Overfill

Friday, April 22, 2022

I need to eat less dinner.  A pretty simple thought but it's the truth.  I eat too much when I get home, I eat too late and my body doesn't have enough time to process it before I want to go to sleep.  Time to dial it back.  Also think I'm going to just end the Nick's experiment.

Last night was a prime example, I was still working on processing stuff when I woke up about 2:00.  Uncomfortable.  Pretty sure it messed with my sleep and gave me a high snore score.  Do not want.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Lentils, remaining Tostitos with jalapeno verde salsa

The midday meal is probably going to get simplified too.  

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep ham pork beef, animal crackers

Uhh.

Exercise:  Nope.  Tired, sleepy, groggy.  

43.4

Up One

Thursday, April 21, 2022

Just marking time, trying to get through to the weekend.  It's hard.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:   Deluxe sub

Was at work until 8:00 last night so no bread was baked.  I was passing by the place that makes the sub at lunch time (it's about 20 minutes away) and I caved.  No regrets, it was terrific.  I'm sure I'll be up another pound tomorrow.

Dinner:  Taco bowl, Tostitos, jalapeno verde salsa, 12 oz All Day IPA, Nick's cookie dough 'ice cream'

All pretty good.  Tostitos are about third tier tortilla chips tho.

Exercise:  Nope.  Woke up at 3:00 to pouring rain, knew right then I wasn't going out.  Was still rainy at 5:00.

44.0

Nes Day

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Happy to be halfway through the week.  Really, really looking forward to the upcoming weekend.

Going to try again tonight to make bread and soup, we'll see.  It's hard when you don't get home until 6:30 and want to get ready for bed at 9:00 ... not enough hours in the day.  But at least this time I think I'm all prepared.

Not surprised to see a small gain for yesterday, definitely ate a bit much.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, bread w butter

Going to start referring to this dish just as 'lentils', since I prepare it the same way every time.  The bread was Saturday's failed home pizza crust, tossed in a pan and baked last night.  Turned out just fine as bread.  

Dinner:  Domino's thin pep ham sausage, 12 oz Yuengling, Nick's mint chip

Didn't get home until 8.  Was hungry.  No bread or soupmaking tonight.

Exercise:  Nope.  Time to get cracking on that.

43.0

Baking Time Cooking Time

Tuesday, April 19, 2022

Phew.  Time for more normal life.  Need to start it off, hopefully, by making soup and bread tonight.  I have dough that's been hanging out in the fridge as well as the soup supplies.  The only thing that has been lacking is time.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, potato roll w butter, cottage cheese, parmesan ranch chips

I should clean up the rolls tonight at dinner, the chips are done, time for a couple good days to recover from the damage.

Dinner:  Leftover beef curry with rice, ham sandwiches (leftover ham and butter on potato rolls), 12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, Nick's rocky road 'ice cream'

Pretty good stuff.

Rocky Fjord is very good.  I'd say it's my third favorite so far after triple chocolate and mint chip.

Exercise:  Nope.  Miserable out there this morning.  It is, however, supposed to warm up by the weekend.  

42.6

End Of That

Monday, April 18, 2022

Glad that's over.  It's been a rough stretch.  And I'll take a modest gain for yesterday thank you.

Breakfast:   Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Lentils with extra sausage, potato roll w butter, salt and vinegar chips

Pretty standard stuff, other than cleaning up the chips.  Stupid chips.

Dinner:  Tonkatsu beef curry w white rice, 1 pc spicy tuna roll, salad w dressing, 24 oz Coors Lite

Dinner meeting at a japanese/sushi place.  I ordered randomly and what I got was delicious.

Also:  CFA spicy, frosted lemonade, parmesan ranch chips

The appetite, it was endless. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Snowed this morning.  Stupid weather.

41.4

Did It Again Then Undid It

Sunday, April 17, 2022

Easter Sunday

It happened again.  Awake and up at 2:30.  Except this time after an hour or so I was able to fall back asleep in the recliner and get up at a much more reasonable hour.  Definitely got eight hours, nice benefit to going to bed about 9:00.

