Endless Discomforts

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Well now, that is all sorts of messed up.  Just at the annoying level, not life changing or anything, but it was a ridiculous night.  I went to bed by 8:00 pm - no surprise given that I'd been up since 2:00 am - and fell asleep promptly.  Woke for the first time a little after 10:30 with a bit of knee pain and a need to hit the restroom.  I actually felt quite good - surprisingly rested - and it was a good hour before I went back to sleep.    Woke up a second time about 2:30 with other aches and pains which I have forgotten.  Hit the bathroom and was able to get back to sleep.  Awakened at 4:30 or so with a vicious right ankle and foot cramp.  Ouch.  Worked it out, back to sleep in the recliner.  8:00 I'm bolted awake in the middle of a dream with a major left foot cramp - of the foot-curling variety.  Yow.  Painful.  And it was, oddly enough, part of my dream - I was trying to stop a slowly moving car from passenger side but was failing due to a foot cramp.

Oof.  So it was a long night.  Did not get moving here until after 8:30.  I was hoping that a ten hour window might be enough but it was not.  If not for the foot cramp I probably would have slept a while longer.  But, on balance, I feel halfway decent.  Feels like the sinus issue is mostly out of there, though it has settled in the throat a bit.  Not bad tho.

Entirely possible that my mood would be a lot less positive, though, if not for the unexpected drop on the scale.  I was anticipating a gain, though I did move some waste this morning.  But instead it was significantly lower.  I don't think that gives me a pass to eat the Maiz chips or ice cream on a regular basis or anything, but it was nice to survive.  Some other questionable things on tap today - Sundays, man - but hoping to keep it reasonable. 

Breakfast:  Bacon, greek yogurt w wild blueberries, coffee

Finished off the bacon.  Those servings were excessively large.

A little later, I had to do a little QC of something new, I made sourdough biscuits.  Verdict:  An excellent butter delivery vehicle, but could definitely be improved.  I think my starter is still a little weak.  Good flavor tho.

We'll see how they do in the freezer.

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs, home sourdough biscuits with chorizo gravy

Delicious.  Let's see, 2 biscuits, 3 eggs, 4 oz of chorizo, a little flour, a little butter, a third plus cup of milk, mexicheese, jalapenos, I think that's everything.  A lot of food but very satisfying.

Dinner:  Busy day casserole, cheesy green beans, bisquick biscuit, NSA peaches, 12 oz Miller Lite, girl scout pb patty cookies, HD vanilla ice cream

Sunday dinner.

Exercise:  Nope.

Day totals:   $0.00 spent, over on carbs, no exercise, Sunday fail.

77.0

Streak Buster

Saturday, February 24, 2024

As I feared, I jinxed it.  First blip up today.  Not super concerned about it, since there are a few different factors at play, but still annoying.

A weird start to the day.  I was pretty miserable when I went to bed last night, the sinuses have been driving me crazy for days and I just could not stop the running of the nose.  But despite that I did not sleep horribly and when I woke up -- at 2:00, standard five hours in but I went to bed earlier -- I was not sleepy.  I waited an hour and a half before seeing if I could brute force some more sleep, no luck.  So I gave up and got up.  Somewhat better with the sinuses but still not quite normal.  I may need to buy some benadryl later.

Anyway, much to do so I had better get started.

Update:  And there was much fail.  Not a huge surprise.  Will be up again tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Bacon, greek yogurt with a few wild blueberries, coffee

In stages.

Lunch:  Keto bowl, ground beef, with hot sauce.  Later, Maiz avo oil tortilla chips and Herdez salsa

Despite being satisfactorily full the signal to not want to eat was broken.  Doh.  First serious failure of the week.

Dinner:  A little Haagen Dazs vanilla ice cream

Since I ate too many chips with salsa mid-afternoon (and also because I NEED to go to bed early, long long day), I didn't really need dinner.  I ate the rest of the ice cream I bought last week or the week before.  Another thing cleaned up.

