FOOD:
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch:
Dinner:
3 burger patties, ribs with bbq sauce
EXERCISE: not sure if I walked
WEIGHT:
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
set up lamp to go off in morning and wake me up. Still having trouble getting to sleep on time. Sleep deprived. Took a big nap yesterday evening, and then stayed up til 7am today, and then slept til noon. And I walk out in the sun every morning to try to set my circadian rhythym. Tough.
visited friends, had a good time. Mood starting to lift after being pretty down about money problems lately. Lack of money is holding me back a bit from getting things done right now, and doing fun stuff. But this is a big challenge for me, managing money, and hopefully I'm taking steps in the right direction right now.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Friday, July 6, 2007
Day 89 Friday July 6
FOOD:
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch: made stew from grassfed beef, green pepper, onion, garlic, 2 cans v-8, and some butter, in the crockpot. Divided 3 lbs beef into stew- make 4 portions.
Dinner: More stew
Later, met friends at bar, at some bbq chicken wings, and fried chicken. Diet pop- I quit drinking. Read today that it's bad for triglycerides. I had heard that before, but nice to hear it again.
EXERCISE: walk 1 hour
WEIGHT: 276
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Starting to feel better about money situation. I'm selling stuff on ebay. I have a budget and a plan and systems in place.
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch: made stew from grassfed beef, green pepper, onion, garlic, 2 cans v-8, and some butter, in the crockpot. Divided 3 lbs beef into stew- make 4 portions.
Dinner: More stew
Later, met friends at bar, at some bbq chicken wings, and fried chicken. Diet pop- I quit drinking. Read today that it's bad for triglycerides. I had heard that before, but nice to hear it again.
EXERCISE: walk 1 hour
WEIGHT: 276
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Starting to feel better about money situation. I'm selling stuff on ebay. I have a budget and a plan and systems in place.
Thursday, July 5, 2007
Day 88 Thursday July 5
FOOD:
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch: chicken breast skinless
Dinner:
grassfed steak
some brat
blue and strawberries
EXERCISE: walk
WEIGHT: ??
BLOOD SUGAR: still no test strips- been broke lately
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
money problems, but feeling okay. If walking is a mood booster, so is the sun! I've been trying to get 13 minutes each side around noon on sunny days. Not much color yet really, but love the feeling of being in the sun. I also notice, that before i hated the sun, and ALWAYS wore sunglasses, whereas now I rarely do. I can remember back to being a kid and hating the sun and heat.
Still problems getting to sleep on time. I can't make a dent in that one!
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch: chicken breast skinless
Dinner:
grassfed steak
some brat
blue and strawberries
EXERCISE: walk
WEIGHT: ??
BLOOD SUGAR: still no test strips- been broke lately
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
money problems, but feeling okay. If walking is a mood booster, so is the sun! I've been trying to get 13 minutes each side around noon on sunny days. Not much color yet really, but love the feeling of being in the sun. I also notice, that before i hated the sun, and ALWAYS wore sunglasses, whereas now I rarely do. I can remember back to being a kid and hating the sun and heat.
Still problems getting to sleep on time. I can't make a dent in that one!
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Day 86 Wednesday July 4
FOOD:
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch:
raw veges and dip - broccoli, carrots
2 burgers
2 brats
1 dog (no buns on any )
1 slice of cake
Dinner:
1 brat
EXERCISE: walk 1 1/2 hours at night
WEIGHT: 277
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Met girl yesterday, had a nice time actually.
Reading more about sleep, dopamine, insulin resistance. Don't have the book, but reading about "Lights out", which describes a connection between sleeping, light, carbohydrates and insulin production. Read about that company using bromocriptin, or whatever it's called, to treat insulin resistance. They talked about seasonal hormonal changes as well.
Stayed up super late again. I want to revisit this problem again. I was thinking of having lights on timers to wake me up, and tell me to go to sleep, with red lights instead of full spectrum. Also, having lights on in the house during the day as a wakefulness reminder. Setting the light cues to the actual rising and setting of the sun. Sleeping more total hours.
