

Breakfast:  3 strips CF black pepper garlic bacon, coffee

 

 

Again.  And again only 15g.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns italian night club, extra ham, add mustard pickles peppers delete mayo vinegar and oil, salt and vinegar chips

 

 

Work aargh.  Tweaked the sandwich to get to 65g

Dinner:  Taco bowl (4 oz taco meat, 1C spicy beans, 1C bone broth rice, cheese, sour cream, jalapenos, avocado), nonfat plain greek yogurt

 

Bowl was tasty, though in the future it needs MOAR beef to hit the target.  The yogurt was good for a boost at 18g per 3/4C.

Also 2 squares of the Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate.  At least 1g of protein lol.

Exercise:  Sort of.  More moving stuff at the office.  I'm counting it, I was active enough.

Report card for today:  4/6

• 6k Steps:  Pass (barely, I do need to start carrying the small pedometer to capture all steps)
• 150g Protein:  Pass (I think I just cleared it) 
  
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat):  Pass (not a lifting day)
• Electrolytes:   Pass (not an electrolytes day)
• Sun:   Fail.  (There was none.  I did get outside for a little while though.)
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Fail (only got 6.5 hours at most, mediocre quality, woke up with headache.  Grade D+)
  

I may have to change how I grade the sun goal - hard to fail when it's not possible to pass.  I mean today was 100% cloudy, even leaving aside the fact that it was about 10F.

96.0

Intermediate Step Approach

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

I read a post on twitter today that seemed like sound advice to me.  A relatively simple life plan for health -- 10k steps per day, eat a high protein diet, hydrate with electrolytes, weights 3-5x per week, get outside in the sun daily and prioritize getting quality sleep.  I would imagine that if I did this, I'd rapidly get into much better shape.  If I kept the eating in check I'd probably lose significant weight.

The thing is, I'm not sure that my body would stand up to that.  Not yet.  So here is an intermediate step that I'm going to see if I can handle for the next few weeks:

• 6k steps per day (my phone says I'm averaging less than 3k, though I don't always have it in my pocket).
• High protein diet (I need to do some tracking to see where I am and what I should target)
• Electrolytes on lift days
  
• Weights 3x per week (just basic stuff like I do on and off at the Y for now)
• Get outside when there is sun (it's winter and our weather sucks, but there is occasional sun)
• Quality sleep (bump up my goal of 7 hours per night to 8 hours per night, consistently)

In the abstract that doesn't sound too bad.  Getting in the walking and making myself go to the Y will be the hardest part, closely followed by getting enough quality sleep.  I have no control over whether there is sun.  Hopefully I can do this and then step up to more walking, an additional lift and even better diet.  With a couple intermediate steps I can get there.

Anyway.  Sleep grade for last night was a B-.  Pretty standard, was able to get to sleep early, woke up early but did not get up.  I'll give it a slightly above average number for the extra sleep, it was otherwise unremarkable.  Scale was surprisingly kind, was quite astonished by that frankly.

Breakfast:  3 strips CF black pepper garlic bacon, coffee

 

I'm guessing at the protein count based on the USDA database, calling it 15g.  Also looking around to see what my protein requirements may be and I think it's a lot, minimum of 150g but 200-250g would be a better target I think.  That's a lot of protein.  Going to start with 150g.  I bet that I have been way undereating it and overeating fat and carbs.

Lunch:  Ham and wild rice soup (with extra ham), cheese toast, Chobani plain whole milk greek yogurt

Okay then.  That's more than I usually eat.  Added extra ham to get 30g+ protein out of the soup, 20g from the toast, 14g from the yogurt, call it 65g total.  I am quite full.

Dinner:  3 eggs sunny in EVOO, hash browns in refined coconut oil, NY strip steak, 12 oz All Day IPA

 

App says 60g protein for the steak and 19g for the eggs, so 80g to get to 160g for the day.  Yay.  Again that feels like a lot of food.  But if I were a normal sized human I'd need a lot less protein.

Also:  Two squares of Ghirardelli 72% dark chocolate.  On clearance at the store tonight.

