New Pillows Hype

Saturday, December 3, 2022

Ate too much last night and paid for it.  The weirdest part was I went to sleep very late ... and woke up an hour later, wide awake.  Fortunately I was able to doze off on the couch after that, and got in a little more time in bed later, but it was not a particularly restful night.  It's annoying getting the drainage when I'm horizontal, when logically it seems like it should be happening when I'm vertical!  Whatever.  

I bought new pillows today, let's see if that makes a difference of any kind.  

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Might have to call it something else, since golf season is over for the foreseeable future.

Lunch:  Chips and salsa, ham and swiss sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite

Picked up a couple demi baguettes at Walmart (broke the damned rule a THIRD time this week), sandwich turned out really good considering it was just smoked ham, swiss, a little butter and a little mustard.  Thank goodness for oven time I guess.

Dinner:   Home pepperoni pizza, 24 oz All Day IPA, Nicks mint chip

Man, what a difference.  I put the baking steel back in the oven and did the pizza on that and it was 1000% better than yesterday's version.  I didn't bother with mushrooms or anything else, just the rest of the package of pepperoni and cheese.  Very tasty.  Probably won't do again any time soon, but tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  See above.  I actually feel decent today (and did last night before going to bed), just need to stay upright which really isn't an issue.

42.8

Different States ... of Bread

Friday, December 2, 2022

Whew, managed to make it to Friday.  Very happy about that.

Today's bread is from a different (pullman) loaf that was frozen, so the size is different.  Bigger.  In hindsight I should have only had one slice for breakfast.  Or none.  Anyway, also of note is how different the texture was when grilled, it was quite robust.  Pleasant.  Certainly different than what I've been getting with the commercial bread.  We'll see how well it repeats.

I also noted a different texture with the pudding last night, using high quality local non-homogonized milk instead of the usual stuff from the store.  I'll be interested to see if that repeats - it's possible I just erred on my measurement a little, but I don't think it would have been enough to have the impact.  It's interesting.  To me anyway.

Breakfast:  Homemade bread w butter, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Yup.  I should also cut the bread into thinner slices.  I winged it instead of using the guide.  As a result, they thicc.

Dinner:   Chips and guac, 12 oz All Day IPA, Home pizza w pep mush, SF vanilla pudding

Sigh.  Broke the rule again, shopped while hungry.  Need to change when I go.  Guac sounded really good.  It was.  The pizza was meh, on a Meijer thin crust Boboli thing.  Not at all impressed.

Oh, and the pudding had the same texture with the rest of the good milk, very silky.

Exercise:  Nope.  Getting closer to 100% but definitely not yet there.

40.8

One Of Those Narrow Escapes

Thursday, December 1, 2022

Whew.  Made it through another day.  Didn't do badly, all things considered.  Other than my voice being jacked I don't feel bad.  So I'm on the mend.

Narrow dodge this evening.  I almost talked myself into going to Walmart to buy some new pillows, but ended up not going.  I stopped at the health food store to buy a quart of milk since it's the closest thing to me (and they sell the good stuff, not that I buy it as often as I could), and fortunately I did not see until after I checked out that the place carries additional kinds of Siete chips.  I would have definitely grabbed a bag to snack on as I was seriously violating the rule of never shop when hungry ... or in my case when you feel like EATING which is not always the same thing.  Anyway, I escaped with just the milk.

November was a fail, but at least the damage wasn't as bad as it could have been.  A couple days of slightly more disciplined eating have helped.  I'm not quite on track but at least it's been a little better.  Onward.

Breakfast:  Homemade bread w butter, coffee

Yeah.  Again.  It may be that I tolerate a little homemade bread as long as it's heavily buttered.

Lunch:  Soup, bread w butter, swiss cheese

Yup.  Last of this loaf.  I think three days is about as far as I want to push it.  Pulled a little more from Monday's baking from the freezer to cover tomorrow and I'll probably stir up another batch of dough this weekend.

