Saturday, August 11, 2012

August 10 - Friday - Fluffy Chix Low Carb Menus

Weight - 226.8lbs
Circadian Rhythm Reset Day 19

Nutrition Totals - None

Wake - 6:30am

Breakfast - Lunch - 3c. Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened
This is a fasting Friday due to religious reasons.

Dinner (6pm) -  Pork Rind Cheese Nachos (1serving Pork Rinds, 2-1/2oz Cheddar, 1/4c Pico de Gallo (homemade), 1/4 avocado)

2 LC SF Tortillas with Scrambled Eggs, Cheese, Pico de Gallo and Avocado (2 Eggs, 1 oz Cheddar, 1/4 Avocado, 1/4c Pico, 1/2 Tbsp Butter)

Bed (11:15pm)

Notes: Still a tough day for me emotionally. I feel very overwhelmed with the decision and with all that's happened over the last year. Still dealing with the grief and stress of having a late stage breast cancer. It's changed and defined me so much and I swore I would never be that girl - defined by a disease. :( Have to just work on my emotional state.

Wanted and craved a martini so badly. I just wanted to have a normal dinner with drinks without having to weigh every decision I make based on is it good for my body and will it increase the chance of the cancer coming back? I just feel so over-vigilant sometimes I want to scream. Then I have to just shake myself and tell myself to get real. I'm cancer free today as far as we know, so how dare I wine about my "lot". I could be like so many of my friends and be dealing with a recurrence today and Stage IV disease.

I totally made a bone headed dinner choice. I keep a meat free, fasting Friday as part of my religious beliefs. And I ate pork rinds! *snort*. In my mind, I wasn't eating red blooded "meat". So it was fine. Then I sat down and was half way through the pork rind nachos and said, "Oh crap! What have I done!?) LOL. Oh well, I'm pretty sure God didn't lose any sleep over it. But I still felt bad about it.




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  1. ElwinAugust 12, 2012 at 6:12 AM

    "I totally made a bone headed dinner choice. I keep a meat free, fasting Friday as part of my religious beliefs. And I ate pork rinds! *snort*. In my mind, I wasn't eating red blooded "meat". So it was fine. Then I sat down and was half way through the pork rind nachos and said, "Oh crap! What have I done!?) LOL. Oh well, I'm pretty sure God didn't lose any sleep over it. But I still felt bad about it."


    It's alright to feel bad about it - just don't beat yourself up about it.
    Remember: God didn't make all these rules to punish us. He made them so that we could live a better life. And not just for Him, but more importantly for ourselves.

    "And he said to them: The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath." - Mark 2:27.

    (Rats. And I promised I wouldn't get all preachy just 'cause it was Sunday...)

    :)

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  2. susietAugust 14, 2012 at 5:04 AM

    Hi Elwin! No beatings here. Well not much of a beating at any rate! hehe. But I used to go by the addage, "The beatings will continue until morale improves!" ;)

    Great to see you and I LOVE the verse!!! *swoon* Great reminder!

    How have you been?

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  3. ElwinAugust 14, 2012 at 2:20 PM

    I been good kiddo! (Better than I deserve).
    :)
    I stop by almost every day to see what's up. As a matter of fact, I gotta wander back over to the main section. I got me a hankering for some Sloppy Joes...

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    1. susietAugust 14, 2012 at 3:05 PM

      Hope you like them. Let me know what you think, ok? I found my way back to your blog. I'm waiting tapping my foot for your next post!!! Really liked the video!

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    2. ElwinAugust 14, 2012 at 7:49 PM

      Gosh, are you sure you found the right blog?
      :)
      If it is, you'll notice that when I post up there, it's kinda sorta just for me. It's my way of venting my frustrations over things. (Heck I don't think I posted anything in 2011. I must have been either happy, or busy...)

      But you're sweet for mentioning it anyway. It's always nice to get a compliment from a real writer/blogger. You do a great job here and my stomach is really glad I found you.
      :)
      Anyway, you keep fightin' the good fight and I'll throw up a prayer for you now and then.

