Primal Journal-deMuralist page 166

[demuralist]

Yesterday:

First the good stuff...

I finished the compass rose (I will try to take a photo and post it as well as the doily rug). Today I start to put the sealant on the whole deck.

I worked at preparing for today (we have company for tonight), and had that same sort of attitude from Saturday. What I think of as "normal" my life did not revolve around what I was going to eat but around what I was going to do. Love that.

Now, the not so good....

I didn't take my nap. Got busy and forgot, time just got away from me. What I learned from this, well it is the nap that is making this all work. Around dinner time I started to wind down, tired but not sleepy, and started to look for carbs. And I found them, not all primal and yes with sugar.

Result 260.2 up 1.4

Solution: TAKE THE NAP. simple enough. Until I get to where I get 8 hours while I am in bed at night, I think the nap is going to be a part of my life. I also think that the only 2 possible solutions for the sleep disturbances at night are hormones and pollen. I don't plan to do anything about either, so the nap is the solution.

Stats: Who knows?

Today: is a new day, I will take the nap. I am hoping to stay away from the carbs I have for the guests (pretzels and dip, and the bread) focus on the primal stuff (salmon and spinach salad) and allow myself the dessert. It is a very small portion of a version of tirimisu. I made a cake with DH's homemade brew, then cut out circles the size of my small straight sided juice glasses. I put one circle of cake into the glass, drizzle with 1/2 tsp of coffee liqueur, then a tablespoon of the mascarpone mixture (homemade mascarpone), then a half circle of cake, then a tablespoon of the mascarpone mixture and topped with a raspberry.

I plan on close to zero carbs the whole day so I can enjoy the dessert.

And I will take the nap!

off to start to put the sealant on the deck before the sun heats it up. then to clean the house, nap, and start the dinner. ttfn

[Pebbles67]

Sounds like a great day in the making. Take the nap. Ive been following your lead on that and water intake.

[demuralist]

Half the deck sealed and nap in, now its time to clean the house and make the dinner for the guests.

I drink a lot of fluids, not much straight water, but it doesn't seem to matter to my body that it isn't plain. I chug straight water after working out or in the yard or whatever, but through out the day...my morning coffee with HWC (16oz), then green tea with hWC iced (24oz), then double dark chocolate mate- iced (24oz), then coconut cocoa-iced (24oz), then the ACV (32oz), then at the end of the night my red velvet rooibus iced with HWC (24oz). Which I think adds up to 144oz (mental math is not my strong suit). Any water I drink is on top of that. Each type of tea has a different purpose (besides I really like the flavors), although I can't remember what the reasons are any more.

[athomeontherange]

Chris,

I am trying to catch up. I love the thankful ness of the day. It is sometimes so easy to forget the thankful parts of our lives and focus on the frustrations. Of this I am guilty and need to reevaluate this

How long are your naps and when are you taking them? Are the naps affecting your evening sleep? The only reason I ask is that often when i nap, I do not sleep as much at night.

I can not wait to see the pictures of your latest projects!

[demuralist]

No time this morning for my usual journal entry, I will try later.

But I have to do this...Thankful today for the incredible weather. Every time I stick my head out I cannot help but be blown away by it. It is truly stunningly gorgeous out. I may nap in the hammock! oooo

I have found that 1 hour in bed is just about right (Mark's article suggested 90 minutes, but I feel too groggy after that long). I try to do it so that I am done by 3. And it has not effected my night time sleep, in fact it may be improved. I am trying to get to 7 hours of actual sleep in a 24 hour period, but finding that staying in bed longer does not necessarily get me there. Also, if the family can stop stomping around for the hour, my sleep efficiency is much better during the day.

They do help enormously though so I will try to keep them up. when my mom worked in the high school, she used to come home and start looking for food, so she instituted a nap then, but she could do 30 minute ones.

[athomeontherange]

I know when I get out of school during the year I am EXHAUSTED!! I sleep a lot in the summer to make it up but I really need a 30 min nap when I get home. The problem is during the year I get home after 4pm and a nap might inhibit night sleep as i am up @ 5:30am during the year. There HAS to be a happy medium.

[demuralist]

Yeah, I am trying to get to a point where I wake up at 5:30 naturally, no alarm by the time school starts again. But I only work half days so a nap is still easy for me to get in. Can you do 45 to 60 minutes at 4. Then in bed by 11, gives you a nice amount of sleep, assuming a decent efficiency?

[demuralist]

Here we go again...

VLC (net), moderate protein, high fat
No added sugars or flour
No restrictions, goals or limits on veggies
Eat only when physically hungry (tummy growling)
Eat mindfully

My goal is to keep working at being a doer. Get away from my food focus.

Yesterday, I got the laundry done, and got sealant on the rails of the deck-I plan to do a bit each night after dinner till I get it done. So last night I got about an hour and a half in before it got too dark.

Our church is going to have a garage sale in August, yeah, I will keep gathering the stuff I have been planning to take to goodwill and drag it over there. It is after DD goes back to school too, so anything she leaves is going over too!

