Alligatorob's Diary

Yesterday was a good day. I ate well and feel good this morning. My only exercise was getting the boat ready, packing, and cleaning for vacation, but it was plenty of work. The peach situation is getting critical, lots of very very ripe peaches, but the end of the crop. I kind of feel a desperate need to eat as much as I can, but still lots are falling on the ground and rotting. Yesterday I ate a record 45 ounces (1,275 grams) of peaches yesterday, but I was able to fit them into my calorie budget for the day. Ate mostly peaches and protein dust. One more day of this and then I suspect the peaches will come to an end, or trail off anyway.
LaMaria said:
Your trip sounds wonderful. Very curious to hear how you feel eating "normally" for the first time in so long. I think you´ll do well.
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Thanks LaMa, I am also looking forward to the "normal" thing. The first jolt will be not so many peaches! I am looking forward to the trip. Friends from Florida are flying in to join us, they have never done this, in fact my friend's wife has never been to the western US before, it will be fun showing them the sights.
Emilyrose said:
Rob, living on your houseboat and exploring around you sounds so relaxing. I hope you have a wonderful time.

As for maintenance not being as much 'fun' as weight loss - that's an interesting way of looking at it. Faraway hills are greener comes to mind. I really think you need to find another fun thing to do and enjoy being so fit and healthy again.
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Thanks Emily, I have done the Lake Powell Houseboat thing before, but its been 10 years so I am really looking forward to it. And yes, it is very relaxing. And you are right about the "Faraway hills are greener" thing. But I am still quite happy to have gotten here, even if the "hills" are not exactly what I expected. I had to look up your wording and found that it comes from an old Irish proverb "Is glas iad na cnoc i bhfad uainn". Interesting, that must be the source of our expression, though we usually say something like "the grass is always greener". Apparently it was on often used expression to describe the US by Irish immigrants and would be immigrants in the 19th century.
Err2 said:
Congratulations Rob, enjoy your vacation!
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Thanks Err, and I plan to!
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"The grass is always greener on the other side" - or a variation of it - crops up in many languages because of the story of Lot and Abraham. Exodus? Off the top of my head (don´t quote me!) Abraham took his nephew Lot along when he moved to the land God told him to find and when they got there they decided to split the households. Lot got to pick one side of the mountain/hill for his flocks and Abraham took the other. After making his choice Lot changed his mind because the grass on the other side looked greener now that it wasn´t his. I think Abraham even let him swap back. We all know what happened to Lot and his family later so I´m inclined to say he was just being a whiny little cretin.
 
alligatorob said:
.... The peach situation is getting critical, lots of very very ripe peaches, but the end of the crop. I kind of feel a desperate need to eat as much as I can, but still lots are falling on the ground and rotting. ...
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Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryers - The best way to preserve food

i was thinking about getting one of these last year and then my funds started disappearing due to having to take care of my aunt. i have some freeze dried food from one of the major companies (i keep it for earthquake preparedness, but once in a while when the cupboard was bare... etc, etc ... so i've tried a bit... or more). but frankly it leaves much to be desired in taste and texture ... and it's quite expensive. now that i'm back to being ok financially again, with the pandamic situation (i'm guessing) there is currently a 3 month waiting list. mine could be as close as 3-4 weeks away now. i'll certainly post more about it in my diary when it ships.
 
Interesting discussion on that phrase.

And yes Rob, better to have reached the faraway hill then never get there at all!

Have a lovely time hosting your friends. Looking forward to reading about you eating more than dust and peaches, haha!
 
Friend Rob - I've just about come to the end of my reading time for today - I'm reading back up through the diaries, to catch up on what's been happening these last few weeks. I'll read better in a few hours' time, but right now I gather you're off on a houseboating holiday, and are full with luscious ripe-tending-to-nearly-overripe peaches! I love hearing the peach news, and I'm wishing you a brilliant holiday!
More later, probably. :seeya:
 
It was a good day, ate a whole lot of peaches, exercised and I feel good tonight. Today will be my last peach intense day, they are not gone, but company arrives tomorrow morning and as a part of my normalization I plan to eat with them, and what they are eating. Picking them up at the airport in the morning and will have lunch together in Salt Lake, so it will begin. Until they are gone I am sure we will eat some peaches, but nothing like what I have been doing. Today I ate mostly peaches with some protein powder, 67 ounces of peach, almost 2 kg. And I managed to stay on track with calories, but fat and protein were a bit low. Spent 2 hours and a few minutes in the gym today, will not be going back for about a week. I'll try to get what exercise I can, probably swimming, hiking and maybe kayaking.
LaMaria said:
"The grass is always greener on the other side" - or a variation of it - crops up in many languages because of the story of Lot and Abraham. Exodus? Off the top of my head (don´t quote me!) Abraham took his nephew Lot along when he moved to the land God told him to find and when they got there they decided to split the households. Lot got to pick one side of the mountain/hill for his flocks and Abraham took the other. After making his choice Lot changed his mind because the grass on the other side looked greener now that it wasn´t his. I think Abraham even let him swap back. We all know what happened to Lot and his family later so I´m inclined to say he was just being a whiny little cretin.
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Thanks LaMa, guess there is nothing new under the sun. I always liked Phyllis Diller's version "the grass is always greener on the septic tank".
overlandflyer said:
Harvest Right Home Freeze Dryers - The best way to preserve food

