Storming In November

Friday, November 12, 2021

Glad to see the end of the week.  Busy day, busy week, wiped out.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSW toast w butter

Standard.  Short lunch, had to eat fast.

Dinner:  Taco bowl (taco meat, cheddar jack, mini guac and sour cream), Siete grain free tortilla chips, 12 oz All Day IPA

Impulse bought the chips at the store and it was a nice way to mix up the taco bowl.  Adds carbs of course, but oh well.  I didn't eat a ton.

Exercise:  Nope.  Thunderstorm when I got up this morning.  I did walk around the grocery store for an hour after work.

57.8

Long Week Hey

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Finally getting to this after dinner and I'm spent.  Had planned to go back to the office tonight but I'm going to have to do the weekend instead.  Too bad.

Did get a nice complement yesterday, nice that someone sees weight loss.  I sometimes have a hard time seeing it but I can feel it and that might be even more important.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Ham and cheese sandwiches, a couple chips with some kind of cheese spread, bites of potato salad and pasta salad, coffee

Seminar food.  It was fine, but it made me hungry.  Way too many carbs.

Dinner:  2 eggs scrambled with ham and american cheese, Meijer spicy veg juice, 12 oz All Day IPA

Got home late, fixed the fastest thing I could think of that wasn't taco salad.

Exercise:  Walk, about 1.7 miles, 41 minutes.  Not the same route.  Was late getting out the door but I made it.

57.2

Overcome Sorta

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Sigh.  Neither habit nor consistency nor force of will always wins.

I was quite tired last night so I went to bed early and fell asleep without issue.  Woke up about 2:30 and couldn't get back to sleep in bed.  Felt fine other than dry sinus sniffles.  Moved to the chair and a while later was able to doze off.  Woke up with the alarm at the usual time and uhhh no.  Body was having none of that.  Eventually went back to bed -- under the covers as I was cold -- and didn't get up until 7:30.  Yikes.  I was most awake at 2:30, even compared to now, six hours later.  I'm not too upset about the lack of walk since I went hard yesterday and I will be a bit more active than usual this afternoon, but still.  I want to be consistent and this definitely was not.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Keto bowl with ground beef

"Meat of your choice, cheese sauce, lettuce, tomato, onion, guacamole, shredded cheese, & sour cream "

I didn't get any cheese sauce and the onion wasn't notable but whatever, it was fantastic.  Last time I got steak and the large size, this was definitely better, though it was so good that I could have certainly demolished a large.  If this place was close by I'd eat there a decent amount.

Dinner:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns in butter, 2 sausage patties, Meijer jalapeno verde salsa, spicy veg juice, 12 oz All Day IPA, Epic salt and pepper pork rinds

Only an 8.5/10 effort but delicious none the less.  All a bit much but I'm OK with it.

Exercise:  Not really.  Walked around for half an hour plus this afternoon doing an appraisal but that really doesn't count.

57.8

Partial Force Of Will

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Got somewhat more resolute late yesterday afternoon.  Made myself do some things.  Went back to the office after work and picked things up.  Came home, moved the alarm up and went to bed.  Got up and out there for a full walk.  The only thing not done so far is get to work earlier.  Still, a success.

Spent way too much of the walk wondering why I don't feel better.  I mean I do feel better than I did, no doubt.  But I haven't had much pep and I certainly recall feeling physically better the last time I was this light.  Is it just too many carbs?  Too many accumulated nagging injuries?  I am ready for some pep. I'd also like a second opinion from another scale - I'm entirely confident that I'm shrinking, just question if it's as good as my scale says.

Otherwise, happy and in a good mood this morning.  Dumped the weekend water and broke through another lower bound.  Success is motivating. I do have to worry about a couple lunches out this week but I'll get through.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSW toast w butter

Standard.

Dinner:  Taco bowl, 12 oz All Day IPA, some Epic salt and pepper pork rinds

Stopped at the grocery store after work, took too long.  Seriously considered just having pork rinds for dinner - not all that hungry, tired and late.  But I rebounded and had a bowl, which was a taco salad minus the lettuce and jalapenos tonight.

