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Tonight, so far anyway, several meat patties (grilled yesterday), several boiled eggs, and a glass of milk. Then peanuts and two beers. And, maybe, later, a grapefruit. Little salt was needed with the eggs, pork sausage sort of fills in for that. Full, almost too full. Not sure if grapefruit will be eaten or not. Though I like to add something else, beside pure fats and proteins. There was the beer, but that's not the same. Fresh fruits at least every other meal, perhaps every meal due to skip days, might be best. I'm still learning, experimenting, practicing.
I keep wondering about peanuts, to be honest. If they are a legume, which I do believe, the question is whether they are starch based. If so, does that starch burn to sugar quickly? I keep meaning to look that up. If so, I'll stick with other, real, nuts. At this point, so long as the foods are mostly protein and fat, I am not worrying about volume. Though that seems to be taking care of itself. I simply can't eat more. Not easily. I am having to push to eat the volume I am aiming at. That might have to be cut. All good. Actually... a quick looks suggests peanuts shouldn't be kept in the diet. I'll... consider that advice. I will do a blood test in two hours. However, not after. It seems I am just about out of test strips. Which means, after that next test, until I get to town, that is that.
As to last night? Every two weeks, or so several of the source folk for my plan have suggested, I should take a break, allow a "whatever" night. While it was not quite two weeks, it was nine days into the project. Three single day fast periods and three double day fast periods. So... I'm writing that off as my two week celebration. Since I have removed all other temptation I can get back to it. Even on the two week celebrations, I believe the trick will to be to buy only what I will use. If there is extra, toss it as I finish my consumption period... while I am full and while the treats are the least temping, should there be anything left uneaten. Just do it.
Later.
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Dinner time.
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Actually, on the 24-hour fasts, I am simply not crazy for food. It's... pretty much normal. Which means I really do fast fairly often. My problem was that I didn't capitalize on fasting. Fair enough though, I wasn't fasting by choice. It is sort of like swimming. You can swim underwater for anaerobic exercise. However, if you can't keep topside, and sink, while you are fighting to get to air you won't really use the exercise as well as could be. You just have to starve, without choice, a few times to begin understanding, in my full condition, why I couldn't capitalize. Things have changed.
I keep thinking of foods that I haven't eaten. There are many. Some I might be able to do, some not so much. Simply finding fresh blood, certain organs, or such, seems impossible. Even butchering a lamb or goat might be a bit much for me. At least in my current condition. Even so, there... might come a time, access, or a butcher willing to go the distance. I have learned patience, but to keep my eyes open for an opportunity. What else makes me curious? These... doesn't matter which animal, though pig or smaller, no smaller than goat.
I have never made this, but I have eaten this... a man, neighbor, in Iowa. He made it just as so. Now he pickled it, really, so it took a bit longer... but really all the same. What I haven't had is other ways they cook heads of animals. Roasted, I would say. Though there are probably other ways. I simply hate wasting. Some say we live in times were we don't have to worry about eating 'terrible things' like these. But... these aren't terrible. Maybe not pretty, but if you saw almost anything you eat being processed, even grains at some points perhaps, you might not think food is pretty at all. And, really, it's not. So many want the curtain behind which stands the wizard to remain closed. They don't want to see or know.
Me? I would rather see it as it is, deal with it, live with it, even enjoy it. Neither squeamish nor weak of mind or will. If, at times, too tired to do it all myself. I will gladly kill the thing if someone else will butcher and another cook. Or I will try to find a way to fit in with some program like that, but an honest one. And I will enjoy greatly. It sure beats trying to hide from the truth, the work, the costs, and such. Those people spend more time over-consuming delicacies based on lies. They are eating everything I eat, and probably worse, they just don't know or pretend not to know. Honesty, in all things, is where it is at... as close as I can get.
Oh... right... dinner. Blood sugar was 277. Yeah, well... I realized, last night, that I cannot keep treats around for the future. I simply can't. Something about a fox, a hen house, and guard duty. Doesn't work, not for me. So... I will be getting rid of anything I can't do. Regular sugar I can keep. And use from time to time. It isn't as much of a temptation as, say, black licorice or even chocolate. On the fair side, I read that I was buying ten 1 ounce packs. It ended up that I bought ten 10 ounce packs. So... Oh, and I tossed the sugar bubble gum. Yeah. Live and learn. Fasting was 249, and the last one last night was 309... after two packs of licorice and just the one meal otherwise. That sugar really is a problem. Bleh. No, I DIDN'T want to tell on myself, and really almost didn't. Gah. Still, this is real, and a diary mostly, and I do attempt honesty. So... happy? Fie.
Alright... 15:30, I can go eat. Later.
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Actually, on the 24-hour fasts, I am simply not crazy for food. It's... pretty much normal. Which means I really do fast fairly often. My problem was that I didn't capitalize on fasting. Fair enough though, I wasn't fasting by choice. It is sort of like swimming. You can swim underwater for anaerobic exercise. However, if you can't keep topside, and sink, while you are fighting to get to air you won't really use the exercise as well as could be. You just have to starve, without choice, a few times to begin understanding, in my full condition, why I couldn't capitalize. Things have changed.
I keep thinking of foods that I haven't eaten. There are many. Some I might be able to do, some not so much. Simply finding fresh blood, certain organs, or such, seems impossible. Even butchering a lamb or goat might be a bit much for me. At least in my current condition. Even so, there... might come a time, access, or a butcher willing to go the distance. I have learned patience, but to keep my eyes open for an opportunity. What else makes me curious? These... doesn't matter which animal, though pig or smaller, no smaller than goat.
I have never made this, but I have eaten this... a man, neighbor, in Iowa. He made it just as so. Now he pickled it, really, so it took a bit longer... but really all the same. What I haven't had is other ways they cook heads of animals. Roasted, I would say. Though there are probably other ways. I simply hate wasting. Some say we live in times were we don't have to worry about eating 'terrible things' like these. But... these aren't terrible. Maybe not pretty, but if you saw almost anything you eat being processed, even grains at some points perhaps, you might not think food is pretty at all. And, really, it's not. So many want the curtain behind which stands the wizard to remain closed. They don't want to see or know.
Me? I would rather see it as it is, deal with it, live with it, even enjoy it. Neither squeamish nor weak of mind or will. If, at times, too tired to do it all myself. I will gladly kill the thing if someone else will butcher and another cook. Or I will try to find a way to fit in with some program like that, but an honest one. And I will enjoy greatly. It sure beats trying to hide from the truth, the work, the costs, and such. Those people spend more time over-consuming delicacies based on lies. They are eating everything I eat, and probably worse, they just don't know or pretend not to know. Honesty, in all things, is where it is at... as close as I can get.
Oh... right... dinner. Blood sugar was 277. Yeah, well... I realized, last night, that I cannot keep treats around for the future. I simply can't. Something about a fox, a hen house, and guard duty. Doesn't work, not for me. So... I will be getting rid of anything I can't do. Regular sugar I can keep. And use from time to time. It isn't as much of a temptation as, say, black licorice or even chocolate. On the fair side, I read that I was buying ten 1 ounce packs. It ended up that I bought ten 10 ounce packs. So... Oh, and I tossed the sugar bubble gum. Yeah. Live and learn. Fasting was 249, and the last one last night was 309... after two packs of licorice and just the one meal otherwise. That sugar really is a problem. Bleh. No, I DIDN'T want to tell on myself, and really almost didn't. Gah. Still, this is real, and a diary mostly, and I do attempt honesty. So... happy? Fie.
Alright... 15:30, I can go eat. Later.
Days and nights are twisting just a bit.
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I think, this time, I easily know why there is a shift. While I have, thankfully, figured out the fluting process by which to keep the cave much cooler than the outside, as days get longer, hotter, and more regularly the cave is starting to, pretty much, warm to about 74, then stay there. There is no evening or night cooling, or not much, and not until much later. Now 74 is, once I got used to it, lovely. It isn't too hot, especially as blood sugars and weight fall. And, if it seems a touch warm, every other tea can be iced. However, my body wants cooling for sleep. It just does. And, most of the year, it gets it.
I don't think this will be impossible to fix. And yet it isn't as simple as turning on the ac at a specific time, going in and lying down, and that is that. I have to figure out how to get cooling on my body out here, on the machine or while gaming. The fan, or fans, directed just so, might do it. For whatever reason, unless it is extremely hot, the ac thing just doesn't work. Been trying that for a while. Though it might be good to have that on, if just for an hour or two, then go off... if then I'll need to open the door or it gets too stuffy. Can't have it open while the ac is running or all the cool leaks out. Still... doable. This is just a note for me... progress to point, and what works and doesn't and why... most likely.
I'd like to get back to waking early, or at least earlier... Anywhere from 5:00 to 8:00 is a good time to rise. It makes sure that if I have business or simple want of day, that the choice is available. And I do want day, if I am going to more alive, be more active. If not today, tomorrow. So much of my life has been spent planning for a hopeful future, that even if it is ending soon, I will still plan for more of a future. As pessimistic as I am, it isn't because I have lost hope, only that I direct the hope to what might be fruitful.
Oh, right, today is another dinner day! Nothing fancy. It's just fun when fasting is only a single day! Later.
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I think, this time, I easily know why there is a shift. While I have, thankfully, figured out the fluting process by which to keep the cave much cooler than the outside, as days get longer, hotter, and more regularly the cave is starting to, pretty much, warm to about 74, then stay there. There is no evening or night cooling, or not much, and not until much later. Now 74 is, once I got used to it, lovely. It isn't too hot, especially as blood sugars and weight fall. And, if it seems a touch warm, every other tea can be iced. However, my body wants cooling for sleep. It just does. And, most of the year, it gets it.
