The add-in I got for my recipes, I think, will help with the videos as it is so powerful with so many features, it forces me to think in terms of documentation which, despite my professional history of late, seems to be lacking when it comes to food documentation. I’m still enjoying the process, though and the day-work is putting a fair amount of pressure on me to make this thing happen, particularly after last week’s Covid fiasco.
Beef shanks cover everything I need for diet meat. They are high in protein, the texture is amazing and, if you don’t eat the marrow (save it for after the diet), have a relatively low calorie count (on average, 35 calories per ounce, raw). For those of you playing at home the marrow is 222.8 calories per ounce of delicious, slithery goodness.
The tacos were a bitter disappointment. The texture of the meat came across as boiled within an inch of fading into unreality and was so lacking in flavor many of my British friends would have reached for anything at all in order to taste something while eating them. Oh, and factory-made flour tortillas. Taco Bell style. Somehow, they always remind me of albino Laffy Taffy; not as sticky, but just as gummy.
What I was not expecting was an overall mood change as well as a marked decline in my cognitive abilities. I’m a fucking dumbass right now. I lack focus, which is relatively normal for me, but this is amazingly bad. Likewise, my memory, long and short term is pretty much non-existent, which got me to thinking about the first time I did this.
Why Monday? Because Monday traditionally sucks anyhow and it is usually my heaviest day of the week. Friday is my lightest. If you’re doing this, too, you’ll find your heaviest and lightest day. I choose Monday to keep realistic. I weigh more in the mornings. The only slack I cut me is waiting until after I poop. I need to feel like I’m achieving something.
