The Magic Bus Trip

Karen G · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:17 am Post subject:

Hi y0u. Been reading your journal, and I just gotta say you crack me up!

Have a good one!

Karen

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y0u · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

So my mini MAM experiment is over...and here are the results..I am posting January as well for comparison.

February Daily Averages:

Cal 1,810
Fat 81%
Pro18%
Carb 1%

January Daily Averages:

Cal 1,563
Fat 75%
Pro 24%
carb 2%

I lost about the same amount of weight and inches on both plans, but in February I ate an average of 247 more calories a day. However..I have not lost any weight for 2 weeks, and in February I added back 1 or 2 oz of cheese and drank slightly more coffee. I believe that if you eat high animal fat, very low dairy and moderate protein and VLC...that a difference of a few hundred calories will not matter. I am glad I did this.

For March I will be eating a few veggies because I grew them and I am proud. But the rest of my eats I think will be beef and lamb and eggs. I still have some goat cheese and I will enjoy it, but keep to 1 or 2 oz every few days, and limit my coffee(and cream) even more so. I am going to aim for around 1500-1700 calories depending on how active I am. This seems like a good medium between the two experiments, and it's something I can live with, and that is the important thing.
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Dean · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 10:08 pm Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject:

Dean · Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 11:46 pm Post subject:

If y0u must know, it was more like every one second. LOL

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y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 12:05 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:18 am Post subject:

I ate some cauliflower..a 1/2 cup...first veggies in a very long time...I don't feel so good. Puke

sniffle....
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Dean · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:22 am Post subject:

Looks like the PETA thing is not all it was advertised as! Wink

Hope y0u start feelin' better soon. Comfort

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Every day you'll see the dust
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y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:30 am Post subject:

Thanks Dean...y0u did warn me....but I am a bad girl and I didn't listen Sad

I am going to go sit in the corner now.... Cry

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jeff · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:02 pm Post subject:

Thanks Jeff and Dean..I was warned this would happen by Dean...and I knew it would, I just didn't realize quite how extremely I would react. Lets just say my body rejected it from both ends..and quickly.

I threw out the rest of my Cauliflower casserole. I will give away the other heads in the garden (no it's not a remake of Motel Hell) I am talking about cauliflower heads.

If mid summer, when the garden is in full force, I decide to try this again, I will start with a little bit of lettuce. I am not planting any starchy vegetation this year, and I have converted many of the vegetable beds into flower beds. I can still grow vegetables for my friends for barter. I do that for bicycle repair and hair cuts and such.

Thawing big juicy extra fatty NY strips for dinners the next few days...Meat is my friend...off cheese for a bit too. Still clutching onto my cream..your gonna have to pry that out of my cold dead hands! Yup

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Dean · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 7:25 pm Post subject:

It's not really an enzyme issue. It's much more a bacteria issue. Your gut bacteria has totally changed, and this is what is causing you problems when you eat vegetation. You don't have the bacterial colonies to break down this stuff. If you want that type of bacteria in your gut, add back veggies very slowly and go through the pain and agony to readjust. Personally, I am glad that my gut does not house those critters.

Cream is something I thought I could never give up. It was the java that kept me consuming it.
Dairy. Talk about bacteria problems! Puke

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
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y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:05 pm Post subject:

Dean · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject:

Wow, y0u have made some great changes! Congrats! Cool

Yah, my journal is one long strange trip, trust me. Grin

BTW, I quit smoking July 1, 2001, after 25 years of that habit! Isn't it wonderful being free of that?! Sunny

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- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject:

Very nice Dean, good job! I really do feel so much better. The alcohol and tobacco went hand in hand...Now the idea of kissing a man that smokes disgusts me. Thank god paleoman hasn't figured out how to cultivate tobacco yet... Grin

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Dean · Posted: Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:24 pm Post subject:

Yah, when I gave up smoking, I had to drink only water for like two years, cuz of the association to smoking that drinking anything else had.
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 5:56 am Post subject:

I feel so much better today...No icky veggies and no cheese. Steak and eggs and sausage..some coffee...tummy better. Yup

I only threw up once this morning.
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Susan · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 4:20 pm Post subject:

Y0u did it, I saw that particular cauliflower somewhere else, and y0u should be proud of it. But grow lillies. Tripping over lillies is better than barfing purple cauliflower. Although in a black light situation the colors are ....... preeettttyyy!
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y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2009 7:47 pm Post subject:

I have a bunch of Lillies...beautiful Asiatic ones.

