Cleaning Up The Kondo

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Super thankful that it's a weekend day.  I accomplished a surprising amount yesterday (by my very modest standards anyway) and I'm looking to keep the ball rolling today.  The to-do list is far longer than I can hope to accomplish, but just seeing the number of things that were crossed off yesterday is a little inspiring.  Schedule is still off but basically two hours shifted back toward good.  A similar shift tomorrow and I'm right there on weekday schedule.

Since I didn't need or want to eat right away when I got up I decided to tackle a project.   I cleaned out my closet.  Tossed a couple pairs of torn up jeans, grabbed a few things to donate -- not much, just a couple -- sorted and reorganized.  Took an hour or thereabouts and I feel so good having it done.  Didn't go full Marie Kondo, but just having it in better shape is bringing joy.

Breakfast:  Coffee

I guess technically since I started the coffee about 10:30.   Still more of a brunch thing today since I got up very late and will be eating closer to wake up than usual.

Lunch:  3 CF jumbo eggs, scrambled with shredded extra sharp cheddar, 5 strips Kiolbassa thick cut pepper bacon, homemade buttermilk wheat bread with lots of butter

Too much.  Next time, 2 eggs, 4 strips bacon is plenty.  Plus 4 strips should allow for a neat 3 servings per package.

Dinner:  Chuck roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, carrots, 12 oz Miller Lite, roll with butter

Ate too much, especially too many carbs.

Exercise:  Nope.

125.0

Porky, Poky and Peckish

Saturday, December 7, 2019

I enjoy nonsensical post titles.

Stayed up way, way too late last night.  Got into a book.  Didn't sleep until after 3:00, which of course has me completely out of whack today.  Finally got up at 10:30, feeling meh but revived after a shower and some coffee.  I have things to do.

First order of business will be some cooking projects.  I have some bread dough to bake, going to make some ham and beans, and I'll need to get some carnitas in the slow cooker shortly.  If the pork dishes turn out I should have eight or ten freezer meals. ... hope I have room.

Brunch:  2 jumbo CF eggs over medium, Alexia hash browns in butter, 5 strips Kiolbassa thick cut pepper bacon, coffee

Ate about 1:00, maybe a bit after, so it wasn't really breakfast, though it was closer in time to get up than I am usually eating this week.  I also managed to set off the smoke detectors for the first time in the two or three years I've been living here.  Oops.  Had the hash browns on a different burner which was apparently more powerful than the one I usually use.  Second time getting the bacon, this time it was cooked perfectly and I really liked it.  When I went to the store I got a couple other Kiolbassa products to try as well.  Nice to see no funny stuff in the ingredient list.

Dinner:  Ham 'n Bacon 'n Beans, homemade buttermilk wheat bread with lots of butter

I mostly winged it on the beans, other than using the trusty spicy beans time guideline for how long to keep them on the stove.  Turned out delicious.  And the bread, really really good for almost zero effort.

Exercise:  Nope.  I will say that I have been at least a hair more mobile the last couple days.  If I'm rested especially.  I would still be put in a world of hurt by more than one flight of stairs, but any progress is good progress.   Definitely want to do more regular walking hopefully soon.

Now if I could just get consistent rest.  It's odd and unpleasant being unable to sleep well.  Finding a comfortable position is hard.  I get random knee pain from the one that is wrecked.  More than ever before I have to get up after a few hours to hit the restroom.  Bah.

125.8

Enormity Picture-a-fied

Friday, December 6, 2019

Glad the week is over.  It was a positive one, though I still have a mountain of work to do.  That ... is a problem for another day.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Bowl of beef stew, glass of whole milk, 2 slices sharp cheddar

I like the stew, but I don't think I can eat it every single day.  So I'm going to come up with some things to make and freeze this weekend.

Dinner:  Taco salad with al pastor pork, extra avocado, hot sauce, glass of whole milk

Went grocery shopping after dinner, stocked way up.  As a consequence, I didn't get home until after 7:30 and by the time I put the stuff away I was hungry.  Didn't want to wait a half hour to prep the planned breakfast for dinner, so I walked over and got a taco salad.  Asked for half the usual rice ... I think I got more beans and more everything else because it was still enormous.  Couldn't quite finish it but I came close ... like I said, I was hungry.  Milk has been finished.

Note to self:  Next time maybe go get the groceries *after* dinner.