I don't think this will be impossible to fix. And yet it isn't as simple as turning on the ac at a specific time, going in and lying down, and that is that. I have to figure out how to get cooling on my body out here, on the machine or while gaming. The fan, or fans, directed just so, might do it. For whatever reason, unless it is extremely hot, the ac thing just doesn't work. Been trying that for a while. Though it might be good to have that on, if just for an hour or two, then go off... if then I'll need to open the door or it gets too stuffy. Can't have it open while the ac is running or all the cool leaks out. Still... doable. This is just a note for me... progress to point, and what works and doesn't and why... most likely.
I'd like to get back to waking early, or at least earlier... Anywhere from 5:00 to 8:00 is a good time to rise. It makes sure that if I have business or simple want of day, that the choice is available. And I do want day, if I am going to more alive, be more active. If not today, tomorrow. So much of my life has been spent planning for a hopeful future, that even if it is ending soon, I will still plan for more of a future. As pessimistic as I am, it isn't because I have lost hope, only that I direct the hope to what might be fruitful.
Oh, right, today is another dinner day! Nothing fancy. It's just fun when fasting is only a single day! Later.
Yeah, sure, my tastes are a bit different.
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The butchers don't really like talking to me. They keep fearing that I will ask for something. Something they don't want to, or like, talking about. Offal seems a horror for American butchers. I'm not sure if it it is American tradition (if recent, to be honest, if so), if it is that they make money on selling it elsewhile, or if it is something else altogether. They do not like talking about, or offering, offal. Not just one, there are nearly a dozen butchers... in both private shops and store fronts... I have... uhrm... haggled with on this issue. DO NOT LIKE DISCUSSING OFFAL. Some things make them cringe like little girls. Brains to kidney, they go sallow. They, sometimes, will think heart or liver, maybe oxtail or such. Oh, and don't even think to discuss getting blood. How do they do their job if they are so squeamish about the very things with which they work?
About the only way to get what you want is to do it yourself. Now, I suppose, with a bit of effort in planning and work I could set up to butcher a goat, sheep, or pig... in the right season, assuming the weather cooperated... there is almost no way I could set up to butcher a beef. I am even doubting a hog, though maybe. Though doing any of those in such a manner as to cleanly capture the offal and blood is a whole other thing.
Why not, then? Because I am not even sure I would like the results. Perhaps, or maybe not. It might simply not be worth that sort of effort. I have found canned pig brains. I haven't tried them. They come in a pink gravy, or so I am told. I... just... haven't been able to try it. Canned? I... Yes, I am more afraid of something canned than something raw I would need to cook.
So, what do I have in mind? Well, since they can't import haggis to the US (last I saw). And probably for good reason, on a number of fronts... not a food that lasts well in transit, and not sure I'd want foreign workers of unclean sorts (Scots wouldn't be making it) making my food... Anyway... there is a way around, IF I could find sheep pluckings.
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The butchers don't really like talking to me. They keep fearing that I will ask for something. Something they don't want to, or like, talking about. Offal seems a horror for American butchers. I'm not sure if it it is American tradition (if recent, to be honest, if so), if it is that they make money on selling it elsewhile, or if it is something else altogether. They do not like talking about, or offering, offal. Not just one, there are nearly a dozen butchers... in both private shops and store fronts... I have... uhrm... haggled with on this issue. DO NOT LIKE DISCUSSING OFFAL. Some things make them cringe like little girls. Brains to kidney, they go sallow. They, sometimes, will think heart or liver, maybe oxtail or such. Oh, and don't even think to discuss getting blood. How do they do their job if they are so squeamish about the very things with which they work?
About the only way to get what you want is to do it yourself. Now, I suppose, with a bit of effort in planning and work I could set up to butcher a goat, sheep, or pig... in the right season, assuming the weather cooperated... there is almost no way I could set up to butcher a beef. I am even doubting a hog, though maybe. Though doing any of those in such a manner as to cleanly capture the offal and blood is a whole other thing.
Why not, then? Because I am not even sure I would like the results. Perhaps, or maybe not. It might simply not be worth that sort of effort. I have found canned pig brains. I haven't tried them. They come in a pink gravy, or so I am told. I... just... haven't been able to try it. Canned? I... Yes, I am more afraid of something canned than something raw I would need to cook.
So, what do I have in mind? Well, since they can't import haggis to the US (last I saw). And probably for good reason, on a number of fronts... not a food that lasts well in transit, and not sure I'd want foreign workers of unclean sorts (Scots wouldn't be making it) making my food... Anyway... there is a way around, IF I could find sheep pluckings.
Friday, July 15, 2016
No dice, on eggs.
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I just didn't want to spoil grilled meat. Boiled eggs might be a soft way to break a fast, but I didn't want soft this time. The grill was perfect. Nothing fancy with the meats... chops along with hamburger and pure pork sausage patties. No, I didn't eat it all. Some of it is either for later or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. It wasn't all that much if it did fill. Half of it went into the fridge once it cooled enough. I have noticed, as I get used to fasting, and eating after the given time, that my appetite is diminishing. More so when I have fatter foods. If the chops where the only things that were extra fatty this time, I ate an avocado along with the meats. Think of avocado as vegetable butter, though natural thus healthy. They'll say it has too much cholesterol, but if you remember they said that about eggs before being proved catastrophically wrong (after making billions, or trillions, on medicine... from getting people to stop eating healthy... as in no longer eating eggs and avocado). Oh, and that medicine doesn't work. *wink*
Along with milk, that was that. And, I think, that might be that for the night. I started at about 15:45 and finished at about 16:00. I will check my blood sugar at 17:00 and 18:00. If I feel hungry before 21:00, or can add it, I might have a grapefruit. My meals are definitely getting smaller. Hmm, after testing, I might have two beers too. Just because. I haven't had one in a while. No, not 'my beers', two bottles, literally. On the good side, I already have dinner for tomorrow. It's not quite half. I'll eat a few boiled eggs with the remnants, and call it good.
I see Turkey is finally being cleaned up... if the coup succeeds. I'm not sure I can see a way for it not to succeed, though there are forces which, if time passes and allowances are given or no denial sent, would prefer Turkey to remain muslim. If it fails it will be ugly. Uglier than it is. Most likely that will be the end of a lot of things, good things. It will be the beginning of a long hard slide to war between islam and the rest of the world on a, possibly, genocide level scale. I'm not sure what took the military so long. Perhaps Europe didn't want it, yet. Others suggest Russia... suggested this or that (I'm not on that page). Whatever... it's on now.
I wonder if the French are watching Turkey. You know, even if your government is islamist, you can do something about it. Right?
Later.
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I just didn't want to spoil grilled meat. Boiled eggs might be a soft way to break a fast, but I didn't want soft this time. The grill was perfect. Nothing fancy with the meats... chops along with hamburger and pure pork sausage patties. No, I didn't eat it all. Some of it is either for later or tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. It wasn't all that much if it did fill. Half of it went into the fridge once it cooled enough. I have noticed, as I get used to fasting, and eating after the given time, that my appetite is diminishing. More so when I have fatter foods. If the chops where the only things that were extra fatty this time, I ate an avocado along with the meats. Think of avocado as vegetable butter, though natural thus healthy. They'll say it has too much cholesterol, but if you remember they said that about eggs before being proved catastrophically wrong (after making billions, or trillions, on medicine... from getting people to stop eating healthy... as in no longer eating eggs and avocado). Oh, and that medicine doesn't work. *wink*
Along with milk, that was that. And, I think, that might be that for the night. I started at about 15:45 and finished at about 16:00. I will check my blood sugar at 17:00 and 18:00. If I feel hungry before 21:00, or can add it, I might have a grapefruit. My meals are definitely getting smaller. Hmm, after testing, I might have two beers too. Just because. I haven't had one in a while. No, not 'my beers', two bottles, literally. On the good side, I already have dinner for tomorrow. It's not quite half. I'll eat a few boiled eggs with the remnants, and call it good.
I see Turkey is finally being cleaned up... if the coup succeeds. I'm not sure I can see a way for it not to succeed, though there are forces which, if time passes and allowances are given or no denial sent, would prefer Turkey to remain muslim. If it fails it will be ugly. Uglier than it is. Most likely that will be the end of a lot of things, good things. It will be the beginning of a long hard slide to war between islam and the rest of the world on a, possibly, genocide level scale. I'm not sure what took the military so long. Perhaps Europe didn't want it, yet. Others suggest Russia... suggested this or that (I'm not on that page). Whatever... it's on now.
I wonder if the French are watching Turkey. You know, even if your government is islamist, you can do something about it. Right?
Later.
Sunny and 92.
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Well, not actually sunny. Partly to be honest. Which... it just seems that if the sun isn't going to be out in full, we shouldn't have to put up with it's heat. AmIright? Still, it is what it is. I looked at one thermo, the one I don't trust, and it was suggesting 84. I checked online, it suggested it was 89, but heading to 92 as a high. I checked the thermometer I trust outside, in the shade... 92. Yeah, I know which I trust. Definitely 92, in the shade. No worries, it, again, is only 74 in here. Which, with one fan going? Really? So nice.
I have the grill going. It doesn't seem to be heating up all that fast. Which is fine. Though I'll have to keep on it. Pork chops, a few hamburger patties, grapefruit, and... milk... for sure. Oh, not all in one meal. I have two meals. Sometimes a snack in there... peanuts or pistachios or other fruit if I have it. It's more fat and protein. I have no problem breading the chops though, and that doesn't seem to be a problem with blood sugars. Nor is milk an issue, whole milk anyway. I am even going to begin adding beer to the menu, two per day for one of the meals, every other meal day. Will not go completely carb-free. Will watch, test, take some, enjoy, test. If something doesn't work, it's gone, at least for a while. If control is attained, then reconsideration on things I really like. Some things will just go away, like sugar and heavily sugared items, for the most part. If I do something sweet, it'll be chocolate once a month, a truly homemade pie, from fresh fruit, once a quarter, something like that. You can keep your shelf-stable junk sweets, for the most part.