Dinner:  Chili, 12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, SF vanilla pudding

Decided to deluxe up the chili with cheddar, jalas and a little sour cream and I will say it was even better.  

Exercise:  Nope.

42.4

Breaded

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Well, the good news is that I got a decent amount of sleep.  Still woke up for a while in the middle of the night but I did end up going back to bed instead of only snoozing in the recliner.  Had a hard time getting going and a moderately unpleasant mucus status but I made it.  And work has been fine so far.  Not super productive, but fine.

Breakfast:  Homemade bread w butter, coffee

Again with the breakfast.  At least this is an improvement over drive through in some respects.  As with most things, I'll worry about it when I feel better.

Lunch:  Soup, bread w butter, swiss cheese

Standard.

Dinner:  Home chili, 12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, SF butterscotch pudding

Thought about deluxing up the chili but opted to see how I liked it plain.  Answer:  Just fine, thanks.  Not the greatest I've ever had but it was nice and easy to make and tastes good.

Exercise:  Nope, not yet.  Also of note, it was bonechillingly cold out there when I went to work.  Yuck.

45.0

Longing For Normal

Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Really looking forward to normal.  Normal health, normal routine, normal everything.  I stayed home again today, did even less work.  It was a struggle this morning, but I haven't felt too bad otherwise.  I got a reasonable amount of sleep but man it sure sets me back to lie down.  I'd love normal sleep but I guess getting about four hours before I wake up and then a couple hours later on the couch or in the recliner is about the best I can hope for.   I'll probably throw the topper back on the bed after I wash the sheets - I don't like that I'm probably a bit allergic to memory foam, but I do appreciate that I feel a bit less beat up.  If I were less fat sleeping on the firmer surface might work better.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Yeah, another day with breakfast.  I didn't think that TB carried OJ, otherwise I would have ordered one.

Lunch:  Soup, homemade bread w butter

Sliced up last night's bread, turned out quite good.  Pleased.  And I stuck lots in the freezer.

Snack:  SF butterscotch pudding

Yeah.

Dinner:   Homemade chili con carne, red lentil pasta, 12 oz All Day IPA

Saw the chili recipe on a Le Creuset social media post, so I made it (slightly modified, Meijer doesn't really carry any dried peppers and I didn't have time to go to the Mexican grocery).  Threw it over the rest of the box of pasta, another thing cleaned up and out of here.

Also:  SF chocolate fudge pudding.  Uhh, yeah.

Exercise:  Nope.  Another thing I'm looking forward to.  Will be a few days yet.

46.2

For The Voiceless

Monday, November 28, 2022

Sigh.  I don't like being sick, even when I'm not really that sick.  I certainly could have toughed it out today, but since Covid that's no longer cool so I worked from home.  Some.  Also, since I felt quite a bit better than yesterday, I did a few things like clean up the kitchen, make soup, etc.  Still have some bread to go in the oven this evening too.

Really the main feature today was no voice.  Or maybe almost no voice would be a more accurate description.  I could croak when needed but I said as little as necessary.

Breakfast:  McD 2x Egg McMuffin, hash browns, orange juice, coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese, ranch Siete chips, lemon angel food bars

Pretty standard.  I made a batch of bars using up some extra holiday purchases.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite, additional lemon bars

Feeling decent.  Bread is now baked and I'm looking forward to (hopefully) a good night's sleep.

Exercise:  Nope.  Hoping to feel almost normal tomorrow but not planning on walking for a few days.

48.4

Not Feeling

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Definitely not feeling it today.  Didn't get a lot of sleep - woke up at 2, eventually dozed off in the recliner for a couple more hours, but not nearly enough.  Throat isn't sore today, no fever or anything, just the crap (which I chalked up to postnasal drip but who knows) lingers.  Accordingly, I have no pep.

Breakfast:  Donuts and coffee, 2 eggs over hard with yellow rice

Random purchases yesterday.  I thought I had a package of diced ham to throw in with the rice but no such luck.