This week, I need to keep working the sealant on the deck, get the AC fixed in my car, go pick up the cotton cord to start another doily rug, give the house a very thorough vacuum and mopping (I have been doing too much spot cleaning not enough of the deep stuff).

Yesterday's STATS:

Calories: 1380
Carbs: 48
Fat:101
Protein: 78
Fiber: 18 NET CARBS: 30
Sugar:20

Yes, yes, I had one of the leftover, petite desserts from Monday night, they are very small, but obviously pack a bit of carb and sugar. No sugar today (that is my mantra!)

result 261.4 up .2

Thankfulness: today I am very thankful for a good night's sleep! I had an 80% efficiency last night and got in 6:05 hours, add my nap today and I will be getting very close to my 7:30 goal! I am shocked I slept so well, because I was/am sore from scooting along on my butt to paint the sealant on the deck floor and forgot to take anything for it. Yeah for good sleep!

[demuralist]

OMG! The nap was of no use yesterday. I had a food fest. 2 biscuits, big ones, blueberries, strawberries, a fig. All that on top of my "normal" fare. So the result way too many calories/carbs and a gain of 3.4 pounds. Now it was not enough extra calories to actually put on 3.4 pounds of fat over night, but it was enough to make me feel like crap last night. Cannot understand why, I know that eating like that (ie. in excess) makes me feel like crap, ruins my sleep, makes me gain weight, and yet I am drawn to cakey, flour type things, and of course sweet things. If it isn't sugar it is in fruit.

I will continue reprinting these goals until they are ingrained in my head!

VLC (net), moderate protein, high fat
No added sugars or flour
No restrictions, goals or limits on veggies
Eat only when physically hungry (tummy growling)
Eat mindfully

Sleep yesterday:
overnight 6:05
nap :52
TOTAL 6:57 getting there!

STATS:

Calories: 2289
Carbs: 118!
Fat:159
Protein: 82
Fiber: 18 NET CARBS: 100
Sugar:39 this is still pretty low, given my carb intake.

Thankfulness: I get a new day to start again. I am about half way through my new days and I need to make this one count. I saw a quote yesterday that said basically 'it makes me joyful to know that some of my best days are still ahead of me'. Gotta stop eating my way through my days, so I can focus on living my way through them!

[demuralist]

No nap yesterday, but not for lack of trying. Got a phone call, on my cell phone, for my DD from her doctor's office about 10 minutes after I laid down. Then about 10 minutes later DH got home and came in with a buddy, they were going to put the guns away (they had gone shooting all morning). So they clomp into the room chatting away (the door was closed-which only happens if I don't want people to come in, a pretty rare event) said oops and clomped back out. Couldn't fall back asleep because I was irritated, so I just got up.

I was roaming around on the threads yesterday, and then checking the stuff I read against science I found on the internet. I read about Lectin. Not seen this info before. Talked about some Lectins being toxic to some people. Now most of the websites suggest cutting out all foods with Lectin and then adding things back in. But I am going to go the opposite way, in that I am going to cut out one thing at a time and see what happens.

So, I have already cut out grains, basically, but now I will get serious/consistent about this. As these seem to be the most likely culprits (according to websites).

Also, regarding dairy. I have been adding a lot of HWC to my drinks. I noticed this when I was telling someone what I drink in a day. It is essentially 1/2 a cup daily of heavy cream. So, I am not willing to stop ALL HWC, but I will only now add it to my morning coffee, and for the rest I will either go back to drinking my tea without cream or if I really feel I need cream will add the Non-dairy primal creamer that I made yesterday. It is made with coconut milk and coconut oil and egg, and I have been trying to figure out how to get some coconut milk into my diet daily and this will be an easy, yummy way to do it. Now I just have to be careful not to turn this into a binge type thing-it is the consistency of whipped cream and just as yummy! I don't do much in the way of other dairy, just occasional cheese, so I will concentrate on the HWC for now.

Other problems regarding Lectins, seem to be nightshades. If the drop in dairy doesn't help I will give up the nightshades and see what happens.

A new N=1 experiment. Fun.

I will continue reprinting these goals until they are ingrained in my head!

VLC (net), moderate protein, high fat
No added sugars or flour
No restrictions, goals or limits on veggies
Eat only when physically hungry (tummy growling)
Eat mindfully

Sleep yesterday:
overnight 5:59
nap :12
TOTAL 6:11 hours, but it didn't seem to negatively effect my eating yesterday. Maybe because I decided that since I didn't get enough sleep, I was not going to push myself to do anything=zero stress to get things done.

STATS:

Calories: 1503
Carbs: 43
Fat:122
Protein: 68
Fiber: 5 NET CARBS: 38
Sugar:22, these are from the blueberries and strawberries, which are beautiful and fragrant right now, I cannot deny myself these when in season, so I just had a small amount of each, with a bit of the coconut cream mix, yum.

Thankfulness: I feel hopeful today. After finding the info on the Lectins, I feel like I could get a handle on this whole situation. Even if it isn't the Lectins, I know the answer is out there and I will find it soon. It is likely a matter of pulling all I know together and making it work. But today, I feel like I can and will do that!