31 May 2017

Breakfast: 

Lunch: Taco Bell $5 tray and a medium "Diet Coke"

Dinner:  Healthy Choice meatloaf dinner and glass of cold water

Pre-Bed Snack:

31 May 2017

_____Breakfast:
________Lunch: 
_______Dinner: 
Pre-Bed Snack:

AM 79  PM 109

30 May 2017

Breakfast: homemade SOS and slice of sour dough bread and coffee

Lunch: left over pizza and coffee

Dinner: left over sub sandwich (meatball) and can of chicken noddle soup and cold water

Pre-Bed Snack:

29 May 2017

Breakfast: my big breakfast of:

• 3 sausage patties
• two fried/scrambled eggs
• two slices sour dough bread with grape jelly and
• coffee

Lunch: ham sandwich and bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: homemade hamburger/pepperoni pizza and a bottle of LandShark

Pre-Bed Snack:

28 May 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: chicken chunk, fries and glass of "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: a 6 inch meatball sub from Subway Subs, chips and a bottle of LandShark

Pre-Bed Snack:

27 May 2017

Breakfast: Kathie's  Big Breakfast of

• bacon
• scrambled eggs
• Serra Lee Coffee Coke
• coffee

Lunch: ham sandwich and coffee

Snack: at work, a couple of chunks of dark chocolate

Dinner: Chicken Ramon, some chicken and rice added, small glass of White Zin

Pre-Bed Snack:

26 May 2017

Breakfast: I decided to make breakfast in my smaller cast iron fry pan and had:

• 3 sausage patties¹
• two fried and then scrambled eggs
• 2 big cups of coffee

Lunch: We dropped by the North McDonalds (the South McDonalds was torn down) and I had:

• A Quarter Pounder with only ketchup and mustard and
  • one of Kathie's hamberger patties²
• freies and
• a medium "Diet Coke"
Dinner: 

Pre-Bed Snack:

¹These are sausage patties left over from the Lions Pancake feed. I got them at cost and they have been occupying a large chunk of available freezer space...

²Kathie got a double burger by accident and did not want one of the patties. Well, waste not, want not, I ate it...

25 May 2017

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Breakfast Bowl with:

• Bacon
• Eggs,
• Potatoes
• Bacon &
• Cheddar Cheese

Lunch: We went to Billy Sims and I had:

• four ribs
• two sides
  • small piece corn on the cob
  • cole slaw
• "Texas Toast"
• medium "Diet Pepsi

\Dinner: Healthy Choice Meatloaf dinner of

• meatloaf
• mashed potatoes
• corn
• apple desert

and cold water.

Pre-Bed Snack: small amount of orange sherbet with fudge topping and a small glass of White Zin.

AM 107  PM  117

24 May 2017

Breakfast:we have a lot of left over sausage patties and I had

• three sausage patties,
• three scrambled eggs and
• coffee

Snack: a bottle of Diet Pepsi and Fritos.

Lunch: at Pizza Hutt for:

• salad
• two slices of meat pizza
• small amount of noddles with tomatoe sauce
• desert of
  • pudding
  • cookies
• "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: a cobbled together meal of:

• creamme of chicken soup with Fritos
• ham sandwich
• cold watger

Pre-Bed Snack:

23 May 2107

Breakfast: milk toast and coffee

Lunch: ham sandwich and coffee

Snack: some dark chocolate chips and coffee 

Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino for their Italian Tuesday dinner:

• Italian dressing salad
• spaghetti cooked in a fry pan and made with:
  • meatballs
  • added just before cooking was done
  • chunks of steak
  • garlic
  • tomatoe sauce
• bread sticks and
• glasses of "Diet Pepsi"

The sauce was poured over the meats, etc. and the noodles mixed in after the sauce was well mixed with the other ingredients.

Pre-Bed Snack:

AM 94  PM  220

Maybe I need to use insulin 2 hours after my evening meal?

22 May 2017

Breakfast: hamburger and mashed potatoes plus 2 cups of coffee

Snack: some dark chocolate chips and a cup of coffee

Lunch: chicken noodle soup and peanut butter and jelly sandwich and coffee

Dinner:  Healthy Choice Beef Teriyaka Cafe Steamers and small glass of White Zin.

Pre-Bed Snack: Orange sorbet and chocolate fudge topping and water.