Exercise:  Walk, 2.7 miles, 1 hour 3 minutes.  Longest one yet - I nearly overlapped my old loop, slicing off 10 blocks but having 6 blocks to get on and back home added back.  A pretty nice morning so there were several people out.  Looking grim for the weekend and after though.

59.6

Retention Pond

Monday, November 8, 2021

I'm getting a lot better at noticing when I'm retaining water.  Not surprisingly that is the case today, given that I ate oh, I dunno, 200g carb just in rice yesterday.  Maybe more than that.  It was a lot, anyway.

Felt a little bad that I passed up a nice 50 degree morning and didn't walk.  Decided before going to bed last night that it would be advisable, as my legs aren't too happy and since I golfed in the afternoon yesterday.  I did get up, somewhat reluctantly -- due to eating too much and too late and who knows what else I had the worst snore score in a couple weeks at least.  Even though I got eight hours it wasn't the most restful night.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:   Hamburger soup, HSW toast w butter

Fresh batch of soup.  As usual, would be better if frozen first.

Dinner:  Taco Salad, 12 oz All Day IPA

Satisfactory.  And I think water release may finally be kicking in.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.

62.4

Replace Those Batteries

Sunday, November 7, 2021 

Grateful for the extra hour, even if I didn't make good use of it.  Stayed up way too late watching a football game, then my body was confused come morning and I woke up around what would have been the usual time.  Oh well.  I'll adjust.  DST remains stupid.

Breakfast:  Buttermilk pancakes w butter and maple syrup, 3 strips bacon, Meijer spicy veg juice, coffee

Fresh batch.  Fantastic.  And as usual I will have a couple meals worth to toss in the freezer.

Lunch:  Yellow rice with extra butter, diced ham, glass of whole milk

Pantry cleanup.  Plus a little fridge cleanup.  Tasty but carby LDO.

Dinner:  2 eggs over medium, leftover yellow rice, 2 sausage patties, jalapeno verde salsa, Meijer spicy veg juice, 12 oz Miller Lite

Way too much food.  Plowed through it though since I was kinda hungry.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, 11k steps.

60.6

November Niceness

Saturday, November 6, 2021

A very nice day for November.  Glad that it happened on a weekend.  Supposed to be beautiful again tomorrow.  Yes.  And it didn't hurt that the scale was kind this morning despite a relative lack of exercise and larger dinner.

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

Standard pre golf breakfast out.  Always tasty.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

After golf

Dinner:  Home pizza with bacon and mushrooms

The old self-rising flour and parmesan cracker type crust.  Prompted by looking at the archives of course.  Tasty.  Caused me to realize that I forgot to buy ham.  Oops.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, 11k+ steps.  I'm pretty tired and can use the extra hour of sleep tonight.

60.6

The Wall

Friday, November 5, 2021

Very glad that today is Friday.

I got an amazing amount accomplished around the house yesterday evening.  All sorts of projects were either finished or progress made.  I don't often accomplish so much.  Regrettably I was wired enough that it was hard to shut down (and I was already late because of how long the laundry takes).  Managed to get up this morning but wasn't moving anywhere very fast.  Looking forward to that extra hour this weekend.

Definitely notable when I have carbs for dinner, even when it feels like not that many.  Kinda wondering if I'm yo-yoing in and out of ketosis.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, raisin toast w butter

Again.  And good again.

Dinner:  2 eggs sunny, hash browns in butter, 5 strips Meijer bacon, jalapeno verde salsa, sour cream, Meijer spicy veg juice

Been a while since I just completely nailed it.  Everything 10/10 would eat again.  I was hungry, so I ate a lot of food and now I am not hungry.

Exercise:  Not really.  Didn't walk but did eventually go and do my grocery shopping.  So I did get in some movement before work but it really doesn't count.

61.4

That Power

Thursday, November 4, 2021

The power of fewer carbs remains impressive as more water departed last evening and overnight.  I don't enjoy getting up in the middle of the night but it's worth it I guess.  We'll see if I can keep things relatively in check this evening as I have to deviate from the daily taco salad.  Must say that I'm really enjoying what the scale has been telling me - guess I should do as many walk, soup and salad days as I can stand, huh?

