Detox Day 1

Weight: 311 bad weight, decent band.

"Lost" 5lbs somehow from right before bed until I got up this morning. Of course, it's water weight and nothing too serious to consider. Odd how our bodies do that. I'm hoping that tomorrow the drop continues, because knowing me I'll gain weight somehow.

The drinks today have been "ok" at best. I'll focus on more fruit tomorrow and less green. I was fine most of the day, just kind of hungry and had a headache from the lack of caffeine. Tonight's "dinner" thought made me nauseous and gave me a horrible sinus headache.

I wound up laying down thinking if it doesn't go away I'm done with this. 3 hours later, I wake up feeling ok. My sinuses still hurt a bit, but the headache is not there and I don't feel sick to my stomach. I feel not thin, but oddly not bloated like I would normally.

I'm also not buzzed, which is unusual for a Saturday.

So.. we'll see. I'm off to sleep again after some water.

Detox

I have wanted to do some form of detox for ages, to restart my body and mind. I know full and well that living the college student life of drinking and fried foods did more than pack on 100lbs over the last 10 years. I know the drinking has slowed and clouded my mind. I know I don't recall things as I used to and I don't feel anywhere near as quick as I used to be.

I'm not looking for a quick diet, although of course any weight loss is surely appreciated. I've really thought about this over the last 3 years and I've tried sober months and Weight Watchers. Nothing really fit what I wanted to do, and I never felt the great clearout I want.

I'm loosely going to follow the "Fat, Sick and nearly Dead" detox of just drinking vegetable and fruit juices out of a juicer. if you've not seen the movie you should, it's inspirational to improve yourself physically. It's part of a long list of movies I've seen over the last couple years that focus on our food, health, and the impacts of all the chemicals and "food science" we eat.

My intention is to start this for the Labor Day Weekend, then see what I feel.

It's not yet been 12 hours since I had lunch. I had a real lunch.. the last for at least a couple days. I'll see what the morning is like. The lack of solid food and caffeine is going to be a real test of my will.

I also plan to weigh myself in the morning. That might be shock enough to stay with this. Sigh

Patio Garden

I made a great discovery today in my little patio garden... the pepper plants finally grew something I can eat!






It's really not bad for a patio garden that only gets a couple hours of indirect sun everyday

Spring Cleaning in August

Woke up today at 7:30. Headache and sore throat irritated me, but that's not what got me out of bed. Apparently it had been over 5 hours since a fat little cat had any attention, so while John snored I listened to Chunky attack the bedroom door. *scratch scratch scratch* *MEOW* *thud*

Eventually, like any sane person, I got up and hissed at him. Then opened the door and chased him throughout the house. Sane. Yes.

Then I got up and started today's chore. More of a life chore, but today it'st the focus: Get rid of this damn clutter!

But first, coffee and lucky charms. Oh, and jailbraking my Apple TV 2G. Go Plex!

Then off to sell/donate/scan/trash/shred/store everything I can find.

This is my saturday

Weeknight Cooking - NJ Style

Tonight I made lasagna and calzones. Not that I would normally make both dishes, or that they fit into the desire to minimize myself, but I had the ingredients!

Tonight's lasagna is made with Anna No Boil Oven Ready Lasagna noodles, which I use both because they taste great and because they're from NJ. I threw in some sauce, ground meat, and seasonings from the "garden" I keep on the front porch. Nice to have fresh basil at a whim.

By sheer coincidence, the store bought pizza dough I got is from NJ as well. It feels like home, not that my mom ever made anything with dough. Not that I willfully remember at least.

Music Update

So I got through it all. Rated all my songs. Purged those I don't love. If I had any desire to skip the song while it was playing, it was a goner.

25GB+ of MP3, AAC, and AIFF files are now down to 4.56 GB of AAC/MP3

This also means that everything will sync up to Google Music Beta & Amazon Cloud.

I decided after ripping all my CD's to AIFF that the AAC "iTunes Plus" format should be just as good for my ears. Not like I can have great speakers with my budget & the cats. That choice alone probably saved me 10GB.

So now on to other projects. Music is done for now.

The Road to Simplicity or Minimalism

I've been trying to reduce the amount of "stuff" in my life for years. Ask anyone who knows me, and it's guaranteed that I have spent a night on the soap box espousing the desire to have less.

Yet every time I turn around, I've acquired more things; books, PDF files, Music files, Pictures, gadgets, network equipment, kitchen equipment, cookbooks. Those just the things I see around me right now.

So I thought if I documented it, maybe I would stick to it. No one ever reads my blog, so why not use it as a journal. I've also deleted and recreated this dozens of times.

I think as I pair down I'll document it. The best parts are already gone, the 50 power cables and 24 audio cables. The 25 network cables are still around though!

Right now I'm paring down the music collection. It was 25GB+ last week. I discovered my love for Spotify, and it's now 11GB. Heading down from there.