Slammed

Friday, December 11, 2015 back to Monday, December 7, 2015

Catching up from a BRUTAL work week.  It was bad.  And so was the eating.

Honestly, I didn't keep good track.  I did finally get my car back but I didn't have time to get to the grocery store or do any meaningful meal prep so there were a lot of meals out.

Hopefully that will be less of an issue this coming week.

A Most Lovely December Day

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Yesterday wasn't quite as warm as predicted but still very nice.  I am hoping for more sunshine today and maybe a couple more degrees of warmth.  Not complaining in any way, I'm thrilled to have the snow and cold of winter pushed back.  Golf >>> shoveling.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in butter, 3 Meijer pre-cooked frozen sausage patties, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee

I'm not a half bad short order cook.  I keep breaking the yolks though...

A fabulous breakfast as always.  Out of bacon so I went sausage from the freezer - picked up a box to try a couple weeks ago.  It's not bad, but also not great.  I'd really like to find some thinner patties -- a now-closed diner nearby used to serve great thin and slightly crisp patties.

Lunch:  Leftover sous vide chicken breast, leftover stove top stuffing reheated in a bit of butter and chicken stock, 4 corn tortillas, hot sauce, a bit of avocado dressing

Yeah I really have no idea what inspired this creation

Mad scientist plus clean out the fridge time.  To do something different with the last of the leftover chicken and stuffing I made them into tacos.  It worked okay but holy carb overload.  I tried one with dressing instead of hot sauce but preferred the hot sauce as a condiment.

Snack:  Kit Kat bar

Dinner:  Hamburger with ketchup, mustard and pickles, chips, tortilla chips, salad with ranch, a couple small sugar cookies

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Brr.

Long Long Week

Saturday, December 5, 2015

It was a very long week.  Lots of work, intense and I had no vehicle.  Not good times.

But it's over.  It's a beautiful December weekend and I'm thrilled to be able to get outside and enjoy it.  Lots of time this morning to get a jump on the laundry, fix a nice breakfast and clean up.  Sure I have a million things to do but oh well.  I've earned a break.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in butter, 4 strips CF garlic pepper bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee

Eggs were slightly overcooked but still very delicious

Pretty standard weekend breakfast.  I was going to try a recipe I found online for a breakfast bread boat, but no chance to get to the store.  So maybe I'll try that next weekend.

"Lunch":  I didn't really have lunch.  Had a Kit Kat bar (yeah, I know) while golfing and 24 oz Miller Lite afterward.  Also had a sleeve of saltines.

Dinner:  A big ol' brisket burrito plus chips and guac from a local tex-mex place.

I was too hungry to take a picture.  Yeah, that's my story.  Delicious.

Dessert:  A couple of scoops of Country Fresh triple vanilla ice cream.

Finished off a carton, it was a very modest quantity.  If I only ate that much, I could keep ice cream on hand all the time.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Felt pretty decent.

Money Spent:  About $13.00 for dinner.

A Week of Wasn't

Friday, December 4, 2015

B:  Taco Bell steak crunchwrap, black coffee, 2 frosted coconut donuts

L:  Cornbread scramble, potatoes, coffee

D:  Deluxe Pizza, 1/2 frosted donut

Oof, ate a ton, spent lots of money.

Thursday, December 3, 2015

B:  2 Sausage McMuffins, coffee

L:  Qdoba bowl w tortilla chips

S:  4 pc spicy Wendys nuggets, lemonade

D:  Chicken, stove top stuffing, green beans

This did the job.  Chicken was sous vided the night before, not bad.

Also:  Honey Nut Cheerios

Exercise:  45 min chest and upper body

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

B:  Honey Nut Cheerios, milk, coffee

L:  Wendy's single w cheese, fries, 4 pc spicy nuggets, lemonade

D:  American cheese and saltines

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

B:  Honey Nut Cheerios, milk, coffee

L:  Wendy's, same as Wednesday

D:  Kogel viennas with 1 pretzel roll and corn tortillas for the rest, chips and onion dip

Consistency In

Monday, November 30, 2015

... gluttony, inconsistency in bloggin'.