Exercise:   Nope.  No excuse.

Day totals:  $ 15.37 + $3.99 spent, too many carbs.  No exercise.  FAIL.

80.0

Steady Droppin

Friday, February 23, 2024

TGIF.  Glad to see another drop on the scale this morning.  I cannot expect that to continue, at least not in any meaningful, consistent fashion.  Future drops will be smaller, more irregular.  But I will continue to enjoy them whenever they happen.

A busy morning, should not be too awful this afternoon - famous last words I know - and then a very busy weekend on tap.  I have so much to do it is CRAZY.

Breakfast:  CF bacon, coffee

A little larger serving of bacon - I got a 2lb pack (precooked weight ldo) of irregular slices from the farm at a nice discount, so there is a lot of bacon to be had.  I'll easily get five or six huge servings out of it.  I don't care if the slices are weird, they taste great.

Lunch:  Soup, sliced cheddar

Standard.  I like the soup better with julienned carrots instead of the sliced chunks but I eat what I thaw.

Snack:  Jack Links original beef stick, Starry Zero Sugar

The beef stick was fine, seemed to be one of the cleaner jerky options.  

Dinner:  Omelet with bacon, cream cheese and guac, 12 oz All Day IPA, popcorn

Chopped up a little bacon for the omelet, was thinking about what else I might do to bump today's protein a bit and came up blank.  Thought of yogurt too late.  Popcorn is the usual home version, popped in coconut oil with melted butter.

Exercise:  Nope.  Another early to work day and a messed up night of split sleep.  I am feeling a little better physically - did more work-related walking than usual today and it was fine.  Still a slight limp, but not much unless I've been sitting for a while.

Day totals:  About $50.00 at the grocery store plus $5.68 at the gas station for the snack spent, loose ok on carbs, success.

79.0

There's That Slowdown

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Okay then.  I think the big flush is done, though there was still a very decent drop this morning that was almost certainly water, it just wasn't many pounds of water.  In three days I have reversed all of the February gains.  Onward, now, to the range where I was in mid-January.  Not that many pounds away.  

Struggling with fatigue.  The irregular sleep pattern doesn't help, I'm sure, but I do not think that adequately explains it.  Went to bed early, was asleep probably by 9:30, woke up at 3:00, dozed back off about 4:30.  Up at 7:00.  The last couple hours featured a lot of dreaming but not deep sleep.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

Yeah, again.

Lunch:  Soup, sliced cheddar

And again.  And good grief, I forgot to take a photo despite my camera laying right there.

Dinner:  Barbacoa, mashed potatoes, guac, 12 oz All Day IPA, CF hickory bacon

Again?  Again.  And I am sad that I have exhausted that batch of barbacoa, because it was effing delicious.  That's a great, great dinner and it took about 5 minutes to heat up on the stovetop.  I don't love the carbs in mash but I do love the mash and when you add that and the guac it is so delightful.  Out of yogurt so I nabbed a few strips of bacon from the package I cooked up so that there is breakfast tomorrow.

Exercise:  Nope.  Disappointing.  I did make it to work early though which was good.  I have another early work thing again tomorrow, so it may be the weekend before I reboot the workout.

Day totals:  $0.00 spent, okay on carbs, success (except for exercise, which I haven't been counting)

80.8

Holy Ridic

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

The water flush is just ridiculous.  I mean seriously.  How bloated do you have to be to dump double digits in two days of not-even-that-strict lower carbing?

This is not a complaint. No no no no.  

It did mean again getting up multiple times in the night.  I expect that to start subsiding (edit:  definitely slowing this evening), though I did still get rid of some additional water this morning, some of that was coffee.  Much of what I put on this month has already disappeared, hoping to quickly get back to the range where I stalled out last month before I fell off.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

Yeah, again.

Lunch:  Soup, sliced cheddar

Ditto.  I somehow forgot to take a photo.  Oops.  Slightly larger serving of soup due to a different container, otherwise identical to the last two days.

