Suvived

Saturday, August 27, 2022

Phew, made it through the week.  TGIS.  Busy day today, but not work-related.  Survived a bad day of eating and hopefully I'll survive today's chips and onion dip.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Once again.

Lunch:  Chips and onion dip, 12 oz Miller Lite

Yup.   WAY too many chips.  No control.

Dinner:  Soup, grilled cheese, Nicks mint chip

Since I didn't eat it yesterday...

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, modest extra walking.

25.2

BMI Is Dumb

Friday, August 26, 2022

I spent a couple of minutes messing around on the CDC's website yesterday with their BMI calculator.  I was curious as to how much weight I would still have to lose in order to be officially "not obese".  To reach their "healthy weight", the answer was ... A LOT.  Seriously, a lot.  I would have to be a weight I haven't seen since I was 35 years younger and 4-6 inches shorter.  It's ninety pounds below my immediate (long term) goal and forty pounds below my in-my-wildest-dreams stretch goal.

I've read a lot of criticism of BMI over the years but have never given it any meaningful thought, but man, if I were at that "healthy weight" just one pound below obese I would be a stick.

Moot point, since it's never going to happen.  But I am feeling good today after another drop despite eating a massive bacon cheeseburger etc for the second day in a row.  No repeat today, work and family stuff will cause bad eating, then it's the weekend and yeah.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns Vito, salt and vinegar chips, light lemonade

Hurried.

Dinner:  Domino's pizza, garlic bread twists, misc items, 12 oz Mich Ultra, yellow cake w frosting, ice cream

Party.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not that much walking

26.0

So Puzzled I Did It Again

Thursday, August 25, 2022

I had already planned to eat exactly the same thing today as I did yesterday, since I had half of many ingredients left over, but I have to say it was VERY easy to be inspired to do it again when I saw another sizable drop on the scale this morning.  How?  I have NO idea.  Cleared the system but that wouldn't do it.  Was still notably non-bloated, which was nice.  But I have no idea.  I once again ate a LOT of food yesterday.  A half pound of beef, lots of cheese.  Bread and bun and beer.

I'm stumped but at least it's a happy stumped.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I did have an extra cup of decaf this afternoon so I guess that's different.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Exquisite.

Dinner:  Burger, same as yesterday.  Tomato.  12 oz Coors Light.  Nicks strawberry

Yum.  So very tasty.  If I can eat that and lose weight I'm in.

Exercise:  Nope.  Back to golf tomorrow I hope.

26.8

Senseless Once Again

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Sometimes things just make no ^&*ing sense.  Which is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just confusing.  I say that as I had a sizable drop on the scale this morning.  Despite eating a zillion calories - seriously, lunch included like 2/3lb of sausage, plus cheese and eggs and bread and milk.  I had nuts.  It was decidedly not a low calorie day and it wasn't really super low carb either though I guess it was not terrible in that regard.  Still, no reason there should be a big drop and yet there was.

Still a little above the low, but it's back near the low end of the range.  I like that.  I have some vague hope of dropping a little more before my late September vacation, but we will see.

Breakfast:  Coffee.

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Really an excellent batch of soup and adding cheese to the toast has been delightful as well.  A+.

Dinner:   Thiccburger (beef, american cheese, bacon, avo mayo, lettuce, tomato, onion, mustard, guac on a pretzel bun), sliced tomato, Nicks strawberry

Very tasty.  And I'll do it again tomorrow night most likely.

Exercise:  Nope.

28.8

Minus Agua

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Yeah, not sure I get it.  I got rid of some extra water but not that much.  I ate about six thousand calories yesterday.  System didn't get rid of much.  And the scale was still down.  No complaints of course and I'm still about five up from my low, but down is down and sometimes down is a surprise.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Easy three cup morning.

Lunch:  Leftover sausage strata, handful of mixed nuts

 

Another absurdly large portion.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

The best of nicks.  And a solid salad tonight too.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, average walking

31.6

C.B. Worse

Monday, August 22, 2022

It always (pretty much) could be worse.  After a zillion bad calories yesterday I was puffy but not as bad as feared.  We'll see if I can whip myself into shape and get rid of it.

Otherwise, it's a Monday. 

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Leftover sausage strata, a handful of mixed nuts

Divided into portions that are WAY too large.

Dinner:   2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, a few mixed nuts, Nicks cherry chip

Ate ridiculous amounts today,

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  I would have liked to have had a pedometer on yesterday, I definitely got in some extra walking.  I could have done without the resulting overnight foot/leg cramps but oh well.

33.4

Puffed Not Chuffed

Sunday, August 21, 2022

Not worried or even annoyed, just puffed.  I knew it was coming, was super dehydrated last night and drank a ton of liquid.  And my body did not let go of it.  (Thanks pizza!).  Oh well.  The consequences of eating too much and the wrong stuff.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped plain cream cheese, coffee

Yup.  Probably even puffier now.