Ok, goal setting time. I have to be under 200 some time in April...I just have to. It will take exercise, detemination and some calorie slicing...no booze until I reach goal. No cheese for 2 weeks. 11 pounds here I come. I don't really care if I am miserable eating less calories ...it's going to happen...cause I am not very happy right now anyway.

crappy ass day...gonna go walk it off...
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Dean · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:23 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:27 am Post subject:

Well Dean...I do live in Oregon..Mushroom capitol of the world. I often hunt for Chantrelles, Puffballs, Morels and Lobsters in the fall.....but you can find other kinds in cow pastures. Wow

I had a Shitake log in my kitchen for awhile...and grew Oyster mushrooms from a sawdust block. There is a very cool mushroom show here every year at the aboritum.
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Dean · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 5:57 am Post subject:

Well, if that mushroom show is anything like your current vegetable show at the back of the Bus, I might have to fly out! Wink

And, if that show has any magic shrooms, I will certainly book a flight! Grin

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:31 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:55 am Post subject:

The last 2 digits of some of my fingers keep turning white when I get cold, no circulation, no feeling..it's happened before but not for a long time.

Haven't eaten today and it's almost 6..but will eat a bunch of meat tonight..in some dashi broth.

Day 4 doing crunches and walking a lot....when I am not in my cave. I think I am depressed. meh..
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Dean · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:06 am Post subject:

Hope y0u get over your depression and your finger problem. What's up with your circulation? Is that the problem? Hope it clears up soon. I'm still having that stupid inflammation in my left leg. Nothing has helped it. Sad

y0u hang in there, OK? Heart

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

Thank you Dean, y0ur a kind man. Heart

Do y0u have ANY clue what might be wrong with y0ur leg? Did y0u rule out sciatic nerve problems? I wish I could make it better..would some butter applied to it help? Roll Eyes

As far as my strange finger problem, I think it might be Raynaud's...nothing I can do about it either way. I just need to keep my hands warm..or busy.. Devil

I didn't sleep last night..barely ate yesterday..and am not hungry this morning. Depression...don't know..it could just be the time of year and lack of sun. I will be fine..I just need to go crabbing and get out of my cave a bit. Grin

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y0u · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:45 pm Post subject:

Inside my box

I live in a square box
my square box has rectangular panes
they cast diagonal shadows across my flat ceiling
all night long...

I live in a square box
my bed is a rectangle
I sleep diagonally
but not always all night long

I live in a square box
my box is inside a larger rectangle
I eat eggs in my box
they start out oval, they end up round.
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Karen G · Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 4:46 pm Post subject:

Hi y0u. My mom has that problem with her fingers. All of them. And has for a long time. It never turned into anything else, they just turn white and get numb when cold. I don't think she's ever gone to a doctor about it, becasue they would just give her some lame explanation, anyways. I've always wondered if she had mild frostbite at one time or another that makes her fingers more susceptable to cold. Dunno

Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that it didn't evolve into anything for her, except that she can't go outside in winter without gloves, and has to sit on her hands sometimes indoors.

Hope y0u feel more like y0urself soon. Depression sucks. I've been there myself, and I know how hard it is to pull yourself up out of the black hole. Or cave. There

Maybe if Paleoman, Meatman, and that nice piece of Cheesecake all paid you a visit, they could help. I'll go round them up and send them over with some butter. Devil

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y0u · Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 1:34 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:09 am Post subject:

I do not know what is going on with my sleep or my stomach, but neither is happy. I have been drinking a lot of this funky slim tea I got at the Asian market. I think I should stop that, it contains senna, and I read some bad stuff about it. I don't usually do dumb things like this, but stalling has maddened me and pushed me over the edge into diet gimmicks and strange herbal remedies that really aren't meant for human consumption. It did not help that I drank coffee yesterday morning, my body does not like it, but I will surely torture it more, possibly today even, for lack of sleep. I have answered my first sentence with the rest of this paragraph.

