First Time Home Burrito

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Well that kinda sucked.  I had to deal with a situation and it kept me up insanely late.  I got to sleep shortly before 3:00.  And promptly woke up at 4:00 with a foot cramp.  Oof.  Fortunately I got right back to sleep and was out until the alarm went off at 7:00.  Definitely felt it but overall today went better than expected.  Still experienced a significant dropoff in productivity.  Need to crash early tonight.

I tried the sleep mask for the first time and I thought it went well.  It was nice to have it be pitch black, though flipping it up to hit snooze a few times wasn't ideal.  It'll get an extended trial run but so far so good.

Minor dip on the scale, another set of good BP numbers, it was a solid start.

Breakfast:  1 oz Ruminato sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Opened a package of the good cheese and cut my serving down to one slice, which was fine.

Lunch:  2 hard boiled eggs, 6 strips Meijer thick cut bacon

 

I ended up with about ten minutes for lunch.  Thankfully I had the extra eggs from the weekend and could add a double serving of bacon.  Tasty and fast.

Dinner:  Home burrito - tallow tortilla, ~5 oz taco meat, a little Organic Valley spicy cheddar, avocado and jalapenos 

 

I didn't even notice I bought large sized tallow tortillas until I went to toss one in a pan.  Oops.  I was just glad they had some at the fancy health food store.  This was very good, will eat again.  Probably six times, lol. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Crashing out.

95.8 

Discouraged To Encouraged

Monday, September 15, 2025

Here we go again with another week.

Have to say I was pretty discouraged yesterday.  I didn't sleep well Saturday night, too many aches and pains and I was just off.  Didn't have a lot of pep yesterday and after golf I was trying to do some yard work and had one of those power outages where I just felt exhausted.  I haven't had a lot of pep period but it's been really depressing how quickly I get tired and how drained I am when these spells hit.  It makes me quite worried that there is a bigger problem.

I didn't feel great when I went to sleep last night, but I woke up in a better frame of mind.  I got six plus hours before I woke up and when I did nothing was hurting of note.  Snoozed a while, I certainly could have slept longer, but I got going without incident.

And then I was encouraged by a nice drop on the scale - despite eating potatoes at two meals yesterday and only nine holes - and I got another fabulous set of bp numbers.  I would love to be able to ditch the bp medication whenever my next appointment is.  We'll see, but that's two days in a row.  Feels good.  And I really was happy to see the weight go down in a bit of a bigger chunk.

Breakfast:   2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Last of the package of the Cabot seriously sharp.  I think I'll buy some more this week, I'll be heading to that store for the first time in a while. 

Lunch:  3 eggs sunny, Alexia hash browns in butter, 3 strips Meijer thick cut bacon

 

Excellent.  Let's see what happens if I have potatoes for lunch today too.  I really enjoy the Alexia hash browns, it's too bad the only place that carries them is quite a distance away.   

Dinner:  3 tacos mexican style plus avocado and jalapenos

 

Again.  Honestly 2 probably would have been enough (I used to get 4).  If I start paying with cash maybe I'll try just ordering two (since I'd be under the credit card minimum).

Exercise:  Nope. 

96.0 

Adding The Scraps

Sunday, September 14, 2025

Did not get enough sleep last night.   Was very late falling asleep, after midnight.  Woke up at 4:30.  Ugh.  Did manage to get some more sleep, but with a lot to do today it was still an early start.  We'll see how much I pay for it later.

Too many carbs yesterday.  Scale up the minimum, but I got a really low (for me) BP reading this morning.  

I need to make sure I add the bits of things I eat when cooking - yesterday, for example, I had a slice of bacon from the package I cooked up. 

Breakfast:  2 oz sharp cheddar, hard boiled egg, coffee 

 

Extra egg from this morning's project.

Lunch:  2 eggs sunny in butter, hash browns in butter, 4 strips Meijer thick cut bacon

 

Excellent. 

Dinner:  Burger patty w mustard and pickle, 2 slices sharp cheddar, bacon, a little potato salad, salad no dressing, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Birthday party, it was surprisingly easy to skip the cake and ice cream. 

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  Pretty good with the extra walking.

98.2 

Had A Snappy Title, Forgot

Saturday, September 13, 2025

Glad to make it to the weekend.  Sluggish start this morning, had a late tee time so I could take it slow.  Scale was good, all the numbers in order, just not a lot of pep until I had coffee and breakfast.