I did test blood sugar. It was at 231. I'm not sure if it is the gum that makes it go up, bile from chewing, tea? I really don't know. Maybe it just goes up, because. Still, often in the afternoons it has jumped to 250's and 260's, even into 300's. So, I suppose, this is doable. I am curious about my weight this next reading. It was 272, then maybe a week or two later was down to 257, then 254. Chomping to weigh in, if I don't think I have lost that much. A pound a week, and since weight isn't my priority, I'm not sure that will always be the case. It's more a curiosity, at this point. The weight loss to this point is, mostly, a wild fluke. It wasn't on any menu, it just happened. So... I'm not expecting much, if I have some hope. It would be awesome to tell my mom I am down to 240 again though. I think she is one of the few people who has ever seen me at that weight or less, fully grown. My brother was living somewhere else, we both split off and were parted for years. Saw each other a time or two when we were both in the service, but just for a few days max. Yep, she is probably the only one even alive who would remember, that I still know.
Best check on the grill, then perhaps set up the meat. I won't start cooking until 15:00. Hmm, I do have eggs boiled though. I might have one or two while cooking. Yeah, I'm extra hungry today. Later.
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Well, not actually sunny. Partly to be honest. Which... it just seems that if the sun isn't going to be out in full, we shouldn't have to put up with it's heat. AmIright? Still, it is what it is. I looked at one thermo, the one I don't trust, and it was suggesting 84. I checked online, it suggested it was 89, but heading to 92 as a high. I checked the thermometer I trust outside, in the shade... 92. Yeah, I know which I trust. Definitely 92, in the shade. No worries, it, again, is only 74 in here. Which, with one fan going? Really? So nice.
I have the grill going. It doesn't seem to be heating up all that fast. Which is fine. Though I'll have to keep on it. Pork chops, a few hamburger patties, grapefruit, and... milk... for sure. Oh, not all in one meal. I have two meals. Sometimes a snack in there... peanuts or pistachios or other fruit if I have it. It's more fat and protein. I have no problem breading the chops though, and that doesn't seem to be a problem with blood sugars. Nor is milk an issue, whole milk anyway. I am even going to begin adding beer to the menu, two per day for one of the meals, every other meal day. Will not go completely carb-free. Will watch, test, take some, enjoy, test. If something doesn't work, it's gone, at least for a while. If control is attained, then reconsideration on things I really like. Some things will just go away, like sugar and heavily sugared items, for the most part. If I do something sweet, it'll be chocolate once a month, a truly homemade pie, from fresh fruit, once a quarter, something like that. You can keep your shelf-stable junk sweets, for the most part.
I did test blood sugar. It was at 231. I'm not sure if it is the gum that makes it go up, bile from chewing, tea? I really don't know. Maybe it just goes up, because. Still, often in the afternoons it has jumped to 250's and 260's, even into 300's. So, I suppose, this is doable. I am curious about my weight this next reading. It was 272, then maybe a week or two later was down to 257, then 254. Chomping to weigh in, if I don't think I have lost that much. A pound a week, and since weight isn't my priority, I'm not sure that will always be the case. It's more a curiosity, at this point. The weight loss to this point is, mostly, a wild fluke. It wasn't on any menu, it just happened. So... I'm not expecting much, if I have some hope. It would be awesome to tell my mom I am down to 240 again though. I think she is one of the few people who has ever seen me at that weight or less, fully grown. My brother was living somewhere else, we both split off and were parted for years. Saw each other a time or two when we were both in the service, but just for a few days max. Yep, she is probably the only one even alive who would remember, that I still know.
Best check on the grill, then perhaps set up the meat. I won't start cooking until 15:00. Hmm, I do have eggs boiled though. I might have one or two while cooking. Yeah, I'm extra hungry today. Later.
Everything is just a bit off, again.
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Halfway, essentially through the 48-hour fast. I must admit, the second day is usually a little more trying. Not impossible, not a horrible push, just... with an irrepressible itch. For right now I am hoping that gum will help. It's a little thing, but chewing on something seems to offer a mild distraction from that... itch. I don't know what else to call it, the sensation. While there is no literal itch, a place to scratch, it's like that mixed with a nervous tick. Still, thankfully, it is rather mild. Just a reminder to pay attention.
My legs are pretty much back to normal. Which, actually, is to say they are better than they have been in years. Further, I am no longer on the water pill. I have some left over, so if I hit a snag I can deal with it. I should begin the vitamins again, and supplements. I think those were worthwhile. Even in the evening there is only very mild swelling. If I nap, with feet elevated, that is handled. It's just that I can't always nap. You have to be tired to nap. Hmm... though I suppose I could read. Reading in bed, with feet elevated, isn't exactly fun or comfortable. But then fasting isn't exactly first option order of fun either. :p
Oh, right. Fasting blood reading was 204. With it being 220 last night, I had hoped it would break 200. Then again, chewing regular bubble gum all yesterday morning and the night before? Or maybe just because insulin is a finicky thing? It really doesn't, always, follow any rules. I think, in time, it will. But on short terms it just does whatever the hell it wants! Though I will say this, I think the sugarfree gum, for all IT'S problems is far superior on it's own, but then doubling as a tea sweetener? It is knocking the socks off it's competition in the glycemic index arena. Like it, don't like it, just know that none of the sugar replacements can hold a candle to that gum on any front... including that the tea tastes even better. Bleh.
Today? I have no idea. Not much. Anacin, for the first time since fasting. Minor headache, and other aches. It isn't the severity, it is the number of various pains. And it isn't even just the aches and pains, it's that, over the hunger itch, over this and that, and almost as much "just because". Nothing is bad enough, probably even in total, but with all else... No worries though. Given how good I am doing from having been >< close to death just recently? No complaints whatsoever. And I'm doing it on my own.
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Halfway, essentially through the 48-hour fast. I must admit, the second day is usually a little more trying. Not impossible, not a horrible push, just... with an irrepressible itch. For right now I am hoping that gum will help. It's a little thing, but chewing on something seems to offer a mild distraction from that... itch. I don't know what else to call it, the sensation. While there is no literal itch, a place to scratch, it's like that mixed with a nervous tick. Still, thankfully, it is rather mild. Just a reminder to pay attention.
My legs are pretty much back to normal. Which, actually, is to say they are better than they have been in years. Further, I am no longer on the water pill. I have some left over, so if I hit a snag I can deal with it. I should begin the vitamins again, and supplements. I think those were worthwhile. Even in the evening there is only very mild swelling. If I nap, with feet elevated, that is handled. It's just that I can't always nap. You have to be tired to nap. Hmm... though I suppose I could read. Reading in bed, with feet elevated, isn't exactly fun or comfortable. But then fasting isn't exactly first option order of fun either. :p
Oh, right. Fasting blood reading was 204. With it being 220 last night, I had hoped it would break 200. Then again, chewing regular bubble gum all yesterday morning and the night before? Or maybe just because insulin is a finicky thing? It really doesn't, always, follow any rules. I think, in time, it will. But on short terms it just does whatever the hell it wants! Though I will say this, I think the sugarfree gum, for all IT'S problems is far superior on it's own, but then doubling as a tea sweetener? It is knocking the socks off it's competition in the glycemic index arena. Like it, don't like it, just know that none of the sugar replacements can hold a candle to that gum on any front... including that the tea tastes even better. Bleh.
Today? I have no idea. Not much. Anacin, for the first time since fasting. Minor headache, and other aches. It isn't the severity, it is the number of various pains. And it isn't even just the aches and pains, it's that, over the hunger itch, over this and that, and almost as much "just because". Nothing is bad enough, probably even in total, but with all else... No worries though. Given how good I am doing from having been >< close to death just recently? No complaints whatsoever. And I'm doing it on my own.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Interesting set of strange things.
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Just here at home. The world is burning, ripping itself apart, and the war is pretty much on and has been brought to the civilized word by uncivilized elites, but... that's nothing new.
The highest I saw for a temperature reading today was 91. It might have gotten higher. That is the minimum high (according to that instrument). Now, the inside thermometer is rather accurate, I have no issues with it. It read 73, at the time it was 91 outside. It rose to 74, but with the outside temp dropping. That is a really nice spread. Why? Well, I opened the ceiling vent into the upper floor. Really? I... don't think I need ac. Further, on a really hot day, if I open several or all the windows up there, it might really cool things down even faster. Higher level, possibly more air flow, and with somewhere for the hotter air to go. Wow. Just saying. And to think I suffered for so long without realizing that.
As to blood sugar? Since dumping the sugared gum, at around noon, the blood sugar has dropped to 220. Yeah, I'm gnomming (chewing) like a monster. And probably will for several weeks. The hope is that I will slowly back away from even the gum. It's a crutch. Much as the 48-hour fasting is a crutch. The 24-hour fasting is probably more of a long term thing. Something I haven't added in will, hopefully, also become long term... exercise. I may start as simply as walking. If I go that way, an half an hour of walking is the goal. I would like to begin freeweights, but... one thing at a time. Fasting, watching fluid intake, and managing other things is about as much as I wish to stress my system all at once. I don't think it is too much but I don't know what, exactly, is too much. If I get to walking an half hour on each fast day, before breaking the fast, and do that for a month... or two... then I'll begin looking at something heavier. Then, whether by itself, or as an addition to walking? I'll see then.