Small bump on the scale, not a huge surprise.  I did eat a bit less than usual (only just over half the pizza) but it was still a bit much, a lot bad and a bit late.  And I wasn't active.  At least after tomorrow I should move to more of a regular work and life schedule.  And it may actually warm up a little -- it's below freezing here at lunch time and it was 54 degrees in my office this morning.  Brrr.

Will be up again tomorrow due to Easter Dinner.  C'est la vie.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Extra coffee.  For warmth.

Lunch:  Leftover frozen pizza, leftover sausage strata

It was a lot of food and it was fine.

Snack:  Salt and vinegar chips

Dinner:  Ham, scalloped potatoes, corn, rolls with butter, pineapple, 12 oz Miller Lite, cookie with ice cream, assorted Easter treats

Easter dinner with the family.  Ate WAY too much.

Exercise:  Nope.

40.4

A Different and Unusual Kind of Stupid

 Saturday, April 16, 2022

TGIS.  Of course.  It just does not need to be this early.  Seriously.  Woke up before 2:30 and have not had any inclination to go back to sleep.  Got up after a while and made a sausage strata for lunches this weekend.  Which I had planned to do, but not, you know, until 7:00 or 8:00 or something.  It obviously will not hurt it a bit to have the extra time in the fridge, I'm just befuddled by cooking at 4:00 a.m.  

It's stupid.

Scale was up slightly, not a surprise after pizza, not enough sleep, eating too much and too late and not walking this morning.  Oddly enough my belly was flatter though.  Which was not a bad thing.  I can see the broad outline of a normal human body now, just still have more piles of fat to shed to reveal the details.

In random happy news I went to Walgreens this afternoon and they have started carrying DPZS ... and had it on sale, 3x12packs for $10.  I have plenty of reward dollars to burn, so if they're going to stock it and run good sales occasionally I will be buying my soda there.  I'm now set for a couple months since I drink less than one a day.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Sausage strata, small bowl of lentils.  Had some mixed nuts mid-afternoon

Had to try the new batch, this is what I had left after filling my jars.  Strata was fine, I only had 2 slices of bread and my scaled recipe called for 4 so it was a little more liquidy than usual.  Still tastes good and I have lunch for tomorrow all set.

Dinner:  Home Run Inn meat lovers pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA, Nick's triple chocolate 'ice cream'

FAIL.  I tried to make a home pizza but the dough had other ideas.  Finally just gave up and went with the frozen pizza.  

Yesterday's strawberry Nick's was good but not great.  It's in the tier of I'll eat it and even enjoy it but I won't buy it or choose it very often at least when the elite tier is available.  The triple choc is the best.

Exercise:  Nope.  Talked myself out of it.  I did manage to doze for another hour about 5:30 instead.

39.6

Body Shock Possibly

Friday, April 15, 2022

Current working theory is that adding something new and different (Nick's) has jogged my body into breaking out of the same old rut and dumping a little more water.  At least that's the only semi-logical explanation I have at this point for a string of good days.  About which I am NOT complaining.

Speaking of good days, I woke up at 4:45.  Not grudgingly, but actually awake.  Got up, wasn't dozy and eventually even pushed myself out the door for a walk.  How about that.  Good things.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, toast, cottage cheese

Later than usual.  A bit heavy on the cottage cheese, this was too much food.

Dinner:  Domino's thin crust pep ham onion, 12 oz Yuengling, Nick's strawberry 'ice cream'

I'm addicted to cheap chain pizza.  Darn that rolling $3 discount that you can pair with the $7.99 carryout deal.  Also bought all the remaining flavors of Nick's at Walmart - I skipped buying the peanut butter cup variety at Meijer as it looked like it probably had three times as many carbs.  Too bad, I love PB Cup ice cream.  They also had two different versions of the triple chocolate, one with 20 more calories and apparently a very different carb count.  I'm sure it's all fuzzy math but I hope the lower carb version is the new one...