Busy day, lots of bad eating.

Breakfast:  Entemann's frosted donuts, coffee.  All gone.

Lunch:  McDonalds 2 cheeseburger meal with orange Hi-C, sausage mcmuffin

Dinner:  4 mexican style tacos, chips and onion dip, lemonade

Snack:  Cheese its, leftover banana bread

Exercise:  Nope

Money spent:  $6.52 for lunch, $5.30 for dinner

So That Obstacle...

Sunday, November 29, 2015

The obstacles to my getting back on track are, of course, largely in my head.  It does not help at all that I have been sleeping poorly.  Some sinus issues, which thankfully aren't too awful at the moment, but mostly the interrupted sleep of someone who is too fat.  I could get tested for sleep apnea again ... or I could just fight through it and lose the weight.  Seriously, I used to sleep the sleep of the dead, would black out and then wake up.  What I'm getting now sure isn't refreshing.

Anyway, the head thing.  I have a hard time not eating the junk I have purchased when I really should be able to let it go.  I have a fair amount of said junk.  I'll probably eat some of it today, but it really is time to kick it into gear.

Breakfast:  Entemann's frosted donuts and a glass of whole milk

Slept in and didn't have the kitchen cleaned up since I'm still playing holiday catchup.  That's number one on my to do list for today.

Lunch:  3 Koegel's vienna franks on pretzel dog buns with mustard, ketchup and celery salt

Honestly, I thought I'd like this more than I did.
Should have toasted the buns.

Snack:  Chips and onion dip, 2 mini Snickers bars

Dinner:  Tacos, and lots of them.  Some doritos.  Chips and salsa, a slice of banana bread

Exercise:  Nope.

Money Spent:  None.

A Game Day

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Long day.  Traveled to a college football game.

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel sunrise sampler minus the hash brown casserole, coffee

The hash brown casserole was vile, even when they brought me a second piece.  The rest of it was mediocre at best.  Easily the worst breakfast I have ever had at Cracker Barrel.

Lunch:  None.  Had a couple fun sized Snickers and 3 Muskateers bars while in traffic after the game

Dinner:  Steak n Shake double with cheese, fries, chocolate shake

Other:  A bunch of lemon Oreos with a glass of whole milk

Exercise:  Lots.  Several miles of walking, stadium stairs.  Calories were burned.  Felt good man.

Money spent:  About $6.00 in tips etc.  Guesting.

Avoiding BF Like a Boss

Friday, November 27, 2015

Slept in.  Sleep schedule is definitely wonky.  There are some things I need to adjust and that's very high on the list.  Physically feel decent (other than being heavy right now) and I tend to have headaches in the morning when I wake up which I assume is low oxygen.  Another thing that will improve if I get it back together.

Lots to do today, but probably not including any Black Friday shopping.  Instead, kitchen cleanup, laundry and that sort of thing will be featured prominently.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 3 strips CF garlic pepper bacon, a smaller amount of Alexia hash browns in butter, 1 slice american cheese, coffee, 2 Entemanns chocolate frosted donuts.

Those donuts.  Terrible for you but like crack.  And I didn't resist when I saw they were $1.99 this week.  Derp.

Lunch:  McDonald's McDouble and small fries

Just hungry enough to need something.  And I did go out shopping in the afternoon.

Dinner:  Leftover turkey, stuffing, gravy, cranberry, crescent rolls with butter.  Cocount cream pie and a pecan bar.

Yum.

Also:  A few jalapeno Krunchers chips.  Bag pretty much gone which is good.

Exercise:  Nope, unless you count walking around the stores.

Money Spent:  $2.12

Giving Thanks

Thursday, November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving Day

I'm grateful today for the abundance that has permitted me to be (very) fat and (mostly) happy.  To have never known hunger and barely deprivation is a blessing beyond compare.  To say that I am fortunate is to understate things to the nth degree.  I am thankful.

I am also privileged to be able to do something about things which are less than ideal.  So I really should take another crack at fixing my habits, diet and exercise, so that I can feel better and live longer.

