People

People's are people,  we do so many things as humans to fit in. We reserve our words, we choose our arguments.  In the end it's irrelevant.  You'll never convince someone that's adamant that they are wrong, when questioned it's a defense that's we lock down, double down even. What if we're wrong? It is irrelevant, what we believe is what we are. You can't change that, at most we get the little changes in view from the few that learn from others. I sit here by myself,  why am I not woth who's most important? I want to be included, why do I care, it's human. 

The life cycle of Coffee ☕️

We wake up (blessing one). We go through our morning routine, me prior to the coffee. Then I enjoy the pause of the coffee. It's a process, a way to ensure enjoyment. The beans into the grinder, just a scoop. The sounds of pulverization to that perfect mix of fine with a few bigger bloomables. The bubbling of the water as it reaches temp. The folding of the filter and perfect placement into the drip receptor. The flip and tap of the grinder to transport the grounds. The light pour of hot liquid that hydrate the grounds. That first smell, oh that glorious first olfactory sensation, the day has begun. The layering of the water to allow the transfer of godly powers from those ancient fermented beans into the serving receptical.  The drops of hot liquid into the cold cup awaiting the nectar allowing it to rise to temp.

THE POUR, oh the blessed transfer of godly nectar into my cup, not our cup or the shared space, my cup. That first sip. I'm ready for the day, what do you bring for me, I'm ready.

It's that time of year

It's that yearly appointment this week. The one with the full work up on how your blood says you're doing. Middle of this week I find out if I've chemically made progress or just lost some weight and feel better. As you sit in the waiting room to get the lab work done you have plenty of time to think about the worth of all this. Am I healthier because I go yearly to the doctor and do all this? Or am I less motivated to work myself because I know the data points?

Something quick to ponder about. I'll have the results soon.

241

Got so sick, but had some fun

So I've been gone for a bit. Well not all because I wanted to. The part I wanted to was for my daughters 12th birthday we went on an eight day cruise. It was a blast with tons of stuff done in Aruba, Bonaire amd the Dominican Republic we all had a great time. My youngest got a minor bug the last two days no biggie better when we got home. Me however right after getting home had an incident at work where I was on a call well over nineteen hours. Very tiring 😫.  The next day I jad to get on a plan after working from 7am to noon to go for work to Plano. I'm pretty sure I got something more that my littles had because man did I get sick.  Friday for my flight back (only there 3 days) it was Hell. Board the plane get off the plan, slowest baggage ever, sat on the runway an extra 20 minutes after re boarding, just crap. Got home and I don't really remember Saturday or Sunday.  Just started feeling normal yesterday. Anyways after the cruise I was about 268 today 245 but I tell you I broke 239 while sick. now that doesn't count right but back to the grind as of today with easter Sunday.

Thanks

A new month

Still walking along. Mostly protein each day, this weekend was a freebie. Guys night was fun. The main meal was some delishous steak sandwich. it was really just steak on a couple slices of bread. I passed on most of the bread but had to take a bite. The truffle fries were a splurge all 3 pinches of them. Hard to leave as much as I did on the plate but we must. This week mostly hamburger for Breakfast with an egg, hamburger for lunch amd besides some chicken here and there cheese is a nice snack. Feta is pretty good.

current weight 256

A slight change

So I've been trying to make progress, I can say with 100% certainty that protein is not what gives you gas. Some bad breathe maybe but not gas. when I would have a free day on the weekend to enjoy "normal" life I would fart like crazy the next day. This last week I decided only meat is unobtainable for the long term but mostly meat is perfectly acceptable. Lets face it 5 year old me would be like vegetables are gross but 41 year old me enjoys a few. While I stay away from the bread 🍞 as much as possible the Brussel sprouts I likely hated as a youth are fucking delishious. I'm going to try and focus on more calories in vs out still excluding alcohol. I will limit my beer intake during the week because damn I can drink a lot. We only live once as far as we know so I want to enjoy the things I love. Family, Beer, Friends; not every day in that order. 

Work is most days a non stop tunnel of work. Honestly, I could work non stop and never complete the job. You need to set boundaries with certain things and while I'm always committed, walking away for family is a great thing. The wife, my love 💓, has decided today she will resume V shread. Last time she did freaking great, looked great, felt great. It's amazing how quickly we get derailed and dont jump back.

stopping here or I'll go down a rabbit hole.

check in 252lbs. 

Josh 

Who warns you?

No one states in the open what's going to happen here. Lets chat. The first and second day you're going to be hungry as hell, full at some points but still hungry. Gas is going to release from your body, but everything else will seem normal. Drink plenty of water your body is changing. Then day 3, suddenly you go, "well is it a fart?" Double check my friends, it's not. Bowls empty a liquid tar substance. That's only protein remints as your bodies flora adjusts to the low fiber high protein concoction you've been serving it. Glory be to the lords! For the rest of the day you trust nothing! Don't take this wrong, it's not pain but success. Your body hopefully just made the metamorphosis to support us along the remainder of this journey. 

Diet wise, all beef for all meals with just salt is no fun at all. After your 4th burger patty and 3rd steak with salt and a little pepper your eyes and stomach crave excitement. To be fully transparent in this time so far I've had 2 delicious beers and lets say 1 double bourbon each day except the day I had the 2 beers. One of those days was a single per the choice of the bottle being empty and me not wanting to drink the good good stuff.

 

Phone in hand, clothed and post breakfast I'm clocking in at 254.

Energy level on average I go to bed about 2330 and wake around 0530-0600 alarmed and naturally 0700.

I'm finding myself waking about the same but now I'm about ready to wake around 0600.

Also for breakfast I added eggs to the chopped steak we had leftover from last nights dinner. So this week to increase the excitement of both my eyes and belly it will be eggs and steak. Or just eggs and just steak. Man I wish I could have chickens in this neighborhood..

Until the next post,

-Cheers

The specs

For fairness and accountability I've got the numbers as I drive through this current path.

As of today weight 261 lbs. 

As of 10/11 it will be interesting to see these ina couple months

Triglyceride 171 mg/dL

Cholesterol 182 mg/dL

HDL 39 mg/dL

LDL 114 mg/dL

Non HDL 143 mg/dL

Lets do a reset

So I've decided to a reset diet for a week. Beef only. I did Carnivore last year in July for about 3 weeks lost Round 30 lbs but started to get pains in my abdomen. I quick thinking it was my gallbladder. I've since (December) found out it's nerve pain from my lower back so the loss of weight and additional walking I was doing was more likely the cause than the food. Also confirmed by the pain not going away and ultrasounds with my doctors. So for the next fives days I'm doing an all beef reset, try to stay around 1700-2000 calories. This damn thing to keep me accountable.  I'll share soon my recent blood work as a starting point and what I'm doing each week, day, month, honestly whatever I feel like or have time for. lets watch together. My problem is I must have beer, not because I need it but because I love it, everything about it. Brewing is fun and a hobby but I can drink less of it so we'll keep a realistic outlook here.

thanks for tagging along.

Dosen't that look appetizing, not!