Thursday, May 31, 2007

Day 53 Thursday, May 31

FOOD:

Breakfast:
bacon and omega3 eggs
coffee

Lunch:
turkey with gravy
some broccoli
coffee

Dinner:
steak, some A1
coffee

Late Dinner:
Bacon and eggs- feeling Hungry
EXERCISE: none
WEIGHT: 285
BLOOD SUGAR: 96
KETONES:

EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Hmmm.. Felt good today, then felt crabby and sad, then feel, I dunno, flat. Want to eat sweets, or get high, or do something. Feel kinda bored. Missing something, but not sure what. Reaction to trace sugars in my diet still, from A1, and ketchup and stuff? Need more veges? Missing grassfed beef?

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

Day 52, Wednesday May 30

FOOD:

Breakfast:
Eggs, sausage 2 packets ketchup from mcdonalds
coffee

Lunch:
polish sans bun
peas and carrots (a little)

Dinner:
steak, bit of A1

EXERCISE: Walk 1 hour
WEIGHT: 286
BLOOD SUGAR: 101
KETONES: trace

EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Feeling okay. Slight headache in evening. Some high fructose corn syrup sneaking in to my diet in the form of ketchup and A1. Need to shop soon- buy more veges and grassfed beef. One cat taking to raw diet, the other doesn't even like wet food now. He's the one who's not feeling well.

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Day 51, Tuesday, May 29

FOOD:

Breakfast:
2 italian sausage
1 ear of corn with butter
1.5 cups baked beans
1/2 cup potato salad

1/4 cup green pepper

Lunch:
stuffed green pepper (rice)

Dinner:
1 lb ground grassfed beef

EXERCISE: walk 1 hour, very hot, feel tired and wiped out
WEIGHT: 289
BLOOD SUGAR: 93
KETONES: Trace

EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: OK I guess. Felt good this morning for having lots of sleep, but here it is 11PM and I'm still up, but tire. I've been reading so much about dopamine lately. Now I'm reading some stuff about serotonin. It's so confusing. It seems like you can attribute every human behavior to a neurotransmitter like dopamine, and then you realize that serotonin is a whole 'nother world, and it seems when you read more that everything is dependent on serotonin. Confusing. Guess I have to hope that exercise, paleo eating, supplements omega3 can help my brain sort it out. I might buy some L-Tryptophan to cover my bases, along with the L-Tyrosine to make dopamine.

Monday, May 28, 2007

Day 50, Monday, May 28

Slept all day long. Hung over.

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Day 49, Sunday May 27

FOOD:

Breakfast:
Bacon and eggs, some coffee

Lunch:

Dinner:
2 burgers no bun
3 sausage no bun
some green peppers
potato salad
3 mini cupcakes
baked beans- sweet sauce
14 grapes

6 beers

later that night, hung with other buddy. Drank more beers and stayed up until 6 AM.


EXERCISE:
WEIGHT: 289
BLOOD SUGAR: 93
KETONES:

EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Stayed up late last night, but woke up earlier today (cats woke me up and I went back for 45 minutes more, but still around 6 hours of sleep, and I don't feel bad really, fairly alert and well rested.

BBQ at friends house today, but first coffee with this girl I met online. Not super excited, but glad to be getting back into the flow.

So coffee was good. I think she's cool, but not a match. Prob. should email and tell her this.

Went to BBQ, then later met up with other buddy and drank beers and smoked pot until 6 AM. Monday, spent entire day in bed, woke at midnight Tuesday. I'm editing this at 2 AM tuesday.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Day 48, Saturday, May 26

FOOD:

Breakfast:
Bacon and omega3 eggs

Lunch:
Ribs and Fries, cole slaw

Dinner:
Steak and raw veges

EXERCISE:
WEIGHT: 290
BLOOD SUGAR: 99
KETONES: small

EVENTS/MOOD/ALERTNESS: Said goodbye to ex girlfriend who's moving away forever. Felt sad today.

Friday, May 25, 2007

ScienceDaily: Belly Fat May Drive Inflammatory Processes Associated With Disease

ScienceDaily: Belly Fat May Drive Inflammatory Processes Associated With Disease

Science Daily — As scientists learn more about the key role of inflammation in diabetes, heart disease and other disorders, new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that fat in the belly may be an important promoter of that inflammation.

Excess fat is known to be associated with disease, but now the researchers have confirmed that fat cells inside the abdomen are secreting molecules that increase inflammation. It's the first evidence of a potential mechanistic link between abdominal fat and systemic inflammation.

For years, scientists have been aware of a relationship between disease risk and excess belly fat. "Apple-shaped" people, who carry fat in the abdomen, have a higher risk of heart disease, diabetes and other problems than "pear-shaped" people, who tend to store fat in the hips and thighs. Too much abdominal fat is associated with a defect in the body's response to insulin.