i was thinking about getting one of these last year and then my funds started disappearing due to having to take care of my aunt. i have some freeze dried food from one of the major companies (i keep it for earthquake preparedness, but once in a while when the cupboard was bare... etc, etc ... so i've tried a bit... or more). but frankly it leaves much to be desired in taste and texture ... and it's quite expensive. now that i'm back to being ok financially again, with the pandamic situation (i'm guessing) there is currently a 3 month waiting list. mine could be as close as 3-4 weeks away now. i'll certainly post more about it in my diary when it ships.
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Thanks Flyer, had not thought of freeze drying. I will look into it, seems to solve several problems. However those things are expensive, have you ever eaten anything from one? Our freezers are full, the peaches are now too ripe to dry, we are boiling a batch down tonight to try and make some peach sauce, but don't know where we will put it. Eating or rotting is the choice at the moment. Too ripe and soft to even give away easily.
Emilyrose said:
Interesting discussion on that phrase.

And yes Rob, better to have reached the faraway hill then never get there at all!

Have a lovely time hosting your friends. Looking forward to reading about you eating more than dust and peaches, haha!
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Thanks Emily, and we will have fun. I am also looking forward to something other than dust and peaches! It is nice to be on the hill, and now that I am here it doesn't look so far away as I once thought it was.
aiminglow said:
Friend Rob - I've just about come to the end of my reading time for today - I'm reading back up through the diaries, to catch up on what's been happening these last few weeks. I'll read better in a few hours' time, but right now I gather you're off on a houseboating holiday, and are full with luscious ripe-tending-to-nearly-overripe peaches! I love hearing the peach news, and I'm wishing you a brilliant holiday!
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Amy, great to hear from you!! And yes, you pretty much summed it up. Not on the houseboat until Wednesday.
aiminglow said:
More later, probably.
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I sure hope so!
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It will be really interesting for most of us to hear about you normalising your diet. I don't think that has to mean eating badly if that's what your company do, but not counting calories & maybe just doing a WAG will be a part of that. Enjoy your company, Rob.
 
Rob I think we can all agree that we should do a peach diet and have amazing results . Your weight loss every week is truly astounding . Congratulations :party:
Looking forward to hearing all about the normal diet on the houseboat. Eat lots of fruit and veg and protein and the rest will look after itself.
 
alligatorob said:
... Thanks Flyer, had not thought of freeze drying. I will look into it, seems to solve several problems. However those things are expensive, have you ever eaten anything from one?...
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expensive... yeah... the first thing i noticed, but in a power out situation which is something i have to think about in a earthquake area, i'd rather not have to deal with a generator to keep a freezer cold and even though i'm considering some solar, it would just be for lights & heat/ cooking ... not enough to run the whole household. even though we have a reputation of being a warm climate, there are many overcast days or at least mornings along the shoreline.

i remember having some "astronaut ice cream" many years ago, but nothing that i haven't rehydrated from commercial packages in the recent past. luckily these units have been out for years now and youtube is full of owners experimenting. many things work out well... some things turn out strange though still taste ok, but there are definitely some disasters which i'm glad have already been discovered by others. something everyone seems to rave about are freeze dried Skittles. long story why, but that's one candy i wish would disappear from earth. anyway... could be fun. definitely will be looking into many varieties of freeze dried fruit along with some of my staples like chili & scrambled egg w/ veggies dishes.
 
Day one of vacation, but not to the lake or houseboat yet. After getting on the houseboat I probably won't be able to log in often, will do what I can

My first day of transition eating went ok, ate my favorite dish, red pipian mole chicken at my favorite Mexican place in Utah. It was good, the calories were a WAG, but I think I did ok. Still had lots of peaches for dinner.
Cate said:
It will be really interesting for most of us to hear about you normalising your diet. I don't think that has to mean eating badly if that's what your company do, but not counting calories & maybe just doing a WAG will be a part of that. Enjoy your company, Rob.
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Thanks Cate, I did enjoy day one, and eating was not too bad, calories were a lot of WAGing, but I don't think I did too badly.
overlandflyer said:
astronaut ice cream
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Now I remember that, awful as I recall.
LaMaria said:
Millions of peaches...
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At least
Sunflower_ said:
Ohhh I am now craving peaches. How lovely. Hope your tummy doesn't hate you today!
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Hey Hanna, and no I could eat nothing but peaches and my stomach would not complain. And yesterday was close.
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Missed Petal!
Petal001 said:
Rob I think we can all agree that we should do a peach diet and have amazing results . Your weight loss every week is truly astounding . Congratulations
Looking forward to hearing all about the normal diet on the houseboat. Eat lots of fruit and veg and protein and the rest will look after itself.
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Thanks Petal, I am looking forward to it also. But houseboating may not be the easiest way to do it, its kind of like camping out with a few more amenities.

I do think the peach diet was a success, maybe its marketable? LOL
 
Hey Rob - a houseboat vacation sounds absolutely cool. Enjoy!
 
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