I have found through obsessively tracking my nutritional intake without really having much of a dietary plan per se that if I eat less than about 1000 calories in a day I feel really bad by late afternoon or so - weak and tired and fuzzy-brained and ready to cry at the drop of a hat. So doing that on purpose two days a week sounds like a really bad idea to me.
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Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Aug 01, 2013 2:26:03 pm PDT #1038 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Burrell - Aug 01, 2013 2:26:17 pm PDT #1039 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
A bunch of studies say that regular fasting/calorie restriction is good for your health. Problem is most people find fasting onerous so it's hard to maintain. But just as good is fasting 12 hours every day.
Burrell - Aug 01, 2013 2:27:27 pm PDT #1040 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
~t, that's what I meant by onerous. It's hard to do, tends to make you feel bad, etc. I can't imagine fasting on a regular basis.
Scrappy - Aug 01, 2013 2:34:10 pm PDT #1041 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Lisah, I am intrigued. I have ordered the book. I actually think this is something I could do, and, god knows, I have about 30 lbs hanging around that I would be happy to see go away.
Amy - Aug 01, 2013 2:34:45 pm PDT #1042 of 30000
Because books.
I have never met an egg I wouldn't eat, including the reconstituted ones in McMuffins. I love all eggs equally!
But my bacon must be extra crispy, verging on burned.
Jesse - Aug 01, 2013 2:35:52 pm PDT #1043 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm glad you people just made me remember to hard-boil some more eggs.
-t - Aug 01, 2013 2:38:33 pm PDT #1044 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
If I clear that 1000 calorie threshold at all I'm fine, so maybe I should consider doing a slightly less restricted version? OTOH, I don't really care about my health all that much. I mean, I care specifically that I am not sick or injured right now and would vaguely like to continue that, but improving my health in a general way is not a priority for me.
-t - Aug 01, 2013 2:39:01 pm PDT #1045 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Are you pickling eggs, too, Jesse?
Juliebird - Aug 01, 2013 2:40:42 pm PDT #1046 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
I had to stop eating eggs for a bit when I had to actually collect them from the geese pen, and they were covered in green shit.
No amount of washing would erase the ooginess from my brain.
Over-easy/Sunny-side up I have to have some sort of toast to soak up the yolk, or I get nauseous.
Also, in the Army, when we had to have breakfast shipped out to the field during exercises, the scrambled eggs would show up green, something about them sitting in the pre-heated metal cannisters for an hour or so, and I definitely couldn't stomach that.
Jesse - Aug 01, 2013 2:41:09 pm PDT #1047 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Of course I am! PICKLED EVERYTHING. I do wish I had blanched the carrots I threw in there, though.