History

It is June 1, 2023! It is the OFFICIAL start of summer (c'mon, June ain't spring).

If this was 2019 as I gearing up for STRANGER THINGS 3, I would have just kicked off The Lost 7th Expedition after a 190 days freefall up the scale. There would be six weeks of new wave music and then a tie the most weight lost in an Expedition (43 lbs).

I gaze back on 2020's June 1, the genesis for what I am doing now. After completing Taubes' The Case Against Sugar on that day, I wrote this in my return from the wasteland:

My basic strategy is to reduce sugars thereby not requiring as much insulin which in turn, doesn't get in the way of hormones for resource allocation. While I have my base level of meals to make sure I capture maximum nutrition, I'm not so hardcore calorie-centric. This is especially notable as in these early stages, if I'm hungry beyond my meal plan, I have the freedom to eat 6 oz of beans or whatever. This softer stance has kept the binges at bay.

At its core, that is what I do to this day. That disregard for calories was a fundamental shift, but absolutely critical was the sugar/carb approach. I only wish I did not regard protein so highly back then and downplayed fat—it was standard for me to eat 150 grams of protein a day. Gluconeogenesis from the excess protein would nip me at me from January to July 2021.

But the biggest takeaway is that this was the moment I was unlocking the secret to massive, sustainable weightloss.

Site Design

I am abandoning my retrowave theme for this site. Oh, I am ready to drop it in! Those colors pop! The synthwave idea works well for base level content, the birdcage liner stuff that I have a tendency to post. But when it comes to serious topics, it is a little silly.

Brainstorm

This morning was a good 3 AM. My mind whirled about with ideas!

1. In this season, remember 2020: stop following the news. What has it anything to do with me? I have got plenty to do besides shaking my head at folks. That includes piecing together the news from my beloved The Babylon Bee.
2. Create an achievement system based on Garmin / World of Warcraft.
3. Create a daily checkoff sheet that functions like my resistance sheet.
4. Create a DnD-inspired task management system that through the use of metaphor would be shaped by dice rolls to create a story.
5. Create a simpler I/O budget system that would do a better job at sharing the narrative for the month. Many budgets fail to address the why.
6. Instead of an audiobook focus, use a targeted Wonderium coursework approach.
7. Be the Mindmap Monster!