Not The Ideal Way To Kick Off

Monday, July 22, 2024

Sigh.  I had good intentions.  I did not live up to them.  Instead I stayed up way too late for no good reason (I was watching youtube videos) and did not get enough sleep.  I did not get going early like I had hoped.  Instead, I started the week from behind.

Not good.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Although I was a bit hungry, it was easily resisted and didn't get (or need) more than a passing thought.

Lunch:  CF brisket cheddar sausages on Meijer brioche buns, PK ketchup and mustard.

Ate too much here.   

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner, vanilla allulose ice cream, popcorn

Too much and too late on the popcorn.

Exercise:  Nope.

97.8

Keep Under Limit

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Well, it could have been worse.   Given the massive food intake yesterday I expected a gain and got one, but it wasn't huge.  Doing some cooking this morning in hopes of a better week coming up.

Looks like Blogger is serious about taking away a bunch of photo functionality, so the future is a lot of portrait-oriented (or sideways) pictures.  Boo.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w Tillamook plain cream cheese, coffee

The store was wiped out of Meijer brand, all flavors, since it was on sale for 40 cents off.  Tillamook wasn't that much more than Philly and the ingredient list is a lot cleaner.  Too bad they stopped carrying the veggie variety and were out of chive and onion, but at least they had plain.

Lunch:  Barbacoa, mashed potatoes, 2 strips thick cut bacon

Prep morning.  Made soup, mash, bread dough with french flour, allulose ice cream bases and bacon.

Snack:  Dot's honey mustard pretzels.  Meh.  

Dinner:  Brats w mustard and dill relish, salad no dressing, corn on the cob, chips, 12 oz Miller Lite

Sunday dinners

Also:  Big Mac, 2x McDouble, Coke, apple pie.

Exercise:  18 holes, decent extra walking.  I am tired.

97.2

Get To Monday

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Another day of excessive eating.  Yikes.

Let's get to Monday.

Breakfast:  Farmer's scramble, sausage links, raisin toast, coffee

E-freaking-normous.

Lunch:  Brisket, cheesy potatoes, 12 oz Miller Lite

More of an early dinner.

Dinner:  2x TB double beef burritos, root beer, peanut M&Ms

Fail.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, average walking

96.2 

Not Outwalkable

Friday, July 19, 2024

TGIF.

Rough day of eating to cap off a rough week.  At least I got some real exercise.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, hash brown, burrito.  Coffee.

For whatever reason I was hungry.  Was planning on some physical work but it didn't turn out that way.

Lunch:  Soup, mashed potatoes

Had a cup of potatoes thawed so I dumped that in the soup.  It was really good.  Will do again.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz MI P1lsner, choc dunkers

Ate too much.

Exercise:  Serious walk.  52 minutes.  Lots of hills.  It was a workout.  Man I'm in lousy shape.

95.0

I Take That Back, Failure Is The Key To Failure

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Some days are just like that.

Fail.

Breakfast:  Wendys 2x sausage biscuit.  Coffee

Eh.  Not very good.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries

Was very good.

Snack:  Scoop of butter pecan in waffle cone

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite, vanilla allulose ice cream w choc sauce

Exercise:  3 hours or so of house cleanout.

95.0

Reptition Is The Key To Failure

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Onward.  Going to try and do better today.

All areas need attention.  Less screen time.  Go to bed earlier and get up earlier.  Eat better.  Exercise more consistently.  Etc etc.  At least I've been fairly productive at work.  So there is that.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Out of extra beefy soup so back to regular, of which I have a couple more.  Will need to restock this weekend.  Also the last of the homemade bread.  I impulse ordered some imported flour this morning, will be interested to see what that produces when I make it into bread.  Which, of course, means that I will be eating bread.  For lunch.  In the form of grilled cheese, mostly.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, CFA spicy, frosted lemonade, pringles

Sigh.   Multiple rounds of dinner.

Exercise:  Nope.

92.6

The Many Faces of FAIL

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Sigh.  Just so bad.

Breakfast:  Coffee

At least this part is fine.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese, pringles

Soup, good.  GC, okay, I had a few slices of homemade bread in the freezer to clean up.  Pringles?  Bah.   At least they're gone now.

Snack:  TB double beef burrito, root beer

Dinner:  French dip sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite, popcorn, no bakes

One of the better sandos I've had lately.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, some extra walking

90.4

Ever Increasing

Monday, July 15, 2024

Monday again.

