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I can't be sure what is wrong. I know today was better than yesterday but pretty similar to the two days before yesterday. Cutting sugar didn't help or hurt, changing my medicine a bit didn't do a thing, being less active seems to help, though "less active" is rather relative. I did fry a number of pork cutlets, which makes for a wonderful meal. I have shrunk the glass I use to take the potassium but 2/3rds of what it was. It still takes a long time to sip that down. It makes for a very heavy meal like drink. I have been hitting the aspirin pretty heavy. I can't keep that up for long though. I may do some research on what other otc pain medicine can be used safely with aspirin. While I like aspirin just fine, I am actually lucky to be able to tolerate it daily daily, like the doctors want. Using it for a pain pill on these rare occasions might upset that balance.
When my vegetable stack becomes large enough, and varied enough, I will begin adding a can of that every other, or every third, meat meal. I suppose I could add brown rice, or a few other types of grain. I guess I am simply mostly a protein and fat kind of guy. I am honestly not sure what vegetable are, in the protein, carb, fat scale, but they don't really seem to fit. What are they, vitamins and such? I need butter with them, so I suppose I could call them fats. :p
Just... updating. Nothing special happening, nothing planned, little gumption, and not feeling well on top of things. Other than that, it is pretty good here. Ha! No, really. I plan to get back in to take my friend out for a ride or to shoot Monday or Tuesday. I don't have an appointment until nearly the middle of next month. I would, I am starting to seriously think, like to figure out how to set up and install a window air conditioner in my room. Oh yes. I certainly would. I can handle heat so long as I can cool off quickly, if need be, and for sleep. These hot days, while relatively tamed by my home, are still getting into the late 70's, early 80's.
Never mind. Have a great evening.
Vegetables have carbs, but depending upon what kind of vegetable, their carb content can be negligible.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, all paleo/primal/ketogenic/Atkins diets--and *most* diets for that matter--encourage generous portions of non-starchy vegetables. To the degree that they have carbs, they are always the "good carbs" that we need and consume.
Ah, good, I can pretty much ignore vegetables then. Yes, I read everything you wrote. I also know I don't trust diet book writers and more than I trust L.Ron Hubbard. Sure, I just ordered some "diet books", but only to compare notes, or even to help remember back when. What I learned, experimenting myself, with a little guidance back in the Navy, was that I was predominantly a protein needer. Some guys need more protein, others need more carbs, some needed a nearly 50/50 split. For me that works whether I was trying to build or simply maintaining. Life was just much easier with, say, at least a 4 or 5 to 1 protein to carb diet. I never got the chance to try even a steeper ratio, I would like to see if that ratio still works, then push it a bit if it does. If I wanted to sculpt, I would cut the fats, but when my heart was good, I never needed to do so to look 'natively' good and I wasn't into competition. At 6'4", 240, with a 31" waist, benching 550, I was... good. Damn I miss that. At least I hadn't just gone crazy or something stupid. Ha.
ReplyDeleteSo, I'm good. If veggies are carbs I have little use for them. They will go in as often as, say, brown rice and whole grain other stuff. Thanks for the info.
Ok, what I did not mention however, is the vast array of vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients that vegetables contain. You can't live without them for long.
ReplyDeleteAs a percentage of your total calorie intake, they can be a minor player, but you will become susceptible to an array of health problems if you cut them out of your diet.
This is why they are considered part of the "good carbs", not because of the carb content, but because of the vitamin load that small amount of carbs carry.
Hmm, my guess is that since leaving my last woman type, and before that... well, when I have been batching it, I have eaten fewer vegetables sum total than the average person consumes in half a year. Sure, my health is lousy, but that can easily be chalked up to the bad heart. Actually, my health and function should be much worse. And, when living with my last, she demanded vegetables, fresh, usually steamed. Lots of them. My health did not improve (or decline).
ReplyDeleteFor me, batching it, they are just more work. As I stock up on veggies though, as I said, I will begin adding them into my diet, at least every third meal or so. More to rotate stock to be honest. I just have a weird system?
We could all use a few more vegetables and fruits. But they are a pain to prepare and you won't be full for long on them.
ReplyDeleteStill we need to eat more of them. *sigh*