Exercise:  Walk, 1.8 miles, 41 minutes.  Slow.  Never got loose, lots of grumbling from knees, ankles and achilles.  But no serious pain.  Just resistance.  Windy which probably didn't help with the time.  But I'll take it.  Also got a chance to measure with my new pedometer which seemed to be right on with the distance at 1.79 miles.  3850 steps seemed a bit low but I guess it doesn't really matter if the distance is correct.

38.6

Whoop

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Almost there.  Just a few more days.  It's not going fast but the time is if that makes any sense.  Probably does not.

Once again not disappointed by the scale.  Probably won't be able to say the same tomorrow, but we'll see.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt & vinegar chips

Stupid work.  At least I remembered to take a picture.

Dinner:  Home tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, Nick's mint chip "ice cream"

Same as yesterday except a different flavor of Nick's.  I have to say that last night's triple chocolate was my favorite one yet.  I'll have to restock after tonight and there are a few more varieties at Wally World that I can check out.

Exercise:  Nope.

40.0

Dairy Ban

Wednesday, April 13, 2022

I seriously should give a trial to no dairy.  Don't get me wrong, I love the stuff, which is why I eat so much of it.  But I really do think that it causes sinus inflammation and who knows what else.  Really the only way to find out if I have problems with it is to cut it out.  But it's probably not happening, at least not soon.  But it is something that's on my mind.

Another positive morning on the scale.   A little extra water went away, but that's the only notable factor I can think of.  I certainly haven't been the least bit active and I've eaten a bit more than usual.  No binges, but I'm not skipping meals, that's for sure.  Anyway, I'm pleased and would like to see some consistency in my effort and results given that I've been locked into this range really since the first of the year or even before that.  Time for another jog down on the scale please.  

The thing is that I seem to have learned what it takes to keep my weight at this level, further improvements will require additional changes.  I may have to do things I don't especially want to do, like reduce some obvious carbs, in addition to things I'd like to do but will struggle with like walking consistently.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, grilled cheese

Only swiss today and I'm now out of sliced cheese.  May buy more, if I can eat a grilled cheese like I have this week and still lose I am down with that.  We'll see.

Dinner:  Home tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts

Tacos were beef, cheddar cheese and salsa on 'zero net carb' tortillas.  They were fine, just a little liquidy.

Also:  Nick's triple chocolate 'ice cream'.

Exercise:  Nope.  No excuse either.  Just tired.  Once I get past Monday I really should try and focus on getting 8 hours of sleep and still getting up early enough to walk.

41.0

You Betcha Ja

Tuesday, April 12, 2022

No ill effects noted from the "swedish light" ice cream.  In fact I was pleasantly surprised to feel pretty lean this morning and even though I steeled myself against disappointment I didn't get any.  There was actually a nice drop despite eating quite a bit, no exercise, no excessive processing of prior food, etc.  I'm still stuck in this same range but I do think that if I can tolerate the 'ice cream' that will be helpful.   Planning on picking up a couple other flavors to try.

Got a little extra sleep this morning and I'll credit most of the little boost in pep to that, but it sure didn't hurt to be in a good mood after weigh in.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, grilled cheese

Pretty standard.  I made lentils this weekend but didn't take the time to make a regular soup.  So this is what I'll be having for lunch and I'll have to eat other stuff for dinners.

Dinner:  Spicy bacony beans with cheddar cheese, 12 oz All Day IPA, Realgood pork mini enchiladas, mixed nuts

Impulse bought the enchiladas at Walmart, looked for a clean (i.e. no soy) meatball without success and these were nearby.  Something like 2g carb, no grain.  They were quite good.

Also:  Nick's cherry chip 'ice cream'.  Pretty good.  Almost as good as the mint chip.

Exercise:  Nope.  Extra sleep.  I'll worry about it after the season is over on Monday.