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

Again.  And good again.  Not sick of it yet.

Dinner:  2 eggs scrambled w a splash of milk, cheddar jack cheese, 2 sausage patties, Meijer jalapeno verde salsa, HSCR toast w butter, 12 oz All Day IPA

Lots of words for not that much dinner.  We'll see how much worse it is than the taco salad.  A little too much starch I think - I had an oddball crust.

Exercise:  Walk, 2.1 miles, about 48 minutes.  Same as my longest morning route to date so I knew the mileage. May do my grocery shopping tomorrow morning (or maybe not) so undecided if I'll be able to go further this week.  Anyway, it wasn't painful though it didn't go by quite as quickly as yesterday.

61.2

Arrows Aligning

Wednesday, November 3, 2021

All of the arrows are aligning in the proper direction.  Weight down.  Exercise up.  How I feel up.  Clothes fitting up.  Mood up.  The day is just getting started of course and it could all turn to **** but the first few hours have been good.

I'm not too surprised by the weight (other than by the size of the drop) since I let a lot of additional water go.  Turns out a low carb dinner is good for aiding that process.  I may need to be just a little restrictive on the weekends and maybe there is more yet that would flush out.  Anyway, new low for the year.  Yay.

It was hard getting up this morning - I was sound asleep and dreaming when the alarm went off which has not been the case lately.  Was about 15 minutes late getting out the door but I made it.  And the walk was the most issue-free one I have had yet - no physical complaints, didn't feel strained, it went by quickly and without incident.  It wasn't the full distance yet but it was more than Monday.  No aches or pains is a very very good thing.  There were notably fewer people out, I guess cold will do that.

Tried on the next shirt size down and holy cow, they fit.  I could wear them.  I probably won't, not until I lose more, but I did start the process of getting them washed.  I think this is also going to give me some things to purge - either because I've saved shirts in marginal condition or that I otherwise won't wear, and once I'm comfortably in that size I'm getting rid of the biggest size ones.  Win-win.  I'm wearing the next size down pants this morning too for the first time, not too many pounds to go before the next one (and last on hand!).  I won't even mind if I have to buy some new smaller clothes someday.  That's probably fifty pounds away or more though, I can wear oversize stuff for a while.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

This is not a recording.  But it is working.  Soup is much better after freezing, dunno why.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz All Day IPA

Once again, the same as yesterday.  I'm out of stuff now though, so tomorrow will be different.

Exercise:  Walk, 1.6 miles, 39 minutes.  Same route I did on 10/26, same time more or less.  I am still very slow - not to the point yet where I have pep but I was definitely closer today.

62.6

Lagging Intensity

Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Not a lot of pep this morning.  It wasn't hard to talk myself out of walking, the prospect of a few sprinkles was enough.  Legs are still not super happy with me either and that did not help.  So we'll give them a genuine rest day and try to hit it tomorrow.  Also think I would like to move my alarm back when the time changes - hey, I'll split that free hour with you body - so I don't have to rush out the door.  Maybe a little gear up time would be helpful idk.  Can't say I enjoyed the blip up on the scale either.

Failed at more and better sleep last night.  I should have gotten enough, but the quality has been lacking some lately.  Snore score was low, but I still woke up several times and am very dozy this morning.  Sigh.

In the fun department I was shopping at Amazon last night looking to see if they had any deals on pants the next size or two down and what do you know, I found one that I bought previously ... on March 25, 2013.  Not long after I hit my low and in prep for a trip if I recall correctly.  I'm about 98% sure I still have that pair and if I can drop that next 20 lb I'll be wearing them...  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

Exact same thing as yesterday.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz All Day IPA

Ditto.  Literally the only difference is today I had one fewer cup of coffee and added a can of Dr Pepper Zero Sugar after lunch.

Exercise:  Nope.  Rest day.  I will say that I physically feel better this afternoon and evening.

64.8

Nobody Has Ever Wished You Happy November

Monday, November 1, 2021

October is in the books and I would describe it as reasonably successful.  Maybe even better than that.  Hard to get a real accurate assessment given that I was on vacation at the start of the month.  Still, I'm a lot lighter than I was before I left and that's despite a big run up when I got back.  Some more consistent exercise and a tighter weekday meal rotation have been good things.  Let's keep it going.