When it all goes in for me, it really works. Clicking right along. I am still a bit troubled... collar bone and a few other things... weight changes? biology shifts? It doesn't seem to be of the organs, more as if my body is shifting on my bones, adjusting a different and even now changing load. Not a true complaint, just notes for any who are curious or considering the path I am on. If things go well the rest of this week, and into next week, I'll begin walking before breaking the fast on the longer fasts. Look, there, I've penned it into the calendar. I'm not sure if that will be a longer fasting day, but that will be when I begin planning. Plus, planning ahead gets me geared up for it.
Good night.
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Just here at home. The world is burning, ripping itself apart, and the war is pretty much on and has been brought to the civilized word by uncivilized elites, but... that's nothing new.
The highest I saw for a temperature reading today was 91. It might have gotten higher. That is the minimum high (according to that instrument). Now, the inside thermometer is rather accurate, I have no issues with it. It read 73, at the time it was 91 outside. It rose to 74, but with the outside temp dropping. That is a really nice spread. Why? Well, I opened the ceiling vent into the upper floor. Really? I... don't think I need ac. Further, on a really hot day, if I open several or all the windows up there, it might really cool things down even faster. Higher level, possibly more air flow, and with somewhere for the hotter air to go. Wow. Just saying. And to think I suffered for so long without realizing that.
As to blood sugar? Since dumping the sugared gum, at around noon, the blood sugar has dropped to 220. Yeah, I'm gnomming (chewing) like a monster. And probably will for several weeks. The hope is that I will slowly back away from even the gum. It's a crutch. Much as the 48-hour fasting is a crutch. The 24-hour fasting is probably more of a long term thing. Something I haven't added in will, hopefully, also become long term... exercise. I may start as simply as walking. If I go that way, an half an hour of walking is the goal. I would like to begin freeweights, but... one thing at a time. Fasting, watching fluid intake, and managing other things is about as much as I wish to stress my system all at once. I don't think it is too much but I don't know what, exactly, is too much. If I get to walking an half hour on each fast day, before breaking the fast, and do that for a month... or two... then I'll begin looking at something heavier. Then, whether by itself, or as an addition to walking? I'll see then.
When it all goes in for me, it really works. Clicking right along. I am still a bit troubled... collar bone and a few other things... weight changes? biology shifts? It doesn't seem to be of the organs, more as if my body is shifting on my bones, adjusting a different and even now changing load. Not a true complaint, just notes for any who are curious or considering the path I am on. If things go well the rest of this week, and into next week, I'll begin walking before breaking the fast on the longer fasts. Look, there, I've penned it into the calendar. I'm not sure if that will be a longer fasting day, but that will be when I begin planning. Plus, planning ahead gets me geared up for it.
Good night.
Hungry.
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This would is "dinner time", I suppose that is part of it. Though, perhaps, chewing regular gum until the other arrived was part of the problem? Maybe. Well, and I fell behind in drinking. Tea does help cut hunger. I suspect it has something to do with caffeine, though also simple fluid volume. No worries, I'll make it through.
I wanted to see about size, waste size. So I looked through the pile of jeans. I have 38's (which while I may have been able to put on, technically, I really never could wear since I've purchased them) all the way to the 44's I was almost outgrowing when I first arrived. I went straight for the 38's, hoping that they would be loose. Or at least that I could get in them. In them easily. They fit like my 40's were fitting. Of course, every time you put on thinner jeans they make you look fatter again. No concern there, for me. Further, I suspect I will be going to 36's within a month or two. I am pretty sure I will keep up on this.
Blood sugar? We'll see. it was above 300 at noon, right as I changed to the new gum. Yeah. I can probably have a regular gumball, or six. But anything beyond that and it'll get me. That will be a problem until I figure out not just doing the right things, but what the right things are. I suspect, if I can keep the blood sugar bellow 200, and show it for a while, I might... have some argument for an issue. Insulin sure wasn't working. Not sure what would have worked, if anything.
To be honest, having seen blood sugar as low as 195 fasting, from a high of 326~336 fasting? There might be something here. I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be natural variance in such a short time. It hasn't been a full week yet. I'm not sure if weight or size will continue to come off, if those are secondary. I am curious about weight, but will weigh in sometime at the first of the week... as soon as I remember. Monday through next week, or month, I suppose.
Reading is next. I've finished the section on rappelling and am starting ascending. I don't know if this book is general, or if it is more for rock climbing, spelunking, or based on one of the coasts, but... it seems different. It isn't as I remember things. Then again it was written a decade or so after I was in the game and several decades ago from current time. And there were and are many many ways and riggings and tools. More coming out almost daily. Some are just improved, though directly replace other items. Some simply are unlike what most would have seen. I'm not sure what was available, but I think I was using equipment that was top of the line, with a top of the line physique to go with that. Yeah, it makes a world of difference. If care, professionalism, has to be there. Dreams? Maybe.
My mother lost everything in a house fire, but she used to have a pair of jeans of mine, 31 waist, 38 inseam. She remembers them. I wonder if she remembers that I was 240 when I wore them? Well, she has part of it, or used to. She bought the jeans as a gift. I kept them, for a while... I guess as a memory, a goal, a hope? Yeah, I'll never get to a 31 waist again. But I could get to 240, maybe 220. Some things are just gone. I wouldn't mind getting to 36, or better 34 waist though. I do think it's possible.
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This would is "dinner time", I suppose that is part of it. Though, perhaps, chewing regular gum until the other arrived was part of the problem? Maybe. Well, and I fell behind in drinking. Tea does help cut hunger. I suspect it has something to do with caffeine, though also simple fluid volume. No worries, I'll make it through.
I wanted to see about size, waste size. So I looked through the pile of jeans. I have 38's (which while I may have been able to put on, technically, I really never could wear since I've purchased them) all the way to the 44's I was almost outgrowing when I first arrived. I went straight for the 38's, hoping that they would be loose. Or at least that I could get in them. In them easily. They fit like my 40's were fitting. Of course, every time you put on thinner jeans they make you look fatter again. No concern there, for me. Further, I suspect I will be going to 36's within a month or two. I am pretty sure I will keep up on this.
Blood sugar? We'll see. it was above 300 at noon, right as I changed to the new gum. Yeah. I can probably have a regular gumball, or six. But anything beyond that and it'll get me. That will be a problem until I figure out not just doing the right things, but what the right things are. I suspect, if I can keep the blood sugar bellow 200, and show it for a while, I might... have some argument for an issue. Insulin sure wasn't working. Not sure what would have worked, if anything.
To be honest, having seen blood sugar as low as 195 fasting, from a high of 326~336 fasting? There might be something here. I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be natural variance in such a short time. It hasn't been a full week yet. I'm not sure if weight or size will continue to come off, if those are secondary. I am curious about weight, but will weigh in sometime at the first of the week... as soon as I remember. Monday through next week, or month, I suppose.
Reading is next. I've finished the section on rappelling and am starting ascending. I don't know if this book is general, or if it is more for rock climbing, spelunking, or based on one of the coasts, but... it seems different. It isn't as I remember things. Then again it was written a decade or so after I was in the game and several decades ago from current time. And there were and are many many ways and riggings and tools. More coming out almost daily. Some are just improved, though directly replace other items. Some simply are unlike what most would have seen. I'm not sure what was available, but I think I was using equipment that was top of the line, with a top of the line physique to go with that. Yeah, it makes a world of difference. If care, professionalism, has to be there. Dreams? Maybe.
My mother lost everything in a house fire, but she used to have a pair of jeans of mine, 31 waist, 38 inseam. She remembers them. I wonder if she remembers that I was 240 when I wore them? Well, she has part of it, or used to. She bought the jeans as a gift. I kept them, for a while... I guess as a memory, a goal, a hope? Yeah, I'll never get to a 31 waist again. But I could get to 240, maybe 220. Some things are just gone. I wouldn't mind getting to 36, or better 34 waist though. I do think it's possible.
They are really showing their colors.
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Those who... I don't know... have had access to power? Is it a certain type of power, or money, or are they blackmailed and then turn black? Ginsburg, recently, though many on the Republican side too. They don't disapprove of Trump. They don't think he is a little off. They don't think he is a minor mistake. Even though he is obviously liberal, in the way they see things. So... what is it about him? I wondered, for a time, if that seeming hate wasn't just a means to get people to go for him, but not for the right reasons. A trick. The enemy of my enemy false trick. But... it's not. Ginsburg truly hates, as does many in both parties.
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Those who... I don't know... have had access to power? Is it a certain type of power, or money, or are they blackmailed and then turn black? Ginsburg, recently, though many on the Republican side too. They don't disapprove of Trump. They don't think he is a little off. They don't think he is a minor mistake. Even though he is obviously liberal, in the way they see things. So... what is it about him? I wondered, for a time, if that seeming hate wasn't just a means to get people to go for him, but not for the right reasons. A trick. The enemy of my enemy false trick. But... it's not. Ginsburg truly hates, as does many in both parties.
Two birds with one stone, perhaps.
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The gum arrived. Trident 12 pack, 18 stick, sugarfree, yum sticks. I didn't think about it while ordering, but... the gum might be what I use to 'sweeten' the tea. No, I don't mean adding the gum to the tea. Simply, while chewing the gum, drinking the tea without otherwise flavoring/sweetening. No, the gum is hopefully a temporary thing, to get me used to fasting. Munching on something really does seem to help. Though, as with anything else, everything really is bad for you, at some dose. So, the goal is to use then limit use. Still... perhaps even then, I might be able to use it for every other "glass" of tea? Maybe. Yeah, that is my tea glass. You oughta see my beer stein! *grins*
Wow... this gum keeps it's flavor a lot longer. I ordered regular gum balls at first. One man thought my description of the flavor to be... worth noting... sugar flavored sugar. And it lasted just long enough to notice, almost. Then I bought gourmet gum balls. The flavor was much more pronounced, and identifiable, especially cherry. However, the flavor, for all of them, must be, at least in part, based on the sugar. And when the sugar is gone, so too the flavor. Gourmet gum seemed to have figured out a way to make the flavor last a bit longer, but nothing like this sugarfree gum. Nice. Even drinking almost a quart, so far, over it.
