lumumba's Journal

It's moving!

Oct 12 2008 12:39

Finally!!!

The plateau -- 2+ months at the same weight, every single day, no matter what -- is over.
Go, go, go!

Again?

Jul 17 2008 14:13

I'm still wondering, how can one gain 2-8 lbs a day while day before you:
- ate less than 2 lbs, foods calorage below BMR;
- moved enough;
- drank enough and peed as usual;
- today morning got diarrhea.

Do you add something out of thin air? Frantically "wipeing" titanium from some pill's coating (had a Retafer and Folica300 yesterday)? Something with starvation mode (last week was around 1000 kcal/day)?

Exactly as it happened 22 years ago (4 months in row), it still happens periodically. At CC Norseoracle encounters the same problem: unexpeced, unexplained weight bursts.

90% of obesity health risks

Apr 05 2008 11:56

...come from health providers' refusal of proper care, I read from 1990s' study.

Same goes for gyms, at least here. Just tried to go to town's ONLY swimming pool. Didn't catch exact meaning of doorgirl's babbling, it was something like they don't have lockers for people of my size or... baah. In short: they let my daughter in, but refused me.

Last september went to both gyms -- no, they don't have ellipticals, they offer just aerobic classes and weight equipment. At one, head coach was my student. She refused to show me steps before class and did everything she could to show me HOW inappropriate is an overweight person among all those 17-23 yo chicks. Other coach's classes were full for next 2 months... At other gym I was told they do not work with people older than 30. Sick!!! Yoga class with 6 participants, who have been together for 5 years, as coach told, but still at beginners level -- I remember and can do more from my classes 25 and more years ago than they have learned in recent 5.

Next nearest real, not school gym I know is 80 km away.

So if I want to have any enhancing fitness regime I have to do it completely on my own. No advice, no equipment, no... I hate this bombhole-full-of-zombies they call town, I'm angry at myself for moving from Tallinn to here 4 years ago! Yes, Tallinn is a nervous-and-gready bombhole after Moscow and St.Peterburg, but... THIS wannabe-Stepford isn't a place to live either.

EDIT: one of my drivers got into trouble in Tartu and asked help. So I went to their aquapark and had 4 hours of swimming and saunas.

Taubes

Feb 06 2008 10:03

Just to keep it handy:
What if It's Been...
+ Interview
+ lecture

Edit:
The Great Cholesterol Con by Malcolm Kendrick 1, 2

Bizarre changes

Jan 28 2008 13:15

Did low-carb eggs florentine today. After half the portion I was soooo full... Haven't felt so stuffed literally for YEARS!

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Kaiali tõdes, et kui ikka habemekarvad on lahti nagu kevadisel jänesel, kuivatamisel koorib nahka kut kreissae alt saepuru ja tallanahk koorub sekkumatagi latakatena ning stressilihaste kohalt tuleb igast poorist kummalist kurgisisu-taolist ollust, on hormonaalsüsteem aktiivse(ma)lt tööle hakanud ja lükkab sodi labidaga välja. Turja pingete "järellainetus" on kummaline: kõik valutab ja õlgu sirgu ajada ei jaksa, sellegipoolest on kuidagi mõnus olla.

BP

Jan 25 2008 22:56

It's outright unbelievable. Had around 160/110 since August, had much higher before. And now, just in a week of low-carb:

18.01.08 163/102, pulse 72
21.01.08 154/100, pulse 77
23.01.08 158/104, pulse 81
24.01.08 142/105, pulse 72
25.01.08 123/85, pulse 72 -- checked over 4 times during a day, once 124/84

Starting over: 5 days, -8,2 lbs

Jan 23 2008 12:51

Just by following low-carb regime, i.e menu and recipes from swedish GI-book.
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5 päeva jälgimist ja -3,7 kg. Uuestialustamise fantastiline mõju? Või hoopis süsivesikute veelgi karmim piiramine?

Eelmine algus, lihtsalt kalorilugemine, andis sama aja jooksul -2,6kg, seega pigem viimane. Ajan näpuga järge "Parimates GI-reteptides" (Signe Siim toimetajana, fui! -- pool tööd on lugeja teha jäetud) ja Regina blogides, suurim häda, et värskena ei leia siinkandis peaaegu ühtki soovitatud köögivilja.

Enesetunne on igatahes viimase 7-8 kuu parim. Ainus hetk, kui SV-soov tekkis, oli eile hommikul, mil teised kohupiima-kirsikoogi kallale asusid, küpsetasin ta seekord graham-jahuga. Rahule jäädi, võiks uuesti proovida, nt siis, kui 3. faasi lähen.

Nov 11 2007 06:50

2 weeks away from CC -- working. Feeling OK, but weight... New start.

Still not sure, that my decision to delay surgery was the best. I have 12 hours to change it.

What the...?

Oct 28 2007 13:38

Yesterday morning the dreaded thing said 107.0 kg. Today it is consistent on 109.4. WHAAAT? +2.4kg/+5.3 lbs overnight???

Ok, my last days were "6 hours late" -- it's so much easier to concentrate when kids are sleeping --, but I didn't even eat that much (3 pears, 4 tangerines, 1 apple, 3 slices of pineapple, 200g dill pickles, 250g beet, chicken breast stewed with garlic, cheese, 2 crisp breads, slice of rutabaga -- food log confirms it's less than 2kg). I couldn't drink anything but a 170-g latte, that's all. No water or tea or juices or...

So where is this body getting water for retention? Out of thin air???? At 700-kcal daily deficit?

And there is no knob to turn, I couldn't turn scales instead of clock either...

Sauna club

Oct 24 2007 01:05

When, oh when will someone notice? We've had sauna with the same people for 3 years now, weekly, from October to May. Today was season's first sauna, and NO ONE noticed! I've lost 15 kg -- 33.3 lbs. Damn! Am I so ugly they dare not to look at me? Some modern version of gorgo Medusa? Or what???