I made a list of what I need to do this weekend last night and there is no chance I'll get it all done.  Yikes.

Breakfast:  1/2 oz sharp cheddar, coffee, 3 eggs sunny in butter, hash browns in butter, 3 Meijer sausage links

 

Spread out a bit but had to eat what I would have had for lunch about 10:30.

Lunch:  16 oz Mich Ultra

After golf.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl

 

My burrito artist recognized me as a recent regular and hooked me up pretty good.  Quite full.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not much extra walking.  Got tired the last couple holes.  I'd do more extra walking but since it's generally painful (leg, knee, you name it) I don't.  I'm just happy to be out there.

98.0 

Big Sigh

Friday, September 12, 2025

That sigh you heard was one of relief, both that it's Friday and that I finally broke through on the scale.  A nice little drop that for once wasn't the minimum.  Nothing special, either - no big exercise, no long sleeps, nothing like that.

Needless to say that has had me in a good mood all morning and it was productive.

Breakfast:  ~ 2 oz Cabot seriously sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Glad I had another package of cheese on hand, this is still a favorite kind.  Only one cup of coffee, I was that busy.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled in butter, 4 Meijer sausage links

 

Only three links left, I've been pleasantly surprised that they have been decent.  I'd much prefer cleaner, but they have done the job.

Dinner:  Keto bowl

 

It seems to work to drive to get the keto bowl and hit the fancy health food store for groceries on Friday evenings.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did walk a few blocks for work stuff, but did not attempt the big stairs due to knee discomfort.

99.0 

Never Forget

Thursday, September 11, 2025

Another day, almost there.  I was in a somber mood last night, so I didn't go back to work, and it has carried over into today.  Life.

Not much to report.  Minimal drop on the scale, it's taking a long, long time to drop below the next mile marker.  Which is a little furstrating tbqh.

But on we go.

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer sharp white cheddar, coffee 

 

Last of the package.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled, 4 Meijer sausage links, leftover butter biscuit

 

All fine.

Dinner:   Soup, nonfat greek yogurt w frozen strawberries

 

I think I like the soup better without the crushed tomatoes.

Exercise:  Nope.

100.2 

Body Goes To War

Wednesday, September 10, 2025

I'm weirdly encouraged.  My body had a conversation last night as I was eating the crap (domino's stuffed cheesy bread) and afterward.

Mouth:  Ooh, hey, this is pretty tasty.

Stomach:  WTF is this crap bro?

Rest of Body:  Hey we don't want to have to deal with this junk, GTFO.

Brain:  Okay, fine

I basically felt like low-grade crap after eating it, stomach and all.  So hopefully next time I'll remember that and be like nope.  In fairness I did consider and reject a lot of other options first, ultimately it narrowly prevailed over just eating some yogurt at home and only because it was free.  I think the only other meaningful points I have for free food are at Wendys.

Anyway, happy to see no change on the scale.  Let's be good today and hope for no delayed impact.

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer sharp white cheddar, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  2 eggs scrambled, 5 slices CF black pepper garlic bacon

 

Too lazy to grab another package of eggs so I went with the two eggs I had.  On the plus side, two days in a row they were really good.

Dinner:  Soup, 2 butter biscuits

 

The butter biscuits are interesting, just a mix of butter powder and egg, from someone I follow on X.  I'll probably mess around with some variations while I use up the butter powder. 

Exercise:  Nope.

100.4 

Complain, Get Results, Rinse, Repeat

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Apparently complaining about the scale produces results.  Good morning today, nice to see a drop.  Insert shrug emojis here.  It will always be a mystery.

Not much else going on.  Busy work week but not insane.  Barely.

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer sharp white cheddar, coffee

 

Again.

Also, one of my co-workers made and brought in cookies so I felt like being polite and ate the smallest one I could find.

 

 It was quite good.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled in butter, 5 strips CF garlic pepper bacon

 

Now that's more like it.  Best effort on the eggs in quite some time.  I had the cookie about 45 minutes before lunch and it definitely confused my body.  I think it thought that was lunch and all of lunch.

Dinner:  Pulled pork, grilled chicken, 24 oz Miller Lite.  

 

 

Golf banquet.  It was okay. 

