Even Exercise Doesn't Solve Everything

Monday, October 11, 2021

Didn't get it rolling today.  Sigh.

Breakfast:  2x McD burrito, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  CFA 2x spicy, fries

Dinner:  Little Caesars extra, sauce, Breyers butter pecan ice cream

Tried to get a sausage (nat'l sausage pizza day), they didn't have any ready.  Oops.

Exercise:  Nope

82.4

Time To Make The Donuts

Sunday, October 10, 2021

TGIS.  Needed to take it slow and easy this morning and that's exactly what is happening.  Birthday party this evening then hoping to get on track tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Jack's bacon cheeseburger pizza, coffee

Laziest meal ever.  Was going to make breakfast breakfast but went this route instead.  

Lunch:    2 eggs over hard, Meijer pepper bacon, hash browns.   Butter pecan ice cream.

Supersized portion.

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, chips, lemon cake with vanilla ice cream

Fourthmeal:  Sack of TB, root beer

Exercise:  9 holes with cart

82.2

This Time It's Well No It's Not

Saturday, October 9, 2021

Very glad to have a weekend.  Windows open, no deadlines, time to do stuff.  I won't get 10% of my to do list accomplished but getting that much done will feel like a win anyway.

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, leftover deluxe pizza, triscuits and bar scheez.

Too much.

Dinner:  Breyers butter pecan ice cream

Too much lunch too late so I had this.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much walking

82.0

Need Remotivation

Friday, October 8, 2021

Just about that time.  Hit the grocery store tonight, bought too much stuff.  But closer to there.

Breakfast:  Panera asiago bagelx2, cream cheese, coffee

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, peanut butter pretzels

Dinner:  Way too much deluxe pizza, Breyers butter pecan ice cream

Exericse:  Nope

79.6

Thursday, October 7, 2021

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

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, peanut butter pretzels

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, root beer, Haagen Dazs chocolate ice cream

78.6

Slightly Better

Wednesday, October 6, 2021

Not close to getting caught up but closer.  One major project down, a ton to go.  Haven't been to the grocery store yet but at least I have a list made out.

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

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, peanut butter pretzels

I remembered to order the right sandwich today.  So good.

Dinner:  Italian sub, garlic cheese bread, Haagen dazs chocolate ice cream

Exercise:  Nope

77.6

Back In Not Black But Red

 Tuesday, October 5, 2021

Whew.  Time for a catch up post.  Vacation was fantastic.  Great weather, just the right amount of golf.  And a moment of levity when I stepped on the scale yesterday morning for the first time since Friday the 24th.

Levity?  Post-vacation?  When I ate what I wanted and lots of it?

Yup.

I definitely wonder about whether my scale is working properly but I'm not going to complain when the news is good.  Dropped a bunch of weight, back closer to my low.  Other than shedding a lot of water on the drive down (which was odd because I had a starchy breakfast) I didn't really notice anything unusual.  

Anyway, long story short, at least 12k (and up to 22k) steps per day and spending the week in a third story walk up were good for me.  I slept decently - better than at home really - and didn't stress.  It was good.

Now let's see how much of the vacation food I can remember!  I did not log.

Breakfast:  2x TB cheesy sausage burritos, coffee

Need to get back on track shortly.

Lunch:  Super sub, peanut butter pretzels

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef

Exercise:  Nope

74.6

Monday, October 4, 2021

Got home very very late last night, no time to prep, plus other reasons to eat what I wanted today.

Breakfast:  Breakfast sandwich, ham egg and cheese.  Coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy, plain grilled chicken club, fries.  No bake cookies

Dinner:  4 meat and cheese sub, garlic cheese bread w pizza sauce, rice krispie treats

Exercise:  Nope

73.0

As for the past week, this is from memory but it should be pretty accurate.  We went through a box of triscuits, a bag of pretzels, six beers and a half gallon of butter pecan for junk food.

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Breakfast:  Hash stack, cinnamon toast, coffee

Lunch:  Cookout choc chip mint shake, fries, donut

Dinner:  None

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Breakfast:  2 eggs scrambled w milk, 3 strips bacon, 3 slices raisin toast, 1/2 gft, OJ, coffee

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, trail mix

Dinner:  Pizza w meatball, ham, mushroom, 12 oz Yeungling, 12 oz Miller Lite, some pretzels, butter pecan ice cream

Friday, October 1, 2021

Breakfast:  Deluxe omelet, grits, coffee

Lunch:  Cookout oreo shake, hot dog, fries, 16 oz Yuengling

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, grilled shrimp, chips, 24 oz Miller Lite, butter pecan ice cream

