tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post829033433890517744..comments2023-05-11T20:27:09.878+10:00Comments on Girl Gone Primal: Birds flyin' high, you know how I feel...Jezwynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-3144052315593802642010-02-19T05:26:42.289+11:002010-02-19T05:26:42.289+11:00I like the theory of coastal regions! I mean, oth...I like the theory of coastal regions! I mean, other than it makes sense, I do love some seafood and am a little food-miserable in the cow-state of Texas.Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07297218258560830869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-62121087806813714622010-02-17T18:46:57.360+11:002010-02-17T18:46:57.360+11:00I don't drink per se, but I do have a big birt...I don't drink per se, but I do have a big birthday coming up - now that you've found me on FB I'll invite you... :)Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-44211268447310430592010-02-17T15:38:18.571+11:002010-02-17T15:38:18.571+11:001600cals is convenient at the mo as i am in a not ...1600cals is convenient at the mo as i am in a not hungry phase (this will last about another 5 secs) anything over that is likely to be either an entire bottle of red or a six pack of beer which i am trying to avoid until at least thursday ;)<br /><br />speaking of alcohol, did you wanna go out for a drink sometime and catch up? probably better than filling up your comments section with semi-personal crap!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-779478903505337532010-02-17T12:32:18.260+11:002010-02-17T12:32:18.260+11:00Haha, that sounds about right :P Grill On The Hill...Haha, that sounds about right :P Grill On The Hill in Kew is pretty nice, although they tend to char even rare steak :/ Cheaper though. <br /><br />1600kcal is technically a starvation diet, missy! If you're still prety much as I remember you, your healthy eating range would be between 1850 - 2500 kcal. If you're tapping into the tiny metabolic advantage of low-carbing, and not snacking between meals, you should be able to burn fat at 1850kcal even when sedentary... But the figures aren't always applicable, eh.<br /><br />Don't forget, straight spirits are pretty low-carb, and wine is accepted as primal! :) I lost a heap of weight early last year whilst drinking a LOT of fruit punch made with vodka, Solo Sub, and chopped berries ;)Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-40126896421350157132010-02-17T11:09:04.616+11:002010-02-17T11:09:04.616+11:00HAHAHAHAHA! The point is pretty exe but is consid...HAHAHAHAHA! The point is pretty exe but is considered one of the best steak restaurants in Oz. (think gourmet quality cuts cooked to perfection - rare that is) Maybe on par pricewise with the Rockpool. I don't like the meat & wine co...their steak was lower quality and it felt like an expensive version of hogsbreath (ew)<br /><br />I am not doing major exercise (yet). I will up my cals as i up my activity levels...i don't do starvation diets! In calKing when you enter exercise it ups how many cals you should eat accordingly.<br /><br />I doubt I could do a low carb diet for long as my body/mind requires regular intake of alcoholic beverages ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-29472080924674703632010-02-17T09:56:22.617+11:002010-02-17T09:56:22.617+11:00Sounds good, though that calorie level is pretty l...Sounds good, though that calorie level is pretty low if you're exercising as well. Always worth experimenting though. I was fascinated when I found I lost best around 1500kcal when consuming up to 20g carbs, but on zero carbs (meat only) I kept burning fat when eating up to 2200kcal! Gotta get back into that after the Six-Week Cure re-experiment. Can't wait until I can trust my leptin to control ad libitum eating again! <br /><br />I chose Spark People because it's a nicer interface - I'm such an aesthete :) Plus, I can add my own foods, calculate recipes and add servings directly rather than work out individual ingredients, and generate charts and ratios. There are so many Aussies using Spark too, that most Aussie branded foods (if you buy packaged foods at all!) can be found by searching the 'user added' foods. Plus there's an iPhone/iTouch app, which makes it easy to log food when traveling. <br /><br />Yes yes yes, oopsie pizza is wonderful! I'll have to make that again soon - my body craves salt at the moment, thanks to the drug, so that's so appealing! <br /><br />If I'm ever out Albert Park way I'll check it out, but my go-to steak is at Rockpool - a wagyu-esque, aged, grass-fed steak of perfect proportions... Going anywhere else now would feel like being unfaithful! :) However, my wallet can always be convinced - what's the price range at the Point?Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-37191344387479862212010-02-17T08:49:15.615+11:002010-02-17T08:49:15.615+11:00Not following any particular plan just aiming to k...Not following any particular plan just aiming to keep carbs below 30g per day and sort of watching protein/fat ratios while keeping around the 1600cal mark. Will probably up my cal intake next week and do more exercise (i just thought i would experiment this week!) My best results are while eating ad libitum and exercising a couple of times a week. <br /><br />No cramps (I have dehydration issues so I make sure i get enough salts etc.) Yoga last night helped with the circulation (with a nice hot shower after!) Have been logging food with calorie king as it is Australian and has aussie foods already programmed in as opposed to Spark People. <br /><br />I like your blog! Very interesting... I reckon I will have to try the oopsie pizza and a few other things ;) And yes it was through Liz.<br /><br />BTW if you want an awesome steak from awesome land...the point on albert park is to die for. the tasting plate has wagyu, grass fed and i think grain fed (which you could ask to swap with maybe aged grass fed?) It comes clean with only a little sauce on the side of the plate as decoration (the sauces come separatly)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-91301349048904658542010-02-16T11:02:05.821+11:002010-02-16T11:02:05.821+11:00Got it!! I figured the X was like Mr X, a codename...Got it!! I figured the X was like Mr X, a codename! :) And please take my last comment as pacy, tongue-in-cheek facetiousness - figured I could get away with that if you actually knew me in person :)<br /><br />Best of luck with low-carbing - are you following a particular plan? Are you logging your food? Cold extremities might be a magnesium deficiency - do you get cramps at night at all? <br /><br />So how did you find my little blog? Was it through Liz?