Lunch:  Sausage strata, chips and onion dip

I ran short on time, really could have used another 10 minutes in the oven.  Oh well.

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, chips, salad no dressing, ice cream w choc sauce

Sunday dinners man.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, quite a bit of extra walking.

32.4

Treading

Saturday, August 20, 2022

TGIS.  Worked all day but still, TGIS.  I needed it.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast (no golf)

Very good today.

Lunch:  Leftover hamburger patty, mashed potatoes TCD style, a little cheese popcorn

Cleaned up the popcorn, it wasn't a good bag.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn extravaganzza, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks mint chip

Had to hit up the half off special one more time.  Not quite as good as the last one but still a top tier chain pizza, very much enjoyed it.

Exercise:  Nope.  Was very active for an office day, moved a lot of stuff, but it does not count.

30.4

Phewday

Friday, August 19, 2022

An excruciatingly long week reaches its end.   So busy.  The weekend will feature lots more office time, but it's always better when there isn't the pressure of the phone and meetings and deadlines.  At least for a day or two.

Surprised I'm not more tired tonight, since I woke up at 3:45 and never really got back to sleep.  Will probably crash hard in the not too distant future.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Both were exquisite.  Such a delightful lunch.  Too bad I had no time to do anything other than eat it and go.

Dinner:  TB 3x chicken chipotle burritos, white cheddar popcorn, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks strawberry

Audible when grocery shopping took too long.  Idiot.

Exercise:  Nope.  Should have, at least that's what I thought when I went in to work shortly after 6.

31.6

Or Maybe Not At All

Thursday, August 18, 2022

LOL.  Scales are stupid.  I ate pizza last night.  Chain pizza.  And Jimmy Johns for lunch. And ... still.  The scale was my friend this morning.  I did clear some stuff out of the system but was it really that much?

Weird night.  Went to sleep early, sometime around 9:30.  Woke up at 2:00 and was quite alert after I did my business.  Stayed up until 3:15 then was able to go back to bed.  Snoozed a couple times after the alarm went off at 5:00.  I was more awake at 2:00, but it wasn't bad.  Certainly needed all of the sleep.

Fine.  I'll take it.  Gladly.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

New batch of soup turned out very good.  Extra big bowl as I had a little oddball quantity and ate that up in addition to my usual jar.  The grilled cheese was delightful, much better than the other sandwiches I have had with the same ingredients (except no ham this time).

Dinner:  A few mixed nuts, 12 oz All Day IPA, ~ 8 oz of burger patties, mashed potatoes TCD style, Nicks triple chocolate

Pleased with how the burgers turned out, just basic in the oven slider style (but a little too thick to be true sliders).  Potatoes were from the freezer (thawed in fridge overnight) and reheated just fine.  A simple, tasty meal which will be repeated tomorrow night due to leftovers.

Now that I write that all up no wonder that I'm pleasantly sated.

Exercise:  Nope.

32.2

Well That Will Bring Progress To A Screeching Halt

Wednesday, August 17, 2022

Sigh.  After a 13 hour day at the office I was in no mood to cook.  So of course I went for pizza.

Dumbass.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I could have used a few more cups too.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt and vinega chips, light lemonade

No time to leave for lunch today.

Dinner:  Domino's brooklyn extravaganzza, 12 oz Coors Light, Nicks mint chip

Very tasty.  Dumbass.

Exercise:  No ldo

35.2 

Slow Drop

Tuesday, August 16, 2022

Okay, let's see how long it takes to reverse the damage.  Slow start but it's a start.  Bad leg was less swollen today and I got rid of a little extra water but there is still plenty that could leave.  

I hadn't notice that last week was rather bad too, so this gain played out over a little longer time span than I had been thinking.  It was still quick and the causes seem rather obvious, but still, don't just trust your memory.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Three cups and could easily have had more.  Yeesh.  Tired despite 7.5 hours.

Lunch:  Ham and cheddar sandwich, soup, chips and onion dip

All sorts of cleanup.  Last of the wild rice and ham soup, which froze just fine.  Last of the package of ham, even the addition of mustard and dill pickle couldn't save another bland mediocre sandwich.  Last of the chips and dip.  Gone.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

Changed it up a bit.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, light extra walking

36.2

The Worst Okay

Monday, August 15, 2022

So not really the worst, there are many things worse.  Many.  But that doesn't mean that I wasn't annoyed af when I weighed in this morning.  It wasn't a surprise, the binging is real.  And I was visibly bloated.  It was bad.  I expected a bad number and what I got was a lot worse.  So ... yeesh.  I would like to lose some pounds before vacation in late September but given what I've put on this month I've got further to go.  Need to buckle down.