Weight keeps ticking up as the fails mount up.  I need to get focused.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Yup.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner

Yup.

Also:  Chocolate dunkers and a big glass of 2% milk.  Pringles.

Exercise:  Nope

90.2

Working On Thinking

 Sunday, July 14, 2024

Glad to have another weekend day.  Lots to do.  Recharged a bit, I think, with a decent night of sleep.  I was pretty tired yesterday, definitely feeling the shortage of sleep, heat and humidity.

Paid a modest price on the scale for yesterday's overindulgence.  Following up on yesterday's thoughts, I really do think I need to make a real effort to purge a lot of the artificial crap from my diet.  Just eat real food, not too much.  That means eating home cooked meals too, I rely too much on takeout.  I think I'm going to start the process by cleaning out some of the artificial crap from my pantry and fridge.

Oh, and I need to get more consistent with the sleep and the exercise.  It's a three pronged thing.  Eating is the biggest piece, but I won't make real progress unless I fix all three.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w cream cheese, coffee

Not my finest effort.  Too much yogurt.  They puffed a bunch and then deflated hard.  LOL.  

Snack:  Maiz lime tortilla chips, Matteo's cantina style salsa

Something I'll have to give up.

Lunch:  2x Wendys son of baconator

Speaking of things to give up.

Dinner:  Steak, corn on the cob, a few chips, 12 oz Miller Lite, blueberry pie and vanilla ice cream.  Pringles.

Meh.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, average extra walking.

89.6

Sick Of The Processed

 Saturday, July 13, 2024

Feeling annoyed this evening with the processed crap in my diet.  I'd be better off if I just ate real food, and not too much.

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

Yup.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, jala good crisps

Yup.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite

Ate way too much today.  Pizza was good but not their best.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much walking

88.8

Toasted

 Friday, July 12, 2024

Long day.  Woke up super early, before 4:00.  I managed another half hour or so before I had to get up.  Spent the day out in the sun and the humidity.  Pretty tired.

But no complaints.  It was nice to have the day off.

Not sure why I can't rotate photos at the moment but too tired to dig into it.

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, sausage mcmuffin no egg, hash brown.  Coffee

Ugh.  Worst McBreakfast in a while.  Only the hash brown was good and yeah seed oil.  If I'd been thinking at all I would have eaten at home.

Lunch:  Pulled pork, pasta salad, roll w butter

Double ugh.  I ate a couple bites of pork and the other stuff.  It just wasn't good.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, mini bags of pretzels and corn chips, jala good crisps

At least the keto bowl was good.  Whew.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, above average walking.  It was toasty.

88.2

Unloved Lateness

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Not really happy about my schedule lately.  I'm not getting much done in the evenings, but I still seem to go to bed later and later.  The last two nights it has been well after midnight before I got to sleep.  Unacceptable.  Mornings are annoying enough as it is.  I certainly did not get enough sleep last night.

Anyway, a tick up on the scale, which I'm sure I earned.  Stupid chips and laziness.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Again.  

Dinner:  Hot dogs on zero carb tortillas w KMRO, swiss cheese, 12 oz All Day IPA, popcorn, chocolate protein ice cream

Okay, I'm not wild about the protein ice cream.  The texture is okay, I just don't love the taste.  It's just off, probably due to the sweetener.

Ate too much today.

Exercise:  Nope.

88.2

Condensed

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Really packed a lot into today.  Almost all work, too.  But it needed to happen.

Minor dip on the scale, yeah.  I like it.  Almost a good eating day today too.  Almost.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Super express lunch.

Dinner:  Chili cheese hotdogs in zero carb tortillas w primal kitchen ketchup, mustard, onion, dill relish.  Avo oil chips.  12 oz MI P1lsner.  Allulose chocolate ice cream w dark chips, unsweet coconut and peanuts.

All very tasty.  Shouldn't have had chips but I did, otherwise fine.  Btw, that's the full size of the "pint" - I'm intentionally making them small with only about a cup of milk/cream/half and half/whatever.  I could make bigger ones and have leftovers but ... nah.

Exercise:  Nope.

87.8

Leaner But Not Lighter

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

No reason or explanation really but I felt leaner this morning.  A fraction more nimble.  Less bloated.  Lots of ways to describe it ... except lighter.  Same number as the morning before.  Which is not a complaint, it's just a fact.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Extra beefy soup, cheddar asiago cheese

Again.

