Okay Then

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Feeling quite blah today.  Slow getting in to work, not getting anything accomplished.  Not good.

Breakfast:  Coffee.  0 Calories.

Late start and lunch would be a little early.  Thought about a piece of cheese or something, just skipped it.

Lunch:  Qdoba bowl with tequila lime chicken, chips, water.  1,480 caloires.

Okay that was a LOT of guac.  Maybe I needed to add more calories
 to my estimate.  I think I'll see if I can cross reference with the Qdoba site.

Yum.  Yeah, that's a lot of calories.  But I'm okay with it.  Now if I can just skip the chips and dial back the carbs a bit that would be nice.

Dinner:  2 eggs scrambled with a splash of whole milk, frozen green peppers and onions, 5 strips Meijer bacon, Meijer True Goodness hash browns fried in butter.  740 calories.

Breakfast, it's what's for dinner.  Comfort food on a cold night.

They were out of the Alexia hash browns when I went to the store the other day, so I bought the Meijer brand of organic hash browns.  They're just fine, they're just different.  In an effort to get a few more veggies in I added some frozen diced peppers and onions -- looking at the onions, they're a product of China.  Seriously?  A bag of frozen diced onion that maybe cost a buck is cheaper to source from CHINA?  Ugh.

Anyway.  This was fine.  Not as good as my usual preparation though.  Maybe I should have added hot sauce.

Oh And:  1 oz Made Rite potato chips.  160 calories.   Finished off the last few in the bag.

Exercise:  40 minutes legs and core.  Solid workout.

Total calories:  2,380.  Hey, not bad.  I can deal with that.

Maybe ... Butnah ... But Maybe

Monday, January 11, 2016

Starting to feel more positive about actually doing this.  Pretty disgusted by how I eat when I binge.  I may actually try the 2 meal system.  Or possibly just eating something minor at breakfast.  It'll just be a matter of deciding what to eat.

Breakfast:  Coffee.  0 calories.

Oh, I know, there are a couple of calories in coffee.  I'm okay with rounding it down.

Lunch:  Can of Bush's Cocina Latina frijoles charros machacados beans, ~ 4 oz deli turkey, chips and onion dip.  1,020 calories (est.)

Trust me, it tasted a lot better than you would think from the picture!

I'm just guessing on the chips and dip calories.  The beans and turkey were well within the acceptable range.

Dinner:  4 takeout mexican style tacos with hot sauce, lemonade.  Grilled cheese.  2,000 calories (est.)

Not pictured: Grilled cheese and lemonade.

Monday night taco night is so good.

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Calories:  3,020 (est.).  Still quite a bit over.

Assorted Garbage

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Another lazy morning of sleeping in.  Fixed a nice breakfast.  Doing some laundry.  Drinking coffee.  It's all good.  Sure, it would be nice to be less fat, you know, but that isn't taking anything away from a very pleasant day thus far.

Regrettably I stocked up on a few garbage food items so I'll probably be eating those today.  I haven't figure out dinner plans yet, should probably give that a little thought soon.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, 4 strips meijer bacon, Alexia hashbrowns, coffee.  625 calories.

Yeah, I know, this picture looks familiar.  Same menu different day.
I really do need to get some different placemats though.

The standard.  Too bad I broke the SUPERYOLK.  That sucker was impressive.  I'm sure it was a double yolk, it just wasn't identifiable as such.   It came out of the shell as a SUPERYOLK.

Lunch/Also:  Little Debbie mini crunch donuts.  1,000 calories.  Pizza rolls.  Chips and onion dip.  Lemonade.

The donuts might be the single worst calorie bargain I have ever seen.  Not even that many mini donuts in that thousand calories.  Yow.

Dinner:  Culvers Double Bacon Deluxe, onion rings.  A lot of calories.

Exercise:  Nope.  Bitterly cold out there.

Total Calories:  Probably 7,000.  Maybe more.  Awful.

In The General Direction Of On Track

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Slept in big time after a long week and a late night.  Needed it.  Had a headache when I woke up, I certainly suspect that I'm not breathing well when asleep for multiple reasons.  If I get on track and start losing the weight it will get better.  Today, however, will probably only represent modest progress toward getting on track -- I have a birthday party to go to tonight.

Breakfast:  2 eggs in a bit of butter, 4 slices Meijer bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee.  625 calories.

Hide those hash browns!