Dinner:  Barbacoa, mashed potatoes, guac, 12 oz All Day IPA, True Goodness plain greek yogurt, pickle

Unlike yesterday, this was from my second crack at barbacoa and it, frankly, was much better.  More heat.  I think I added more chipotle.  Really delicious.  And I have one more for tomorrow night.  The little cup of guac was a good addition.  Also noted: This yogurt has more tang than the regular Meijer brand.

Exercise:  Nope.  Was a possibility this morning but had an early work thing so I didn't.

Day totals:  $0.00 spent, ok on carbs (w/ looser limit), success.

82.8

A Most Resounding Answer

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

If the question was "will 1C of mashed potatoes, 35g carbs according to the internet, on day 1 of a reset prevent mass outflow of water?", the answer is a resounding:

LOL NO.

Good grief.  It didn't really kick in until overnight but I had to get up multiple times.  Don't get me wrong, I'm happy about it, but it did make for a lot of interruption.  Many pounds of liquid departed.

Also notable that even after just one day I feel a bit better.  Not a huge difference but still, notable.

I was also very pleasantly sated by dinner last night, it just took a long while to kick in.  Good thing I didn't have anything snackable handy or I would have kept eating.   The urge to eat remains insanely strong, I just have to be tough enough to outlast it.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

Again.  Happily the coffee didn't dry me out today.

Lunch:  Soup, sliced cheddar

Again.

Dinner:  Leftover CF ribeye steak, mashed potatoes, 12 oz All Day IPA, plain True Goodness greek yogurt

Cooked the steak last night and sliced it.  Seems sad to "waste" a ribeye on a reheat, but it's what I had on hand and it still tasted great.

Exercise:  Nope.  Decided not to push it this morning.  Still sleep deprived.

Day totals:   $0.00 spent, OK on carbs with the looser total, success

89.2

Filing Under Unlikely

Monday, February 19, 2024

I chuckled a bit this morning when I weighed in.  I ate about 10,000 calories yesterday.  It was awful.  I felt awful.  I slept horrendously.  And somehow, some way, I was actually down a bit.

LOL.

Anyway, we are back at it.  I am hoping to dump some water.  I disposed of some yesterday, but that was ongoing consumption, not storage.  We'll see if and when it kicks in.

As mentioned I slept horribly.  Woke up just before 2:00.  Got back to sleep about 4:45, in bed, and was still sound asleep when the alarm went off at 7:00.  No chance I was getting up right away.  It's such a struggle right now.  I was very glad today was a quasi-holiday, though of course it wasn't a day off.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

I may have to do something about the coffee, it dries out my sinuses.

Lunch:  Soup, sliced Sargento sharp cheddar

Standard.

Dinner:   Barbacoa, mashed potatoes, avocado, 12 oz Miller Lite, 1 slice sharp cheddar

Quick and easy dinner, reheat and eat.  This was the last, I think, of the first batch of barbacoa which was less spicy.   The 1 cup containers are super convenient.

Exercise:  Nope.  I felt horrendous this morning.  On the plus side, other than swelling my knee/leg/foot is slowly improving.  And I will say that I have felt somewhat decent the latter part of the day.  So there is hope.

Day totals:  $0.00 spent, OK on carbs, going with a little looser limit.

95.2

Decreipitude

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Sigh.  Getting old is the worst.  Something new every day lately.

So yesterday I was doing not very much when I decided to try on a pair of new shoes that arrived this week.  I found it surprisingly difficult to get the right shoe on, and upon examination I noted that my right foot was very, very swollen.  This is a new thing, I do not recall it ever happening before.

Since I haven't figured out a particularly effective way to keep it elevated, it's still puffy today.  And it's not helping things as I limp about.  At least I seem to be past the worst of the knee issue.  For now.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w Meijer veggie cream cheese, coffee

Tasty, but not at all good in terms of satiety.  

Lunch:   Soup with a scoop of mashed potatoes

Made some mash for the freezer, had just a bit left over.

