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Day 4 – January 4th, 2018

7:45am – It’s been 3 full days and I’m officially down 7.8 pounds.  I know this is mostly water weight but it’s a really good feeling to see the scale consistently moving.

9:00am – Today is my first day back at work and I’m glad for the distractions.  After a few morning chats got a list of priorities to keep me busy for the next week! Hopefully I won’t be thinking too much about food.

Screen Shot 2018-01-04 at 2.09.42 PM.png2:15pm – Being stuck indoors during this Cycloblizzardcane is making things tough. I’d normally break up the day with a visit to Starbucks and a trip to the gym.

 

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Day 3 – January 3rd, 2018

I am starting to feel the excitement of this adventure wear off a bit.  I’m still doing really great and on track, but I’m also starting to feel hungry more often.  I do find myself fantasizing about my meal at the end of the day.  It’s kind of cool because it allows me to really savor it.

Today was the last day of my afk from Automattic and I was determined to get some reading and relaxation in.  This of course was making me think more about how hungry I was but Joy came to my rescue.  She noticed that the bathroom sink was clogged and was determinned to use her baking soda + vinegar recipe to solve it.  She called it a “natural alternative to Drano”, I called it a sink volcano waiting to happen.  Well sure enough she managed to bust a pipe trying to force the clog out and I had to spend the afternoon rebuilding the bathroom sink.

Long story short natural disasters are a great distraction from hunger pangs.

Tonight I made chicken and veggies with a keto queso topping.  The queso was definitely the hero of the dish and helped me realize how wonderfully delicious food can be even without carbs.  I estimate about <1 carb in all the cheese you see in above.

 

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Day 2 – January 2nd, 2018

Woke up this morning and got Landon off to school, as I enjoyed hot cup of coffee with a tablespoon of kerrygold. By mid afternoon I was experiencing a few hunger pains here and there but they didn’t seem to last for more than a few minutes. Finding a good distraction to keep my mind or hands busy seems to do the trick in thworting off any hunger.

By 4 p.m. I was excited to eat for the first time in 21 hours. I had a Starbucks bacon Gouda sous vide and a green tea. Around 5 p.m. I made deviled eggs from avocados and a little bit of mayo. I spent the next hour preparing bacon wrapped brussel sprouts, wild Alaskan salmon cooked in butter and honey bourbon salt with a side of spinach and mushrooms.

I later found out that brussel sprouts are quite high in carbs so I’ll remember that for the future but other than that I did great today. It also helped that I started the day off by getting on the scale and saw 3.6 pound lost since yesterday. I assume that most of this is water weight so I’m not getting my hopes up too high.

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Day 1 – January 1st, 2018

I was very excited to get started today which is why I think it was so easy.  After 4pm today I made a Green Chef Meatloaf that we had in the fridge. It was not Keto ready so I had to do some magic to prepare it and the meatloaf came out great.

I’m excited to see how things go for the rest of the week.  I’ll continue to do quick checkins like this mostly just to document my own feelings and thoughts.

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A 34 Year Journey to Happiness

 

Are you crazy? I can’t swallow that.

One hundred dollars. Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun? There’s no part of that sentence I didn’t like! I’m sorry, guys. I never meant to hurt you. Just to destroy everything you ever believed in.

Are you crazy? I can’t swallow that. You’ve killed me! Oh, you’ve killed me! No argument here. Bender, we’re trying our best. With a warning label this big, you know they gotta be fun! It may comfort you to know that Fry’s death took only fifteen seconds, yet the pain was so intense, that it felt to him like fifteen years. And it goes without saying, it caused him to empty his bowels.

Shinier than yours, meatbag.

OK, if everyone’s finished being stupid. Large bet on myself in round one. Pansy. I didn’t ask for a completely reasonable excuse! I asked you to get busy! I had more, but you go ahead. I was all of history’s great robot actors – Acting Unit 0.8; Thespomat; David Duchovny!

  1. Who are you, my warranty?!
  2. THE BIG BRAIN AM WINNING AGAIN! I AM THE GREETEST! NOW I AM LEAVING EARTH, FOR NO RAISEN!
  3. I don’t know what you did, Fry, but once again, you screwed up! Now all the planets are gonna start cracking wise about our mamas.

You know the worst thing about being a slave? They make you work, but they don’t pay you or let you go.

When will that be? I daresay that Fry has discovered the smelliest object in the known universe! Why not indeed! Ah, yes! John Quincy Adding Machine. He struck a chord with the voters when he pledged not to go on a killing spree.

  • The alien mothership is in orbit here. If we can hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate.
  • A sexy mistake.
  • No! Don’t jump!

Perhaps, but perhaps your civilization is merely the sewer of an even greater society above you! Fry, we have a crate to deliver. Anyhoo, your net-suits will allow you to experience Fry’s worm infested bowels as if you were actually wriggling through them.

Then we’ll go with that data file! I saw you with those two “ladies of the evening” at Elzars. Explain that. Hey, you add a one and two zeros to that or we walk! Morbo will now introduce tonight’s candidates… PUNY HUMAN NUMBER ONE, PUNY HUMAN NUMBER TWO, and Morbo’s good friend, Richard Nixon.

Really?! In our darkest hour, we can stand erect, with proud upthrust bosoms. We’ll go deliver this crate like professionals, and then we’ll go home. No argument here. Bender! Ship! Stop bickering or I’m going to come back there and change your opinions manually!

Have you ever tried just turning off the TV, sitting down with your children, and hitting them? For one beautiful night I knew what it was like to be a grandmother. Subjugated, yet honored. Ooh, name it after me!

I’ve got to find a way to escape the horrible ravages of youth. Suddenly, I’m going to the bathroom like clockwork, every three hours. And those jerks at Social Security stopped sending me checks. Now ‘I” have to pay ”them’! She also liked to shut up!

We’re rescuing ya. Belligerent and numerous. Fry! Stay back! He’s too powerful! I meant ‘physically’. Look, perhaps you could let me work for a little food? I could clean the floors or paint a fence, or service you sexually?

Why am I sticky and naked? Did I miss something fun? Goodbye, friends. I never thought I’d die like this. But I always really hoped. Bender, I didn’t know you liked cooking. That’s so cute. You’re going back for the Countess, aren’t you?

Or a guy who burns down a bar for the insurance money! Whoa a real live robot; or is that some kind of cheesy New Year’s costume? That’s right, baby. I ain’t your loverboy Flexo, the guy you love so much. You even love anyone pretending to be him!

Who am I making this out to? As an interesting side note, as a head without a body, I envy the dead. Oh, all right, I am. But if anything happens to me, tell them I died robbing some old man. I’m a thing.

But existing is basically all I do! Large bet on myself in round one. It must be wonderful. Take me to your leader! Bender, being God isn’t easy. If you do too much, people get dependent on you, and if you do nothing, they lose hope. You have to use a light touch. Like a safecracker, or a pickpocket.

I don’t want to be rescued. Now that the, uh, garbage ball is in space, Doctor, perhaps you can help me with my sexual inhibitions? It doesn’t look so shiny to me. I meant ‘physically’. Look, perhaps you could let me work for a little food? I could clean the floors or paint a fence, or service you sexually?