Dangerous Neighborhoods

 Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Not much pep today.  Was late getting up and reluctant.  No accomplishments at work this morning.  Just an all around fail.  We'll see if the afternoon goes any better.

On the bright side, the scale was down a bit.  Thanks, tacos!

Breakfast:  McD 2x egg mc muffin, hash browns, coffee

Fail.  Had to do fasting labs this morning and left the house before I realized that I forgot to grab my intended breakfast.  Oh well.  They were unusually tasty.

Lunch:  Pizza slices x3

Additional FAIL, but tasty.  Dangerous living so close to a slice shop.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl, chips and onion dip, lemonade

Tasty.

Also had a little dish of Tillamook Mudslide ice cream.

Exercise:  Walks, 15 + 15

68.1

Ongoing Fattening

Monday, August 21, 2023

After a lousy night of sleep - two never-ending nightmares and a couple wakeups - I managed to get up at a reasonable time today and work nearly a full day.  That's a step in the right direction.  And I even got in my walking. 

Weight keeps trending up, as mentioned I'm planning on starting to dial back a bit this week.  Not full cut mode, but paying a little more attention.

Breakfast:  Home bread and butter, coffee

Only had one cup, at home.  No time at work for a second.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled w peppers and onions, hash browns, 2 strips bacon

Added an egg, tried to dial back the hash browns a bit.  Ratios were very good and very tasty.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, avocado, glass of lemonade, Tillamook mint chip ice cream

Yum.  Hit the spot.

Exercise:  Walks 15 + 20(+).

70.6

Slept In Again And Again

Sunday, August 20, 2023

Again with the sleeping in, though it wasn't as bad as yesterday.  Woke up about 6:30, got up between 9:00 and 9:30.   Tomorrow is going to be "interesting".  Once I get going I'm fine, but the dontwanna is strong in the mornings.

Weight was up again this morning.  Definitely time to start dialing back on the eating.  And more walking.  I definitely have too much junk on hand, though at least I didn't buy any chips this week.

Breakfast:  1 egg scrambled w peppers and onions, leftover ribeye, parmesan toast, coffee

Cleanup on the steak and the bread.  A very tasty repast.  Add a strip of bacon when I baked a package for the week later.

Lunch:  5 Guys little cheeseburger all the way plus jala, little fries w ketchup.  Walkers shortbread cookies

Excessive.  Itch scratched.

Dinner:  Brat mustard relish, sweet corn w butter, tomato, vanilla ice cream w choc sauce, lemonade

Sunday dinners.   Will probably have the heel of today's loaf of bread w some butter too.

Exercise:  Not really.  Very active day but no dedicated walking.

69.7

Lazy Daze

Saturday, August 19, 2023

Been a slug so far today.  Woke up about 6:00 but didn't actually get going until after 10:00.  Pathetic.  It's late afternoon and I have accomplished nothing.  Had a few things I had planned to do, but it's not the end of the world that they are not happening.

I need to get back into the habit of showering first thing.  Just get going.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels, Tillamook very veggie cream cheese

Tasty, but no satiety.

Lunch:  Leftover deluxe pizza, limeade.  Later, some Siete chips 

Tasty, better satiety.

Dinner:  Ribeye, mashed potatoes, lemon hand pie

Delicious.  The pie was an impulse buy at the farm market.  While good, it had shortening as an ingredient, something I'd rather not eat.

Exercise:  Not enough.

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Bowlful

Friday, August 18, 2023

A very slow morning.  Slept in, dawdled and I'm finally about to pack a lunch and go off to work.  I hope to get onto a more regular schedule soon.  Woke up at 4:00 and it took a while to get back to sleep.  Really starting to think that my body just does not like my mattress.

In other news I might fix my scale this weekend so it reports in pounds instead of kg, lol.

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled w peppers and onions, 2 strips bacon, hash browns, coffee

Absolutely nailed it.  10/10 delicious.  Even the quantities and proportions were spot on.