Snack:  Everything pretzel crisps, homemade brownie w HD vanilla ice cream

Dinner:   American goulash, salad no dressing, garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite, birthday cake and ice cream

Party food.  The cake was insanely rich.

Exercise:  Nope.  Moderately active, but nothing specific.

Day totals:  $3.49 spent, Way way over on carbs, epic fail yet again.

96.0

Recurring Themes

Saturday, February 17, 2024

More of the same, just on the weekend.  TGIS.

Woke up at 3:00, back asleep about 4:30, didn't get up until 9:00 and even then it was reluctantly.  Tired of being tired.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Audible, bread was bad.

Lunch:  Five Guys little cheeseburger all the way plus jala, little fries w ketchup

Was planning on Chipotle, went 5G instead.  Either way, bad for me.

Snack:  Donuts

My travels took me past the elite donut place.

Dinner:  Taco salad al pastor, 12 oz All Day IPA, may have SF choc fudge pudding later

okay.

Exercise:  No, although I did walk a fair amount today.  Not too much pain.

Day totals:  Spent a bunch (got groceries too), way way over, epic FAIL.  C'mon son.

94.2

Ending A Week Of Fail

Friday, February 16, 2024

TGIF.  Very, very glad it is Friday.  I was amused to be down on the scale despite the fail.

Breakfast:  2x jala cheddar bagels w veggie cream cheese, coffee

Meh.  Not notably good.  In fact, they were worse than Panera bagels.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito minus v/o, plus mustard pickle peppers.  S&V chips, diet lemonade

Okay, but expensive.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA, might have SF choc pudding.

Tasty, excessive.

Exercise:  Nope.  Might try this weekend, knee and leg is still screwed up but it wasn't too bad today.

Day totals:  About $40.00 spent, way way way over on carbs, epic FAIL.

93.8

Eleven Or Twelve

Thursday, February 15, 2024

The good news:  I think I got eight hours of legit sleep!

The bad news:  It took eleven plus hours to get it.  Sigh.  Went to bed early.  In bed before 8:30, asleep before 9:00.  That just meant I woke up an hour earlier, at 2:00 instead of 3:00.  Was up for a couple hours, then dozed off in the recliner for several hours.  Not the greatest sleep, but okay.  Lots of dreams.

I don't know if I'll ever be free of the aches and pains and other issues that prevent me from getting eight hours of deep restful sleep in bed, but whatever.  I do feel better, even if I was very much not ready to get up this morning.

Breakfast:  2x egg mcmuffin, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup

Again.

Dinner:  Maiz tortilla chips, Meijer hatch chile salsa, 12 oz All Day IPA, cheese toast

I really like the Maiz chips, too bad they're not good for me.  They were even on sale.

Exercise:  Not really.  Did a fair amount of snow shoveling, but not counting it.  Was good to be a little active at least.

Day totals:  $8.43 spent, way over on carbs, fail.  Looking to get back on track no later than the weekend.

95.6

Ongoing

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

More of the same.

Breakfast:  Panera asiago bagels w cream cheese, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2x Big Mac, later 2 slices of pizza

Dinner:  Dominos pep ham, bacon jala cheesy bread, 12 oz All Day IPA

Exercise:  Nope

Day totals:  Dunno, FAIL.

93.8

Steady Failure

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Sigh.  I need to snap out of this rut.

I did not get to bed quite as early as I was hoping, but still not too late.  Woke up, as usual, early this time just before 5:00.  Didn't get back to deep, restful sleep, but dozed off enough to make getting up unpleasant.

Eating poorly again, need to fix that tomorrow.  At least I now have a plan to do that.

Breakfast:  Bagel breakfast sandwich w egg, sausage, cream cheese.  Coffee.  Paczki.

It being Fat Tuesday isn't helping.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries.

I put the Fat in Fat Tuesday.

Dinner:  Cheese toast, 12 oz All Day IPA, a few Maiz chips w salsa, SF vanilla pudding

Quite a menu.

