The Same But With Ham

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Another day, another dollar.  Maybe even two dollars.  I can't say that I have lots of pep or enthusiasm, but I've had worse days.  Not sure if I mentioned it but yesterday I actually had some pep, even jogged a step or two in a rare fit of energy.  Not the case today but whatever.  One of these days.

I did make it to the store tonight in hopes that sometime this weekend I'll be able to make more beans and a batch of soup.

Breakfast:  Slice of sourdough, lots of butter.  Coffee

Decided to skip the buddig this morning, I was late and wasn't feeling it.

Snack:  CF jalapeno snack stick

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

This is not a stock photo.

No beans today, otherwise the usual bowl.  It's a lot of food and a lot of calories but it is good.

Dinner:  Spicy beans with 1 package of buddig ham, small avocado

A very very good batch.

Put the buddig I didn't eat this morning to use.  Also happy that I had 2 avocados left in my bag since the first one was overripe and unappealing.

Exercise:  45 minutes core, back, shoulders mostly.  Average.

144.8

Freezer Finds

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Feeling a bit more upbeat today which is nice.  Getting up was a little easier (though it wasn't any earlier), fewer aches and pains, not as stressed, all positives.

The other day I found in the freezer -- okay, I didn't exactly have to look hard -- three jars of spicy pinto beans that I froze the last time I made them.  It's been a while, so I had some trepidation as to how they would taste.  Had one tonight and they came through quite well!  That's such an easy dinner (as long as I remember to thaw a jar) -- toss 'em in a pot and heat.  If I have time to make some more they may well go back into the rotation.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough, lots of butter, package buddig beef, coffee

I'm getting to the point where the more butter the better I like the bread.  I could do without the buddig.

Snack:  1 CF jalapeno snack stick

Lunch:  1 slice meat pizza w hand tossed style crust, Arby's roast beef gyro, coffee

A laughably terrible photo of the 'gyro'.

Didn't know if I'd get anything to eat at my lunch meeting but they ordered pizza.  Decided to try the 'gyro' afterward since I kept the pizza to one slice.  It was quite good, though no match for a real gyro.

Dinner:  A pint of spicy pinto beans, 1 package of buddig turkey, small avocado

Have I mentioned how I hate rotation fail?

As mentioned, happy with the beans.  Used up a package of turkey.  And the avocado was a nice addition too.  A most satisfactory dinner.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned I may need to consider evenings, not excited about it though.

143.6

Temptation Part Nine Thousand

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

I just don't understand my brain.  I had dinner.  A decent dinner.  I certainly didn't skimp.  I was sated without being stuffed.  And yet driving home I still had to struggle with the temptation to get more food via drive thru.  It makes no sense.  Why do I have the psychological need to binge?

Managed to fight it off but jeez it's annoying.

Breakfast:  Slice of sourdough with butter, package of buddig ham, coffee

I think I'm going to try salami and cheese instead.

Snack:  1 CF jalapeno beef snack stick

Decided to eat something before working out.  I think it was a good idea.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

QDOBA

The usual.

Dinner:  Fried perch, 1/2 baked potato w butter, a slice of bread, a couple onion rings, small salad w thousand island, cup of beer cheese (?) soup, a chicken wing, crackers and bar cheese, 16 oz Two Hearted

Sounds worse than it was.  Portions weren't huge.   Ate a variety instead of a lot of any one thing.

Exercise:  45 minutes mostly core today.  Worked pretty hard.

143.6

Slight Inspiration

Monday, February 5, 2018

While I accomplished ~ nothing this weekend I did spend a little time reading some of the archives.  And not just the FAIL parts.  It was pleasant reading through some parts where I actually succeeded.  I'm going to have to go back again and again to reinforce the good stuff.  It's not that difficult:  Walk and cut the carbs.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough w/ butter, package of buddig beef, coffee

Lunch:  Marbled cornbread scramble with pico de gallo, diced redskin potatoes

Dinner:  3 ground beef tacos, mexican style plus cheese, avocado and hot sauce.  Might have a cup of decaf too.

Exercise:  Nope.  Unsurprisingly I could not get out of bed on short rest.

