Friday Session

Friday, March 12, 2021

Time seems to be accelerating.  That's not necessarily a bad thing given the last year, and it's also getting us closer to spring.  Still, it's also a bit worrisome.  Because there is an infinite amount of work to do and it's not getting done.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard, no photo.  Might have to take a stock photo.

Lunch:  Croissaint w butter, ham, dill pickle, Greek Gods plain yogurt

Standard.

Dinner:  Tacos w cheddar, sour cream, avocado, fire sauce.  24 oz All Day IPA

Also pretty standard.

Exercise:  Nope.  That changes this weekend.

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Less Disappointing

Thursday, March 11, 2021

It was a somewhat less disappointing day.  I got some work done, if not nearly enough.  I took care of a little personal business.  It all felt OK.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard.  No photo today.

Lunch:  Smoked brisket, texas chili, corn cake

Brisket is so good.  I did sample a bit of the spicy BBQ sauce, probably half of one of those cups.  It was tasty.  I could have done without the corn cake, I prefer savory cornbread, this was too sweet.  Oh, and I had a Diet Dr Pepper later.

Dinner:  Home tacos w shredded cheddar, sour cream, avocado and fire sauce, 24 oz Bells No Yeah beer

Tacos are so easy when you precooked the meat.  15 minute dinner.

Exercise:  Nope.  Gotta fix that.  Stayed up way too late last night doing stuff.

112.4

Disappointing In Motivation

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

A rather disappointing morning.  No motivation, really all I accomplished was making some lists of things I want to do, projects to accomplish, a few wish list items to buy.  Work would be so much less painful if I just put forth max effort during the workday on a consistent basis.  Yesterday was pretty good, today has been awful.

At least the scale was pretty nice to me this morning especially considering the lots of bread yesterday.

Breakfast:  Spelt rye bread with butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Standard.  Barely remembered to take a photo.  Finished off the loaf of bread.

Lunch:  Croissaint w butter, ham, dill pickle, plain Greek Gods yogurt

Standard.  The store croissaints hold up pretty, well, this one was rather, uh, old.  1 left.

Dinner:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns in butter, 2 sausage patties, medium avocado, 24 oz All Day IPA

Just the GOAT, sausage version.  10/10 will eat again.

Exercise:  Nope.  Need to get cracking, golf trip in six weeks.

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Private Sector Efficiency

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Got notified for a vaccine appointment yesterday.  Of course it didn't come through the health department, but through a grocery store chain pharmacy.  Go Meijer.  We'll see about the actual shot but the appointment process was about as easy and painless as possible.

Way too much bread today.  Some vegetation probably wouldn't hurt either.

Breakfast:  Slice of spelt rye bread w butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

On the go, had an early morning appointment.

Lunch:  Keto sausage balls, 3 strips leftover bacon, dill pickle, slice of bread and butter

More fruits of the prepping done this weekend.  All good.

Dinner:  Leftover meatloaf with ketchup, slice of bread and butter, cheese popcorn, 24 oz Miller Lite

Mental block, couldn't just have the meatloaf by itself.  Duh.  Anyway, that's all cleaned up.

Exercise:  Nope.

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Smile

Monday, March 8, 2021

It's Monday, grit those teeth and force a smile.

Not as rested today.  Was slow getting to sleep and I dunno, the quality just didn't seem like it was there.  Wasn't super tired this morning or anything but I didn't have the feeling I did yesterday.  Obviously a bit of extra bloat after a weekend of overeating, but not too awful.

Breakfast:  Slice of spelt rye bread w butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Had to test the bread before lunch plan, it's fine.

Lunch:  Meatloaf sandwich w swiss and ketchup, dill pickle

Yeah that was too much food.  Pretty good though.

Dinner:  2 amercian style, 2 mexican style tacos, 24 oz Miller Lite.  Halo Top keto peanut butter chocolate ice cream

Should have thrown an avocado on the tacos.  Pretty good as usual.  Trying the Halo Top, I usually buy Rebel when I buy keto ice cream, but figure I may as well try the different options and it was on sale.

Exercise:  Nope.

