Journey to Knowing

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I just realized my ultimate goal is nearly exactly 50% of where I started in May. That's absolutely crazy. Skin is getting looser. It's never been comfortable when things start sagging more. I'm trying to put a fun positive spin on it now and I think it's working.

I may try jackfruit bbq next week. Just realized I'm out of turkey and tuna so alpaca it is for four days. I'll make mini meatloaf type patties and then sloppy joes. Also forgot I had to throw away a sweet potato last week so I have golden potatoes. I get to be creative. Fun.
 
Oops. No onions. No garlic. What was I thinking at the market? So I'm getting very creative.
 
Watching cooking show is paying off. I created an amazing supper of alpaca medallions, mushroom gravy, and English peas. The gravy, for which I had none of my normal ingredients, turned out excellent. I have two more servings.

I've broken out in as rash around my mouth and on my stomach. Guessing it's cells detoxing for first time in decades.

Early night. Just have to wash dishes.
 
@cate how much acv do you drink in a day? I figure this detox rash is kicking out yeast. When I looked for info on Google, most everything I read said a mac of 2tbsp. I drink at least a jigger and a half. Just curious.
 
I decreased it to probably 2tbsp tonight.

So excited. I'm running out of food, well my normal food I eat, so in the morning I'm eating macaroni and cheese for breakfast. It'll be like a treat day but I'll still be in my macros. I scored a free box of Annie's organic mac&cheese at the grocery last Friday. Not something I'd ever buy but better believe I'll enjoy it. I have about a tbsp of butter left and no milk so figure I'll melt the butter and add a little water substituting for the milk. I'm out of maple syrup too. I looked up the family farm I usually buy from every few years and they're out of business. Bummer. Not that syrup goes on mac&cheese.

I am seriously considering using my bonus award to fly to Boston and then drive to Vermont to buy alpaca meat. The trip will be about $200 but shipping for 50lbs is nearly $500. It's a 38hr round trip drive or I'd drive up. I don't get any of the ickiness from alpaca that I do from beef and buffalo. And unfortunately red meat is a medical necessity right now. But that's a ways away. No decisions need be made now.

Determined to hike late morning. I'll take my hiking poles and see if I can get used to them.

So excited about my official Sunday weighin this week.
 
I forgot the anti-inflammatory gel before I went walking. Ouch. I still got 2.5 miles in. That was the important thing. And this brace has my foot feeling 1,000% better even without the medication.

And I successfully made avocado pudding. I didn't measure and dumped too much cocoa powder in so had to double the honey. It's very good.

The rash on my face is very noticeable. Now the commercials for the skin condition where they say people stare make perfect sense. Hoping it is gone by Tuesday when I have a meeting. It's broken out all over my torso again.

I'm very tired today. I think I'll feed the cats, wash the dishes, and head back to bed.

Down another .1 for the third day straight.
 
I love how other than the rootbeer, I'm not denying myself anything. Simply making informed decisions. Hell I had pancakes and syrup and a fried egg almost every morning this week. And the mac&cheese? Crazy I lost almost 4 pounds. The IF and following the macros work.

My loose skin is already needing extra attention. Usually don't get here till 250. And that's when I quit. Not gonna quit this time.
 
Another day of eating down. I'm still astonished that I can cook, eat, and clean in one day. I forgot to buy some ingredients for tuna fish salad so I created a new recipe and it was delicious and much lower sugar content. I saturated the turkey tenders in sweet paprika along with other spices. I'm craving paprika right now. And I compromised and bought maple syrup at the store. I'm a snob when it comes to maple syrup. I bought grade a amber robust instead of rich. We'll see how that goes. It was only $5 and from a family owned farm and had good ratings online so should be okay. I'm the same about honey. The best honey I've had was from a small farm in New Mexico. I would consider flying back out there to get more. I messaged the farm about shipping but they never responded. Then I learned about federal restrictions sending honey over state lines without permits.

Rambling. Going to bed early. Should have kitchen cleaned up by 6 then to bed.
 
Going into the not wanting to eat phase. I managed to get just over 1,000 calories today. I had to break my fast timeline because of meeting schedules. I needed to eat early this morning and then couldn't eat again until 4 this afternoon. So ten hours between breakfast and lunch. Tomorrow is similar. I'll need to eat at 5am but since it's a casual meeting I'm hoping I can eat in the morning. Plan is to stop eating at noonish. That'll make for a long night but my energy is low so I've no doubt I will be in bed and asleep by 7. Calories tomorrow is 1,280. I'm doubling up on pancakes but my macros are still in line.

Besides the work stress, I had a meeting with my lawyer today. No way I can continue with the court case. Just too expensive. I may try small claims. Talking to the wife of a friend who's a lawyer to get a reality check. My lawyer set the appointment today but totally forgot. Didn't have a clue who I was.

I went to bed early last night but ended up 1am before I got to sleep. Crazy.

I did get some good advice about hiking equipment from a coworker in California who goes out for weeks on end by himself. I'm getting excited planning my 50 mile hike in six months.
 
It's 1pm and I've finished eating for the day. I nearly passed out driving a few hours ago. Felt like the car was going up on a balloon and I lost sight for a brief moment, swerving into one lane and almost hitting the wall on the other side. I felt fine just light headed like you get on the first down hill of a rollercoaster. Crazy. I got to my office and ate my salad but also bought some macaroni salad. Felt like the right thing at the time. Now I just feel I'll. But at least I've met my calorie intake for today! The macaroni shot me over by a bit.

Headed home. Also the second day I've gotten at least 3k steps. Forgot to weigh this morning. Tomorrow will be interesting.
 
Slept from 3-7 yesterday and then midnight-930. I still feel off but I was just able to eat two bowls of cabbage soup. It's really good this week and I got ten servings out of it. May not eat much more today. I actually went over my intake goal by 400 calories yesterday. Oh! I remembered I had a cucumber and onion in coconut vinegar and rice wine vinegar in the fridge. I made it on Monday and forgot. Oh my! So good. I'll start buying more cucumbers.

I weighed in 2.5lbs down from yesterday and 1.1lbs from my official weighin day on Sunday. The extra walking is benefitting me big time. I'm over 60% towards my 3 month challenge. I may do those every few months just for the motivation.

Decided yesterday I want to skydive next July. No idea where that came from but I'll go with it. There's a sling shot in NZ I want to do. Ha. I'll be in my 70s traveling to all these extreme adventures.
 
CrowFeather said:
I nearly passed out driving a few hours ago. Felt like the car was going up on a balloon and I lost sight for a brief moment, swerving into one lane and almost hitting the wall on the other side. I felt fine just light headed like you get on the first down hill of a rollercoaster.
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That's scary! Please be careful xo
 
cate said:
That's scary!
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I know right? I'm not getting behind the wheel again until Saturday. It's literally been 8 years since I had something like that happen so out of the blue. And never driving. Either my nervous system protesting the weight loss now that I'm in the mid 250s or that medication is really really bad for me. My blood sugar and all should have been fine as I had an orange an hour before. But I'm good enough today to have worked, cooked, and done the bare minimum of cleaning in the kitchen.

Have a caulipower pizza for tomorrow and Saturday. It's my treat for the week.
 
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