Also in the plus new front I tried on a pair of pants from the next size down and they fit, which is good because the current size (and the pair I'm wearing today which is one size bigger yet) are now too big.  I don't have much of a supply of the next size down, so I need to hurry up and lose about another 25 so I can get down to the smallest size I have on hand (from the 2013-early 2014 era iirc).  I'd have a ton of dress shirts too if I lost that poundage.  It's possible I might have some small sizes yet but they won't be of my preferred pants which I only discovered 10-15 years ago.

Up a bit on the scale this morning, way too much starch and french fries too.  More normal eats coming up today.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Three cup day.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

Standard.  New batch not as good as the prior batch.  Did a better job on the bread though.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz All Day IPA

Only difference from last week was that they were out of fresh pico when I got groceries so I subbed some medium Meijer fresh salsa.  It has a pretty good kick, I'm definitely feeling it.

Exercise:  Walk, 1.2 miles, 27 minutes.  The bare minimum.  Everything from the knees down complained a lot about this, at least up to the last two blocks or so.  Didn't sleep great last night which didn't help, I think that plus the afternoon golf meant that a recovery day was in order.  Going to try for more & better sleep tonight.

64.4

Weened

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Last day of the month.  I generally do not care about Halloween - not into costumes, don't have trick or treaters, just generally apathetic.  It is otherwise notable as the last day of the golf season at my home course, which is too bad but at the same time a good thing cause it needs a rest.  Will be a vagabond for any rounds before spring.

No idea what the scale was going to say this morning and it was nice that it was positive.  My stomach appeared to be quite happy with the soaked pizza crust - it was a little cranky after I ate those marginal cashews.  Will probably eat the second pizza for dinner tomorrow.  I do wonder if I could cold ferment soaked dough.

And to show that I'm a dumbass and always learning, I discovered tangentially this morning while searching for a different crust recipe that the processing of white flour removes most of the phytic acid since it's found in the bran and such.  Huh.  Well, anyway, I still think I'm going to try doing a ferment with soaked dough.  Because why not?

Breakfast:  Pancakes with butter and real maple syrup, Meijer sausage, Meijer spicy veg juice, coffee

Last of my buttermilk pancakes from the freezer, will have to make more.  Juice is past its prime, trying to finish it up.  A thoroughly delicious (and easy!) breakfast.

Lunch:  Ham and pepperjack sandwich on HSW bread, Meijer kosher dill chips

Tasty.  Timing was dictated by the clock, wasn't super hungry.  Had two additional slices of ham, not pictured.

After golf:  32 oz Mich Ultra, a handful of fries

I had planned to just eat at the course but service was absent.  We did get a mistaken basket of fries so I ate some of those.

Dinner:  Ham pizza

Fortunately I had the extra pizza, I'll just eat taco salad tomorrow instead.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, some extra walking, over 11k steps.  Felt like a good workout.

63.0

I'm Sure That Was An Instant Classic But I Did Not Watch

Saturday, October 30, 2021

TGIS.

Up as expected this morning.  I accept.  I do not like.

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

Standard pre-golf breakfast out.  Dependably good, especially at this, the best location.

Lunch:  12 oz All Day IPA, some cashews

Might have to throw out the rst of the cashews, they're marginal.

Dinner:  Homemade pizza with ham

Tried a random internet recipe for soaked crust.  It was different - baking powder, not yeast.  Not a lot of gluten development.  But it was tasty anyway.  Made a second pizza to use up the dough and cheese so I'll have more tomorrow or Monday.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, just over 10k steps.  Less than I would have guessed.

64.8

Small Rebounce

Friday, October 29, 2021

Not surprised to see a small uptick today, I definitely ate too much for dinner last night.  Plus I didn't get a walk in before weighing or get rid of that second batch of water for the morning.  Not concerned.  Of course I wasn't *happy* to see it, but whatever.  Bring on the challenges of the weekend.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  I certainly could have eaten but I wasn't hungry.  Good smells make for mind games.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, homemade soaked wheat toast w butter, I also had a few bites of chili at work around 11:30.