Lunch:  Frozen pizza, chips and onion dip

Just some junk I had on hand.  Didn't feel up to going anywhere.

Dinner:  Nothing additional

Exercise:  Nope.

48.6

Partly Blah But Mostly Clear

Saturday, November 26, 2022

So very glad that yesterday was not Sunday, it certainly felt like it was.

Another less than stellar night of sleep.  Was up too late -- not a surprise as I ate way too much last night.  Woke up at 4:30, eventually was able to doze.  Unfortunately coffee was not able to clear what I thought was just common post-nasal drip and I've been a little raw all day so far.  Fortunately I feel fine otherwise.  I will be irked if I get sick.

A beautiful day outside for late November, fifty degrees, moderate breeze, mostly sunny.  The snow had all pretty much melted by yesterday, so I was able to get out for nine holes.  Quite a treat.

Breakfast:  Standard pre-golf breakfast out

Yup.  In this case five hours or so pre-golf, but still, the same breakfast.

Lunch:  3x TB chipotle chx burritos

Was concerned that I ate too much too close to golf, but it was OK.

Snack:  Little bag of Fry Daddy's ranch jala snack mix

Yup.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza plus jala, 24 oz Miller Lite, Nick's mint chip

Yup.

Exercise:  9 holes walking.  A leisurely 2 hour stroll.  Also did an hour or more of leaves, including the brutal hike of a few hundred yards up a 35-40 degree incline after dumping a load, a good six times.

Whew.

49.8

Day Afterward

Friday, November 25, 2022

Whew.  I was tired when I got home last night.  Long day, lots of time on my feet.  Too much food, too many beers.  Slept poorly and felt lousy when I got up this morning.  Managed to go back to sleep which helped a little and I broke routine and had immediate coffee.  When I finally got going and through the shower I was quite amused to see the scale down -- yes there was plenty of disposal prior to that -- despite yesterday's eating.

That said, I also took a hard look in the mirror and I need to get at it.  Way too fat.  Midsection is particularly annoying.  It won't be today or the rest of the weekend realistically but it needs to change.

Breakfast:  Coffee

I'll eat something soon, but we'll call it a (slightly) early lunch.

Lunch:  Ham and salami sub, garlic bread, 12 oz Miller Lite

They forgot the cheese on the garlic bread.  Oops.  Otherwise, it was OK.

Dinner:  Thanksgiving leftovers, basically the same as yesterday.

Just about as good as the first time.

Exercise:  Nope.  Very much a recovery day.

47.4

Trudgery

Thursday, November 24, 2022

Happy Thanksgiving!  I'm grateful to still be here.  Lots of things.

Breakfast:  McD 2x Egg McMuffin, hash brown, apple fritter, coffee

Yeah, not ideal.  

Lunch:  24 oz All Day IPA

Busy with food prep so lunch didn't really happen.  Had a couple bits of cheese as I shredded it.

Dinner:  All the food.  Turkey, stuffing, potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, mac and cheese,  crescent roll with butter, cranberry, jello salad, celery sticks with ranch, 24 oz Blue Light, lemon meringue pie, a sliver of apple pie a la mode, 12 oz All Day IPA

Whew, I think that's all of it.  And yet it didn't feel completely outrageous, I didn't have a full plate of seconds or anything.  It was a lot.

Exercise:  Yes.  The "standard loop", which the phone suggested was 1.4 miles and 43 minutes.

It was nice to get out.  I did not see a single other pedestrian - nobody jogging, walking, out with the dog, nothing.  Only a couple cars and one semi.  And it was a nice morning, upper 30s, no wind.  Sure it was 0 dark 30, but still. 

The walking, however, was a trudge.  At no point did I have even the slightest bit of pep.  Not enough sleep, fat, unmotiviated.  I did have enough force of will to get out there (which wasn't too hard) and to keep putting one foot in front of the next but it was a slog.  Slow, slow going.

