Unstuck For a Moment

Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Among the sea of ennui, the annals of apathy, the general malaise at least something a little good happened this morning.  I fell asleep on the couch last night which made for an early awakening.  After dawdling for a good while, I finally talked myself into going for a short walk.  And you know what?  I'm glad I did.  It felt good.  Physically, I'm in wretched shape.  Ground zero.  But the fresh cold air and a nice easy pace got my blood moving a little bit and it just felt ... good.

Of course that didn't carry on to me seizing the day or anything - I ended up dozing off afterward and killing any positive metabolism impact.  But I don't care.  I went for a walk and I liked it.

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds breakfast burritos, coffee

I am so ready to be done with the house selling process.  Not that I would be creating a lot of dishes with my usual breakfast or anything, it's more the mental block that pushes me into driving through for something as simple as coffee.

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:  Yes!  A walk.  I downloaded a pedometer app for my phone the other day and it said that I covered 1.0 mile, ~ 2200 steps, in 21 minutes of activity.  I'll take it.  And maybe I'll check at the end of the day for overall activity though my expectations are low.

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Less Than Awesome

Saturday, January 17, 2015

Yeah, things could be going better.  I really need to get focused and DO THIS.

Heard something interesting while waiting for a blood draw yesterday about how exercise impacts fat storage.  Hard to describe exactly but the general message resonated, which was get daily exercise and your body is disposed to USE rather than STORE energy.

Breakfast:  Greek omelet, hash browns, 2 slices sourdough toast w grape jelly, coffee

Snack:  Donuts and milk

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:


Friday, January 16, 2015

Breakfast:  TB California crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Qdoba burrito bowl

Dinner:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little cajun fry

Snack:  McD Double cheeseburger, medium chocolate shake


Thursday, January 15, 2015

Breakfast:  2 McD breakfast burritos, coffee

Lunch:  Scrambled eggs w/ potatoes, cheese, green peppers ham and onion, 2 slices sourdough toast, coffee

Dinner:  Fried perch dinner, fries

Snack:  BK medium chocolate shake, cheeseburger

Sugg

Wednesday January 14, 2015

Sigh.  Still not much traction.

Breakfast:  Nope.  Had to be somewhere early and knew that I'd be tied up at lunch, so ...

Brunch:  Sausage/egg skillet, pancakes, coffee

Ate about 10:00 or so.   Worked out decently, though quite hungry by dinnertime.

Dinner:  2 taco bell chicken burritos, beefy fritos burrito, slider, empanada

Too much food and LOTS of calories.  And yet ... empty.

Also:  16 oz two hearted ale

Exercise:  Nope.

Try again tomorrow.

Crack Encore

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

So yesterday ended with a crack.  And I was so close to making it.  I made it home without picking anything up and -- this is very rare for me -- ended up going back out to get a pizza.  FAIL.  At least I then stayed up for another five or six hours watching the football game but good grief.

A collateral consequence of staying up way too late two nights in a row is that my schedule is even more screwed up than usual.  I don't feel too horrible which is nice but it will be a pain trying to fix it!

Breakfast:  Salami, coffee

Same as yesterday, a little less salami since it's a late breakfast.

Lunch:

Dinner:

Exercise:

Let's Do This Seattle?

Monday, January 12, 2015

Well, all things considered I am in a pretty good frame of mind this morning.  We will see just how solid my determination is but right at the moment I want to do this.  Get it going, get it fixed.

I didn't jump right in with exercise.  Up far too late last night.  I'm actually surprised that I feel mostly decent given that I had maybe six hours of sleep.  At least it was good sleep.

Breakfast:  Salami, coffee

One of the things I need to do is be more consistent about taking pictures again.  I feel like I am much more accountable for the things I eat when I document them that way.  Of course I didn't take any this morning, but at least I can say 6 slices of salami and a large black Tim Hortons Coffee.

Lunch:  Qdoba burrito bowl, water

Forgot to take a picture, oops.  It didn't occur to me but I bet they'd be happy to sub lettuce for rice and I should do that next time.  I had rice, pinto beans, steak, fajita veggies, queso diablo, light sour cream, light cheese, pico, hot salsa and a healthy dash of guac.  Probably 1,000 calories or more but since it's "the meal" I'm okay with that!