<br /><br />Great to hear from you, X! Feel free to add me on FB if you want ;)Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-86169687133389322492010-02-16T10:24:38.523+11:002010-02-16T10:24:38.523+11:00LOL! I was trying to make you feel better! (you s...LOL! I was trying to make you feel better! (you seemed a bit down/frustrated with the whole drug thing):)<br /><br />Q. How many people in your year at school had a first name starting with X? I thought it was obvious who I am ;p<br /><br />I am giving the low-carb thing a go for something to do (i naturally lean towards meat and animal fat anyway) i wanna see what happens. Only been about 48hrs and so far ok. I have noticed that my extremities are having trouble with circulation which is a bit weird...yoga tonight might help :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-89923923005057730862010-02-14T18:22:19.543+11:002010-02-14T18:22:19.543+11:00Cheers Dr. A - yeah, it's weird that even thou...Cheers Dr. A - yeah, it's weird that even though Charles is usually an evangelical ZC priest in tone and content, and his interpretations can be pretty blinded by bias, he still somehow manages to remain worthy of reading... There are certainly many others who become boring and predictable cliches of themselves thanks to similar traits. Your comment reads as though you don't find Charles all that arrogant & dictatorial though, so that serves to show that not everyone interprets written tone in the same way! Sure explains why those others still find an audience.<br /><br />Thanks, Susie (Sue?). Your post was the least offensive, but it did shock me. Not because you didn't understand the person behind the posts (btw, my recent medication reaction is more recent than your post, so you really were responding to perceived food obsessiveness - I noted the comments as an ironic segue-way into my present reality), but because it stunned me that someone would feel as though it was okay to make personal criticisms of someone else without really knowing anything significant about them, except what they eat! :)<br /><br />G'Day Anon - bloody hell, who are you then?? ;) You know, I'm not 'having trouble with my health' - I'm not sick. I'm having an irritating reaction to a drug, but it's just a passing phase (I hope). As to daily weight gain/loss - sure, it's possible for weight to swing this way and that, but that's water weight. I can see fat gain, which is something else entirely, and for me, fat loss is pre-empted by water loss, so any drop reflected by the scales is significant. The weekly weigh-in recommendation is for people who are emotionally affected by what the scales tell them - these are people who don't really understand physiology. I'm not one of those people, and weighing in daily is important whilst I monitor my reaction to the drug, food density/type and hydration. "Long-term pattern"? That's exactly the point! The fact that my weight has shot up so much over two weeks, rather than gradually, makes me concerned for the potential health impacts of such sudden gaining. The same would be said of sudden loss. Slow gain/loss, even if the trend is irregular, is always going to be safe. So it's NOT the long-term trend that matters right now. And, by the by, I currently weight slightly more than I did at the end of high school, so thanks for THAT happy reminder of my regression! ;)Jezwynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649071387857019341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-81964733092318371632010-02-13T18:15:36.568+11:002010-02-13T18:15:36.568+11:00Hey Jezwyn! Sorry to hear you are having so much ...Hey Jezwyn! Sorry to hear you are having so much trouble with your health. I wouldn't worry too much about daily weight gain/losses though as it is quite normal for the scales to fluctuate within a few kgs over the week (hence the recommendation to weigh weekly while trying to lose weight and monthly during maintenance). Its the long term pattern that matters and you have obviously lost weight since high-school and have been keeping it off. I knew you "back in the day" and you look like a "skinny bitch" now ;P<br />Love XAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-8671291355177700382010-02-13T08:08:56.756+11:002010-02-13T08:08:56.756+11:00I think I might have been one of those people whos...I think I might have been one of those people whose comment upset you.<br /><br />Let me sincerely apologize, please. I should have read more of your blog before opening my cyber-mouth. I did not know about your stresses, medical problems, and medication issues. <br /><br />I was responding to a note of desperation in your 'voice' without understanding the source, and attributing it to obsessions about food----itself, a source of stress for many people.<br /><br />I deeply regret causing you pain and I truly hope you accept my apologies. Having had my own severe medical and stress issues, I can surely relate to feeling desperate for good health.<br /><br />I am so sorry, and I wish you nothing but peace, good health, and well-being.<br /><br />SusieTukkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16922844826834414233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168855552158312440.post-29109696720319727922010-02-13T02:31:07.190+11:002010-02-13T02:31:07.190+11:00I am always wary of people who appear to be on a b...I am always wary of people who appear to be on a bit too much of an ego-trip... and who have books to sell.<br />Plus that whole 'it works for me and if it doesn't work for you you're stupid' thing just gets on my wotsits. <br />I like Charles' blog though... I am much more likely to take notice of someone who doesn't come across as arrogant and dictatorial.xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14809802792206636250noreply@blogger.com