Hi Jim,
I'm finding your journal very interesting, and don't mind the daily entries.
I was curious why you chose the height of summer to mimic a more winter experience... namely, ketosis. Wouldn't a hunter/gatherer living in North America be in "hog heaven" right now with the abundance of fruits/berries, leafy greens, tubers, etc that would allow him/her to put on the necessary fat to get through the slim pickings of winter?
It doesn't seem that you are that overweight, so I was wondering what your eventual goal is? Sorry if I missed an earlier entry where you might have mentioned it already.
Best to you,
Batsheva
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From: Jim Swayze <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Mon, June 28, 2010 8:07:51 AM
Subject: Experiment 2010: Day Five
I am going to be skipping days since it appears I may be running the casual reader off... ;-)
My weight this morning is 158.2, which is down .4 in two days and 4.6 pounds overall. Why, you might ask, did I only lose .2 pounds in the two days since I last updated when I've been very faithful? I found out something very interesting.
Give me a second here for background. My oldest son is 14 and loves to cook. I mean he's very serious about it. On Friday night he had his mother take him to the store and came back with ingredients for lime-ginger grilled chicken pasta with roasted yellow bell peppers and two-chocolate mousse. He also hand picked tomatoes, bell peppers, and jalepenos from his grandparents garden and created an unbelievable fresh salsa.
So for dinner on Friday I had one chicken breast and what amounted to, I kid you not, about a pint and a half of the delicious salsa. I ended up having it like soup. It was limey, fresh tomotoey, garlicky and almost like a spicy gaspacho. I craved the stuff.
Next morning I expected I'd weight about .8 of a pound less than Thursday. Instead I'd *gained* .4 pounds. Where did that 1.2 pounds come from? I am convinced it was a reaction to the nightshades: the tomato and peppers. My hands were swollen and I had bags under my eyes. My lower back bothered me and I my general aches and pains were back. Oh, and flatulence and diarrhea.
That was a discovery.
Ate well yesterday with bacon, eggs in the am and baked chicken for the rest of the day.
Jim
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