I was also annoyed to be very (predictably) tired this morning.  Slept in an hour (go figure, I slept in about that much yesterday) and was accordingly an hour later than I wanted to get to work.  Grr.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:   Wild rice soup, ham and cheddar on buttered italian bread

Cleaning soup out of the freezer, wasn't sure if would be good but it was fine.  Sandwich was very mediocre, the store bread is blah despite being not a mass-produced variety.  Also cleaning out the fridge as I'm working on last week's sandwich stuff.  Will finish it tomorow.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, chips and onion dip, Nicks cherry chip

Didn't eat the chips as planned this weekend, so I broke into them tonight.  Doh.  Oh well, I'll finish them off in the next day or two and they'll be gone.  Just need to not buy more.

Exercise:  Nope.  At least the knee issue from last night appears to be OK.  Was a little iffy yet this morning but I'm moving around fine by lunch.

37.8

Different Resistances

Sunday, August 14, 2022

I forgot to weigh in this morning.  Which is no big deal, but it's always surprising when I forget.  I was just very off this morning - tired, so I slept an extra hour and then snoozed a couple times.  Still took a while (including a hot shower and a bunch of coffee) to feel right.  Ish.  Definitely not 100% at any point today.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped cream cheese, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Lentils with extra sauage, pretzel chips with Founders beer cheese dip

Cleanup.  I cleaned out the freezer to make room for the double batch of soup I made this morning.  I think I might have one jar of lentils left.

Dinner:  Steak, chips, salad no dressing, rolls w butter, ice cream w choc sauce, little bag of fritos and pretzel chips

Craving salt.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, modest extra walking.  Not up to my usual standard.

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Tomorrow Will Be Not Good

Saturday, August 13, 2022

Yeah, today has been a debacle.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 3 bacon, hash browns, raisin toast w homemade jam, coffee

Standard pre-golf breakfast out, except golf was canceled before I finished eating it.  A rainy rainy dreary day which meant I did a lot of other stuff.

Lunch:  Chipotle barbacoa bowl, a bit later a CFA spicy and diet lemonade

I dunno, I like chipotle.

Dinner:  BK single southwest bacon whopper, chicken nuggets, 12 oz All Day IPA, pretzel crisps w Founders beer cheese dip.

Fat.   And ate late too, which is not good.

Exercise:  Nope.  As mentioned, golf was canceled.  Super busy doing stuff all day but only so much movement.

32.2

Standard Failure

Friday, August 12, 2022

At least it's the end of the week.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Another 3 cup day.

Lunch:  Ham and salami sub, rice krispie treat

Eaten on the fly.  Sandwich was rather good.

Dinner:  Brat w mustard, chips, 16 oz Mich Ultra, also 2x TB chipotle chx burito, spicy beef burrito, Nicks mint chip

Okay.  And I went to the grocery store after and bought relatively few chips.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much extra walking

33.4

Yuck

Thursday, August 11, 2022

Fatigued.  And fat.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Most obvious 3 cup day ever.

Lunch:  Home cheeseburger, cottage cheese

Yup.  Bun had a couple tiny tiny mold spots, glad I caught them.

Dinner:  Dominos thin pep ham gr olive, 12 oz Coors Light, cheese popcorn, Nick's triple choc

Almost made myself go to the grocery store.  But failed.

Exercise:  Nope.  Back at it tomorrow.

34.2

Ketchup

Wednesday, August 10, 2022

Yup.  It's bad.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito, salt and vinegar chips

Not what I had planned, worked through lunch.

Dinner:  Qdoba chicken bowl.  Also CFA spicy, frosted lemonade, cheese popcorn, nice oatmeal cookies

Just kept EATING.  Bad.

Exercise:  Nope.

32.0

Failure Is Always An Option

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Not a good stretch.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Home double cheeseburger, Fry Daddy's snack mix

Just meat and cheese but RIDICULOUSLY fat.  Plus WAY too much mix

Dinner:  Chef salad w ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite, more snack mix

Ugh.  Tried to burn out on the mix, not 100% sure I succceeded.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, minimum walking

30.2

There It Is

Monday, August 8, 2022

Finally a spike on the scale.  With all the awful eating lately I've been waiting for it and it finally came this morning.  Boo.  Lots of retained fluid to get rid of, so it may or may not last.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  

Lunch:  Ham and cheddar sandwich on a buttered brioche bun, chips and onion dip

Again no phone no photo.

Dinner:  2 mexican 2 american tacos, 12 oz Coors Light, some more chips, Nicks cherry chip

Need to just not buy chips next week.  The tacos were not super fat but they were excellent.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  Now if only I were rested.

30.2

Need a Week, Got an Hour

Sunday, August 7, 2022

I could use a lot of extra sleep.  Because I made the choice last night to stay up and see the festival fireworks, I was rather sleepy this morning.   Took an extra hour to get a little more rest.  We'll see how badly that screws things up tonight and for tomorrow morning.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped cream cheese, coffee

Yup.  Easy and enjoyable.

