Hometown Pride

I have now been a re-resident of Bartlett for over a month now. It is good to be back, though it is a stranger world than the one I left behind. Everything and everyone seem the way they should be, but it is just a little off-kilter, as if traveling through parallel worlds in the Sliders universe and I almost got it right in finding home again. Close enough. I just hit the one where Bolton, cotton fields and all, is a Memphis City School, Wolfchase is the Mall of Memphis and friends are not who they once were.

Fat Fast

A couple of nights ago, I consumed a LOT of protein; I ate a couple of days worth: 147 grams! I just had one of those days when I was hungry! OK, so, I actually overate. Hey, it was prosciutto and some slim, ALDI ribeye-simply irresistible! I may have worked a few hours out in the yard.

That evening, I thought I'd give something a shot for the next day, something I've heard other carnivores do in various iterations: a fat fast.

Now, I am no stranger to actual fasting, that is, water fasting. There have been an endless array of 1-2 day ones and others at various lengths, with my favorite being that 4+26 one in the Czech Republic that closed up my graduate work.

I had full confidence I could take on a single day. And frankly, this really isn't a fast, not in terms of discipline. All I did was make sure I hit my mark of 200 grams of fat. I already do the 0-carb thing. I could go without protein for a day.

It was simple: I did my standard stick-and-a-half of butter into an iced coffee in the morning. Later, I did the same with 6 tbsps of butter. That was my day.

Would I term it a fast? No, I would not. I am already adapted to a carnivore diet and I did not feel as though I abstained from anything. I just didn't eat protein for the day so as to mitigate the gluconeogenesis from the other day.

Yeah, that's the whole thrust of my HFC approach this time around: to avoid excess protein consumption thereby kicking off gluconeogenesis.

Fitness Schedule

Coming soon! I've got the general schedule in place and now I've gotta hammer out the daily schedule. Stay tuned!

Another Resolution Goes Down

A couple of days ago, I shaved off my untouched, New Year Beard. That Yeard will have to be shelved for 2024. I liked it, though I regretted I ever colored it. Still, I did it as I began taking my physical training seriously. I've got the resolutions in the shop right now as I figure out where in the heck do I want to take them.