Medusa has taken residence inside my gut, and refuses to leave. I laid in bed from 1-3 am..staring at the trees outside. I did some crunches in bed, that just woke the reptiles. I am not hungry, and fear eating will just feed the snakes anyway.

Glucose reading 89..I must be ok. Perhaps I am just meant to not eat much for awhile.
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Susan · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 8:13 pm Post subject:

Ride your bicycle.

Make yourself exhausted so y0u can sleep.

If y0ur gonna torture y0ur body because it is hanging on for its old and familiar, go somewhere with it.

Sunny

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y0u · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject:

Good plan Susan, I am good at torturing myself these days.

I did 90 crunches and went for a 90 minute brisk walk, and 30 minutes of aerobics. Now what?
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y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:45 am Post subject:

Medusa has left my stomach, this is good. I ate food later on today with some good results. I threw out the weird tea, it is not my friend.

I have been craving sugar and alcohol like mad lately. I even walked to the pastry shop the other day and went in and looked at all the desserts and walked back home empty handed, I did the same at the wine shop. I rarely ate sugar before I went LC, so I am not sure why I am craving this, but it's a pretty strong craving. I did eat an oz of cream cheese today and it seemed to help.

I am really frustrated with my weight stall, and I have been sticking to my plan so well by not drinking alcohol and eating under 3 carbs a day. WTF is going on?
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Dean · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:49 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:54 am Post subject:

Dean, I torture myself with affairs of the Heart

, not handcuffs, I doubt anyone would appreciate it. Cry

But a little bit of Lust in the Back of the Bus might just take my mind off of things.... Yup

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Dean · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:56 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 7:08 am Post subject:

Dean, I read your journal, and your donut junkie days. I have never been quite like that but I feel like it right now. I do let myself drink once a month if I reach a mini goal, but I am not there, so I won't. That's the other thing....I, like y0u, gave up tobacco, alcohol, sugar, a/s, carbs...so why isn't the weight flying off? Yes, 30 pounds in 6 months is not bad..but I want more. I want my fucking reward!! I want my sexy skinny body back!!

I am sure stress is the major factor in all this. I am a pretty practical person, I just need to move through it. I am going crabbing on a dock in a couple of weekends..that may be just the ticket. I refuse to use food as a tool for dealing with stress, it doesn't solve anything.

It doesn't help that I haven't slept more than about 6 hours total in 3 days.

And for the record, I have NEVER set foot in a WALMART, nor will I. (I know your joking but I am kind of proud of this fact)

Life will improve, it has to.
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Dean · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:27 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:07 am Post subject:

Looks like my tummy is good...so I am making this for the next 7-9 days. Yes that is a 1/2 pound of compound butter on that 7# bottom tip roast. I slept last night for the first time in 4 days....life is better....and i am eating well again.

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y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:59 am Post subject:

Spring is here..everything is in bloom.

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Dean · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject:

Nice flowers. Did y0u take those pictures? Sunny

Hey, y0u know y0u were frustrated about stalling, but, don't the meds y0u take cause weight gain, because it shuttles glucose off to the fat cells? Perhaps that is a big reason for this stall y0u are experiencing. What do y0u think?
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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 4:40 pm Post subject:

y0u · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 9:38 pm Post subject:

I am really enjoying my morning walks...I found these today..

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jeff · Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject:

I am seriously jealous. It will be 2 months before my yard looks anything like that. When I took my kids to school this morning, it was 15 degrees out.

But, I do live in the Cow Cum Capital of the world! Devil

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y0u · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 12:17 am Post subject:

Jeff, do you just find a cow in a pasture and milk your own cow cum? Shock

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Dean · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:10 am Post subject:

I think jeff said he preferred human milk. Devil

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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
- Jimi Hendrix

Every day you'll see the dust
Never get off the Bus!

y0u · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:33 am Post subject:

He'll have a chance to milk the girls in the Boot Babe Bordello at the back of the bus. Devil

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Heather L · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:06 pm Post subject:

jeff · Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:07 pm Post subject: