#3493: Friday, October 24, 2025

Post 3493

- 14 years and 298 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    194.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/23/25):        192.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Last night, after I had finished what I intended to eat for dinner, I was still hungry. Munchies, likely. So, I made myself two 'healthy' desserts, both with natural sweeteners - honey and maple syrup. Today, I saw the folly. Near the high weight of the year (which would still be a good weight for me), but not there. I'll be back down a bit on Monday.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:35pm: Prosciutto and Swiss cheese omelet and sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:50pm: High protein and fiber elbow pasta with dal tadka (lentil curry) over riced cauliflower. A protein bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 66+ oz.;

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#3492: Thursday, October 23, 2025

Post 3492

- 14 years and 297 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/22/25):        192.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:45pm:

Super oatmeal and quinoa (steel-cut oats, quinoa, chia seeds, hemp seeds, blueberries, whey protein, walnuts, kefir, skyr, cacao nibs, nutritional yeast, mushroom powder, stevia).

Lunch

5:45pm: A protein bar and peanut butter.

Dinner

8:45pm: Italian-style chicken sausage on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread with coarse-ground mustard. a salad with blue cheese dressing and cream cheese and honey on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread. Yogurt, cacao nibs and maple syrup. I was kind of out of control, and overate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 66+ oz.;

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#3491: Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Post 3491

- 14 years and 296 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/21/25):        192.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

Almost no change, which is absolutely fine with me (at any weight below 200 pounds).

Food Log

Breakfast
1:05pm:

Cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries and a dollop of skyr (not shown).

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:45pm, at Shifty's: Grilled ham and cheese sandwich, and beans and greans.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 52+ oz.;

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#3490: Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Post 3490

- 14 years and 295 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/20/25):        193.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

Glad for the loss, now just need to keep it going. Although I don't feel I need to lose weight from here, I think about three pounds lighter would feel better. And I've already been there this year (for the first time in more than three decades).

Food Log

Breakfast
1:15pm: Veggie-cheese omelet. Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with cream cheese and smoked salmon.

Lunch

6:10pm: Skyr 'sundae' (skyr, blueberries, walnuts, cacao nibs, stevia). A protein bar.

Dinner

9:05pm: A B.A.S. (big-ass salad: Spring Mix, cabbage, chicken breast, walnuts, tomatoes, blue cheese dressing).

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3489: Monday, October 20, 2025

Post 3489

- 14 years and 294 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    193.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/17/25):        192.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Not very disappointed, although I did try to stay on-plan this weekend. Well, lets see if I can't repair the minor damage, although, truth be told, I'm not feeling any need to lose weight these days. Not at this weight, which is more than 3% under my original target weight (reached more than fourteen years ago).

Food Log

Breakfast
11:40am:

LEO (lox (smoked salmon), eggs, and onions) with chili crisps. Sweet potatoes on the side.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:05pm: Veggie pasta bolognese (high protein and fiber elbows with Quorn Meatless Grounds, spinach, Rao's Tomato Basil sauce). Riced cauliflower. A protein bar.

Snack

11:15pm: A protein bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 52+ oz.;

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#3488: Friday, October 17, 2025

Post 3488

- 14 years and 291 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/16/25):        192.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm:

Cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries and a dollop of skyr (not shown).

Lunch

5:00pm: Carrots with blue cheese dressing. Veggie pasta bolognese (Quorn grounds TVP, Rao's Tomato Basil sauce, spinach) with peas and shaved parmesan. A protein bar.

Dinner

10:45pm: Chicken and Swiss cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with guacamole. A mixed greens salad with blue cheese dressing. Dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 10oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.;

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#3487: Thursday, October 16, 2025

Post 3487

- 14 years and 290 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/15/25):        193.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

All righty - low weight of the week.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:35pm: Veggie scramble with smoked salmon and goat cheese, steamed broccoli, and a high-protein, high-fiber bagel with cream cheese.

Lunch

5:10pm: A protein bar.

