#3664, Friday, October 30, 2026: Final 2026 food blog

Post 3664

- 15 years and 304 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/29/26):         198.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Is it okay if I'm a little sad that I end this year with a gain? I do. It will pass quickly, even as I write these words, because, although I did not achieve my new weight goal of 188, I am still under the original goal weight I defined for myself on New Year's Eve 2010. I have maintained my original loss for more than fifteen years. 

Good enough. I'm smiling.

Okay, that's all the food/diet writing I'm going to do this year, except to highlight interesting (or particularly photogenic) restaurant meals over the next four-plus months I'll be away for the Winter. My Travel blog will start appearing irregularly beginning sometime around the second week in November (I'm leaving for LA on November 6, and will arrive in Chiang Mai for a two-month stay November 14). I'll be back to food journalling sometime in April.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:00pm: Breakfast quesadilla, with eggs, prosciutto, mozzarella cheese, lentils,and sweet potatoes in two high-protein and -fiber tortillas.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:25pm: Unsalted mixed nuts. Celery and peanut butter. An IQ Bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 36+ oz.;

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#3663, Thursday, October 29, 2026

Post 3663

- 15 years and 303 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/27/26):         197.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

More snap-back from my one-day loss. The good news: I haven't gained it all back.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:45pm:

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

Lunch

5:20pm: Breakfast sausage (pork) and toasted mozzarella cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread.

Dinner

9:25pm: Veggie pasta bolognese (Quorn Meatless Grounds, high-protein and fiber rotini bean pasta, chopped spinach, Wegman's Grandpa's sauce, hemp seeds and chia seeds).

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 38+ oz.;

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#3662, Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Post 3662

- 15 years and 302 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/27/26):         195.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  1.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

There's the 'return to the mean' bump I anticipated after yesterday's big loss.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:45pm, at Sammy's NYC Deli: Sausage and egg breakfast burrito. Cream cheese and lox on an everything bagel. 

Lunch

5:40pm: Unsalted mixed nuts and an IQ Bar.

Dinner

Skipped.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 12 oz.;  Water: 32+ oz.;

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#3661, Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Post 3661

- 15 years and 301 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     195.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/26/26):         198.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  2.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

Holy smokes! Yesterday was a low calorie day, with only one meal and nothing eaten after 5pm, but this is still a notable one-day jump. Eating normally today, I expect a bump at tomorrow's weigh-in.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:00pm: Breakfast quesadilla, with eggs,  prosciutto, mozzarella cheese, lentils, spinach, sweet potatoes, onions, peppers, and two high-protein and -fiber tortillas. 

Lunch

5:20pm: Unsalted mixed nuts and an IQ Bar.

Dinner

8:25pm: Pasta and brussels sprouts (Barilla+ high-protein bean rotini, brussels sprouts, cottage cheese).

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 40+ oz.;

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#3660, Monday, October 26, 2026

Post 3660

- 15 years and 300 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/23/26):         199.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

NIce! I've mentioned before that a loss after a weekend of untracked eating and drinking feels good, so this is welcome. My efforts at self-control with no accountability paid off. Of course, it more often doesn't, but I'm forward-looking.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:25am: 

LEO (lox, eggs and onions) and broccoli, with toast and cream cheese. Everything But the Bagel seasoning and coarse fresh-ground pepper liberally applied.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

Skipped.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 48+ oz.; and a nice Tullamore Dew Irish whiskey

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#3659, Friday, October 23, 2026

Post 3659

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     199.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/22/26):         200.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:25am: 

LEO (lox, eggs and onions) and broccoli, with toast and cream cheese. Everything But the Bagel seasoning and coarse fresh-ground pepper liberally applied.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:25pm: Unsalted mixed nuts. Chicken breast, mozzarella cheese and coleslaw in a high-protein and -fiber tortilla. Sweet potatoes with Everything But the Bagel seasoning. An IQ Bar.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3658, Thursday, October 22, 2026

Post 3658

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     200.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/21/26):         197.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  2.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! Just as I wrote, yesterday, about the coming weight loss, I have this inexplicable result at today's weigh-in. I expected a loss. I had nearly duplicated the meals that produced a nice loss the day before.

