Friday, March 1, 2013

one indulgence does not a slippery-slide make

We had neighbors over last night for a try-out of two local purveyors of BARBECUE.  :-D  It was good, and i was bad, having a sample of everything including "the neolithic agents of disease."  But it won't do lasting damage because i've learned a couple of little secrets....

FIRST:  never ever ever ever EVER say "well, i've already screwed up, so i may as well screw up more."  EVER.

Second:  fast until i feel reasonably normal again.  It's just an extension of the type of fasting that comes naturally to me -- not eating first thing in the morning (when i'm not hungry anyway), but waiting till i actually regain an appetite.  Usually, this gives me a 16-18 hour window in which to burn primarily lots of endogenous fat fuel, but today it'll probably stretch to 22 hours or more.  I'll drink coffee while i'm waiting for the bloated feeling to go away ... as it will.

Third:  a tiny bit of exercise is good, but a lot is horrible.  If i TRY to burn off the stored carbs, all i'll succeed in doing is aggravate the joints which have taken a hit from the increased lectin load.  More inflammation, i DON'T need!

So today i'll act like the poisoned pup i feel, and stay away from more food while i recover.  For the record, there was no wrong answer when choosing baby-back ribs, though we all liked Bogart's (with a little cooked-on sauce) a LITTLE better than Pappy's probably-lower-carb spice-rubbed version.  The brisket isn't as good as home-made, and the smoked turkey was a little dry.  The green beans were spicy and pleasant, interesting for a change but not crave-worthy.  The baked beans got good reviews but i think they're too sweet.  The potato salad isn't in the same ballpark with my recipe, but surprisingly, the slaw was almost as good as J's.  The only thing i prepared -- our starter cocktail, the Jungle Bird -- went over well ... and of course the wine was great!

6 comments:

  1. wow! yum! I doubt we have any decent BBQ around here...maybe in Seattle though, you can usually find a least one good everything in Seattle!
    Yes, I'm finally leaving behind that old "in for a penny in for a pound" mentality when it comes to deviations from the main diet. I'm trying to move away from having to count every calorie, carb, protein gram and see if I can't begin to trust my body- it's an on again-off again learning experience. I way over ate 2 days ago, then yesterday I just ate when hungry and it all balanced out. There has got to be more to life than weight and I intend to find it.

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    1. i HAVE noticed what Wooo has written about -- that since training my cells to run on FA/ketones i DO compensate for a high-calorie day with a low one. i see it most clearly when i eat a high-PROTEIN meal -- i just am not hungry for quite a long time.

      i'm sure you can find good BBQ in Seattle. it's so easy to make at home, though, i rarely eat it out. J does a great rib, and i (humble creature that i am) can cook a mean brisket.... ;-)

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  2. All bbq food is too sweet for me now. The other day, I had a good gob of sour cream all by itself and it was so sweet, I was shocked. I thought that maybe I had forgot and put some sugar in it or something.

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    1. so true! most people have become conditioned to sweetness in some of the most unlikely places.... processed food often hides a LOT of sugar -- and foodstuffs ARE "processed" where you don't expect to find it! remember when one only had sour cream when the cream soured?

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  3. It is even better to try to oversleep on the day you planed to fast after over-eating, if it is possible. Makes huge difference.

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    1. i've been taking it easy today, certainly! :-)

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