Primal Journal - Siobhan page 97

[Siobhan]

I am already feeling better after a couple of generous primal meals. I am a fat-burning beast, but three days of one small meal a day with hardly any fat have depleted my energy stores. I stopped at the food co-op and bought plenty of clean meat and a big bag of organic salad greens, also some raspberries. Last night I had a horrible headache that wouldn't go away - I NEVER get headaches. Sinus, probably. But I am at work tonight and glad to be here. The more I am around other people, the more I realize what a great life I have. I have worked hard to make it so, but I am grateful for what I have. I am especially grateful for primal living and eating and if I ever meet Mark Sisson I will tell him so.

[Siobhan]

I am so happy to be back on my happy primal diet and eating good clean food! I had some leafy greens with a poached egg and a pear for dinner. The pear had a weird shape but was just about the best pear I ever ate. I will pick oddly shaped ones from now on.

[Judg]

LOL! The oddballs are the best, eh?

[Siobhan]

Woke up after only about 3 hours of broken sleep. Not sleeping well during the day lately! Sleep is a big factor in weight loss. (See Robb Wolff's work.)

There is a concert this afternoon I want to go to, a world famous organist is coming to our humble church. Our organ, however, is not humble and neither is our endowment. We have had a number of wealthy church members die in the last few years who left considerable funds to be used for music at the discretion of the Minister of Music, a wonderful and wise lady who uses it not just for the church members but for the community at large. So it's free! Time to break out the cold-brewed coffee. For some reason cold-brewed doesn't give me acid reflux. I thought I was crazy until I saw the same sentiment expressed by others who seem perfectly rational otherwise.

When I got home from work, very hungry indeed, I ate some beautiful natural ham, uncured with no nitrates or nitrites. Just pork, salt, and very small amount of sugar - less than a gram per serving, which is 2 oz. Who am I kidding, I ate three servings! It is delicious.

[Judg]

LOL. Sounds like a great concert in view!

And what is cold-brewed coffee?

And now you've made me hungry for ham.

[Siobhan]

One thing that happened when my friend was here was a bit disturbing. She sat down in a chair - actually my landlord's chair - and leapt up, saying she had been bitten by something. There was a bit of hysteria, and I got a garbage bag and covered the chair, then a clean blanket. She went on about how I am obviously infested. I mentioned the cats haven't been scratching and there is no sign of flea dirt, or of any insect. Yes, I have checked - it is summer and even indoor cats can fall victim to insects that come in on clothing. I have many mosquito bites, but I know where I received all of them! (Outside - it is usually my cue to leave.) Incidentally, the chairs and sofa are swathed in muslin sheets to protect them from said cats since I have no idea how they will react to upholstered furniture and I don't want to find out. I brought home a large stack of fresh clean muslin sheets and stripped all the furniture. Upon stripping the guilty chair, I found two open safety pins in just the spot she said was bitten. I was very relieved! I did, however, continue the project and thoroughly sprayed the furniture with the natural stuff I bought (and very nice it smells, lemongrass and cinnamon) and re-wrapped them in muslin with nice blankets over them. Oh well, it was something that needed to be done. And now I am much better at the covering and am able to secure the muslin over the danger spots much better. Also I need to add that the chairs are in pretty bad shape, very old and kind of nasty looking. I would have requested their removal, but they are big and heavy and let's be honest, pretty comfortable. I don't mind sitting in them or looking at them now they are covered with my colorful blankets.

[Judg]

Ow! Safety pins??? Disturbing in their own right, but at least you don't have to worry about them reproducing.

Still wondering about cold-brewed coffee.

[Siobhan]

Well, you take coffee grounds, put them in cold water and stick them in the refrigerator for 10-12 hours, then strain and enjoy. The taste is very different from regular brewed coffee, smoother, less bitter. I prefer it, and of course I prefer my OWN, which I take pride in making properly, and am always disappointed when I see it advertised and try it in a coffee shop. Probably just as well, the cost of my own is cents instead of dollars!

[DCarr10760]

Sort of like Sun tea... Minus the Sun... and the tea.

[Judg]

I will have to try that. Just a regular, all-purpose grind? How much do you put in?

I found some ham in the fridge. I thought it was eaten up. The no nitrates kind.

DCarr, you are too funny.