Lunch:  Ham and swiss sandwich, jalapeno lime Siete chips

First time for the chips and holy wow, the best flavor Siete chips of all!

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, glass of limeade

Super super good, it was very hard to make myself stop eating it.

And will have some Tillamook mint chip later.  EDIT:  Nope, too full.

Exercise:  Walk 15 + 15.  Plus going to the grocery store later.

64.2

Four Weeks

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Four weeks down.  Glad to be alive and kicking.

Breakfast:   Breakfast sandwich (home bread, 2 eggs, 2 bacon, 2 sl cheese)

Tasty.

Lunch:  TB grilled cheese taco, 2x chip chx burrito, root beer

Very late lunch.  Also had avo oil chips and a glass of limeade.  Ugh.

Dinner:  Soup (1/2 jar)

Ate way too many chips, so I was not very hungry and skipped the mash.  Will have some Tillamook mint chip later.

Exercise:  Not enough.

66.0

Unexpected Need

Wednesday, August 16, 2023

I don't know why but I just could not get going this morning.  Slept in, until at least 9:30, but even then I didn't get up and get going.  It was after 12:30 by the time I dragged myself in to work and that's after not taking the time to fix breakfast.  Yeesh.

I have early stuff tomorrow, so I'll need to get going quicker somehow.

Also had a thoroughly predictable spike on the scale this morning after last night's blowout.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yep.  No food needed.

Lunch:  Roast beef and cheddar sandwich, Siete salt and vinegar chips

OK.

Dinner:  Soup (1/2 jar), mashed potatoes, glass of limeade. 

Those were a couple of FAT potatoes.  Got a little carried away I guess.  Tasty tho.

Will have some Tillamook mint chip for dessert later

Exercise:  Walk 15 + 15

66.1

A Little More Rested

Tuesday, August 15, 2023

Okay, a little more sleep.  Woke up for a few minutes about 4:30 but it wasn't too bad getting back to sleep.  Up a bit before 8:00 but didn't do a thing until 9:30.  Not much pep.

Pretty stable on the weight front.  Eating too much and not getting in enough walking, but no major gains.

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled w pep onion, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, coffee

The coffee is finally starting to taste good again.  My sense of smell is still impacted though and tap water tastes odd.

Lunch:  Roast beef and cheddar sandwich, Siete avo oil salt and vinegar chips, banana

Might be time to dial back.  New chips, were pretty tasty, though the vinegar was a little muted.

Dinner:  Domino's bklyn extravaganzza, glass of limeade, walmart sour cream donut holes

Darned 50% off deal got me.  I need to stay away, there was a jug of some nasty seed oil sitting on the counter when I walked in.  

Exercise:  Walks, 15 + 15 + 20

62.4

This Is (Still) Not A Sleep Blog

Monday, August 14, 2023

But it is.  Anyway.  Got about 7 hours last night, woke up momentarily but decided I didn't need to get up.  Until later, when I did.  Really badly.

Disappointed in my lack of focus today.  Spent more than six hours at work and accomplished nothing.  Nothing at all.  Tomorrow needs to be better.  I was tired, too.  A nap might have fixed the problem but it really wasn't a viable option.

I just finished dinner and I am weirdly craving pepperoni pizza and cookies.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, peppers and onions, hash browns in avo oil, 3 strips bacon, coffee

Tasty, if not an A+ effort.

Lunch:  Roast beef and cheddar sandwich, Siete chips, banana

Solid.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, glass of limeade.  

Delightful.  Will be dessert later, presumably more of the Breyers strawberry ice cream

Exercise:  Walk, 15 + 10.  Rainy day, though I beat it this morning.

62.6

Bad Sleep Good Eats

Sunday, August 13, 2023

A little puzzled by last night's sleep.  I got up early, had a reasonably active day and just did not wind down.  Finally got to sleep after 12:30 and was up by 4:30.  Bad call to doze in the recliner, extremely poor quality sleep after that.  Struggled for obvious reasons when I eventually got up.