Dinner

10:20pm: Veggie pasta bolognese (Quorn Meatless Grounds, Rao's Marinara sauce, spinach, chickpea rotini, shaved parmesan cheese). Dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 14oz.;  Water: 62+ oz.;

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#3486: Wednesday, October 15, 2025

Post 3486

- 14 years and 289 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    193.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/14/25):        192.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

I backslid. Yesterday, I ate on a bit of an earlier schedule than usual, but ended up having a big late-night snack that undid the on-plan eating I had done up to that point. Today's weight gain is the result.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:30pm: A LEO (lox, eggs and onions). A high-protein, high-fiber bagel with cream cheese. Steamed brussels sprouts with olive oil and Everything seasoning.

Lunch

6:00pm: Popcorn and a protein bar.

Dinner

9:35pm: A B.A.S. (big-ass salad: Spring Mix, cabbage, spinach, chicken breast, walnuts, tomatoes, shaved parmesan, blue cheese dressing). Dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.;

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#3485: Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Post 3485

- 14 years and 288 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/13/25):        194.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

Lost as much as I gained over the weekend, a     pleasing result.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:00am: A LEO (lox, eggs and onions), a crappy high-protein, high-fiber bagel with cream cheese. Steamed broccoli with olive oil and Everything seasoning.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

6:00pm: Chick pea rotini with Italian-style chicken sausage and cottage cheese. A mixed greens salad with blue cheese dressing. A protein bar.

Snack

9:10pm: Dark chocolate, peanut butter on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 8oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.;

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#3484: Monday, October 13, 2025

Post 3484

- 14 years and 287 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    194.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/9/25):         192.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

No surprise, given I was traveling and eating on the road or in restaurants all weekend. Typical travel weekend result. But now I'm back, and I need to buckle down and lose some, being near my high weight of the year (still satisfactory, though - this is my lightest year in at least three decades).

Food Log

Breakfast
12:35pm:

Prosciutto, Swiss and veggie omelet with sweet potatoes.

Lunch

5:30pm: A protein bar.

Dinner

9:00pm: A high-protein, high-fiber everything bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon. This was an experiment that I couldn't wait for breakfast to try out. It had little chance of success, and was not. So it goes. I'll be having it for breakfast for the rest of the week, though. It has a decent nutrition profile, it's just a shit bagel I won't buy again. I also had a big-ass salad of Spring Mix, spinach, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, walnuts and blue cheese dressing.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3483: Thursday, October 9, 2025

Post 3483

- 14 years and 283 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/8/25):         193.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

Not much of a change (none, really), but it's not much in the right direction. Given my late might munchies last night, I feel like I've gotten away with something (my blood sugar was at the high end of the normal range this morning). 

I'll keep trying, but I'm traveling to visit my sister and her family this weekend, and won't have that much control over the food, so we'll see. Next post on Monday, October 13.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:55pm: Italian-style chicken sausage, cabbage and eggs.

Lunch

4:50pm: A Barebells protein bar.

Dinner

9:05pm: Chick pea rotini with prosciutto and cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 8oz.;  Water: 62+ oz.;

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#3482: Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Post 3482

- 14 years and 282 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    193.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/7/25):         193.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Finally, a loss. More to come.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:55pm: Prosciutto, cabbage and Swiss omelet. Sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:45pm, at Shifty's: Greens 'n' beans.

Snack

11:40pm: Wholesome Mix (mixed nuts, dried fruit, dark chocolate. A Barebells protein bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22oz.;  Water: 58+ oz.;

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#3481: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Post 3481

- 14 years and 281 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    193.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/6/25):         193.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, but this time, it is a complete surprise. Not only was I expecting a loss, I was expecting a big loss after yesterday's on-plan, lower-calorie eating. I am undeterred, I'm going to do approximately the same thing today.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:35pm: Sausage and veggie omelet (Italian-style chicken sausage, Swiss cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers, cabbage, carrots) and broccoli.

Lunch

5:30pm: Wholesome Mix (mixed notes, dried fruit, dark chocolate) and a Barebells protein bar.

Dinner

9:35pm: Chicken breast on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread with coleslaw. A big mixed greens salad with tomatoes and blue cheese dressing. More Wholesome Mix.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 20oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.;

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