It just won't be today.  Or for that matter tomorrow or the rest of the weekend.  Doggone these feast holidays.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 4 strips CF garlic pepper bacon, Alexia hash browns fried in butter, coffee, Entemann's frosted chocolate donuts

Lunch:  Turkey, stuffing, gravy, mashed potatoes, squash, green bean casserole, crescent rolls, cranberry, fruit salad, mac and cheese, 1/2 of a Bell's winter white beer, pecan bar, coconut cream pie, lemon pie, apple pie, cheesecake.

Whew.  I think that's everything.

"Dinner":  A couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream with Entemann's donuts

Exercise:  Nope

Money spent:  $0.00

Not So Much Cash Money

Monday, November 16, 2015

I forgot that I was keeping track of how much I spend on food, so I can start adding that in again too.  It's a nice reminder that I need to pay attention.  If I mostly eat at home, it's not bad. 

Breakfast:  Turkey and american cheese sandwich on Koepplinger's Healthy Grains (lol) bread with some butter/olive oil spread, coffee

I will say this, a sandwich is a fast and cheap breakfast.  Now if it was only good for me. 

Lunch:  Leftover macaroni and cheese with 2 slices of leftover bacon added, some Lays potato chips

Like this, but with bacon

The mac and cheese really turned out quite well, though this is far more than I needed to eat.  Next time, if there is one, I'll portion it out better.  I think there will be kind of a next time, I think I'll make it for Thanksgiving.

Dinner:   

Exercise:  Nope.  I almost dragged myself out of bed this morning, but almost doesn't count for much of anything. 

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Almost Back, Maybe?

Sunday, November 15, 2015

It has been a bumpy year.  Two moves later I am finally settled in to my new home and am in a position to start thinking about getting serious about self-improvement again.  Six months of eating nearly every single meal out (or via drive thru) produced predictable results.  And it was expensive.

This past week I finally came close to my target budget for a week's worth of food, $100.  That's a very generous budget for one person, and since I rarely go out for dinner or drinks it should be easily managed.  I'm not there yet but last week I finally started passing up easier options to come home and eat something on hand.  So progress.  It's still way too carb-heavy, but that should improve over time -- excluding Thanksgiving of course.

My scale is still packed away in storage somewhere, not sure when I'll be able to fish it out.

For practice, here is today's LOL diet:

Breakfast:  2 eggs fried in a little butter, 2 Bob Evans pre-cooked sausage patties, some Alexia hash browns cooked in butter, coffee

Breakfast, it's what's for breakfast

Snack:  Chocolate frosted donut, glass of whole milk


Lunch:  Leftover homemade macaroni and cheese

Mmmmac and way too much cheese

Snack:  Snickers bar

Dinner:  Chuck roast with gravy, 4 cheese mashed potatoes, carrots, roll with butter, canned peaches

Also:  Cheez Kurls  (yeah, no idea), glass of lemonade

Exercise:  18 holes with cart

Holy cow that was a lot of food.  I don't even want to think how many calories.

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Flailing

Friday, June 19, 2015

Yuck.

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds breakfast burritos, large coffee ($4.31)

Lunch:  Turkey reuben with chips ($9.95 incl tip)

Snack:  2 Taco Bell chicken burritos ($4.01)

Dinner:  1/2 deluxe pizza, dinner salad with italian, ~24 oz Miller Lite  ($7.00)

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

Total spent:   $25.27

Waiting for Weekend

Thursday, June 18, 2015

More fail.

Breakfast:  Taco Bell sausage crunchwrap, coffee  ($4.22)

Lunch:  Qdoba burrito bowl  ($8.90)

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust pizza w/ ham, pepperoni and onion ($8.47)

Exercise:  45 min core and arms

Total Spent:  $21.59

Weak Wednesday

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Bah again.

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds breakfast burritos, large coffee ($4.23)

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, 3 bacon, 2 sausage links, coffee ($9.95 incl tip)

Dinner:  Little Caesars pepperoni pizza ($6.55)

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Spent:  $20.73.  Again way too much.