Always good.  Chili cookoff at the office, had to participate in picking a winner.  Good stuff.

Pre-Dinner:  Cashews, 12 oz All Day IPA

Dinner:   Mushroom swiss burger, mashed redskin potatoes, pickle spear, 16 oz Miller Lite

Didn't have food until nearly 8:00 so I pre-dinnered.  Glad I did.  Total was a bit much but oh well.

Exercise:  Not really.  I talked myself out of a walk after looking at the radar but I'm pretty sure I would have stayed dry.  Instead I went and did my grocery shopping before work which only netted me about 2,000 steps.  Not super active, but at least I did something.

64.0

Incremental Fear of Change

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Whew.  Things are going well.  To the point where I just want to put blinders on and keep doing exactly the same thing.  That's not possible, of course, but it sure is tempting when the scale drops like this.  It's a good thing.

Not a real eventful morning.  My lower body was fine with the walk for once, had some upper body issue that I never really figured out - was it muscular, cardiovascular, lung or what.  It abated somewhat a mile into the walk and has been fine at work.  May just have slept wrong.

Lots of joggers out there and a few dog walkers, we'll see how much activity drops off when the weather turns, it was very pleasant this morning at 50 degrees with little wind.  Supposed to rain tomorrow which I am not looking forward to.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, homemade soaked wheat toast w butter

The little change of the day, I ate up all my HSCR bread so here was some without the C and R.

Dinner:  2 eggs scrambled with diced ham, pepper jack cheese, jalapenos and sour cream, hash browns, 12 oz All Day IPA

And the big change.  Breakfast instead of taco salad.  This was OK, it was a bit too much food.

Exercise:  Walk, 47 minutes, 2.1 miles, 4800 steps.  Same route as yesterday, just added a couple blocks where I turn back.  Man am I slow.  At least my pace was slightly better than yesterday.

63.6

Oh No Deer

Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Second morning in a row that I have encountered urban deer.  At least today they took off instead of just standing there staring at me.  I will say that even though I am not a winter fan I do appreciate what snow can do for visibility, it's been capital D Dark out there.

Happy news on the scale this morning which wasn't a huge surprise but still was welcome.  I haven't felt a massive surge of energy -- been a little disappointed by that, frankly -- but did have a brief moment of pep late morning that I enjoyed.  Haven't been super tired, just don't feel like I can push it.  Cardiovascular fitness is still very low.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Only 2 cups today.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast with butter

Again.  And good again.  Change is in the air though as I am now out of HSCR bread.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz All Day IPA

Same as yesterday.  Last one, lettuce was browning so I used it up.  Lots of pico using that up too.

Exercise:   Walk, 48 minutes.  Google Maps says 2.0 miles.  Phone said over 4500 steps.  Whatever it was, same route as yesterday just added blocks.  Covers quite a bit of my old route from years ago other than the few blocks to get to it and I walk it in reverse direction.  Once I'm more fit I may add the extra sections on to make it a 98% overlap.  Steps were short today, I never felt loose or free.  

65.8

A Positive Breakthrough

Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Nice to see the result on the scale this morning, broke through the lower bound to something better.  Better than anything in years better.  Feeling good about that, even if I am still incredibly fat.

Breakfast:  Coffee

It was a 3 cup morning, though I ended up finishing the third cup after lunch.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

Standard.  Fresh batch of soup made last night, might be the best one yet.

Dinner:  Taco salad, 12 oz Miller Lite

Same salad as yesterday.  Tasty and easy, going to stay in the rotation.

Exercise:  Walk, 38 minutes.  Google maps says 1.6 miles.  I forgot the pedometer and may not bother with it until I replace the battery or when I golf or go somewhere not easily mappable.  Never felt great but never felt terrible either and I had exactly the right layers on to be comfortable.

67.6

Ban Sinuses

Monday, October 25, 2021

Not so excited about it being Monday.  Turned on the heat last night and boom about 1:45 I woke up with sinus issues.  Someday I will live somewhere and the head of my bed will not be on a drafty outside wall.

Anyway, as a result I was quite tired this morning.  And it turned out to be an exceptionally unproductive day.  Highly disappointing.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Can't believe I didn't have a third cup, maybe I should have had one.