21 May 2017

Breakfast:  hamburger, 3 eggs, coffee

Lunch: left over hamburger stew from last night and coffee

Dinner: a comfort one of:

• hamburger
• mashed potatoes
• brown gravy,
• desert of
  • orange sherbert
  • chocolate fudge topping
• bottle of LandShark

Pre-Bed Snack: some dark chocolate chips

20 May 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal and sour dough toast and coffee

Lunch: 1.5 peanut butter sandwiches (with the half sandwich being a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich) and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: a homemade soup of hamburger, chopped potatoes, corn, cooked with beef broth and some store bought "French Dough" bread (which I baked) and cold water

Pre-Bed Snack: a classic

• gin-n-tonic
• small chunk bread with grape jelly
• some dark chocolate chips and
• Girl Scout shortbread cookies

19 May 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: chicken chunks, tatter tots, glass "Diet Coke"

Dinner: At Boot Hill Museum for Sally's dinner of

• brisket
• baked chopped up potatoes
• creamme corn
• 2 bisquits with butter and honey
• apple crisp and
• bottled water

Pre-Bed Snack:

18 May 2017

Breakfast:  Something special!

• two sausage patties
• two scrambled eggs
• slice sour dough bread
• coffee

Lunch: ham sandwich and cold water
_______
Dinner: two boiled hot dogs mixed with boiled cous-cous and cold water 

Pre-Bed Snack: a gin and tonic and a single slice of sour dough bread pb&gj

17 May 2017

Breakfast: creamme of wheat, two slices sour dough bread with butter, coffee

Lunch: Burger King hamburger, fries and medium "Diet Coke"

Snack: so dark chocolate chips 

Dinner: A TV dinner which featured:

• piece of chicken
• piece of pork
• some mashed potatoes
• some corn
• brownie

and a cup of White Zin.

 Snack: some dark chocolate chips and Girl Scout "shortbread" cookies

16 May 2017

Breakfast: left over steak, toast with grape jelly and coffee

Lunch: At Taco Bell

• 3 hard shell tacos
• ships with stuff
• glass "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner:

Pre-Bed Snack:

15 Maqy 2017

Breakfast: After having a blood sample taken, I went home to JimmyDean Breakfast Bowl Steak & Eggs with:

• Steak
• Eggs
• potaotes
• Chedddar Cheese and
• Onions

and coffee.

Lunch: baked chicken and noddles and a bottle of Diet Pepsi

Dinner: We dropped by the Rat and I had

• two chicken breasts and
• wings
• small amount of corn
• small amount of mashed potatoes wth brown gravy
• bisquit with butter and homey

Pre-Bed Snack:

14 May 2017

Breakfast: Kathie made her Sunday special of:

• scrambled eggs
• bacon and I
• micro-nuked the Serra Lee Coffee Cake
• and made my coffee

Lunch: Was simple as I

• backed some boneless skinned chick that I
  • covered with milk and
  • breaded in a mixture of
    • flour
    • garlic powder
    • onion powder and
    • about a teaspoon of salt

Dinner: Kathie cooked

• fried salmon
• asparagus
• I had cold water

Pre-Bed Snack:  

Snacks are easy as I don't buy the dark chocolate bars any more. I just have a small amount of dark chocolate 

chips and several Girl Scout shortbread cookies.

Years ago, some idiot conservative right wing religious group said don't buy Girl Scout Cookies, the money supports Gay Liberation Groups!  Kathie and I had to go to the local mall and made a point of buying more  than we normally would have...

13 May 2017

Breakfast: I had a mix of:

• part of a homemade soup that may be going bad
• leftovers from last night
  • small piece of sirloin
  • tablespoon or so of garlic mashed potatoes
• bowl of Cheerios and
• two cups of coffee

Lunch: From Dillions, deep fat fried chicken and potatoe wedges and a bottle of Diet Pepsi.

Dinner: Kathie made:

• steak
• baked potatoe
• aspargtius
• and cold water

Pre-Bed Snack:

12 May 2017

Breakfast: We went to the "Old" McDonalds, which closes tonight and had

• three pancakes
• sausage patty
• scrambled eggs
• potatoe patty
• bisquit and
• coffee

I have to admit, this was the best "Big Breakfast" I have had at McDonalds in years.

• The bisquit was not burnt or hard.
• The scrambled eggs tasted fresh cooked.
• I saved the potatoe disk to east at home later.

Lunch: We went to Arbys and I had a sandwich, fries and "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner: We went to Applebys where we had adequate service, the waitress arrived about a minute after we were seated and good food. I was surprised the French Onion Soup was actually hot!

I had:

• French Onion Soup (which was actually hot)
• sirloin steak
• garlic mashed potatoes and
• two beers
  • the first Stalla was excellent and
  • the second was very fine
• No desert

Pre-Bed Snack: Some dark chocolate chip and Girl Scout "shortbread" cookies (just because...)

ഽ I put this in because I just found it.

11 May 2017

Breakfast: bowl of cherreos and coffee

Lunch: tuna fish sandwich and coffee

Dinner: roast chicken, broccoli, cold water

Pre-Bed Snack: Several Girl Scout "shortbread" cookies and some dark chocolate chips.