Terribleish Tuesday

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Bah.  Catching up.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, large Tim Horton's coffee ($1.91)

Lunch:  Gluten free place club wrap with side of fruit, coffee, peanut butter cookie ($14.19)

Also:  Taco Bell chicken burrito, 2 spicy tostadas ($4.00)

Dinner:  Hamburger patties, american cheese, a little potato salad, some salad, 36 oz Miller Lite ($23.00)

Exercise:  45 minutes leg and core, 9 holes with cart

Total spent:  $43.10.  Yikes.

A Mondayish Monday

Monday, June 15, 2015

Tired.  Slept pretty well but did not want to get up.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, a few potato chips, large McDonalds coffee ($1.79)

Lunch:  2 eggs over medium, 3 strips bacon, some hash browns, coffee ($7.30 incl tip)

Next time ... DOUBLE BACON

I ate maybe half of the hash browns.  That was way too many.

Dinner:  2 mexican style tacos and 2 american style tacos ($5.30), the rest of the chips, 24 oz Shiner Bock (on hand)

Weird packaging for the loss

Must be Monday.  Oh, and there was hot sauce involved.

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Spent:  $14.39.  Too much.

A Bad Day

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Not feeling it.

Breakfast:  None

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little cajun fries  ($9.31)

Dinner:  Hamburger, mac n cheese, celery with ranch, a little fruit, some potato chips, 12 oz Labatt Light, chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream

Also:  Culver's chicken fingers with ranch, chips and dip, 12 oz Shiner Bock  ($5.29)

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Spent:  $34.60, figuring about $20 spent on food at Meijer.

Additional Fail

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Sigh.  Bad eating, bad everything.  At least I got in a lovely nap this afternoon.  More of the same tomorrow I am afraid, I have a birthday party to attend.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, bacon, hash browns, 2 slices raisin toast, coffee ($18.44 for 2 incl tip)

This place doesn't go crazy, so the hash browns aren't over the top.  It was okay.

Lunch:  Reuben panini, french fries, ketchup, 12 oz Miller Lite ($3.00 for tip)

Same, no crazy quantities.

Dinner:  English muffin with cream cheese, 12 oz Shiner Bock

Beer, it's what's for dinner.  Cleaning out the fridge some.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of hiking

Total spent:  $21.44

Ample Fail

Friday, June 12, 2015

Not a very impressive finish to the week.

Breakfast:  McDonalds sausage mcmuffin, small coffee ($2.85)

Had a blood draw, couldn't eat at home.

Lunch:  Salad ($6.53)

Salad.

Okay.

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl ($8.90)

Okay.

When nothing else sounds good there is always Qdoba.

Also:  Shiner Bock + small bag of Jays hot stuff pork rinds ($10.85)

One down so far, might have a second.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not a good day.

Total Spent:  $29.13.  Oof.

Canceled With Regret

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Frustrating day.  I had a meeting run way long, resulting in cancellation of my scheduled workout.  Not good.  At least tomorrow is Friday, I think I will crash early tonight.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, large Tim Hortons coffee ($1.91)

Lunch:  Salad ($5.93)

Well this is certainly a crummy picture

I remembered to take a picture after I had already eaten the cottage cheese.  Otherwise, just your basic salad, though I got breaded chicken bites instead of ham cubes.

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl ($8.90)

Looks weird, tastes great

The usual assortment of stuff.  The girl making it took my 'light cheese' very literally for once, but I more than made up for it in the queso department...

Edit:  Hungry tonight, no idea why.  Gong to add some greek yogurt to the totals.  (on hand ldo)

Exercise:  Nope.  Argh.

Total Spent:  $16.74.  Too much.

Heavily Breaded

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

I guess today has been okay.  On the plus side I got a wonderful night of sleep, about 8 hours.  Felt pretty good this morning.  On the negative, I am not terribly inspired especially with work and to exercise.  Oh well, I guess it doesn't all come easy.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, large McDonalds coffee ($1.79)

Had the coffee mid-morning for a change, still tasted good.

Lunch:  Omelet with andouille sausage, green pepper, onion and creole sauce, coffee ($9.95 incl tip)

Not really the most inspiring picture, is it?

Pretty standard and quite tasty.  Now if I can just convince them to make me a breakfast bowl.

