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clevermanka) wrote2010-10-16 07:57 am
clevermanka) wrote2010-10-16 07:57 am
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No faire
Not going out to faire today, at all. My sinuses are still full (had to Afrin again last night so I could sleep--going to try a double dose of Sudafed today), and I'm just not feeling it. Dancing tomorrow, though!
Fetish is living in the downstairs bathroom 90% of the time, now. She consistently pees on the bath mat, so I no longer keep one on the floor. Instead, I have a rotating selection of beat-up old towels (the ones I use for henna) that are easily laundered. The only time she's allowed out of the bathroom is when she's supervised. As in don't-take-your-eyes-off-her supervised. This pretty much means in one's lap, or next to one on the couch. She doesn't get to walk around the house anymore. Right now she's in my lap, which is a treat since she wasn't allowed on laps when people were sitting at the table. Poor cat. She must be confused. And lonely.
For the Paleo-types around here: I stumbled onto The Healthy Skeptic's blog yesterday. LJ RSS feed for it is here if you want to add it to your F-page. Interesting health-related topics from a practitioner of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine who follows a primalesque paleo eating style. He goes beyond the standard discussions of general health and writes in-depth articles on treatment for depression, diabetes, and thyroid issues.
I have, sadly, given up on Mark Sisson and the Daily Apple. There were always a couple things about Sisson that made me cringe (he's rather sexist, among other things), but the message made up for the gripes I had with his personality. Lately, though, he's sorta jumped the shark. I guess he figured out that it was hard to make money without selling product, so now he's pushing this protein powder mix along with his supplements. The supplements, okay, whatever. And he's always said his old protein shake stuff was just a hold over from his pre-Primal Blueprint days and that's where most of his revenue came from. Okay. But now he has a new product that is (I quote) "the perfect tool for living a healthy Primal lifestyle in the modern world."
What. The. Fuck.
Then he spent the next few days talking about how ohemgee, yoga really can be a tool for good health, and how watching too much television is bad for you.
Really?
I think I'm done with Mark Sisson. I appreciate his help getting me on this path, but he's got nothing to offer me now. I still think the original Primal Blueprint book is a great resource, but I won't be subscribing or sending anyone else to his blog these days.
On the other hand, Whole9 is coming out with additional support information for clean eating--Whole30 3.0. They're also doing some tough love articles on ethically responsible eating.
Fetish is living in the downstairs bathroom 90% of the time, now. She consistently pees on the bath mat, so I no longer keep one on the floor. Instead, I have a rotating selection of beat-up old towels (the ones I use for henna) that are easily laundered. The only time she's allowed out of the bathroom is when she's supervised. As in don't-take-your-eyes-off-her supervised. This pretty much means in one's lap, or next to one on the couch. She doesn't get to walk around the house anymore. Right now she's in my lap, which is a treat since she wasn't allowed on laps when people were sitting at the table. Poor cat. She must be confused. And lonely.
For the Paleo-types around here: I stumbled onto The Healthy Skeptic's blog yesterday. LJ RSS feed for it is here if you want to add it to your F-page. Interesting health-related topics from a practitioner of acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine who follows a primalesque paleo eating style. He goes beyond the standard discussions of general health and writes in-depth articles on treatment for depression, diabetes, and thyroid issues.
I have, sadly, given up on Mark Sisson and the Daily Apple. There were always a couple things about Sisson that made me cringe (he's rather sexist, among other things), but the message made up for the gripes I had with his personality. Lately, though, he's sorta jumped the shark. I guess he figured out that it was hard to make money without selling product, so now he's pushing this protein powder mix along with his supplements. The supplements, okay, whatever. And he's always said his old protein shake stuff was just a hold over from his pre-Primal Blueprint days and that's where most of his revenue came from. Okay. But now he has a new product that is (I quote) "the perfect tool for living a healthy Primal lifestyle in the modern world."
What. The. Fuck.
Then he spent the next few days talking about how ohemgee, yoga really can be a tool for good health, and how watching too much television is bad for you.
Really?
I think I'm done with Mark Sisson. I appreciate his help getting me on this path, but he's got nothing to offer me now. I still think the original Primal Blueprint book is a great resource, but I won't be subscribing or sending anyone else to his blog these days.