Dinner:   Deluxe pizza

Fail.

Exercise:  Nope.

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Another Shot Coming

Sunday, January 11, 2015

Okay.  Thinking I might be ready to try again starting tomorrow.  And hey, I found my pedometer!

Breakfast:  Huge piece of breakfast casserole, hash browns, coffee

Lunch:  Chips and queso, 16 oz Bells Two Hearted Ale

Dinner:  Meatloaf, potatoes, green beans w cheese, rolls w butter

Snacks:  Theo chocolate bar, McDonalds medium chocolate shake

Exercise:  Nope.


Saturday, January 10, 2015

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little cajun fries

Snack:  2 Big Macs, 2 apple pies

Dinner:  2 TB crunchwrap sliders, empanada


Friday, January 9, 2015

Breakfast:  3 McD sausage burritos, coffee

Lunch:  2 slices three meat pizza

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 16 oz Bells Two Hearted ale

Snack:  Cheeseburger and fries



Thursday, January 8, 2015

Breakfast:  Sausage scrambler, pancakes, coffee

Lunch:  Sesame chicken

Dinner:  Mixed nuts, 16 oz Bells Two hearted ale

Snack:  Mini Jimmy Johns ham sandwich

No exercise any of these days

Still No Traction

Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Yep.  Still not underway.

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds sausage burritos, large coffee

Lunch:  Frisco burger, chips, ranch dressing, coffee

Dinner:   Dunno

Exercise:  Snow shoveling


Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Breakfast:  Taco Bell sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns vito sub, salt & vinegar chips

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza

Snack:  Mixed nuts, 24 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  Snow shoveling


Monday, January 5, 2015

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds sausage burritos, 10 pc tim hortons timbits, coffee

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwich, chips, pickle, coffee

Dinner:  Leftover roast beef, potatoes, gravy, carrots, roll with butter, jello, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Snow shoveling

False Starts

Sunday, January 4, 2014

Okay, hopefully things get going tomorrow.  I'm still going to have an issue with cooking at home but if I can get on the modest breakfast and lunch train that will be a good start.

Breakfast:  Irish omelet (corned beef, potato, onion, swiss cheese), 2 slices sourdough toast, coffee

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little cajun fries

Dinner:  Roast beef, mashed potatoes, carrots, roll with butter

Exercise:  Quite a bit, actually.  Cleaning out the basement, moving stuff.  Heavy stuff.  Good times.


Saturday, January 3, 2014

Lazy, slack day.  Didn't feel great.

Breakfast:  Breakfast "lasagna", hash browns, coffee, donuts

Lunch:  Italian beef sandwich, fries

Dinner:  Pizza and cheese sticks with sauce

Exercise:  Nope.


Friday, January 2, 2014

The holiday rolls on.

Breakfast:  I don't remember

Lunch:  Qdoba

Dinner:  Italian sub, slice of cheese toast, side salad with ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite

Exercise:  Nope.  Did some cleaning and stuff but nothing official.

A Day Zero

Thursday, January 1, 2015

I forgot to mention yesterday ... I don't believe in starting anything on January 1.  Not on a holiday.  So today is the day before.  I kinda woke up at the right time but didn't manage to stay up.  I do think I'll be tired enough to get to bed early and get things underway.  I don't know if the weather will cooperate, it was certainly horrible this morning - gale force winds and cold.  We'll see.

Breakfast:  Cornbread scramble, diced potatoes, coffee

Lunch:  5 guys cheeseburger, little cajun fries

Snack:  Chips and onion dip

Dinner:  Ham and scalloped potatoes

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End of Charade

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

The last day of the year.  In a lot of ways, that's a very good thing.  2014 has been a bust in most respects.  I have done very little toward accomplishing any of my goals.  When I weigh in tomorrow, it will be a bad number.  I have slacked hard on exercise and have been binge eating.  There is no other way to describe it.  It's horrible.

But the sun will come up tomorrow ... eventually.  It has been such a strange winter.  No matter what it will be a new day and a perfect time to start fresh.

2015 goals.  I have them.

1.  Sell house.  This has been keeping me fairly preoccupied.  It's going to be listed ASAP, although I have doubts that it will sell right away.  If not I may need to do some things and try again in the spring.

