OSG brought us some newspaper, with which we covered the big weed\/dirt\/lawn scrapings pile and have poured on mulch and water…it’s about 8′ wide and about 20 feet long, and above knee high. This was a good morning’s work…before work. Back to the keyboard. At least that weed-zone is handled until next year, at which time we hope it will just be a nice pile of useable good dirt.<\/p>\n
Bumblebees have occupied one of the piles: I’m thinking of wet-newspapering and mulching that, in the theory the bees can find their way out, but we’ll have it mulched. I don’t want to harm them, but I don’t want them to harm us, either. Joe? got a recommendation: smoke is illegal in town!<\/p>\n
The diet is doing well: the plan is: two weeks of Induction, meaning 20 grams of carb a day or less, as much meat, cheese, egg, etc as we want, with vitamin and mineral supplements, no wine, no coffee: I cheated and had three cups while doing heavy labor, then back to water. Then three and a half months of diet, meaning just over 20 grams of carb a day. Then a month of back to eating what we want. Repeat until weight is where it needs to be. We’ll be healthier and happier when we’ve shed 40 pounds each, and we’ve already seen a little positive result. The last time we tried this diet we failed, but we both were ‘off’ in thyroid, and are now under close monitoring by an endocrinologist, with tests due this month, so we will, I hope, see a more normal result and actually be able to drop weight. We did a massive weight loss back in 2004 or 5, dropped 40, then Jane dropped 10 more. Then she gained 10 back; I’ve hovered right where I’ve been for 5 years, despite dieting too much, so we’ve both got a new set-point 40 pound lower than it used to be; but couldn’t get beyond that. <\/p>\n
Now we’ve got the endocrinologist’s help, and we’re going to be sensible. If we can each lose 40, even 30, from where we are, we will be back in fighting trim, so to speak, and that’s much nicer on the joints and back, not to mention general system issues. Wish us luck. In two weeks we’re going to be real tired of meat and eggs and ready for a tortilla, even a small potato.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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