Exercise:  Just under an hour of moving stuff at the office.  Not what I had planned, but I'm counting it.

 Report card for today:  5/6

• 6k Steps:  Pass (not by much)
• 150g Protein:  Pass (160g)
• Weights (trying for Tu-Th-Sat):  Pass (moving stuff at the office is being counted)
• Electrolytes:   Pass
• Sun:  Fail  (there was no sun to be had, also bitterly cold)
• 8hrs Quality Sleep:  Pass (we'll call it good, close enough)

 97.2

Requires More Experimentation

Monday, February 17, 2025

Not a holiday for me, must be for many as the phone has been pretty quiet this morning.  Which is fine.

Sleep grade a very average C.  Not super rested, woke up with a headache but it went away pretty much instantly once I changed positions.  Not otherwise notable.  Scale was up, predictably, but not as much as I would have guessed.

Musing this morning on the great mass of conflicting dietary stuff I read on a regular basis.  It's no small wonder that I haven't made progress lately, I don't follow a consistent approach, change my mind constantly and have too many failures that turn into fail streaks.  I think I need to simplify, identify a very basic set of rules, and stick to them.

Breakfast:  3 strips CF black pepper garlic bacon, coffee

 

Good as always, good satiety.

Lunch:  Wild rice and ham soup, cheese "toast", Maiz blue corn tortilla chips

 

Got four servings out of the batch of soup I made this weekend, used up the wild rice and half and half among other things.  

Dinner:  4x mexican tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, a small bowl of popcorn

 

Major urge to eat tonight.  May need to have something else yet, but not sure what I may have on hand.

 Exercise:  Nope.

100.0

Within Range

Sunday, February 16, 2025

TGIOS.  Glad to have a second weekend day.  Now if I only got tomorrow off for President's Day.  Alas.

Sleep grade a solid B.  No issues, got enough, woke up a little early due to excess water but that's okay.  By getting rid of it I ended up with a fractional dip on the scale.  Nothing eventful.

I did realize as I was writing down numbers this morning that I have spent the entire month so far in a four pound range.  That's insanely tight considering that I can gain or lose that much in a single day with water weight.  I'd honestly be thrilled - being a stable weight would be excellent - but for the very inconvenient fact that I'd want to lose 30-40% of my body weight first.  It's a sign that I'm not eating right or exercising enough when my stable weight is really really fat.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with chive and onion cream cheese, coffee

 

Since I have nonfat yogurt at the moment (store has been out of whole milk) I added a bit of olive oil to the dough.  Made for an extra tender 'bagel'.

Lunch:  Italian sausages w KMO, Maiz blue corn chips and salsa

 

Pretty good but probably won't buy again soon. 

Also: Avo oil chips and onion dip, spelt rye bread with butter

Dinner:  Roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, carrots, NSA peaches, roll w butter, 12 oz Miller Lite, a little vanilla ice cream w chocolate sauce

 

Sunday dinners.  Ate too much today.

Exercise:  Nope.

98.4

Overly Ambitious

Saturday, February 15, 2025

TGIS.  Very pleased to have it be a weekend.  Now if I can just get some stuff done.  So far I've hit the bank and the grocery store.   Lunch upcoming and then some office time I think.

One other thing I've done this morning is scale back my ambitions some.  I made a long list of cooking projects for tomorrow, but I forced myself to take a hard look at how much freezer space I have and current stocks, and that was enough to allow me to cancel a couple.  And to reduce the grocery list some.  Between that and things being out of stock I managed to keep it under a hundred bucks.  I also canceled a haircut appointment, no reason that can't wait a couple more weeks.   

Sleep grade a standard C.  Slept okay, no issues, a little late getting to sleep and a little slow getting up.  But nothing out of the ordinary.  Scale up fractionally, not a surprise.

Breakfast:  Pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 1 CF sausage patty, coffee

I think I'm about out of frozen pancakes.

Lunch:  2x Kayem small batch sausages on local brat buns w PK ketchup, mustard and onion, spicy beans with cheddar cheese, jalapeno good crisps

Impulse bought the buns at the fancy health food store since I knew it was time to eat up this package of sausages.  Cleaned up a small beans that I didn't eat yesterday. 