Exercise:  Nope

126.6

Extra WAPpy

Thursday, December 5, 2019

I'm not inclined to believe that one good clean day makes *that* much of a difference, but I will say that I'm having a pretty good day today, at least through lunch where we are so far.  Even though I was tired when I woke up, I haven't been foggy or fatigued ... which is very nice.  Even accomplished some volume stuff at the office. 

Breakfast:  Coffee

Not notably hungry.  I really do think that you get used to a pattern when it comes to breakfast -- if I don't eat it on a regular basis my body adjusts and it's no big deal.

Lunch:  Bowl of beef stew, 2 strips thick cut bacon, glass of whole milk

Decided to go extra Weston A Price today.  The Fishman book says the schoolkids fed his nutritious stew also got a couple glasses of milk and some rolls with butter.  I have a glass half gallon of the best whole milk that hasn't been completely used up, so why not drink a glass?  No rolls tho, and I had to settle for two strips of bacon leftover from the weekend in place of the butter.  All good.

Dinner:  Leftover taco meat, extra sharp cheddar, fire sauce

Not bad at all.  Would have been better if I'd heated it more and had another avocado but still good.

Exercise:  Nope.

130.8

Beef Cheese Beef Cheese

Wednesday, December 4, 2019

How about that, a successful day.  It was a near thing, I came perilously close to pizza for dinner, but fortunately I ate the easiest access kind yesterday and had enough time to talk myself out of it while going home from work.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Another early start to the workday.  No hunger.

Lunch:  2x Wendy's singles with cheese, no buns

The two singles were a dollar cheaper than the double.  Ordered them plain, tossed the buns.

Dinner:  1/2 lb ground beef with taco seasoning, extra sharp cheddar, fire sauce, large avocado

Look ma, no shells!  I also considered buying some on the way home but laziness won out.  Yay.

Tried a new seasoning mix this time, just organic spices, no cornstarch.   It was very good.  I'm sure it would be cheaper to just make my own, but being lazy and all I'm glad I had this in the cupboard.  Leftovers for tomorrow too.

Exercise:  Nope.  If I'd gone to sleep when I went to bed last night, maybe.  Instead I started reading a book and 4 hours later....  Finished it tonight, but too late to have much hope for tomorrow.

132.8

Fifty Percent Or So

Tuesday, December 3, 2019

Sigh.  A strange day.

Woke up OK.  I was a few minutes late getting out the door for my early work start but not bad.  I dozed (very lightly) for a while during a wait in a medical office.  Took an early and long lunch, dozed some more.   And it's not even 7:30 and I'm starting to yawn.  Add in that I was not the least bit interested in anything work-related today and it really was not great Bob.

On the positive side, I was doing really well until about 4:45 on the food front.  At that point, I decided I was hungry.  After another hour of work that, plus being tired, led to a crack.  Doggone it.  At least I went another day without soda and didn't have any sugar today, just starchy carbs.  So it wasn't all bad.  Just bad.

Breakfast:  None

Didn't even have coffee today, just a little water.

Lunch:  Pint of beef stew

This is a batch I made a few weeks ago that's been in the freezer.  It's based on the Weston A Price nutritious stew in Stanley Fishman's book, just no bone marrow.  I also throw in some potatoes, not sure if those are in the recipe or not.  I've eaten a lot of this over the years.  This batch is beefier than usual since I used a 3 or 4 pound chuck roast.

Dinner:  Domino's pan pizza with pepperoni, ham, green olives

Like I said .. doggone it.

Exercise:  Nope.

134.4

Back To Something

Monday, December 2, 2019

Was not excited to go back to work.  It didn't help that I had an early start.  Oh well, those are the breaks.  It was kinda nice, I will admit, to be back in a routine, even if I wish there were not so many hours in the work day.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  2 Culvers double deluxes, no onion

This was a bit much for whatever reason.  It would have been nice if I could have skipped the buns.  Baby steps today, though -- no soda.

Dinner:  4 mexican style tacos, plus cheese, hot sauce.  A few Lays chips.  A small glass of chocolate milk

Tacos were big tonight.  Almost forgot to take a picture.  Not many chips, just the dregs of a bag, maybe an ounce or so.  And a modest sized glass to finish off a pint of chocolate milk.  That stuff is so good -- it's from a semi-local dairy, in a glass bottle, and it's just fablous.  It's also expensive, but it would be worth it if I could drink it on a regular basis.