43.2

A True Wonder

Monday, April 11, 2022

You gotta love it.  Despite eating WAY too much yesterday - it was rather uncomfortable - and only processing some of it so far the scale was actually DOWN this morning.  Wait, what?  I was fully prepared mentally for a multiple pound gain, even after the processing.  I ate that much.  At least 7k calories, probably more.  It was gruesome.  And yet, there it is.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Unsurprisingly I did not require any food this morning.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese sandwich

Working on using up the sliced cheese.  I've been eating too much cheese frankly.

Dinner:  2 mexican tacos, 2 american tacos, 12 oz Yuengling, mixed nuts

Gotta love Taco Monday.  Definitely not as fat as they have been lately, new cook working the line tonight.

Also:  Nick's "swedish style" mint chip light ice cream.

No idea what's swedish about it.  Picked it up at Wally World, quite good really.  We'll see how the body reacts to it.  250 calories and "6g net carb".  Right.

Exercise:  Nope.

45.2

Well That Frosts My Cheerios

Sunday, April 10, 2022

So disappointed.  I went to Walmart last night to buy a few boxes of Halo Top bars.  No lime bars.  None.  I grudgingly bought a box of strawberry and checked when I got home to see if maybe I could get some at another location.  NOPE.  Looks like WM isn't going to stock lime any more, just pineapple (or is it mango?), coconut and strawberry.  Boo.  I didn't like the pineapple ones at all, don't really care for mango, coconut has way too many calories and the strawberry ones are meh at best.  Why is it that they always discontinue the stuff you like?  Sigh.  I was going to buy three boxes - I usually bought 2 at a time, since I have limited freezer space - and instead I bought one and probably won't buy any more real soon.  I guess I'll have to explore other options for a cold dessert that's not keto ice cream.

Weight surprisingly stable again.  Was notably puffy last night but got rid of lots of water after that and stayed level.  Need to dial in some focus for another drop but it's probably going to have to wait a week.

Breakfast:  Coffee, a few chips w onion dip

Cleanup.

Lunch:  Lentils, sausage stromboli

Tasty as always.

Snack:   Salt and vinegar chips, strawberry Halo Top bars

Dinner:  Home Run Inn pep saus pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA

Oof, ate WAY too much.

Exercise:  Not really.  Was going to play 18 but didn't have a spot so I didn't.

46.0

Just Weirdness

Saturday, April 9, 2022

TGIS.  As always.  So much less stress, even if only for a couple hours.  

Kind of a repeat.   Ate too much dinner, fell asleep in the recliner after dessert -- this time I was smart though and removed the contacts in advance.  Slept through until 5:30.  Wow.  Suggests to me that I was rather fatigued, though it didn't feel notable.  Got a little extra time in bed and got up feeling pretty darned decent, though definitely fat.  Expected, ate way too much pizza.  Hopped on the scale and wait it's not up?  This is so weird.  But OK.  I never ever complain about non-gains.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sausage lentil soup, grilled cheese sandwich

No extra sausage in the soup today since I had cheese and I'll use the sausage tonight.  All good.

Snack:  Chips and onion dip

Not as enjoyable as usual, may be that I'm finally starting to lose the taste for them.

Dinner:  Taco salad w ground beef, 24 oz All Day IPA, Halo Top strawberry bars

Audible.  Good.

Exercise:  Nope.  Currently snowing.  Come ON.

46.0

Overlyreclined

Friday, April 8, 2022

Glad it's Friday.  I was rather amused - I managed to fall asleep in the recliner after dessert last night and really slept.  Woke up just after 3:00 - usually the contacts would have woken me up long before that since they are quite uncomfortable when they dry out.  Glad that doesn't happen often.

Also glad -- using that word a lot here -- to not have gained a bunch of weight.  Ate too much last night.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Soup, toast, mixed nuts

Yup.

Dinner:  Home Run Inn frozen meat lovers pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA, lime Halo Top bars

Good pizza.  Ate way too much again.