Thursday, September 30, 2021

 Breakfast:  2 eggs, 2.5 strips bacon, hash browns, raisin toast, OJ, coffee

 Lunch:  Beer, Cookout chocolate cherry shake, fries

Dinner:  Short rib, vegies, salad w parm peppercorn, 24 oz Yuengling, 1/2 brownie & ice cream

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

Breakfast:  Hash stack, cinnamon toast, coffee

Lunch: Beer, cookout shake, fries, fried pickles

Dinner:  Home goulash, salad w ranch, garlic toast, 12 oz Miller Lite

Tuesday, September 28, 2021

Breakfast:  Hash stack, cinnamon toast, coffee

Lunch:  Beer, cookout shake, pretzels and triscuits

Dinner:  Hickory Tavern diablo burger, tots, Yuengling

Monday, September, 27, 2021

Breakfast:  2 eggs, 2.5 strips bacon, hash browns, OJ, raisin toast, coffee

Lunch:  Beer, cookout shake

Dinner:  Logan's sirloin, mashed potatoes w gravy, salad w parm pep, 12 oz Yeungling

Sunday, September 26, 2021

Breakfast:  Deluxe omelet, hash browns, toast, coffee

Lunch:  Pretzels, beer, donut pieces

Dinner:  Meat pizza, fried ravioli, 16 oz Yuengling

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Breakfast:  Oatmeal, yogurt, McD 2x burrito, hash brown, coffee, OJ

Lunch:    Nothing notable, maybe a couple fun size candy bars

Dinner:  Outback sirloin, mash, salad w ranch, Fosters

Friday, September 24, 2021

Breakfast:  Cracker Barrel double meat breakfast, coffee

Lunch:  fun size candy bar x2, donut pieces

Dinner:  Applebees tequila lime chicken, draft Yuengling

90.0

Checking Out

Thursday, September 23, 2021

On the road first thing in the morning.

Breakfast:  2x McD burrito, hash brown

Best McBreakfast I've had in forever.  Actual quality.

Lunch:  Super sub, peanut butter pretzels

Dinner:  Chips and guac salsa, grilled cheese, Nice oatmeal cookies

Exercise:  Nope, though I was relatively active 

89.8

One More Day After This

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Busy day.

Breakfast:  Nature Valley apple cinnamon soft baked bar things, coffee

Frankenfood at its worst but they were free

Lunch:  Super sub, peanut butter pretzels, maple Bun candy bar (eaten at 5)

Dinner:  Chips and walmart fresh salsa, might make a grilled ham and cheese

Exercise:  Nyet

89.6

Some Bit of Resolve

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

At least today in the midst of the fail I decided that yes, when the vacation is over I really do want to get back to cooking and eating at home, eating appropriately, etc.  I'm pretty sick of the takeout food and I'm sure it will only get worse over the next ten days.

Breakfast:  Panera asiago bagel w cream cheese, coffee

Late breakfast, decided I was hungry midmorning.

Lunch:  2x chicago dog, fries

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep beef pork

Exercise:  Nope

88.6

Let's Get On With It

Monday, September 20, 2021

If vacation can start at least I'll get some daily exercise to go with the binge eating.  Yeesh.

Horrid night of sleep last night.  Tonight must be better.

Breakfast:  2x Walmart bismarck donut, coffee

Lunch:  CFA 2x spicy, med fries

Dinner:  Little Caesars extra w sauce, finished off the pretzels

Exercise:  LOL no

86.0

Memory Failure

Sunday, September 19, 2021

For whatever reason I'm not always remembering what the scale said.  I mean I think I'm reporting accurately, but I have to think about it before coming up with a number.  Lately of course they have all been bad due to awful eating, but it was happening when things were good too.

Breakfast:   2 eggs, 3 strips bacon, american fries, raisin toast, coffee

Local place, haven't been there much lately.  A bunch of tobasco made the eggs and potatoes decent.  Otherwise very good.

Lunch:  Subway 12" meatball sub (tomato, jala, southwest, pickles), Snyders seasoned pretzel sticks

Sounded good, was good.

Dinner:  Italian sub, garlic cheese bread w marinara sauce

Different sub place.  Good stuff.

Exercise:  Nope.  No golf today, just working around the house.

85.8

Comment Really Not Needed

Saturday, September 18, 2021

Just waiting for vacation.

Breakfast:  Meat lover's omelet, raisin toast, coffee

Lunch:  Meijer sub, dot's pretzels, 12 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:  BK 2x bacon chbg, cheesy tots

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, 11.5k steps.  Plus a trip to the store.