2.  Make dietary changes and have them stick.  I know what I need to do.  A paleo style, carbohydrate restricted diet works for me.  I do eat dairy because I tolerate it well, but I need to cut out the sugar and the empty starch.  Protein, fat, vegetables and just a little fruit.  Easy.

3.  Get back on the exercise train.   Daily walking is where it's at.

There is more, but that's enough.  Let's go.

Hopefully Soon

Wednesday - Saturday December 13, 2014

I haven't been keeping track.  Rough week.

All meals have been out and I've been eating too much.  A handful of beers as well.

A Distinct Lack of Focus

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Struggling.  Up too late.  No motivation in the evenings.  Sluggish in the mornings.  Apathetic toward work.  Generally discouraged.  I need a boost.

Breakfast:  2 McDonalds sausage burritos, large coffee, some kind of filled donut

Lunch:  Cornbread scramble with potatoes, coffee

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl I believe

Exercise:  Nope

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Wrong Footed

Monday, December 8, 2014

Off on the wrong one again this morning.  Got up at the right time, switched the laundry, watched the news ... and went back to bed.  Late getting in as a result.  Bah.  Not sure why I am dragging so much lately.  Anyway, I hope to finish a project or two this evening and sleep early.  I need to get back to eating simple breakfasts and dinners at home -- I should be able to do that without messing the place up too much!

Breakfast:  Taco Bell California crunch wrap, coffee

Lunch:  Steak breakfast fajita with eggs, potatoes and veggies, coffee

Dinner:  Subway meatball sub, fritos, 24 oz Sam Adams

Exercise:  Nope

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A Weekend of Awful

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Sluggish.

Breakfast:  Nope.  Slept in.

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little cajun fries with ketchup

Dinner:  Spaghetti with ground beef, salad, garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite

Other:  12 oz Bells Best Brown Ale, BK cheeseburger and medium strawberry shake.  I think I had a Culvers medium chocolate shake sometime also

Exercise:  Nope.


Saturday, December 6, 2014

Yeesh.

Breakfast:  Nope.  Slept in until 11:00

Lunch:  5 Guys cheeseburger, little fries with ketchup, 4 pc Wendys spicy nuggets, large Frosty

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl

Exercise:  Nope.  Lots of movement on a house project but it doesn't count.


Friday, December 5, 2014

Breakfast:  Taco Bell California crunchwrap, coffee

Lunch:  Loaded cheeseburger, fries

Dinner:  Domino's bacon cheeseburger pizza

Exercise:  Nope

I think I have captured all of the awfulness.  I can still binge eat with the best of them.  It's sickening.

Title Shortage

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Dragging big time.  Latest night yet and it's not a good thing.  Necessary though.  Really looking forward to getting to the weekend even though it will be frantically busy.

Breakfast:  McDonalds sausage mcmuffin, large coffee.  I even ate the whole english muffin, not sure why.  Dumb.

Lunch:  2 eggs over easy, bacon, hash browns, 2 slices sourdough toast with butter, coffee

Couldn't decided on what to have for lunch, so I went with a default option.  It was fine.

Dinner:

Exercise:  Barely dragged myself out of bed in time to go to work, so NOPE.  Need to re-adjust that schedule.

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Rustled

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Perturbed, annoyed, whatever.  I'm having some issues right now.  Really lacking focus and where it shows up big time is at dinner.  Argh.

Oh, and I stayed up way way way too late last night.  Ugh.  Dumb but necessary.

Breakfast:  Large McDonalds coffee

Lunch:  Farmer's breakfast - eggs, ham, potatoes, green pepper, onion and cheese.  2 slices sourdough toast, coffee

Next time, I get the half order.  That was a bit much.

Dinner:  Qdoba burrito bowl.  1000 calories of yum.

Exercise:  Nope.

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Too Much

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Too much eating today.  Actually it was just dinner.

Breakfast:  None.  Large coffee from McDonalds

Lunch:  Cornbread scramble, potatoes, coffee

Dinner:  Burrito bowl from Qdoba, chips and queso

Exercise:  Nope.

120.2

Yikes

Monday, December 1, 2014

Well, the weekend ended with too much eating.  Felt bloated this morning.  And I stayed up way too late resulting in a slow start this morning.  Hoping to get back on track today, though a leftovers meal does await this evening.