Exercise:  Nope.

46.2

Not Thirstday Hungerday

Thursday, April 7, 2022

We are getting there.  The sooner this week is in the books the better.  Pleased to see a very unexpected drop on the scale, I ate a lot last night and felt mushy this morning.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch: Soup, toast, mixed nuts

Decided to toss the remaining (expired) eggs.  Definitely need to hit the store tomorrow.

Dinner:  Dominos thin crust pep ham onion, cheese toast, 12 oz All Day IPA, lime Halo Top bars

Ate a ton.

Exercise:  Nope.

45.6

Egg Sacktly

Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Hump day.  It wasn't a super productive morning, couldn't get over the hump.  Did get some effusive comments from someone I haven't seen in a while, that was nice.  Especially considering that I felt rather puffy this morning.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Soup, toast, 2 hard boiled eggs

Not sure about the eggs, they're out of date.

Dinner:  Lentils with extra sausage, 12 oz Ananda IPA, Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream,  grain free tortilla chips with salsa

Had an appetite tonight.

Exercise:  Nope.  Another cold, rainy morning.  Come on already.

47.4

Turriblish With Many Pretzels

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Not that turrible, I just like the word.  And it's Tuesday.

One thing that was decidedly not turrible was the fact that I didn't gain any additional weight despite eating 10 pounds of pizza and stuff last night.  At least it felt that way.  Yeesh.  Way too much.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, pizza Combos, a few Triscuits

Cleaned up some trip stuff.  Both things are now gone.  Think I might have some peanut butter pretzels too.  Once I get through those I'll just have beer and mixed nuts left I think.

Dinner:   Sausage lentil soup with extra sauage, peanut butter pretzels, 12 oz Ananda IPA

Cleaned up the pretzels.

Exercise:  Nope.  Still very tired, needed a little extra sleep.  I do think I have a plan though.

46.8

Not Entirely Terrible

Monday, April 4, 2022

Okay today was pretty terrible, but that happens.  Back from vacation very late, little sleep, no prep time for the week.  I'll limp through and it'll get better.

I was not surprised that I gained a couple pounds, the eatting was horrendous.  Just abysmal.  I need to do better next year.

Breakfast:  Coffee

At least this part was right.

Lunch:  Jimmy John's #5 vito, little john #1, salt and vinegar chips

Yup.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef, breadsticks w sauce, 24 oz Ananada IPA

Ugh.

Exercise:  Nope.

46.8

Let's see how much of my awful vacation eating I can remember.  It was BAD.

Sunday, April 3, 2022

Breakfast:  McD Egg McMuffin, cripsy chicken biscuit, hash browns, coffee

Lunch:  Pizza combos, a few pretzels

Dinner:  Freddy's patty melt, extra fries w fry sauce, strawberry shake

Exercise:  18 holes w cart

Saturday, April 2, 2022

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs, bacon, breakfast potatoes, biscuits w cream gravy, coffee

Lunch:  Hot dog KMR, Pizza combos

Dinner:  Chopped beef smothered w lots of ketchup, onion rings, side salad w ranch, ice cream w chocolate sauce

Also:  Chips, windmill cookies, 24 oz Ananda IPA

Exercise:  27 holes w cart

Friday, April 1, 2022

Breakfast:  Eggs over medium, sausage, bacon, breakfast potatoes, biscuits w cream gravy, coffee

Lunch:  Hot dog with KMR

Dinner:  Pizza Hut pizza, 36 oz Yuengling, pretzels, Triscuits

Exercise: 27 holes w cart

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast, coffee

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  Steak sandwich, fries w lots of ketchup, 24 oz Yuengling, Fig Newtons, Chips

Exercise:  18 holes (cart path only, ow)

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Slice of pizza, deluxe sub

Dinner:  Culvers mushroom swiss burger, fries, diet root beer, 12 oz All Day IPA

Exercise:  Nope

41.4