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Pretty Good Feels

Sunday, March 7, 2021

A pretty good experience this morning.  I woke up at 4:30 for the usual reason, took care of that, and instead of hitting the recliner went back to the bed.  I was awake enough that I could have gotten up.  It didn't really feel like I went back to sleep but obviously I did because three hours passed quickly.   Rose without issue and I feel pretty decent!  This is nice.  Not full of pep, but not sluggish, fatigued or sleepy.  It was kinda funny that I predicted the time on the clock to the exact minute too.

It doesn't hurt that I didn't pay too steep of a price for yesterday's indulgences.  But that's psychological, not physiological.  Still need golf season to get here so I eat less and move more on the weekends.

Breakfast:  Leftover yellow rice and ham w butter, med avocado, 4 strips Meijer bacon, grapefruit, coffee

If I had calculated correctly, I would have had one less egg yesterday and had one to add to this.  As it turns out, it didn't need it, it was delicious as is.  The bacon was cooked perfectly, just ideal tendercrisp.  It was regular, not thick cut, since I need some for meatloaf tonight.   I might have to reevaluate my thick is always better policy.

Lunch:  Leftover sausage and mushroom pizza, Diet Dr. Pepper

Reheated beautifully.  Best ever, possibly.  Will definitely be making this crust again.  Also sampled the odd keto sausage ball.  I don't post many prep photos, but here's one -- taco meat and keto sausage balls cooling down before hitting the freezer.

Oh, and a loaf of spelt rye bread I made this morning.  Next up, the meatloaf.

Dinner:  Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans w cheddar, peaches

Yum.  A nice capper to a day of luxurious eating.  Ate too much of course.  But at least no dessert this week, though the peaches kinda count.

Exercise:  Nope.  Did the grocery run so I moved around, but nothing purposeful and I wasn't all that active otherwise.  Too much cooking.

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End Flush

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Ahh, the weekend.  Even though it wasn't a brutal week -- in part because I slacked way too much -- it's still nice to get a day to work on things you want to do.

Got the topper off the bed last night, so back to sleeping on a firmer surface.  Went okay, I feel decent despite getting six hours of what didn't feel like particularly deep sleep.  On the plus side I didn't have to get up at 2 or 3, maybe the massive water flush will slow down some now that a bunch of it is gone.

Reading through the archives some, I definitely think I'm eating more than I did when I was having success.  So reducing portions may need to be part of the plan.  See, e.g., breakfast.

Breakfast:  3 eggs over hard, hash browns, 4 strips bacon, avocado, grapefruit, coffee

Not my finest effort, eggs and potatoes were both overdone.  Still fine though.  I should have looked to see if I had some sour cream handy, that would have spruced them up.  Anyway, way too much food.

Lunch:  Vigo yellow rice with ham, diet Dr Pepper

Cleaned up some diced ham and the last package of yellow rice I had on hand.  Saved a bit for breakfast tomorrow too.  This definitely falls into the category of things that are delicions but which I should not eat.

Dinner:  Sausage and mushroom pizza, 24 oz Miller Lite

Tavern style at home tonight.  Turned out good.  Ate WAY too much.  And I have more for tomorrow!

Exercise:  I walked a few blocks to the health food store and back this afternoon.  Not far, it was about a 20 minute trip, but it was intentional and I'm counting it.  A bit discouraging  that even that short jaunt was something of a strain on the legs (knee in particular) but no major pain.  I think I'm definitely going to need to ease into any walking plan, going a lot shorter than I really want to start.  Once I've lost some weight and maybe improved my diet some more I can stretch it out. 

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Less Water Less Problems

Friday, March 5, 2021

Another bunch of water has departed the system.  It's truly amazing.  And, again, I'm not even low carbing.  

Not as sluggish this morning but still not real energetic.  I can feel that it's coming though which is good because I have a ton of stuff to do.  Some long work hours coming up.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

I always feel my posts are so incomplete without breakfast pics but seriously, it's two precut slices of cheese served on a paper towel.  And a couple mugs of coffee.  I need to get over it.

Lunch:  Croissaint w butter, 4 strips leftover bacon, ham, dill pickle

Getting back into the ham sandwich routine.  If I didn't eat cheese for breakfast I'd have some for lunch.  Maybe I need to rethink breakfast.  Oh, and remember to take a picture.  Oops.

Dinner:  Home tacos w cheddar, avocado and fire sauce, 24 oz Miller Lite, cheese popcorn

Good ol' standbys.  Debating whether to have another beverage of some sort.