Breakfast:  2 slices Meijer pepper jack cheese.

Notably inferior to the Kraft.  I'll stick with the kind I like in the future.

Lunch:  Omelet with andouille sausage, peppers, onions.  2 slices sourdough toast with butter, coffee

This was good.  The eggs were a bit overdone, but it was fine.  It was difficult to resist the patty melt special, but I did it.  Now if I could just decline the toast.

Dinner:  Turkey dinner leftovers.  Yum.

Exercise:  Nope.  So tired.

120.2

Some Kind of Home Stretch

Sunday, November 30, 2014

The last day of the month.  Not a notable occasion.  I see a lot of working around the house ahead of me today, followed by a feast tonight.

Breakfast:  Cornbread scramble with potatoes, pico de gallo, coffee

No picture.  I've had this many times before.  Good as always.

Lunch:  5 Guys little cheeseburger, little fries

Burned some calories, needed real food.  Tried to keep it reasonable.  Should have gone to Qdoba.

2nd Lunch:  McDonald's triple cheeseburger, medium fries

This was a bad idea.  Needed more calories, should have made a better choice.

Dinner:  Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, peas, rolls with butter, 12 oz Miller Lite.  Slice of pumpkin pie with cool whip

Super delicious but I ate too much.  Way too much.  And there are leftovers for tomorrow.

Exercise:  A ton of work around the house.  Raked leaves for a couple hours.  Worked inside.  I am dead tired.

118.0

Carrying

Saturday, November 29, 2014

Work work work around the house.  Not a memorable day, but I have been getting some things done which is nice.  So very much to do though.

Breakfast:  Cornbread scramble with potatoes, pico de gallo, coffee

No picture.  I've had it many times before.  So good.

Lunch:  Several slices of salami, Greek Gods yogurt plain

Meals were out of order today.

Dinner:  Burrito bowl from Qdoba

This must be about 1500 calories.  Sure is good though.

This thing was huge.

Exercise:  Nothing official.  Lots of movement today thought - cleaning house plus an hour plus shopping trip.

118.4

Feast On

Friday, November 28, 2014

Whew!  I really overdid it last night.  A big meal was planned.  Lots of eating expected.  And it happened.  Unsurprisingly I wasn't in a big hurry to make breakfast this morning.

Mixed bag on the sleep front.  I stayed up way way too late - I didn't even get home until after 10 and decided to let things settle even more.  Got up at the usual time but lazed about for an hour or more.  I really need to crank up the intensity.  Oh, and it would have been a beautiful morning for a walk.  I dragged the trash to the curb in the predawn and yeah it was a lovely crisp morning.  Oh well.  I really do hope to push it a little on the home improvement front today, so hopefully I'll burn some calories.

Which will be important, because I have a big leftover meal for lunch.  Then I'll be done until Sunday, when another feast is planned.

Breakfast:  2 large CF eggs fried in a bit of butter, 2 thick slices black label bacon, Alexia hash browns fried in butter, some 4 state cheddar, 1/2 grapefruit, coffee

If I were hungrier I would have ATTACKED this.  So good.

Breakfast perfection.  It really doesn't get better than this.  Well, I suppose it could, but for breakfasts made by me this was 10/10.

Lunch:  Leftover feast.  Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, mac and cheese, rolls with butter, fruit salad

Pictured but not consumed:  Jello.  Too full!

This was enough for about 3 meals.  Oh well.  So delicious.  Dinner will be very light tonight, I am stuffed.  I could definitely have done without the 2nd roll.  And I skipped the jello salad.

Dinner:  12 oz Sam Adams Boston lager.

Yup, I had a beer for dinner.  And truth be told I would have been happy with 1/2 of the beer.

Exercise:  Nothing official.

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A Day of Thanks and Stuffing

Thursday, November 27, 2014
Thanksgiving Day

So nice to have a holiday.  I went back to bed and slept late, which won't do good things for me tonight but I am hoping that some evening tryptophan will let me get to bed on time.  Just a local feast for me today, which is nice.  I'll make a couple of dishes to bring but no heavy setup or prep.  A pleasant family evening.

Breakfast:  2 large CF eggs scrambled and cooked in butter with mushrooms, green pepper and onion, a little 4 state cheddar, 1 1/3 C ish Alexia hash browns cooked in butter, 2 thick slices black label bacon, 1/2 grapefruit, coffee

Now featuring grapefruit!

