Hanging in there

113° Fahrenheit

The sad face on the weather station is apt, but it's got a pretty narrow happy zone, although it's happy today! It has since cooled down and we've even had some decent rain for the first time in a couple of months!

You'd think that would mean a few good night's sleep, but alas not yet. We're both feeling a bit like zombies, and my fibro has flared up as well. Neither of us feel like doing much of anything except keeping the chickens and Squeak fed and watered, and we dragged the remaining few plants from the shade house to under the veranda. That makes watering them easy, and keeps the humidity up a little. Not to mention, the wild bird's water and some water for the neighbour's Guinea fowl who are still sitting on a clutch of eggs under the almond tree.

Oh, and we're continuing to eat and drink as well. As much as we can given the conditions. I've been reading a book called "Strong Medicine" by Dr. Blake Donaldson - you can get a free copy from here - which I've been enjoying. While the rest of my body is happily repairing skin, strengthening nails, gaining muscle and loosing fat (I didn't think Marty and I had much to loose, but wow!), I've been researching the side effects..

Mostly hormonal effects so far, as fat is used, oestrogen is released, and all kinds of chaos ensues. I know that it's just part of the adaption process, but I've made a chiropractors appointment anyway. I feel like so much of my body has changed lately, and so quickly, that things just don't "feel right". I've tried lying on the floor, and oh! I got so much relief of the pressure points when I put a rubber ball under the painful areas of my back and hips! (I found that tip today while I was unable to get pain free, stumbled upon this awesome website which really helped me!)

We've been eating carnivore since December, but I discovered I react to eggs in January, so it's only really been just over a month of eating meat, meat and more meat. I am on the road to mastery in cooking roasts in the Weber thanks to this website, learning about making a perfect pot of french press coffee (thanks to YouTube) because it has to be pretty good if you're drinking it black without honey, sugar or milk, and I have a couple of different salt varieties to choose from now, including this one.

We don't have much urge to cheat, and if we crave anything, we just grab a bit of meat from the fridge and eat - craving gone! Shopping is simple, I buy all our meats from Wagga meat supply. There is so much less plastic packaging when buying in bulk, no more silly plastic trays! We're spending about $200-$250 a week on roughly 14kg (31 pounds) of meat for the both of us. It works out about the same, if not a little less than we were spending before, except this time, it's just the meat, the real food, no fillers, no junk!

We're saving another $200 a month on vitamins and supplements. We stopped taking vitamin C, activated B complex, activated folate, ginseng for energy, fish oil, and extra vitamin B6 - all the most potent brands I could find. None of that stuff really helped except the magnesium, and we still take that when required.

Everything I thought I knew is wrong, and it turns out the truth is the complete opposite in many cases. It reminds me of one of my very favourite Weird Al songs!

Well, a lovely sounding storm looks like it's heading this way from the SouthWest. The rain has come a little late for some of the trees and plants, but it's amazing how quickly things turn around given the right conditions. 😉