A good sleep.

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I probably made it up, to 17:00.  How much past?  Probably not much.  I was crashing so hard.  I did have to push that last hour or two.  Why though?  When I went in, down, I went away, fast.  I woke around 3:30, but was able to drift a bit longer, to 4:30.  Even then, I didn't just pop out of bed.  It's not that it took long to shake, wake, and roll out.  Just that it was a slog, short as it did take.

I have been working on removing the scab.  At this point, though, I have sort of quit and will let it grow back.  Didn't get it all off, most of it though.  The wound is shallower.  The scab is about all there is too it, at this point, and it is extruding, not concave into the bed.  I'll put lessor dressings on, until the scab more completely returns, then cautiously leave it open to completely dry again.

I set laundry to one last spin to dry this morning, before putting the first load of whites over, then starting the last load.  Whites too.  Very nice.  That was a lot of work to catch up on old laundry, and refresh what had gone stale.  Not exactly done, there is stuff upstairs.  Things I took up meaning to get to, but never did.  Still, I went through... ten loads?  I have one or two to finish down here.  And, maybe, one or two from up there.  A very nice start.

As well, this time, I have things folded or put in airtight bags.  And I am getting rids of things as I sort.  It's so easy to never throw away socks or underwear.  Even when they get ratty.  But... it's... time.  I probably have forty to sixty pair, some twenty years old.  I kept buying new, never tossing the old.  And, with that many, they never really even got holes in them.  Just faded, slightly worn, and many of them just a wee big now.  I'm down to, 36s?  From as bit as 44s.  So... yeah.

It's 41 to 42 out there, pleasant really.  If I wouldn't want to be out there without a shower, some coffee, and maybe breakfast.  Hmm, I did have another tuna salad for breakfast.  It's an odd breakfast, but the one last night was so good, I wanted another.

The last of the canned tuna I had.  It was in oil, olive oil.  Probably highly processed, most likely mixed with other.  The tuna I have on order is in water.  I ordered some in packs, and some in cans.  But, as mention, in water.  As clean as I could find it.  Plus, my sardines and anchovies are in water (plus, the anchovies aren't the heavily salted Italian style anchovies, but more like little sardines).  As well, I think I ordered canned or packed salmon.  I'll be trying to add one or two cans of fish a week.  Fresh is too pricey, and dubious.  Canned is suspicious, but... as reasonable as possible.  Plus, being shelf stable, I'm not in a rush to eat it.  And it won't get frost rot.

Oh, and I found something interesting I will be trying.  Lemon powder.  I love having lemon, with water, on salads... with the dressing or whatnot.  But keeping it on hand, fresh, is a monstrous thing for an old cripple.  So, I will be trying this powder.  As long as it is clean, maybe with some reasonable things... I'll keep it.  Odd, the things out there these days.  Something of a negotiated thing, giving and taking.  But it can help.

I need to eat more.  That takes having things I can, and will, eat.  So... trying to find a few things to help me get more food in.  I love those steaks, but even those... I can only eat, and afford, just so much.  Sardines, and else, are also limited.  The stomach can only take just so many of those, as well.  Especially when in water only.  Salad is a good return add, to my diet.

While olive oil isn't carnivore, just as lettuce isn't, a solid true extra virgin olive oil is a very dense, high calorie, fat.  And, for me, it's isn't a problem to consume.  I'm not carnivore because my body is not working, or... in the way veggies can cause problems.  So, I can have veggies, or their like, or some.  Or are olives considered a fruit?  Anyway, I can do olive oil.  It is a superior form of fat, if not heated.  Don't heat it.  You ruin it.

Oh, and I will be trying nut butters.  And a return to some nuts.  Gotta watch how many of those are eaten.  One or two ounces a few times a week.  That's it.  Loverly, but even too much fat for carnivore/keto in any real volume.  Though, drinking one to two cups of whole cream a day should be too much.  But, given that it is the majority of my calories, it's... really not bad.

And, to be honest?  I may need to add more calories.  I may be eating too much of a deficiency to lose weight.  You have to feed your metabolism for it to burn those calories.  It's... like the engine has to run to create heat to continue burning more calories (from your tank).  If it doesn't run, doesn't have enough gas in the tank, it won't burn anything off.  That isn't exactly it, but given a slightly altered paradigm, that's closer to the idea.  I think I need more calories to lose weight.  Currently.  So, I... may experiment with even more nuts than suggested, and nut butters.

If it doesn't work, I go back to where I was.  If it does, cool.  Until the next time I have to mix things up.  The thing with a diet is, it will change.  By tastes, by needs, by wants.  The trick is to keep the goals centered, and take cautious, or bold sometimes, steps in some new direction when a plateau is hit.  Sometimes plateaus must simply be endured.  Sometimes, I think now for me, I need to find a different path.

Still, at 210~215, that's good.  It just isn't... finished.  I want this thing sorted, and arranged, more rightly.  Food alone might not get me there, so... if this next gambit doesn't do the trick, I'll have to figure out how to get exercise going.  Ugh.

Oh... blathering.  All good.  I'll get my coffee going.  Perhaps heat steak in a bit?  Do some gaming.  Then... hit laundry in just a bit.  Later.