Everything is clear in the rear view mirror
The coast highway and the golden hour
Only love
Nothing was lost

-The Midnight, Memories

I began watching Drive in South Korea...

...landed in London to catch an opening sequence of The IT Crowd...

...flew across the world to Australia ever so briefly to test drive Ford v Ferrari...

...and I closed my laptop lid and rolled over. My NetFlix and NordVPN safari was over. All I really wanted to do was watch Ocean's Thirteen for the umpteenth time, its OST the soundtrack to my Fall 2011 - Summer 2012.

The Ocean's trilogy is a set of movies this INTJ naturally gravitates toward. Plus, it has Matt Damon, albeit a Linus and not a Jason (though there is a wink to the audience).

Perhaps it was ingrained in me as a kid on Friday nights in 1986. This Billy would munch away on little TV trays that featured a 1983 GMC Vandura, a 1969 Dodge Charger, or a 1982 Pontiac Trans AM. What were the words that reverberated throughout my life?

"I love it when a plan comes together."

Day #183 is coming up, the halfway point for this leap year. For ease of significance, we'll call Mid Year's Eve on June 30...

(Second Christmas is June 24, which I'd argue is at least closer to spring lambing for historical accuracy. But, I gotta admit, I am drawn to the Norse ambience.)

...making it a good point to consider if the original set of Resolutions remains valid and what can we do to shore them up. There are now variables to be considered that were not in the environment back on December 31.

And thus, we whip out Freeplane to conjure a mindmap.

The parts that make me laugh include "...with a heavy emphasis on symbolic belt buckles" and "...complete with a relevant t-shirt and/or memento for each event." Around the turn of the year, I was really big into those Ebenezer stones in my life.

It is time for me to review the status of my deliverables, take a weedwacker to the scope creep, and consider what updates are required.

There's nothing like dropping down another slim-fit pants size to make you inspired to rework your intake, especially that all my pants (sans the jeans targets) are the same thing, black Amazon Essentials Men's Slim Fit Stretch Golf Pant that cost me $12.20 each.

My intake that I referenced the other day in "Roll with the Changes:" 39E Food! has been far too complicated. Even though I combined schemas to lessen the load, I kept having to refer back to that post to see what I was scheduled to eat.

It's not just the pants, but I also want to rethink my strategy in light of yesterday's event. I have had my Fat Focus days for a good long while. Perhaps the added stress to my body became unsustainable?

Additionally, after 13 days into The 39E, I have been unable to successfully raise my protein to 70. It is up five with my overall macro averages of 236.1 / 65.4 / 1.9. While that's what I want as a minimum, it's not what I targeted. Having two days out of the week where I don't eat meat makes it challenging to play catchup.

The chief problem is when it's not those days, I just feel like I am stuffing myself as I just eat once a day. Eating beyond the point of satiation really does make me feel like I am gaining weight! To make the 4g protein work, I shovel in 93-100 grams of protein for breakfast on all the other days. Daily, it gets to the point I loathe eating. Don't need a gastric bypass to achieve that!

And with all the added protein PLUS eating it once a day, I wonder how much the added gluconeogenesis from excess protein contributed to the failure of The 38th Expedition? An earlier approach that I had used was to eat about 25 grams per meal.

Thus, I'm going to stop being cute with my fasting skillset, something I've honed in one method or another since 2003. I'm pulling the Fat Focus Days and those massive protein intakes. And while quitting coffee is not yet on my radar, it has blipped on there in the past, so I'm going to start moving in that direction.

Summary

1. Remove Fat Focus Days to create a clockwork approach.
2. Remove "intermittent fasting" timing
3. Return to 20-25 grams of protein per refuel
4. Cut coffee consumption in half (4-6 cups to 2)
5. Reduce fat average intake from 235 to 200

What Will This Look Like?

• Breakfast: 1 burger patty and 2 eggs (29 grams of protein),
• Lunch: 1 burger patty and 2 eggs (29 g)
• Dinner: 1 burger patty (18 g)
• Treat: 1 iced butter coffee (32-40 oz)

Don't get me wrong, I still lean toward the savage way of eating the big meal, but I am thinking Neanderthal Bill did not have to edge his lawn afterward. Perhaps the energy required for processing, too, contributed to my fallout.

You'll have to forgive me for talking about food as I said I would not. But, things have fundamentally changed.

To the tunes in my headphones of...

I wanna lay like this forever
Until the sky falls down on me

...and...

There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart

...I went down on one knee in the grass, fell over like a sack of potatoes, and gazed at the sky, thinking to myself,

"If somebody looked in my backyard, they might think I am in peril. I promise I'm fine."

I thought how much the ground feels like a mattress. I was so tired; that soft bed was irresistible. I even stretched my arm across the sheet. Then I had one overwhelming wave in me,

"GET UP!"

2024 has been the year of wacko body unhandled exceptions. Totally wish I could Roy it! Today shouldn't have floored me. It was maybe 80℉ with overcast skies, though the humidity was around 96%. My stamina just drained so fast as I pushed the lawn mower and edged the front yard. I just remember sweating more than normally and having to focus on my legs because my arms didn't have it. I didn't even get the chance to start the backyard!

Of course, I cut the yard about a week ago and had no issues other than my Atlas 80V batteries draining dry so much that I did manual labor trying to get them recharged to finish up the cut.

It has been 9 hours later; I remain weakened.

It is just this zombie bite from February. *sigh* Enough already. I miss my mornings. Green light!

On a positive note, I now fit into my new L shirts, though I still prefer XL. Long ago were those 4XL days, but I remain me no matter where I wind up on the scale.

Today, I also received a decently researched WiFi router and a 3-pack of shades. I haven't worn sunglasses since college (and they involved shades of yellow and green).