Breakfast:  Pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 2 strips bacon, coffee

Pancakes froze and thawed beautifully, new brand of bacon which I really liked.

Lunch:  2 eggs scrambled, hash browns, 2 strips bacon, avocado, tomato, peppers and onions

Fat bowl.  Later had some lime Siete chips.

Dinner:   Steak, corn on the cob, tomato, ice cream w choc syrup, a glass of limeade

Forgot to take a photo.  Sunday dinner.  All tasty.

Exercise:  Not enough.  Very active day but lacking in blocks of walking.

63.3

Straight Six

Saturday, August 12, 2023

Almost got in six plus straight hours of sleep.  Just a brief wakeup, did not need to get up.  Haven't been dozy since, at least not yet, so I've been up since a little before 5:30.  We'll see how the day goes - it would be nice to shift the schedule in that direction some since I've been lazing about in the mornings.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w Tillamook very veggie cream cheese

The cream cheese was my splurge of the week.  Good stuff and the best batch of lazy bagels I've made in  a while.  

Lunch:  Jersey Mikes 56, chips, Starry, also had a few avo oil chips earlier

Had a free sub and it was on my route so why not.  Good as always.

Dinner:  Leftover pizza, glass of lemonade.  Bowl of Breyers strawberry ice cream for dessert

Once again tasty.

Exercise:  Walks 10 + 10 + 25 min

62.2

Earlier Split

Friday, August 11, 2023

Sigh.  Woke up about 1:00.  Took a little while to get back to sleep but it wasn't awful.  I'm just destined to never sleep more than four or five hours in a row at home.

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled w peppers and onions, 2 sausage patties, hash browns, coffee

Delicious as usual.  Actually had two cups of coffee today (sticking to a limit of one regular) and they tasted better.  Had some groceries delivered this morning, so I'm stocked back up ... except on hash browns.  Why are they always out of hash browns?

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwich, a few avo oil chips

Standard.

Dinner:   Pizza pep mush gp, with a bowl of Breyers strawberry ice cream for dessert

Not the most photogenic but still delightful.  And I have leftovers for dinner tonight.

Exercise:  Walk, 17 minutes.  I need to increase that this weekend.

60.8

Less Split

Thursday, August 10, 2023

A little better with the sleep.  Woke up at 4:00, but was able to get back to sleep relatively promptly and stayed asleep until almost 8:00.  I'll take it.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, scrambled w peppers and onions, 2 sausage patties, hash browns, coffee

Delicious as usual.  Also ate the last of the Honey Nut Cheerios later.

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwich, a few avo oil chips

Ate at home today.

Dinner:   Soup (1/2 jar), mashed potatoes, sliced tomato.  Had a glass of lemonade earlier.

Excellent.  Finished off the bag of potatoes, that doesn't happen all that often!

Add:  For dessert -- bowl of Breyers strawberry ice cream.

Exercise:  Walk, 15 minutes.  Took on a smaller hill, went OK.

62.2

More Regression Bad

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Sigh.  I do not think I will ever be a fan of the two phase sleeping.  I woke up even earlier this morning, at 2:45.  After about four hours.  Got a couple more hours quite a bit later in the recliner but it was poor quality sleep.  So I wasn't too keen at getting going at my planned time of 8:00 or so and once again it's late in the morning as I type this, having just finished breakfast.

Otherwise, weight creeping up a bit, but nothing too concerning.  Just eating too much and wrong.

Breakfast:  2 eggs, peppers and onions, hash browns, 3 strips Meijer bacon, coffee

Last of the bacon, finished off a package of peppers and drank my last regular coffee pod.  Guess I am going to have to order some groceries soon.  Oh, and this was a really good effort.  Delicious.

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwich, chips, banana, later a glass of lemonade

Solid and also easily transportable.

Dinner:   Soup (1/2 jar), mashed potatoes, sliced tomato

Oh man, that worked.  Delicious.  And I get to do it again tomorrow night.

Also:  A couple fancy ice cream sandwiches for dessert.

