#3061: Wednesday, July 12, 2023

Post 3061

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    200.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/11/23):         199.8 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  0.5 lbs.

Diet Comment

Every. Damn. Time. Every time I eat at the Maplewood, I gain weight. Even though I only had a little piece (1-1/2"x3") of pizza there, the drink I had combined with my smoking caused me to violate the 8/16 intermittent fasting schedule, with a huge, high-calorie snack at around 11:30. So, maybe, I'm lucky I was only up by a half pound.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:45pm: LEO (lox, eggs, and onions), and cream cheese on low-carb bread with Everything But the Bagel seasoning.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
9:25pm: Turkey breast and gouda sandwich on low-carb bread. Mixed-veggie coleslaw. Celery and homemade mayonnaise, and mixed nuts.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 18 oz.;  Water: 54+ oz.; A Black Russian

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#3060: Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Post 3060

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    199.8 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/10/23):         198.6 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Every. Damn. Time. Every time I eat dinner at the Maplewood, I gain weight. Even though I did the intermittent fasting thing perfectly, it's not enough to overcome the pound of pork I ate for dinner last night. Oh, well. The bad news is that I'm back at the Maplewood again throughout dinner time tonight. I need to strategize.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:00pm:

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes). Not shown: Low-carb bread and butter.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
9:25pm, at the Maplewood Grill: A small piece of seafood pizza with broccoli.

Snack
11:25pm: Mixed-veggie coleslaw. Mixed nuts and gouda cheese.*

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 72+ oz.; *A Black Russian (hence the Snack, I was high)

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#3059: Monday, July 10, 2023

Post 3059

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    198.6 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/7/23):          197.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.3 lbs.

Diet Comment

Weekend weight gain - ah, well. I was good maintaining my intermittent fasting schedule until Sunday, when I bought a delicious keto snack bag at Aldi, and ate the whole thing over the course of the day - and night, on top of my regular eating. Thus, the bad result.

Food Log

Breakfast
3:00pm:

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes). Not shown: Low-carb spinach low-carb bread and butter.

Lunch
5:45pm: Cream cheese and walnut sandwich on low-carb bread. (This used to be one of my favorite things, as served by the Chock-Ful-o-Nuts chain when I was growing up in New York City - although theirs was on raisin bread. I was feeling nostalgic0.

Dinner
9:15pm, at the Maplewood Grill: 

The Baconator.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.; 

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#3058: Friday, July 7, 2023

Post 3058

- 13 years and 188 days since I started this blog -

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    197.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/6/23):          198.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

What a satisfying week! Very happy with the effectiveness of intermittent fasting. Eating schedule is the only change this week, and I dropped 3+ pounds.

Food Log

Breakfast
3:45pm:

Overnight oatmeal plus (rolled oats, chia and hemp seeds, blueberries, walnuts, kefir, Greek yogurt, cacao nibs, nutritional yeast, cinnamon, stevia). Not shown: A spinach and cheddar cheese omelet.

Lunch
Skipped.

Dinner
10:15pm: A Quest bar, 86% Peruvian dark chocolate with cacao nibs and sea salt, mixed nuts. celery and homemade mayonnaise.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3057: Thursday, July 6, 2023

Post 3057

- 13 years and 187 days since I started this blog -

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    198.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/5/23):          199.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.2 lbs.

Diet Comment

Intermittent fasting seems to be working well. Not too difficult for me, either.

Food Log

Breakfast
12:05pm: 

Brussel sprouts and eggs with mushrooms, onions and peppers, dusted with Everything But the Bagel seasoning. Not shown: 

Lunch
5:45pm: Dark chocolate and mixed nuts.

Dinner
11:25pm: Chicken roll-up (sliced cajun chicken breast, low-carb spinach tortilla.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 70+ oz.; 

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#3056: Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Post 3056

- 13 years and 186 days since I started this blog -

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    199.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/4/23):          200.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I'm very happy, and hoping to continue the trend, carefully watching meal timing.

Food Log

Breakfast
4:15pm: A Quest bar and a package of almonds.

Lunch
4:50pm: Rotisserie chicken salad (sliced rotisserie chicken breast, shaved parmesan cheese, mixed vegetable slaw, arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach and creamy. balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
9:15pm: Nuts and dark chocolate mix, and 86% Peruvian dark chocolate with cacao nibs and sea salt.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3055, Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Post 3055

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    200.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (7/3/23):          200.3 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

Same-same - and that's okay (I like this weight, though not as much as less, which is still a goal).

Food Log

Breakfast
2:45pm:

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes). Not shown: diced sweet potatoes with Everything seasoning.