The standard.  I have this absolutely nailed, so I don't feel much urgency to change it up.  Sure it might be nice to get some veggies in here (and subtract hash browns) but it is so good.  Plus the calorie count is reasonable and I actually feel somewhat sated after eating it.  Maybe I should start doing this for weekday lunches idk.

Lunch:  Qdoba burrito bowl with chicken, chips.  1,200 calories (est)

Not pictured, have posted it before.  Didn't get a ton of guac this time.

It has certainly occurred to me that I really should just eat two meals a day.  It would be a lot easier to stay in the calorie range.  If I had a more flexible schedule I really think I'd be fine eating an early lunch and an early dinner.  Oh, maybe I'd eat a bite or two of something for breakfast with my coffee, but it wouldn't need to be more than a couple hundred calories at most.

Dinner:  Beef tips in mushroom gravy, cashew chicken with mustard sauce, roasted potatoes, green beans, salad with ranch, a dinner roll with butter, small slice of birthday cake with a scoop of ice cream.  Dunno, 1,500 calories?

Birthday party buffet.  I didn't eat out of control but I did try everything.  So good.

Also:  Meijer jalapeno chips.  500 calories (est).

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Calories: 3,825 (est).  Not good.

I Knew It Were Trouble

Friday, January 8, 2016

Starting to feel better at least.

Breakfast:  Taco Bell sausage crunchwrap, coffee.  Glad I stopped, because no lunch.

Late PM:  Slice of pepperoni pizza, peanut M&Ms, lemonade, McDouble, small fries

a/k/a garbage on the run food.

Dinner:  Chicken breast with some kind of sauce, mashed potatoes, salad with ranch, roll with butter, 12 oz Two Hearted Ale, ~8 oz Miller Lite, a sip of champagne

Wedding reception.

Late Night:  McDonalds 2 cheeseburgers, medium fries, 20 oz HiC orange drink

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Calories:  A metric ton.

More More More Fail

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Just fail.  So it goes.

Breakfast:  Leftover egg dish.  500 calories.

Thatsalotta eggdish

I only ate about 2/3 of it.  Just too much.

Lunch:  Lee's Famous Recipe.  2 spicy strips with Ranch, mashed potatoes and gravy, mac and cheese, biscuit.

carb count ~ 8,000

Haven't been there in a while.   It was too convenient and I had so little time.  Lame excuses, tasty lunch.

Dinner:  Qdoba bowl with chips.

Light on the cheese but a ton of guac, so many calories were consumed.

Dependably delicious.  Not good for me though.

Also:  Saltines (which are now gone) and lemonade (ditto).

Exercise:  45 minutes core and arms

Total Calories:  A lot.

Minor Upside

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Feeling slightly better today.  Not close to 100% but not horrendous.  Also not energetic or enthusiastic.

Breakfast:  Leftover egg dish.  Not pictures, mid-morning McDonald's coffee.  610 calories.

Didn't set up coffee, barely had the initiative to reheat egg dish.

Better the second time.  Not a bad breakfast at all.

Lunch:  Leftover chicken noodle vegetable soup, turkey and cheese sandwich, saltines, 12 oz Simply Lemonade.  1,120 calories.  Stupid saltines.

Saltines not pictures.  Stupid saltines.

Almost out of saltines, will not rebuy.  Stupid empty carbs.

Dinner:  Little Caesars pepperoni pizza, crazy sauce, lemonade.  2,645 calories

Another epic fail.

Exercise:  Nope.

Total Calories: 4,375.  Only about twice what I'm supposed to eat.  Yeesh.

Hating Sickness

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Sinus problems today, big time.  Destroying my productivity and my will to do the right thing.  Feeling awful.  Actually the morning wasn't bad, but by the end of the day blechhh.

Breakfast:  Taco Bell california cruchwrap, coffee.  630 calories.

Lunch:  Qdoboa bowl (both kinds of rice, pinto beans, tequila lime chicken, pico, hot salsa, queso, sour cream, guac).  700 calories.

Love some Qdoba

Calorie total is for standard servings per Qdoba website, seems likely to me.  I didn't get huge quantities of any item like you sometimes do.

Dinner:  Dominoes pizza, thin crust with pepperoni, ham, onions.  Saltines.  Almond cookies.  3,700 calories (est)

No photo, though I could take one of the aftermath... A massive blowout.  I eat badly when I feel badly.

Exercise:  45 minutes arm and shoulder.  Went hard.

Total calories:  5,030.  Epic fail.

Reality Returns, May Bite

Monday, January 4, 2016

Back to work.  Here we go.