Exercise:  Walk, 33 minutes.  Added a loop to visit the farmer's market today and pick up a couple tomatoes.  Pushing it a bit, but I felt fine afterward, just took a few minutes to stop sweating.

61.7

Sluggin

Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Very slow start this morning.  Woke up around 4:30 and it took probably an hour and a half to get back to sleep.  Finally "moving" by 9:00 but it is now noon and I haven't done much of anything other than get cleaned up and have breakfast.  Guess it's not going to be a day of great accomplishments. 

Breakfast:   2 eggs scrambled w peppers and onions, hash browns, 3 strips Meijer bacon

Big breakfast bowl.  Tasty.  Cleaned up an open package of hash browns.

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwich, banana

Hey a day with no chips.

Dinner:   Chipotle barbacoa bowl, glass of lemonade

Unexpected treat.  Earlier than I really needed to eat but I devoured it.

And for dessert, 2 of the organic fancy ice cream sandwiches.  It was a good food day.

Exercise:  Walk, 17 min plus 15 min.  Much easier today without the hill.

60.4

Overdid It and Paid

Monday, August 7, 2023

Ugh.  Got too aggressive with the walk, took on a hill.  Bad idea.  Paid the price.  Took quite a while to get my temperature regulated and to feel better.

Breakfast:  Leftover pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 4 strips Meijer bacon, coffee

Good leftovers.

Lunch:  Turkey and cheese sandwich on home bread w butter, Siete lime chips, banana, later a glass of lemonade

All good.  Of course I ate too many chips, that's a repeat theme.

Dinner:  2x mexican 1x american tacos, add avocado.

Really, really good tonight.  Left me wishing I had ordered a fourth one.  Guess I was hungry as I forgot to take a photo.

Also:  A big bowl of dry Honey Nut Cheerios

Exercise:  Walk, 14 minutes.  As mentioned, there was a hill.  It didn't feel too bad during the walk, but after a bit I was quite uncomfortable.  Maybe I would have felt better if my destination was home and I could have hit the recliner.

59.3

End Fest

Sunday, August 6, 2023

The big local festival ended last night.  I could see a little of the fireworks, though obviously I was not up to hiking down to see the whole show.  They had a beautiful week of weather, chamber of commerce stuff.  I don't really do much of anything - seeing a bit of the parade yesterday was something I haven't done in many years - but it's a big deal locally and now it feels like summer is over.  Which, of course, it is not. 

Rainy today, I wonder if it will stop long enough to get a decent walk in.

Breakfast  A couple lime Siete chips, coffee

Wanted something little, it was there and easy

Breakfast Part Two:   Homemade buttermilk pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 2 strips Meijer bacon

The buttermilk was out of date but it was fine so I went for it.  Super tasty.  And I have at least two more meals (edit:  3!)  to tuck away for later.  Didn't eat this until close to noon, but since I am going to have a sandwich later I'll call it breakfast2 instead of lunch.

Lunch:  Grilled egg and cheese sandwich, avo oil jalapeno chips

Tasty, ate way too many chips.  Ongoing problem.  Also had a glass of lemonade.

Dinner:  Turkey and mashed potatoes

Good once again.  Just about done with the turkey.  Debating whether I want dessert.

Edit:  Yup, add ice cream sandwiches to the tally.  Done with the box of Blue Bunny, won't buy again as the vanilla is absurdly artificial.  Bought some fancy ones from the health food store to try next.

Exercise:  Walk, 28 minutes.  Went to the health food store for chips and lemonade, then the gas station further down for batteries, looped around and back home.  A good workout.  Glad it finally stopped raining!

59.3

Parade or Clown Show

Saturday, August 5, 2023

Happy Saturday.  Since I am on the shelf for the season, no golf to look forward to.  Instead I slept in, lazed about, finally got cleaned up and went to watch a little bit of a parade.  An exciting life.  Soon, I'll probably do a load of laundry, run the dishes ... and watch golf on TV.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with plain cream cheese, coffee

Tried a cup of regular, it was okay, though like yesterday it didn't taste great.  Stupid meds.