85.0

You Say Whatever I Say Whew

Friday, September 17, 2021

Whew.  TGIF.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Deluxe sub, peanut butter filled pretzels, maple Bun candy bar

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, Dot's southwest pretzels

Exercise:  Nope

83.8

Sandwiched Again

Thursday, September 16, 2021

So busy.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Dinner:  Italian (pizza place style not cold cuts) sub, garlic cheese bread, rice krispie treats

Exercise:  Yeah no

84.8

Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Wait three meals ruh roh

Breakfast:  California scramble, cinnamon toast

Meeting.  They didn't have raisin toast.

Lunch:  2x chicago dog, fries

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef w hut favorite crust

Tasty.

Exercise:  Nope

85.0

Wrong Direction Again

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Really lacking in the discipline and diet-related motivation departments right now.  Another long, stressful day at work, I even got in super early.  Painful.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  CFA spicy x2, fries

Dinner:  Jet's deep dish dual pepperoni pizza

Exercise:  Nope

83.6

Viral

Monday, September 13, 2021

Nothing much, just fail.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's double plain, baconator fries

Dinner:  CFA 2x spicy, fries, frosted lemonade

Exercise:  Nope.  Tired.

83.6

Bloatage

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Need to grind pre-vacation starting tomorrow.  Don't need this bloat.

Breakfast:  Leftover deluxe pizza, coffee

Lunch:  GL chips, 2 hot dogs KRO

Dinner:  2x hamburger patties w chz KM, chips, salad, chocolate cake and ice cream

4thmeal:  2x BK bacon chbg, cheesy tots, Nice oatmeal mini cookies

Exercise:  12 holes w cart, about 8500 steps

82.0

Saturday, September 11, 2021

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, sack of Taco Bell

Dinner:  Ham, salami and cheese sub, garlic cheese bread w pizza sauce, rice krispie treats

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  Just under 10k steps.

82.6

It Could Always Be Worse

Friday, September 10, 2021

So far so good today but it's only lunch.  Still have to make it clear to the end of the day.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Fully adapted to this.

Lunch:  Croissaint w butter, polish ham, white american cheese, kosher dill chips, Meijer spicy veg juice

A little heavy on the quantities.  Quite full.  Had a handful of pretzels at work later.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, lots

No, no, not the whole thing.   Not a large.

Exercise:  Nope

80.6

Fat And Failure

Thursday, September 9, 2021

Stress level rising rapidly.  Too much work.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Croissaints w butter, polish ham, LOL white american cheese, dill chips, meijer spicy veg juice

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep beef pork

Exercise:  Yeah no

80.6

Just Irked

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Not much to say.  Long, super busy day.  Little time, bad eating.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Deluxe sub

Snack:  CFA spicy, cookies n cream shake, strawberry lemonade

They goofed.

Dinner:  Dominos hand tossed pep ham green olive

Exercise:  Nope

76.2

Had The Hunger Lately

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Ate too much.  Way too much.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Lunch:  Wendy's plain daves double

Dinner:  5oz sirloin, mashed potatoes, lake perch w tartar, salad w ranch, garlic toast w bar chz, 32 oz Labatt Blue

Fourthmeal:  2x BK bacon cbg, cheesy tots

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, as little walking as you can imagine

73.2

Laboring

Monday, September 6, 2021

Labor Day.  No labor involved.

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Forgot to take a photo.  They had a breakfast buffet, looked surprisingly good.  Some Saturday this winter I might have to hit it up.

Lunch:  2 TB beef burritos, 12 oz Miller Lite

Dinner:  Home cheeseburger, beef brat, homemade potato salad, CFA spicy, frosted lemonade

Yergh.

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, 11.5k steps

73.0

Roll On Weekend

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Nothing exciting so far.  Just a nice relaxing morning.   Wasn't a great night of sleep, usual sinus issues, but it was OK.  A little more water has left the premises.  So it's the same ol same ol.

Breakfast:  Croissaints w butter, bacon, coffee

Was actually a little hungry this morning, so I ate.  

Lunch:  2 eggs scrambled with ham and american cheese, 2 slices raisin toast w butter, Meijer spicy veg juice

Lots of ham.  Delicious.

Dinner:  BBQ sandwich, a few fries w ketchup, 16 oz Mich Ultra

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, just over 10k steps

72.6

Now With Less Meatloaf

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Decent start to the weekend.

Breakfast:  Meat lover's omelet, raisin toast, coffee

Not the usual place, but good.

Lunch:  None

Dinner:  Taco salad with al pastor, 12 oz Miller Lite

Okay.  The BBQ place was out of meatloaf so I passed and finally setttled on the local tacquiera.  Not the best one I've ever had.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart.  About 11.5k steps.

75.4

Lesser Quantities Also Accepted

Friday, September 3, 2021

Holiday weekend comin'.  Supposed to be beautiful.  Of course I should be working, but lol no.