Breakfast:  Sausage strata casserole (egg, whole milk, cheddar cheese, sausage, onion roll, dry mustard), coffee.  610 calories.

We call this EGG DISH

Always delicious.  In this case also a bit undercooked.  I was happy to have it waiting in the fridge to pull out, rest and pop into the oven this morning.

Lunch:  Cheese sandwich (2 slices sharp cheddar on onion roll with mustard), leftover chicken noodle vegetable soup with extra chicken.  750 calories.

We have achieved BOWL MAXIMUM

Threw another chunk of cooked chicken breast in there for extra protein (and to use it up!).  Not bad.  Hot soup on a cold day is always a good idea.  Oh, and I had a Benadryl.  Stupid sinuses.

Dinner:  4 takeout mexican style tacos plus cheese (cilantro, onion, beef), hot sauce.  est 1200 calories.

So delicious, so needed, so not the plan.

My head feels like it weights 100 pounds.  Some serious hot sauce briefly cleared it.  Alas, it didn't last.   But man were these good.  3 probably would have been sufficient even.

Also:  Some triscuits and bar cheeze (gone now), a sleeve of saltines, caramel corn.  est 1500 calories, but that's just a guess.  Feeling like crap, eating the crap.  Definitely going to be less of it on hand now!

Exercise:  Nope.  Had plans, got sick.

Total Calories:  4,160 est.  If I had stopped at tacos it would have been okay.

I Pay $5 Per Dozen For Eggs

Sunday, January 3, 2016

That's right.  Okay, it's actually $4.89 or even as low as $3.75 if I actually go to the farm, but I do it.  And I don't mind.  I can use high quality local ingredients and it's still less expensive than eating out like I do.  Now if I can just bring myself to pay the premium for chicken.

Anyway, it's looking like a lazy Sunday before things slam back into high gear tomorrow.  Life is good.

Breakfast:  2 eggs fried in a bit of butter, 4 slices Hormel jalapeno bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee.  640 calories.

Going for a different presentation.  Back to the big bowl next time I think.

Calorie count is a shade different because I overpoured the hash browns.  Should have measured them.  Oops.  I did measure the butter.  I need to get some new batteries for my kitchen scale so I can start being more precise, too.

Lunch:  Turkey and Cheese sandwich (Onion roll, butter, mustard, deli turkey, 1 slice sharp cheddar), a bowl of chicken noodle soup with vegetables.  675 calories.

Continuing with the theme of same or similar food,
different visualization

Yum.  The addition of chicken, even if it was just leftover chicken breast, certainly didn't hurt.  I also simmered it a bit longer, I could probably go longer yet.  I have at least 2 hearty bowls left too.

Dinner:  Beef roast, gravy, Betty Crocker 4 cheese mashed potatoes, carrots, 2 snowflake rolls with a little butter, 12 oz Miller Lite.  1,200 calories

Thatsa lotta calories

The calorie count should be in the ball park anyway.  I obviously didn't weigh or measure anything.  Oh, and I'll probably have leftovers tomorrow.

Exercise:  Nope.  Some might call it a day of rest, I call it being a lazy bum.  Need to start a streak.

Total Calories:  2,515.  Over but not by much.  If I had exercised, it would have been an okay day.

Full Of Weekend

Saturday, January 2, 2016

It's going to take a few days to get used to writing 2016.  I'm sure that happens every year to everyone, but that's definitely the case for me this morning.  Anyway, I am super glad to still have a full weekend ahead after the holiday.  Lots to do but also time to relax and recharge.

Breakfast:  2 eggs fried in a bit of butter, 5 strips Hormel jalapeno bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee.  630 calories.

Variety is not exactly my middle name.  Then again, when it's good why change?

A repeat of yesterday, just with an odd slice of bacon.  I was trying to eyeball how much I had left, we'll find out tomorrow if I succeeded.  Plus, it's bacon.  Still quite good though with lots of seasoning it's an odd match with coffee.  I'll be having some water to clear the palate before having a fresh cup.

Lunch:  Turkey sandwich (Onion roll, butter, mustard, golden legacy turkey, slice cracker barrel sharp white cheddar), leftover vegetable noodle soup.  610 calories.

Yeah, I really need to work on my plating.  What can I say, I was hungry.

Soup was just as good the second day.  I added chicken to my grocery list so that I can make it again but with meat.  We'll see how well it sticks, I'm planning on a snack later.

Snack:  6 original Triscuits.  120 calories.

Not photographed.   Holiday leftovers.  For the calorie hit I could have had a sleeve of kettle corn.  Or maybe a couple pepperonis or something.  Went Triscuits.