Lunch:  Qdoba chicken bowl, Meijer chili cheese corn chips

Okay.  Also:  Buy fewer chips dumbass.

Dinner:  Sirloin steak, salad no dressing, garlic toast, chips, ice cream w choc sauce, also Wendy's double stack and med choc frosty

ALL the eats.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not all that much extra walking today.

27.2

Another Heater

Saturday, August 6, 2022

Whew.  Another hot day, though it wasn't quite as brutal as yesterday.  Close though.

Pleased to see another tiny drop, despite another day of poor eating.  Lots of exercise helps with that I guess.  Anyway, do better.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, raisin toast w homemade jam, coffee

Standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Not their finest effort.

Lunch:  Redskin peanuts, chips and onion dip

Snacks.  I bought WAY too many chip-type things this week.  Oops.

Dinner:  Lentils w extra sausage, 12 oz All Day IPA, Nicks mint chip

Sounded good, was good.  Working on cleaning out some stuff from the freezer.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, moderate extra walking

27.6

Water Buffaloed

Friday, August 5, 2022

Whew, survived the week.  Barely.  It was good to duck out this afternoon for some golf, though it was quite warm and humid.  Most I've sweated in a while, though it was almost entirely head.  Hard to keep it out of my eyes.  Drank four bottles of water and a SF gatorade, then had a beer and another pint of water after.  

Had a very unexpected drop on the scale this morning and another new low.  Yay.  Expecting to bloat up a bit as the big local festival concludes this weekend and I bought too much crap at the store tonight.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Qdoba chicken bowl, Fry Daddy's jalapeno ranch mix

Again no phone no photo.

LOL Qdoba.  Sign on the door - we're out of rice.  They were no longer out of rice.  But their drink machine was out of order so I couldn't have an ice water with my bowl.  No big deal.

Dinner:  Mac bowl w brisket, 16 oz Mich Ultra, Nicks triple choc

Something different for dinner.  It was OK.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, quite a bit of extra walking

27.8 

Not Zip Tied Other Tied

Thursday, August 4, 2022

Really starting to think that snoring is very much tied to when I eat dinner.  Possibly also to what I eat and how much.  But definitely tied to when.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sandwich (no ham this time), Kettle salt and vinegar chips, mixed nuts

Again no phone so no pic at lunch.

Dinner:  Lots of egg dish, Nicks mint chip

It was fine.

Exercise:  Nope.

29.2

Ticks Up

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Well, at least I got a good night of sleep and woke up before my alarm.  Things went a little sideways after that.  Too much stress.  And my eating, frankly, sucks.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  With the cup I had after lunch I think I had four today.  Yikes.

Lunch:  Sandwich, Fry Daddy's original mix

Again no phone so no photo.  Ate WAY too much of the mix, which is why I must not buy it.

Snack:  CFA frosted lemonade

Oops.

Dinner:  12 oz All Day IPA, handful of mixed nuts, egg casserole, Nicks cherry chip

Winged it on the egg dish.  Turned out good as usual.

Exercise:  Nope.

28.4

Repetative Speculation

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

The last few days I've woken up and had the same negative thought about what the scale would look like, only to be proven wrong.  No idea why, other than the crap I keep eating.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sandwich, chips and onion dip

Same deal as yesterday, didn't bring the phone home with me so no photo.  Too many chips.

Dinner:  Chef salad w ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks mint chip

Yup.

Exercise:  9 holes w cart, no extra walking.

28.4

Start Off Good Right

Monday, August 1, 2022

Nice to start off the month with another new low, especially after eating a lot yesterday.  It was an exertion-filled weekend and I'm sure that helped.  July wasn't some massive success but even five or six pounds is a win.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Sandwich, chips and onion dip

Repeat.  Left my phone at work so no photo.

Dinner:  2x mexican taco, 2x american taco, 12 oz Coors Light.  Mixed nuts.  Nick's strawberry

Not quite as fat as last week's tacos but very tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  Much needed rest day.

28.2

Drum Tight All Night

Sunday, July 31, 2022

I could do without the cramps.  My legs are just so tight that it does not seem to take much.  At least last night they could be relieved pretty quickly just by standing up ... I just had to do that too many times.  Which did not make for a particularly restful night and that's after I was more than an hour late getting to sleep due to last night's event.  Sigh.  I'm going to be short on sleep tonight too.  May need a nap.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with whipped cream cheese, coffee

Cleaned up a yogurt.  Also threw away quite a bit of stuff when I cleaned out the fridge.  Oops.  Definitely been eating out too much.

Lunch:  Chipotle barbacoa bowl, chips and onion dip

Dinner:  American goulash, salad no dressing, a little garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite, cookie w vanilla ice cream

Sunday dinners.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of extra walking.  Really tired myself out.

29.0