Exercise:  Nope.  This morning wasn't too bad but I was up too late and didn't get enough sleep as it was.

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Feats of Mathematical Possibility

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Someday I want to understand how it's possible for a body to let go of four pounds, net, of liquid in a 24 hours period.  Especially when the day on which it happened was not super low carb.

Despite that lack of low carbing I'm feeling a touch of the keto flu today as I get used to not having the sugar and soda and other stuff.  It's not like I'm eating entirely clean or anything, just withdrawing the steady regular supply of a few things.  I went to bed and actually to sleep early last night and still struggled this morning, it didn't help that I had a headache and that really prevented quality snoozing.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  Croissaint w butter, smoked ham, dill pickle, Progresso tomato basil soup

Pretty solid, I'd say.  The soup could be cleaner but whatever, it was in the pantry.

Dinner:  3 eggs sunny, hash browns in butter, 4 strips Kiolbasa pepper bacon, 24 oz Miller Lite

A fine repast.

Exercise:  Nope.  Very tired this morning.

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Ready Non Player One

 Wednesday, March 3, 2021

It's taken way longer than it should have for me to muster up any enthusiasm for getting back on track.  Even the extreme fatness, lousy sleep, general malaise, shakier health etc etc due to the incredibly horrible eating and drinking over the last couple months haven't moved the needle.  I thought I was going to be able to get started last evening, but I was so fried when I left work that I just got pizza.  Which meant I ate way way too much, was uncomfortable and then stayed up way too late.  I really need a new evening routine.

So back to basics we go.  Let's see if I can get it to stick, I need to let go of this weight gain before golf season kicks in.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Usual standby.  I brought a package to work so it's there if I need it.

Lunch:  Leftover chuck roast and gravy, crescent rolls, Fage plain yogurt plus PB2 powder and a little cocoa powder

Cleanup.  Experiment with the yogurt, will probably need more tweaking.

Dinner:  2 eggs sunnyside, sausage patties, tater tots with ketchup, 24 oz Miller Lite

Hey, a dinner at home that doesn't involve a pizza or drive thru.  Cleaned up a bag of tater tots, of course I had way too many.  Like 4x too many.

Exercise:  Nope.  It will interesting to see how that goes when I start, obviously I'm in terrible shape and my lungs are also kinda cranky right now.

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Hopefully The Last Of That

 Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Ready, set, oops

Breakfast:  2x McD burrito, 2x hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  CFA 2x spicy chix, fries w ketchup, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Dominos pep ham green olive, Coke, grapeade, oatmeal cookies

Exercise:  Nope

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Monday, March 1, 2021

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  McD spicy crispy chix, fries, Dr Pepper, 2x cheeseburger 

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, Coke, cheddar jala chips, Magnum mint ice cream

Exercise:  Nope

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Closing Out The Month of FAIL

Sunday, February 28, 2021

Yeah, this month has been an unqualified disaster.  Combination of things, brutal weather has kept me inside and inactive.  Awful eating.  Way too much fast food and pizzza.  And soda.  Too much food and too much bad stuff.  March needs to be different.

Breakfast:  Yellow rice with diced ham, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2x double cheeseburgers, Dr. Pepper, frozen pizza

Snack:  Lays cheddar jalapeno chips

Dinner:  Roast, mashed potatoes, carrots, crescent roll, choc chip cookies w ice cream

Exercise:  Nope

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Aijahrheubfwebg

Saturday, February 27, 2021

Breakfast:  McD 2x burrito, hash browns, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy chx, fries w ketchup, Dr Pepper, frosted lemonade

Snack:  Popcorn, coke, no bakes

Dinner:  leftover Jets, tater tots w ketchup

Exercise:  Yup

122.2

Friday, February 26, 2021

Breakfast:  Bagel w egg sausage cheese cream cheese, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy x2, fries w ketchip, Dr Pepper

Snack:  Chocolate shake

Dinner:  Jets super special, Coke

Exercise:  Yup

120.4

Maybe Soon Maybe

Thursday, February 25, 2021

I think I got the date wrong on yesterday's post

Breakfast:  2x Egg McMuffin, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  JJ Vito, S&V chips, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Sack of McD, Coke

Exercise:  No chance

120.4

Another Milestone

Wednesday, February 23, 2021

Going in the wrong direction.