I seem to be doing a little bit better than this morning. I can't expect instant miracles. I actually don't expect long term miracles. I simply think I might be able to better arrange things. Or not. Worth a shot. Can't really lose for trying. Don't have to believe. Actually... shouldn't believe. Let the results create a believer. Only fools go in believing without strong personal witness, or a call. Later.
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The gum arrived. Trident 12 pack, 18 stick, sugarfree, yum sticks. I didn't think about it while ordering, but... the gum might be what I use to 'sweeten' the tea. No, I don't mean adding the gum to the tea. Simply, while chewing the gum, drinking the tea without otherwise flavoring/sweetening. No, the gum is hopefully a temporary thing, to get me used to fasting. Munching on something really does seem to help. Though, as with anything else, everything really is bad for you, at some dose. So, the goal is to use then limit use. Still... perhaps even then, I might be able to use it for every other "glass" of tea? Maybe. Yeah, that is my tea glass. You oughta see my beer stein! *grins*
Wow... this gum keeps it's flavor a lot longer. I ordered regular gum balls at first. One man thought my description of the flavor to be... worth noting... sugar flavored sugar. And it lasted just long enough to notice, almost. Then I bought gourmet gum balls. The flavor was much more pronounced, and identifiable, especially cherry. However, the flavor, for all of them, must be, at least in part, based on the sugar. And when the sugar is gone, so too the flavor. Gourmet gum seemed to have figured out a way to make the flavor last a bit longer, but nothing like this sugarfree gum. Nice. Even drinking almost a quart, so far, over it.
I seem to be doing a little bit better than this morning. I can't expect instant miracles. I actually don't expect long term miracles. I simply think I might be able to better arrange things. Or not. Worth a shot. Can't really lose for trying. Don't have to believe. Actually... shouldn't believe. Let the results create a believer. Only fools go in believing without strong personal witness, or a call. Later.
A tough morning.
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I could not wake. I woke, to use the facilities, at 7:00. I woke at 9:00, and just went to the bathroom hoping it would allow me to wake. Nope. Not until after 10:00 sometime could I escape bed, and that is questionable. I tested blood sugar, which was at 258. There are several reasons it might be that high. I'll have to keep testing this and that. Until the sugar-free gum arrives today... well, and until I resolutely decide which of several sugar replacements don't jack my numbers, it's going to be bumpy. I simply can't burn three or four or five experiments on it at once and come up with good numbers. If too, as I suggested and was told was foolish, I do believe my blood sugar will rise without a seeming cause from time to time. It just does. Maybe I'll prove that untrue, or prove it correct, in my trials.
Can't say I don't have willpower though. This will be the third fast greater than 24 hours... 2 x 48 hours and 1 x 36 hours, plus two 24 hour fasts. I'll admit there is an itch on the longer hauls, but 24 hour fasts aren't even a bother. I still don't know if this will really work. While the number is down, it's not down that much. I don't honestly think bubble gum has that much affect on the numbers... not when I am awake anyway. Do things act differently while sleeping?
Beside having a tough time waking this morning, I am feeling a bit off. A bit of a grumpy body. Odd pains here and there. Very low energy (compared to the last nearly week). Mental focus is weak. Bleh. It may simply be the bubble gum. The gooder* gum is set to arrive today. When it does I will begin testing with it. If it proves out I will throw the other gum away. While it might not be bumping the numbers (waking numbers?), it might be having an affect anyway.
Live and learn. At least I know I can fast. The numbers have come down a bit. Other than today energy and clarity are generally up. I am simply going to have to give this more time. When numbers are higher than I had hoped, or if I seem to be flubbing (maybe with the bubble gum), I think maybe I shouldn't post. But... warts and all. If someone out there is starting, and he wants perfection, and he messes up... whether following my tracks or just viewing on his own way, I want him to know that it's fine to fail or mess up. That, just... pick up and keep going from where you are. *gnom* Yes... bubble gum for breakfast. The long hauls... gum... it helps. The gooder stuff should be in before the day is out... I hope it's gooder!
I had a small dream. Was barking, online, about someone. They offered to fix my machine. I let them. At the big reveal, it was shown that the machine had not been fixed. It was demanded that I retract what I had written. I refused. I got my machine back, still messed up, and was walking away. Everyone was laughing and suggesting I just play along and all would be well. I just said I don't play that way. It wasn't the primary who would have sorted out my machine anyway. So it was just his say, not his actions. And his words had been, and might well remain, false. But that it wasn't an issue, one way or another. I am, so I will not recant.
No hard feelings. I simply didn't care. Neither someone's fame, or peer pressure, will get me on board or be a force by which I will change my notions. If you want be to write something different, show that I was wrong. Otherwise what I say stands. Dames have hated me for not giving an inch. There is no such thing as equality, nor any of the other fairy tales. Friends and family have hissed and booed at my not taking their side "because family" or because "go along to get along". If you raise someone to be just, don't then ask them to be on your side in spite of the obvious wrong of it.
I felt neither one way or the other about the dream. It wasn't a dream of pride, shame, cheer, or anything. It just was, like a cup of standard tea. A minor refreshment typical of it's line, but neither memorable or important in any way, not even precisely to the moment. It just was, as am I at times. The machine ended up fixed, even though I steadfastly refused to recant. I thanked the sayer, and doers, but no more.
Later.
*gooder(tm) - may be used for $1
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I could not wake. I woke, to use the facilities, at 7:00. I woke at 9:00, and just went to the bathroom hoping it would allow me to wake. Nope. Not until after 10:00 sometime could I escape bed, and that is questionable. I tested blood sugar, which was at 258. There are several reasons it might be that high. I'll have to keep testing this and that. Until the sugar-free gum arrives today... well, and until I resolutely decide which of several sugar replacements don't jack my numbers, it's going to be bumpy. I simply can't burn three or four or five experiments on it at once and come up with good numbers. If too, as I suggested and was told was foolish, I do believe my blood sugar will rise without a seeming cause from time to time. It just does. Maybe I'll prove that untrue, or prove it correct, in my trials.
Can't say I don't have willpower though. This will be the third fast greater than 24 hours... 2 x 48 hours and 1 x 36 hours, plus two 24 hour fasts. I'll admit there is an itch on the longer hauls, but 24 hour fasts aren't even a bother. I still don't know if this will really work. While the number is down, it's not down that much. I don't honestly think bubble gum has that much affect on the numbers... not when I am awake anyway. Do things act differently while sleeping?
Beside having a tough time waking this morning, I am feeling a bit off. A bit of a grumpy body. Odd pains here and there. Very low energy (compared to the last nearly week). Mental focus is weak. Bleh. It may simply be the bubble gum. The gooder* gum is set to arrive today. When it does I will begin testing with it. If it proves out I will throw the other gum away. While it might not be bumping the numbers (waking numbers?), it might be having an affect anyway.
Live and learn. At least I know I can fast. The numbers have come down a bit. Other than today energy and clarity are generally up. I am simply going to have to give this more time. When numbers are higher than I had hoped, or if I seem to be flubbing (maybe with the bubble gum), I think maybe I shouldn't post. But... warts and all. If someone out there is starting, and he wants perfection, and he messes up... whether following my tracks or just viewing on his own way, I want him to know that it's fine to fail or mess up. That, just... pick up and keep going from where you are. *gnom* Yes... bubble gum for breakfast. The long hauls... gum... it helps. The gooder stuff should be in before the day is out... I hope it's gooder!
I had a small dream. Was barking, online, about someone. They offered to fix my machine. I let them. At the big reveal, it was shown that the machine had not been fixed. It was demanded that I retract what I had written. I refused. I got my machine back, still messed up, and was walking away. Everyone was laughing and suggesting I just play along and all would be well. I just said I don't play that way. It wasn't the primary who would have sorted out my machine anyway. So it was just his say, not his actions. And his words had been, and might well remain, false. But that it wasn't an issue, one way or another. I am, so I will not recant.
No hard feelings. I simply didn't care. Neither someone's fame, or peer pressure, will get me on board or be a force by which I will change my notions. If you want be to write something different, show that I was wrong. Otherwise what I say stands. Dames have hated me for not giving an inch. There is no such thing as equality, nor any of the other fairy tales. Friends and family have hissed and booed at my not taking their side "because family" or because "go along to get along". If you raise someone to be just, don't then ask them to be on your side in spite of the obvious wrong of it.
I felt neither one way or the other about the dream. It wasn't a dream of pride, shame, cheer, or anything. It just was, like a cup of standard tea. A minor refreshment typical of it's line, but neither memorable or important in any way, not even precisely to the moment. It just was, as am I at times. The machine ended up fixed, even though I steadfastly refused to recant. I thanked the sayer, and doers, but no more.
Later.
*gooder(tm) - may be used for $1
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
So odd, at least to me.
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Two meals down, just about ready to head into the next 48-hour fast, and blood sugar is at 232. I didn't do the one and two hour test. Not even, now, exactly sure about the timing. Yeah, well... I might be improving (?). That doesn't mean I am well, or on top of things yet. It was a bit warmer today too. Not truly hot, but warm. Warm enough to maybe throw me off my game. That wasn't all of it, though it might have been what sideswiped me around meal times... throwing my timing and planning off. It'll happen from time to time. I'll just keep at it.