145.8

Another Superb Owl Sunday

Sunday, February 4, 2018

I'm on board with having the Monday after the Super Bowl being an official holiday.  It's never enjoyable to have an 8:00 meeting or something, really takes away from whatever enjoyment is there.

Set an alarm for early this morning, in hopes that I'd be up to a walk in the snow.  No dice.  I'm really having trouble getting out of bed on any kind of short rest, a testament to just how poorly I sleep.

Breakfast:  CF spicy beef bacon, a slice of sourdough with butter, coffee

I like this stuff.

I think by now the generousness of the butter can safely be implied.  Lol at me, a person who used to go real light on the butter.

Lunch:  3 eggs in butter, 4 strips thick applewood bacon, hash browns in butter, a small avocado, can of V-8

We have the breakfast.

Quite a feast.  I miss the good hash browns.  Otherwise it was quite decent.

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese sandwich w mayo on a sub roll, chips, salsa, some dips, 12 oz Miller Lite.

Didn't eat that much considering. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Lazy and tired.

146.0

Step Back

Saturday, February 3, 2018

Not a good day today, though really the only unplanned part was eating dinner.  The issue was eating lunch too early and I didn't feel like getting too hungry.  Hmm.  No vegetables either.  Not good.

Breakfast:  Slice sourdough with lots of butter, CF spicy beef bacon, coffee

Really nailed the time and temp on the beef bacon, it was fantastic.

Lunch:  Chick fila a spicy chicken sandwich, fries, large frosted lemonade, 8 pc nuggets

Lots of calories.  Sugar too, darn that uber delicious frosted lemonade.  Stuff is like gold crack.

Dinner:  Lee's Famous Recipe 3 strip spicy snack with ranch

Exercise:  Spent an hour or so walking around a convention center.  Plus a good hike to and from the car.  I'm counting it.  My back wasn't too happy with me the first half of the day, so it was a bit of a struggle.

146.8

Stomach Wins Again

Friday, February 2, 2018

Quick post tonight.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, package of buddig ham, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust pepperoni, ham, onion pizza

Exercise:  Nope.  Bitterly cold.

145.4

Stomach Over Brain

Thursday, February 1, 2018

It's a new month.  Sort of getting on track in late January has boosted spirits and a few pounds have been shed.  I can't say that it's been a huge breakthrough, I'm still fat, tired and weak.  But at least there is a little reason to be optimistic.

Coming home after work my stomach was lobbying for a pizza or burger.  Of course I wasn't actually hungry, it just wanted the feeling of being full.  Mouth joined in and the chorus was loud and obnoxious.  But I prevailed.  Barely.  Stupid traitorous organs.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig beef, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl

I like pics so much better in landscape.  Doh.

Also standard.  Today's burrito artist was a little more generous.  It was a good bowl.

Dinner:  CF spicy beef bacon, 1 slice sourdough with generous butter, V-8

Okay, that's NOT a pretty picture.

I probably could have skipped dinner.  Without much consequence even.  But I am wondering if one of the reasons that workouts have been hard lately is that I'm just not eating enough.  We'll see.  I did enjoy it though -- even though I overcooked the beef "bacon" it had nice heat to it.  Will eat again (and not just because I still have 2/3 of the package left!).

Exercise:  35 minutes variety.  Lots of core.  Today was a MAJOR struggle from the start.   Just very weak and kind of tight.  Heart rate got up quick.

145.4

Sourdough All Day Every Day

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

I have not quite mastered the hunger yet but I'm gaining on it.  I could probably make it less of an issue by simultaneously eating more (fat and protein) and whacking the unnecessary carbs.  But for now I'll just keep plugging away at the possible even if that means I eat sourdough.  A lot of sourdough.

Breakfast:  2 slices of sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

Standard.  Ate later than usual due to a blood draw and other delays.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon/ham/sausage, 2 slices sourdough with (probably) margarine, coffee

These screwed up pictures are making me sad.

Second time I've been to this place.  Reasonably happy with it, though I should ask what they put on the toast.  If I just drank water instead of coffee the cost (with tip) would be about the same as Qdoba.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, 1 slice sourdough with generous butter

Managed to fight off the urge to get a fast food/pizza/other unhealthy megadinner.  So far anyway.  Hoping I can call it an early night.