Dinner:  Chicken soft tacos (4 Mission white corn tortillas, sous vide chicken seasoned with creole seasoning, lettuce, tomato, cheddar cheese, hot sauce and salsa verde).  750 calories

It's a big bowl of stuff.

This was okay, not great.  I might need to try searing the chicken to get the temperature up - I just like it to be hot.  The texture is great though, nice and juicy.  The other stuff was fine, just basics.  Anyway, it was plenty of food and I went from hungry to quite satiated.  I had planned to have avocado as well, but my avocado was too ripe.  Bummer.

Exercise:  And now for something different ... an evening walk!  1.9 miles, 44 minutes.  Stupid icy sidewalks.  I had a reason to go out and decided to walk it, pretty happy with that decision it was nice enough if a bit windy.  I talked myself out of going this morning and I only managed a third of a mile when I went and did a lap around the grocery store.  Too busy.

Total Calories:  2,110.  Right in the sweet spot between 2,000 and 2,400 (what can I say, I'm fat).  I wasn't too hungry, though it did seem like a long time between meals.  I assume that was more a factor of not having much to do, er, not doing much of anything than it was of being hungry.

Happy Neu Year!

Friday, January 1, 2016
Day Zero

I haven't gone outside yet but I can already tell that it's a beautiful day.  At least it has been kicked off in fabulous fashion.  I went to bed at 9:00 last night.  Yep.   Super, super lame.  But I ended up having the best night of sleep in recent memory and I felt *good* when I woke up this morning!  That's rare.  And exciting.  I haven't had to rush into anything.  Fixed a delicious breakfast.  Now about to kick back with one more cup of coffee before deciding what I want to do.  Holidays, you gotta love 'em.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in butter, 4 strips Hormel thick cut jalapeno bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee.  587 calories according to MyFitnessPal.

Kicked up a notch!

I actually paid attention to how much butter I used and kept it to 1T total for the hash browns and eggs.  Somehow I managed to buy out of date bacon -- hard to believe -- but it was still fine.  I'll probably eat it up over the next two days and it was vacuum sealed so I'm not exactly concerned.  Just annoying.  First time for that flavor, it was quite good.  Flavored bacon in general is kind of a waste, since so much of the flavoring cooks off in the pan, but this kept a little kick.

Lunch:  2 grilled cheese sandwiches (white bread, american cheese, butter), homemade vegetable noodle soup (chicken stock, carrot, celery, onion, egg noodles, spices).  950 calories.

Probably the first time I have ever added egg noodles to a soup.

Goodbye grilled cheese, you were delicious.  That was the last of the holiday white bread and american cheese.  I did measure the butter to keep it in check, the sandwich didn't suffer.  The soup was good and very easy, would make again and probably throw in some chicken or something.

Snack:  2 oz cheddar cheese popcorn.  280 calories.

Popcorn, with powdered cheese

Who says the holiday season is over?  I received a gift of six of these 1 oz variety popcorns.  2 of them were (and I mean were) cheddar cheese.

Dinner:  Omaha Steaks filet, twice baked potato, salad with ranch, 2 Pillsbury crescent rolls, 12 oz Miller Lite.  1,080 calories.

A casual snap on the fly

Pretty tasty.  First time I recall eating an Omaha Steak.  I don't think I'd pay the premium on a regular basis - the local grass fed stuff is delicious - but it was quite good.

Exercise:  1 mile walk, 23 minutes.  Took a nice leisurely walk after breakfast.  Slow pace due to icy sidewalks, I got a little bit of a bonus workout finding safe spots to walk.  Downloaded a new GPS activity tracker app for my phone, seems to work.   It was kind of neat to hear it announce "1 mile" just as I was returning home.  Also walked around Walmart for a while but not counting that.

Day Total:  2,897 calories.  That's 700 or so too many.  Easy to see where they could have been shaved.  I'll try to do better tomorrow.

Blech Blech Blech

Thursday, December 31, 2015
T Minus ~ 0 days

This is the end, my friends.  The end of 2015 that is.  A year of really really crappy eating.

Breakfast:  2 McDonald's sausage burritos, coffee

Lunch:  1/4 lb burger with LTO and guac, chips, coffee

Dinner:  2 Culvers double deluxe cheeseburgers, a few chips, a few peanut M&Ms.  One swig of lemonade.

Exercise:  Nope.

And that's a wrap.  Yeesh.