Snack:   Beef jalapeno cheddar snack sticks

Had a bite before golf.

Dinner:  French dip sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite, good crisps

Tasty sandwich, but man I'm not ready to be done eating when it's gone.  Got some mental work to do.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not much extra walking.

88.4

All About Preparation

Monday, July 8, 2024

I was fully prepared for a jump on the scale today.  Ate a lot yesterday, including a lot of carbs.  Took in a massive amount of liquid dealing with the heat and humidity.  I was steeled.  And then ... no.  Down fractionally.  What a nice way to start the day.

To the contrary I was not prepared for it to be Monday.  Boo.  Was up insanely late last night, just didn't get to sleep even though I went to bed at a reasonable hour.  Woke up after three or four hours with a cramp and I was so tired I fell back asleep in the recliner un-reclined.  Can't remember the last time I fell asleep sitting upright with feet on the floor!  It was a predictable struggle to get going.

Breakfast:  Coffee

It helped.

Lunch:  Super beefy soup, cheddar asiago cheese

Made soup yesterday, double beef, no celery, less carrot.  Turned out fine.  Hoping the extra beef provides extra satiety.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner, allulose vanilla ice cream w roasted blueberries

Tacos hit hard.  Dessert was pretty tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  A much needed day off.

88.4

Put A Bow On It

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Well, one more day and then it's back to reality.  I have definitely enjoyed the downtime, if I can get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight I have hopes that I'll be ready to tackle the upcoming week refreshed and with new enthusiasm.  We'll see.

A bit of a rebound on the scale this morning, which I chalk up to a combo of bad eating -- too much and way too many carbs yesterday -- and being a bit backed up.  Today is also likely to be suboptimal, but hopefully not too awful.  I am planning to make a batch of double meat less veg soup for lunches - even though burgers are pretty doggone easy nothing beats the ease of heating up some soup.  Now that my A/C is operational I can cook with impunity.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with cream cheese, coffee

I managed to resist the mild impulse at the store last evening to buy a tub of veggie cream cheese, but the seed was planted to make these anyway, and I had a brick of cream cheese on hand for potential use in ice cream experiments.  Cleaned up a carton of yogurt too.

Lunch: 2 eggs over medium, hash browns in olive oil, leftover brisket w a little Stubbs BBQ sauce, a little super beefy soup

Made lots of dirty dishes this morning.  But cleaned up the brisket, the package of hash browns and ate the tiny bit of runt soup from today's batch.

While golfing had a Powerade lemon lime.  They didn't have any Zeros.

Dinner:  Shishkebabs (sirloin, bacon, grape tomatoes, mushrooms), mashed potatoes, green beans, 12 oz Miller Lite, blueberry cobbler with vanilla ice cream, a glass of 2% milk

Sunday dinner.  Not to beat my chest too much but I can cook some darned tasty food.  Local blueberries for the cobbler.  Almost forgot any kind of photo, I was hungry!  Obviously ate more than this!

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, less walking than usual.  I'm definitely feeling tired - it's been great getting in a lot of exercise but I'm feeling it.  Hoping for good sleep tonight.  Need to remember to down some electrolytes, it was hot and I drank a LOT of water.

89.2

More Extended Time

Saturday, July 6, 2024

I shouldn't be relaxing as much as I have been on this extended weekend, but it's been nice.  A very pleasant day today other than about five minutes of light sprinkles.

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

Standard.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, a few peanuts

After golf

Dinner:  Smoked brisket with a little Stubbs BBQ sauce

Went past the BBQ place so I grabbed some food to take home.  I ddin't eat the entire pound, but I made a big dent in it.

Also:  Sour cream and onion good crisps, allulose lemon ice cream

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, above average walking.

I am quite tired.

87.6 

No Post-Holiday Hangovers

Friday, July 5, 2024

After a holiday, a semi-holiday.  Worked a half day, but am taking the afternoon to get some errands done and hopefully a little golf (weather-dependent).  Edit:  Mostly struck out on the errands - no pork in stock at the farm so I bought very little, no power at the place I went to look at a couch, and it didn't look like the new farm store I went to check out was open.  Oh well.  Another day.