49.2

Surrender Cobra Pose

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Yeah, not exactly cruising into the holidays here.  Bad eating, no exercise, way too much work stress.  A toxic combination.  I'm still occasionally able to do things, but I'm not at all consistent.

Lots of cooking to do tomorrow, we'll see how that goes.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese, Triscuits

Again.

Dinner:  Lentil pasta w leftover lasagna sauce and parm, 12 oz All Day IPA, chips and onion dip, windmill cookies

Way too effing much eating.

Exercise:  Nope.

49.2

Feeling It No Not That It The Other It

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Feeling very dense this morning.  Fat.  Sloppy.  And yet, it could have been worse.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese, Triscuits

Yup plus triscuits.  Do not buy Triscuits dumbass.

Dinner:  Sack of McDonalds, 12 oz Miller Lite, snack mix

Uhhh, I guess.

Exercise:  Nope.  Tired this morning.  I need to eat less and let my body rest.

48.4

Broken Brainset

Monday, November 21, 2022

Still haven't gotten my mind right.  Sigh.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Unsurprisingly I was still quite full from last night.

Lunch:  Lasagna leftovers

A small piece, plus odd noodle bits, plus extra sauce and a little parmesan.  About three times as much as needed, but I powered it down anyway.  Yeesh.  It's good that I don't eat pasta often, this is going to sit like a rock.

Dinner: 2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz Miller Lite, Siete ranch chips, SF butterscotch pudding

Yeah.  Not sure how, but I forgot to take a photo.

Exercise:  Nope.  

49.6

Now About That

Sunday, November 20, 2022

Yeah, ate way too much yesterday.  The pizza alone was more that I should have consumed for the day, and I had breakfast and lunch and desserts.  Even though I was moderately active, it wasn't close to enough to deal with the eating.  It was that bad.  More of the same today, I am afraid, then it'll be time to downshift for a couple days before the holiday hits.

Sigh.  Eating like that, it makes you fat.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels and cream cheese, coffee, coconut crunch mini donuts

Like I said, I need to avoid the walmart bakery aisle.

Lunch:  Sack of McDonalds

Yeah.

Dinner:  Lasagna, salad, garlic bread, 12 oz All Day IPA, brownie w/ ice cream, peppermint Frosty

I do make a pretty decent lasagna.

Exercise:  Nope.

48.2

Forgetfulness Setting In

Saturday, November 19, 2022

TGIS.  Very glad to have a weekend, even though I have a lot to do and haven't exactly made good use of the nine or ten hours I've been awake.  Oh well.  I'll keep chipping away.  Not going to be a good eating day either so I had better kick up the activity many notches.

I weighed this morning and promptly forgot what it was, at least I had by the time I next thought about it before lunch.  I went with my best guess.

Breakfast:  Standard pregolf breakfast, later 2x maple glazed donuts

No golf obviously, it was 20 degrees and snowing sideways.  But the breakfast was good as always.  I need to stay away from the bakery aisle at the store, in this case Walmart.  The dayolds were too tempting.

Lunch:  Sausage and peppers w pasta sauce, CFA peppermint chip shake and fries

Last of the sausage and peppers for this batch, I still have enough for six more meals (plus) in the freezer, so it'll be on the menu again after the holiday.

Dinner:  Dominos extravaganzza, 12 oz Miller Lite.  SF vanilla pudding w unsweet coconut

Blob.

Exercise:  Nope.  Lots of walking around due to shopping, but nothing specific.

43.0

At Least A Little

Friday, November 18, 2022

Whew, glad we have made it to Friday.  Still have a ways to go to the weekend, but we're gaining on it.  There is so much to do, but at least I can do some of it at a relaxed pace.  

At least a little improvement in a couple areas.  I woke up super early this morning, just before 4:00.  I didn't get a lot accomplished and did end up dozing for a half hour or so later, but at least I was awake and alert.  That's a good thing.  I wasn't hungry at all this morning, also a good thing.  And for once I didn't have the urge to keep eating after finishing my lunch just now.  A little thing, but good!