Wednesday, December 30, 2015
T Minus ~ 1 day

Yuck.  Unsurprisingly I felt awful after eating this crap.

Breakfast:  Taco Bell california crunchwrap, coffee

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

Dinner:  Wendys double with cheese, lemonade, triscuits and bar cheese, peanut M&Ms

Exercise:  Nope.


Tuesday, December 29, 2015
T Minus ~ 2 days

Bah.  More snow than expected, with a nice layer of ice too.  Delayed getting off to work so I have time to sit here and post.

Breakfast:  Onion roll with deli turkey, american cheese and mustard.  Coffee.

Edible.  No picture, didn't bother.  I think I took one yesterday and it's the exact same thing.  I'll definitely need to not continue with this.

Lunch:  Qdoba, the usual bowl.  With chips.

Dinner:  Can't remember, it may have just been chips and onion dip with lemonade.  Yeah.

Exercise:  45 minutes legs and core

About To Get Iced Up

Monday, December 28, 2015
T minus about 3 days

Not too high stress for a Monday but I'm still not excited about being at work.  Oh well.  To add to the fun there is a forecast of freezing rain, that is going to suck.

Breakfast:  Deli turkey and american cheese on an onion roll, coffee

Lunch:  McDonalds 2 cheeseburger meal with Hi-C orange, sausage McMuffin ($6.66)

Dinner:  Pizza rolls, chips and onion dip, caramel corn, brownie with ice cream

All kinds of garbage.  Still have supplies, probably will need to make myself throw some things away.  That won't be easy.

Exercise:  Nope.

Still Charging, Battery Life Not Yet Determined

Sunday, December 27, 2015
~ T-4 Days

Ahhh.  Yesterday was so needed.  And I'm not planning on doing too much today, either.  I just need to recharge.  More sleep would be a good idea -- I stayed up way too late last night -- but I'm not dragging at least not yet.

I have planned out 3 days of meals, going to try to ease into the more regular eating routine in advance of the new year.  Of course going by the new year is stupid (and I usually pick January 2 to start any resolutions anyway) but whatever.  I'm too cheap to just toss my junk food supplies.  It's a failing.

Breakfast:  2 CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 5 Meijer frozen precooked sausage patties, a small quantity of Alexia hash browns fried in butter, coffee

It's a whole row of mediocre sausage patties!

The sausage patties aren't the greatest but they're okay.  Of course they're not just pork and spices, but that's big food for you.

Lunch:  2 grilled cheese sandwiches (white bread, american cheese), can of Chunky Sirloin Burger soup, lemonade

I have fonder memories of the soup.  It was meh at best.

Dinner:  Chicken breast, 1.5 ears corn on the cob with butter, a little pineapple and 2 strawberries.  Brownies and ice cream for dessert.  No photos.

Exercise:  Nope.  Lazy day.

Holiday Love

Saturday, December 26, 2015
Day Minus 5 or so

It's after 1:00 and I haven't left the house yet.  And I love it.  After two very busy days of holiday rushing it has been so nice to just kick back, putter and get some things done that needed doing.  Still plenty more to do this afternoon -- some dishes, some cleaning, some laundry -- but I have time to tackle them.  It's glorious.  Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good holiday party but there needs to be balance.

Anyway, when you aren't paying attention the holidays result in serious overeating.  I'm not sure I can even begin to summarize the binge eating, but there has been a bunch.  The reckoning, also known as another serious attempt to fix things, is coming very soon.

Breakfast:  2 eggs fried in butter, 5 strips Meijer bacon pan fried, Alexia hash browns fried in butter, coffee.

I didn't take a picture, but it was the usual.  When it's that good, why change, right?  I know I should cut out the potatoes, but I am thinking that if I measure and keep it (more) modest I may not eliminate them entirely since I only eat them at home on weekends.

Lunch:  2 grilled cheese sandwiches (white bread, american cheese, fried in butter), can of Chunky Chicken Pot Pie soup, Newman's Own lemonade.

Hot buttered deliciousness.  Oh, and soup too.

Using some stuff up.  The bread and cheese were leftovers from various cooking projects, the soup an impulse buy.  It's so hard to beat a really great grilled cheese.

Dinner:  Leftover spiral ham, mashed potatoes, carrots, 2 potato rolls with butter, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream.

No photo.  Lots of yum.  And way, way too much.

Exercise:  Nope.

And now, in summary and approximate fashion...