On the other hand, Whole9 is coming out with additional support information for clean eating--Whole30 3.0. They're also doing some tough love articles on ethically responsible eating.
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THANK YOU!
I don't like him. At all. At least only knowing him through his site.
I meet someone last night at a friend's gathering that eats primal. It was awesome to step into the conversation where people didn't believe it could be done and the always asked "But what do you eat?" question and say, "I eat that way." He is seeing the same benefits that I do--lack of cravings, no more energy drops. We both agreed that it has been life changing.
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It's too bad. He has (had) some really great ideas. I just think he's kind of a douche-hat, now.
How fantastic that you found someone else local that's eating this way! We are few but mighty.
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Maybe. But at least I already own the towels and soap and they're not going in a landfill. =/
I think it's six of one...
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Taking into account not only the cost of buying stuff you throw away, there is also the environmental cost of the production of the disposable pet pads and the packaging they come in.
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I have some tea tree oil...adding that to the cat towel loads is a really good idea.
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Living in say, California and Nevada, where water shortages are a daily reality would change the balance of running wash cycles/using energy v. disposing items in landfills that will be built upon later. I mean that landfills don't just sit there being eternal trash dumps, and production of items provides jobs, economic growth and tax revenue which being self-sufficient would otherwise stifle.
And borax comes from open-pit mining.. (http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/CA4982/) not exactly Earthly Caretaking there either.
*headache* It's all a matter of balance, innit?
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And how!
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Yes, I got some good stuff out of it too, sort of the way I read Dr. Mercola. Don't have to buy his products when he gives all this great subversive info for free.
But yeah, soy protein isolate and casein crap in a can?
No thanks.
In other news (as in the "partner must hear it from others to believe" category), the Jbird and a coworker stumbled across a video and watched it. From what he describes, the maker was promoting something that sounded very similar to Paleo eating. Steak, real butter, no processed foods, only one kind of grain-based bread, etc.
I'm off to try and find it and do the "oh sweetie, you are so smart to show me this thing I've only been trying to tell you for months" dance. :D Wish me luck!
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Oh yes, I envy you that.
It would be easier if this fella didn't enjoy going to the grocery store as much as he does, or have a chronic illness that makes all that "forbidden" stuff so much more tempting for the Feel Good At the Time it brings.
On a bright note, the last time he had a terrible craving and ran off to get a Sonic burger, it made him so miserable all evening that he's sworn off them. I think that every step toward healthier eating makes the body more easily reject the crappy stuff.
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Definitely!
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I really don't care about the 4 bags of Halloween candy he has gone through because, really, my cravings are gone. They can be in the house and I'll not eat any of it. And it is nice that me staying away from the sugar isn't a battle of willpower anymore.
However, he went to the store and came back with both Cookie Crisp and Lucky Charms for breakfast options--both of which the kids will eat. And while it has been pretty easy to get Ada to eat food I make, it has become really difficult for Jay, who just wants cereal and cookies and crackers and mac & cheese and spaghettios and well, you see the pattern.
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I can't imagine how hard it is with the kiddo factor.
The force is strong in the wheat/carb, fo sho.
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"Primal Fueool" uses sucrose and maltodextrin? When did sugar become part of eating primal?
What a dick. Everyone who reads his site sees through this attempt at making bank, I'm sure, and he's just destroyed his credibility.
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It's a pity, really, because his original theory was so great.
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Agreed. There's a tool here and it isn't yoga.
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Yeah, I think that Sisson guy has outworn his usefulness. Buh-bye.
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Ugh.
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:)
I had the oddest thought last night, but since it crossed my mind I decided to toss it to you.
Ymirs cringed down this weekend when he was by the litterbox and I suddenly appeared and opened the door to the back room. I *know* that most of Fetish's problems have been a combination of "I'm sick", "I'm old and can't find it" and the diabetes, but I pondered on her maybe getting skittish over the box being right at the bathroom door, cats being all weird about stuff like that sometimes.
Just a thought, and maybe you've already addressed that with her in the past.
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There's that, and sadly, maybe getting too weak to hop in and out of it.
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Or heck, there's the old litterbox hack, a Rubbermaid container with a lower side cut out of it.
Cheap enough in case she doesn't like it, right?