Dinner:  Spaghetti, 12 oz All Day IPA

Again. I thought I made less.  Not sure if I did but I'm still extremely full.

Exercise:  Nope. 

98.6

Gladness

Friday, February 14, 2024

Hey, it's the halfway mark in February.  Not significant for any other reason surely.

Really glad it's Friday.  I did not get nearly enough done this week.  Need a weekend to recharge a bit while also getting things done.

Sleep grade an average C.  Nothing remarkable.  Scale ticked down which was nice.  It'll be up tomorrow.

 Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, coffee

Yep.  Excellent satiety as always.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns italian night club (minus mayo and v&o, plus mustard, peppers, pickles), salt and vinegar chips

Fine but lousy satiety.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, 12 oz All Day IPA

Good, and ready instantly.  It's good being recognized.

Might add a bowl of popcorn.

Exercise:  Nope.

98.2

A Little Flexibility

Thursday, February 13, 2025

A random thought today -- yes, I have a lot of them -- is that just maybe I have started obtaining a little bit of metabolic flexibility.  What I mean by that is my body doesn't immediately go into carb shock and pile on weight like crazy if I have a single bad eating day.  For example, yesterday was a very bad eating day, but the scale did not move this morning.  Ordinarily I would have expected a significant gain.  But if I look back at some recent weekend, I see the same thing, where after the first day of bad eating I don't see a big gain.  Now the question is, is there truly a bit of flexibility, or is it just delayed impact?  The weekends aren't real instructive since I have eaten badly both days during this period.  If I can be reasonable today maybe I'll get a data point tomorrow.

Anyway, onward.  Sleep grade for last night a D+.  I woke up at 3:00, had to go, went, and did not go back to sleep for more than an hour.  I tried going back to bed but quickly switched to the recliner.  And then I slept through my alarm, waking up for good some 40 minutes late.  Oops.  Fortunately it did not matter.  Not an F because I did get my hours in and it was otherwise unremarkable.

Scale as mentioned did not move which was a pleasant surprise since I ate a LOT last night and bought two of three meals.  Not good Bob. 

Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, coffee

Excellent satiety as usual.

Lunch:  Wild rice with ham soup, grilled cheese, extra sharp cheddar

Last of the soup, I'll probably make another batch this weekend.  

Dinner:  Taco bowl (taco meat, bone broth rice, avocado, cheddar, sour cream, jalapenos, salsa), 12 oz All Day IPA

Very tasty.  Filling.  And yet I have this urge to EAT.  Yeesh.  I'm not hungry!

 

Also:  Popcorn.

Exercise:  Nope.

98.8

Physicality

Wednesday, February 12, 2025

Saw a new doctor today for a routine checkup.  All good.  Usual dietary recommendations, some of which will be ignored as ridiculous. 

Looking forward to a break from the cold.  I'd like to follow those recommendations to get in some walking after meals.  One of these days.

Sleep grade for last night is a C+.  Marginally above average.  Went to bed early and was awakened by the bladder at 4:30.  Which wasn't too bad.  I had to get up early, at 6:00, for my appointment.  As usual not much pep and I would have liked more sleep but I was fine once I got going and it wasn't too much of a struggle.  Acceptable.

Breakfast:  2x McD burrito 2x hash brown, coffee

 It was interesting that a couple CF sausage patties have much better satiety than this, despite this being more food.  Tasty, not good for me.

Lunch:  Wild rice and ham soup, grilled cheese

This is easily the worst loaf of bread I've made.  At least I think I only have about a half dozen slices left.  Also, a good thing that I had nothing snackable on hand because I would have eaten more.

Dinner:   Pep bacon pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA, pineapple sorbet, popcorn

 One of the stupider reasons to order pizza -- I forgot to run the dishwasher last night, then forgot again to start it at noon.  Didn't feel like making the effort to hand wash, so pizza it was.

Exercise:  Nope.

98.8

Chili And Junk

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

An okay day so far.  Nothing of any particular note.

