#3605, Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Post 3605

- 15 years and 218 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/4/26):           197.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  1.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Completely unexpected. In fact, the opposite of what I expected. Yesterday was a pretty low-calorie, on-plan day. After I've almost finished my first box of Barilla Protein+ pasta, I'm beginning to wonder if it might be a problem. And I already bought a new box. What a drag - it's the only high-protein pasta that comes in farfalle, which I happen to favor. Hmmph!

Food Log

Breakfast
1:50pm: Prosciutto, cabbage, lentils and mozzarella cheese omelet with brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Chicken breast on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with guacamole. Sweet potatoes. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3604, Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Post 3604

- 15 years and 217 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (8/3/26):           199.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice loss. I've been a little impatient to see some good movement in this direction. Frankly, the way I've been eating, I expected more loss than I've been seeing. However, I've been practically immobile since Friday night, and my weight should probably be going up. In other words, I'll take the win.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:35pm: Sardines and cream cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread, with steamed broccoli.

Lunch

4:10pm: Skyr, cacao nibs and walnuts.

Dinner

7:50pm: Semi-veggie pasta bolognese (Quorn Meatless Grounds, high-protein and fiber farfalle bean pasta, chopped kale and spinach, Wegman's Grandpa's sauce, balsamic vinegar, hemp and chia seeds) with peas. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.;

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#3603, Monday, August 3, 2026

Post 3603

- 15 years and 216 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/31/26):          199.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

A loss after the weekend is always welcome. I tweaked my knee Friday night, have been limping ever since. It's getting worse. I'm hardly moving now. Ugh.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm: Prosciutto, cabbage and mozzarella cheese omelet with lentils, onions, peppers and mushrooms, and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Chicken breast on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with lettuce and mayonnaise. Sweet potatoes. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.;

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#3602, Friday, July 31, 2026

Post 3602

- 15 years and 213 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/30/26):          198.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

A bit of a disappointing end to the week and month. So it goes.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:20pm: Sausage and eggs (scrambled) with dal tadka (lentil curry) and peas.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:25pm: Roast beef on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with spicy coleslaw and sweet potatoes. Peanut butter and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3601, Thursday, July 30, 2026

Post 3601

- 15 years and 212 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/29/26):          198.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

This difference is just noise. Tomorrow, I start a light exercise program. I'm not looking tolose weight by exercising, but I might.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm: 

Shakshuka (Quorn Meatless Grounds, Wegman's Grandpa's sauce, spinach, kale, chia and hemp seeds, eggs, feta cheese). Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains toast (not shown).

Lunch

4:05pm: Cottage cheese and a Quest bar.

Dinner

7:55pm: A B.A.S. (mixed greens, cabbage, roast beef, walnuts, feta cheese, lentils, chipotle ranch dressing).

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 16 oz.;  Water: 46+ oz.;

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#3600, Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Post 3600

- 15 years and 211 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/28/26):          200.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  2.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

This is the correction I was looking for this week. I'm not sure what happened yesterday. My guess? An anomalous reading. Still, I know that, after weighing myself daily (almost) for fifteen years, I know that the day-to-day differences are both variable and irrelevant. Trends count, any two readings don't.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:00pm: Scrambled eggs and oatmeal.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm, takeout from Kabob House:

Vegan Feast Platter (salad, falafel, baba ganoush, hummus, pita bread). Not shown: Quest bar and peanut butter.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 16 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3599, Tuesday, July 28, 2026

Post 3599

- 15 years and 210 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     200.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/24/26):          199.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

Another surprise at weigh-in. After sweating through an outdoor gig yesterday, and limiting my food intake, I expected a loss, not a gain. I blame eating my last meal at the end of the day, right before going to bed. But what do I know?