Whew, that's a lot of stuff for one meal!  It was good, although my timing was a bit off, the onions and green peppers cooked from frozen a lot faster than I thought they would so the eggs were done early.  Oh well, no harm.  Oh, and I could have cooked the mushrooms more.  But still at least 7/10.

Lunch:  Greek Gods yogurt with a little raspberry preserves.  Decided to keep it light in anticipation of the feast.  Didn't bother with a picture, it's the same as usual.

Dinner:  Thanksgiving FEAST.  Turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, rolls with "butter", deviled egg, green olives, mac and cheese, a taste of cranberry, 12 oz Sam Adams, 12 oz Bell's Winter White Ale, a couple bites of candy, piece of lemon meringue pie, bite of apple pie

Oh, yes.  And yeah I had seconds.  And pie.

That plate was loaded.  And I went back for more.  I especially love the basics - turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy.  Yum.

Exercise:  Nope.  Moved around quite a bit doing stuff at home but not enough to count.

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Rest Full

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

You guessed it, another day of going back to bed.  I feel better about it today though.  I didn't stay up late, I got up early and just found that I needed more sleep.  So I went with it.  As a result I felt pretty good when I did finally get up.  Of course I'll feel even better once I get into an exercise routine with no lapses, but it's a start.

I have big plans to accomplish many things during the holiday weekend, we will see how many of those things actually get accomplished.

Breakfast:  McDonalds sausage mcmuffin (minus 1/2 muffin), large coffee

No picture.  Actually now that I think of it, I have one from yesterday.  But in any event, the same deal applies - I was very late and was not impressive.

Doesn't that just look, um, well, um, fantastic?

Yup.

Lunch:  Omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avocado, 2 slices sourdough toast with butter, coffee

Breakfast for lunch never ever gets old

Back to an old favorite for a day.  Still good.  Didn't quite finish it.

Dinner:  Salami, 1/2 pickle, olives, carrot and celery sticks, yogurt with raspberry preserves

There were not the finest carrots I have ever had

Didn't bother getting out lettuce and making a salad.  Just fine for a light dinner, actually quite filling.

Exercise:  Nope.  Slug.

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An Unhappy Trend

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Sleep.  It shouldn't be hard.  I'm making it hard.  Stayed up way too late last night, which meant another morning of going back to bed instead of walking.  Not happy about that.

Breakfast:  McDonalds sausage mcmuffin (minus 1/2 muffin), large coffee

No picture.  So late this morning that I had to get breakfast and coffee after my first appointment.  It was okay but I should not be eating this.

Lunch:  Cajun omelet with andouille sausage, green pepper and onion, 2 slices sourdough toast with butter, coffee

Ragin' good.

Back to the same place I went yesterday.  No breakfasty specials, but this was plenty good.  I'll be back.

Dinner:  Romaine salad with salsa, green olives, 1/2 dill pickle, 3 slices salami.  Greek Gods yogurt with a little raspberry preserves

Randomness.  So much randomness.

Without the yogurt this would have been pretty light in the protein department.  Pretty pleased with the light dinner concept though.

Exercise:  Yeah, no.  FAIL.

117.4

Toughen Up Son

Monday, November 24, 2014

I need to get mentally tough.  I overdid it last night.  And I paid the price this morning.  I stayed up a little later than usual to give myself extra time to digest but still:  When I woke up this morning I didn't stay up long.  Went back to sleep and got 2+ more hours of solid sleep.  Lots of dreams.  It didn't help my ambition any that it was raining again but still, this was about needing more sleep.  And eating like crap last night surely played a role.

Breakfast:   McDonald's sausage mcmuffin (minus half of the english muffin), large coffee

No picture.  I was very late this morning and didn't remember to eat anything until I was pulling in for a coffee.  I'm sure there are many better choices but so be it.  This was edible at least.

Lunch:  Restaurant special:  A square of scalloped potato casserole with 2 eggs, kiebasa (?) sausage, sauteed green and red peppers and onions, 2 slices sourdough toast, coffee

This picture doesn't come close to doing justice.  Just ... YUM

Oh.  My.  Word.  I tried another local place today.  I had previously had lunch there once or twice and it was okay but not overwhelming.  This, however, was INCREDIBLE.  It was a special of the day and it was fabulous.  And the best part?  It was $5.00.  With coffee and a healthy tip, under $9.  I'm going back, and soon.  The rest of the breakfast menu looked pretty standard, but if they have specials like this I'm in.

