alligatorob
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I sure am hungry right now, I've already eaten a little more than usual for this time of day, and dinner is still a little ways off. Guess I will post here rather than eating.
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alligatorob
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It was a tough afternoon, but I made it. I don't know why some days are harder than others, today was particularly hard for no apparent reason. I did as Rob B suggested, held off one hour at a time and got through.
Its starting to cool off, you can feel fall in the air. Not really cold yet, but getting cooler. Sunday we had the first rain we've seen in a long time and you could see the first dusting of snow on the mountain tops. I like fall, except that it leads to winter which I don't like.
We've shifted to the giving peaches away mode, my wife's relatives all took a bunch home and we've had people over to pick. Its amazing how easy it is to give peaches away. We still have some varieties not yet ripe, we'll probably get back into juice mode again soon. I am still eating a lot, but not quite so many as at first. Yesterday we got a cantaloupe from the field next door, ate it today, will have to do it again soon whilst we still can.
Monday
breakfast
milk 40
cereal 200
cantaloupe 60
lunch
milk 40
cereal 200
cantaloupe 60
snack
cantaloupe 60
another snack
2 peaches 98
dinner
cottage cheese 180
2 tomatoes 54
cucumber 15
snack
crackers 68
goat cheese 103
total calories 1,178
In 1178 BC a solar eclipse occurred that may have marked the return of Odysseus, King of Ithaca. Odysseus returned and killed his wife's boyfriends, or boyfriend want-to-bes. Or maybe he didn't we are not really sure Odysseus or his wife really existed. You can be sure at least some of his Odyssey is myth. LaMa made a good point a few days ago, nothing like facts to ruin a perfectly good story. The real purpose of myths and sagas is only partly history, its also a good story. I think myths, true or not, can serve to bind a society or people together. Probably best not to get too tied up in figuring out how true Odysseus and his stories are. We certainly don't hold Hollywood to that standard.
Its starting to cool off, you can feel fall in the air. Not really cold yet, but getting cooler. Sunday we had the first rain we've seen in a long time and you could see the first dusting of snow on the mountain tops. I like fall, except that it leads to winter which I don't like.
We've shifted to the giving peaches away mode, my wife's relatives all took a bunch home and we've had people over to pick. Its amazing how easy it is to give peaches away. We still have some varieties not yet ripe, we'll probably get back into juice mode again soon. I am still eating a lot, but not quite so many as at first. Yesterday we got a cantaloupe from the field next door, ate it today, will have to do it again soon whilst we still can.
Can I nominate Amy for forum poet? She's deserving!Hmmm... new motto: write, don't bite!
Monday
breakfast
milk 40
cereal 200
cantaloupe 60
lunch
milk 40
cereal 200
cantaloupe 60
snack
cantaloupe 60
another snack
2 peaches 98
dinner
cottage cheese 180
2 tomatoes 54
cucumber 15
snack
crackers 68
goat cheese 103
total calories 1,178
In 1178 BC a solar eclipse occurred that may have marked the return of Odysseus, King of Ithaca. Odysseus returned and killed his wife's boyfriends, or boyfriend want-to-bes. Or maybe he didn't we are not really sure Odysseus or his wife really existed. You can be sure at least some of his Odyssey is myth. LaMa made a good point a few days ago, nothing like facts to ruin a perfectly good story. The real purpose of myths and sagas is only partly history, its also a good story. I think myths, true or not, can serve to bind a society or people together. Probably best not to get too tied up in figuring out how true Odysseus and his stories are. We certainly don't hold Hollywood to that standard.
Petal001
New member
Rob I wonder are you actually eating enough if you are hungry ? I know your diet works for you but try fill up with more salad leaves maybe and veg . Protein too. What cereal do you eat ?
I had pasta yesterday but I piled my plate with spinach leaves before I added the pasta. Also I had crackers and my cheese allowance but I topped it with an apple. Just some little changes keep me full.
Have a great day
I had pasta yesterday but I piled my plate with spinach leaves before I added the pasta. Also I had crackers and my cheese allowance but I topped it with an apple. Just some little changes keep me full.
Have a great day
Not to mention propaganda. These stories weren´t static: someone telling them would change small (and sometimes not so small) details to make a point relevant to their own time and place. That´s why we often have different versions of the same (or similar) stories. Although these days we try to pass them on exactly (and without the context) so by now most people only know of one version, often the one promoted (or made up) by Disney
alligatorob
Respected Member
Thanks Cate and Petal, you are probably right eating cereal and a little milk for 2 meals may have as many calories as other meals but its not real filling. The cereal was a variety of raisin bran, and it seemed to have lots of added sugar. Not my usual but the cupboard was unusually bare yesterday, and I was too lazy to fix something better. The larder is now restocked and I have yogurt and my more usual cereal, grapenuts.
Cate
Long term member
Hi, Rob. My breakfast often is organic oats(40-60g) rather than a packaged cereal. I add chia, sunflower & hemp seeds, some dried goji berries, and a few "fresh" berries & soak it all in low-fat milk or almond milk overnight. On golf days I might add a small banana & a teaspoon of honey. Next morning I zap it in the microwave for 2 minutes & add a dollop of full-fat Greek yoghurt. It's very filling
alligatorob
Respected Member
It was a good day, I took Cate and Petal's advice and went back to a higher fiber diet and my hunger subsided. I should have figured that out myself, but didn't.
