Katsolo's Journal, 07 January 2024

The heck going on with this blob? I walked, I carried heavy stuff around the yard and blob went up a notch. We have the crazy winds today, so I won’t be doing much outside, but got almost all of the outside Christmas decorations down and put away. Thank goodness.

Woke up to scratching my hands furiously in the middle of the night. That sucks. Eczema possibly incoming. Key is not scratch. I’m pretty good about it during the day, but I’ll probably have to cut all my nails down to a nub and plant each hand in a vat of eucerin while sleeping. Tis the season.

Walked a lot, just short of 17K steps. Not being able to leave the house has its benefits, I guess. Technically, we left the house for walks, but I didn’t run any errands in the car that suck up time. I did reconfigure the spin bike again to see why I hate riding it. Going to give it one more try and then make a final decision.

Life lesson in “read the calories” before eating. Mom brought over some ice cream for my weekend without a car. Magnum stuff. I never buy it. 300 calories per serving, 1000 calories for the tub and I think it was 17g of protein for the whole thing. Put that next to Halo Top and it’s a clear win for HT. I had a tiny spoonful and put it back in the freezer. Something like that requires planning. I’m not disgusted, but it’s like they sat down and tried to figure out how many calories they could jam into a small container. Anyways, we’ll just treat it like i do my daily dose of chocolate, I guess. I’m going to have to talk with her about how hard it is to have ice cream in the house in general, much less a calorie bomb like that. Still a lot of treats in the house, but I’m doing okay moderating them for the most part. Lindt truffles are hard. I’m reasonably sure I could devour an entire bag in a single day. Might have a stomach ache, but I feel up to the challenge. Your girlie is a survivor. 😜

Blob soaring to new heights, muscle down, water down which is interesting as I’m trying to wean myself off cough drops and drinking tons of fruit tea. Great, Lili sat in a puddle outside and just sat down next to me and it’s lovely cold water on a cold day. Lili likes to sit in puddles, BTW. Mud does not deter her either. Figures. A white dog that loves water and mud. Is what it is. 🤷‍♀️

Trying to decide if I want to Instacart groceries or not. I think I can go without until Friday. Would be good to save some coin to fix the car since that was not planned at all.

On the work front, massive reorg. I have a new (temporary) boss, a new boss’s boss (new to company) and a completely new organization I’ve only worked with but not for previously and it’s supposed to be something completely different, but we’ll see if that plays out or not. I know a handful of people, but it’s effectively a new job with the exact same work. So far it’s okay, but it’s also an in your face lesson of don’t burn bridges because a massive organizational shift could put you in the line of fire with folks you may have squared off with in an earlier life. Going to be an interesting year. The “inside thoughts stay inside” sticker is back up on my monitor until i have a good feel about this.

WEIGHT 160.5 lb
BMI 32.4
FAT MASS 66.1 lb
LEAN MASS 94.4 lb
WATER MASS 66 lb
BONE MASS 4.8 lb
MUSCLE MASS 89.5 lb

160.5 lb Lost so far: 20.5 lb.    Still to go: 25.5 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1344 kcal

Fat: 64.25g | Prot: 103.67g | Carb: 82.48g.   Breakfast: Whole Milk, Egg, Egg White, Egg White, Egg, Whole Milk. Lunch: Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Baked or Broiled Salmon, R.W. Knudsen Family 2% Milkfat Small Curd Lowfat Cottage Cheese, Taylor Farms Sweet Kale Chopped Salad (Salad Only). Dinner: Beef Meatballs, Meatless Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce. Snacks/Other: Lindt Lindor Truffle Balls, THINaddictives Cranberry Almond Thins, White Chocolate. more...