Exercise:  Nope.  Sleep schedule worse not better.  At least I know I'll get a workout in tomorrow.

145.4

I Wonder What Normal People Are Like

Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Seriously.  It must be nice to eat a modest amount of food and think 'okay, that's enough, I'll be full in a few minutes'.  Fat people don't think that way.

Edit:  Speaking of weird thinking, I am contemplating the possibility that I'm not eating enough fat.  I mean you would think so between the butter, brisket and guac, but maybe not.  Maybe this is just a weak justification for "dinner".

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig beef, coffee

Adequate as usual though it doesn't stick exceptionally well which suggests this may not be a long term solution for breakfast.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl, McDonalds Mac Jr

Not pictured:  Mac Jr

I was hungry after working out.  I ate the bowl.  I worried about whether I ate enough to get through -- it wasn't the biggest bowl I've ever had.  So I got a burger too.  Which is dumb, that's 460 calories I would have been just fine not consuming.  Seriously, normal people would never even consider driving through McDonalds on the way back to work.  And while I am hungry this evening, it's not so bad.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, small heel of the sourdough loaf with butter

Just fitting in some extra fat.  LOL fat people.

Exercise:  45 minutes of assorted arms, core, energy you name it.  Worked hard despite struggling pretty bad.

146.0

There Are Many Words That Start WIth M Including Madcap

Monday, January 29, 2018

I would say that I was somewhat less than thrilled to see it be Monday again already.  Oh well, it happened.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

I bought a different kind of sourdough this time, a more traditional loaf instead of a boule shape.  That's about the extent of it, otherwise it's the same stuff.

Lunch:  3 ground beef tacos, mexican style plus cheese with avocado and hot sauce

No, I have no idea why the avocado slices were served like that.

I didn't eat lunch until after 4:00.  Busy day.  I was reasonably hungry but this did the trick.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Exercise:  Nope.  May have to contemplate evenings as unpleasant as that sounds.

148.0

Scheduling Issue

Sunday, January 28, 2018

More words about sleep.  I actually feel like I slept relatively well last night.  Unfortunately I did not get to sleep early.  I really am going to have to ban electronics use, use something other than my phone for an alarm, etc.  Fact of the matter is I just wasn't sleepy.  When the alarm went off this morning I just switched it off (intentionally) and got up when I was ready ... at 9:30.  Yeah, this is not a good thing.

Feeling pretty decent otherwise.  I always forget how much of a difference it can make in how I feel to just lose a few pounds.  And to cut out most sugar.  Fewer aches and pains already.

Breakfast:  4 slices Wright applewood thick cut bacon, 1 slice sourdugh with ample butter, coffee

Bacon done to perfection, 17 minutes at 375.

I'm pretty fond of this breakfast and if I got up early enough during the week it wouldn't be any big deal to have it.  The sandwich version is a reflection of my perpetual AM tardiness more than anything else.  I think I'm going to divide up the remaining bacon, put it on parchment and freeze it ... we'll see how much I have to adjust the cooking time as a result.

Lunch:  Leftover antipasto pizza

You know, I just don't love banana peppers.

Debated ways to eat less since I will have to have dinner tonight (guest on Sundays, no choice).  Didn't apply any of them.  Guess I had better get a little exercise, huh?

Dinner:  Meatloaf, Idahoan four cheese potatoes, green beans

Spy photo

I wasn't hungry but I was polite.  I even had a bit more than this, it was good.  Kept it in check though.

Exercise:  Nope and that's too bad.  I certainly could have fit some in.

147.6

The Elusive Quality

Saturday, January 27, 2018

Very much looking forward to a day where I get quality sleep again.  That's a long way in the future, after much weight loss and exercise, but it'll be wonderful when it happens.  It's like the holy grail. 

I almost got up after getting hit with the leg cramp at 4:30 but didn't quite manage it.  We're early enough in the process that I'm not going to worry about it.  Still, a little walking probably would have been a better choice than the couple of hours of fitful sleep that followed before I just gave up.

