Friday

I slept last night.  It was huge - and not nearly enough. Ate oddly well, considering I worked from home. On the other hand, I cannot get to the pantry due to the floor finishing, so snacking options are limited to refrigerated food, cherry tomatoes, cashews, and chocolate cherry almond clusters, which we got out of the pantry before the kitchen was sealed off.

No idea what I weigh; my jeans fit okay, though, so probably not more than usual. Here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• cheese
  
• cashews
  
• chocolate cherry almond clusters
  
• Chik-Fil-A cobb salad with avocado lime ranch dressing
  
• cherry tomatoes
  
• grapes - about a pound of these
  

That was it.  Pretty much all "real food", if not the best possible selections. We will be finishing up cleaning at Elizabeth's former apartment this weekend, I think, plus still having what my family prefers I not refer to as a "staycation" in half our house. We may opt for a hotel one or two nights this weekend, just so we all get beds; that is, if Elizabeth is willing to stay at home (in her own bed) with the dogs.

Onward.

Thursday

So, until next Wednesday morning, I have no access to a scale; the floor-finishing step started yesterday and we are cut off from our bedroom.  I wish I'd thought to tile the whole floor at the level of the utility room, rather than having wood for the hallway. Too late now, though.

We are sleeping in the queen bed at the other end of the house.  And weren't very organized getting ourselves and our stuff down there, so last night, I couldn't find the melatonin.  I got to sleep some time after 2:00 am, once Elizabeth's dog moved enough that I could get both legs on the bed.

Here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• quarter pounder with cheese, no bun
  
• medium fries
  
• several chocolate cherry almond clusters
  
• sirloin steak
  
• Southern-style green beans
  
• baked sweet potato with butter and sour cream
  
• cashews
  

I think that was it.  The carb cravings were hormones, for what that's worth.  I am very very tired today, and pretty stressed.  Life could be a lot more fun - and, if I'm honest, a lot less fun, too.  We will survive this, and I do think it will be worth it. Just gonna be a roughish week.

Wednesday

153.0.  My stomach was some kind of messed up yesterday; don't know if that contributed to any decrease in weight.  Rough day, though.  I'm in a horrible mood and crave carbs - nearly stopped at Krispy Kreme this morning on the way to work.  I didn't - and I assume the mood and cravings, while exacerbated by stress, are hormonal.

Today marks the start of the floor finishing, which runs for a week.  We probably can't get into the bedroom until next Tuesday night, so we have plans to sleep in Elizabeth's room, and she will be sleeping on the couch.  Whether that works or not is another question entirely.  Probably, regardless, won't reduce stress.

Here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• grapes (small bunch of green ones)
  
• cheese
  
• cherry tomatoes
  
• M&Ms
  
• more cheese
  
• more grapes
  
• chocolate-cherry-almond clusters (3, I think)
  
• cashews
  
• tortilla chips
  

Not exactly health food.  Sleep was okay until 3 am, then crap. Really not much to add beyond that.

Tuesday

153.4 this morning - I think the water is finally starting to disappear a bit - and for some reason, my jeans are fitting better (looser) than they did when I was below 150.  Makes no sense; I don't think I've been gaining muscle.  

Anyway, here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• a bag of peanuts
  
• a bag of M&Ms
  
• Salad with blue cheese dressing
  
• cottage cheese
  
• meat loaf with heavy ketchup
  
• pot roast
  
• green beans
  
• 3 pieces of fudge
  
• 3 chocolate-cherry-almond clusters
  

That was not a great day, really, but it could have been worse.  We did dinner at Country Buffet.

Not much else to tell, really.  Countertops arrive today; we're getting close.  I've started making lists of things to cook, once I can, again.  Been a long time.

Monday

155.4 again.  This eating out thing is killing me.  Quite apart from the weight gain, I'm achy all over and feel fairly cruddy.  I guess if nothing else, I've been confirmed in my belief that Paleo is much better for me than not.  The plan is, once we have our kitchen back, we will be going at it hard.  Strict paleo with the idea of getting all of us in line.

I honestly have no idea what I ate yesterday, so we'll start logging with today's eats.

Friday

And... 155.0.  Another night of crap sleep.  Due, this time, to Elizabeth's dog, who thought that my getting up to go to the bathroom at 2:30 am signified the onset of breakfast.  He was pretty much active and awake from then on - and so were we. Here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
• the usual supplements
• two bags of peanuts (vending)
• a bag of M&Ms (vending)
• grilled chicken caesar salad
• two chocolate cherry almond clusters
  
• cashews - which didn't even taste all that good; I just wanted something crunchy. Bad.

That was it.  Really not all that much.  My ankles are still bulbous, though.  

I do know what I need to do. It's not that hard - or it wouldn't be if I had a kitchen. But ours is still a construction zone; by the end of the weekend, I hope to have the doors and drawers back in place, but we still won't be able to cook there. Soon.  We only have about 2 weeks to go.  This has been a lot rougher than I expected.

Thursday

155.0.  Here's yesterday;

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• naked double quarter pounder with cheese
  
• medium fries
  
• about 3/4 pound of strawberries
  
• hot and sour soup
  
• half an order of mushu chicken, no pancakes
  
• a fortune cookie
  
• four chocolate cherry almond clusters
  

Woke at 1:30ish after rubbing my eye and finding some sort of insect crawling on my face. Made getting back to sleep really hard.  I'm really groggy right now.

Left foot is refusing to deflate.  It's gross.