2 DAYS SUPER UPDATE

H'okay, so, it's been more than a day - I had a long day on Wednesday so I have given an excuse and that's good enough for me. Unfortunately, recalling all the food I ate won't be that easy but if anyone can do it, I can.

I think I'm gonna talk about booze today. Booze is only sort of on the meat diet. It's not high in fat, but its also not high in carbs. Because of this I find it acceptable (plus it greases up the social engine). Because of the way alcohol is metabLOLized it doesn't raise your blood sugar (which can actually be a concern... you did read that link from the first post, didn't you?). But it also doesn't help me reach my fat from calories goal for the day, so I've tried to restrict it. Plus, most alcohol has some carbs in it, especially mixed drinks and beer - which is why I tend to prefer the straight stuff and wine. I love wine... especially red wine. I don't know how I became a wine-o anyway. I started liking booze in mixed drinks - it's hard to beat whiskey and soda, and many, many other mixed drinks for that matter - from there I moved on to Guinness and various other beers (never liked light beers though, I prefer bitter stouts and IPAs). Then i started to really like cabernet-sauvignon, and I haven't moved from there since. It's dangerous though - I become severely tempted to drink it straight from the bottle, which is when stupidity starts to happen.

I should discuss cheese too, since I'm talking about wine. Cheese is one of those things I would like a lot more if it weren't so expensive. Plus, if I could avoid buying wine and cheese at the same time I would prefer that. The other day, when I was out buying my "dessert" (wine and cheese), I felt totally normal digging through the cheeses and finding white cheddar. But then I found my way to the wine aisle, and realized that I would be waiting in line at Safeway buying wine and cheese - I just had to hope that I didn't see anyone I knew. You see, this is the sort of thing that makes for a funny story, but in reality it's actually quite embarrassing. Imagine yourself doing something really snobbish - say you're telling your friend why you think Debussy is one of the best Romantic era composers - and then you suddenly realize that you don't have an excuse like you drank a half bottle of whiskey and a couple beers (if you had the booze this is totally reasonable, except you probably forget that Debussy was a Romantic/impressionistic composer and just lumped him into "classical"). This is how I felt. Actually, this is kind of how I feel right now - no excuse for being a know-nothing "snob." I don't know anything about wine or cheese, except I know that for some reason they tend to go really well together. Anyway, after realizing this and waiting in line I felt extremely awkward because the two people in front of me commented on the fact that I was buying wine and cheese. To make matters worse they at least pretended it wasn't snobbish. Anyway, at least it makes for a good story, eh?

Cheese is mostly on the diet as well. It usually lacks carbs and is high in fat. It also tastes wonderful with just about everything else on the diet. It's been a staple along with eggs. Fortunately, if you eat cheese straight from the package it doesn't encourage stupid behavior.

Anyway, food adventures for the past couple days:
Have you ever had Korean style short ribs? They are sooo good. A friend of mine kept telling me he needed to take me out for Korean BBQ so he could "de-white" me lol. I'd be a fan as long as I got to eat more short ribs. Plus they're basically ok for the diet - lots of fat, but with a thin, sweet sauce. I guess really that's the only food adventure aside from some ruined Hollandaise sauce - I added too much vinegar to it and it was... vinegary.

I've noticed a possible side-effect from the meat diet.... Though I'll admit I have no means of confirming this. I shaved today and noticed that my skin and hair weren't catching the razor as much as they normally seem to. I'm intrigued, as I have no idea what this means has changed in my skin/hair - I'm even more intrigued because it made shaving infinitely more enjoyable. If this keeps up, I might avoid looking like some disheveled hobo at least one day a week.

One final thing - I seem to have regained some of the weight that I lost in the first two weeks of the diet lol. This probably has something to do with skipping the gym, but there are a number of other possibilities. I'm not worried too much - I didn't do this to lose weight. At the same time though, I would prefer not getting fatter. I'm back up to about 150 from the low point of 145, starting weight of 155. Which reminds me, at some point I want to start keeping track of my blood pressure, and maybe even get a blood test or two.

Anyway, it's tired and I'm late (lol... did u catch that?) and I still have to recap the past two days.

Wednesday:
INPUT
Breakfast: 6 eggs scrambled in bacon fat, 3 pieces of bacon, multivitamin, Vitamin D, 4oz milk
Midmorning: handful of walnuts
Lunch: handful of walnuts, fair amount of cheese
Afternoon "snack": Korean style BBQed shortribs and chicken
Dinner: flank steak and sausage, 4oz milk

Thursday:
INPUT
Breakfast: 6 eggs scrambled in bacon fat with nasty vinegary hollandaise, 4 pieces of bacon, 4oz milk, multivitamin, vitamin D
Lunch: 3 scrambled eggs in bacon fat with cheese, 3 slices of bacon, leftover steak
Afternoon snack: 12oz americano with half+half
Dinner: 4 Gutted BBQ shredded pork sliders, 22oz Ridgetop Red (delicious Silver City brew)
Dessert: 3 eggs scrambled in bacon fat and butter with cheese, toasted walnuts, 4oz milk

I also went to the gym today - the workout was short but I'm convinced that the strength is coming back... may have something to do with regaining the weight...

I'll be making steak tomorrow; going to try to redeem the beurre rouge - wish me luck!