I think unexpected results are the essence of comedy, in a different way than they bring on madness (doing the same thing and expecting different results...). I'm laughing madly.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:00pm:

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

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:25pm: Unsalted mixed nuts. Black beans and broccoli. Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast and cream cheese with Everything But the Bagel seasoning.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 32+ oz.;

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#3657, Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Post 3657

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/20/26):         198.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice loss! I hope it's sustainable, and have great expectations that this is the start of my winter weight loss pattern: When I start traveling (typically at the end of November, this year at the beginning), I have about four months of no food logs, no weigh-ins, no home-cooked meals. But the quality of the food in Chiang Mai and Cuenca is so much higher, and my daily movement a multiple of my at-home typical, I lose weight. Last year, I lost more than any other year, but I come back from my Winter travels with a significant weight loss, and start gaining it back in the Spring, peaking at the beginning of the summer and then trending down towards my next winter trip. This year, the gain has been dramatic, the loss less so. I'm excited to be less than three weeks away from leaving.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:15am: 

Fretta with eggs, chicken maple breakfast sausage, feta cheese, spinach, cabbage, peppers, onions and sweet potatoes. Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast and cream cheese. Everything But the Bagel seasoning on everything (but the bagel).

Lunch

5:20pm: Unsalted mixed nuts and an IQ Bar.

Dinner

8:25pm: Chicken breast and Swiss cheese in a high-protein and -fiber tortilla. Brussels sprouts.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 40+ oz.;

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#3656, Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Post 3656

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/19/26):         198.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, no comment.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:05am: 

LEO (lox, eggs and onions) and broccoli, with toast and cream cheese. Everything seasoning and coarse fresh-ground pepper liberally applied.

Lunch

3:30pm: Chicken-coleslaw wrap (high-protein tortilla), mixed nuts, an IQ Bar.

Dinner

10:15pm: Unsalted mixed nuts and an IQ Bar.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 36+ oz.;

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#3655, Monday, October 19, 2026

Post 3655

- 15 years and 293 days since I started this blog -

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/16/26):         198.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

Any loss after the weekend is welcome. Since I don't log my meals on weekends or holidays or when I travel, it is always gratifying to see that this lapse in accountability doesn't crash and burn my plan for maintaining my weight loss.

It's been working for me for more than fifteen years.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:25am: Breakfast quesadilla (eggs, prosciutto, Swiss cheese, lentils, onions, cabbage, high-protein wheat tortillas). Brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

8:15pm: Unsalted mixed nuts. Ramen with spinach and sausage (immi high-protein and -fiber ramen kit, chicken maple breakfast sausage, chopped spinach). An IQ Bar for dessert.

Liquid Intake

Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 40+ oz.;

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#3654, Friday, October 16, 2026

Post 3654

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     198.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/15/26):         197.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     +  0.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

I think this is a small bump and will re-establish the trend over what is shaping up to be a rather slow weekend.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:30pm: Breakfast quesadilla with low-carb flour tortillas, eggs, prosciutto, mushrooms, and onions. Brussels sprouts.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner

7:45pm: Mixed nuts. Salmon burgers and coleslaw on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread with sweet potatoes. An IQ Bar for dessert.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3653, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Post 3653

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

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                     197.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (10/14/26):         198.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     -  0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

I find the continuation of this losing trend very satisfying. I am also happy with some new additions to the pantry: IQ Bars and zero-carb tortillas. Both are lower calorie, lower-carb substitutes I find effective and good-tasting. No trend is permanent, and they break easily, but this is good while it lasts.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:05pm: Breakfast burrito with prosciutto, onions, mushrooms, feta cheese, and brussels sprouts.

Lunch

5:15pm: Mixed nuts and an IQ Bar.

Dinner

8:15pm: Lentil and spinach curry on Barilla+ high-protein and -fiber bean pasta. An IQ Bar for dessert.

Liquid Intake

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

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