Exercise:  Nope.

136.0

Water By The Pound

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Sad that it's the last day of a long weekend.  I didn't get a whole lot accomplished (and will not), but so it goes.  At least I'm a little more upbeat today.

Went to bed a little earlier last night, all it meant was that I woke up earlier.  4:00 to be exact, which is stupid.  Lost a few pounds of water.  At least I was able to go back to sleep for once.  Ended up sleeping in, sort of, dozing in the recliner after a second water withdrawal.  No idea where all this liquid is coming from.

Breakfast:  4 slices white bread with butter and mozz cheese, 3 strips thick cut bacon

Have now tossed the rest of the bread.  Pretty sure Thanksgiving is about the only time of year I'd ever buy white bread, it's just not good.

Lunch:   Leftover tacos with sharp cheddar and fire sauce

Used up a bag of shredded cheese, so there was a lot.

Dinner:  American goulash, roll with butter, a little salad, apple pie and vanilla ice cream.  12 oz Miller Lite

Also:  2 McD cheeseburgers, Dr. Pepper

Exercise:  Nope.

137.8

Blahs, Plural

Saturday, November 30, 2019

Didn't find a whole lot of energy.

Breakfast:  Hostess giant donette, whole milk, 2 slices sourdough, 4 strips bacon, butter

The donuts had a horrible chemical scent to them and were not very good, so I quickly chucked what I had left.  Never again.

Lunch:  Tacos with sharp cheddar and TB fire sauce

I got smaller shells this time.  When I cut out the grains I wonder how much I'll enjoy bowl tacos.  80% as much?  Maybe.

Snack:  Chips and jalapeno cheddar dip, lemonade

Dip label mentions genetic engineering.  Probably a good idea to be done.

Dinner:  Turkey, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes.

Hit the leftovers hard.  Deli turkey, packet gravy since I didn't have any of those left.  Was kinda uncomfortable afterward so I'm going to toss the stuff I have left.  Tasted good tho.

Exercise:  No chance

139.4

Garbage Time

Friday, November 29, 2019

Welp.

Made it through Thanksgiving.  Had a big feast early afternoon and then never considered eating anything the rest of the day.  Wiped out, I went to bed at 9:30.

Sleep poorly yet again.  Up at 5 for a bit, then snoozed fitfully in a chair for serveral hours.  Felt lousy.  Lots of unhappy body parts.  Eventually perked up some after a shower, but it was a slow go.

I don't really do Black Friday but I did go out this evening and bought myself a new Chromebook.  I'm hoping that will be helpful in getting this blog to a more consistent place.  Now I just need to sell a few things on eBay to recover the cost!

Breakfast:  Hostess giant donettes, milk

Lunch:  Jack's frozen bacon cheeseburger pizza, Coke, chips and salsa

Dinner:  Five Guys little cheeseburger all the way, little fries with ketchup

Exercise:  Not a chance.  Really, really struggling physically.  Need to fix the diet first and foremost.

139.4

With Apologies to Tom Petty

Sunday, November 17, 2019

It's the starting that's the hardest part.

Sigh.  Let's get through today and try again.

Breakfast:  Leftover waffles with maple syrup, many strips of pepper bacon

Forgot the rest, never came back to finish.

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A Nadir

Saturday, November 16, 2019

It's been brutal.  For every day that's decent there are ten that are horrible.  No consistency.

It's a fact, though, that I have felt more mortal the last couple months than I ever have.  Even when my weight has peaked previously I didn't experience major physical issues.  Now, I do.  The wrecked knee is one thing, but it's really scary to feel your heart and lungs heavily loaded from even the smallest activity.  To be unable to sleep because you can't find a position that your body can take.  It's awful.

As a long-time food addict, though, change is hard.  I'm planning on staying home today, working on some things around the house, and hopefully feeling like I can get things back on track.  Too many carbs are lined up, but a lot of the wheat ones at least are buttermilk soaked.

Breakfast:  Overnight soaked buttermilk waffles with maple syrup, thick cut pepper bacon, a few rosemary and olive oil Triscuits, coffee

Severely overcooked the bacon.  Surprising, since my oven has been seeming weak lately.  It was a different kind of bacon, otherwise same method as usual.  Oh well, it was still edible.  Waffles were fantastic, I don't understand people that dislike buttermilk flavor.  Triscuits have been cleaned up.

