Wednesday, August 29, 2012

August 29, 2012 - Wednesday - Fluffy Chix Low Carb Menus

Weight - 222.2 lbs
JUDDD Day 17 - DD (Down Day - 500cal goal )

Nutrition Totals - 484Cals, 16.2gF, 28gC, 7.4gFib, 57.4gP, 20.6gNet Carbs
Wake - 6:00am

Breakfast () - Hot Water
1c Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened
3oz NonFat Greek Yogurt (YUKKY!)
1/4 small Granny Smith Apple
1/2 oz Crispy Walnuts


Lunch (12:30pm) - Too Busy For Lunch
Dinner (9:00pm) - Big Salad with Grilled Chicken (5oz Chick Breast, 3c Romaine, 4 slices Cucumber, 4 Grape Tomatoes, 3/4oz Cheddar, 2Tbsp WF ZC Ranch)
3 Sweet Potato Fries
Bed - Midnite
Notes - Holy Jehosafat!!! What a bust, yesterday! I'd like to apologize to the academy and to Dr. J. for my poor choices and behavior. LOL. Hoooooo doggggey! When I mess up, I really mess up with a doozy!

Yesterday began with an unscheduled midnight snack. In my sleep-impaired state, I did manage to choose protein and fat in the form of a skinless chicken thigh - so there is that small up side.

Then the day fell apart. I needed to make a recipe and photograph it for an article, and things were going well. Had my planned lunch eaten caveman style - standing over the sink without a light on, shovelling it in quickly so I could get back to work.

No problems.

Afternoon came. Making the recipe...tasted it a couple of times, still within reason...no problem. (EXCEPT! I have sworn off cheese, onions, garlic, root veggies, canned goods, etc! While trying to do this danged ol yeast elimination diet...)

Then the shambolic evening ensued. We noticed a spot on our ceiling in the kitchen this weekend. We thought it was maybe just a slow drip in a pipe from a/c condensation and runoff. You know, no big whoop. So we called the repair guy and he couldn't get out till last night. I told him I felt the spot and it felt wet to me. I made him get up on the step stool and feel it. He said he believed me, but I made him do it.

The second he poked it, a big old plate size hole fell outta the ceiling almost on top of him, but all over our counters. It was a good thing the food was covered and everything moved off the counter. I'd had a premonition that I needed to squirrel stuff away off the island in case he wanted to set a tool kit on it or have area to work. I wasn't expecting the sky to fall, Henny Penny!

So sure enough. There's a pipe right overhead and it's dripping. Huge, plopping drips! And he says, "Wow, the sheet rock is soaked up here! It's all wet." And he starts breaking off pieces of the worst stuff. By the time he's finished, he's peeled off about 2' x 1' of ceiling and he tells us, there is still about a 2 to 3 foot area of moisture up there but that he didn't want to leave us with a huge hole in the ceiling. Nah...a small hole will do just fine, thanks.

Well, we still hadn't eaten because he was supposed to get there at 6pm to give us an estimate on fixing the leak. He was an hour late and his estimate lasted for almost an hour. The entire kitchen ceiling may have to be ripped out! Oy veh!

Ring. Ring.

"Hello Allstate? Please, PLEASE! Tell me we're in good hands?"

*sob*

Well, by the time he finished and we finished sweeping up wet sheetrock and wiping things down with clorox (Hello, I'm allergic to chlorine and mildew. Maybe this is why I've had the asthma flare-up!), it was after 9pm and we still hadn't eaten and my dish for the article has been sitting out in containers for a couple of hours. Yep. That's right. It's time to play Dinner Roulette! Food poisoning v. full tummy! The age old culinary game of daring and chance! Full tummy won of course and I'm thankful to report we did not have to deal with food poisoning.

I had neither the desire nor inclination to fix a separate meal for me. I also wanted comfort food. Cheesy gooey comfort food - asthma be damned. So I did it. I knew looking at the plate that it was way more than I needed or wanted and yet I still did it. Non-compliant, bone-headed, out-of-sorts pissy mooded me. I did it. And if I wasn't on such heavy duty meds, I woulda busted my sobriety too with a couple of Vodka martinis and compounded problems even more!

We didn't get to bed until midnight and I'm exhausted this morning. I'm also up 1.4 lbs this morning, unsurprisingly. I'm not too wigged about it. There is typically a bounce on JUDDD UDs anyway. But add to the fact I had almost 4000mg of sodium, a wad of pork rinds, cheese out the watoosie, too much protein, too much fat, too high calories, too many carbs for the amount of protein and fat all combined with sugar in my Nystatin medicine and ibuprofen yesterday that makes me swell and inhaled high dose cortisone and there you have it. The reasons for the bounce.

Ok, so today we're supposed to hear from the insurance claims adjustor. Please say prayers they will cover this work. I don't know how bad this is going to be. So say prayers it won't be bad and will be a minor fix - nothing major! Say prayers that this will fix any source of mold that has my asthma stirred up and I will be able to reduce my cortisone levels and start losing weight again!

2 comments:

  1. I am so sorry and yes, you are in my prayers. And don't worry about that small weight gain, you know it is ALL from the sodium and water retension. Take care and God bless and I pray you have a pleasant day today.

    ReplyDelete

Fluffy Chix eat what??? Holy smokes! You can't eat that on low carb, can you? Thanks for joining Fluffy Chix Talk Chicken Scratch, the adventures in daily low carb nutrition and all the menus that go with it and maybe a picture or two! This is the daily Fluffy Chix Low Carb Menu Blog. Leave lots of comments and love, ya hear?!! Please share Fluffy Chix Cook with your friends!


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.