That humungous free-run bird you saw in yesterday's post is now resting comfortably in the slow cooker on a bed of onion, carrot, garlic and celery, bathed in sea salt, freshly-cracked pepper, Italian seasonings, "roasted garlic and pepper" seasoning, and seasoned salt (guilty pleasure of ours). Actually, I'm starting the cooker on high for a bit, so perhaps the poor dear isn't so comfy...good thing it's not feeling anything at all! :)
Yesterday after work we headed over to the motorcycle show, which happens (almost always) on the first weekend of the year. We had previously arranged to pick up a set of tires for my bike (Honda 599 - aka Hornet) and we also grabbed a pair of boots each (my toes were constantly scraping the front of my old ones), a set of custom-made ear plugs (I wish we could try them out on the bikes, but it's only 6C here and we don't have any heated gear!), a couple of bike covers (to keep the sawdust off them while in the garage), and I also bought myself a new helmet.
Since we were at the show for over 4 hours were a bit hungry so we ate....ugh...a pizza slice each. Gross!!! Actually, it tasted pretty good, but it sure felt icky. I have a headache this morning, too...wonder if I'm that stressed about eating it or if I just over-slept this morning.
My weight this morning was 144.6! Yahoo!!
Come onnnnnnn, SPRING!!! Mama's got some ridin' to do...
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Mom...perhaps she's starting to listen??!
This past year my mom has been told by our family doctor that 1) her iron levels are pretty high, and 2) she has a fatty liver. This freaked her out a bit, though initially she didn't do much about it. She continued drinking her diet sodas and munching on junk food like cookies and such.
Now that she's seen my weight edging downward again (I hit a plateau for the last few months, which I wasn't trying too hard to get past), she's become interested in hearing about what I'm eating and where I bought the jeans that look so good on me. LOL
I told Mom about Big Fat Fiasco and she said she'd like to see it (!). She has started re-reading her Atkins book and has learned more about what foods to eat and what fats are healthier. Last week we watched BFF together. She wanted to come back yesterday so we could do more research on the computer about the fatty liver and iron, and I printed off a bunch of pages for her to read.
One piece of advice was to get some of the iron-rich blood out of the system by donating a few units of blood on a regular basis. Mom isn't keen on donating blood, though I'm still working on that. (She was willing to do it when I offered to go with her, but she ended up getting rejected at the clinic because of her age; they needed her doctor's blessing before she could donate. She had psyched herself up to do it so she was pissed!)
Advice with regard to the fatty liver was to lose weight. See, Mom's had problems with her weight for a bunch of years, but mostly she's had problems with her BRAIN. She is bi-polar and has been on (the wrong doses of) meds for a looooong time. She used to complain that these meds made her overeat and that's why she got fat. Roughly two years ago she decided that the meds were poison and promptly stopped taking them. Fast forward past a couple years of hell (for her AND for those around her) and the doctors FINALLY got her dosage right. When she was ill anything you said would go in one ear and out the other. It's taken a long time, but I've finally got my mom back (YES!!) and she's willing to LEARN new things. Shit, I never thought I'd see the day.
Mom's been on the Atkins diet before and lost about 85 lbs. TWICE. She wants to lose more and has been asking what kinds of meats are good (grass-fed, organic, hormone-free, etc.), where to buy them, and what oils are okay to use for cooking. She even wanted to come to our house for NYE because "you put out HEALTHY food that's not going make my weigh scale go up."
I think we're getting somewhere here...
Now that she's seen my weight edging downward again (I hit a plateau for the last few months, which I wasn't trying too hard to get past), she's become interested in hearing about what I'm eating and where I bought the jeans that look so good on me. LOL
I told Mom about Big Fat Fiasco and she said she'd like to see it (!). She has started re-reading her Atkins book and has learned more about what foods to eat and what fats are healthier. Last week we watched BFF together. She wanted to come back yesterday so we could do more research on the computer about the fatty liver and iron, and I printed off a bunch of pages for her to read.
One piece of advice was to get some of the iron-rich blood out of the system by donating a few units of blood on a regular basis. Mom isn't keen on donating blood, though I'm still working on that. (She was willing to do it when I offered to go with her, but she ended up getting rejected at the clinic because of her age; they needed her doctor's blessing before she could donate. She had psyched herself up to do it so she was pissed!)
Advice with regard to the fatty liver was to lose weight. See, Mom's had problems with her weight for a bunch of years, but mostly she's had problems with her BRAIN. She is bi-polar and has been on (the wrong doses of) meds for a looooong time. She used to complain that these meds made her overeat and that's why she got fat. Roughly two years ago she decided that the meds were poison and promptly stopped taking them. Fast forward past a couple years of hell (for her AND for those around her) and the doctors FINALLY got her dosage right. When she was ill anything you said would go in one ear and out the other. It's taken a long time, but I've finally got my mom back (YES!!) and she's willing to LEARN new things. Shit, I never thought I'd see the day.
Mom's been on the Atkins diet before and lost about 85 lbs. TWICE. She wants to lose more and has been asking what kinds of meats are good (grass-fed, organic, hormone-free, etc.), where to buy them, and what oils are okay to use for cooking. She even wanted to come to our house for NYE because "you put out HEALTHY food that's not going make my weigh scale go up."
I think we're getting somewhere here...
Monday, January 2, 2012
One! One pull-up! Ah ah ah!