Breakfast:  4 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, 1 slice sourdough with extra generous butter, coffee

I still have no idea why the photos
have gone haywire.

Since it's the weekend I changed up the meat, i.e. I had time to do some bacon (and a package that is about at the expiration date).  More calories there but OK.  In general I'd like to eat more fat (and less starch) for rib-sticking purposes.  Also went super heavy on the butter - generious has been about 1 T, this was 1.5 T plus.  It was ... buttery.  Very buttery.  Again, more fat.

Lunch:  Antipasto pizza

May just have to give up on rotation

This is a 16" pizza.  I ate half, 4 slices, which is quite a bit.  Given that it was after 3:00 I'm not worried about it sticking even though it's very high carb.  Leftovers tomorrow.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Pizza stuck really well.  Not hungry at all.

Exercise:  Got in a nice walk today.  Originally was just going to be about 8 blocks out and back to get some eggs, but I added six or so blocks detouring to the library.  Didn't chart the distance, with the two quick stops it was about a half hour.

A Limp And A Cramp

Friday, January 26, 2018

Limped through the end of the work week.  It wasn't a very productive day and I'm looking forward to a little time to recharge.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough, generous butter, 1 package buddig corned beef, coffee

The corned beef was ok.  I can do better in the lunch meat department, but I'm going to call this week a win because I ate the planned breakfast four days in a row without resorting to a drive thru.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl.

It's a bowl!

Usual fixings except the burrito artist misheard me and put a scoop of corn salsa on there.  That's something I'd never ask for - even though I eat lots of corn products the look of corn salsa is unappealing.  But it didn't matter, there were enough other and dominant flavors.

Dinner:  Can of V-8, also pint of Vandermill bluegold hard cider

Bah.  I should have read the label on the cider.  280 calories and added sugar.  Oh well.  I have two more of them too.  Oh and the label also informed me that it contains sulfites and sure enough I woke up at 4:30 with a leg cramp.  Stupid sulfites.

Exercise:  40+ minutes, lots of shoulder and arm plus core.   Went pretty hard (I mean for me).  A solid workout.

149.0

Now With More Lunch Fail

Thursday, January 25, 2018

I had a hard time making up my mind as to what I wanted for lunch today.  As you will see.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig turkey, coffee

I didn't like the turkey as much as the ham or the beef.

Lunch:  Chicken fajita salad with guac (no shell or dressing), chips and salsa, Arby's double roast beef minus bun

Salad

Tried out a mexican place I've never visited.  I forgot to ask for no shell, my bad.  I ate too many chips.  And I decided there wasn't enough chicken so I stopped through an Arby's on the way back to work.  I was pretty full then but as expected it could have stuck better.

Breakfast > Mexican.

Dinner:  Can of V-8

Exercise:  Nope, not yet.

Not Recently Precedented

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Not quite in the books yet but I think it's going to be two solid days on plan.  Yes.  Definitely feel a little off today but it's hard to describe.  And it's not all bad, I do move better when I don't have a full belly.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

I have no idea what's up lately with pictures being rotated.
It's annoying.

Not a real pretty picture.

Lunch:  3 egg omelet with bacon, ham, sausage, cheese.  2 slices sourdough with (probably) margarine, coffee

It was nice to have time for a sit down lunch.

Searching for a new breakfast for lunch place.  Food was pretty good, will probably go again.

Dinner:  Can of V-8 juice.

Big can, it's like 11 oz or something.

Exercise:  Nope.  Let's give it a week to see if I start feeling better in the mornings.

Target Tuesday

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Well how about that.  For the past few days I've been targeting today as a "start".  A day where I would not give in to excuses, temptation, whatever and just follow a preplanned idea for one whole day.  And it happened.  So many times I false start or don't even try enough to false start.  So I'm happy about a single day.

Even if it isn't perfectly clean or great or whatever.  It's better than the usual binge eating.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough with generous butter, 1 package buddig ham, coffee

Good quality local bread, butter and the cheapest most processed lunch meat you can buy.  I know.  I'll explain later.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl.  Light on the cheese, no chips on the side.

White rice, pinto beans, brisket, fajita veg, hot queso,
hot salsa, pico, light cheese, sour cream, guac.