Need to order more grassfed. Need to start lifting weights again.
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch:
raw veges and dip - broccoli, carrots
2 burgers
2 brats
1 dog (no buns on any )
1 slice of cake
Dinner:
1 brat
EXERCISE: walk 1 1/2 hours at night
WEIGHT: 277
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Met girl yesterday, had a nice time actually.
Reading more about sleep, dopamine, insulin resistance. Don't have the book, but reading about "Lights out", which describes a connection between sleeping, light, carbohydrates and insulin production. Read about that company using bromocriptin, or whatever it's called, to treat insulin resistance. They talked about seasonal hormonal changes as well.
Stayed up super late again. I want to revisit this problem again. I was thinking of having lights on timers to wake me up, and tell me to go to sleep, with red lights instead of full spectrum. Also, having lights on in the house during the day as a wakefulness reminder. Setting the light cues to the actual rising and setting of the sun. Sleeping more total hours.
Need to order more grassfed. Need to start lifting weights again.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Day 85 Tuesday July 3
FOOD:
Breakfast:
steak and omega 3 eggs
Lunch:
Salmon- not farm raised
Dinner:
sm. steak
EXERCISE:
WEIGHT: 282
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Back to staying up late and sleeping late. Didn't walk yesterday and actually feel good today- like maybe I needed a rest from it. I am starting to think, especially as I get older, that the resting and recovery is the most productive part of exercise. And I'm not really up to anything grindingly difficult anyway. Reading stuff lately on how killer cardio isn't all that great for you. The better solution is light cardio (walk), moderate weight training, and perhaps occasional hard aerobics like sprinting, if you're in shape for that. I'm down with that. I do want to start lifting, but I've had problems doing that. It's dumb- I'm so disorganized. I bought a bench and rack, but now I need a new barbell. And I'm paranoid about dropping a weight on my cat. So now I'm thinking about bringing my weight stuff to the woods or something and lifting there. It's only once a week, right? But it's a lot to truck out there, and won't work so well once I'm back at work, and it would be nice to play the radio perhaps.
On another note, I'm worse than broke right now. A few unexpected expenses, combined with my ADDish lack of financial discipline and paperwork control, mean that I'm officially fucked. I'm scrambling to get some money now. This sucks. One thing after another.
Reading interesting stuff about the relationship between dopamine and insulin resistance.
Going through old posts today. Recognizing that I had a few tough spots with my exgirlfriend leaving and my cat dying. Also a few financial emergencies that really sunk me. But overall my mood has been improved. Still no progress with women or sleeping, but my ability to do chores is way improved. Getting money stuff under control, clearing out inbox backlogs, filing, getting organized, cleaned out the storeroom, cleaned out junk from the van, creating new routines to stay organized. Planning little outings to festivals and stuff. If I had more money I'd be doing pretty well right now. But I don't, so now I'm dead in the water for months. Again, hoping something will rescue me, but I don't see what. I'm trying to sell stuff online to get money now. Wish me luck!
Oh, meeting girl for coffee at 3pm today. Not excited. God, I don't know why I'm so glum about this kind of stuff. It's like a dentist appointment to me. She seems okay, kinda quirky and cool. I wonder if she smokes pot though, and if that will interfere with what I'm trying to do. Don't really enjoy this sort of thing. Guess that's why I'm not good at it.
Breakfast:
steak and omega 3 eggs
Lunch:
Salmon- not farm raised
Dinner:
sm. steak
EXERCISE:
WEIGHT: 282
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS:
Back to staying up late and sleeping late. Didn't walk yesterday and actually feel good today- like maybe I needed a rest from it. I am starting to think, especially as I get older, that the resting and recovery is the most productive part of exercise. And I'm not really up to anything grindingly difficult anyway. Reading stuff lately on how killer cardio isn't all that great for you. The better solution is light cardio (walk), moderate weight training, and perhaps occasional hard aerobics like sprinting, if you're in shape for that. I'm down with that. I do want to start lifting, but I've had problems doing that. It's dumb- I'm so disorganized. I bought a bench and rack, but now I need a new barbell. And I'm paranoid about dropping a weight on my cat. So now I'm thinking about bringing my weight stuff to the woods or something and lifting there. It's only once a week, right? But it's a lot to truck out there, and won't work so well once I'm back at work, and it would be nice to play the radio perhaps.