Lunch:  Tacos with shredded cheddar and TB fire sauce

Good.  Carby, but good.  Better if I didn't eat so many shells.  Leftovers tomorrow.

Dinner:  Failed homemade cheese pizza with buttermilk crust, CFA spicy chicken, fries, mac and cheese, coke, Culvers concrete mixer

All sorts of fail.  The crust on the pizza didn't work, since it didn't develop the gluten needed for the way I prepared it.  It would have been fine otherwise.  Then I was hungry later and boom went the dynamite.

Exercise:  Nope.

139.4

So All Needed Was One More Hour?

Sunday, November 3, 2019

As annoying as daylight savings time is, I sure do love that extra hour we get in the fall.  I even managed to fake myself out this morning -- I changed my alarm from 6:30 to 5:30 on my phone, woke up shortly before what the clock said was 5:30 ... and only after I got up did I realize that I hadn't set the clocks back and it was only 4:30.  Oops.  Dozed in a chair for a few minutes but couldn't get back to sleep.  And so ... I managed to motivate enough to go for a short walk.  All I needed was one more hour?

Otherwise in a fantastic mood this morning.  Not too fazed by the scale going the wrong way -- I mean, it's obvious why given my horrendous overeating of late -- since for once I'm optimistic about making some positive changes.  I do wonder if there are some things I can eat if prepared correctly (without sugar and seed oils, soaked/fermented etc) but we will see.  Once I eat through some junk that is.

Breakfast:  Homemade soaked buttermilk waffles with maple syrup, 5 strips applewood bacon, coffee

Changed up the waffle recipe and went with one that soaked the flour in buttermilk overnight Weston A Price style.  Kinda winged it beyond that tbqh.  Didn't notice any difference in taste, but I like the tang anyway.  Also went straight maple syrup since I think I pretty much finished my bottle of Tree Hive syrup with honey yesterday.

Also, oddly enough the recipe made nearly six waffles, up from 4 and 5.  Same cup of flour.

Lunch:   Oh yes, lots of it.

Dinner:  Tons.

Exercise:  Short walk, phone said 0.6 mile, was just about 20 minutes.

Went just fine.  Geared up appropriately for 37 degrees F, though I do need to find my beanie (or get a new one).  I don't have an ideal route for my walk any more, but if I can deal with a few blocks I can catch the route I used to take and do some of that.

134.4

Satured Day

Saturday, November 2, 2019

Have I mentioned how much I love weekends?  They're great.  Now if only they were 3 days long.  I guess I'll settle for the extra hour of sleep tonight.  As an added bonus I woke up early this morning, so if I don't stay up too late tonight maybe I can use the time shift to fix my schedule.  Maybe.  History of doing so has been pretty poor.

Breakfast:  3x homemade buttermilk waffles with Tree Hive syrup, 5 srips thick cut cherrywood bacon, coffee

Made the same waffle recipe as last week, this time it made 5 waffles instead of 4 for some unknown reason.  Whatever.  Two more to the freezer.

Lunch:  Tacos - leftover taco meat, shells, avocado, sharp cheddar, Fire sauce.  Chips and salsa, a little lemonade

This was very tasty.  So much so that I bought another package of shells despite the fact that I shouldn't be eating them because of corn and seed oil.

Dinner:  Homemade cheese sticks (pizza crust, olive oil, seasoning, mozz cheese).  Taco Bell chicken chalupa supreme, beefy fritos burrito.  Mini donuts, rice krispie treat

Okay, that was a lot of junk.  Made the cheese sticks out of some dough I had in the fridge, trying a different version of the 72 hour dough recipe. 

Exercise:  Nope.

133.0

Fried Day

Friday, November 1, 2019

Whew.  Barely made it through the week.  Finished with a bit of a flurry and then was just ... done.

As for the eating?  Woof.  What a bunch of crap.

Breakfast:  2x McD egg mcmuffins, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  McRib, 2x cheeseburgers, medium fries, large Coke

Dinner:  Dominos medium pan pizza with pepperoni, ham, green olives, 20 oz Coke

Also:  2x Senor Rico rice pudding

Exercise:  LOL no

131.8

Okay Then Reboot Soon Son

Thursday, October 31, 2019

Alright then.  Fail, then try again.  One of these go arounds it's going to stick.