Lunch
6:00pm: A Quest bar, veggie slaw, peanut butter.

Dinner
9:45pm: Low-carb spinach tortilla rollup with cream cheese.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3054: Monday, July 3, 2023: Happy birthday, Little Sister

Post 3054

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Daily Comment

Possibly the second-most important, and oldest-living important person in my life turns seventy today. My sister is one amazing person. She is married to a crazy man, but their marriage created a wonderful family. My niece and nephew are remarkable people. 

I love my sister unconditionally. I have regrets, like anyone who has grown and changed in their lifetime, and my biggest is that I mistreated people I loved before I gained some measure of maturity and learned better. 

I can't undo that, but I have taken actions in the last fifty-plus years to make amends. As I never stop loving the 'victims,' I will never stop making those amends.

Happiest of birthdays, and better things to come, my dear Joan.

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    200.3 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/30/23):         201.1 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  0.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

Good news on the weekend. Until Sunday, when I had a late night snack after playing at my regular Sunday night open mic, I had maintained my 16:8 intermittent fast schedule for three days, losing more than two pounds in that time. I'll get back on track with that today.

Food Log

Breakfast
2:10pm:

Oatmeal with wild blueberries (rolled oats, chia and hemp seeds, wild blueberries, kefir, Greek yogurt, nutritional yeast, mushroom powder, cacao nibs, cinnamon, stevia). Not shown: scrambled eggs and cheddar cheese.

Lunch
7:15pm: Turkey-guac roll-up (roasted turkey breast, guacamole, greens, on a low-carb tortilla). A Quest bar.

Dinner
9:30pm: Nuts and dark chocolate.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 20 oz.;  Water: 56+ oz.; 

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#3053: Friday, June 30, 2023

Post 3053

- 13 years and 181 days since I started this blog -

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    201.1 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/29/23):         203.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    -  1.9 lbs.

Diet Comment

I broke the trend, but not the trend-line. Yesterday I started 16-8 intermittent fasting. More movement would help as well. Still, June of 2023 has seen me at my heaviest average weight in over a year - just over 200 pounds. That said, it's only been a couple of years that my monthly average weights have gotten down below 200, so, as relatively bad as it being my highest average weight in a while, it ain't too bad!

Food Log

Breakfast
2:45pm: 

Black bean burger on a cheddar cheese and greens omelet with salsa.

Lunch

Skipped.

Dinner
9:30pm: Two Quest bars.

Liquid Intake

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

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#3052: Thursday, June 29, 2032

Post 3052

- 13 years and 180 days since I started this blog -

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    203.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/28/23):         202.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I am at my highest weight of 2023, and I am alarmed. Yes, I had a terrible breakfast, that left me hungry for the rest of the day yesterday, but I thought my on-plan follow-up eating would not impact my weight this way. I may have to force myself to be more strictly on-plan, and also start increasing the fast time in my ordinary intermittent fasting pattern (currently, a thirteen-to-fourteen-hour fast), and move that up to sixteen hours of fasting every day. I also saw the results of my pre-procedure blood work from yesterday, and there are a couple of new slightly out-of-whack results - nothing concerning, but the trend is not good (like my weight).

Food Log

Breakfast
2:45pm:

Veggie and cheese omelet (eggs, cheddar cheese, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers, and tomatoes). Not shown: Low-carb spinach tortilla.

Lunch
6:00pm: A Quest bar and peanut butter, and carrots and celery with homemade mayonnaise.

Dinner
9:35pm: Salmon burger and edamame and mung bean fettuccine, with Wegman's Grandpa's Sauce Vegetarian spaghetti sauce.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 16 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.; 

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#3051: Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Post 3051

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

Murph's Irondequoit Inn, Rochester, NY, June 14, 2023

Food and Diet

Today's Weight:                    202.0 lbs.

Previous Weight (6/27/23):         201.0 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                    +  1.0 lbs.

Diet Comment

I gained a pound. I don't understand why, exactly. I may have to be more strict with myself. I don't want to, and probably won't, at least not right away, but I may have little choice.

Food Log

Breakfast
11:45am, at the Starbucks at St. Joseph's Hospital: An everything bagel with cream cheese. 

Lunch
6:30pm: Turkey salad (roasted turkey breast, arugula, cabbage, chard, kale, spinach, chickpeas, walnuts, shaved parmesan cheese).

Dinner
11:05pm: A Quest bar, 86% Peruvian dark chocolate with cacao nibs and sea salt, and peanut butter.

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 1;   Coffee: 16 oz.;  Water: 68+ oz.; a shot of Jameson's Irish whiskey.

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