Dinner:  English muffin with veggie cream cheese, 3 breaded fish filets, some avocado, a slug of V-8, greek yogurt (all on hand)

Avocado FAIL right here

Not everything is pictured, obviously.  I ate the muffin while waiting for the fish -- I had planned to have salad but of course the salad mix I opened this weekend was no longer edible.  I ate maybe half of the avocado, it really wasn't ripe all the way through.  The fish was delicious but had too much breading.  I wonder if there is a "lightly breaded" version available.  And I had yogurt for dessert.

Too much starch.  I need to get over my dislike of going to the grocery store and get more fresh veggies.  I could have made some canned green beans or something, but I didn't.  Again, oh well.

Exercise:  Nope.  Should have!

Total spent:  $11.74.  Not too bad.

Versus Buffet Take Two?

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Another day.  Posting this a day behind because I forgot to bring my computer home.   Oops.

I was looking forward to the dinner buffet tonight because it said it was a gyro buffet.  I love gyros.  And in the end ... it was just chicken gyros.  Boo.  Total false advertising.  I passed and ate at home.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, large McDonalds coffee ($1.79)

Lunch:  Salad  ($6.05)

Yes, I ate it with a spoon.  No forks available.

Pre-golf:  English muffin with veggie cream cheese (on hand)

Golf:  48 oz Miller Lite ($14.00)

Dinner:  Ham/salami sandwich with mustard on sourdough, 1/2 dill pickle, Greek Gods yogurt with raspberry spread. (on hand)

Not too thrilling but edible none the less

Exercise:  45 minutes mostly core, 9 holes with cart

Total spent:  $21.84, a lot but not bad for a golf day.

Sweet Sleep

Monday, June 8, 2015

Ohh, nice.  Finally a good night of sleep.  I did NOT want to get up this morning.  No cramps, no discomfort of any kind, just solid, solid sleep.  It was beautiful.  Let's see if it continues ... I will not be drinking wine for the time being, I will say that!

Anyway, off to a slow start.  Lots to do today but not much enthusiasm.  Hopefully it kicks up a couple of notches!

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, large Tim Hortons coffee ($1.91).

I forgot to set up the coffee maker and didn't feel like doing it this morning.  Oh well.

Lunch:  Salad ($6.18).

I even tossed in a couple of strawberries!

Late and on the road, stopped at a grocery chain and made a salad.  This may become a regular feature.  It's not cheap but it's not awful, either - restaurant prices are definitely higher...

Dinner:  4 tacos - 3 mexican style with cheese, 1 american style ($5.30)

Now that's a crummy angle for a photo.  Good grief!

Taco Monday.  I justify it by noting that I went back to work for a couple hours after picking these up and I didn't get home until after 8:00.  A bit much but quite tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  Regrettably not.   Going to try and get up earlier tomorrow, it would be huge to get a walk in and get that sleep schedule fixed up.

Total Spent:  $13.39.  I note that I was ~ $50 too high last week, need to cut the coffee and either eat out less or put less food in the fridge.  Or both!

Cramp Style

Sunday June 7, 2015

Another annoying night with the cramps.  Foot and ankle, 2:30 a.m..  Calf, 3:45 a.m.  Calf again 5:45 a.m. And one more time when the alarm went off.  Ended up dozing back off, no surprise given that sleep came in such small chunks.  Each time it happens I have to get up and walk around - there is no laying there and usually no sitting, too painful.

Some random googling suggests that there is a chance that the wine is a factor.  It doesn't seem likely that I have other common issues, particularly dehydration - I drink a lot of water.  I finished off the bottle last night, no more wine for a while, let's see if that's potentially a thing.  Sulfites may be the issue.

Anyway, today is already kind of screwed up.  I have lots to do, and yet I think the weather forecast is for thunderstorms which may mess things up.

Breakfast:  English muffin with veggie cream cheese, glass of V-8 juice (on hand)

Needs MOAR protein

I didn't eat until almost 10:00 so by then I was thinking something fast.  I didn't even make coffee.

