Debinator's Journal, 27 July 2010

Do we burn calories differently when we are under emotional stress? (does crying burn more calories?) I guess I am lucky in that when I am super emotionally distraught that I lose my appetite and eat only because I know I have to give my body some fuel. My father is in his last days, he knows it and has started saying his goodbyes. It is so hard to watch this man, who has been there all my life, waste away to nothing. He weighs all of 90 lbs. He was never a big guy- only 5'9 and 165-170 in his prime, but this is just too sad for words. I see what not eating does to his body and am appalled that people try to sell diet plans that essentially do the same thing. I know that this is part of the circle of life, but I don't have to like it. The part that is the hardest is not so much that he is dying, but that he is in so much pain. He is taking enough pain medication to make an elephant happy and he still hurts. I can only hope for him to be released from his pain, that is all there is left.

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1334 kcal

Fat: 40.95g | Prot: 85.70g | Carb: 164.13g.   Breakfast: sugar, coffee, half and half, butter, Health Nut . Lunch: rice noodles, Spicy Ginger Chicken Stir Fry. Dinner: center loin pork chop. Snacks/Other: Fiber One Chewy Bars - Oats & Chocolate, blueberries, Crunchy Granola Bars - Oats 'n Honey. more...

2172 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Resting - 6 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Desk Work - 8 hours, Martial Arts/ Teaching - 2 hours. more...