I am not sure how things are going to go. Weight loss first? Insulin levels down? Food choices will play the lead part. Though I am finding that all I have been told isn't... true. Not for me. Some things that I was told are death are not. Some things I was told are good are not. I am going to have to do more sorting before I can really get some baselines. Now, whether people are trying to harm others, whether they simply sold out, or perhaps they are simply ignorant? Who knows. I simply know that, for myself, I will have to explore, test, and do that over and over. I'll probably never get an exact thing, but I might get a much better idea of exactly what foods cause me problems.
I would guess that what afflicts a type-1 might have little or no affect on a type-2. More, I would bet dimes to dollars that species makes a difference. Further, I am betting there are even difference within groups, right down to the individual. How pronounced is the difference? Depends on the group, and maybe the person. As questionable as peer-review, and even the will of the medical industrial complex to heal, I'm not sure we are getting anything like good research. With elites thinking robots can replace workers, and elites thinking they no longer need the rest of us, I'm truly thinking it is much more involved than simply incompetence. Time will tell. On the good side? God really doesn't put up with such. If I am what I suspect, that has been scarred into our genetic memory... don't mess with the talking monkeys! Or... the other ones. :p Hmm... the smart ones? No, not brighter than men of renown. Oh... the ones who abide God? No... the ones who CAN abide God. Right. The rest are still fair game, if I think even they have a purpose.
Well... a bit of music, perhaps a review of what is passing for news (not reading much, it's all junk, and worse... it's meant to keep people for looking), visiting a few blogs... some news and commentary there. As I keep saying, while Trump is as good as it gets, don't... expect much. He is pro-American, but Democrat, really. If he does the wall there is a chance. I don't know about the Republican party. If they take him in, and help him... not sure if that is good or bad. I suggested that there is yet reason for hope, but that hope probably shouldn't be wasted on politics. We don't have friends in high or low places. Family, local friends, or none. Believe it. I still think they will be using Trump in an attempt to humiliate conservatives, again. Just... don't let them get to you. Whether he simply ruins his run, letting her in... or wins then betrays... expect it. Don't let them break you.
Good night.
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Two meals down, just about ready to head into the next 48-hour fast, and blood sugar is at 232. I didn't do the one and two hour test. Not even, now, exactly sure about the timing. Yeah, well... I might be improving (?). That doesn't mean I am well, or on top of things yet. It was a bit warmer today too. Not truly hot, but warm. Warm enough to maybe throw me off my game. That wasn't all of it, though it might have been what sideswiped me around meal times... throwing my timing and planning off. It'll happen from time to time. I'll just keep at it.
I am not sure how things are going to go. Weight loss first? Insulin levels down? Food choices will play the lead part. Though I am finding that all I have been told isn't... true. Not for me. Some things that I was told are death are not. Some things I was told are good are not. I am going to have to do more sorting before I can really get some baselines. Now, whether people are trying to harm others, whether they simply sold out, or perhaps they are simply ignorant? Who knows. I simply know that, for myself, I will have to explore, test, and do that over and over. I'll probably never get an exact thing, but I might get a much better idea of exactly what foods cause me problems.
I would guess that what afflicts a type-1 might have little or no affect on a type-2. More, I would bet dimes to dollars that species makes a difference. Further, I am betting there are even difference within groups, right down to the individual. How pronounced is the difference? Depends on the group, and maybe the person. As questionable as peer-review, and even the will of the medical industrial complex to heal, I'm not sure we are getting anything like good research. With elites thinking robots can replace workers, and elites thinking they no longer need the rest of us, I'm truly thinking it is much more involved than simply incompetence. Time will tell. On the good side? God really doesn't put up with such. If I am what I suspect, that has been scarred into our genetic memory... don't mess with the talking monkeys! Or... the other ones. :p Hmm... the smart ones? No, not brighter than men of renown. Oh... the ones who abide God? No... the ones who CAN abide God. Right. The rest are still fair game, if I think even they have a purpose.
Well... a bit of music, perhaps a review of what is passing for news (not reading much, it's all junk, and worse... it's meant to keep people for looking), visiting a few blogs... some news and commentary there. As I keep saying, while Trump is as good as it gets, don't... expect much. He is pro-American, but Democrat, really. If he does the wall there is a chance. I don't know about the Republican party. If they take him in, and help him... not sure if that is good or bad. I suggested that there is yet reason for hope, but that hope probably shouldn't be wasted on politics. We don't have friends in high or low places. Family, local friends, or none. Believe it. I still think they will be using Trump in an attempt to humiliate conservatives, again. Just... don't let them get to you. Whether he simply ruins his run, letting her in... or wins then betrays... expect it. Don't let them break you.
Good night.
That's different.
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Though maybe the sugar replacement is, if better than the others tested so far, still a problem? I only drink tea, with the replacement, during non-eating times. As I wrote my blood sugar, right before eating, was 269. An hour or so after eating at is down to 237. Hmm? Mostly fats and protein, other than some flouring of the skirt steaks. I plan on a second meal, of the final steak and a grapefruit. Perhaps sometime this hour. I wasn't timing the blood test well this last time... might be nearly two hours after the first meal, or more like forty five minutes. I just wasn't paying attention. I just... I have never seen my blood sugar fall after a meal. Odd. Very odd, to me.
Anyway, this means I need to find other options regarding sweetening the tea. There are three more choices I know of offhand. There might be a few others even then. If none of it is perfect, I may simply have to make do, compromise on amounts, and make other changes. A bit frustrating. But sugar free does not always mean anything like what it might seem to mean. Oh... I have one, already in-house, that I will be trying tomorrow. Even though I really want to get in to town, for a number of things, I probably don't have to go for a bit. Not that I won't, if the opportunity presents itself. Just to get out, though there is more.
There is a strange pain, or set of them, I am getting. My collar bones are aching. Very strange. Not a concern. Kidneys, liver, other gullet organs, sure... if it's really bad. But bones I don't worry about. Only a driver for inquisition. I am suspecting, that as I lose weight, and things adjust and fall or shift or move that bones, odd ones like in there that are key somehow in spite of being minor, will hurt. Don't know, time will tell.
Later.
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Though maybe the sugar replacement is, if better than the others tested so far, still a problem? I only drink tea, with the replacement, during non-eating times. As I wrote my blood sugar, right before eating, was 269. An hour or so after eating at is down to 237. Hmm? Mostly fats and protein, other than some flouring of the skirt steaks. I plan on a second meal, of the final steak and a grapefruit. Perhaps sometime this hour. I wasn't timing the blood test well this last time... might be nearly two hours after the first meal, or more like forty five minutes. I just wasn't paying attention. I just... I have never seen my blood sugar fall after a meal. Odd. Very odd, to me.
Anyway, this means I need to find other options regarding sweetening the tea. There are three more choices I know of offhand. There might be a few others even then. If none of it is perfect, I may simply have to make do, compromise on amounts, and make other changes. A bit frustrating. But sugar free does not always mean anything like what it might seem to mean. Oh... I have one, already in-house, that I will be trying tomorrow. Even though I really want to get in to town, for a number of things, I probably don't have to go for a bit. Not that I won't, if the opportunity presents itself. Just to get out, though there is more.
There is a strange pain, or set of them, I am getting. My collar bones are aching. Very strange. Not a concern. Kidneys, liver, other gullet organs, sure... if it's really bad. But bones I don't worry about. Only a driver for inquisition. I am suspecting, that as I lose weight, and things adjust and fall or shift or move that bones, odd ones like in there that are key somehow in spite of being minor, will hurt. Don't know, time will tell.
Later.
Single day fasting is pretty easy for me.
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Truth is, I have been doing this for a long time. I simply haven't been corralling the practice into weight loss. I didn't think it was a good practice. And, with losing control, it probably wasn't. It needs to be regulated, balanced, monitored, controlled. Just 'forgetting' to eat for a few days to weeks is just not good. When food is remembered, feasting occurs. As polar opposites they are not healthy. Only when managed, set against each other, can they work. On the good side, as I mentioned, one day fasts are easy for me. Two days and it gets a little more uncomfortable. I am finding that even two days off isn't too bad, less so if I have gum around. Tea is good, but having something to seemingly bite, then chew, helps. I could see a pack a day until I get used to the longer fasts, or get beyond the need of them.
On another issue, I have stopped using the water pill. I have gotten fluid consumption back under control. Sips, from time to time. I can easily handle two gallons a day if I consume it rather slowly. I can gulp half a gallon in a very short period if I am not watching things. So I still have to pay attention. Tea, mostly. As it heats up I can add water. More of an add than replacement, from what I have seen so far. As long as I am sweating more it works out just fine... though, even then, I have to watch how much goes in over time. That is the trick. Over time I will learn how to spot cutoffs better. I have improved. And, in time, should master this as I am beginning to master food.
I keep thinking I would like to get the boat to the water. What to wear... shorts and t-shirt... diver bibs... how cold is the water? I still need to do a few things, and decide some things regarding the boat and gear. I have to tie in the sun protection structure, or maybe go without for the first short runs? I need to get the anchor(s) figured out. I have the anchor lines in, and buoys for the cord. Everything is a start, everything, regardless of instructions, advice, or even watching as others worker their gear, is a learning experience. And, yeah, I expect I will end up in the water. It's how I do. Thankfully I'm good with that.
Two hours until I can have a bite. A few boiled eggs, then some fried meat. Later on another meal... probably more fried meat and a grapefruit. Keep it really simply, mostly high protein and fat, with just a bit of carbs... more or less here and there. I just won't do absolutes unless they are killing my blood sugar readings. Later.