Exercise:  Nope.  Sometimes it's not awful, other times it's still very painful.

Day totals:  I dunno.  Epic fail.

92.2

Monday Mediocrity

Monday, February 12, 2024

I did not need the Super Bowl to go to overtime.  Did not get to sleep until late and felt rough this morning.  It was not pleasant.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap and burrito, coffee

Yeah, one thing I did not get around to was cooking up some sausage yesterday.  Or today.  Oops.

Lunch:  Leftover chili and cornmeal biscuits, a few Maiz tortilla chips

Cleanup.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, brownie

All good.

Exercise:  Nope.  There are times when I feel almost (almost) normal, but then there are times where it's back to real pain.  Still have some optimism.

Day totals:  About $13.00 spent, way over, FAIL.

92.2

Just Weird Stuff

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Getting old is the pits.  Another night of waking up in the middle, not being able to get back to sleep and doomscrolling until finally dozing off in the recliner hours later.  It was so long this time that I had coffee and breakfast before I went back to sleep.  And I didn't get up until after 10:00.  Yikes.

Anyway, busy day planned, though not much will be accomplished.  A little cooking prep for the Superb Owl, plus all the stuff I didn't do yesterday like laundry.  

Not so exciting.

Breakfast:  Cheese toast, coffee

Had a couple slices of bread to clean up so I did.  Not a standard 6:00 breakfast but tasty.

Lunch:  McD 2x Big Mac, 2x McChick

Okay, done with the fast food for a while.   Tasty though.

I also had to do quality control testing on tonight's cheddar cornmeal biscuits and brownies.

Dinner:  Chili, cheddar cornmeal biscuits, 12 oz All Day IPA, applesauce, salad no dressing, brownie w haagen dazs vanilla ice cream

All very tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  Still gimpy.  Though it does seem like there is some improvement.

Day totals:  About $40.00 spent (party supplies and lunch), way over on carbs, fail.

91.8

More Pure Carbage

 Saturday, February 10, 2024

TGIS.

I'm still limping around, but I'll live.  It would be unfortunate if this is a new reality, but we'll see.  One thing I am pretty sure of is that losing some weight would be helpful, take some pressure off.

Taking it easy today, though I have a million things to do.

Breakfast:  Cheese toast, coffee

Dunno why, it just sounded good, I had the bread and it was easier than anything else.  Cleaned up a cheese.

Lunch:  Jersey Mikes #56

Free sandwich.  Also just sounded good.  And easy.

Tomorrow is going to be bad on the scale because JM#56 is the new all time champ for making me drink tons of water.  

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz All Day IPA

Tasty.  And of course so very bad for me.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did walk around a bit, but I really can't count it.

Day totals:  about $8.00 spent (coffee out), Way over on carbs, fail.

89.2

Water and Failure

Friday, February 9, 2024

Yeah, it's been a week.  

Drank a lot of water last night for whatever reason and the scale showed it this morning.  I am going to need to get back on track.  Just did not happen today.

Breakfast:   Panera 2x asiago bagels w cream cheese, coffee

Yuh.

Lunch:  McD 2x Big Mac 2x McChix

Uh.

Dinner:  Ranch mix, garlic mexicheese toast

/shrug.  Bought too much crap at the store tonight.

Exercise:  No, ldo.  Still limping.

90.0

Spoiler Things Were Not Fixed

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Well, no, things were not fixed.  Another day of failure.  And yet it wasn't all bad.

I made myself get my knee checked out and I'm glad I did.  The doc didn't think there was any structural damage, just inflammation, probably arthritis.  Got some direction as to what to do, and already seeing a little improvement.  Big relief.

Breakfast:  2x Egg McMuffin

A late breakfast after waiting around for a looong time for a blood draw (unrelated to the knee).

Lunch:  Keto bowl w ground beef.  Later, CFA spicy chx and frosted lemonade

I do like a good keto bowl.

Dinner:  Jersey Mikes #56.

Very tasty.

Exercise:  Obv not.