It wasn't today, and given the junk I have on hand probably not through the weekend.  Still.  Let's make some positive moves soon.

Breakfast:  Taco Bell sausage quesadilla, sausage taco.  Coffee

Was hungry.  And then I was not.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns east coast italian sub, salt and vinegar chips, large Coke

Snack:  Snickers bar.  Vendor delivery, not something I bought.

Dinner:  Homemade-ish tacos with cheese, chips and salsa, lemonade

Would have been better with limeade tbqh.

Exercise:  Nope.  Fat and injured.

129.6

When Your Fail Is Epic-ish

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Yeah, this was bad.  For many reasons.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Been getting hungry in the mornings, may need to eat if I'm not going to 100% fix the diet.

Lunch:  McRib, medium fries, large Coke, 3 leftover meatballs

Dinner:  2 McCheeseburgers, medium fries, large Coke

Also:  Pretzel pieces, Hostess mini apple pies

Exercise:  Nope

128.8

In Which I Complain About The Fail

Tuesday, October 29, 2019

Sigh.  It's so annoying being me.

I didn't leave work until almost 7:00.  So do I feel like cooking?  Heck no.  I had planned to have breakfast for dinner, but even that simple meal seemed like too much work. 

Pathetic.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Leftover meatballs with thousand island.  Same as yesterday.

Snack:  2 McD cheeseburgers, large Coke

Another habit to break.

Dinner:  Little Caesars thin crust pepperoni pizza, extra cup of sauce

Exercise:  Nope.

127.6

Milk and Cookies and Stuff

Monday, October 28, 2019

Okay, let's do this.  Today wasn't stellar or perfect or anything.  But I can take away a positive or two -- I had lunch at home and ate some stuff I had on hand.

Breakfast:  Coffee

I did get a little hungry mid-morning, but nothing extreme.  I remembered too late that I had some jerky at the office that I could have consumed.

Lunch:  Cold leftover homemade meatballs with thousandish island dressing, glass of whole milk

Honestly I pretty much never drink milk.  I bought a half gallon for some cooking projects and then never cooked anything much with it and it expires pronto, so why not.

Snack:  2 McD cheeseburgers, large Coke

Need to give the soda back up.  With the early lunch and a late dinner I decided to snack.  This is the sort of thing that needs to stop.

Dinner:  4 tacos, mexican style plus hot sauce and avocado.  Chips and onion dip

Planned purchase, love Taco Monday.  Cleaned up some chips and dip leftover from the weekend.  Leaves me very short on junk ... which is both a good thing and I'm sure it'll be a problem.

Also:  "World's Easiest Cookies" and milk.

Wanted something more.  Googled easiest cookies and this is what I got -- almond flour, baking powder, vanilla and maple syrup.  They were ... interesting.

Exercise:  Nope.  Limping pretty bad right now.

129.8

A Tack Of Some Sort

Sunday, October 27, 2019

It hasn't been a real good stretch.  Insane dietary choices, eating way too much and not enough movement.  I've felt pretty weak lately and I'm worried about my heart. 

That said, I just don't know if I can do anything too extreme.  I *do* know that I can make better food choices, and one of those choices is to eat more at home.  So I'm going to try and do that.  It won't be easy -- work is still work and life is still what it is -- but I'm going to give it some effort.  Especially now, since the weather is going to limit what I can do outdoors.

Breakfast:  2 homemade waffles with Tree Hive maple syrup and honey, 5 strips Hormel cherrywood thick cut bacon, coffee

I planned to make some egg cups but wasn't organized enough this morning so I made waffles.  They were quite good.  Stuck 2 in the freezer for another day.  Enjoyed the bacon, too.

Lunch:  4 homemade meatballs with thousand island, glass of whole milk.  Later, chips and onion dip.

Meatballs, from my favorite low carb recipe.  They're good cold.  Dressing just a spoonful of Sir Kensington's avocado oil mayo and a little Primal Kitchen ketchup, both of which I bought during a major grocery restock on Friday night.  Made the meatballs today, have 3 more servings (8 oz ea) left for the next couple days.  I should see if these freeze.

Dinner:  American goulash, garlic bread.  Also 2 McD Cheeseburgers, large Coke

Sunday dinner, man.  Okay, let's do this.  Though I already am going to make an exception for Taco Monday.

Exercise:  Nope.  No golf today, though it wasn't a bad afternoon.