Lunch:  McDonalds double cheeseburger, small coffee ($2.85)

Went to an open house which made me almost late to golf, so it was this or nothing.   I almost went Taco Bell for a cantina bowl but just could not pull the trigger.  Of note, felt crappy after eating this.

Also:   Sleeve of roasted peanuts (comped)

Didn't remember the weight but the package said 290 calories.

Dinner:  Large square of baked spaghetti, 3 slices garlic toast, small salad with thousand island, 16 oz Miller Lite.

In case you were wondering, no, I did not eat the whole thing!

FAIL.  Terrible menu for me and I didn't show restraint.  The good news is that the rest of the day was probably 1,000 calories, so I'm only a few hundred over instead of thousands.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Nothing else of note, lazy day.

Total Spent:  $2.85.  Should have been zero.

The Good Kind of Loose

Saturday, June 6, 2015

A very pleasant feeling this morning.  No aches or pains - though I did sleep the last hour through a mild cramp in my foot - and my clothes were a bit looser!  Yes!  Even small amounts of positive change are super reinforcing.

Speaking of cramps, I've now had them the last two nights.  I wonder if there could be any connection to drinking wine?  I don't usually see any obvious correlations, so who knows.  Might need some more potassium also.

Managed to avoid drinking any beer after golf, which helped with dietary stuff and not spending money!

Breakfast:  English muffin with veggie cream cheese (on hand), large McDonalds coffee ($1.79)

I should not eat this every day, but it was quite tasty.  I ate it too quickly, I think, because my mind was still in full CONSUME mode after I finished it.  But no problem.  Ate a little earlier than usual as I needed to be out the door by 7:30, but it held pretty well.  I didn't need to eat again until lunch was ready at 2:00.

Lunch:  2 medium eggs fried in a bit of butter, 3 strips Meijer thick sliced bacon, a modest quantity of Alexa hash browns cooked in butter, a slug of V-8 juice and a packet of Taco Bell fire sauce (all on hand).

Standard.  Needed salt and pepper.

The new stove is not as powerful as the stove in the old place as the hash browns did not get crispy.  I probably could have used less butter as well for the small quantity I made - it wasn't more than a cup.  That reminds me, I should find my kitchen scale.  Another item missing, also need to find the salt and pepper.  This was all just fine though.

Dinner:  Grass fed NY Strip Steak, asparagus grilled with a little olive oil (all on hand)

STEAK.

First time I have grilled in a while and the first time ever for asparagus.  I was pretty pleased with the results, I think I ate about 6 oz of steak (it was just under 8oz on the package) and almost all of the asparagus.

Also:  Planning on drinking the rest of the riesling, so presumably another 2 glasses.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  I really should locate and start using the regular pedometer, because I don't keep my phone in my pocket when golfing!

Total Spent:  $1.79.  Win and it could have been zero if I had hooked up the coffee maker.

A Most Unusual Sensation Satiation

Friday, June 5, 2015

Settling into the routine.  It is not proving to be too difficult, really.  I'm eating less breakfast and making better, if not perfect, choices at lunch and dinner.  An occasional treat is nice too - a beer, a glass of wine, some fruit, that sort of thing.

Anyway, today's title is based on something that is super weird to me.  I went to the grocery store after work and took way too long.  I spent quite a while debating what I wanted to get for dinner and could not decide.  A rotisserie chicken?  Mini meatloaf?  Something else?  I finally gave up and just decided to have a chef salad using some of the stuff I was buying.  Anyway, long story short, I'm famished.  I get home, throw stuff in the fridge, quick make dinner.  I sit down, eat half of the english muffin with cream cheese and ... I'm satiated.  SAY WHAT?  I'm never full, at least not anytime close to when I start eating.  Never.  Well, except yesterday when the same thing happened before I really dug into the eggs.

This is so strange to me, but I sure hope it continues.  If I am not hungry and know right away that it will make me uncomfortable to eat a bunch more ... I won't.  This would be a revolutionary change.  I could eat one slice of pizza instead of five!  That sort of thing.  If only I knew why!

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar (on hand), large McDonald's coffee ($1.79)

Standard.  I'll hook up the coffee maker this weekend.