It was a ton of food and way way too much starch.  But so good.

Dinner:  Iceberg salad with salsa and green olives, 3 slices salami, 1 container Meijer organic unsweetened applesauce

Quick and easy.

Late dinner, needed to just eat.  Also figured I should go light given the enormous lunch!

Exercise:  Nope.  Fail.  And given that it's HOWLING and snowing sideways again tonight it's not looking too promising for the morning either.

118.6

Howling, Mad

Sunday, November 23, 2014

At a certain point last night, I just ran out of gas.  I recognized it and went to immediate bedtime mode.  I even slid into the old bed, since it was made up and my hard surface bed wasn't.  And then I couldn't sleep.  Go figure.  I guess I'm full reconverted to sleeping on the hard surface.  I had to move.

Anyway, I got up at the usual time this morning and the wind was just howling.  I want to get out there and walk, I really do, but I really struggle with the idea of fighting 20-30 mph wind gusts.  Even when it's not cold.  It rained yesterday and melted the snow.

So I'm a little mad.  Maybe, just maybe, I'll go to the mall this afternoon and do a couple of laps for exercise.  We will see.  Oh, and I should get outside and put away a couple of things.  Before the snow returns.

Breakfast:  3 large CF eggs, 3 strips thick slice black label bacon, 1 C hash browns in butter, a little 4 state cheddar cheese, coffee

Overcooked bacon in this picture

The usual.  I'm down to a couple of ounces of the cheddar ... really have been good about just using a little bit.  I had to buy large eggs yesterday, I didn't see any of the jumbos.  Not a big deal, really, though 2 of the jumbos has been the perfect quantity.   Oh well.

Lunch:  Big salad with iceberg mix, salsa, 1/2 pickle, a medium avocado, 3 slices of salami, a little pepperoni.  Leftover cold chicken leg.  1 cup Meijer organic unsweetened applesauce

I think I'll be eating more salads.

This was quite good and held up well.  A lot of fat in that salad considering that there is no dressing!

Dinner:  Lasagna, a little salad, garlic toast, chocolate sheet cake and ice cream

Fail:  Before the addition of salad.  And I had seconds ... and then some.

I can hear the FATness

This was all kinds of FAIL.  I ate too much lasagna.  Had toast.  And then had cake and ice cream.  It was a birthday party.  Not mine so I could have said no.  I didn't.

Exercise:  Nope.  Awful weather plus lazy.

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Almost Giving Thanks

Saturday, November 22, 2014

Another dismal weather day.  Rain which is freezing on contact, changing over to all rain.  Yuck.  Needless to say it's going to be another day that I won't be outside walking.  At least it is Saturday, so I can get my workout in doing cleaning and moving things around.

Breakfast:  2 jumbo CF eggs fried in a pat of butter, 3 slices thick slice Black Label bacon, just over 1 C Alexia hash browns fried in butter, a little 4 state cheddar, coffee

I am expert at hiding the hash browns

A bit high on the calorie count I supposed but delicious.  I hope the anticipated level of activity today will justify it.  Oh, and I'll need to go very light at dinner.

Lunch:  Chicken pot pie filling, lots

I had another big scoop to finish it off too.  So full now.

My goodness was this delicious.  And it's not that hard when you have precooked chicken.  It does have some bad stuff in it - the smallest potato I could find in the 10 lb bag I bought for Thanksgiving, 3/8 C of whole milk and 1/8 C of flour.  It also has lots of chicken, carrot, celery, (dehydrated) onion and chicken stock plus spices.  Yum yum yum.

Dinner:  2 big slices of pastrami, usual yogurt with raspberry preserves

I didn't bother with a picture.  A little late due to watching football.  Oh, and you know what?  My stomach isn't crazy about pastrami.

Exercise:  Nope.  Ended up being a pretty lazy day.

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Fed Up, To Here

Friday, November 21, 2014

Annoyed by my sloth.  Another non-walking morning.  I had hopes of hitting up the store and at least doing a couple laps there.  Did it happen?  Nope.  Instead after being awake for a couple of hours I napped.  And the forecast for tomorrow morning?  Freezing rain.  Yuck.

