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Exercise log for April Fri 4/1: (Still on low-carb diet) Sat 4/2: Sun 4/3: Mon 4/4: Tue 4/5: Wed 4/6: Pain in my toe started. BP around 130/80. Thu 4/7: Pain in toe was worse. Stayed home. Stopped taking thiazide. Took advil. Fri 4/8: Pain in toe was very bad. Took naproxen. Sat 4/9: Pain in toe was better, about the same as Thursday. Weight: 243.8 (bare) 248.8 (clothes but no shoes). Doctor visit. Started Colchicine, NSAID, and doubled Lotensin. Sun 4/10: Mon 4/11: Tue 4/12: Wed 4/13: Thu 4/14: Fri 4/15: Sat 4/16: Sun 4/17: Mon 4/18: Tue 4/19: Wed 4/20: Thu 4/21: Fri 4/22: Sat 4/23: Sun 4/24: Mon 4/25: Tue 4/26: Wed 4/27: Thu 4/28: Fri 4/29: Sat 4/30:

You know what? I think the only one who cares less than I do about The Terry Schiavo Case is Terry Schiavo. Was that crude? I don’t mean to be offensive, but the point is 1. I don’t care about the case and I’m glad it’s over, and 2. I’m pretty sure Terry vacated and went on to greener pastures some 15 years ago.

[oops, this was supposed to go to good eats, but I’ll leave it in here too :] Thanks for all the advice. I wanted to share my latest mayo experience… My last attempt at mayo was reasonably successful. It was a stable emulsion, but it was syrup-consistency and didn’t stand up. Someone suggested adding more oil, and that did the trick. It was very nearly mayo-like. This time, I ended up with “broken goo” but I was able to save it. The first whip attempt never really got to the “frothy” stage, so I started with an empty bowl and 1 whole egg, whipped until frothy (or at least foamy) and then poured in the broken goo :) It seems like once you get to the foamy stage, it’s smooth sailing from there out.

I believe I have lost roughly 3 pounds over the last 2 weeks. According to the medical-style scale downstairs, I currently weigh 255 with shoes on, 252 with shoes off. The same scale put me at 258 two weeks ago, and still at 258 one week ago. So, three pounds lighter or so. On advice from a friend, I decided to “make the food boring and get it over with”. So, for the next couple weeks I will be on the “lunchmeat and salad” diet. ...

I decided I need more friends… doesn’t everybody? 1. Go to your own User Info page. 2. Find your first friend in the list, and click to go to their info page. 3. Look at that person’s friends. Click on the first friend of that user who is not also on your own friends list. 4. When you get to someone who has no friends in common with you (no bold entries), stop. Add this person to your friends list. If the person you clicked on has any friends in common with you, repeat step 3. Don’t click on anyone you already clicked on once, just choose the next person. 5. (Optional) Post a note to your journal saying who you added and how they are connected to you. ...

I wrote down my foods but I won’t copy them all here. The short version is that I have been sticking to the low-carb diet (as described in Atkins “Induction phase”). It’s been a lot easier than I thought. I haven’t really been missing my bread, pasta or sugar. The real difficulty for me is finding interesting things to eat, but that is an intellectual and logistical problem for me, and not one that causes me much distress. ...

I would like to pass some stuff on to someone who can use it. If I can find a friend who would like these things, I’d like to pass it on to someone I know. Otherwise I will probably sell it on ebay or something for a small amount. Cell phone: Motorola T720 for use with Verizon. Call Verizon and give them the ID number, or give to a family member you want to add to your plan. Or keep it as a spare. Includes an extra charger. Picture 1 - Picture 2 MP3 player: Creative Nomad Jukebox, 20G. Can be used with either USB or Firewire. Charge via AC adapter (not pictured) or can charge while plugged in a USB port. Comes with USB cable. (I have a Firewire cable too, just ask.) Picture Palm Tungsten C: The kind with a built-in keyboard and 802.11b wireless. Cradle/charger, and an extra USB cable for charging or syncing on the road. Includes a hard metal case. Works fine, I just don’t use it since I got a Treo phone. Picture 1 - Picture 2 Yes, this offer is open to anyone on my friends list… just tell me they are going to a good home. If you live near me, pick it up, otherwise I’ll let you know how much it costs to ship and you can send it to me on Paypal.

Eggs, bacon, sausage. Taco bell fiesta taco salad with no shell, no sour cream, no tortilla-chip-strips, though I did have most of the beans. A few broccoli pieces and ranch dip. Dinner: ground beef, polish sausage, broccoli, mayo, soy sauce, arrugula, boiled eggs, bacon bits, alfalfa sprouts, home-made vinaigrette (olive oil, red vinegar, dijon mustard, salt, garlic). Weight for the week has been the same Monday and today: about 255. I was surprised to find myself about 255, I would have guessed I was 265-272. I have not had any exercise but I will probably start again with the walking pretty soon.

Two lumps: http://twolumps.keenspace.com/d/20050318.html Lyrics: http://www.catteacorner.com/dragosteadintei.htm Made famous recently by this wacky guy who recorded himself lipsyncing.. see links here http://www.arkady.org.uk/DDT_Links.html Having trouble remembering the words? Check out The Gnome-a-gnome-a-yay version: http://thunder.yansa.net/dragostea.html Guaranteed to get stuck in your head. For days. (Thanks to arkady for the links page - I actually found your page on Google while searching for “gnome a yay dragostea”)

I just had Chinese for lunch. Truthfully, I don’t really know how much carbs I just had. Thursday March 17 Lunch: Chinese take-away was served for a going-away party for someone. I had about two plates of food, mostly meats with light sauce such as mongolian beef (just the beef), cashew chicken (just the chicken and water chestnusts) shrimp with vegetables (just the shrimp) and a lot of tofu. I avoided rice and anything with heavy sauces. I also had about 8 pieces of broccoli with ranch dip. ...