Lunch:  Omelet with andouille sausage, green pepper, onion, maybe cheese and cajun sauce, coffee ($9.95 incl tip)

Not the greatest ever but still solid

Also pretty standard.  And good.  And hot.  Yum

Dinner:  Chef salad (salad mix, mushrooms, ham, salami, ranch dressing), 1/2 dill pickle, Aunt Millie's sourdough english muffin toasted with Kraft veggie whipped cream cheese (on hand after spending $41.08 at Meijer)

Don't know why I couldn't eat more SALAD

Oh my goodness, that english muffin was tasty.  And I have like five more for the week!  Not as many calories as a bagel, I suspect.  But very good.  As mentioned I couldn't eat the whole salad, I ate maybe half of it.  I did eat the dill pickle.

Also:  Will have a couple more glasses of wine.  2012 Chateau Ste Michelle reisling, so a little sweet.

Exercise:  Nope.  Beautiful evening but I didn't get home until after 7:30, made dinner and soon I'll be ready to crash.  Not a great week for sleep.

Total spent:  $11.64 plus $41.08 at the store, so $52.72.  I did buy a dish brush.

Non-Titled

Thursday, June 4, 2015

Pretty happy with how things are going.  Not perfect, of course.  But well enough!

I am really starting to look forward to working diligently on my sleep schedule and getting into a regular walking routine.  I know that I cannot fix everything overnight - not even over a few months.  But each day I make the necessary effort is one day closer to the end goal.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar (on hand), large McDonalds coffee  ($1.79)

I didn't quite have enough gusto last night to get the coffee maker cleaned and set up.  I do have it unpacked which is progress and I have a fresh can of coffee in the pantry, so it's not like it will take a major effort ... and that will save me several dollars a week if I break the drive thru coffee habit.

Lunch:   Gluten-free club wrap, side salad with ranch, coffee ($11.54 incl tip)  Oh, and a tiny sample bite of carrot cake

I don't usually like weird lettuce that much but this was good!

Yum!  Bigger than it looks, it was quite satisfying.

Tried a new gluten free cafe and bakery.  They don't have a super extensive menu and I was bummed to see that they stop serving their breakfast options at 11, but ... this was really good!  It was today's lunch special.  I didn't ask what recipe they used to make the wrap - hopefully it wasn't primarily soy, but it was thin enough that it isn't a big deal.  Everything was very fresh and tasty.  The ranch was the runniest dressing ever which makes me think they might have made it on site instead of buying Kraft.  I'll eat here again!

Dinner:  3 medium CF eggs, scrambled and cooked in a bit of butter, a little shredded cojack cheese, 4 strips Meijer thick sliced bacon, generous glass of low sodium V-8 juice.  (all on hand)

Return of the eggs.  The hash browns were too old so they got pitched

While I thought I was hungry when I got home, I couldn't eat all of this.  I did eat the bacon - note to self, that's a LOT of bacon, you need less with the thick sliced - but only about half of the eggs.  They were good, I was just full.  I didn't have any veggies to jazz them up, too bad, so I opened a bottle of V-8 that's been languishing in the fridge for quite a while.

Also:  I cooked dinner at home!  This is a big deal.  I have been eating out, getting take out, pizza, convenience stuff I can eat at home.  Tonight I ate real food I cooked.  Yes.

I think I will probably crack open a bottle of wine in a bit.

Exercise:   45 minute arm and core.  This one felt like work, most exercises were to failure.  Less stretching.  And can you believe that I forgot for a minute and initially typed "none"??

Total Spent:  $13.33.  Not unhappy about this.  If I can eliminate the coffee in the morning and eat small dinners at home I can eat out quite often for lunch during the week and still hit my budget.

Repeats For Free

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

So far, so good.  Not everything is in place yet - my sleep schedule is still a mess, I'm not fixing enough food at home, that sort of thing.  But progress is being made.  Some progress.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar (on hand), medium black Tim Hortons coffee ($1.70)

Deception!  I got a flier yesterday that said there would be a $1 special today.  Nope.  Oh well, they got an extra sixty-four cents from me.