Lunch whenever possible is going to be the main meal of the day.  This fit the bill.

Dinner:  Can of V-8 juice

And that's the thing I'm happiest about, no heavy dinner.  Maybe some days I'll need to eat, tonight I did not.

Exercise:  40 minutes of mostly arms and shoulders.  Worked hard.

~156.8

Overly Biscuity

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Slept better last night and happy about that.  Downside is that it was hard to get to sleep because I stayed up watching the football game and I ended up shutting off the alarm and sleeping in.  I do not enjoy the struggle of trying to reset the sleep schedule.

Breakfast:  Leftover tuna biscuit bake, coffee

ino idea what is up with the rotation

Too much.  One square would have been sufficient.  That's what I get for trying to eat 4 meals worth of this in 3 so that I don't have to throw it out.  Also, for next time:  Reduce pan size to the 8x8 or maybe the 9x9.  Cut the biscuit almost in half, keep the filling level the same.

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:

Much Like The Old

Saturday, January 6, 2018

The new year hasn't exactly gotten off to a rousing beginning.  Just more of the same, work, stress, poor sleep and atrocious eating.  I don't think I ate a single "home cooked" meal all week.  Feeling sluggish to the extreme this morning as a product of awful sleep.  I just could not get comfortable last night and had enough congestion that oxygen was in short supply.  I expect to be dragging all day.

On the positive side, I had a good workout yesterday and didn't have the usual muscular fatigue that I've noticed over the last quite a while, where every movement is a challenge.  Very happy about that.  I have some private theories as to cause, but if I can get past it that's a very good thing no matter what.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Hot Tuna Biscuit sandwich

Hey, a home cooked meal!  Not a particularly healthy one, but at least I made it.  Something my mom made when I was a kid, the recipe calls for Bisquick but I made Kenji's 2 ingredient biscuits for the crust instead and it turned out great.  Lots of leftovers too, maybe next time I'll remember to take a photo.

Dinner:  Antipasto pizza, root beer

Downside to the early and carb-heavy lunch is I got hungry.  So early dinner it is.  Ate way too much.  Again.

Snack:  Triscuits with Yoder's jalapeno cheddar dip

Was pleasantly surprised by the dip, but then I left it out overnight and the rest is in the trash.  Oops.

Exercise:  Nope.

Not a successful day but a reasonably relaxing one.

Update:

Not sure I can recreate the whole week's worth of crappy eating, but I could try.

Friday, January 5:
B:  Coffee, Taco Bell steak crunch wrap
L:  Qdoba brisket bowl with chips
D:  McDonalds classic chicken, bacon McDouble, cheeseburgers, 2 pies
Exercisse:  40 minutes arms and core

Thursday, January 4:
B:  McD bacon egg and cheese biscuit, sausage burrito
L:  Wendy's double w cheese, fries, lemonade
D:  Dominos pan pepperoni bacon pizza, root beer

Wednesday, January 3:
B:  Coffee
L:  Jimmy Johns ultimate porker, salt & vinegar chips, root beer
D:  Culvers single bacon deluxe, SW chicken sandwich, fries, root beer

Tuesday, January 2:
B:  Coffee
L:  Wendy's single w cheese, fries, lemonade, chicken nuggets
D:  McDonalds classic chicken, cheeseburgers, small fries

Somewhere in there I had some taco bell snacks too, a couple stackers, a chicken burrito and an orange cream freeze

What a miserable week of eating!

It's A New Year After All

Monday, January 1, 2018

I guess it's unavoidable.  The new year is upon us.  Looks like the locals for the most part stayed up since there was nobody out there at 8:00 this morning.  Quiet like you only see on holiday mornings and even then it's usually 6:00 when it's that quiet.  It took some of the grating edge off being so late to get going.

Closing the books on last year, I didn't lose any weight.  Actually gained a nominal amount.  Boo.

Breakfast:  Marble cornbread scramble with pico de gallo, diced potatoes, coffee

I had the most smiley waitress ever this morning.  It was impressive.

