Dropped my goal weight to an unrealistic number because it makes the graph look better.  

Think I'm giving up on keto, not today, but soon.  All I eat are nuts & keto bread with cheese or PB, some stir fried vegetables.   All good, but getting old.   The Switch author does keto, CR & IF to induce autophaegy, the cellular repair that reduces disease risk.   I just can't do all three.   CR & some IF work best for me.   I bet this guy has a chef that prepares fancy keto dishes for him. I do see good recipes, but too much work.   Never liked cooking, never will.

Here's a pic of the pothos vines covering the windows behind the fish tanks.   They hung longer, but I cut them back when I got the tanks.   There's some pottted anthurium above one tank.   I am working on  getting  more plants for the tanks.

 Here's my philodendrons!  

Added fake sugar to my nuts & it's good!   Trying to do <25 gms carb.   Not easy.

Here's a great unsolved mystery.   Bought the cheapest Fitbit I could find, the Ace 2.   on sale for half price at Amazon, $39.   Lost it the first day!   Usually take it off & place next to the bed, hate sleeping with it.   Looked everywhere & gave up.   On my hands & knees hours crawling ad with a flashlight on the floor.   Very annoying & strange.

Still struggling with the keto flu, better on some days & worse on others, like today. 
 

Haven't tried the eBay bread maker  yet.  Bought almond flour.   Think I can do it cheaper and even lower carb than the Aldi bread, but really like Aldi & have several loaves in the freezer.   The bread maker was sold as used, but it's brand new.   Love the color.   Think I lucked out on this one.   The only red one & $40.   Most online cost at least twice as much & were white or that nickel color.  

I have the Keto Flu!   that's what James Clement calls it.  

A great morning so far!  NOT.  Woke up to heavy rain around 5 and room stank horribly.  Rocky, the Frenchie, took a huge dump next to the bed.   Could have been worse. I didn't step in it. Fortunately an easy one to pick up, no poop residue on the floor.

Felt terribly nauseated & figured it had to do with the new keto diet.   Nothing but nuts, keto bread from Aldi, & PB.  And a little sugar free jam.   Toasting PB/J sandwiches in the air fryer. Yummy!
 Went to Oillies with the 15% off coupon they emailed & stocked up on the mixed nuts they have on sale.   Came to $4.25 for 20 oz, terrific buy.   Lightly salted, 90 gm per serving & the expiration date is over a year off as I recall.   Never paid much attention to exp. dates anyway except on perishable items.   Think all it means in this case is the nuts may not taste as fresh after a year, but they'll be long gone by then.  Bought 8 cans.

Anyways reading keto can cause some initial unpleasant symptoms from the 3 library ebooks.   This is the first day in ages that I didn't hop on the bike first thing. Sipping my coffee in bed with Rocky and Frankie.  Hoping I can exercise later & if not, no big deal.

SOMETIMES I HATE MY CAT!
 

Today I'm going to Ollie's with a 15% off coupon & stocking up on roasted lightly salted nuts.   I really like the assortment I got last week.  $4.99 - 15% off, so $4.25 for 20 oz.  Mostly peanuts, but some almonds, cashews & macadamia nuts.   I looked again at the nut chart.   Macadamias do have the most fat & the lowest protein.   The Switch author is big on high fat diets & low protein.  He recommends protein cycling which is something like 25 gms for a few days & 50 for others.   He makes a convincing case for the negative effects of certain amino acids in protein, especially animal sources.

The book describes the lifestyle, mostly diet, that enables Blue Zone people to live long disease free lives.  He really gets into the cellular biochemistry.  & nicely summarizes decades of research.   It all gets down to inducing autuphaegy, the process by which cells expell misfolded proteins  & other bad/aging components that can foster disease.  Autophaegy can be induced by CR, IF & Keto.   The latter two must be done correctly, meaning not to overeat.   He uses a combination of all three. I'm trying, but the IF is difficult.   He recommends going autophaegy 8 months of the year only.   this can be done with 2 months on & one on.  My way!

 Shirt I got for Matf last year.  LOL   My Frankie is 1/2 pug but looks like this Frank.

Compared peanut butter analysis to peanuts & very similar. Don't have much left, so have it on the Walmart pickup list.  Toasted the Aldi keto bread with PB & it was great.   

Amazon has either changed their shipping  policy or it applies only to stuff they stock.   They said the Brazil nuts are not eligible for return when I tried them after getting an email from the company saying they will issue a refund, no free shipping label, if I return them.   I'm guessing the postage would be $7-10, so I put them in the freezer.   An ounce a day is ok.   I was doing two until Bear informed these nuts can be evil. Amazing they have that super high selenium level.   Something to do with very high levels in the soil where they grow.  

 THANKS!  GREAT BUY ON KETO BREAD AT ALDI.  

love Day of the Dead stuff & bought s planter with a succulent.   Saw a funny thing there.   A Squat Stool.   Had no idea what it was, small plastic thing.   Matt said it's for ppl who prefer to squat rather than sit when they poop.   Heard of that, didn't know they had stools to motivate their stools.

My Weird Breakfast.   Really getting into the disease reduction/longevity diet.  They love Brazil nuts. Recall this from first time I read The Switch.  Author eats over a cup a day.   That's 1000 calories.   Had  1/4 Cup, 200 cal.  22 gms fat, 4 carbs, most most fiber, 5 gms protein.   Rich in iron, potassium, calcium & magnesium.   Normally I get a BK rodeo burger & onion rings when we go out.   So vast improvement! 

OUR BEAR IS BACK IN TOWN!

Does anyone know of a good low carb bread?   I'm seeing $15 a loaf online.   think 5 gms.  My 40 cal diet bread has 20 gms.   May wind up baking my own! This guy I'm reading is doing a great job breaking down the evils of too many carbs and protein.  He and others extolling the immense health benefits of 75% daily calories from healthy fat & only 25% from protein & carbs.   Found some cool keto cookbooks on line and one that explains why it has great health benefits.   

Scored big in the Walmart clearance aisle yesterday on Keto Fat Bombs.  $10 reduced to 5.   Bought 6 boxes, all chocolate peppermint.  70 Cals each, small, about 1.5 inch square.   Like candy bars incredibly good!   Went back & bought them ALL.  20 more boxes.   Most the choc/mint but 6 white chocolate pumpkin spices.   Excellent!   all I can taste is the chocolate.   Meant to eat 4 a day, but did 7.

Inspired by The Switch book.   He likes some keto.   More on this book & autophagy later.

 All is good.   Matt gets off at 10 on Fridays.   Works longer hours during week to make 40, the entire company does it.   But alas, he's a salaried employee & puts in many a weekend hour.  Delayed usual 10-11 Walmart pickup to 11-12, want to get to Petsmart early.  Finding the big box pet shops are  jerks on pricing.  Needed 300W tank heater. Saw Amazon & Petco had same one for $28.   Went to Petco & it was on the shelf for $50!    Made the purple haired kid there look it up on her cell.   Got it for $28, if not they could have sat on that big foot long heater.

Got email from Petsmart re a water test kit, measures ammonia etc.  Deal was buy one at good price of $25 & get second for half price.   Ordered it online, only to see big shipping fee.   Called & asked if available at store.   She said $39 which is outrageous. $25 at Amazon & Petco.   So went back & did curbside pickup.   Got 2 for $39, what they wanted for one.

Very odd to me!   Never saw this kind of pricing before.  Buyer Beware!