Hunnybun installed the doorway chin-up bar this morning, and after testing it out with a couple of half-assed (I mean, leg-assisted!) chin-up attempts earlier, I finally did one chin-up tonight! Ok, it wasn't pure form, but hell, I managed to pull my ass up off the floor! :D
2012 has to be the year that I incorporate more movement and lifting of heavy things into my lifestyle, which will compliment the diet changes I've already made (and continue to make). Progress needs to continue!!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Instructions for starting the Primal lifestyle
1. Take "before" pictures. Lots of them.
2. Eliminate sugar and grains from your diet immediately.
3. Start reading and learning: Primal Blueprint 101 | Mark's Daily Apple
4. Adopt other aspects of the PB as you learn/are ready for.
5. Take pictures during your transition.
6. Start saving money to buy new, smaller, clothing.
7. Take more pictures.
8. Enjoy your new life.
9. Post your before and after pics in this thread.
2. Eliminate sugar and grains from your diet immediately.
3. Start reading and learning: Primal Blueprint 101 | Mark's Daily Apple
4. Adopt other aspects of the PB as you learn/are ready for.
5. Take pictures during your transition.
6. Start saving money to buy new, smaller, clothing.
7. Take more pictures.
8. Enjoy your new life.
9. Post your before and after pics in this thread.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Pleased as punch!
As today is Saturday, the day I weigh in for the week to gauge my progress, I'm super-pleased to report that, even though I indulged somewhat during Christmas, my weight today was 145.0!!! I actually lost 0.6 of a pound!! Fuckin' YEAH!!!!
No shit! (Just discovered this yesterday at the health store...)
Delicious D Vitamin D3 Liquid Drops
I've been (regrettably) neglecting my vitamin D supplementation lately because I can't stand having to take a pill for this and a pill for that. This fantastic product makes it SO EASY to get my 4000 IU of D3 a day, simply by taking 4 drops either on my tongue or hand, in my glass of water, whatever! There's no extra crap in there, either, and the cinnamon flavour is divine. The ingredients are listed as:
- Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)...25 mcg/1000 IU
- Medium chain triglycerides (from Coconut)
- Natural cinnamon flavour derived from cinnamon bark
Formulated without gluten, dairy, corn, yeast, artificial colour or preservatives.
Made in Canada, too! :D
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Yay, it's over! (Christmas, that is...)
Gone are the cookies and other crap. Any gifts of chocolate received were passed on to others who still eat that stuff. Yes, a small few were eaten by moi, but now things are back to normal - back to eating real food.
Monday, December 26, 2011
The Morning After
Yesterday was Christmas dinner at Dad's, which consisted of my step-mom's always delicious dishes like curry goat, turkey, roast duck, candied sweet potatoes, stuffing, etc. etc. I ate, not worrying too much about how much (bread) stuffing or mashed potatoes I was having (and the two stiff rum 'n Coke's went down pretty well too!); it's Christmas, dammit! :)
I barely had room when the desserts came out, but I couldn't pass them up (see above). I tried a small piece of oh-so-moist Christmas cake (which wasn't loaded with candied fruit chunks, thankfully) and a couple of homemade shortbread cookies. I didn't have enough room to have any raisin tarts or cherry pie, which was just fine with me. My coffee had less than a teaspoon of sugar added and some half and half cream. Amazingly, it still tasted sweet enough, considering I used to put two teaspoons of sugar.
With a sore, bulging belly I made my way over to the couch to relax (and stay away from everyone, since I was sick with a cold). When we got home I had my Greens+ drink, eventually downed my two DDS Acidophilus capsules, and went to bed knowing full well that I wasn't going to sleep. I just knew; my breathing was rapid, the air felt cold coming into my nose (sucks, when you're sick), my heart was racing and so was my brain. I couldn't relax one bit.
I tossed and turned until about 3:30am when I couldn't stand it anymore and went to the office to surf the net. I also made myself a NeoCitrin in hopes of soothing my throat (and myself!) enough to sleep. At around 6:30am I headed back to bed to try again. A few Zs were had, though I was awake again at 9:30 when hunnybun got up. He then disappeared into the basement in hopes of letting me sleep some more.
A few more Zs were had, but I gave up at around 12:30pm. I feel better now but we're going to my sister's for dinner tomorrow night and I will probably eat some more crap. Whatever; it's Christmas. :)
I barely had room when the desserts came out, but I couldn't pass them up (see above). I tried a small piece of oh-so-moist Christmas cake (which wasn't loaded with candied fruit chunks, thankfully) and a couple of homemade shortbread cookies. I didn't have enough room to have any raisin tarts or cherry pie, which was just fine with me. My coffee had less than a teaspoon of sugar added and some half and half cream. Amazingly, it still tasted sweet enough, considering I used to put two teaspoons of sugar.
With a sore, bulging belly I made my way over to the couch to relax (and stay away from everyone, since I was sick with a cold). When we got home I had my Greens+ drink, eventually downed my two DDS Acidophilus capsules, and went to bed knowing full well that I wasn't going to sleep. I just knew; my breathing was rapid, the air felt cold coming into my nose (sucks, when you're sick), my heart was racing and so was my brain. I couldn't relax one bit.
I tossed and turned until about 3:30am when I couldn't stand it anymore and went to the office to surf the net. I also made myself a NeoCitrin in hopes of soothing my throat (and myself!) enough to sleep. At around 6:30am I headed back to bed to try again. A few Zs were had, though I was awake again at 9:30 when hunnybun got up. He then disappeared into the basement in hopes of letting me sleep some more.
A few more Zs were had, but I gave up at around 12:30pm. I feel better now but we're going to my sister's for dinner tomorrow night and I will probably eat some more crap. Whatever; it's Christmas. :)
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