Disposed of some more water last night and this morning.  It continues to crack me up how that can happen after I eat a pile of mashed potatoes for dinner.  I guess loading them up with butter TCD style prevents them from acting like a giant sponge a la other carbs or something idk.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Polish ham, Kraft deli deluxe american cheese, croissaints with butter, Meijer spicy veg juice

Another standard.  Tasty.

Dinner:  Leftover hamburger gravy and TCD-style mashed potatoes, 12 oz All Day IPA

Last of this, it was the best.  Very tasty.  Just reheated with a little milk.

Exercise:  Nope.

78.0

Dump a Half Gallon

Thursday, September 2, 2021

I had to look up how much a gallon of water weighs.  It felt like I got rid of that much last night and first thing this morning.  Amazing how a simple shift away from horrendous eating can signal your body to get rid of it ... even if yesterday wasn't notably low carb.

Incidentally, the answer is 8.33 pounds.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Standard.

Lunch:  Polish ham, 2 slices Kraft deli deluxe american cheese, croissaints w butter, Meijer spicy veg juice

Was actually hungry.  Needed more fat. Fingers crossed it will hold until dinner.  Edit:  It did.  No hunger.

Dinner:  Leftover hamburger gravy, mashed potatoes TCD style, 12 oz All Day IPA

Good again.  One day's worth left.  This time I made extra potatoes for tomorow.

Exercise:  Nope.

80.0

Back To It

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Glad that August is over.  I'm not 100%, but any issues are mostly mental.  I mean, I can deal with the fact that I'm having annoying sinus issues, they aren't bad enough to stop me from living.  I can fight through fatigue.  It's not such a big deal.

Thanks to the illness-related meltdown and gain of nearly 15 pounds August went from very successful to FAIL in just a few days.  I'd be very frustrated if I hadn't felt like such garbage.  I give my weak ass self somewhat of a pass for that.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Very standard.

Lunch:  Wendy's Daves Double, plain

Went to the grocery store at lunch and then grabbed the fastest cleanish food I could come up with.  It was OK.

Dinner:  Hamburger gravy with TCD mashed potatoes, 12 oz All Day IPA

There really wasn't that much gravy to it, decided I didn't really want to load up the flour or the milk.  Turned out fine and I have leftovers for a couple nights.

Exercise:  Nope.

83.6

Out With A Whimper

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Didn't feel great this morning but I'm fine.  Feel probably 90% this evening.  About as good as I have been.  No idea what it's going to take to get to 100% but hopefully soon.  Anyway, about time to stop with the excuses and the binging.

Breakfast:  Coffee

At least that's standard.

Lunch:  TB 3x chx flatbread, 2x beef burrito

Like those flatbreads.

Snack:  2x McD cheeseburger, strawberry shake

Worst burgers ever.  Just vile.

Dinner:  Chef salad w ranch, 12 oz Miller Lite, cheetos, strawberry lemonade, ice cream cookie sandwiches

Yeesh.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.

81.0

Mission Not Accomp

Monday, August 30, 2021

Sigh.  Didn't have it today.

Breakfast:  Coffee

At least this part was standard.

Lunch:  2x CFA spicy, fries, frosted lemonade

Fat.

Dinner:  Sack of Taco Bell, popcorn w butter, 2x pineapple Halo Top bars

Yiup.

Exercise:  Nope.

79.0

Eating All The Things And More

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Almost there.  I actually felt pretty decent yesterday afternoon for a while, even accomplished a few things.  Been taking it very easy today in hopes of the final knockout.  It will be very nice to get back to feeling normal, even with the deficiencies to normal inherent in being really fat.

Yes, I will be up about ten pounds this week but I'm taking it in stride.  Feel better, back on plan, weight falls right back off.  Back to it tomorrow.

Breakfast:  Leftover deluxe pizza, coffee

Also cracked open a bottle of the latest reformulation of Coke Zero Sugar.  I can tell that it tastes different (despite the fact that the bottle of the prior formula I bought last week was the first Coke Zero I've ever had) but can't decide yet if it's better.  Seems less crisp but also a bit less aftertasty.  Dunno.  Have most of the 2L left obv.

Lunch:  TB sack, Great Lakes chips

Dinner:  Fried chicken sandwich, fries w a little ketchup, 16 oz Mich Ultra, Americone dream ice cream

Exercise:  18 holes w cart, about 10k steps and four bottles of water

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Saturday, August 28, 2021

Ate a lot.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, chicken mcbiscuit, hash brown, coffee

Lunch:  3x al pastor tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite, 12 oz Coors Light, CFA spicy, frosted lemonade

Delicious tacos from a place in a little town an hour away near where we golfed.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza and way too much of it

Exercise:   18 holes with cart, little walking, only 8k steps

76.8