Friday, December 25, 2015

B:  Sausage strata, 1/2 grapefruit, banana nut and pumpkin breads with butter, pecan coffee cake, coffee, small orange juice

L:  Cheese and crackers, bar cheese

D:  Spiral ham, a little turkey, potato rolls with butter, mashed potatoes, carrots, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream, crepe with berry sauce, christmas cookie, a couple pieces of chocolate and a few mixed nuts, 12 oz Labatts blue light, Newman's Own lemonade, decaf coffee

Whew!

Ex:  About an hour of golf, walking, plus a bunch of moving around that doesn't count.



Thursday, December 24, 2015

B:   2 eggs fried in butter, hash browns in butter, bacon, coffee

L:   Sausage and pepperoni stromboli slices w pizza sauce, crackers and cheese, bar cheese, carrots and ranch, cookies, chocolates, nuts, oh heck I dunno there was more, ate way too much.  Peanut M&Ms.

D:  Beef tenderloin, french bread w cheese fondue, romaine salad w ranch, 1 glass red wine

Ex:  Nope.

Feasted.

I'm not going to try and recreate the previous week, just assume the worst.  Lots of Qdoba.

Unexpected Recall

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

I realized this week that for many of the meals I can't remember, if I ate out I would have saved the receipt since I try to track spending.  So I don't really have an excuse there...

B:  Saltines with american cheese, coffee

Not really sticking to the ribs.  I'll probably eat something else.

L:  3 cheeseburgers, 2 small fries.  It was dollar day.  And I'm a pig.

Snack:  Slice of red velvet cake.  Someone brought in as a holiday treat.

D:  2 grilled cheese sandwiches (1 with salami too), chips and guac, small glass of lemonade, a couple scoops of ice cream later

Ex:  Nope.


Tuesday, December 15, 2015

B:  Saltines with american cheese, coffee

L:  Qdoba burrito bowl with chips; sausage mcmuffin and chocolate shake

D:  Pizza rolls, a few Triscuits,  ice cream and almond cookies

Ex:  45 minutes upper body


Monday, December 14, 2015

B: Oatmeal with butter, maple syrup.  Coffee

L:  Leftover stromboli, 2 culver's single butterburgers with cheese

D:  4 mexican style tacos, ice cream and almond cookies

Ex:  Nope. 

B Loaf

Sunday, December 13, 2015

This weekend will go down as far too short.  But so it goes.  I finally crashed by 10 last night and slept in this morning.  All that walking yesterday will do that.

Breakfast:  Breakfast boat, coffee

Sure looks pretty, doesn't it?
Despite the ineptitude of the photographer that is.

I decided to try a recipe (concept anyway) from facebook.  I winged all the quantities - 2 eggs, a splash of whole milk, 3 strips bacon cooked and crumbled, shredded cheddar and a green onion (green part) mixed up and baked in a hollow-ed out demi baguette.  The store only had the multi-grain kind left yesterday so I went with that.  25 minutes at 350.  Turned out quite tasty, I especially enjoyed the flavor added by the bit of green onion.  It wasn't life changing or anything but it was different and pretty good.

Lunch:  2 hot dogs with bun, chips, salad with ranch, canned peaches.  White cake with vanilla ice cream

Birthday party.

Dinner:  Sausage stromboli

Made something new.  It was quite good.  Super calorific though.


Exercise:  Nope

That's A Hike

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Phew.  After a brutally long week, a breather.  Of course I didn't get enough done, not close.  But it was a good day none the less.  Not in terms of eating - I ate terribly and spent too much money.  But I got out and moved, got some fresh air and enjoyed a december round of golf.

Breakfast:  A big slab of breakfast lasagna, a few hash browns, coffee.  2 donuts a bit later.  ($9.95 + $1.90)

I didn't eat many of the hash browns at all.

I was going to get huevos rancheros at a place, but they were too busy so I kept walking to another place where this was the special.  So good.

"Lunch":  Kit kat bar, later 12 oz Miller Lite ($7.00)

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl with tequila lime chicken (no chips)  ($8.27)

I was pretty hungry and forgot to take a picture.  This was a fantastic (and calorie packed) bowl -- half and half on the rice, pinto beans, chicken, both quesos, cheese, sour cream and a big whack of guac.  So good.

Dessert:  a couple of scoops of ice cream

Dean's Fannie Mae Mint Meltaway, the cadillac of grocery store non-super premium ice creams.  On sale this week, doh.

Exercise:  Oh yes.  I walked to and from breakfast, about 8 blocks each way.  18 holes with cart.   And then I walked around the grocery store a bunch lugged in some supplies.  I was very, very tired by 7:00 pm.

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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