Sleep grade is another B-.  Extra duration, slept through without incident, just a little sleepy and slow getting going.  Overall a bit above average.  Scale ticked down marginally, but I've got work to do.

Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, coffee

Again.

Lunch:  Leftover chili with jalapenos, avocado, cheese and sour cream.  Cornbread.  Maiz lime avo oil tortilla chips

Tasty.  I like chili.  Now if I just don't have junk food around I won't eat it.  Oops.  Ate WAY too many of the Maiz chips.

Dinner:  2 CF eggs sunny in olive oil, hash browns in refined coconut oil, sirloin steak, 12 oz All Day IPA

Bought the steak on something of a whim, the random desire for steak and eggs paid off.  Very tasty.  Tried the coconut oil (I bought refined for this purpose, usually use virgin) and thought it worked well.  Will eat again.

Ate a LOT of food today.  Not that many regrets, though.  Even if it makes me fatter.

Exercise:  Nope.  Trying to go to bed early tonight.

98.8

One Good Thing About Bad Things

Monday, February 10, 2025

Well at least there was one positive about last night's abysmal Superb Owl, I could stop paying attention not long after halftime.  Uninteresting football, uninspired commercials, just all around meh.  At least the food was delicious.

Not sure what sleep grade to apply.  I went to sleep around 11:30 in the recliner and slept straight through without interruption until my alarm went off.  Had some extended but generally positive dreams, in fact I snoozed a couple times and went right back to dreamland.  Tired and sleepy when I got up, but got past it quickly.  Otherwise felt fine, so I think we'll give it a B-.

Paid for the good eats on the scale, hopefully that will come back off quickly.  I looked at the range for this month and it's unimpressive.  Too much bouncing up and trickling down in the same area.  I was at a low before yesterday's gain, but it wasn't a major drop versus what I weighed on the first.

Breakfast:  2 CF sausage patties, coffee

 

Yup.  I like the CF patties.

Lunch:  Leftover wild rice w ham soup, grilled cheese

May end up making another batch of the soup at some point this week to use up the rest of my wild rice, ham and half & half.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, a few avo oil chips w onion dip

Tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  Is problem.

99.0

Superb Chores

Sunday, February 9, 2025

I'm sure I'll probably repeat myself tomorrow, but if they're going to insist on having the Superb Owl on Sunday, then Monday ought to be a holiday.  Of course I could just schedule myself to be off, but that's never going to happen.

Anyway, glad to have another weekend day, even though I have much more to do than time to do it.  I know I won't get it all done.  Probably not close.  But I'll sleep okay if I give it a good effort.

Speaking of which, last night's sleep grade is another C.  Went to sleep sometime around 11:30 and woke up at 5:30.  Slept through without incident.  Not notably rested and the usual bit of headache and moderate sinus annoyance so all around very average.  Scale, surprisingly, was down fractionally.  Got rid of some waste and moved plenty of water this morning.  Still not expected due to too many carbs yesterday.  I continue to tolerate the sourdough spaghetti well.

Time to get going.  Laundry.  Cooking.  Cleaning.  Fun.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w chive and onion cream cheese, coffee

Doing fine with the smaller batch size.  A little different this week - made with nonfat greek yogurt since Meijer was out of the stuff I usually buy.  Notable change, not as tender.  But still good.

Later:   Cinnamon rolls

Cleanup.

Lunch:  Wild rice with ham soup, grilled cheese, carrot

 

Soup was good, not great.  I'll have it again a couple times this week since it made quite a bit.  Glad I decided not to double the recipe.  Wasn't sure how much carrot I would need to grate 1/2 cup, turns out not as much as I guessed so I had one for lunch. 

 

Also, some avo oil chips and dip.  They had a flavor (jalapeno) I had not seen before, otherwise I probably could have avoided the impulse buy.

Dinner:  Chili w cheese, a few oyster crackers, jalapenos, avocado, sour cream.  Cornbread w butter.  Strawberries and blueberries.  12 oz Miller Lite.  Brownie and vanilla ice cream

Excessive. Tasty though.

 Exercise:  Nope.

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