#3194: Tuesday, April 16, 2024

Post 3194

- 14 years and 107 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    198.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/15/24):         198.4 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice confirmation of return to the mean, another one or two pounds would be there.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:35pm: scrambled eggs with chili crisp and oatmeal-quinoa with blueberries and walnuts (steel cut oats, quinoa, chia and hemp seeds, blueberries, walnuts, almond milk, Greek yogurt, kefir).

Lunch
6:45pm: B. A. S. (Spring Mix, baby spinach, cabbage, prosciutto, shaved parmesan, balsamic vinaigrette).

Dinner
10:50pm: Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast and guacamole. Cottage cheese.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 74+ oz.; 

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#3193: Monday, April 15, 2024

Post 3193

- 14 years and 106 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    198.4 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/12/24):         200.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 1.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, really.

Food Log

Breakfast
Skipped.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
7:30pm: Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, goat cheese, mushrooms, onions and peppers. Sweet potatoes with butter and Everything seasoning.

Snack

11:45pm: Prosciutto and Swiss cheese rollups.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 12 oz.;  Water: 44+ oz.; 

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#3192: Friday, April 12, 2024

Post 3192

- 14 years and 103 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    200.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/11/24):         197.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.4 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! I'm not sure, but I don't think I've ever gained two kilos in two days before. It feels like the first time. I wasn't expecting to see a weight gain after yesterday's eating, but I'm not taking any chances, and I'm going to attempt a low-carb, on-plan day today.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:25pm: 

Roasted brussels sprouts with smoked salmon, goat cheese, and scrambled eggs.

Lunch

4:45pm: Cottage cheese and a Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
9:30pm: Salmon burger, sweet potatoes, pork rinds and a BAS (Spring Mix, prosciutto, shaved parmesan, cabbage, walnuts, balsamic vinaigrette).

Snack

11:45pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 58+ oz.; 

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#3191: Thursday, April 11, 2024

Post 3191

- 14 years and 102 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/10/24):         195.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Wow! When you eat a whole bag of potato chips and a whole tub of hummus as a midnight snack, after a day with a significant amount of high sugar foods - dried fruit and chocolate peanut butter cups - you gain weight. Sometimes my ancillary bad habits, in this case whiskey and pot in larger-than-usual amounts, makes you happy to do dumb stuff.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:55pm: Smoked salmon, onions, pepper, mushrooms, goat cheese and eggs. A slice of Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted-grain bread, to mop up.

Lunch
5:45pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
10:00pm: A big-ass salad (BAS): Spring Mix greens, cabbage, chicken breast, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese, balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack

11:30pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.; 

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#3190: Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Post 3190

- 14 years and 101 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    195.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/9/24):          196.7 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

That's a good loss, and I am not in doubt as to why: Yesterday was a near-perfect on-plan day, as far as my food was concerned. Not bad in every other way, too.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:25am: A scrambled egg with chili crisps (I only mention this because I bought a big jar and I'm using chili crisps on everything I can - and loving it - now). Overnight oatmeal-quinoa (toasted steel-cut oats, quinoa, chia seeds, hemp seeds, blueberries, Greek yogurt, maple syrup.

Lunch
4:50pm: Dark chocolate peanut butter cups and chili-coated dried pineapple.

Dinner
7:30pm: Kohlrabi 'noodles' with Grandpa's Sauce, chicken and grated parmesan cheese.

Snack

11:45pm: Sweet potato chips and hummus. Chili-coated dried pineapple.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 10 oz.;  Water: 58+ oz.; 

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#3189: Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Post 3189

- 14 years and 100 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/8/24):          197.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Nice drop. I think and hope this is a reversion to the (lower) (new) mean.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:00pm:

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, Dubliner cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions and peppers). Not shown: Dry Ezekiel 4:19 Flax sprouted grain toast.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
6:30pm: Salmon burger on Spring Mix greens with balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack

11:25pm: Almond butter and a Quest bar.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; and a Jameson's Irish whiskey

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#3188: Monday, April 8, 2024

Post 3188

- 14 years and 99 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.5 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/5/24):          196.2 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

I really packed it on over the weekend. Today (eclipse day) will continue that, as I will eat at a restaurant for the third day in a row.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:45am:

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

Lunch

5:40pm, at Sahota Palace: garlic naan, vegetable (mulligatawny) soup, chicken tikka saagwalla (Tandoori chicken in thick spinach curry).

