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I went down right after that last post. Thankful for it, as I now know I went to bed at about 17:00. I had gotten so overheated, out there, running around. I'm just not used to warmer temps yet. Toss in walking all over costco, pretty much unsuccessfully, then to the store, and hospital, and picking up dairy, while driving around in that crazy heat?
Well, the heat wasn't crazy. But, added to walking around so much, being in the auto, and the length of the excursion, it just added up. I really should consider walking, getting out either after breakfast but before coffee? Or after whatever meal I eat? I doubt if it'll be much of a walk, to start. Around the block? I do fear being run over. I just... do.
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Didn't someone run that hack horror writer over? Steven King? Though with him, I just... suspect there was more to it. Personal? Perhaps righteous. We live in a two-tier justice system. Or even a single tier, one-way? Sometimes outside the law is the only way? Though, I suspect some believe I deserve it. Might be right, for all I know. Just... saying. From either the "right" or left. If most, today, are just one sort of left, or other.
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Another coffee. No sweetener. But with cream. I checked blood sugar. And, yes. Even with two sweetened (keto sweeteners) and the steak, plus running around like a gerbil in the sun, blood sugar finally cracked the two hundred mark, down to 168... down from 203 fasting earlier (or near fasting). Which is down from 307 the 18th, and up to 360 to 380 (about the average) before that. Crazy how fast eating just fat and protein can fix this.
I may cut the beef to a third of a steak, instead of half of one, after I finish the half tomorrow? Wait, I think I already cut two of the steaks in half, so will have to eat halves, or... tinker with odd portions? No, I'll just eat three more halves. Which probably isn't a bad thing, as I try to adjust to carnivore, again, again. A little extra, at the start, is golden. THEN... adjust down, as satiety kicks in. And you want to cut back, a bit. With three fatted coffees a day, and half a steak, I am slightly overdoing here at the start, and don't mind... for now.
After that, cut the steaks into thirds. I went with inch and a half cuts, so overcooking is far less likely to happen. I need most of that meat more on the rawer side. So, even in thirds, that's a big block of meat. I digest rawer steak far better. And, probably pull more protein from it? If I think I undercooked the steak a bit... due more in exhaustion than hunger or simply rushing. I was soooo tired.
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That way the better meat lasts longer, and I can eat more of my diet as fat. A pound of steak (ribeye) is about... 1400 calories. So, a pound and a half (at an inch and a half thick) is 2,100 calories? So, half is 1,050 calories... a third is 700 calories. Nice. So, to get to 2k calories, I need another 1300 calories (and can go up or down 200 calories and probably still be in weight loss zone). Right. I think a third of a steak, and two fatted coffees, will be a very good menu.
I just need to figure out eggs, hamburger patties, and some other things. What did they call that? Zeroing in... aye. It's all give or take, but... that's... life. I do have a real chance to get back onto carnivore, with a vengeance. And, I think I will begin losing weight again. It'll take a week, or two, for that to begin again. And I could do a fasting day or two, or three, soon, as well. Hmm... may plan on that for two Saturdays from tomorrow? Right. And, do it for three days? As is possible. Plus, begin intermittent fasting. With as much fat and protein as I am getting, I think I can... do both.
Oh, and no nausea. I am taking some bitters every other or third day. Though I don't think it is terribly needed, now. I try to cut supplements, of all sorts, as soon as possible. I'll keep on the vitamin C, until the wound heals finally. I'll stay with vitamin D until that shows as good, one of the tests today. Vitamin B super complex will be maintained, though I may move over to nutritional yeast as an edible B. Not as much listed, but I think it is more bioavailable. Pee out massive amounts, keeping some nominal amount, or eat smaller amounts, but keep all of it? I think that's the way.
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Finally, I have a plan. I have things down. I just, each day, need to figure out how to get seven hundred calories in protein. Leaner or fatter honestly doesn't matter. I may even put sirloin back on the menu. And chicken, and pork, if I can find quality at a price I can afford. As is, for now, I am buying whole chickens. As those, even on the general market, seem far superior to parted chicken... which is bad a third of the time I buy hindquarter parts. I haven't found pastured pork, that I can afford.
Back on track, finally.
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Oh, and the wrinkles on my belly seem to be getting better. The bruise on my side is down to the fingertip region of only two of my fingers (down from the cup of all my fingers, on one hand, of the forward half of those fingers, a month ago).. I had really thought it might be gone by now? Well, I suggested a month, or two. So... there is still a month to go. Which is still exceptionally faster than the year, or more, my doctor had suggested it would take.
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A side effect of losing weight, as fast as I did, is that, from the belly button down, there is a numbness under the skin. It's not a diabetes thing. The surface of the skin is extremely sensitive, ticklish as can be. From toes to midsection, the skin can feel a feather to a needle. Just... some part of the skin and layers of fat... as the fat has gone, some... connections have been lost. And, yes, my legs... and arms, and belly... have flaps. Not as bad as some who lose fast. Actually, much better than others I have seen who have lost a lot of weight, men and women.
Although, I have to admit, I think I still have... forty to maybe even sixty pounds to lose? My word. Looking at it, after the recent plateau of weight loss, and sitting right between 230 and 240, so sort of melding at this new weight... stewing at it? Yes, I have a LOT more to lose. I thought, by 240, I'd be close. Nope! Though, getting more solid protein in, I should be keeping more of my lean muscle. I think I lost a lot of that in the nausea stages. Bleh. Might have to see about getting some of that back as well. Later.
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