      (Hopefully, God will listen when I pray for you, rather than for myself. I still haven't got that shoe box full of $100 bills I've been asking for...)

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  4. susietAugust 15, 2012 at 6:07 PM

    Ha! You are so funny! Hugs! No other choice but to fight the good fight. The alternatives suck! Ha! I hope you like some of the recipes. I'm kinda biased if you haven't noticed! ;)

    I'm pretty sure the big Guy up stairs is listening to ya! (Keep writing!)

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November 26, 2012
Resumed Atkins Induction after surgery and recovery.


September 25, 2012

Bilateral Latissimus Dorsi Flap Resection for Stage IIIC Breast Cancer Reconstruction


September 19, 2012

Quit JUDDD and low carb to prepare for surgery.


August 13, 2012 -

Resumed JUDDD schedule while continuing with the Circadian Rhythm Schedule for eating and sleeping windows.


July 23 - August 12 -

I'm starting an n=1 pseudo-experiment today. It's based on experiments with Calorie Restriction and Food Restriction or Food Windows. I'm working with some guidance on this. The idea will be to reset my Circadian Rhythms.New research shows that Circadian Rhythm disruption influences inflammation and obesity as well as insulin sensitivity. These are all areas I'm desperate to address because fixing these areas could allow my body to heal. This could give me a better shot at remaining cancer free.


For the next 3 weeks, I must reset the Circadian Clock inside my body. To reset the CC (Circadian Clock) I need to discontinue JUDDD over the next 3 weeks and simply adhere to a feeding, sleeping and waking schedule. I will be adding a note section at the end of each day in order to evaluate status and moods.

Step 1: Eat a low carb diet without calorie restriction for the next 3 weeks without any type of calorie rotation.

Step 2: Eat all meals within an 8 hour feeding window - 11am - 7pm. Absolutely no eating after 7pm. Non-caloric liquids are allowed on demand.

Step 3: Adhere to a bedtime with total darkness at 11pm and wake time of 6:30am, every day.

Step 4: After 3 weeks I will resume JUDDD Rotations with a 20% Calorie Restriction on Down Days - 500 kcals, Up Days will allow up to 2340 kcals. The JUDDD Rotation will feature low carb nutrition. Continue to follow the FR (Food Restriction eating window, bedtime, and waking time.)

Step 5: After 2 weeks back on JUDDD Rotations, evaluate the ongoing weight loss level I feel comfortable in sustaining for the long term. I can go as high as a 50% restriction and still experience activation of the SIRT1 genes and asthma alleviation. Continue to follow the FR (Food Restriction eating window, bedtime, and waking time.)

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JUDDD Plan -

What in the Sam-hill, cockamamie food plan are you following? That can't be low carb!! Well, you're right it isn't simply low carb. I follow a derivation of the Johnson's Alternate Day Diet. I tweaked the JUDDD diet, as it's called, into a low carb version.

I choose to follow this plan right now, because I am experiencing dramatic improvement on asthma symptoms, blood sugar control and weight loss.

More importantly, I also experienced a greater than 50% response rate in neo-adjuvant chemotherapy towards a high grade prolific ER+/PR+/Her2Neu- breast cancer and lost 45lbs during treatment - when most people in breast cancer treatment gain 10-20lbs. (KI-67 was 22% with 17mitotic bodies).

Sure, I'm a turtle. Weight loss is slow weight loss. But it's weight loss! Hope that helps bring you up to speed!

The JUDDD diet has quite a bit of testing behind it and is founded upon theories that alternate day caloric restriction activates the longevity gene, the SIRT1 gene.

Suggested side effects of the JUDDD Diet are greater blood sugar control, reduction of systemic inflammation, relief or improvement of asthma conditions, reduction in movement disorder brain dysfunction, and possible anti-cancer effects.

But! Key to remember, I'm an n=1, not a doctor, not a nutritionist, nor allied health practitioner and you MUST do your own research. I'm just a girl who had cancer and is dancing with NED at this point in time.