Dinner
10:30pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 12 oz.;  Water: 58+ oz.; 

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#3187: Friday, April 5, 2024

Post 3187

- 14 years and 96 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.2 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/4/24):          195.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    + 0.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

This makes sense. I've been eating a lot, and losing weight. Yesterday, I ate a lot and gained weight. That makes sense. I am going to finish the Keto Coconut bites today, and be done with them. Time to get back to basics.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:25pm: Scrambled eggs with Dubliner cheese and guacamole. Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain toast with guacamole.

Lunch
7:25pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
10:40pm: B. A. S. (Big-ass salad): Spring Mix, cabbage, turkey breast, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese, balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack

11:45pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 24 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.; 

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#3186: Thursday, April 4, 2024

Post 3186

- 14 years and 95 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    195.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/2/24):          195.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.6 lbs.

Diet Comment

I haven't figured out why my weight is such a roller-coaster ride since I got back (the smooth part before March 13, 2024 is just a guess/approximation getting me from my weight at the end of November to my weighed date on my return from Winter travels, when I don't weigh myself). My average weight in 2023 was the lowest it's been in at least the last fourteen years. This year, looks like it may be lower yet, even with these odd perturbations.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:15pm:

Veggie omelet (eggs, Dubliner cheese, chopped spinach and kale, mushrooms, onions, peppers) and sweet potatoes with olive oil and Everything seasoning.

Lunch
7:30pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
9:50pm: Quorn grounds (mushroom protein ground beef substitute) with chopped kale and spinach, and marinara sauce, with riced cauliflower.

Snack

11:45pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;  Coffee: 12 oz.;  Water: 50+ oz.; 

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#3185: Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Post 3185

- 14 years and 94 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    195.9 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/2/24):          196.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.1 lbs.

Diet Comment

No change, really.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:25pm: Roasted brussels sprouts, fried eggs with goat cheese, Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grains bread with cream cheese and Everything seasoning.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
9:50pm: B. A. S. (Big-ass salad): Spring Mix, cabbage, turkey breast, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese, balsamic vinaigrette.

Snack

11:45pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

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

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#3184: Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Post 3184

- 14 years and 93 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    196.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (4/1/24):          193.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.7 lbs.

Diet Comment

I felt a lot better yesterday. That should have been nothing but good news, but my appetite returned, and then some, and I ended up overeating. I ate so much that I ended up with a bad stomach-ache. I was so full, I felt like purging (I didn't). Anyway, all that food yesterday ended up showing up on the scale today, big-time.

Food Log

Breakfast
3:05pm:

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

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
9:00pm: Turkey and Swiss cheese on Ezekiel 4:9 Flax sprouted grain bread, with sweet potato chips.

Snack

11:45pm: Coconut bites (sweetened coconut, sugar-free dark chocolate, chia, pumpkin and sunflower seeds).

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 0;  Coffee: 30 oz.;  Water: 36+ oz.; 

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#3183: Monday, April 1, 2024

Post 3183

- 14 years and 92 days since I started this blog -

At home, March 19, 2024

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    193.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (3/28/24):         193.5 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     - 0.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

I got sicker every day of the weekend, but woke up today feeling better. The illness suppressed my appetite a little, and that's what I think accounts for the weight loss.

Food Log

Breakfast
1:40pm:

Veggie omelet (eggs, Swiss cheese, chopped spinach and kale, mushrooms, onions, peppers) and sweet potatoes with olive oil and Everything seasoning.

Lunch
7:30pm: A Quest bar and almond butter.

Dinner
11:00pm:  Kohlrabi (spiralized as 'noodles') and vegetarian bolognese (Rao's marinara, Quorn Grounds, chopped kale and spinach) with grated parmesan.

Snack

1:05pm: Chili-coated dried mango (the whole bag).

Liquid Intake

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

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