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10.24.2003 Weight: 271Mood: stupid frigging water retention Did you know that women retain water during high-estrogen periods in their monthly reproductive cycles? I.e. just before they ovulate? I didn't know that until today, which explains why I appear to be going backwards on the fukaktah scale, despite the fact that I haven't eaten anything illegal and have worked my butt off for the last couple of days (and have the bruises on my right arm from fencing to prove it). However, I should pee it all away by Sunday, so at least that's something. Bleah. I hate ovulating -- I always feel like crap during it (bloating, headache, fatigue), and this time I have the added sensation that something's stuck in my throat and my left side keeps stinging. If I die before Sunday, Lyndon is designated as my literary executor, as well as the recipient of all my stuff. Bah. I wave my paw. LATER: Oh, God, no wonder. It's a migraine (I only get them occasionally, and they're atypical so I get all the symptoms EXCEPT the head-splitting pain). It's off to a dark, cool, quiet room for me and some Excedrin, thank you very freaking much. |
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10.22.2003 Weight: 270Mood: holy @ing Havenwood! Well, yes, I'm happy. This was my plan: 250 by Christmas 225 by February 28 200 by April 30 175 by June 30 160 by Labor Day Weekend (I'm 5'8", I'm Eastern European and big-boned, and I lift weights. I figure 160 will be just fine, although I wouldn't object to 150). And yes, I know this schedule is perhaps a tad optimistic, but I am nothing if not an optimist (the 150 weight for Labor Day was so that we could do a skit during the SFWA Musketeer demo where Selina Rosen, as the Dread Pirate Rosen, drags a dancing girl into the demo as booty from her latest pirate raid. Little does she know that the dancing girl is actually another Musketeer, on undercover work for La Reine). My current hope was to be 265 by Halloween, mainly because I wanted to wear my Death's Consort black ballgown to work (we've been told we can wear costumes, as long as they're not revealing and don't interfere with our ability to work. I figured the Technical Fairy should be about right) and that was made back when I was still in Canada and several pounds lighter. At this rate I may just make that goal, which would be nice. And dinner last night, by the by, was two boneless pork chops rubbed with garlic, grilled and eaten with more cucumber salad. Oh, man, that is sooooo good. |
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10.21.2003 Weight: 271Mood: positively jubilant If ever I needed a reason to use this eating plan, the numbers above just provided it. Ironically, one of the guys here just came around selling popcorn for his nephew's scout pack. I bought a tin of chocolate caramel popcorn -- and I'm bringing it to the next FC meeting for everyone else to eat. Mwahahahahahahaha. Speaking of that, we have a meeting tonight, and we usually get together for dinner beforehand. The problem is that most of the places we've eaten to date don't really have any low-carb options, so I'll probably need to stop off at Kroger and get a chicken caesar salad, down that in the car, then head off to the restaurant and have a diet Coke with them. Dunno what I'm going to nibble on during the meeting proper -- I can't have nuts during induction, I'm not really fond of cheese, and while pork rinds are great I just had some yesterday and need to give the inside of my mouth time to heal. Hmm. . .maybe beef jerky. . . |
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10.20.2003 Weight: 273Mood: slightly sleepy, but it's my own damned fault Bad Mellie, no biscuit (not that I could eat one, anyway). I made the mistake of taking a nap last night while waiting for the Sudafed to kick in, then wound up wrestling with a Javascript issue until 3:00 AM or so, and didn't actually fall asleep until 5:00 AM. Since I got up at 9:00 AM, you can understand why I'm tired. Although I notice that I'm not nearly as exhausted as I've been in these circumstances -- I'm yawning, yes, but I'm not thinking wistfully about crawling under my desk for a nap. I'm going to skip dance class tonight and go on Thursday instead, but with any luck I can stay awake long enough to fix my coding problem. The carb cravings seem to have settled a bit -- that or I'm too tired to notice them. I had half of a chicken breast and two dill pickles for breakfast, a Carb Solutions bar when I got to work and a big chicken caesar salad for lunch, and I don't feel like knocking anyone over for their cookies, so that's all good. Still have a big bowl of the World's Best Egg Salad at home, and I have some pork chops defrosting in the fridge. I also realized that I can eat sausage, so I'm going to stop off at Central Market and pick up some of their Black Pepper German sausage, which is the closest thing to Polish sausage I've been able to find outside of Chicago. Browned, boiled sausage, white wine sauerkraut on the side, yum! |
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10.19.2003 Weight: 273Mood: really, really craving carbs, now Okay, I just came back from the store loaded up on meat, pork rinds, veggies and other things I can eat. The chops and beef have been individually wrapped and stuck in the freezer, I have eggs boiling for egg salad at the moment, four chicken breasts marinating in a Mesquite marinade, I've already had a Carb Solutions bar and I'm dreaming of doughnuts. And I eat doughnuts maybe twice a year. Oy. I know this is just temporary (and it's the reason behind induction -- to get my body unaddicted from carbs). Still, it's kinda tough, especially when I wake up hungry and there's nothing "legal" in the house that I can eat. Like I said, this eating plan requires forethought and planning, and that's something else I have to get used to (although to be honest, it's a good habit to acquire). That being said. . .I wonder if it's possible to make a low-carb pumpkin pie. Hmm. . . Yay, it is! And there's a whole bunch of low-carb ice creams out there now, too -- whee! |
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