Also:  Dominos stuffed pepperoni bread

 

The price was right, it was free.  Otherwise, it was wrong. 

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, decent walking.

100.4 

Here We Go Again (and Again)

Monday, September 8, 2025

Bah.  Monday again and nothing good on the scale.  A recipe to get the week off on the wrong foot.

Nothing of note, really.  Felt like I ate okay yesterday.  Probably could have had one fewer brat, but I very much doubt that would have made a difference.  Also worked up a good sweat.  I'm only up fractionally, but after three days on the same number it's still annoying.  May be a hangover from too many carbs on Saturday.  May also be that I just need to eat less fat.

Anyway, life goes on.   Let's do this.

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer sharp white cheddar, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  4 eggs scrambled with a little cream cheese, 5 strips CF black pepper garlic bacon

 

Solid.

Dinner:  3 mexican style tacos w avocado and jalapenos

 

Again.

Exercise:  Nope.  Need to get on this.

101.4 

Frozen And Stuck

Sunday, September 7, 2025

Looking forward to a day off and getting some things done today.  Happy Sunday.  Slept in a bit but I'm pretty close to on schedule.

Scale was frozen, same weight for the third straight day.  On one hand I'm not super upset as yesterday was not a great eating day, but on the other it's discouraging to be stuck and losing very slowly if at all.  There is so much weight there to lose and I've scaled back the eating and improved the quality of what I do eat, plus I got ample exercise.  It just feels like it should be coming off easier.  I definitely won't be where I need to be before I leave on vacation in less than three weeks.

None of which changes what I need to do, we charge ahead.  Frozen or not. 

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer sharp white cheddar, coffee

 

No fancy cheese this week, I didn't make it to the nice health food store before closing on Friday.

Lunch:  Soup, 5 strips CF garlic pepper bacon, Fage 5% greek yogurt

 

I'm a little out of practice on the soup, forgot to buy crushed tomatoes and forgot to put in a bay leaf.  Didn't matter, was still good.  I've missed it.  Bacon was 20 slices to the pound, yogurt was just out of date and found when cleaning out the fridge. 

Dinner:  4 Johnsonville beef brats w mustard and dill relish, salad, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Sunday dinners.  I was quite hungry by mid-afternoon, but it was pleasantly not hard to ignore it.

Exercise:  Nope, off day.  Super active around the house though.

101.0

Moving Down The Alphabet

Saturday, September 6, 2025

Things did not go as planned this morning.  Early tee time.  Plan A was to grab breakfast at a familiar spot along the way.  I was ready for a nice omelet, no toast.  We ran into an accident on the freeway that had traffic at a dead stop.  Didn't move for more than 15 minutes, finally we turned around and detoured.  But that wiped out the time we had for a sit down meal.  Plan B was a McBreakfast.  I ordered an Egg McMuffin.  Did I get an Egg McMuffin?  No, I did not.  On to Plan C, which was to eat what they gave me.  All things being equal I'm glad we didn't get to Plan D, which was to go hungry.

Anyway, no change on the scale, nice BP numbers, elevated pulse but not hugely. 

Breakfast:  McDonalds bacon, egg and cheese bagel, coffee

No photo.  It was fine, just not at all what I ordered.  I'd never had a McBagel before.  

Lunch:  Beef snack stick, ~ 12 oz Miller Lite

Post-golf

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl

 

Had to pay for extra protein to get a decent quantity, but all good. 

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Did some extra walking.  Not a huge amount but I did get some in and it felt fine.  Also did a lengthy trip through the grocery store.

101.0 

Reversed It

Friday, September 5, 2025

All of yesterday's frustrations reversed.  All numbers good except pulse which was even higher, though still not in the zone of real concern.  It's just different.

Woke up briefly at 4:30 with leg and foot cramps, it's a challenge to stand when both legs and feet are cramping.  But it passed quickly and I got back to sleep without issue.  Which was good, I was up too late.  I'd like to go to bed by 9:00 but that doesn't often seem to happen.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Again.  

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled w peppers and onions, 4 Meijer sausage links

 

Again.  And okay again.

Dinner:  Keto bowl

 

Exercise:  Nope.  Golf tomorrow.