129.6

Appetite Unleashed

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

Welp.  Bad result after having tacos, I was hungry today.  Made it through the morning but lost it after that.  Currently very overstuffed on pizza.

Sigh.  Try again tomorrow.  Motivation is hard.

Breakfast:  None

Lunch:  2 CFA spicy chicken sandwiches, coffee (later)

Surprisingly unsatisfied.  Quite hungry again well before dinner.

Dinner:  Jet's super special deep dish pizza

Exercise:  Nope.

117.4

Almost Baconpalooza

Monday, September 30, 2019

Whew.  Long day.  I don't like Mondays.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Was a little hungry - thanks pizza - but not that hungry.  No problem skipping.

Lunch:  ~ 1/2 lb CF black pepper garlic beef bacon on CHAFFLES

Different chaffles today, mozzarella cheese, an egg, 1T of almond flour, 1/4t of baking powder.  I'd say they were more waffle-like.  Worked great as a sandwich bun.

Dinner:  4 ground beef tacos mexican style plus avocado and hot sauce

Decided not to have breakfast - no baconpalooza - since I needed extra work time.  Tacos are quick, easy and on Mondays cheap.  Probably should have ditched some tortillas but so it goes.

I ate one before I remembered to take a photo.

Exercise:  Nope

116.4

Pour Pour Pour

Sunday, September 29, 2019

Another rainy Sunday, same as last week.  On one hand it's too bad it means no golf, on the other, it's great for productivity around the house.  This has been the most productive Sunday morning I've had in months!  If I can keep it rolling this afternoon my home may be in tip top shape for once.

Today's obsession is with italian beef.  My OCD has me wanting to find a good recipe and a deli slicer.  Reality is going to dictate that I just go to the local place that makes a fabulous one and get a couple and eat 'em without the buns.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Considered eating something this morning, but ended up not bothering.  Not notably hungry just a small edge.  Thinking about a fat Qdoba bowl for lunch and a light dinner.

Lunch:  Qdoba brisket bowl - light white rice, brisket, roja, verde, cheese, sour cream, guac

Decent and pretty satisfying.  Did LOL at the one small scoop of guac.  At least it wasn't extra.

Dinner:  Dominos thin curst, pep ham onion

Cracked.  Sigh.  I had a plan, it just didn't happen.  Due in part to being in the middle of a bunch of cleaning including the kitchen, but that's just an excuse.  Next time I'll have a better plan.

Exercise:  Nope.  Active day including a couple shopping trips, but nothing that counts.

116.4

Tubb E

Saturday, September 28, 2019

Happy weekend.  Looking forward to some recharging.  Feels like I slept decently last night, so it's been a pretty good day so far.

Breakfast:  None

Not hungry, check.  I thought about stopping for coffee but decided I did not need it.

Lunch:  2x Jersey Mike's number 56 subs made in a tub

Had a BOGO coupon.  I did not know that they'd throw these on a bed of lettuce.  Did not eat much of the lettuce.  Quite tasty.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, bacon, Alexia hash browns in butter, avocado

Perhaps a bit much.  Pretty good, though the avocado was not elite.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, dccent extra walking.  Felt good today.

116.2

Helpered

Friday, September 27, 2019

Ah, the end of a week.  Glad that is the case.  More sleep issues last night, this time I didn't get to sleep until very late.  Just was not sleepy.  Went to bed early.  Even broke out the blue blockers.  Sigh.  As a result I pretty much ran out of gas this afternoon.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yep, not hungry.

Lunch:  McDonalds 2 Mcdoubles plain no bun, sausage patty from a sausage McMuffin

Another meal on the go.  Didn't have a lot of time so I went with this.

Dinner:  Leftover ground beef, cream cheese, Alexia hash browns in butter, extra sharp cheddar

This was an interesting mix.  It wasn't bad.  Putting the cream cheese in with beef ended up making it taste kind of like Hamburger Helper.  At least what I remember of it, haven't had HH in decades.  Or maybe a stroganoff flavor.

It was also a lot of food.

Exercise:  Nope.

118.6

Natural Necessary Frustration

Thursday, September 26, 2019

Sleep, man.  How can something so necessary and so natural be so freaking frustrating.

