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25 June 2008

Ya should have seen the barman (Gerry)face screw up as he asked me for a second time...

"ya want a wha"?

"I want another pint of guinness for me Dad and a pint of water with a dash of lime for me"

"Jaysus, I'm gettin' worried about you Dave - do ya want low fat water"?

"Feck off Gerry"

"Feck off yerself ya oul ~@>%&*"

Gerry's like part of the family, he's been in that pub serving meself and me Da two pints of velvety Guinness each, on a Tuesday night for years ... and apparantly this just aint 'regular'!! chuckles, keep 'em guessing I say.

Talking about being regular has anyone heard the theory of metabolic memory? I was reading some stuff about people (just like me!) who tend to eat very 'samey' foods, the same kind of foods all the time. The theory goes that much like muscle memory where the muscles remember, get used to and react less efficiently if you stick to the same workout rountine, that similarily if we have the same diet all the time our metabolism can become used to dealing with those foods and act less efficiently and stall weight loss. The advice was to always shake things up, trick your metabolism and keep it guessing. Some would say that the chinese, aboriginees or native american plains indians all has a very limited diet based soley on indigenous foods and were healthy but then again others would argue that they had much more active lifestyles and crucially once they were introduced to more processed and 'different' foodstuffs, all that changed. The articles said much much more - but my brain was 'bursting' for something silly to do by then!!!

Now for the most important question of the day... Picture the scene.. You are on a luxury cruise...with a gally full of all kinds of ingrediants... but tragicly the cruise liner hits a mediterreanean iceberg [slight pause!] and starts to sink... the captain yells that you are gonna be dropped off at a deserted island and you can choose THREE things from the kitchen...

What would ya take??????

(me? a feckin' HUGE bowl of s/f jelly and cream.... and something else!probably more cream!)

Now off for a gander round the journals!!...

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23 June 2008

So there I was yesterday having dinner with the boys and sarah (sea bass, curly kale with peppers & mushrooms) and the abuse I had to take when I suggested that we all start singing Christmas carols and of course being who I am I lead the way to groans of "Dad your so embarrassing!" or "What are you on"? But I swear on me dear sweet sainted granny's grave... we had Christmas weather yesterday with gales and cold and rain and stuff 'n' stuff. Fierce altogether for mid summer! I ask ya! a chorus of rudolph sounded quite reasonable to me!

Anyhoodle.... no loss this week, have stayed steady as she goes...however thats ok..I'm getting to where I need to be and all being well, even at a slow pace, I should be there by the end of the summer, so no pressure. Shure!! once I'm loosin weight and my children consider me an enigma...sure isint that sign enough that things are in order!

The boyo's were having friends over recently for a sleep over, and IIIIII was asked to sit down for a talking to by the lads.. Now Dad... please don't embarrass us.. no wrestling, no singing and no shaking their hands in fun for half an hour (very 'old' apparantly!). Can't I do just one verse of "I did it myyyyyy wayyyyyyy"? I asked serenely.... "NOOOOO DAD" they retorted in exasperation (I just grinned... mission accomplished always keep 'em guessin')

Just gonna pause here a moment so that caged liberty can re read and try to figure out what the hell I am on about!

[pause]

Well, I got into ketosis a few times over the last week, but I seem to get knocked out of it just as easily, my problem is the tiny amounts that add up at the end of the day, I mean who ever thought that a couple of cherry tomatos in yer salad, a couple of strawberries here and there and the odd dollop, or 5, of cream would all add up to so much at the end of the day...so while I think that I am staying under 20g a day.. who knows how many times I creep up to 23 or 25g... must try harder..(but that involves effort and stuff!) I wonder if I'm suffering from a male equivalent of TOM... anyone know what that is!??

Okay I'm getting funny looks for laughing into my computer screen... a sure sign that I'm rambling away me coffee break... Happy Monday y'all...

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23 June 2008

Weigh-in: 172.0 lb

lost so far: 17.0 lb

still to go: 18.0 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

add comment steady weight

20 June 2008

Believe it or not once upon a time someone tried to educate me (der was gooder grammer teached in my school) and at Uni I studied Philosophy and English. One of lads that I studied was Alber Camus a French Philosopher who once said that for him happiness was "the simple harmony between me and the life I lead" so simple and yet so complex.