I was fully prepared for a small gain this morning, so it was quite the surprise to see a sizable drop.  I got in quite a bit of walking and some good disposing this morning but still, I was not expecting a drop let alone a big one.  Hooray.  Hopefully a couple more good days will keep that rolling.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Leftover home ovencheeseburgers on Cloudies

Remembered yesterday that I bought a box of Cloudies (zero carb buns) a while back, so I defrosted a couple over night and tried them.  Not bad, it was nice having my burgers as sandwiches, but I'm not sure it elevated the experience all that much.  I'll work on eating the rest -- need space in my freezer! -- but probably won't buy more soon.

Snack:  Jalapeno good crisps

Looks like I need to add these to the "do NOT buy" list.  I like them too much.

Dinner: CF sausage, cheddar asiago cheese, 12 oz MI P1lsner

Super late dinner.

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, not as much walking as usual.  Still tired.

89.4

Celebrate Indecision

Thursday, July 4, 2024

Happy 4th of July!  Nice to have a day off.

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

Standard.  A very fine effort by the kitchen staff.

Lunch:  ~12 oz Coors Light, jala good crisps

Shouldn't eat the chips ldo.  Need to not buy them, even when on sale.

Dinner:  Home ovencheeseburger, 12 oz MI P1lsner, vanilla allulose ice cream

Racked with indecision, eventually just went burger.  Added mustard and dill relish.  With the ice cream I mixed in a few 85% dark chocolate chips I found at the mega health food store and some unsweetened coconut.

Afraid I have overdone it a bit with the eating today.  Too many carbs between breakfast, beer and chips.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, above average extra walking

93.6

Satiety Is Weird

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Disposed of a little more water.  This is a good thing.

Interesting day.  I was never close to sated by lunch, by 4:30 I was very hungry.  Finally got dinner around 6:30.  I managed, barely, to talk myself out of supersizing my keto bowl.  Halfway through, I was happy that I had ... I was starting to feel sated.  When I finished, I felt good.  Didn't want more.  What a nice feeling ... and one I did not experience at all with lunch.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  5 eggs scrambled in a bit of olive oil, sliced smokehouse cheddar

Needed something fast, so eggs it was.

Dinner:  Keto bowl w ground beef.  A few good crisps, 12 oz MI P1lsner. 

Very tasty.  As I have said before, if they had a location in my town I'd eat this 3x a week.  As it is I get it often enough that one of the workers knows my order.

Planned on some allulose ice cream later but as of right now I am so comfortably full that I am likely to skip it.

Exercise:  Nope.  Looking forward to much golf.

95.6

Another Liquidation

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Well, I guess day one of the July plan went okay, despite the audible to tacos for dinner.  For whatever reason they don't result in major water retention, in fact I got rid of some though it was more notable on the scale than in real life.  I'll take it.  I'm still better off cooking and eating at home.

Also pleased with the ice cream with allulose experiment.  Tasted good, no obvious issues, no sugar rush or crash.  Will definitely get further testing.  I used up all my cream so the next one is half and half with milk, once I use up the milk I'll try all half and half.  Lots of flavor options still to experiment with too.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Leftover home ovencheeseburger

Yup.

Dinner:  Smokehouse cheddar before golf.  French dip sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite.  Orange julius protein ice cream

Definitely have felt a little off this evening.  Not bad, just off.  Anyway, the protein ice cream was decent.  I'll probably have just regular ice cream with allulose more often, but this was a pretty good change of pace.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, average walking

97.8

Problem Solving

Monday, July 1, 2024

I encountered a foreseeable problem today at lunch.  I haven't been eating many canned foods lately, so my supply of empty cans in which to put grease has dwindled.  To zero.  Ruh roh.   I had to think while my burgers were cooking and fortunately I came up with a solution.  A can of pineapple went into a Cremi container for future sorbeting.  Boom.  Problem, solved.

Woke up early this morning but did not get up.  Didn't feel great, a bit of a headache.  BP was a bit high.  Hopefully getting on track this week will improve things.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:   Home ovencheeseburger, a few chunks of canned pineapple in juice that didn't fit.

Standard.  No bread/bun today.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner, home lite ice cream

Wasn't going to do tacos but tacos won out.  The ice cream was new -- instead of sugar I used allulose.  Turned out very good!  A purist would say it was a tiny bit icy but honestly I rather like it that way.

Exercise:  Nope.  Thought about a walk tonight but going to crash early.

101.8