Saturday, June 6, 2020: I did not sleep well last night. It was just like that night last week when I failed to take my PM pills. And, when I did sleep, I had troubling dreams. In my dream, Linda was rearranging everything in the bedroom without asking me. Lisa was in the dream, busy sorting through some clothes she had left at our house. I was trying to get on a BART train to go to Oakland but I was in my pajamas (the same ones that I was actually wearing) and I couldn’t find any t-shirts or underwear to change into.
However, I am starting my 3-day (72 hours) F&F Fast this morning. That means NO Food and NO Facebook until Tuesday morning breakfast. It’s not a real fast, of course, because I need to take pills twice a day with 5 oz. of almond milk. And I will drink coffee with heavy cream in the mornings and bone broth (with onion salt) after my PM pills. Maybe unsweetened hot tea in the afternoon.
I will check text messages once a day and Facebook Messenger once a day. Maybe. I have 4 scheduled posts for Adventist Vegetarian Diabetics, so they won’t even know I’m gone! I should check at least once a day, though, just to make sure there are no new member requests. But NO to “NBC Nightly News” and NO to the Facebook Newsfeed. No listening to Jimmy Moore. No TV shows until Tuesday night. For three days, I don’t want to hear anything about the COVID-19 pandemic or race riots and looting.
I worked on David’s website this morning and then I figured out how to log in to our Consumer Cellular account and downloaded 6 past invoices.
At 4 p.m., it was too windy to ride, so I put Emily into the stroller and we walked our usual route. When we got back, I indulged in peppermint tea while I worked on recipes. Then I took supper to Linda and made sure Emily had snacks.
After taking my PM pills, I got back into my jammies, and settled in with 17 oz. of beef bone broth, generously sprinkled with Trader Joe’s Onion Salt.
Sunday, June 7, 2020: I was down to 128.0 lbs. on the scale this morning. Fasting blood glucose was 97 mg/dL. After making breakfast for Linda and Emily, I settled in with a cup of Earl Grey tea since there was no coffee.
I wanted to watch the Kinship Lavender Graduation at 2 o’clock, but I couldn’t find a link! After 45 minutes, I had to ask Linda if she got on and to send me the link. So I was able to see it just before Naveen started his commencement address. After that, some dude I didn’t know gave a benediction. I wish I hadn’t watched any of it and just waited until Tuesday to watch the replay. I was SO determined to not do anything during this 3-day fast that would upset me. And I failed!
Now I’m drinking green tea and getting back to working on writing my book and doing laundry at the same time. Well, I took a break to make chocolate chia seed pudding with cocoa nibs and banana chia seed pudding with vanilla almond milk, banana extract, and unsweetened coconut flakes. I stopped to take my PM pills and to put out my meds for next week while I listened to an interesting 37-minute video of Dr. Eric Westman. My pre-meal blood glucose was 90 mg/dL.
I took supper to Linda and Emily, got back into my jammies, and settled in with 17 oz. of beef bone broth, this time sprinkled with Trader Joe’s Mushroom & Company Umami Seasoning Blend. And I continued to work on my book. Until Linda PMed me asking for kefir.
Monday, June 8, 2020: First thing this morning, I saw a PM from Jeannie saying someone had posted a negative comment on her business page. I decided I couldn’t leave “hate mail” there! So, since I’m also an admin, I went to Jeannie’s page and deleted the comment.
Linda got up and made coffee this morning, before I made breakfast for her and Emily. So we’re all happy! My fasting BG was 109 mg/dL. Maybe I had too much protein last night. I hope it will go down later. I took my AM pills, got fresh-brewed coffee, and then settled in to work on my book. BG went up to 111 mg/dL.
I checked on my walgreens.com order and it arrived in Hayward at 2:30 this morning and was out for delivery at 3:10 a.m. I hope none of my fingernails will break before I get my nail polish and base coat (I already have the top coat). I know, first-world problems!
I went for a walk with Emily at 4 o’clock then chatted with Pier just as I had gotten back. The walgreens.com box was delivered to the back door, banged-up box, but the nail polish was safe! I PMed with Rosie for awhile. Nothing to do with the pandemic or race riots, so it was okay.
The AARP Bulletin that arrived in the mailbox today was ALL about coronavirus and its impact on older persons. Nope, not reading that today. However, I did listen to an 18-minute video by Neil deGrasse Tyson, titled “Reflections on the Color of My Skin.” It was very professionally done, not sensational like the news, so it was fine.
Later, after supper, I was trying to place two online orders, one to Whole Foods Market on Amazon and one to Dr. Westman’s Adapt Your Life for products. Both were not working correctly technically and that upset me. I just deleted all the items from my orders and closed down the tabs.
Tuesday, June 9, 2020: First day post fast! Actually, I had coffee that we took in the car to Alameda (Safeway) but nothing to eat until we came home. Grocery shopping was uneventful but successful. Fasting BG 81 mg/dL. My weight was still 128.0 lbs., which is 5 lbs. down from my starting weight (3 days ago). I know it’s mostly “water weight” but still….
Wednesday, June 10, 2020: Second day post fast. Weight this morning was 128.8 lbs. Not unexpected. Fasting BG 94 mg/dL. Had a full schedule of stuff to do, ending with a Zoom session with Alex then dishes. Before that, I had a phone call with David (about website stuff); we talked about a half hour. It was nice. I really love that we have such a good relationship!