Food Log

Breakfast
1:10pm: Prosciutto, cabbage, onion and feta cheese omelet with toasted Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Semi-veggie pasta bolognese (Quorn Meatless Grounds, high-protein and fiber farfalle bean pasta, chopped kale and spinach, Wegman's Grandpa's sauce, balsamic vinegar, hemp and chia seeds) with shaved parmesan cheese.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.;

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#3598, Monday, July 27, 2026

Post 3598

- 15 years and 209 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/24/26):          199.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Usually, it's "No change, no comment," but it's been five days of no change. Again, it's Monday, and after a weekend, when I'm not tracking and recording my food, I expect to see a weight gain. Saturday, as it happens, was like one of my old-fashioned 'cheat' days. I ate pizza, pork rinds and hummus, to finish out the day after a pancake breakfast. Ended up finishing one of my dark chocolate bars. That's a lot of calories, an unusually high percentage of them comng from simple carbohydrates.

Lately, my weight has been less predictable than I've become used to (hah! There's actually a joke in that sentence). This corresponds to a downturn in daily activity. Since I got back from my winter travels I've been in a slump. I have spent more time on the couch watching TV than at any time in my life. This is partially due to fewer opportunities to go out and play - I dropped one band due to a bad leader, and the other bands I play with regularly have sharply fewer gigs than at any time in the past.

But it's also due to a feeling that started three years ago, when I came home after blowing out my knees climbing a mountain in Ecuador. I felt weak. And old. The pain was a deterrent to movement. I didn't fight these feelings, I embraced them.

I now think, on reflection, that was a bad idea. It has led to what I consider a lower quality of life. I'm going to fix that.

So I have some negative inertia to overcome.

It begins today. We'll see.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

3:00pm: Scrambled eggs with pork breakfast sausage and brussels sprouts.

Dinner

10:55pm: Salmon burger on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with coleslaw. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 12 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.;

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#3597, Friday, July 24, 2026

Post 3597

- 15 years and 206 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/23/26):          199.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:20pm: Prosciutto, cabbage and mozzarella cheese omelet with lentils, onions, peppers and mushrooms, and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

5:30pm: Peanut butter and a Quest bar.

Dinner

7:55pm: Chicken breast and Swiss cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread. Sweet potatoes. An ounce of the Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 18 oz.;  Water: 44+ oz.;

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#3596, Thursday, July 23, 2026

Post 3596

- 15 years and 205 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/22/26):          199.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:20pm: Pork breakfast sausage and scrambled eggs with broccoli and Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains toast with olive oil.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Farfalle pasta with vegetables (high-protein bean pasta, spinach, kale, lentils, onions, mushrooms, peppers, olive oil, cottage cheese, shaved parmesan). Greek yogurt with cacao nibs and vanilla protein powder.

Snack

10:30pm: Peanut butter and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22 oz.;  Water: 44+ oz.;

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#3595, Wednesday, July 22, 2026

Post 3595

- 15 years and 204 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/21/26):          197.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  2.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I am flummoxed. I cannot account for this two-pound weight gain. Also, my blood sugar was higher than usual. My blood pressure was great, though, so there's that. (When I'm at home, I check my blood sugar and blood pressure every time I weigh myself). 

Where did this weight come from? I don't think I ate two pounds of food yesterday. Maybe Tuesday's weight was an anomaly, and should have been more than two pounds higher, which is what I was expecting. I don't know. Third base!

Food Log

Breakfast
12:30pm: Prosciutto, cabbage and Swiss cheese omelet with mushrooms, onions and peppers. Also, brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Chicken breast on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with guacamole. Salad (mixed lettuce, cabbage, carrots, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese, balsamic vinaigrette) and sweet potatoes. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 8 oz.;  Water: 44+ oz.;

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#3594: Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Post 3594

- 15 years and 203 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/13/26):          198.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

It is nothing short of amazing that I lost weight after my six-day trip to LA. I ate restaurant food every day, had desserts every day. True, I did eat very little yesterday, which was a travel/recovery day, but I honestly didn't expect that to undo all the damage I thought I was doing. I'm such a lucky guy. Also, I'm back to Ezekiel sprouted grains bread.

I don't expect to travel much between now and my November winter exit from Syracuse.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:15pm: 

Ken's garbage plate du jour: eggs, high protein farfalle pasta, broccoli, Swiss cheese, mushrooms, onions, peppers.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:55pm: Salmon burger on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with guacamole. Coleslaw, sweet potatoes. A Quest bar. And an ounce of the Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 8 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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