#3579: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Post 3579

- 16 years and 175 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     196.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/22/26):          197.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I am happy that I am able to continue the weight loss trend that began in earnest two weeks ago.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:35pm: Fretta with cabbage, Swiss cheese, lentils, sausage, onions, peppers and mushrooms, and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

4:20pm: Peanut butter and honey on Dave's Killer 21 bread.

Dinner

9:35pm: Pasta bolognese vegetariana (Quorn Meatless Grounds, chopped spinach, Wegman's Grandpa's sauce, balsamic vinegar, high-protein and fiber rigatoni. An ounce of the Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3578: Monday, June 22, 2026

Post 3578

- 16 years and 174 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/18/26):          196.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Not bad. All the (weight) damage done was due to a special Father's Day meal on Sunday (a gigantic order from the Cajun shrimp boil at a gig I played at: shrimp, mussels, sausage, potatoes, corn on the cobb and corn bread). Usually, when I eat like that, it shows up as an added pound or more, so I think I dodged a bullet. Also, my losing trend is still intact.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:50pm: Garbage plate: Broccoli, eggs, mozzarella cheese, onions, peppers, lentils, mushrooms, potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Beef hamburger on Dave's Killer 21 bread with coleslaw, sweet potatoes. A Quest bar and The Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.;

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#3577: Thursday, June 18, 2026

Post 3577

- 16 years and 170 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     196.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/17/26):          198.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

This is nice, probably the best week of the year from a weight control standpoint. Note: I take Juneteenth as a holiday seriously, so no update until Monday.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:00pm: LEO (Lox, eggs and onions), Dave's Killer 21 toast with cream cheese, and broccoli.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:35pm: Hamburger on Dave's Killer 21 bread with guacamole. Coleslaw, sweet potatoes. A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3576: Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Post 3576

- 16 years and 169 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/16/26):          197.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Okay, this one-day increase isn't disturbing even though it is a move in the wrong direction. However, I am still at a good weight, and it is a 'lower high' that does not break the developing trend.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:45pm: Scrambled eggs with breakfast sausage (chicken). Dave's Killer 21 toast with cream cheese and walnuts. Brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:15pm: Peanut butter and chili-coated mangoes.

Snack

12:40am: A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 22 oz.;  Water: 50+ oz.; a good shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#3575: Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Post 3575

- 16 years and 168 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/15/26):          198.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

A welcome loss. Again, hoping to establish a trend, single readings are only data points. I need some lower highs.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:25pm:

High-protein cottage cheese pancakes with high-protein blueberry sauce.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:45pm: Chili-coated mangoes. Turkey breast on Dave's Killer 21 bread with coleslaw. Broccoli. 

Snack

10:50pm: A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3574: Monday, June 15, 2026

Post 3574

- 16 years and 167 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/12/26):          199.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice loss over the weekend. I've been feeling low-energy lately. I think I may be caught in a low-motion spiral. My inclination for relaxation has me moving less, and when I do, I get fatigued quicker, so move less... on and on. I'm feeling old.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:10pm: 

Cabbage and feta cheese omelet with onions, peppers, lentils and mushrooms, with breakfast sausage (chicken) and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

10:55pm: Grilled cheese sandwich (Swiss cheese, Dave's Killer 21 bread), sweet potatoes and chili-coated mangoes.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3573: Friday, June 12, 2026

Post 3573

- 16 years and 164 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/11/26):          199.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

Ugh! Can't seem to get all the way off this six-month weight gain trend.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:10pm: Prosciutto, cabbage and feta cheese omelet with onions, peppers and mushrooms, and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

4:20pm: A Quest bar.

Dinner

9:15pm: Salmon burger on Dave's Killer bread. Broccoli.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.;

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#3572: Thursday, June 11, 2026

Post 3572

- 16 years and 163 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/10/26):          200.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

The bumpy road continues. It's been a crazy year, so far. Coming from an illness-related extreme weight loss at the end of last year, I've gained a rather upsetting amount of weight back, to a weight higher than it was before I got sick. Backing that down has proved daunting, and in the ten weeks since I've gotten back home, unsuccessful. But I have succeeded many times before, and I can see me back in the low 190s before too long.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:30pm:

Super oatmeal and quinoa (steel-cut oats, quinoa, chia seeds, hemp seeds, blueberries, whey protein, walnuts, kefir, Greek yogurt, cacao nibs).

Lunch

4:20pm: A Quest bar amd peanut butter and The Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Dinner

8:40pm: Melted cheese on Dave's Killer bread. Dal tadka (lentil curry) with sweet peas and sweet potatoes and The Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 21 oz.;  Water: 64+ oz.;

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#3571: Wednesday, June 10, 2026

Post 3571

- 16 years and 162 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     200.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/9/26):           201.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

That's a satisfying loss, but meaningless until it becomes a trend.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:10pm: Spinach and feta cheese omelet with onions, peppers and mushrooms, and sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:55pm: Turkey breast on Dave's Killer 21 Grains and Seeds bread with guacamole. Also, coleslaw and sweet peas. And finally, peanut butter and The Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3570: Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Post 3570

- 16 years and 161 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     201.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/5/26):           198.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  1.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Given how much I ate yesterday, including three times more bread than on any day in memory, this weight gain was not a surprise, although unwelcome. I now how to fix this. Yes, a lot of bread yesterday, as I completed my transition from my fifteen-plus year obsession with Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread to Dave's Killer 21 Grain and Seeds bread by having an unusual amount of both - three slices each.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch

3:25pm: Egg scramble with spinach and feta cheese, onions and peppers on Dave's Killer 21 Grains and Seeds toast. And sweet potatoes.

Dinner

8:55pm: A Quest bar and cottage cheese and a little Dark Chocolate Lover's 86% cacao dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 0;  Coffee: 8 oz.;  Water: 32+ oz.;

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#3569: Monday, June 8, 2026

Post 3569

- 16 years and 160 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/5/26):           198.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:20pm: LEO (lox, eggs and onions) and brussels sprouts and a slice of Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted grains toast.

Lunch

4:00pm: A Quest bar and a peanut butter sandwich (Dave's Killer 21 Grains and Seeds bread).

Dinner

8:25pm: High-protein and -fiber bean rigatoni, with cottage cheese, feta cheese, chopped kale and spinach, prosciutto and olive oil. Dark chocolate.

Snack

11:00pm: Cream cheese and walnuts on a slice of Dave's Killer 21 Grains and Seeds bread.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3568: Friday, June 5, 2026

Post 3568

- 16 years and 157 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/4/26):           199.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:45am: Sardine salad (sardines, onions, celery, mayonnaise, Greek yogurt) on Ezekiel 4:9 sprouted grains bread and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:25pm: Pasta bolognese (high-protein and -fiber bean rigatoni, with Quorn Meatless Grounds, Wegman's Grandpa's Sauce, chopped kale and spinach, lentils, balsamic vinegar, chia seeds and hemp seeds). A Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 16 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.; A Jameson's Iriah whiskey

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#3567: Thursday, June 4, 2026

Post 3567

- 16 years and 156 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/3/26):           199.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

Good loss and, hopefully, the start of a trend.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:55pm: Feta, onions, cabbage and prosciutto omelet and sweet potatoes.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:15pm: Peanut butter on Dave's Killer 21 Grains and Seeds bread. A Quest bar. Dark Chocolate Lover's 85% cacao chocolate.

Liquid Intake

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

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