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Truth is, I have been doing this for a long time. I simply haven't been corralling the practice into weight loss. I didn't think it was a good practice. And, with losing control, it probably wasn't. It needs to be regulated, balanced, monitored, controlled. Just 'forgetting' to eat for a few days to weeks is just not good. When food is remembered, feasting occurs. As polar opposites they are not healthy. Only when managed, set against each other, can they work. On the good side, as I mentioned, one day fasts are easy for me. Two days and it gets a little more uncomfortable. I am finding that even two days off isn't too bad, less so if I have gum around. Tea is good, but having something to seemingly bite, then chew, helps. I could see a pack a day until I get used to the longer fasts, or get beyond the need of them.
On another issue, I have stopped using the water pill. I have gotten fluid consumption back under control. Sips, from time to time. I can easily handle two gallons a day if I consume it rather slowly. I can gulp half a gallon in a very short period if I am not watching things. So I still have to pay attention. Tea, mostly. As it heats up I can add water. More of an add than replacement, from what I have seen so far. As long as I am sweating more it works out just fine... though, even then, I have to watch how much goes in over time. That is the trick. Over time I will learn how to spot cutoffs better. I have improved. And, in time, should master this as I am beginning to master food.
I keep thinking I would like to get the boat to the water. What to wear... shorts and t-shirt... diver bibs... how cold is the water? I still need to do a few things, and decide some things regarding the boat and gear. I have to tie in the sun protection structure, or maybe go without for the first short runs? I need to get the anchor(s) figured out. I have the anchor lines in, and buoys for the cord. Everything is a start, everything, regardless of instructions, advice, or even watching as others worker their gear, is a learning experience. And, yeah, I expect I will end up in the water. It's how I do. Thankfully I'm good with that.
Two hours until I can have a bite. A few boiled eggs, then some fried meat. Later on another meal... probably more fried meat and a grapefruit. Keep it really simply, mostly high protein and fat, with just a bit of carbs... more or less here and there. I just won't do absolutes unless they are killing my blood sugar readings. Later.
Single day fast.
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Funny, a week ago I would have suggested that a 24-hour fast might not be doable. Now that is the easy one. In making it, I might be eating a bit too much. Though late supper was pretty carbful. Morning blood sugar is 265. Now that I can make the fasting periods, next is to begin sorting foods. What will and won't work, how much, and such. To be honest, I won't cut anything completely. Not even sugar, if that will be used rarely for obvious reasons. Then again, as I said, I suspect at least one of the artificial sugars to be worse than sugar for it's glycemic index. I'll be testing that again, soon. And, actually, I am going to test sugar. Just added to tea. I would like to know how much of a problem that is. I'm not worried about exactness, just generalities. And this, versus that, versus that. If I don't have choices open to me, what can I fill in with the least problem. What can I expect if in a worst case scenario... generally.
I didn't wake until late today, which is also unusual. For the last... while... I have been waking early, 8:00... give or take an hour. No, I know, farmers, slaves to the papermill, bakers, and some others sure... not early in your book. But you aren't mostly dead. Anyway, for me, that isn't so important as consistency, which is what has been on tap. Not sure what happened today. Did I stay up way late? Bubblegum madness? :p Maybe. Can't remember. Won't do it again. Though I must admit, I am sure looking forward to the piles of sugarless gum on the way. Though... come to think of it... they will have to be tested for their glycemic index as well. If they kick up my blood sugar I'll have to find other. When hungry it just feels good to much on something. Really hungry and I have to be careful with cheeks and tongue... can get munched and it hurts.
You know, at the rate of weight loss, by next week or the week after, I might actually be down into the 240's! The last time I weighed in there was... Well, a while ago. Of course, I am nowhere fit enough to be reasonably 240, so I'll have to drop another 20, probably. The last months of my senior year is the last time I saw 220. Then again I was doing football, basketball, and track. Looked skinny though. Ugh... new clothes. I'm not quite sure how to check sizes other than to order and try them on. There might be another way... try on what I have, in specific brands, and see where that measure out... if the 38's fit closely enough. They either fit or are one size too big, I think, now. Then again, I don't want to buy until I'm sort of bottomed out. Too bad they never have my size at the used clothing stores.
Hmm... on to... something. Good day.
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Funny, a week ago I would have suggested that a 24-hour fast might not be doable. Now that is the easy one. In making it, I might be eating a bit too much. Though late supper was pretty carbful. Morning blood sugar is 265. Now that I can make the fasting periods, next is to begin sorting foods. What will and won't work, how much, and such. To be honest, I won't cut anything completely. Not even sugar, if that will be used rarely for obvious reasons. Then again, as I said, I suspect at least one of the artificial sugars to be worse than sugar for it's glycemic index. I'll be testing that again, soon. And, actually, I am going to test sugar. Just added to tea. I would like to know how much of a problem that is. I'm not worried about exactness, just generalities. And this, versus that, versus that. If I don't have choices open to me, what can I fill in with the least problem. What can I expect if in a worst case scenario... generally.
I didn't wake until late today, which is also unusual. For the last... while... I have been waking early, 8:00... give or take an hour. No, I know, farmers, slaves to the papermill, bakers, and some others sure... not early in your book. But you aren't mostly dead. Anyway, for me, that isn't so important as consistency, which is what has been on tap. Not sure what happened today. Did I stay up way late? Bubblegum madness? :p Maybe. Can't remember. Won't do it again. Though I must admit, I am sure looking forward to the piles of sugarless gum on the way. Though... come to think of it... they will have to be tested for their glycemic index as well. If they kick up my blood sugar I'll have to find other. When hungry it just feels good to much on something. Really hungry and I have to be careful with cheeks and tongue... can get munched and it hurts.
You know, at the rate of weight loss, by next week or the week after, I might actually be down into the 240's! The last time I weighed in there was... Well, a while ago. Of course, I am nowhere fit enough to be reasonably 240, so I'll have to drop another 20, probably. The last months of my senior year is the last time I saw 220. Then again I was doing football, basketball, and track. Looked skinny though. Ugh... new clothes. I'm not quite sure how to check sizes other than to order and try them on. There might be another way... try on what I have, in specific brands, and see where that measure out... if the 38's fit closely enough. They either fit or are one size too big, I think, now. Then again, I don't want to buy until I'm sort of bottomed out. Too bad they never have my size at the used clothing stores.
Hmm... on to... something. Good day.
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Odd questions.
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I'm... considering a post. I really, sometimes, can't see where some questions arrive. Although, with this one? I thought about it. The big L. So... I looked back at music. Then did a little search. Oh. Well. Okay. Some I knew. Some I didn't. At all. Many were thematic, others were intended to be on the edge... but that edge? Anyway. I have a post, just not sure about publishing. Actually I have two posts. It's more complex than just one thing, or even two. I'll think about posting. Nothing anyone who reads here doesn't know. Though... with the music? Some of it snuck up on me... as much as that is possible to be coincidence is another issue.
Not sure I should publish. Nothing most common readers don't know. Even those asking should know. Bait? Not... sure. Though, truth? If you have a pole, why dive? There is more to it, of course. The trickster hides in profound, sometimes disturbing ways. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not so much, it is the nature of things in any case, sometimes. Still, pole.
My blood sugar did spike to over 300, as I mentioned. But whether it was bubble gum or a sugar replacement remains to be seen. After eating a pretty good spot of food, not grossly huge, but a meal and an half, and a bit more shortly... but with the food eaten, and time to relax from the first meal... my blood sugar is already down to 230's. I just... Oh, and I am using the sugar replacement that seems to be better. I have a few more to try though. And I want to try to other one again, but on a day where nothing could interfere with the results.
I am quite pleased with the fasting. Even if I bungled the project, it was a little thing and I can make sure to not do it again. Though, as noted, it might just have been the sugar replacement. Which is part of the experiment... to find what works and what doesn't. Oh... while at it I found a really good deal on sugarless gum. I ordered a number of plenty packs. It is just something for those tween times. Tea is okay, water might be okay with gum, but... I just need a few techniques and items by which to vault the hunger and frustration. *gnom, gnom, gnom...* It does, or can, help. *gnom*
Tomorrow is a 24-hour fast. I have boiled, peeled, eggs to break the fast. That seems... better. More solid foods seem to hurt the stomach just a bit. Oh... one more meal, tonight yet, with grapefruit. Love that stuff. Later or good night.
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Wait... After I failed, or so I thought, with gum balls, I... went ahead and splurged. I had, like, 20, after my meal... cause I thought wtf... innit? Then switched sugar alts. If the gum, just, say, 6 pieces, from earlier, had raised my blood serum, then 20 would have jacked it. Same time split, just different sugar replacement. Oh, and with food in there too. Yeah, it was the sugar replacement. I'll test sometime later this week. But I am all but sure it wasn't the gum. Morz! :p
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Don't worry... I'll put the post back up in about a week, as well as the companion post which only got a time-stamping posting. When everyone isn't looking. Where everyone isn't looking. Or sooner. I hate posting some things. Especially if I feel baited to it. Good night.
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I'm... considering a post. I really, sometimes, can't see where some questions arrive. Although, with this one? I thought about it. The big L. So... I looked back at music. Then did a little search. Oh. Well. Okay. Some I knew. Some I didn't. At all. Many were thematic, others were intended to be on the edge... but that edge? Anyway. I have a post, just not sure about publishing. Actually I have two posts. It's more complex than just one thing, or even two. I'll think about posting. Nothing anyone who reads here doesn't know. Though... with the music? Some of it snuck up on me... as much as that is possible to be coincidence is another issue.
Not sure I should publish. Nothing most common readers don't know. Even those asking should know. Bait? Not... sure. Though, truth? If you have a pole, why dive? There is more to it, of course. The trickster hides in profound, sometimes disturbing ways. Sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not so much, it is the nature of things in any case, sometimes. Still, pole.