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Standard.  I do like this batch of soup.

Dinner:  Chips and fried pickle dip, 12 oz Miller Lite, sausage and peppers w sauce and parm

Oof.  Never grocery shop when hungry.  There's a reason that is axiomatic.  Dummy.

Exercise:  Nope.  Icy out there, not much chance I was going to walk.  Supposed to be wintry through the weekend and then maybe warm up enough to melt it off.  Which would be good.

44.2

So Painfully Fraudulent

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Desire is there much of the time.  Not always, but much of the time.  But the execution is pathetic.  So very bad.  So ... fraudulent.  If I can just string together a few good days in a row I think momentum will take over, but getting to even two is such a struggle.  Sad.

Try again.  And then just effing do it.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Standard.  You can definitely note the reduced liquid in this batch of soup.

Dinner:  Sausage and peppers (and onion), pasta sauce, parmesan.  12 oz All Day IPA, mixed nuts, SF choc fudge pudding w unsweet coconut

Wasn't sure if the sausage and peppers was going to be as good.  It was quite satisfactory.  Didn't really miss the pasta.  Only nit is that I was still wanting to eat, even though I knew I'd be sated if I just let it sit for a few minutes.  Which is what is happening due to lack of snacky food but jfc, if I had a bag of chips they'd be gone in a flash.  Not due to hunger, due to WANTING TO EAT.  What a dumbass.

Exercise:  Nope.  Wintry.   Tired.  LAZY AS FCK.

45.2

Extra Artificial

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Sigh.  Not a great day.  It did get off to an amusing start though, when the scale was lower.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Panera cup of wild rice soup and half grilled cheese.  Later, CFA spicy, fries, frosted lemonade.  Combos

Work issues.

Dinner:  Sack of McD, SF cheesecake pudding w unsweet coconut

I was going to get a sandwich, but that place had an unexpected equipment issue so never mind.  Audible.  It was edible, but of course terrible for me.

Exercise:  Nope.

43.2

Artificial Success

 Tuesday, November 15, 2022

It's always a good thing when a bunch of water departs.  Of course it also engenders an artificial feeling of success -- hey, I can eat all that stuff I ate yesterday and still lose a bunch!  Uh, yeah, no.  It's a transitory thing.  Now that I've said that, great.  Glad to have it go.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  May be three cups every day going forward.  Thought maybe not today since I was not as early as usual getting in but ... yep.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Yup.  First of the new batch of soup, which I tweaked a bit -- less liquid and I used crushed tomatoes instead of sauce.  It's a little more like the lentils in terms of consistency.  Good stuff.

Dinner:  Dominos extravaganzza, brooklyn

Sigh.  Another work night.

Exercise:  Nope.  Didn't get home until 9:00 last night, went to bed relatively promptly, still needed something close to eight hours of sleep even though the last couple were interrupted.  Soon I hope.

47.0

Narrow Dodge

Monday, November 14, 2022

Almost got the week off to a good start.  I woke up before my alarm, nice and early, but just didn't get going.  It would have been an okay morning for a walk, instead I fretted about the upcoming day (since I didn't work over the weekend) and dozed.  Sad.

Dodged a minor food pitfall, it looked like I would have to do some banking at lunch which would have meant not enough time to have my planned bowl of soup.  At the last minute I did not need to.  Whew.  Happy about that, I need to get it in gear and another meal out is not the way to do it.

 I'm ready to make some positive changes but my resolve is weak.  So any narrow dodge is a good thing.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.  Very much a three cup day.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Standard.  Always good.  Went with rye bread this week.

Dinner:  3x american 2x mexican tacos.  Vanilla SF pudding w unsweet coconut

Extra taco.  No beer.  More work.  Boo.

Exercise:  Nope.  FAIL.