Have ya ever noticed as you read through the journals how, for many of us, the search for happiness can be equated to the achievement of ... a good wage, low weight, popularity, 3 holidays a year, lack of stress, health, a partner and so on.. yet the achievement of any of these fine states is no guarantee, is it.. how many times to we struggle and strive to reach some summit with the promise of rare clarity and fulfilment - only to discover cloud and rain!

After some recent reading I was thinking about happiness (which for me is being able to love oneself - with reality!)meaning that we are prepared to acknowledge ourselves with all those secrets that maybe only we know about ourselves... those undesireable things... those things which we would prefer were not there. Once we try not to supress these bad parts (so detrimental) or pretend that they don't exist, because all that does is to ultimately foster blame and self loathing when, in the end, suppression and pretense does not work.

I'm no buddist but I believe that somewhere they write that in ALL of us we have 6 roots, three good and three bad and again we ALL have them, Greed Hate Delusion - Generosity love/Kindness wisdom. We need to recognise these in ourselves and we ALL have the same job - to cultivate the positive and weed out the negative. Find harmony!The only thing that makes us different in this is our life experiences etc which will have afforded us a greater or lesser sense of clarity. Isint it funny how we can so readily accept other peoples faults but berate ourselves so readily... But it maybe helpful if we are just able to accept that we are ALLLLLL in the same boat really... so no need to pretend or supress... just accept without judgement and dwell as much as possible in your positives.. and then repeat daily "double feck the begrudgers!"

Okay... that was scary! see!!!! NEVER let a mad man rant for jaysus sake.. It must be the giddyness of the impending weekend that brought that on.. think I'll pop out for a walk (with the nice men in the long white coats!)

have a splendid weekend...wishing you good weeding.

huggles..

ps could I recommend for anyone with Diabetes issues at home or in the family, a book called 'The Diabetes solution' by Dr. Robert Bernstein. He has lived, successfully, with type one diabetes for over 50 years now (not many can claim that many can make). His views on how Low carb eating among other things completely reversed the onset of so many complications is inspiring. Might just be one to pop on your library list....

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19 June 2008

Shocking! .... tis just shockin' how a bunch of days can just fly past without opportunity to peek,reply or to journal! Can't wait to get on line at the homestead.

Was just thinking (Danger! stand well back) the other day as to how things are standing in relation to all this newish lifestyle of eating for life and all that entails... prepare for some musings!

Diet... For me its all about the FUNDAMENTALS, are the building blocks there whereby I can stay rooted to main ideals of healthy eating and yet be able to sway, like a summer field of barley, from time to time. If I am taking 20 steps forward I have no problem at all from time to time if I sidestep, pause and indulge. Week by week I'm staying to 20g per day... so far its working, slowly - but its working.

Cravings... a funny peculiar thing is happening here, I'm almost cured of things that I once believed I could not exist without! I no longer crave the apple tarts, the coffee cake, the daily gallon of milk, the chocolate bar - packet of chips and donut on me 2 hour daily commute - Gone! cravings are gone... However for things that I'm kinda allowed ie the sugarfree Jelly, cream, berries.. well here I have a problem cause I crave these daily and could easily overdose on them if not careful.

Exercise... going well, trying to jog before work, 2 mile fast walk at lunch and sometimes a walk & run with sarah in the evenings... The minimum I am told is 3 sessions a week... I like to get at least 10 sessions per week.. sometimes more... it all evens itself out in the end.

Mood... would be so much harder if I did not have the generosity of spirit of my friends here and that is not a throwaway platitude, its a 'given' that I would not have made it this far without the support, encouragement, information and wisdom of the gang here.. Now that the whole family is eating more senibly and cutting out the white stuff there is a tremendous sense of 'well being' which I have not felt in a long time..

Summary... started originally in a panic at 196lbs lost 28lbs then took a diasterous break for christmas which lasted till March and put on 14lbs... am now 172 and still loving the atkins way.. I find it nearly impossible to stay in ketosis but I'm loosin so....

Sorry bout all that rambling - just needed to see where I was at!

Alright - I've a pain in me head from being so serious for so long! Need to go and cuss 'n' pull pig tails and giggle at boyishly naughty stuff!!!! In order words, I'm off to read your journals...

CONOR IS BACK!!! :)[and he is now 6' tall, at 14! the durty.....!]
(I'm half leprachaun at my size!)

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