I have moved into my new house! It is walking distance to town, 1.3 miles (2.1 km). It feels so good to be self-propelled again. It is about a 20-25 minute walk to work, depending on how briskly I walk, with just a slight incline towards home. I really feel like I am getting more muscular already!
A few times I have tried sprinting for parts of it. It would be an interesting goal to run for the whole thing, and see how quick I could run a 2k! But I don't have the endurance yet to run/jog for the whole route. Also, I am wearing dress flats and a dress, and carrying a soft-sided attache', so that's no good for running.
I have really been enjoying eating the grassfed lamb tendons that I ordered online and actually just cooked up the last of them. Now I am waiting for the whole sheep share that I purchased to be ready for pickup at the processor. Should be today or tomorrow! I am looking forward to the organ meats. Organ meats and offal are my favorite parts! I am really not that excited about muscle meat.
I have been eating a lot leaner lately because I have been so much of the tendons, which are all protein. I am cooking them with fatty cuts, so that helps. The nutrition tracker is saying that I have been averaging 65% protein / 55% fat, which is topsy-turvy for a ketogenic diet. But it might in reality be better than that because I cook them with some fat. Before I figured that part out, I was getting foot cramps, so that was definitely too lean. But this ratio seems to be working just fine for me and I really feel good.
Too much fat is also not good for me. I had cooked up a beef tongue, which is a fattier cut, and I got a little soft stool from that. It wasn't too bad, but the last few years I have noticed I cannot really handle very fatty cuts well. They give me intestinal cramping and soft stools. So it's a delicate balance between too lean and too fat!
I really like the tendons for multiple reasons. I love the texture, kind of like meat gummies. And I love the flavor when cooked with flavorful fatty cuts. And since it is so high in collagen/gelatin, I feel like it is really good for my skin, hair and joints. I've been feeling really good lately!
Speaking of hair, I have been noticing about 3-4 inches of new hair growth. I think that is from gaining a few pounds about 8 months ago. A good part of last year I was actually under 17 BMI. But about 8 months ago I gained back a few pounds and now am 17 BMI again. I think that little bit of difference probably makes a big difference in overall health.
Another great thing about my new house is that I can sunbathe after work on sunny days! So nice and relaxing, and makes the workday seem like a different lifetime. Dr Paul Mason from Australia says that getting that UVA/UVB is great for the body to produce nitric oxide, which improves allover health and decreases all-cause mortality! So that's wonderful!
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