51.0

Excuses Diminishing

Sunday, November 13, 2022

Felt awful this morning.  Headache, didn't feel rested.  Both have improved somewhat with a hot shower and some coffee.  I'll make it.

I made soup and lentils yesterday, so I'm stocked on those.  I also bought way too much italian sausage at the butcher shop (it's a long story not worth repeating but they packaged up three times what I wanted and I didn't have the heart to tell them to fix it.  I just stuck it in the freezer and will be eating it up.)  It's going to be a cold week with some snow so getting going on the walking program may be a little challenging.  We'll see.  If I can start by getting the eating back under control that would be swell.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w whipped cream cheese, a small bowl of lentils, coffee

All delightful but not great for satiety.  The lentils were the leftover oddball quantity that didn't fill a jar.  Good stuff.

Also:  6 strips of bacon, later.  Had a package to cook up.

Lunch:  Sausage crust pizza w pep mush, 12 oz Miller Lite

Argh, another instance where I should have stopped eating but the desire to stop eating had not kicked in.  I'm going to pay for eating too much.

Dinner:  Roast beef, potatoes, carrots, gravy, 12 oz Miller Lite, rolls w butter.  Also, sack of McD.

Okay.  Enough

Exercise:  Nope.

50.6

Lets Go TGIS

Saturday, November 12, 2022

Hey, a weekend.  I mean, tons to do, need to work a bunch plus do all the usual things, but that's okay, it's the weekend.  Knocked out the groceries first thing, managed to not buy too much junk, just a couple things.

Breakfast:  Golf breakfast out, no golf version

Good as always.  Will probably want to break the habit now that the season is pretty much over

Also:  Donuts.  There's one item of junk food down.

Lunch:   CFA spicy, fries, frosted lemonade, 2x TB chipotle hx burritos, cheese popcorn

More garbage down.

Dinner:  Polish loaf, Nicks mint chip

Polish loaf was interesting, had a lot in common frankly with a hot dog.  Expected more seasoning.

Exercise:  Nope.  Miserable out there.

46.2

Into The Freeze

Friday, November 11, 2022

Brrrr.  Yesterday was nice.  Today, cold.  Tomorrow, snow.  Yuck.  It will be a good day to make a batch of soup.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  McD 2x QPC, fries, coffee

Sigh.

Snack:  Snack mix, more coffee, 16 oz Mich Ultra

It was cold.

Dinner:  Pizza Hut thin pep pork beef, breadsticks w sauce

Uhh.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not too much walking but lots of shiveing.

45.2

Get There

Thursday, November 10, 2022

Almost to the end of the week.  Almost.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Conference food.  BBQ pork sandwich, pita chips with some kind of spread, mac and cheese, cookies, coffee

Too many cookies and a LOT of coffee today.

Dinner:  Ham and salami sub, garlic cheese bread, rice krispie treats, 12 oz Miller Lite, Nicks triple choc

Too much.

Exercise:  Nope.  And cold bad weather arrives this weekend too.  Yuck.

42.6

Worst Bloat

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Yuck.  Don't like the aftereffects of eating way too much bad chain pizza.

Way too much.

Breakfast:  TB sausage crunchwrap, coffee

Mid to late morning pickup (I'd already been at work 3.5 hours), sounded good, was good.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Standard.

Dinner:  Dominos brooklyn extrava, 12 oz Miller Lite, SF choc fudge pudding w unsweet coconut

One of the better chain pizzas I've had.  Very good.

Exercise:  Nope.  If I can ever make a dent in the work I can get going on this.

43.8

Only Slight Improvement

Tuesday, November 8, 2022

At least there was that, slight improvement.  It still wasn't a great day yesterday but it was closer.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup and grilled cheese

Yup.  Helps to not have stuff in the house.  No chips, nothing snackable to supplement lunch.  I just have to hope that satiety kicks in here.  I did have extra soup.

Dinner:  LC pep pizza, crazy bread and sauce

BLEARGH

Exercise:  Nope.

43.6