AM  99  PM  77         

I felt hungry just before testing my blood sugar. I was surprised to find a score of 77. I'll have to keep this in mind when I discuss my A1C with my VA Doc and family MD.

I felt calm and mellow and didn't really notice hunger and was surprised to see the reading of 77. After that snack, I felt sweat break out on my hairline and shortly there after, I felt flushed for several minutes. Then (now) I felt fine.

10 May 2017

Breakfast: Two slices of homemade bread with grape jelly and coffee.

Lunch: At the DCCC for

• salad,
• a tablespoon of rice,
• a nice stew of
  • stewed chicken and
  • stewed beef
• a nice desert of
  • chocolate cake
  • vinallia ice creamme
• glass of "Diet Pepsi"

Dinner:  baked boneless chicken breast, baked potatoe and bottle of LandShark

Pre-Bed Snack:

The VA drew blood this morning and will test it for A1C and cholesterol. I can only hope this went well. My blood sugar is getting too high in the evenings! 

I am resigned to eventually going on insulin; I am not resigned to being used as a cash cow by the fucking pharmaceutical industry!

9 May 2017

_____Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

________Lunch: Jimmy John for

• beef sandwich
• chips I didn't eat
• bottled water

_______Dinner: meat pizza and a bottle of LandShark beer

Pre-Bed Snack:

AM 65  PM  226


The morning score  is the same score I had last night 2 hours after dinner. I woke up hungry several times so this "65" was no surprise.

Considering how little I had for dinner, the score of 226 was a surprise!

8 Maqy 2017

Breakfast: creamme of wheat, 2 slices sour dough toast and coffee

Lunch: can of chicken noodle soup, with extra canned chicken and cold water.

Dinner: Kathie made

• small piece of catfish,
• aspargius

Emergency snack due to hypoglycemia: piece of sour dough bread with melted cheddar cheese.

Pre-Bed Snack: 

PM 65  

I was beginning to feel weak just under two hours after finishing dinner. I checked my blood sugar and it was low: 65. I then sliced off two slices of Tillamook Extra Sharp cheddar cheese, put it on a slice of sour dough bread and put this under the broiler. I will have this with mustard. 

7 May 2017

Breakfast: Kathie's Big Breakfast of:

• scrambled eggs,
• bacon,
• Serra Lee coffee cake and
• coffee

Lunch: minute steak sandwich and Diet Pepsi

Dinner: egg salad (2 eggs) sandwich and glass water
 
Pre-Bed Snack: two slices of sour dough bread with butter and a single Reeces Cup

6 May 2017

Breakfast: I threw together

• scrambled eggs,
• English muffin with
  • butter and
  • grape jelly
• coffee

Lunch: an odd mixture of

• tomatoe soup with two hot dogs and
• a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich
• cup of coffee

Dinner: 

Pre-Bed Snack:

Cinco de Mayo 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal and coffee

Lunch: chicken chunks, french fries and a bottle of Diet Pepsi


Snack: a couple of teaspoons of chocolate fudge.

I was feeling a bit down before lunch and then shitty in a variety of different ways. It seems fairly obviously to me that I had "blood sugar issues".  After my low morning score, I started winding down. I didn't feel too weird but I was feeling "low". After lunch, I just felt shitty...

Dinner: A can of chicken noodle soup, most of a peanut butter and grape jelly sandwich and cold water.

Pre-Bed Snack:

AM 89  PM XX

4 May 2017

Breakfast: cereal and coffee

Lunch: stewed pork chop, potatoe, sauerkraut and coffee

Dinner: at Caseys Cowtown for the Lions Acknowledgement dinner

• salad
• 14oz steak
• baked potatoe
• iced water

3 May 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal, toast and coffee

Lunch: left over stewed pork chops, sauerkraut, potatoes and coffee

Dinner: We went to the Boot Hill Casino Restaurant and I had:

• a nice salad with goat cheese
• 14 oz sirloin steak (took about a third home with me)
• most of a baked potatoe and best of all!
• two glasses of Stella Artois

Pre-Bed Snack: I didn't have desert with dinner or a pre-bed snack...

2 May 2017

Breakfast: oatmeal, toast and coffee

Lunch: boiled pork chops, potatoes, sour krat and Diet Pepsi

Snack: some dark chocolate chips and Girl Scout Cookies and coffee

Dinner: Aunt Jemima pancakes, sausage and a glass of cold water.

Pre-Bed Snack:

AM 115  PM  204

As my wife just said "that's kind of high, isn't it?" "Yes, it is!"

I suspect I am sliding closer to insulin. SHIT!

May Day 2017

Breakfast: left over spaghetti and coffee

Lunch: tomatoe soup and a peanut butter sandwich and coffee

Dinner: Healthy Choice meatloaf meal and cold water and bread and milk

Pre-Bed Snack: