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clevermanka) wrote2007-05-10 09:04 am
clevermanka) wrote2007-05-10 09:04 am
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We're 1/3 of the way through May already?
Finally, a good night's sleep. Ahhhh.
I am often brought up short by the realization that there are a lot of people out there who make a lot more money than I do, and they spend it very, very stupidly. Who has the money to buy clothing like this at these prices? It's a shift dress for godssake. For cough, choke $395. That's three hundred and ninety five dollars American, people. How do places like this stay in business? Because that is a load of shit. I don't care if the dress is 100% silk (as that one is). It is not worth four hundred smackers. No. No way, no how.
I completely blew off my sewing goals for this week (last week I did manage four garments, so that's not too awful). This weekend, however, I shall lock myself in my sewing room, emerging only for sustenance and potty breaks. Oh, and a trip to KC to go sew with a friend I haven't seen in too long. Um, and maybe a night of heavy drinking. OK, well, maybe I'll get something cut out anyway.
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adammaker has been posting interesting information about intermittent fasting on his LJ lately. I'm not interested in the one-day-off, one-day-on approach, but he also posted about the Fast-5 method, which I think sounds not only possible, but appealing. It's pretty much a daytime fast that allows you to eat between the hours of 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. (or any regular 5-hour time block). That's how I ate when I was building the Budig Computer Lab during the summer of 1997. I was working 10 hour days with no lunch break, going to the gym regularly, and feeling great. I wasn't fasting on purpose, I just didn't have time to eat during the day. I'd have a meal when I got home around 7:00 p.m. or so, and I don't remember being hungry during the day--I was busy. I think that's a key, too. After extensive email and conversation with adammaker, I've decided to give Fast-5 a try, in the hopes that it might raise my metabolism to normal person levels (because the standard 3-meals-a-day-with-small-snacks has only suceeded in lowering my metabolism over the years), and he says some studies suggest that diets like this can boost immune systems. Of course I'm all over that. Since I'm not involved in finals, exams, or anything of the sort, I decided to go ahead and start trying the Fast-5 today. I'll keep you all posted.
EDIT Adam says:
"Feel free to talk it up, feel free to mention that I'm collecting data about anyone who is trying it. I'm also OK with you mentioning that I'm investigating several variants of intermittent fasting, and am doing a sort of data gather or canvassing of anyone who tries it. I'm looking for failure data as well as success data!"
I am often brought up short by the realization that there are a lot of people out there who make a lot more money than I do, and they spend it very, very stupidly. Who has the money to buy clothing like this at these prices? It's a shift dress for godssake. For cough, choke $395. That's three hundred and ninety five dollars American, people. How do places like this stay in business? Because that is a load of shit. I don't care if the dress is 100% silk (as that one is). It is not worth four hundred smackers. No. No way, no how.
I completely blew off my sewing goals for this week (last week I did manage four garments, so that's not too awful). This weekend, however, I shall lock myself in my sewing room, emerging only for sustenance and potty breaks. Oh, and a trip to KC to go sew with a friend I haven't seen in too long. Um, and maybe a night of heavy drinking. OK, well, maybe I'll get something cut out anyway.
adammaker has been posting interesting information about intermittent fasting on his LJ lately. I'm not interested in the one-day-off, one-day-on approach, but he also posted about the Fast-5 method, which I think sounds not only possible, but appealing. It's pretty much a daytime fast that allows you to eat between the hours of 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. (or any regular 5-hour time block). That's how I ate when I was building the Budig Computer Lab during the summer of 1997. I was working 10 hour days with no lunch break, going to the gym regularly, and feeling great. I wasn't fasting on purpose, I just didn't have time to eat during the day. I'd have a meal when I got home around 7:00 p.m. or so, and I don't remember being hungry during the day--I was busy. I think that's a key, too. After extensive email and conversation with adammaker, I've decided to give Fast-5 a try, in the hopes that it might raise my metabolism to normal person levels (because the standard 3-meals-a-day-with-small-snacks has only suceeded in lowering my metabolism over the years), and he says some studies suggest that diets like this can boost immune systems. Of course I'm all over that. Since I'm not involved in finals, exams, or anything of the sort, I decided to go ahead and start trying the Fast-5 today. I'll keep you all posted.EDIT Adam says:
"Feel free to talk it up, feel free to mention that I'm collecting data about anyone who is trying it. I'm also OK with you mentioning that I'm investigating several variants of intermittent fasting, and am doing a sort of data gather or canvassing of anyone who tries it. I'm looking for failure data as well as success data!"