Lunch:  Soup, lime Siete chips later

Batch I made before the procedure, not bad.

Dinner:  1.5 brats KMR, sweet corn w butter, sliced tomato, blueberry pie w vanilla ice cream

Guesting.  All very tasty, especially the tomato and the homemade pie.  Having a glass of lemonade for a nightcap.

Exercise:  As mentioned, I walked down and watched some of the parade.  I was gone for 35 minutes, though I had to sit on a bench for about 10 of that.  Also more active this evening, feel relatively decent.

58.2

Ongoing Failure of Motivation and Will

Friday, August 4, 2023

I just have not had much pep.  It's frustrating.  I did sleep more on my back last night so I had less "soreness" (for lack of a better descriptor) today which was nice, I just don't have pep.  I dragged myself out at lunch and am going to try again in a moment to get in some more walking, but .... don't wanna.

Breakfast:  Honey nut cheerios, 2% milk, decaf coffee

Tried a cup of coffee.  Didn't especially enjoy it, which is sad because I have been a coffee fan the last dozen years.

Lunch:   Pizza pep/pep/pep saus

From neighborhood slice shop.  It was decent.  Also had some avo oil salt and pepper chips.  I also drank a decent amount of lemonade today.

Dinner:  Turkey and mashed potatoes.  Ice cream sandwiches for dessert

Tasty again.

Also, thanks tryptophan, I'm ready for bed and it's 8:00 pm.

Exercise:  Walks, ~ 10 min and 20 min.  Second walk was much better, walked down to the health food store a few blocks away ... and bought chips.  LOL.  For a short bit - maybe one block - I actually felt good.  Super happy about that.

56.5

Home At Last

Thurday, August 3, 2023

Returned home last night finally.  Glad to be here.  Still lots of recovery yet to come but this is good.  

Slept OK if not great.  We will see how exercise goes this afternoon.  Got a different number on the scale this morning, which I am going to chalk up to just being on a different floor surface.

Breakfast:  Honey nut cheerios w 2%

Decided to get a box for this week, eventually will get into a better routine.

Lunch:  2x al pastor mexican taco, 1x american ground beef taco, avocado

Good, we'll see how the body handles it.

Dinner:   Mashed potatoes and turkey. 

Tasty!

Also during the day had ice cream sandwiches and Siete chips.

Exercise:  A short walk.  Not enough.

60.0

Epic Recap Needed But May Not Be Delivered

Wednesday, August 3, 2023

Going home.

Breakfast:  Corn chex w milk

Lunch:   Turkey sandwich, chips, berries

Dinner:  Leftover lasagna, leftover spanish rice, pineapple, a little lemonade

Dessert:  2x ice cream sandwich

Friday, July 28 to Tuesday, August 2, 2023

Not even going to attempt.

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Well that was a long week plus stretch of time.  I'm quite thrilled to be here and recovering, but yeesh.

Breakfast:  Rice chex, 2%, strawberries

I'm guesting, and not being fussy.

Lunch:  Turkey and cheddar on sourdough w mustard, a handful of salt and vinegar chips, 8 grapes

Not big but enough, had a late breakfast.

Dinner:  idk

Exercise:  Well, I'm in recovery mode and very limited, but I am going to meet today's target, which is not much.

66.6

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Discharge day.  Finally.

Breakfast:  None

Not hungry.

Lunch:  McD mcdouble, a couple fries, large sprite, a couple wheat thins

Didn't eat until almost 3:00.  Just couldn't do the fries, have a lingering issue with smell/taste, some things just smell unappealing.

Dinner:  Baked chicken w parm, green beans, pasta salad, berries and melon

Managed to eat more than I expected, without issue.

Wednesday, July 19, 2023 - Tuesday. July 25, 2023

Gets a little sketchier at this point.  Oh hell, it does not matter that much.  I tried various things off the hotel menu, at most maybe 1k calories a day was all I could do.

I ate a saltine the first day, managed a couple graham crackers the second.