|
Day 130 of the war. I've lost a bit of weight since day 115. I watched some videos of my friends performing live for Day of Music in Kharkiv. They look good. My friend's sound recording studio reopened. I supposed that's good news. I still wish they didn't have to perform sitting on the rim of a shell crater, next to a burned car body. I wish my friend's studio could again offer its services to musicians from all over Europe and it wouldn't mean they would risk getting bombed. But what does it matter, what I wish. They look like they put on a bit of weight. I hope it means they are at least well fed. Although it could just mean they only have pasta. How much produce will there be come fall? How many crops will there be considering their fields are bombed and mined by the Russians?
I've been having cravings for Ukrainian cuisine. My friends are the best cooks. When one of them stayed with me for a few months, I gained a kilo for each of those months. The man knows a billion recipes for potatoes. I had to zip up my pants lying down. Totally worth it. I hope he is safe. His city is being systematically destroyed. His brother lives in Russia, and recently there's been news of his brother's city being hit as well, but I don't know if it's from Ukraine or by some stray Russian missiled. Everyone is pointing fingers and firing rockets at everyone else. But however they spin it, it was Putin's choice. I believe that ultimately he is responsible. Not my friend, not his brother, not me.
Gosh, I can almost taste those potatoes in my mind. Thankfully, I never learned to cook. If I had, I wouldn't be able to stick to 10/14 intermittent eating.
|
94.1 lb
Lost so far: 2.4 lb.
Still to go: 1.5 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
|
losing 0.6 lb a week
|