Yesterday's Steak Saturday was FANTASTIC!

1. 9 oz. ribeye...
2. ...followed by half-a-package of bacon...
3. ...and 2¼ sticks of butter for the day with 6 cups of coffee.

I could unfold the strategy for Saturday, but I do not own a pocket protector. I have always thought owning one is a good idea! It would totally match these suspenders I wear now!

The key to life really is to disconnect from the keychain and drive, isn't it?

As Duran Duran's Come Undone plays on, the title of a lost post from then, this phase of 2024 feels like 2019 to me:

Words, playing me déjà vu
Like a radio tune, I swear I've heard before

No, I don't suppose Stranger Things season 3 will be releasing this July 4 any more than this Billy could visit the Starcourt Mall. But, 2019 felt like something different...maybe like this?—I started to believe. On a low-calorie approach, I got down the scale to where I am currently camping, though 2019's October was shipwrecked by an emotional response, the subject of Kelly Hogan's latest video, Let's please fix this: EMOTIONAL EATING.

I suppose I ought to consider this 220-210 lb place to be threatening time with my risk of blowing up in size. Failure points of...

• Nov '18: 218 lbs then a 77-lb gain
• Oct '19: 211.25 lbs then a 65.75-lb gain
• June '23: 215 lbs then a 59-lb gain

I survived it in 2021, though the time frame lasted for 4 Expeditions: 220.25 → 213 → 209 → 210 → 197.5. I tinkered a bit with things and I got it fixed.

This time around with my HFC #2 macro-focused with its mental toughness built-in via my Fat Focus days twice a week, I fully expect to just leap over any kind of challenge. I skipped most of the 220s on it and I am in position to just skip the 2-aughts.

In THIS year, I want to claim that 182 mark of 2021 and push further to that Everlong standard, the fabled 163, the place I was when the world was a different place: 1995. It is right there for the taking...Right Now!

Not related, but I was delightfully surprised as I stumbled across Taylor Swift's synthwave song, Fortnight, which has got to be a callback with its tune to the new wave band, New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle. Fortnight's video reminded me of the equally visually beautiful and powerful Smashing Pumpkin's Stand Inside Your Love.. OH! And I loved the Ethan Hawke cameo! That 1970 is a good vintage: Matt Damon, Tina Fey...