Breakfast:  Homemade bread and butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  McD spicy chicken, fries, 2x dbl chbg, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  PH thin pep ham mush, Coke

Exercise:  Nope

120.2

Stuff

Tuesday, February 23, 2021

Breakfast:  Homemade bread w butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy chx, fries w ketchup, Dr. Pepper, frosted lemonade

Dinner:  Dominos ham pep green olive, Coke, brownie w vanilla IC

Exercise:  Nope

118.2

Monday, February 22, 2021

Breakfast:  2 sl sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  Sack of McD, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  CFA 2x spicy chx, fries w ketchuip, Dr. Pepper, brownie w vanilla IC

116.8

Is It The Fatness

Sunday, February 21, 2021

As the snoring has gotten louder and more pronounced (according the app anyway) I muse, it is the fatness?  The sugar?  Poor physical condition?  Lousy air quality?  Overly soft mattress via foam topper?  What combination of those?  It's not alcohol since I haven't had any.  Could be dairy. 

Just wondering.

Anyway, another day.  At least the weight didn't spike after another awful day of eating.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, 4 strips bacon, 2 slices homemade toast w butter, grapefruit, glass of whole milk, coffee

Honestly I like breakfast better with hash browns.

Lunch:  Culver's mushroom swiss burger, fries w ketchup, Dr. Pepper

Snack:  Chips and cheddar ranch dip, Coke

Dinner:  Chili w jala cheese oyster crackers and avocado, jala cheddar corn muffin, salad with lemon-olive oil dressing, brownie with vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Moderately active.

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TGIW

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Just more of the same.  Slept in at least, nice to get a little extra.

Breakfast:  Leftover deluxe pizza, coffee

Lunch:  Sausage link, bit of brisket, white bread, pickle onion sauce, Coke

Picked up some brisket for tomorrow and a link, decent stuff.  We've been lacking local BBQ.

Dinner:  Qdoba brisket bowl w chips, Dr Pepper

Exercise:  Nope.  Only modestly active.

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Yust Garbage

Friday, February 19, 2021

Breakfast:  McD 2x burrito, hash brown, Dr Pepper, coffee

Lunch:  BK 2x Whopper, chx nuggets, value Coke

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, Coke

Exercise:  Nope.  

118.8

Thursday, February 18, 2021

Breakfast:  2x Egg McMuffin, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  CFA Spicy Chx, fries, Dr Pepper, Choc shake

Dinner:  Sack of TB, Sierra Mist

Exercise:  Nope.

118.8

Let's Get To A Reset

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Blah.  Let's get to a resent.

Breakfast:   Bread and butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  CFA 2x spicy chicken, fries, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  PH Detroit meaty pizza, Coke

Exercise:  LOL no

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Yeah More Of Same

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Sigh.

Breakfast:   Homemade bread w butter, 2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's double, fries, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Domino's pep ham green olive pizza, bonus bread and butter

Exercise:  Nope

116.0

Deep Deep Freeze

Monday, February 15, 2021

Another week.  Was very tired this morning.  Snoring has definitely been quite a bit worse lately.  I need to eat a lot less in the evenings.  It's a mental thing.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  McD 2x chbg, 2x dbl chbg, fries, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  2x mexican 3x american taco, Coke, choc chip cookies

Exercise:  Nope

117.2

Pull Up Soon Plz

Sunday, February 14, 2021

Oh yeah, February 14.  

Whatever.

Breakfast:  Leftover pancakes with butter and maple syrup, 4 strips bacon, grapefruit, whole milk, coffee

Lunch:  TB bacon club chalupa, 2x soft taco, beef burrito, Sierra Mist

Snack:  Meijer spicy guac tortilla chips, Coke

Dinner:  Beef stew, garlic bread, mini cherry pie w vanilla ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.  Modest activity.  In bad shape.

117.2

Failfest Continued

Saturday, February 13, 2021

Yikes.  It was a rough week on the food front, fast food and soda.  This weekend isn't shaping up to be any better either.  Need to get cracking here, golf season is only a couple months away.

Breakfast:  Butterilk pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 4 strips thick cut bacon, grapefruit, glass of whole milk, coffee

Delicious.  Oh yeah, and I cleaned up an open package of peanut M&Ms.  Doh.

