Easy fast yesterday - surprising, since it was a no-meetings day and that meant a day rife with potential boredom. Not sure what it was I did to forestall boredom-hunger, unfortunately, since I would like to use it again. Ah, well. Went home and broke my fast with wine. Big mistake. I was fairly tipsy for the next hour or so - and trying to do embroidery with eyes that, due to alcohol and a day spent staring at my computer, would NOT focus.
Dinner was burger patties with bacon and green chile (an amazing combination of flavor that I should have realized would work - we go out for pork green chile-smothered food all the time) and a salad with homemade blue cheese dressing. And the wine. And some dark chocolate-covered dried fruit - blueberries and cherries. Yum. I think I grabbed a couple of hunks of aged gouda later in the evening since that didn't seem like enough food for one day, but it was satisfying.
The fast knocked off just under a pound and a half - well, either it, or a hormonal event. Seriously? I spent six weeks having hot flashes from hell; I thought that meant I was done with this silliness. But apparently not. Fine, whatever. And I'm down to 145.8 this morning. But oh, how I hope that this doesn't mean I get to have more hot flashes...
We used up much of the spinach from the garden for breakfast today - had ground beef, spinach, and eggs scrambled together. I don't know how many eggs were involved, but we shared a half-pound of (grassfed!) beef and each had full bowls of the mixture. I should be good for the entire day on that. But I brought a cheese snack to work with me, because I have a 3-hour meeting slated for this afternoon, with the people who always bring candy for sustenance. In another building, worse yet, so I can't show up with a cup of tea to keep me going. I won't eat the candy, obviously (well, maybe that's not so obvious, given my trail-mix weekend), but it's just going to suck.
Bratwurst and salad for dinner tonight, I think. Something to look forward to.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Monday
No surprises here. I spend the weekend in the car, driving down to Albuquerque and back, and have trail mix for lunch both days, Mexican for Saturday dinner and a dinner yesterday that included bean salad and corn fritters and mashed potatoes, and I find 3 extra pounds in my weight this morning. 147.2, specifically - up exactly 3 from Saturday morning.
I'm IF-ing today. My stomach wants me to - it's a bit perturbed by the toxic load I gave it.
I'm IF-ing today. My stomach wants me to - it's a bit perturbed by the toxic load I gave it.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Friday and not a second too soon
Sheesh, what a work week. I'm about toasted, I think. Hitting the road tomorrow to trade cars with Elizabeth in Albuquerque - and we'll be having Mexican for dinner, at a place we ate at two Christmases ago, give or take. Always good when restaurants stick around that long.
I had a two-jerky day yesterday (also metaphorically, but that's an unrelated story). Something about that stuff just fails to satisfy. Got home, and while waiting for Lee to get home, had cheese, chocolate, salami - and was still hungry. We had Smashburger for dinner - naked Classic burger and a strawberry shake. Both very tasty - and finally filling. Although by bedtime, I was scrounging more cheese...
I have some very minor cramping going on in my legs and feet - the kind I've learned to avoid by not getting in certain positions. A pretty good night's sleep, and a bit more of the post-Easter weight gone - down to 144.4 this morning. Lee says he's losing again - slowly - too. So that's good.
No idea what dinner will be tonight - probably out somewhere. Or not. We really haven't given it any thought. Lunch at a place that sounds meat-oriented - a chance to get together with some former co-workers. So if I eat enough meat at lunch, we could have nothing but leaves for dinner, maybe. Guess we'll have to see.
I had a two-jerky day yesterday (also metaphorically, but that's an unrelated story). Something about that stuff just fails to satisfy. Got home, and while waiting for Lee to get home, had cheese, chocolate, salami - and was still hungry. We had Smashburger for dinner - naked Classic burger and a strawberry shake. Both very tasty - and finally filling. Although by bedtime, I was scrounging more cheese...
I have some very minor cramping going on in my legs and feet - the kind I've learned to avoid by not getting in certain positions. A pretty good night's sleep, and a bit more of the post-Easter weight gone - down to 144.4 this morning. Lee says he's losing again - slowly - too. So that's good.
No idea what dinner will be tonight - probably out somewhere. Or not. We really haven't given it any thought. Lunch at a place that sounds meat-oriented - a chance to get together with some former co-workers. So if I eat enough meat at lunch, we could have nothing but leaves for dinner, maybe. Guess we'll have to see.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
And, Thursday (right?)
We had grilled pork tenderloin and salad for dinner last night - the two of us ate the whole tenderloin, something we don't usually do. It was good - and I improvised a sauce for it that I will do again - dijon mustard (probably about 1 Tbsp), white wine vinegar (maybe 1-2 tsp) and about 2 tsp of maple syrup. Not too sweet, not too "honey-mustard"-y, and worked well with the pork. And we had some wine - a very domestic Chardonnay (from in the state). I also ate some spicy pickled green beans that we picked up last year at the olive oil place near Phoenix. They're great, but quite spicy. I had some dark chocolate after that, and eventually two pieces of gruyere, but I think that was it.
145.0 this morning, and much less achy. So my foray into the almonds wasn't too damaging. Later yesterday afternoon I looked up walnuts, and they're much better - a 4:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega 3. I thought I'd read somewhere that they were the least awful of the nuts, but had seen others claiming that almonds were better. Now I have the facts, and I will act accordingly. But I'm still avoiding nuts as much as possible the rest of the week.
