the inane details of my life right now.

[raybear]

Two possibly excruciatingly boring topics ahead.

1. Diet
by the way, I mean that in the true sense of the word. As in, what I'm consuming.
Right now I'm up to 6 types of tablets a day, 3 of them once a day, the other three 2-3 times a day. For the record: multivitamin, calcium/mangesium/zinc, chromium, biotin, b-complex, and L-glutamine. I'm making sure nothing clashes -- the multivitamin only contains small amounts of the B stuff, so tonight I will figure out how to adjust dosage. And I'm currently consuming one of those nasty protein shakes. Though it's not quite as nasty as the last one I had, since I'm actually able to finish the drink. I'm not planning on drink these every day, but my lunch was lacking in protein, so I picked one up at the discout vitamin store around the corner.

Current status? Shaky. Like I've had caffeine or nicotine, but I haven't had either. I guess those glycogen freeing agents are working, or whatever. But not sluggish or headache-y.
I've also become addicted to Basic Four cereal which is pretty much against my nature -- I don't tend to enjoy healthy cereals, though I can't stand super sugary ones either. I'm more middle of the road: cheerios, honeycomb, frosted flakes, alpha-bits.
And by the way, does anyone happen to know offhand how much protein one should be consuming? I believe it's some ratio of grams for pounds I weigh, but can't remember. I'll probably be looking it up online soon, but I appreciate any opinions other folks have on the matter.

2. Sleep

Yesterday I took a very hot bath around lunch time, got dressed, and then felt very drowsy -- not because I hadn't slept the night before (I believe I got more than 8 hours), but because of the warmth and my general sluggishness. So I stretched out on the couch and dozed. I began lucid dreaming and suffering from sleep paralysis. Some parts of my dreams I was controlling, some I weren't. I knew I was dreaming at the time, though after I woke up I wondered if it was real. One of my dreams involved being a nanny for Eric McCormick's infant son and me also attempting to seduce him. And one part felt VERY real. One part on him, that is. But we'll just let that go and keep this journal entry rated PG. The second sleep paralysis dream involved MelRo coming home and trying to talk to me while I slept, but I was unable to talk or move to indicate that I could hear her.

Continuing in the dream theme, last night I dreamt that Former Co-Worker came to visit with her son Noah. But in my dream, he was a hedgehog. Yeah. She called me at work today, amazingly enough, and I told her about the dream. She was quite amused.
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That's all I have to report for now. Tomorrow is lunch with Paradise Regained where further nutritional discussions will take place, I'm sure. Oh, and I finally bought a watch yesterday. I'm dying for someone to compliment it or ask where I got it so I can tell them it's a "Designer Watch". Or so the package at Walgreens told me.

Comments

[nineinchlovely.livejournal.com]

hey mr. Shaky Shakerson,

what are you and ms. Libel O'Torter doing this evening?

~riley nowhappilystudentworkerboy

[brucebanner.livejournal.com]

The USDA (those fucking bastards) only say you need something like SIX! grams per day, no joke. One glass of Soy milk (8oz) contains all six grams. but, the amount of protein you need daily depends heavily on you as a person. Vinnie needs an incredible amount of protien because he is allergic to so much and his body was protien deprived for years. He eats about 5 times the amount recommended a day. But a high protien diet that does not contain very much carb is actually better for fat loss.

A protein shake to try: Lactose free Slimfast mixed in soymilk, not water. It's not bad in the chocolate flaver, and it's a super cheap form of usable protein. It does taste sorta chalky, but it gives you a complete amount of nutrients and the extra soymilk makes it a great energy boost.

Damn, I sound like a commercial here.

As seen on TV!
Joe

[jdcatron.livejournal.com]

How much protein you need is a *really* individual thing. The usual amounts are either 40-60g or else 1g to every 2-10 pounds of body weight, dependant on who you ask. I eat close to to the 1g to 3pounds of bodyweight a day (for the reasons that joe mentioned). The RDA, btw, is the average lowest amount a health (biomale) person must eat in order to not show obvious signs of malnutrition.

Yeah, this was not overly helpful, sorry.

JD

[raybear.livejournal.com]

actually, I'm glad you said that you eat 1g per 1 lb, because I read a couple other places recommending 0.36 g per lb, so that matches perfectly. right now, i'm not keeping a strict count, but i'm making sure i'm getting about 50 g or so absolute MINIMUM.

[raybear.livejournal.com]

it's weird, but a lot of products will list the amount of protein in grams, but won't list a percentage. so i was beginning to think the USDA hadn't deemed some magical number as "recommended".

today I bought a cannister of Spiru-Tein, which has soy protein power AND spirulina. woo-hoo. it's actually only about 15 g of protein per scoop, but when i add it to skim milk, it goes up to about 25 g per serving. not too bad -- you're right about it being a little chalky, but i don't mind so much. and that's just for my afternoon snack between lunch and dinner! i'm trying to do the 4-5 smaller meal deal, with healthy snacking. so far, i do feel hungry all the time -- but no headache or sluggishness!

thanks for the advice.

p.s. you should add the fabulous MelRo (limenal)to your friends list. she gives good LJ. ;)

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[brucebanner.livejournal.com]

i could not remember Melro's username. Thanks!

I'm glad you enjoy my health advice. You know, I know a lot about taking care of one's body, but damned if I *DO* any of it for my fucking self!

I am here to pump you up,
Hans