Lunch:  Leftover pepperoni ham pizza, Coke, Late July bacon habanero chips

One of the better reheat jobs I've had lately.

Dinner:  Culvers mushroom and swiss burger, fries w ketchup, Dr Pepper, Hudsonville mint chip ice cream

Exercise:  Nope.

115.8

Friday, February 12, 2021

Breakfast:  2 sl swiss cheese, coffee, McD 2 burritos, hash brown, Dr Pepper

Lunch:  Culvers Mush swiss double, fries, Dr. Pepper

Dinner:  Ham and pepperoni pizza, Coke

Exercise:  None

Thursday, February 11, 2021

Breakfast:  2x McD Egg mcMuffin, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  CFA 2x spicy, fries, Dr. Pepper

Dinner:  BK 2x Whopper, nuggets, Sprite, peanut M&Ms

Exercise:  None

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Breakfast:  2 sl swiss, coffee

Lunch:  Sack of McDonalds, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Sack of TB, sierria mist

Exercise:  None

WOAT

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

I had plans.  They did not come off.

Breakfast:  2 slices swiss, coffee

Lunch:  BK 2x whopper, chicken nuggets, sm coke

Dinner:  Pizza hut detroit sausage onion pepper, coke and sprite

Exercise:  Nope

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More Like Fat Monday Amirite

Monday, February 8, 2021

Yeah, just another day.  Super tired.  Going to try a couple things to get more sleep tonight.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  Leftover chicken pot pie, corn muffin, 2 cookies

Snack:  2x McD double cheeseburger, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  2x american 2x mexican tacos, Sprite, Hudsonville mint cookie dough ice cream

Good as usual.

Exercise:  Nope.

114.2

More Words About Doing Nothing

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Not much happening.  Laying low, though I should be working.  

Disappointed to not get more sleep last night.  Didn't nod off until midnight, woke up about 5:30 for the usual reason but also had a terrible headache and sinus blockage.  Couldn't get back to sleep.  A hot shower and a cup of coffee helped with the head issues, but still.  Frustrating.

Superb owl sunday so the eating will be bad.

Breakfast:  Croissaints with butter, glass of whole milk, coffee

Yep, multiple croissaints.  Cleaning up the package I bought ... 2 weeks ago?

Lunch:  TB bacon club chalupa, 2x soft tacos, beef burrito, Sierra Mist

Dinner:  Chicken pot pie, applesauce, corn muffins, cowboy cookies and vanilla ice cream.  Chips and onion dip.  Sprite.  

I think that's all of it.  Lots of eating.

Exercise:  Nope.

111.8

Doing Nothing And It's Going Swimmingly

Saturday, February 6, 2021

 

Sluggish start to the day, slept in until 8:00 (with the usual get up and go at 5).  Haven't done much of anything other than start a trash bag and turn on the dishwasher.  So it goes.  Objectives for the weekend are pretty limited so I'm on track.

Breakfast:  Bacon, a bigass avocado, leftover donuts, glass of whole milk, coffee

Forgot to take photos.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns little john italian sub, Sprite

A pleasant six bite sandwich.  Which was free with yesterday's order.

Dinner:  Leftover deluxe pizza, Hudsonville mint chip ice cream

That's right, I got a pizza so big that there were leftovers even after I GORGED last night.

Exercise:  Nope.  Not active really.  Frigid outside.

112.8

No Accomplishments Just Backsliding

Friday, February 5, 2021

Glad the week is over as I write this, out of gas.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee, chocolate cocount donut

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns EC italian, chips, Dr Pepper

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza and way too much of it

Exercise:  Nope.  Huffing and puffing badly through my mask lugging stuff in when I got home, not happy about that.

111.4

More of the Same Fail Now With Snow

Thursday, February 4, 2021

Sigh.  Not good.  Just not focused on the eating issues.

Maybe I'll start to do better this weekend.  I'll probably be spending it at home as it's supposed to be very wintry for most of the next 10 days.  I do not like driving in winter and we really can't go that many places anyway ... at least I'm not going to.  No reason to take chances.

Breakfast:  2 slices sharp cheddar, coffee

Lunch:  2x CFA spicy, fries, Diet Dr Pepper, DQ reeses blizzard (meh)

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, Sierra Mist

Exercise:  LOL no

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