Day totals, Spent a bunch, way over on carbs, fail.  Planning to get straight this weekend.

85.8

Let's Fix Things Tomorrow

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Yeesh.  I've been super tied up with a massive work project, but it ended late this aftenoon.  On to the next one.  I'm kinda tired of being this busy and it's just going to get worse.

Still having a rough time with the knee, though there have been a couple of brief windows where it is clearly improving a little.  It's still not right, not close, but if it continues to improve maybe I can avoid surgery or other medical intervention.  

Forgot to take any photos today, that's how focused I have been.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Again.  No problem.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns #9, minus VO, minus mayo, add mustard, pickles, peppers.  Salt and vinegar chips, diet lemonade

Not bad, just bad for me.  Stuck at work, grinding.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef, breadsticks w sauce, 12 oz Miller Lite

Surprisingly decent.  I had very low expectations.  Another choice made due to drive through.  I'm going to go thaw stuff for tomorrow right now so I can get back on track.

Exercise:  Nope, still very injured.

84.0

Bring Your Glasses Dummy

 Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Arrgh.  I really need to pay more attention when I grocery shop.  I looked at the ingredients on the giardiniera and bleah, right there, major ingredient soybean oil.  FAIL.

Not much else happening.  Still limping.  Not sure if it's going to get better.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Again.

Lunch:  Not quite italian beef sandwiches

Last go-round.  Subbed a slice of mozz, otherwise same as the last two days.   I'm annoyed about the giardiniera as I have appreciated that it has some zip.  

Dinner:  2x Big Mac, 2x McChick, 12 oz Miller Lite, SF vanilla pudding

Sigh.  Nothing thawed, went drive thru due to hurting.

Exercise:  Nope.  Again, no chance.  Hurting.

Day totals:  $0.00 spent, way over on carbs, FAIL.

83.6

Never Taken For Granted

Monday, February 5, 2024

I don't feel like I ever take my health for granted.  I'm limping badly again today as I'm still having trouble with my right knee and leg.  I have some small hope that it's muscular and that with rest it will resolve, but I am mentally preparing for the possibility that it is ... not that.  It does seem a bit less swollen.

Anyway, nothing else of note.  Was predictably up after bad eating yesterday.  I probably didn't need to start weekday 2MAD today, but I wasn't hungry this morning so it worked.  Was ready for lunch a bit early but it was no trouble to wait until the usual 12:30.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Not exactly italian beef sandwiches

Same as yesterday and I'll repeat once more tomorrow, at which point I will have used up the beef, buns and cheese.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite, Meijer pork rinds

Tasty as usual.

Exercise:  Nope.  No chance.  Limping.

Day totals:  $ 7.09+tip spent, way over on carbs, fail

84.0

Not A Pain Fan

Sunday, February 4, 2024

Ouch.  I do not know what I did to my right knee and leg last week, but it's a mess.  All the walking I did yesterday - maybe limping would be a better description - did not help.  Today, it is quite painful.  I have never, ever had an issue with that knee or leg, it has always been the left side.  It is a challenging adjustment to not be able to depend on the right leg.  I sure hope it's a temporary thing.

Nothing else of note.  The crap I ate yesterday balanced out the exercise precisely.

Breakfast:  Sausage and cheese omelet, raisin toast w a little grape jelly, coffee

Went out to breakfast, business reasons.  It was a good thing.

 

Lunch:  Not quite italian beef sandwiches - Papa Charlie's italian beef, smokehouse cheddar, hot giardiniera on Meijer italian sub buns

Not authentic but pretty tasty.  I'm not crazy about the ingredient list, but the beef was good.  The peppers had serious kick.  And the rolls worked out fine, though of course I shoud have just had a bowl.  

Later, 2 slices of mexicheese toast, cleanup.

Dinner:  Chuck roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, gravy, NSA peaches, 12 oz Miller Lite, a slice of banana nut bread with a little butter

All very tasty.