Lunch:  Omelet with andouille sausage, green pepper, onion, cajun sauce.  Coffee  ($9.95 incl tip)

Looks kinda funny without the toast!

Very tasty and piping hot!  I cannot say just how much I love getting piping hot food.  It is such a rarity.

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl (FREE)

featuring lots of FREE QUAC

Went with the same combo as yesterday, and I only went back because I knew it would be free thanks to points on my Qdoba card.  Yum.  A lot of food and a lot of calories.

Also:  16 oz Miller Lite.  Last can in the house, from now on I'll try not to keep it on hand.  Will still have a couple at the golf course though.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not real close to getting up early (was up until ~ 1:00 before I slept), had early work to do, being a bum this evening.  Too bad, because it's nice out there.  Quite sedentary according to phone app also, with < 3000 steps.  Yuck.

Total spent:  $11.65.  Still too much but a lot more like it.

Versus Buffet

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

A second day with a post.  This is a positive trend, even if I'm not being perfect.

It really is interesting how quickly I notice improvements.  Even as soon as this morning there were some body parts that feel better.  Even one day of consciously trying to avoid sugar is helpful.  Now if I can just avoid the starches and get rid of some excess fluid that would be outstanding.

Breakfast:  2 slices Kraft big slice sharp cheddar (on hand), large Tim Horton's coffee ($1.91)

Back feeling better means I could easily get food out of the fridge!  Now I just need to clean it out, restock a few good things to eat and really push hard to not eat out all the time!

Lunch:  A large salad bar salad with lots of ingredients and ranch dressing ($6.58)

Salad instead of eggs!  A radical idea!

Let's see, bad things.  Dressing.  A little cheese.  Umm. Maybe a few too many olives, I dunno.  Bacon bits.  But lots of good low calorie vegetables and some ham chunks and a little chicken.  Vegetables actually sounded good!  I decided to do this in anticipation of a bigger dinner - it's buffet night, probably.

Dinner:  Qdoba naked burrito, 3 Miller Lites during golf ($8.90 + $11.00)

That's a lot of calories I think.

I couldn't decide what I wanted for dinner, the buffet didn't appeal to me.  Finally ended up at Qdoba.  Went with rice, pinto beans, shredded beef, fajita veg, queso diablo, pico, hot salsa, light cheese and sour cream, guac.  I think that's it!  First time trying the shredded beef, I usually get steak.  It was pretty good, will get it again.

Exercise:  45 minute core workout - stretching and some light weight exercises, mostly.  I've been doing this for a month now, twice a week, and I am actually coming to enjoy it.  Also, 9 holes with cart.

Total Spent:  $ 28.39 - expensive day!

A Quasi-Successful Day!

Monday, June 1, 2015

It wasn't a clean win but it was pretty good.  I'll take it for a start.  I was not able to get up this morning to walk, and as it turns out it didn't matter much -- when I did get up I had back pain (very unusual) and barely was able to hobble around getting ready for work.   Maybe tomorrow.

My scale is packed away in a storage unit somewhere where I won't be seeing it any time soon, so I won't have any weigh ins for the foreseeable future.  Oh well, it's easy to judge how it's going based on how the clothes fit!

Breakfast:  Large black McDonalds coffee.  ($1.79)

I would have had to bend over to access the fridge for food, so I elected to skip it.  It wasn't a big deal, though I probably shouldn't drink coffee on an empty stomach.

Lunch:  3 eggs over medium, italian sausage link with green peppers and onions, coffee  ($9 incl tip)

My old favorite place closed, so no more avocado bacon omelet.  This was a decent choice.  It's better with hash browns obviously but oh well, smart eating is smart eating.

Dinner:  4 tacos - 3 mexican style with ground beef, onion, cilantro plus cheese, 1 american style.  ($5.30)

I had to work late so I just got take out.  Obviously I'm hoping to cut way back on this, but for today it was OK.  And yes, that many corn tortillas is way too much starch!

Also:  16 oz Miller Lite.  (on hand)

Exercise:  Nope.  Phone step count of 4419, lightly active.  Tomorrow will be better.

Total Spent:  $16.09