Lunch:  TB chicken burrito, stacker

Dinner:  Ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, rolls with butter, cookie and ice cream

Exercise:  Not really, though I did walk a few blocks for breakfast and back.

159.4

Unopimistic

Sunday, December 31, 2017

Well, another year is about to bite the dust.  I don't think I'm going to accomplish any major 2017 goals in the next 12 hours, so it's safe to say that it's been a bust.  I haven't stepped on the scale in a while, but I know I haven't made any progress.  Doing better in the strength department but cardio condition has dropped off due to lack of walking.  No other major life improvements I can point to, either.  Work stress is way up, quality and quantity of sleep is down.  This cannot continue.

I've never been a big believer in new year resolutions, but I do have an interest in setting some goals for 2018.

1.  Fix the sleep.  Perhaps surprisingly, the first goal isn't food related.  I need to get more, better and consistent sleep.  I had hopes of getting up early today, instead I dragged myself out of bed at 8:00.  Pathetic.  And still not rested. 

2.  Dump the fast food.   It's too easy to just eat out every meal.  I don't mind the sit down stuff, at least when I make good choices -- it's too bad the breakfast for lunch and taco salad spots are long gone -- but it's too easy to get 1500 calories of drive thru.

3.  Get back to walking.  I have a million excuses, but they're just that.  Excuses.  Get out there are do it, dummy.  You felt great when doing three miles a day.

4.  Be honest with myself.  And that means being more critical when I fail.

And that's it.  Sure I want to lose a bunch of weight.  If I do those other things, it will come.

Sun's Up Fun Up

Sunday, December 10, 2017

A pretty decent start to the day thus far.  Got up reasonably early, walked over to the laundry to get a load done, fixed a lovely breakfast and just now thinking about a second cup of coffee.  Not sure how much I will get accomplished today.  There are a million things on the list, but relaxation is needed too.  We'll see.

Breakfast:  Oatcakes w maple syrup, some CF applewood bacon, orange juice, coffee

Lunch:  Meijer True Goodness tomato basil soup, cheese toast, a few Pringles

Misc:  Lemonade

Dinner:  Roast beef, potatoes, carrots, 12 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  Nope.

Post-Plague

Saturday, December 9, 2017

Ahh.  A relaxing Saturday.  Needed it, after being sick for nearly two weeks.  It's wonderful to finally feel mostly like myself again.

I hit the grocery store yesterday and ended up with a bunch of crap, which I'll probably work through over the next few days.  I'm hoping to get more on track here over the next couple weeks (yes, over the holidays) and hit it pretty hard in 2018.

Breakfast:  Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, glass of whole milk

Lunch:  3 slices of leftover deluxe pizza

Snack:  Outshine fruit bars, lime (3)

Dinner:  CF pot roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, 16 oz Vandermill blue gold cider

Exercise:  Nope.  Soon though!

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Ahhh With Many Hs

Saturday, October 7, 2017

Phew.  Long, long, long week.  I think I'll make it, but it was still nice to have this morning to move at a more leisurely pace.  Didn't really sleep in as that seems to be impossible anymore, but lazed about.  I could have gone for a walk but let's be serious.  So fried.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium in butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, can of V-8 juice, slice sourdough with butter, coffee

A most hearty meal.  I'm regretting that this was the last of the hash browns.  Local stores no longer carry the kind I like (I've looked) so I'll be stuck with plain russets in the future.

Lunch:  2 Whoppers, Coke Icee

Dinner:  2 slices pizza, cheese popcorn, root beer, cupcakes and vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Need to get on that.

Forcing Habits

Friday, October 6, 2017

It's not always easy admitting what you ate, when what you ate is abombinable.

Breakfast:  Sourdough bread with generous butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Lunch:  Chicago dog, fries, root beer

Dinner:  Pizza and root beer

Exercise:  Nope


Thursday, October 5, 2017

Breakfast:  McDonalds bacon egg and cheese biscuit, sausage mcmuffin

I ordered an egg mcmuffin, I got a sausage no egg instead.  Oh well.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns plain slim capicola and cheese w mayo, salt & vinegar chips, root beer

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn pepperoni ham and jalapeno pizza, garlic bread twists, root beer

Exercise:  35 minutes, mostly core

Scaled Up

Wednesday, October 4, 2017

I had a good reason for today.  Well, a reason anyway.