On another note, I'm worse than broke right now. A few unexpected expenses, combined with my ADDish lack of financial discipline and paperwork control, mean that I'm officially fucked. I'm scrambling to get some money now. This sucks. One thing after another.
Reading interesting stuff about the relationship between dopamine and insulin resistance.
Going through old posts today. Recognizing that I had a few tough spots with my exgirlfriend leaving and my cat dying. Also a few financial emergencies that really sunk me. But overall my mood has been improved. Still no progress with women or sleeping, but my ability to do chores is way improved. Getting money stuff under control, clearing out inbox backlogs, filing, getting organized, cleaned out the storeroom, cleaned out junk from the van, creating new routines to stay organized. Planning little outings to festivals and stuff. If I had more money I'd be doing pretty well right now. But I don't, so now I'm dead in the water for months. Again, hoping something will rescue me, but I don't see what. I'm trying to sell stuff online to get money now. Wish me luck!
Oh, meeting girl for coffee at 3pm today. Not excited. God, I don't know why I'm so glum about this kind of stuff. It's like a dentist appointment to me. She seems okay, kinda quirky and cool. I wonder if she smokes pot though, and if that will interfere with what I'm trying to do. Don't really enjoy this sort of thing. Guess that's why I'm not good at it.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Day 84 Monday July 2
FOOD:
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch:
Dinner:
one roll
potatoes
corned beef
cabbage
carrots
EXERCISE: none
WEIGHT:
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Visited relatives. Ate grain and potato with dinner. Relative commented favorably on how "lean" the corned beef was! "No fat at all on it! That's great"! LOL! If she had any idea how much meat and fat and eggs and bacon I've been eating- and losing weight! And here I'm feeling bad about eating a roll and some potatoes- ha ha! You know, I've made peace with the fact that around relatives, of which I have few, I may not go totally paleo. The rest of the time, which is 99%, it totally up to me what I want to eat or put in my body, and what I want is paleo!
Breakfast:
bacon and eggs
Lunch:
Dinner:
one roll
potatoes
corned beef
cabbage
carrots
EXERCISE: none
WEIGHT:
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Visited relatives. Ate grain and potato with dinner. Relative commented favorably on how "lean" the corned beef was! "No fat at all on it! That's great"! LOL! If she had any idea how much meat and fat and eggs and bacon I've been eating- and losing weight! And here I'm feeling bad about eating a roll and some potatoes- ha ha! You know, I've made peace with the fact that around relatives, of which I have few, I may not go totally paleo. The rest of the time, which is 99%, it totally up to me what I want to eat or put in my body, and what I want is paleo!
Sunday, July 1, 2007
Day 84 Sunday July 1
FOOD:
Breakfast:
sesame chicken- lots of sweet sauce- no rice
teriyaki beef- lots of food
Lunch:
Dinner:
steak and eggs
EXERCISE: WALK/SUN
WEIGHT: 279
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: okay, not great. Some days I take my supplements and somedays I forget. I don't really record that. Also don't record days I get out in the sun. I may start doing that.
Breakfast:
sesame chicken- lots of sweet sauce- no rice
teriyaki beef- lots of food
Lunch:
Dinner:
steak and eggs
EXERCISE: WALK/SUN
WEIGHT: 279
BLOOD SUGAR:
KETONES:
EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: okay, not great. Some days I take my supplements and somedays I forget. I don't really record that. Also don't record days I get out in the sun. I may start doing that.
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