Went to bed on time.  Didn't go to sleep right away, my fault due to electronics use which I really should ban from the bedroom.  Still went to sleep at a reasonable hour.  Woke up with alarm, instantly knew I hadn't slept well or enough, reset alarm for an hour later.  That hour went by in a blink.  Still very tired, despite eight hours of "sleep".  I didn't wake up multiple times as I sometimes do.

I'm sure I would sleep better if I didn't have sinus blockage when I lay down.  Not much that I can do about that other than nasal spray and obviously I can't use that very often.  I'm fine when vertical and even propped up, but I shift when sleeping and getting to sleep in a good position isn't always easy.

Anyway, pay no mind, just ranting pointlessly.  I blame fatigue.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Getting used to this again.  I'll eat if I'm hungry but today I am not.

Lunch:  Spicy stewed chuck, some extra sharp cheddar

This must have been from a different batch than what I had on Monday -- hey, dumbass, label your freezer stuff -- because it was delicious.  Really good.

Dinner:  CF ground beef on cheddar CHAFFLES, a T or so of mayo and some green olives

CHAFFLES.  I bought a waffle maker a couple weeks ago to try making these and I finally did it.  Getting home earlier made all the difference.  And?  They were pretty good.  Definitely worked great as a bun substitute for a burger.  Decided to make an olive burger.  Used the smash burger method for the patties and they turned out pretty solid.  Not too excited about cleaning the cast iron tho.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned, super sluggish.  If it doesn't turn around, may have to do (gulp) evenings.

120.0

Quick Bounce

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Feeling much better today.  Definitely improved last evening after a big dinner (which, yes, definitely had some carbs) and I slept decently.  Woke up before my alarm this morning and probably could have even made myself get going but decided to use the time to try and beat back any remaining fatigue.  So far so good.

Also good is watching some of that water weight disappear.  Thanks bod, appreciate you letting go.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Had a cup of regular coffee, no adverse reaction noted.  It may be that if I keep it to one cup I can still drink regular.  We'll see.

Lunch:  2x McD McDoubles minus buns, 1x sausage mcmuffin minus mcmuffin (and most of the cheese)

Tired of buying so many meals but such is life on the go.  This was surprisingly decent, ordered the McDoubles plain.  Easy to eat and reasonably satisfying.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium, a bunch of bacon, some Alexia hash browns in butter

Regular cut Target brand applewood bacon instead of the stuff I prefer.  It was fine, really.

Exercise:  Nope.

122.2

Blergh

Tuesday, September 24, 2019

A little low grade low carb flu today.  Slept horribly last night, not rested at all.  Headache, no pep, that sort of thing.  A fine consequence of eating all that sugar.  On the plus side I have disposed of massive amounts of waste.

Breakfast:  Decaf coffee

Wondering if I should have eaten something.  Oh well, too late now.

Lunch:  Wendy's baconator, no bun.  Spindrift grapefruit

Helped, somewhat.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl.

Spent $12+ and ... was happy about it?!?  Double meat, small scoop rice, cheese, sour cream, pico, hot salsa, guac.  Gave me a ton of brisket, almost too much.

Exercise:  Nope.  Super tired and sluggish today.  I managed a Target run after dinner.

126.8

An Oasis

Monday, September 23, 2019

A brief highlight in an ocean of suck.  Seriously.  The last several weeks have been horrible for eating.  Zero restraint.  Impossible gluttony.  I could probably recreate at least 80% of it just by reviewing the receipts, but I'm not going to.  Just know it's been really, really, really bad.

So.

Planned to have a good day today and it actually happened.  Pleased about that.  It took longer to get going this morning than I hoped, so no exercise, but at least I didn't oversleep and I did make it to the office by 7:00 to deal with something I didn't go in to address on the weekend.  Big win there.

Breakfast:  None

Not needed.  If I had been hungry I could have eaten but not today.  Didn't have time for coffee, either, though my consumption has been way down lately. 

Lunch:  Spicy chuck

Pulled this from the freezer yesterday.  It was fine.

Dinner:  2 Culvers double deluxe burgers, minus onion, minus buns.   Will probably have a grapefruit Spindrift later.

Planned to cook but when I don't get home until almost 7:00 that's not appealing.  I do want to keep trying to cut down on meals out though. At least I had a coupon.

Exercise:  Nope.

135.4

Sometimes Plans Are Just Plans

Sunday, September 1, 2019

Just a pop in.  Hoping to get on track by Wednesday at the latest.

127.0