Eggs, bacon, and turkey sausage this morning - more meat because we had 3 eggs between the two of us (Costco run tonight, check). If I get hungry today, I'm going for the beef jerky I have stashed - not the turkey. And I think we're having salad with flank steak in it for dinner - either that, or eating out somewhere between errands.
145.0 this morning, and much less achy. So my foray into the almonds wasn't too damaging. Later yesterday afternoon I looked up walnuts, and they're much better - a 4:1 ratio of Omega-6 to Omega 3. I thought I'd read somewhere that they were the least awful of the nuts, but had seen others claiming that almonds were better. Now I have the facts, and I will act accordingly. But I'm still avoiding nuts as much as possible the rest of the week.
Eggs, bacon, and turkey sausage this morning - more meat because we had 3 eggs between the two of us (Costco run tonight, check). If I get hungry today, I'm going for the beef jerky I have stashed - not the turkey. And I think we're having salad with flank steak in it for dinner - either that, or eating out somewhere between errands.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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Well, bother.
I got hungry today mid-day again, and it wouldn't go away. At 2:30, I succumbed (again, not fasting) and, rather than repeat yesterday's turkey jerky incident, I thought I would go to the "convenience" store on the corner near work and get some cheese or something.
I'd only been in there once before - to grab a Red Bull on a day during the spate of hot flashes when sleep had just been a pipe dream. And I hadn't really noticed what all they sold, but figured it would be more or less like a truck stop - maybe with a few more normal grocery items. But snack cheese would be there, right?
Nope. Cheez-and-crackers, Cheetos, and a single 8 oz package of Kraft cheddar, but nothing more amenable to snacking. They also had a single package of bologna, and one of bacon. Oh, and some beef jerky and cans of vienna sausages. A very few fruit/veggies - onion, garlic, lemons caught my eye. Other than that, carb-city, baby. Wow. And people live in that building, and I think the nearest grocery store is quite a ways away. Nasty.
I bought a package of almonds, thinking that they were the nut with more Omega 3s than others. Then I looked up the Omega-3 content of almonds. 5.7 mg per serving, compared with 11.5 full grams of Omega-6 oils. So if that's as good as nuts get, nuts aren't much good. I ate them anyway - starvation and all. I hope they don't make the inflammation worse, but I don't think I'll hold my breath.
I'd only been in there once before - to grab a Red Bull on a day during the spate of hot flashes when sleep had just been a pipe dream. And I hadn't really noticed what all they sold, but figured it would be more or less like a truck stop - maybe with a few more normal grocery items. But snack cheese would be there, right?
Nope. Cheez-and-crackers, Cheetos, and a single 8 oz package of Kraft cheddar, but nothing more amenable to snacking. They also had a single package of bologna, and one of bacon. Oh, and some beef jerky and cans of vienna sausages. A very few fruit/veggies - onion, garlic, lemons caught my eye. Other than that, carb-city, baby. Wow. And people live in that building, and I think the nearest grocery store is quite a ways away. Nasty.
I bought a package of almonds, thinking that they were the nut with more Omega 3s than others. Then I looked up the Omega-3 content of almonds. 5.7 mg per serving, compared with 11.5 full grams of Omega-6 oils. So if that's as good as nuts get, nuts aren't much good. I ate them anyway - starvation and all. I hope they don't make the inflammation worse, but I don't think I'll hold my breath.
Wednesday
Can the 13g of carbs in turkey jerky (9g sugar) spike insulin? Based on my mood late yesterday, maybe. I had 2 eggs and 2 pieces of bacon for breakfast, and had to supplement with turkey jerky around mid-day due to hunger (I wasn't fasting or anything). By dinner time, I was starving, not shaky precisely but feeling empty, and very hostile. Not a sensation I've had in quite some time. Dinner at Chipotle seemed to fix things - a barbacoa bowl with rice but no beans, two salsas, sour cream, cheese, and guacamole. Good stuff, even if the meat involves soybean oil somewhere. And I hoovered it right down.
Came home and had some dark chocolate, cheese, and salami - I'm going without nuts for at least the week, to see if that helps get me over the problems with inflammation. I finally had to take an epsom salts bath last night to get to feeling mostly normal - every joint was achy. I also have a mild sensation like an allergy or very light cold - occasional stuffy nose, and one ear is swollen a bit and feels waterlogged. Not sure what is going on there, but figure I can do fairly anti-inflammatory eating for a few days and see if that calms all of it down.
146.2 today - down a little from yesterday, probably due to the bath. Hopefully the trend will continue - as long as I avoid the bloody nuts.
Came home and had some dark chocolate, cheese, and salami - I'm going without nuts for at least the week, to see if that helps get me over the problems with inflammation. I finally had to take an epsom salts bath last night to get to feeling mostly normal - every joint was achy. I also have a mild sensation like an allergy or very light cold - occasional stuffy nose, and one ear is swollen a bit and feels waterlogged. Not sure what is going on there, but figure I can do fairly anti-inflammatory eating for a few days and see if that calms all of it down.
146.2 today - down a little from yesterday, probably due to the bath. Hopefully the trend will continue - as long as I avoid the bloody nuts.
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