Fourthmeal:  TB chx ench burrito, double taco, loaded nachos

Exercise:  Nope.  Not a chance, not today.

Day totals:  $ 18.25 +$7.92 spent, way over on carbs, epic fail

82.0

Unscientific Experimenting

Saturday, February 3, 2024

I learned a few interesting things last night.  Interesting to me, anyway.  One thing I did not need to learn, that I already knew, is that having a blowout like I did jacks up my heart rate.  It was elevated when I took down numbers before bed and it was definitely still up there when I woke up at 3:00.  It was back down to normal when I took morning measurements about 8:30.

Another thing it did was jack up my blood pressure.  The pile of flour, fat and garbage seed oil bumped the top number up about 25 points to the worst reading I've had in a month.  There wasn't anything else I can attribute it to, it was the dinner no doubt.  Awful.  I need to remember that the next time I'm tempted.  It was lower this morning but still somewhat elevated.

Weirdly enough, I'm actually down on the scale.  I dumped a little extra water and for whatever reason the pizza didn't make me thirsty like it usually does so I didn't drink that much.

Anyway, it's not likely to be a great weekend for eating, though at least this afternoon I have some plans to get out and about.  Which reminds me, I need to get moving.

Breakfast:  3 CF sausage patties, plain greek yogurt w wild blueberries, coffee

Cleaned up the sausage, remembered halfway through to take the photo.

Lunch:  2 McD beef patties, late a slice of deluxe pizza and combos

LOL wut.  I ordered two mcdoubles, plain.  I received two burgers - a single beef patty, no cheese, on bun.  So I was shorted two beef patties and cheese.  Oh well.  The other stuff was garbage eaten after a couple hours of limping around outside.

Dinner:  2 eggs, leftover new york strip, hash browns in olive oil, avocado.  12 oz Miller Lite

The steak reheated nicely, sliced thin and heated in a pan with butter.

Exercise:  Yeah.  I walked a neighborhood for a good two hours.  Slowly, as I am having some significant knee pain, but I did it.

Day totals:  $4.02 + $ 6.66 spent, carbs not totaled, fail.

82.0

A Major Crack

Friday, February 2, 2024

Finally cracked tonight.  I'm not proud.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Not standard.

Dinner:  Dominos thin pep, bread bites, 12 oz Miller Lite, Jack's paleo cookies

Didn't get home until 7:30.  Snapped.  Sigh.  Cookies were almost the only impulse buy, this is the 2nd time I've found them on the rack marked down 60%.  I'd never pay full price (and I shouldn't eat them at any price), but at this price I bit.

Exercise:  Nope.  Very tired this morning.

Day totals:  About $55 at the store, I'll have to add it up, plus $8.47 at Dominos.  Way over on carbs, very much FAIL.

82.8

File Under More Of Same

Thursday, February 1, 2024

Another day, another gain.  This one was deserved, as yesterday's food choices were not ideal.  There is going to be some of that, but still, not ideal.  I did manage to avoid eating more after I had my late dinner sub, as I would have been perfectly happy to plow through a bunch of chips or something.  It's so important to have nothing on hand.

Had a checkup, the nurse that took my BP got a fantastically low number, even better than the nice low one I got when I did it at home earlier.  Good news.

Even with recent gains and serious exercise failure, January was still a major win.  Dumped all sorts of water and got the BP moving in the right direction.  Now, I just need to buckle down and also figure out how to break through the plateau.  I foresee a lot more exercise coming.

Breakfast:  CF sausage patties, coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Soup, pickle

Also standard.

Dinner:  NY strip, garlic mash, green beans, steak and potato soup, slice of bread, spicy shrimp app, 24 oz All Day IPA, a couple bites of apple tart w ice cream, Wendys baconator

Quite excessive.

Exercise:  Nope.  I tried to go to bed on time, but was chased out by wierd cramping etc and I ended up getting six hours or more in the recliner.  Was tired when I had to get up for my early appointment.

Day totals:  $ 0.00  spent,  over on carbs, not a success

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