Picked 2 more cantaloupe from the field next door. They were big ones and should keep me in fresh cantaloupe for a while.
Tomorrow I go to Southern California, LA, for a meeting. I am working into retirement but still have a California client and am still working for them. Will do my best to eat well and keep posting.
Tuesday
breakfast
yogurt 80
cereal 110
snack
cherries 95
pretzels 95
lunch
a bunch of broccoli 75
dinner
lean pork 240
asparagus 45
cantaloupe 60
snack
2 peaches 98
crackers 80
goat cheese 93
total calories 1,071
1,071 is a super-prime number. Between 1,153 and 1,201 the nearest super-primes above and below 1,071. A prime number is a whole number that cannot be calculated by multiplying 2 smaller whole numbers. A super-prime number is apparently "the subsequence of prime numbers that occupy prime-numbered positions within the sequence of all prime numbers". And I'll be damned if I can figure out what that means......
Picked 2 more cantaloupe from the field next door. They were big ones and should keep me in fresh cantaloupe for a while.
Tomorrow I go to Southern California, LA, for a meeting. I am working into retirement but still have a California client and am still working for them. Will do my best to eat well and keep posting.
Tuesday
breakfast
yogurt 80
cereal 110
snack
cherries 95
pretzels 95
lunch
a bunch of broccoli 75
dinner
lean pork 240
asparagus 45
cantaloupe 60
snack
2 peaches 98
crackers 80
goat cheese 93
total calories 1,071
1,071 is a super-prime number. Between 1,153 and 1,201 the nearest super-primes above and below 1,071. A prime number is a whole number that cannot be calculated by multiplying 2 smaller whole numbers. A super-prime number is apparently "the subsequence of prime numbers that occupy prime-numbered positions within the sequence of all prime numbers". And I'll be damned if I can figure out what that means......
Well I´d say if 1 is the first prime (don´t know if 0 and 1 count), then 3 is the second (2), 5 is the third (3), 7 is the fourth (4), 11 is the fifth (5), then 13 (6), 17 (7), 19 (8) and so forth. If the number in parenthesis is itself a prime then the number it belongs to is a super prime. So 17 is a super prime because 7 is a prime number but 19 isn´t because 8 isn´t. Does that make sense?
I absolutely love this! This is really the Forum in operation - sharing and benefitting, and good things happening all round!
The subsequence business has me tossed. I always thought that 1 and 2 counted as prime numbers, so that 2 would be the second... but I'm happy to leave it as something that's beyond my ken.
Oh, and thank you, Rob, for the nomination - and LaMa for seconding the motion!
alligatorob
Respected Member
270, down 4 lbs this week! I am happy!!
This is my biggest weekly loss since my first week. I didn't do anything much differently this week, so I can't explain it, but I'll take it.
I am now down 50 lbs since beginning, and I can feel it. Getting around is easier and I have a whole different set of clothes from what I started with. Even my shoes and wedding ring are starting to feel a bit loose. I know I still have a long ways to go, on the order of 100 lbs more, but getting this far sure feels good. I originally figured it would take about 2 years to hit my goal, I am now only 4 months in so my progress is good. The 2 years is probably still about right, I know my weight loss will slow before I get there.
Thanks to all on the forum for your support, I could not have done this alone!
This is my biggest weekly loss since my first week. I didn't do anything much differently this week, so I can't explain it, but I'll take it.
I am now down 50 lbs since beginning, and I can feel it. Getting around is easier and I have a whole different set of clothes from what I started with. Even my shoes and wedding ring are starting to feel a bit loose. I know I still have a long ways to go, on the order of 100 lbs more, but getting this far sure feels good. I originally figured it would take about 2 years to hit my goal, I am now only 4 months in so my progress is good. The 2 years is probably still about right, I know my weight loss will slow before I get there.
Thanks to all on the forum for your support, I could not have done this alone!
alligatorob
Respected Member
On Math, prime numbers and all, it is one of my frustrations.
In school I was pretty good with math, getting an engineering degree forced me to take and use a lot of math. For the first part of my career it served me well, for a time I was a go to guy for harder math driven problems. However my skills have atrophied and that is one of the signs I took as my need to look to retirement. A couple of years ago I ran into a particularly complex chemical process issue that required a lot of math skills to solve. I worked at it for several days and finally in frustration called a much younger and very bright engineer I know. He solved it in less than an hour. I know I was once that bright young person; that experience made it clear I am not anymore. But I ain't dead yet, so y'all will keep hearing from me for a while anyway. This place doesn't require a real high level of mathematical expertise; adding and subtracting, no calculus here.
In school I was pretty good with math, getting an engineering degree forced me to take and use a lot of math. For the first part of my career it served me well, for a time I was a go to guy for harder math driven problems. However my skills have atrophied and that is one of the signs I took as my need to look to retirement. A couple of years ago I ran into a particularly complex chemical process issue that required a lot of math skills to solve. I worked at it for several days and finally in frustration called a much younger and very bright engineer I know. He solved it in less than an hour. I know I was once that bright young person; that experience made it clear I am not anymore. But I ain't dead yet, so y'all will keep hearing from me for a while anyway. This place doesn't require a real high level of mathematical expertise; adding and subtracting, no calculus here.