Breakfast:  2 slices sourdough bread w generous butter, 4 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Lunch:  2 BK whoppers, frozen coke

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 20 oz root beer

Dessert:  Cupcake and vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Back at it tomorrow.

149.6

Back To This

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Not a good day.  Super busy, but also super poor choices.

Breakfast:  1 slice sourdough bread w/ generous butter, coffee

2nd Breakfast:  TB steak breakfast crunchwrap

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little fries w/ ketchup, DQ banana split bilzzard

Dinner:  Thin crust pizza w pepperoni, mushroom, bacon, 16 oz Miller Lite

Also:  Some lemonade

Exercise:  40 minutes arms and energy, 9 holes with cart

For A Certain Definition of Success

Tuesday, October 2, 2017

I guess logging everything for two days is a start.  And I did manage to eat two meals at home today, which is a significant improvement.  Let's see, if I did 80/20 on that, I'd be okay eating out 5x a week... Yeah.  Right.

Anyway, it's not much of a start.  I'm happy, though.  Even if this turns out to be 4,000 calories.  I think I'll go look it up.  I'm going to guess under, but not by that much.  (Edit:  Looks like just over 3,000)

Breakfast:  Slice of sourdough bread with generous butter, 5 strips thick cut bacon, coffee

Did I mention bacon?

Real sourdough bread and butter is so good.  And bacon.  So much bacon.  3 strips is enough.

Lunch:  Wendy's Giant JBC meal with lemonade

Snack:  Jalapeno fritos and a glass of lemonade

Dinner:  3/4C soaked oatmeal with maple syrup, 1 can V-8 juice, small slice of sourdough w butter

OATS, GOAT

While carbs are not my friend, I do kinda wonder if a lighter dinner of this sort of thing might digest well, at least better than the crap I usually eat.

Exercise:  Nope.  I had good intentions, but I'm not there yet.

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False Start After False Start After False Start

Sunday, October 1, 2017

Just brutal.  I haven't been able to string together a couple of good meals in a row, let alone a couple of good days.  Super tired, super stressed, super fat.  I actually felt a flash of motivation yesterday and I have good reason coming up to be in better walking shape but anything sustained?  Forget about it.

Some of that is ambivalence toward what I can or should do.   I could cut out carbs.  I could just eat less.  Kill the fast food.   Eat non-processed stuff.  Be 80/20 good.  A million options, none of which include eating pizzas and Big Macs and sugar.

I'm trying to clean out the fridge today so that I can go to the store and get a few things that would at least be "better".  That would be a start.  Eating them would be even better.  I've gotten super lazy about eating out.  Let's do better.

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs with chorizo, tomato, green onion, sour cream, jack cheese, hash browns, cinnamon raisin toast, coffee

Not bad.

I really should find a better breakfast place.

Lunch:  2 slices leftover pizza

Yum.

This is my favorite pizza at the moment.  Local place.  Pepperoni, salami, black and green olives, banana peppers, usually has yellow or red pepper.

Snack:  Some jalapeno fritos, root beer

Dinner:  Oven roasted CF chicken, long grain & wild rice pilaf, green beans, a slice of sourdough bread w butter

Not bad, not bad

Chicken turned out pretty well.  I really should have made some rice from scratch but I went for the fast, cheap solution.

Dessert:  Rice pudding

Exercise:  Nope, just moving around cleaning stuff and doing errands

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The Ends Are Burnt

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Hey.  It's been a while.

Eating rampage continues unabated.  The only thing keeping my weight remotely in check is the higher level of exercise.  Still really fat though.  I do wonder if my scale is broken, or at least not accurate this close to the upper end, because that could be worse.

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs over easy in butter, 5 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee, rice pudding cup

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:


Saturday, August 19, 2017

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs over easy in butter, 5 strips Wright thick applewood bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, coffee

Lunch:  Leftover deluxe plus jalapeno pizza

Dinner:  Five Guys cheeseburger all the way plus jalapeno, little fries w lots of ketchup

Also:  Root beer float

Exercise:  Nope

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