On Nov 22, 4:22*pm, John Kuthe > wrote:
> On Nov 22, 3:38*pm, Bryan > wrote:
> ...> I'm making stir fry again tonight with
> > green bell peppers, bean sprouts, water chestnuts, garlic, onion,
> > mushrooms, slivered carrot, serrano chiles and thin strips of beef.
> > To Betsy's portion, I'll be adding snow peas and fresh ginger, and to
> > mine, egg, and extra garlic and onions. *Johnny gets a cheap frozen
> > pizza.
>
> ...
>
> Johnny's starting to rebel already, eh? ;-)

It's not a rebellion thing. He just doesn't enjoy such things, and
that's OK. I wouldn't have either when I was his age. I made the
above--except I ended up omitting the egg--and it was *so* good. The
only thing I did wrong was I added the green pepper too early, and it
got softer than I prefer. I'm still sneezing from the cayenne I
sprinkled onto mine on my plate.

It was the first meal of the day, and the last. All I'd had to eat
today were eight fish oil capsules*, pistachios, some romaine with a
little lemon and Parmesan, and a couple cups of coffee with heavy
cream. I got my liquid sucralose today, so no more maltodextrin and
dextrose. I've lost 10-12# in the past 4 weeks. Thirty more to go.

I'm gradually reducing the fish oil to three capsules over the next
two weeks. Right now it's good hit of fat first thing in the morning,
and that's helping me thoroughly switch over to being a ketone
burner. Dinners like tonight's that allow me to eat heartily without
a lot of carbs or calories are a joy. The only really sucky aspect is
cooking family dinners. Some things are OK. I can make tomato meat
sauce and just not eat the pasta, and have peppers, and/or mushrooms/
olives/spinach/whatever instead. I can make taco dinners, and just
eschew the tortillas. A few days ago, I made breakfast, and I had
eggs, bacon and sausage, and I made fried potatoes for Betsy, Johnny
and Johnny's friend. They weren't even tempting. I'm growing a
purple potato plant right now to put in the ground next spring. I
plan on having a little potato next September, but by then I will be
where I want to be, weight wise.

From now on (hopefully), carbs are like coffee, an enjoyable drug that
I use sporadically and in moderation. The only thing that I'm still
doing wrong is too much alcohol and too much protein for my level of
resistance exercise. I'm going to start lifting soon. The Richmond
Heights Rec. Center is excellent. I'll let myself have carbs before
weightlifting, but only as many as I plan to burn off in workouts,
then hit the protein, and back to high-fat, low-calorie. It all makes
sense now. Gluttonous eating was fun, but that stage of my life is
(hopefully) over. I *have to* be careful, because my instinct is to
overeat. Because I let myself get fat, I'll never be able to get
sloppy again. I wish that I hadn't put on the weight that I had over
the past six years, and hope to heck that I don't make that mistake
again. This time, in response to a stressor**, I made a good choice,
to get tough.

Ketogenic eating is just as natural as any other dietetic regimen. It
has only been very recently that excess calories have even been an
option for humans on a year round basis. People banked fat during
times of plenty, then lived off of their stored fat during times of
famine.

* Excessive fish oil consumption is correlated with increased risk of
stroke.
** For those who have read this far, my wife was diagnosed with
breast cancer, and has to have surgery and chemo. The prognosis is
hopeful, but she has a few rough months to get through.
>
> John Kuthe...

--Bryan