Saturday, August 11, 2012

August 9 - Thursday - Fluffy Chix Low Carb Menus

Weight 227.6lbs
Circadian Rhythm Reset Day 18

Nutrition Totals - None

Breakfast (11am) - 3c Decaff Coffee, black, unsweetened
1oz Crispy Nuts


Lunch (1:15pm) - 2 Devilled Egg Halves
1c Chicken Salad with Grapes
2 Boursin Cheese Stuffed Campari Tomatoes
1/8c LC Freezer Pickles

Dinner (6:45pm) - 4oz Ribeye, grilled
8oz Broccoli with 1 tsp Butter
1/4 c Sauteed Mushrooms
2 Tbsp Horseradish Sauce, homemade (1:1:1 Sour Cream/Greek Yogurt, Horseradish)

Bed - 1:30am

Notes - Had lunch with Linda Sue of LindaSue's Recipes fame today and went on a field trip to Trader Joe's in the Woodlands. Had a great time/visit with LindaSue and caught up with each other.

Trader Joe's was just "meh". Great staff and attitudes, ok prices, nothin' I can't find at closer stores or better quality at Hubbell & Hudsons for no more money. But they did have pretty cheap organic frozen spinach and organic frozen green beans! If I was a carb monkey I'd love that place! But everything prepared had soy in it. :(

Got overheated and over tired. Was in much pain. Received a release form about my reconstruction surgery from breast cancer. Scared the bejeezus out of me and just makes me feels so sad and desperate. I just still don't know what I "should" do! Or really what options are honestly still open to me. :( If I wanted to pull the plug on it today, would I already be permanently disfigured. Sure I know you're saying, "Girl you are already disfigured! You have no boobs. The cancer took them!"

But there is disfigured and disfigured. I can handle the Flat Stanley look as long as my chest wall is smooth and even and the scars are flat. But if you add in chest wall erosion, divots, puckers, and loose uneven dimpled skin on top of that? I will be heart broken. That's what they warn could happen to up to 30% of all patients who go through this surgery.

Makes me want to run away. I feel like shoutin', "Saddle up boys, your got to draw a hard line. When the gunsmoke settles we'll sing a victory tune. We'll all meet back at the local saloon. Raise up our glasses against evil forces and shout whiskey for my men and beer for my horses!"

You know? It just is the hardest decision I've ever made. Ever.  So as a result I didn't sleep well. Kept reviewing my options and the things I need to do in the immediate next step phase over the next few days.

Woke up in pain. Of course. That's another thing. The pain could get worse! It's already freaking bad around the periphery of both expanders on my chest. :-/

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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.