My blood sugar did spike to over 300, as I mentioned. But whether it was bubble gum or a sugar replacement remains to be seen. After eating a pretty good spot of food, not grossly huge, but a meal and an half, and a bit more shortly... but with the food eaten, and time to relax from the first meal... my blood sugar is already down to 230's. I just... Oh, and I am using the sugar replacement that seems to be better. I have a few more to try though. And I want to try to other one again, but on a day where nothing could interfere with the results.
I am quite pleased with the fasting. Even if I bungled the project, it was a little thing and I can make sure to not do it again. Though, as noted, it might just have been the sugar replacement. Which is part of the experiment... to find what works and what doesn't. Oh... while at it I found a really good deal on sugarless gum. I ordered a number of plenty packs. It is just something for those tween times. Tea is okay, water might be okay with gum, but... I just need a few techniques and items by which to vault the hunger and frustration. *gnom, gnom, gnom...* It does, or can, help. *gnom*
Tomorrow is a 24-hour fast. I have boiled, peeled, eggs to break the fast. That seems... better. More solid foods seem to hurt the stomach just a bit. Oh... one more meal, tonight yet, with grapefruit. Love that stuff. Later or good night.
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Wait... After I failed, or so I thought, with gum balls, I... went ahead and splurged. I had, like, 20, after my meal... cause I thought wtf... innit? Then switched sugar alts. If the gum, just, say, 6 pieces, from earlier, had raised my blood serum, then 20 would have jacked it. Same time split, just different sugar replacement. Oh, and with food in there too. Yeah, it was the sugar replacement. I'll test sometime later this week. But I am all but sure it wasn't the gum. Morz! :p
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Don't worry... I'll put the post back up in about a week, as well as the companion post which only got a time-stamping posting. When everyone isn't looking. Where everyone isn't looking. Or sooner. I hate posting some things. Especially if I feel baited to it. Good night.
A 48-hour fast is stout.
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I was ready for food. Eggs, first up. I won't go with that brand again. Some of the eggs had a jelly-like consistency... the whites anyway. Just a few. No, I float-tested first. They were good, just not very good. Still, for now, until I can make it to town and to my store, these will do. I have a dozen and an half boiled, plus a bunch ready for frying or such. I got rid of the ones that were obviously (after boiling) off. I also ate three, first thing, with milk. I then though I'd have an apple. Odd. I went through the racks of apples, smelling each type. I avoided the ones that generally smelled bad. I passed on the ones that had no scent. I chose apples that smelled like apples. Horrible apples. Take, in your mind, an apple back to cardboard. Now back that up to styrofoam. Seriously, no taste, a weird crunch. I will try one more from that lot. If it fails likewise, they all go. Further, I smelled each apple before choosing it. They all smelled like fresh apple. Bleh. Finally, about a cup of pistachios. Oh, by the way, with pistachios? You know you are getting hand strength back when you just snap them with your fingers, no need to really pry. Doesn't hurt the skin or anything, no need to use fingernails. *crack* Suite!
I'll have another meal later, and maybe a grapefruit for fruit. I did my blood sugar before eating. Was trying a different sugar replacement today. Though... I also snuck into the gumballs. *caught!* Not sure which was the culprit, but blood sugar was at 300. Yeah, well... okay. I'll have to go on to the next sugar replacement tomorrow, but keep my hands out of the gumballs. Gah! Hmm... since I already done bad, one way or the other... *chomp* I only had a few, so I am really suspicious of the sugar replacement. And it is the one I would have bet on. Oh well. What is odd? The sugar replacement, so far, is one with some real sugar in it. That's... not good. Though, better worse, keep it simple, head in the right direction, one step at a time. I'm not worried, wasn't sure I could even do what I did. I'll just keep at it.
Later.
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I was ready for food. Eggs, first up. I won't go with that brand again. Some of the eggs had a jelly-like consistency... the whites anyway. Just a few. No, I float-tested first. They were good, just not very good. Still, for now, until I can make it to town and to my store, these will do. I have a dozen and an half boiled, plus a bunch ready for frying or such. I got rid of the ones that were obviously (after boiling) off. I also ate three, first thing, with milk. I then though I'd have an apple. Odd. I went through the racks of apples, smelling each type. I avoided the ones that generally smelled bad. I passed on the ones that had no scent. I chose apples that smelled like apples. Horrible apples. Take, in your mind, an apple back to cardboard. Now back that up to styrofoam. Seriously, no taste, a weird crunch. I will try one more from that lot. If it fails likewise, they all go. Further, I smelled each apple before choosing it. They all smelled like fresh apple. Bleh. Finally, about a cup of pistachios. Oh, by the way, with pistachios? You know you are getting hand strength back when you just snap them with your fingers, no need to really pry. Doesn't hurt the skin or anything, no need to use fingernails. *crack* Suite!
I'll have another meal later, and maybe a grapefruit for fruit. I did my blood sugar before eating. Was trying a different sugar replacement today. Though... I also snuck into the gumballs. *caught!* Not sure which was the culprit, but blood sugar was at 300. Yeah, well... okay. I'll have to go on to the next sugar replacement tomorrow, but keep my hands out of the gumballs. Gah! Hmm... since I already done bad, one way or the other... *chomp* I only had a few, so I am really suspicious of the sugar replacement. And it is the one I would have bet on. Oh well. What is odd? The sugar replacement, so far, is one with some real sugar in it. That's... not good. Though, better worse, keep it simple, head in the right direction, one step at a time. I'm not worried, wasn't sure I could even do what I did. I'll just keep at it.
Later.
It doesn't make sense until it does.
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Struggling to find a way off the chair and not succeeding. A rough bit of time. Cannot get going. Couldn't really figure it out, either. So I just kept sitting here. Finally, after enough, and proper, begging, I realized Sassy was hungry. Sam went down, took over my bed and was sleeping like a guiltless cat burglar. Which she is. After feeding, or right before, I looked at the time... almost 11:00. Temp... 70 inside, 66 outside. Really? Good, but, that might explain both Sam and my own lethargy.
I had set a pot of tea up earlier, just never turned it on. I almost filled a second pot of water, luckily checking before it had much water in it. Not as much a problem if you use tap, more of a thing if you use reverse osmosis water. Hate to waste that. Oh, and I didn't boil eggs last night. Why? As I went to do it, it seemed too tempting. I may begin boiling some shortly. Just a dozen... which allows for four eggs on three different days. Which is about how often I eat in a week, give or take. Eggs would make one of two or three meals, or parts of several meals, on my eat days.
I don't think I'll be going with the one meal plan, not up front. Nor will I be doing the partial fasting... unless I do that every other 24-hour period. As is, I believe I will be fasting for 48, eating several meals over six hours, fasting 24 hours and then normal(ish) meals, then the 48 again. At least until blood sugar is sitting at 100, give or take, normally. One fellow suggested that he has his blood sugar down to 60. The one time I did that, dipped just a bit below, I... that is one of the times in my life where I clearly saw death. I was on too much insulin, doctor ordered of course. Things are different, and getting much more different, but I have no plans of allowing my insulin to drop anywhere near 60. Things change, with evidence and this or that. But from my experience, that is just damned dangerous.
If 48 hour fasting proves too much, or when I reach the 100 blood sugar, I may then change the pace. Instead of 48 hour fasting every other, 24 hour the remaining, I may simply change to 24 hour fasting. I know, that isn't exactly what it is, not with an eating window and several meals in that window... but it's close enough. The 24 hour fasting might be, sort of, a permanent thing. As to one meal a day? I just don't know if, or when, that might fit in. If I go to 24 hour fasting, and things look to be slipping just a bit, that might be a consideration. There are options. If you can do the heavy lifting, then the lighter lifting can be negotiated in it's due time.
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Struggling to find a way off the chair and not succeeding. A rough bit of time. Cannot get going. Couldn't really figure it out, either. So I just kept sitting here. Finally, after enough, and proper, begging, I realized Sassy was hungry. Sam went down, took over my bed and was sleeping like a guiltless cat burglar. Which she is. After feeding, or right before, I looked at the time... almost 11:00. Temp... 70 inside, 66 outside. Really? Good, but, that might explain both Sam and my own lethargy.
I had set a pot of tea up earlier, just never turned it on. I almost filled a second pot of water, luckily checking before it had much water in it. Not as much a problem if you use tap, more of a thing if you use reverse osmosis water. Hate to waste that. Oh, and I didn't boil eggs last night. Why? As I went to do it, it seemed too tempting. I may begin boiling some shortly. Just a dozen... which allows for four eggs on three different days. Which is about how often I eat in a week, give or take. Eggs would make one of two or three meals, or parts of several meals, on my eat days.
I don't think I'll be going with the one meal plan, not up front. Nor will I be doing the partial fasting... unless I do that every other 24-hour period. As is, I believe I will be fasting for 48, eating several meals over six hours, fasting 24 hours and then normal(ish) meals, then the 48 again. At least until blood sugar is sitting at 100, give or take, normally. One fellow suggested that he has his blood sugar down to 60. The one time I did that, dipped just a bit below, I... that is one of the times in my life where I clearly saw death. I was on too much insulin, doctor ordered of course. Things are different, and getting much more different, but I have no plans of allowing my insulin to drop anywhere near 60. Things change, with evidence and this or that. But from my experience, that is just damned dangerous.
If 48 hour fasting proves too much, or when I reach the 100 blood sugar, I may then change the pace. Instead of 48 hour fasting every other, 24 hour the remaining, I may simply change to 24 hour fasting. I know, that isn't exactly what it is, not with an eating window and several meals in that window... but it's close enough. The 24 hour fasting might be, sort of, a permanent thing. As to one meal a day? I just don't know if, or when, that might fit in. If I go to 24 hour fasting, and things look to be slipping just a bit, that might be a consideration. There are options. If you can do the heavy lifting, then the lighter lifting can be negotiated in it's due time.
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