Not the optimal refeed item–most of the cyclical types lean toward sweet potatoes.
And I had planned by now to get on strict carnivore for a bit until Thanksgiving. Hasn’t happened.
I’m not sleeping.
I have been taking care of my dad with Parkinson’s and my son Josh with Down’s. Now my husband is in the hospital and we are not sure what all is shaking yet–enlarged prostate some kind of major bladder problem. My good friend Carol is visiting me here in Elk Rapids (thank God) and all that gave me a reason to cheat. Which I did with coke, a few potato chips–snickers bars.
Some people believe in a carb refeed every week or two to avoid activating the MTOR pathway, though others think cheat days cause problems. I have been having some seasonal allergies or a bit of a cold coming on, so with all of that, I was emotional eating. I hope not long, since prolonging that ends up having the reverse effect on emotions.
We had a lovely day still–some wine tasting on Old Mission peninsula, a fabulous dinner at Tratoria Stella in Traverse City, a stop at Turtle Creek casino (where Carol came out $82 to the good).
Chateau Chantal
Turtle Creek Casino
And today is our Lions game — savoring the fact that we are in first place in our division. I woke up way too early feeling congested, perhaps cold-like, back hurting, so took something for pain and maybe a bit of a nap here before doing a bit of bacon and then game day food of nachos for those guys and chickens wings for us all.
I love words so I write them. I’ve been doing that since I was old enough to read. I am a published literary writer and I was an adjunct English professor at Northern Michigan University for many years. I write and live and love off the grid on 35 acres and a trout stream in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula with my son, Joshua, who has Down Syndrome, and with an English Shepherd dog named Maggie, and with my husband when he can make it here which isn’t often. This blog started out being about my work, and it will continue to be. ( I’m working on a novel about premonitions and dreams.) But this blog is also about living off the grid and about my experimentation with diet—most recently the Carnivore Diet. I started on the Ketogenic diet, but have moved into Carnivore. How long, I don’t know. But I’ve become interest in the effects of diet on not just my health, but on creativity. And I’m interested in the effects of the diet on my dreams.
Ah, dreams... The day before my son was born, my mother “dreamed” or was told my son would have Down Syndrome, something she told my brother ahead of time. I’ve never known what to make of that. So I’m interested in prophetic dreams, lucid dreaming, creativity and dreams, night terrors. Who isn't interested in that? I’m interested in Freud (more Jung) and Einstein’s theories of time and how their ideas inform my dreams. I’m interested in mining a deeper relationship with a dream world not confined to daytime experiences, and how the night might inform a more fully imagined daytime “reality.” And vice-versa. Which is the dream?? I’m exploring dreams of all sorts. Come explore with me…
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