101.0 

Stupid Biochemistry

Thursday, September 4, 2025

One of those days.  A day where I just don't know.  I had a clean eating day yesterday, nice and low in carbs.  A few here and there but under my goal easily.  No exercise, but I wasn't a complete slug.  And yet I get up this morning and everything is worse.  Weight up more than a pound, bp up marginally, pulse back up.  It wasn't from retaining water, I got up for the first time in a while during the night to take care of that.  It just is.  And that's frustrating.

Oh well.  Nobody ever said it was going to be a linear process, but I do have hopes and expectations of a little better success.  It may be that I need to eat less fat - that was never an issue previously with a lower carb diet, but it may that this time it is.  

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Again.

Lunch:  3 eggs sunny with a sprinkle of cheddar, jalapenos, 4 Meijer sausage links

 

Okay.

Dinner:  2 tacos mexican style plus avocado and jalapenos, nonfat greek yogurt with frozen strawberries

 

So that's why I mostly go on discount day.  About $10 for two tacos.   Pleasantly surprised, though, at how satisfying they were.

 Ok.

Exercise:  Nope.  Had ideas, did not do.

102.4 

Well-Guarded Optimism

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Almost halfway through another week.  And for once I have some (very modest) reasons to be optimistic.  I feel slightly less upper abdomen bloat.  A fraction more energy.  Less knee and leg pain.  And just maybe I'm starting to regain the slightest bit of metabolic efficiency when it comes to food.  Being down the last couple days despite impure eating has me hoping that last one is true.  I don't need to be consequence-free, it would just be super helpful if a handful of extra carbs on one day would not derail things.

So anyway that's a long way of saying that the scale was good this morning - best number since early March I think - and I'm in a good mood.  I even vacuumed last night and the spiffy clean floors had me going to bed with a smile.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

 

Back to the Ruminato fancy brand.  I need to check the label but if these are full ounce slices I may try cutting back to 1 slice per day next week - I think the Meijer cheese works out to about 1.5 oz per 2 slices.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled, avocado, sour cream, leftover tri tip, 2 Meijer sausage links

 

The eggs were meh, the meats were good.  I need to grill more steak.

 Dinner:  Brisket

 

Grocery store brisket.  Super fatty.  I bought some yogurt thinking I might want something more but so far NOPE. 

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  Might try something tomorrow to keep an every-other schedule going.

101.2 

When The Spirit

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Back to reality.  I was glad I spent an hour picking up last night but it's still been a busy day.  Got a little extra sleep, though I didn't need to hear someone set off an alarm at 2:30.  Ugh.  Scale was back down slightly, which was not really expected.

Didn't take the time to clear the system this morning, it wasn't ready.  Have to wait until the spirit moves you, which it did mid-morning.  Phew.

Anyway, back to it. 

Breakfast:  2 slices pepper jack, coffee

 

Effective as usual.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled, leftover keto biscuit, leftover chorizo gravy, avocade

 

Tasty.

Dinner:   French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite

 

Almost the last Tuesday night golf and dinner.  Of note, FINALLY satiety from this meal. 

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.  I was very pleased to make it through the day with no knee pain!  I was able to walk a few work-related blocks too.

103.8 

Laboring

Monday, September 1, 2025

Labor day.  Kind of fitting that I was laboring around a golf course.  Between the knee/leg issues and just running out of gas the last hole or two it was work.

Small bump on the scale this morning.  I have some disposing to do but did not have the time this morning to make it happen.  Not concerned about the bump. 

Anyway, nice to have the extra day.  I should work this evening, we'll see if that happens.

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

 

Different location, they really nailed it this morning.  Also, they were running a breakfast buffet and after seeing the plate of the guy who walked in ahead of us it's a miracle they had food left.  I didn't know you could stack food that high.

Lunch:  A few cashews and a couple Gatorade Zeros.

Dry course.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl

 

My burrito artist was in DGAF mode, so I got generous helpings of everything.  I did remember to ask her to go easy on the rice.  Still too carby too seed oily but tasty.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking.  Pretty darned tired.

ETA:  Okay, this is WEIRD.  I've been fighting knee and leg pain for weeks.  It's been present 100% of the time.  It hurts.  Today was tough on it, lots of walking.  I just went to work for an hour to pick up my desk.  On the way there, standard pain.  On the way home, I walked from my car down the street to home and I HAD NO PAIN.  Wait wut?  I don't think for a second that it's solved, but it was nice to have a few minutes of no ache, no pain, no bother. 

104.2