Monthly Archives: December 2025

I usually eat three pounds (uncooked weight) of bacon every week, minus however much Wife scarfs down nibbles on while she cooks it and sees to putting it away. Which is probably in the neighborhood of four to six ounces. … Continue reading →

… has repercussions. This is the result of my birthday indiscretion. Normal fluctuations of a couple of pounds.  Then, a starch-induced spike that took two weeks to recover from. I’m finally making progress again, and while not yet consistently below … Continue reading →

Last night’s flight took me over 400 hours total time. Of that, 250 (okay, 249.2, so almost 250) is in my airplane. Despite weather and maintenance issues, particularly the six weeks of downtime for the fuel tank resealing, and the … Continue reading →

First time under 200 since 2008. It was a much-needed psychological victory, but it’s not real. I mean, the reading really happened, but it was Monday morning, after zero food and less than eight ounces of water during the preceding … Continue reading →

If my memory is operating properly, forty-three to forty-five years ago, I was in middle school. In either seventh or eighth grade, I took band class. My instrument of choice was the trumpet. I wasn’t very good, mostly because, like … Continue reading →

… but still productive and useful. That statement doesn’t apply only to humans. It seems that chicken guts get wrinkled with age, just like human skin. Here is the last two days’ effort of one of my geriatric tiny dinosaurs.  … Continue reading →

Yes, more health/medical content. Sorry. I promise I’ll lay off of the subject for a bit after this. I have finally gotten all of my lab work back. Everything but the lipid panel was back in thirty-six hours. Lipids took … Continue reading →

Remember those 103 grams of carbs from yesterday? About six hours after the meal, they settled into my intestines and promptly turned into a brick. Since then, I’ve had rolling waves of the worst cramps and clogged-up feelings of my … Continue reading →

I will complete my fifty-fifth orbit around the sun in a few days.  Wife and I went to Outback Steakhouse this morning for a celebratory meal. Unlike previous visits there, when I strayed from carnivore but stayed well within the … Continue reading →

There are some challenges when one does the world’s greatest elimination diet™. Don’t misunderstand, I still plan to live this way for the rest of my life. I’m down 65+ pounds since February. With 40 more to go, I’m not … Continue reading →