#3422: Monday, July 14, 2025

Post 3422

- 14 years and 196 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    186.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/11/25):         187.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

Yes, I am surprised by losing weight over the weekend after stopping my capseicin supplement, but here we are.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:00pm: Proscuitto and veggies omelet (eggs, prosciutto, goat cheese, cabbage, kale, spinach, onions, peppers, mushrooms). With a slice of Ezekile 4:9.

Lunch

6:00pm: Mixed nuts, carrots and blue cheese dressing, a Quest bar.

Dinner

9:55pm: High-protein and -fiber ramen soup with spinach, kale and green peas. A piece of dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 0;  Coffee: 15 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.;

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#3421: Friday, July 11, 2025

Post 3421

- 14 years and 193 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    187.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/10/25):         186.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Glad, and unsurprised about the uptick. And, I expect more, as I'm discontinuing the capsaicin supplement I've been taking since April, which, I believe, is responsible for the weight loss I've been experiencing this year. I was taking it for my arthritis, but I suspect it's had the opposite effect - I'm suffering more from arthritis since I started using it than any time in my life.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:00pm: Prosciutto and veggie omelet (eggs, prosciutto, peas, kale, spinach, cabbage, Swiss cheese) and sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

10:25pm: Carrots and blue cheese dressing. A Quest bar and peanut butter.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 80+ oz.;

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#3420: Thursday, July 10, 2025

Post 3420

- 14 years and 192 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    186.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/9/25):          186.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

Basically, no change, so, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:30pm: Veggie, cheese, and prosciutto omelet (onions, peppers, mushrooms, cabbage, goat cheese and prosciutto) and sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

10:55pm: Salmon burger on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread with spicy coleslaw. Skyr 'sundae' (skyr, walnuts, cacao nibs, honey).

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3419: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Post 3419

- 14 years and 191 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    187.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/8/25):          186.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

It must be the capsaicin supplement I started. I have another month left, then I'm going to stop it, although I might stop it sooner if I keep losing weight like this. This chart looks like I'm starving myself since my anomalous one-day gain last week, but that is hardly the case.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

5:20pm: 

Pasta with peas (mung bean and edamame fettuccine, peas,  cottage cheese, olive oil).

Dinner

9:55pm: Cream cheese and walnut sandwich (on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread). A Quest bar with peanut butter. A piece of Dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 0;  Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3418: Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Post 3418

- 14 years and 190 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    187.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/7/25):          187.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Still losing weight. All righty, then!

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm:

Cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

10:15pm: High-protein and -fiber ramen soup with spinach, kale and chicken. Mixed nuts and dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.;

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#3417: Monday, July 7, 2025

Post 3417

- 14 years and 189 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    187.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/3/25):          192.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  4.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! Not only did I show that the dramatic one-day weight gain I experienced Wendesday/Thursday last week was just an anomaly, but I lost weight from last week's low point, to claim a new low weight that brings me all the way back to my early-30s, in-shape weight. Although, back then, more of the weight was muscular. Now, I'm at a weight lower than I've been at in fifty years!

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm: Sardines (with mayonnaise, chili crisp, and celery) and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

9:55pm: A B.A.S. (Big-ass salad with chicken breast, arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, tomatoes, shaved parmesan cheese, walnuts, and balsamic vinaigrette).

Snack

11:00pm: A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 10 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3416: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Post 3416

- 14 years and 185 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    192.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/2/25):          188.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  3.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I knew my weight would be up today, but was surprised by the shocking one-day gain. It turns out Triscuits are a trigger food for me. I ate a box right before bed last night, after dining out and a pint of sugar-free ice cream. Then, of course, my blood sugar was a little high this morning, too. 

That is one ugly chart. I'll be very low-carb for Independence Day weekend. I take a one-day, three-and-a-half pound weight gain seriously.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

10:15pm: Salmon burger and Italian-style chicken sausage with spicy coleslaw.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3415: Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Post 3415

- 14 years and 184 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    188.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/1/25):          189.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

I managed to avoid restaurant-borne weight gain yesterday by going early and eating lightly after. It worked. I'm going out again today, may not have as good a result.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:55pm: Veggie and goat cheese omelet (two eggs, spinach, kale, cabbage, goat cheese).

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

6:15pm, at Urban Pho: 

Pho Tae Gau - Beef broth with beef brisket and rib. Not shown: A Shrimp Summer Roll.

Dinner

9:45pm: Triscuits. Total, out of control carb frenzy. Then, sugarless mint chip ice cream.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 10 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3414: July 1, 2025

Post 3414

- 14 years and 183 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    189.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/30/25):         188.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

I've been losing weight pretty steadily this year, but it's never a straight line, and i expected that yesterday's low weight would not hold. I was right, despite a very normal day of on-plan eating.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm:

Cottage cheese pancakes with blueberries.

Lunch

5:00pm, at CoreLife Eatery: Steak, bacon and blue cheese salad.

Dinner

11:10pm: Cottage cheese and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 19 oz.;  Water: 40+ oz.;

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#3413: Monday, June 30, 2025

Post 3413

- 14 years and 182 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    188.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/27/25):         188.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

A great end to the lightest month (average weight about 190 lbs.) since I started tracking my weight 14-1/2 years ago, and on the fourteenth anniversary of achieving my initial weight loss goal of 200 pounds. A nearly invisible loss seals the deal with another new record low weight going back at least 35 years.

And yesterday was the 17th anniversary of my move to Syracuse.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:05pm: Sausage and veggie scramble (eggs, Italian-style chicken sausage, cabbage, kale, spinach, peppers, onions, mushrooms and goat cheese).

Lunch

6:05pm: Mixed nuts. Carrots and ranch dressing. Skyr 'sundae' (skyr, blueberries, walnuts, cacao nibs, maple syrup).

Dinner

10:15pm: Quorn Grounds sloppy Joe (Quorn Grounds mushroom protein, Rao's Tomato Basil sauce, kale, spinach, chia seeds) on riced cauliflower with mixed cheeses.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 0;  Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3412: Friday, June 27, 2025

Post 3412

- 14 years and 179 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    188.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/26/25):         188.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow, part 2! Another lowest weight! I was pretty sure after yesterday's indulgence (I haven't eaten a Triscuit, my favorite cracker, in 15 years) I would gain some weight today. What do I know? Not much.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:25pm: Italian-style chicken sausage on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread with celery and chile-coated dried mango.

Lunch

7:00pm: Quest bar and cottage cheese amd chile-coated dried mango.

Dinner

10:55pm: Chana masala (chick pea curry) with mixed greens on black bean spaghettini.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee 0 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.;

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#3411: Thursday, June 26, 2025

Post 3411

- 14 years and 178 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    188.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/25/25):         189.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! This reading is the lowest I've recorded since starting this journal/blog, and likely my lowest weight in more than thirty-five years. It comes after very light eating yesterday - basically one meal and a snack. I am not one to argue with success. I feel a lot of this is owed to the capsaicin formula I've been taking for joint pain since April. It is also marketed as a weight-loss formula. I can't think of anything else I'm doing that is different this year.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:55pm: Sardines (with mayonnaise, chili crisp, and celery) on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax bread with cream cheese.

Lunch

5:15pm: Mixed nuts and chile-coated dried mango.

Dinner

8:55pm: Most of a box of Triscuits and Swiss cheese. I strongly suspect this will add weight tomorrow.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.;

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