Breakfast:  5 or 6 slices of salami, 2 mugs chicken boullion, large McDonalds coffee

No photo taken.  Getting the coffee took much longer than it would have taken to clean the coffee maker and brew a pot.  Stupid.  Oh well.  And I just grabbed the salami because it was convenient.  Figured I needed to eat something anyway.

Lunch:  Omelet with cheddar cheese and bacon, 2 slices sourdough toast with "butter", coffee

This wasn't my favorite ever.

Good but not great.  I'm still working on finding the absolutely perfect omelet.  I like the skillets at this place but they have a LOT of potato.  Maybe I'll get one next time and just not eat all the potatoes.  That's an idea.

Dinner:  1/2 of a Meijer deli chicken, 1 whole dill pickle, Greek gods yogurt w/ raspberry preserves

Yogurt not pictured

Late dinner after shopping.  I was hungry.  And now I am very full.   The chicken was all right, I guess.  I suppose I am just not the world's biggest chicken fan.  But with more time on my hands tomorrow I think I'll try to make the leftovers into something delicious.

Exercise:  Nope.  I did spend more than 90 minutes shopping this evening, but it was at a leisurely pace.  It doesn't really count.


120.2

Can It Please Be Spring Already

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Another wintry morning of sitting on the couch instead of walking.  While couching is kind of pleasant, it isn't going to get me where I'm going.  So I need to get back to work.  If this awful weather pattern continues I need to hit the mall or the megastores and do some indoor hoofing.

Breakfast:  3 big slices pepper jack, coffee

I didn't bother with a picture.  The avocados I bought yesterday felt like they aren't quite ripe so I'll let them sit until tomorrow.  I had an odd slice of cheese so I just finished off the package.  Another thing to add to the grocery list!  Even though I just went to the store yesterday maybe tonight I'll clean out the fridge and go back to stock up.

Lunch:  3 eggs scrambled with mushrooms, green pepper, onion, cheese; 3 sausage links, 2 slices sourdough toast with "butter", coffee

You know I love me some breakfast for lunch

Tried a different local place.  It wasn't bad but it probably won't go into the rotation.  The sausage was definitely not impressive and it wasn't notably inexpensive.

Dinner:  Salami, 1/2 dill pickle, a couple carrot sticks, olives, Greek Gods yogurt with raspberry spread.

Ate late, a little hungry, forgot to take a picture.  Same thing I've been eating, except I was out of celery sticks.  Now I'm out of carrots too.  And cheese for breakfast.  I guess I have to go back to the store!

Exercise:  Nope.  Not such a good excuse today.  Hoping to get out tomorrow.

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Wimpin'

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Not nearly as nasty out there this morning but I still wimped out of walking.  Not good.  I have so far to go I cannot let myself get sidetracked by a weak mind.

I don't have a whole lot of pep this morning, that's for sure.  Stayed up too late.  There were reasons.  Even one good reason.  But it ended up being an exercise in futility and now I will pay.  Oh well.  I don't feel too awful which I think is a side benefit of getting up at the same time every day.

Breakfast:  1 medium avocado, 2 big slices pepper jack.  Coffee.  2 mugs chicken boullion

Not pictured:  Hot beverages consumed on couch

My new favorite mini breakfast.

Lunch:  Cornbread scramble, pico de gallo, diced redskin potatoes, coffee

Lousy picture of a delicious meal

This is without a doubt my single favorite breakfast out meal.  I like lots of stuff.  I flat out love this.   It's a lot of food, quite a few calories and too much starch, but it is so good.

Dinner:  Salami, 1/2 pickle, carrots and celery, olives, Greek Gods yogurt with a little raspberry preserves

Freshest salami ever!

I almost bought a roasted chicken since I had to go to the store anyway but decided to hold off.  I am getting very low on all of this stuff, but I probably have enough for tomorrow night.  Liking this light meal approach.  And the greek yogurt is so close to having a bowl of ice cream.  It works,

Exercise:  Nope, not really.  Had a couple decent hikes today but nothing over 10 minutes so it doesn't count.  And I think we have several more days of nastiness ahead.  It's setting my exercise plans back no doubt.

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