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Yesterday's journal:
Stayed up relatively late last night to finish "The School of Rock." Seven hours of solid sleep with no wide-awake episodes and drowsing while listening to podcasts.
Morning plank. Ten minutes on the Air Walk Trainer first thing in the morning to burn off glycogen.
I stopped taking vitamins and supplements because everything I've read lately indicates they're mostly a waste of money, but I've been using up what I've got. Right now, I'm working on the cinnamon pills and potassium I took for heart health. Next up is Vitamin C. I've used up my Fiber Choice but I've still got a big bottle of psyllium I'm going to mix in with my protein and Slim-Fast shakes.
Sunday was a cheat day on the Alternate-Day Diet and a rest day for exercise. I was going to do strength training but I'm still feeling a little sore from my last session so I'm waiting until Monday to allow time for muscle recovery.
Cardio: I didn't hit it hard the way I did last Sunday, but I did the minimum, an hour, 168 steps. Active heart rate: 104. The extended cardio may have played a role in driving my body fat to the lowest since I started recording BF. I started binge-watching "Hinterland" on Netflix while doing cardio, another British dark psychological murder mystery.
I'm still clearing my pantry and fridge of processed foods by eating them. Sunday, it was SeaPak Shrimp Scampi with 650 mg of sodium per serving of six shrimp, Uncle Ben's Ready Rice, and a Morningstar Farms Chik'n griller patty, more sodium bombs. I ran out of sugar and I haven't restocked, but I'm still get sugar from processed foods and "healthy" cereals.
Diet Calendar Entries for 15 September 2014:
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672 kcal
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Fat: 23.88g | Prot: 58.71g | Carb: 61.76g.
Breakfast: Planters NUT-rition Heart Healthy Mix. Lunch: Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein - Strawberry (34g), Milk (Nonfat). Dinner: Kroger Slim-Rite Milk Chocolate. more...
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1774 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 1 hour and 2 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 58 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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I have been looking at my pantry staples as well. Planned on hurricanes, power outages, snow days, etc. to have "no cooking required" staples on hand such as canned tuna, canned salmon, bottled water, etc. Beef and turkey jerky, even though, they are high in sodium/sugar/nitrates I decided to keep. Around here, one snowflake means grocery store crush and you might not be able to get what you need because the shelves are empty!
15 Sep 14 by member: kattay
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There's an established figure for how much water you should have on hand, but I've forgotten it. I have some plastic jugs which I should fill just in case. We have the same problem here with panic buying as soon as it even threatens to snow. After Hurricane Isabel, we had widespread and lengthy power outages. The shelves were completely emptied of batteries. I have plenty of canned Wild Planet shrimp I got as a gift, I'm not sure I would want to eat too much at one time, for the same reason as the jerky. I hope eventually to have more "no cooking required" staples on hand once I eat my way though my present stocks, but healthier versions. It's amazing how much food I accumulated - it's going to take me a while to eat my way through it, especially since I don't want to overdo the sodium. Some of it is pasta but luckily I just discovered a tip for freezing single portions in a freezer bag after tossing it with olive oil. Some of it is getting close to going out of date. Thankfully, a fair amount is healthier fare, including beans. We rarely lose gas pressure so I could still cook those in a pinch.
15 Sep 14 by member: ChrisComedy
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I am about an hour north east of Richmond so you know what I am talking about the grocery thing around here, plus it is a rural area. I do keep plenty of dried beans but they are high calorie and high carb dense , though nutrient rich. Right now I am cutting back on the carb dense foods. I read online yesterday about brown rice having a shelf life of six months, so I put my bag of brown rice in the freezer. I just like keeping it on hand in case I cook for company. I also keep plenty of batteries. I don't have gas, lucky you! Actually, gas makes me nervous. I constantly checked the knobs on a gas stove I had a few years ago. Was always worried we would be killed in our sleep and/or the place would blow up because of the gas fumes. I have a manual can opener so I am good lol.
15 Sep 14 by member: kattay
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After years of scoffing at low-carb, the nutrition establishment is coming around. I should've kept my brown rice in the freezer as well - not that I would've had the room for it - because it went bad and I had to toss it. The problem with my gas stove is that it uses the old-fashioned pilot lights which are always on instead of the newer sparking kind. Fine in the winter when it heats the place; not so much in the summer. I even thought about getting it turned off, but the hot water runs on gas as well. Gas makes me nervous as well. I bought a carbon dioxide detector just in case.
15 Sep 14 by member: ChrisComedy
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its a marathon chris--keep it steady--take a day off now and then--WITHOUT GUILT
15 Sep 14 by member: ED BO
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15 Sep 14 by member: ChrisComedy
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Smart that you bought a carbon dioxide detector. Didn't have that back when I had gas. There are certain advantages to having gas. The hotel/motel I ran for 15 years had gas run hot water. When Isobel came through we didn't have electric but we had hot water. We didn't have to close, stayed full to capacity every night.
15 Sep 14 by member: kattay
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The good thing about the older gas stoves is that they work when the power goes out, mine locks. I would have to use the Coleman camp stove I keep, in case of no power and my gas grill with a side burner. We used my dad's gas grill to cook on for a week in Florida after a hurricane when we had no power, was thankful it had a side burner. I tend to keep some rinsed empty white vinegar jugs on hand that I can fill with water if need be, for ice storms. Usually in the summer I have bottled water for ball games, mud runs, etc. our stores get the runs when a snow or ice storm is predicted.
15 Sep 14 by member: wholefoodnut
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I left the motel/hotel Dec. 2012. The water heaters were there since 1988. They had safety valves but they didn't cut off when the electric was interrupted. My daughter has gas water heaters and she is always having a problem with the safety valve cutting off the hot water. The valves have been replaced several times in the three years she has been in that house. They don't make them like they used to :) We do get a few ice storms here too. I make a large batch of chili and vegetable soup when they forecast a snow or ice storm. Keep candles in case I need to heat my food up. Hey, it works for me :) Always good to plan ahead, don't want to get supplies during a storm.
15 Sep 14 by member: kattay
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Chris, this is a marathon, a life time commitment to be healthy. A day s just a day in the life.... it's the long term that counts.
15 Sep 14 by member: wholefoodnut
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I don't feel so bad about no longer taking vitamins, as what you say is true, now they are saying that it has no real benefits because we can get them from our foods. So the only thing I do take still is Potassium and Magnesium Citrate.
15 Sep 14 by member: C67241
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