Day 1. Everyone’s
always excited at the onset. Strangely, I’m somewhat excited as well, considering how many Day 1s I’ve initiated over the decade or so. There’s somewhat of a hint of promise for the future, a future of better things like better health, better fitness, and less stress.
I’ve set the daily calorie limit in MFP to 1500 kcals/day (1498 to be exact), 112 grams of fat, 50 grams of protein, and 50 grams of carbohydrates, 30%, 40%, 30% split. The logic behind the numbers is my propensity to favor protein over carbs and fat, and lower carbs to help manage blood sugar. I’ll use these settings until after my annual physical in March. After which I may increase the carbs, making sure to continue to monitor my blood sugar closely.
I woke up around 7:30, 4 hours of sleep. The morning was surprisingly sunny. While eating breakfast, May and I watched the last half an hour of Sunday Morning, a Grammy special today. May had her monthly subscription for hairstyling and a Mani/Pedi at Gene Juarez Salon in Redmond.
I went to a hobby show at the Evergreen State Fairgrounds in Monroe. I did not know what to expect. I was hoping to find discounted merchandise related to model building like tools, paint, cement, and model kits and possibly seminars or classes on the subject. The exhibit was more about models that move like drones, trains, off-road models, model racing cars, battle bots, mod’ el ships, and model planes. It was more about the clubs that promote activities and venues and provide organizations for social interaction
with like-minded peers.
For lunch, we had leftover dim sum from yesterday’s outing to the Bamboo Village in the north Wallingford community. Very good Beef Chow Fun Dry. The dumplings Har Gow and Shu Mai were good too. The Hoisin sauce (maybe it was oyster sauce) on the Gai Lan (Chinese broccoli) was too salty.
Dinner was also leftovers, turkey meatloaf, leftover green bean and tofu, and some kimchee. I need to make some chicken breasts for make-a-head meals. I’ll add this to my list of things to do for tomorrow.
Today is a cloudy, rainy, lazy day. I had no other plans other than going to the model show. After lunch, I did some work on the blog at my workstation downstairs. I had moved the MacBook Pro to its semi-permanent location to take advantage of the larger screen. By mid-afternoon, I moved to the HP Windows 10 laptop in the living room to see if collaboration is available for the Grammarly app.
I’m looking for a means to collaborate blog post editing between my MacBook and my Windows laptop. It’s not. 0ffice Apps in Windows have Grammarly integrated as part of the editor. Office Apps in the MacOS do not. Instead, Mac users are supposed to use a stand-alone Grammarly application.
While I like the MacOS Grammarly app, I can collaborate, real-time, using MS Word and use the embedded Grammarly to finalize the prose on the Windows laptop. Ideally, it would be better if OneNote was Grammarly compatible. I have to use a tertiary step to take advantage of Grammarly.
Why use Grammarly? Windows 10 Microsoft dropped OneNote from the Office suite. The new OneNote no longer shares the structural backbone of the original MS Office apps. Since I was mostly using the MacBook, I needed a checker add-on to clean up my spelling and grammar. I like the approach used by Grammarly for feedback and recommendations.
Let’s bring the discussion back to my day. May made breakfast, two eggs, about 2 oz of Portuguese sausage, and some rice. I added some soy sauce. For lunch, we had leftovers from yesterday’s Bamboo Village Dim Sum, some beef chow fun, some Chinese broccoli, and one and a couple of dumplings. Dinner was the leftover meatloaf. I had a couple of snacks, a couple of cheese and turkey rollups, and half of an apple fritter. The leftovers, snacks, and some 30 cough drops accounted for all of the 500 calorie overages.
It’s about 9:30 PM, and I’m hungry again. I know this is not real. It’s a conditioned response. I’ve been eating late-night snacks for nearly a year now, and It’s become almostimpossible for me to break this bad habit.
Somehow I have to
find the motivation to get me through to bedtime. I’m trying to use visualization. The urge seems too great. It’s so easy to grab something to eat,
possibly some pepperoni. Let’s say
no. Let’s get to bed early, say 10 PM,
which would give me a full 7 hours of sleep.
More sleep results in less cortisol, which is supposed to aid in weight
loss.
Bah, I ate some
pepperoni. Now it’s back to the drawing
board.