Lunch:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter

Standard.  Last bowl from the first batch I made.

Dinner:  Home taco salad - lettuce, pico, taco meat, sour cream, jalapenos, extra sharp cheddar, hot sauce.  12 oz All Day IPA

Pretty good.  Will eat again.  Tomorrow, in fact, assuming that I remember to thaw some taco meat.  Also very easy which is much appreciated.

Exercise:  Walk, 1 mile, 20 minutes.  Stayed close to home due to lousy weather.  Feet were notably cranky until a few blocks in.  

69.0

Managing Microfrustrations

Sunday, October 24, 2021

Need to practice my patience.  That's all I'm saying.

Dozed a bit this morning, figured I should give my legs a bit of a break, since I got in a lot of steps and have hopes of 18 holes this afternoon.  I am pretty happy how much less dozy I have been in general in the mornings recently -- I would not describe myself as "peppy", but I'm at least functional.  That is a very good thing and has been helpful in summoning the mental fortitute to push myself out the door to walk.  I don't seem to be needing quite as much sleep either.

Breakfast:  Buttermilk pancakes with butter and maple syrup, 3 strips bacon, Meijer spicy vegetable juice, coffee

Pancakes from the freezer, excellent.  Pic is of 5 strips of bacon, I actually decided I was sated after 3 and so I saved the other two for use on my pizza.  A+ will eat again and not just because I have two more pancakes in the freezer.  For my second cup of coffee I am trying out a flavored Meijer coffee - toasted coconut.  It's pretty tasty.

Lunch:  Home pizza w ham, bacon, canned mushrooms and cheese

Planned to just eat half but I forgot that when I made and froze the dough I was making the balls smaller instead of making a full size pizza.  So I ate a little more than intended and will have to eat something else for dinner tomorrow.  

Dinner:  French dip sandwich, fries w a little ketchup, pickle, 16 oz Mich Ultra

New menu item and very very tasty.  I think I'll manage not to eat anything else (I'm tempted), already expecting a jump on the scale tomorrow.  Hopefully I'll do weekends better eating-wise once the golf season wraps up.

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

69.8

Better Sleep Desired

Saturday, October 23, 2021

I dunno.  Stayed on schedule.   Thought I'd be more tired than I was last night after a very long day but I managed to get to sleep.  Needed to get up about 1:30 and just didn't feel like I got any solid sleep after that, though I was sleeping.  Need better sleep.

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

Other breakfast spot pre-golf.  Good stuff.  As usual couldn't finish the omelet, it was too big.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite

After golf

Dinner:  Taco salad w ground beef

Had planned to make a pizza but I was hungry and also doubted whether my dough was thawed.  I'll do that tomorrow.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking.  Pedometer said 12,500 steps and I added a couple thousand more with a trip to the grocery store.  Good active day.

69.4

Bolted

 Friday, October 22, 2021

First forty degree morning in the books and honestly it wasn't bad at all.  Thank goodness for no wind and no rain.  I kinda winged the gear but it worked out fine.   Now if I just hadn't been awake at 3:45 and unable to go back to sleep...

Got a nice shot of adrenaline in the home stretch - I saw something moving a couple dozen feet ahead of me.  A skunk.  Glad it was in a relatively well-lit area and I could back up before I got anywhere close.  It definitely saw me but whew.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.   It was a 3 cup morning.

Lunch:  2 Taco Bell cantina tacos

Not what I had planned.  Had some auto service scheduled, ended up waiting for it and it took a while.  I started getting hungry at 2:30, it was almost 3:30 before I could get something to eat and I had to race back to work so I went with this as it was convenient.  And, tbqh, they were really good.

Dinner:  Hamburger soup, HSCR toast w butter, 12 oz All Day IPA

What I had planned to eat for lunch.  Think I'll be crashing early tonight.

Exercise:  Same walk, 1.6 miles, 35 minutes.  About a minute faster than yesterday if I read the pedometer right.  Felt decent but never peppy.  It's interesting, I'm a bit lighter and have a little more lift in my step but I have not had any notable energy surge.  Must be too many carbs.

69.2