poker night

Breakfast:
Bacon and egg sandwich (ezekiel bread, 2 eggs, 4 bacon strips)
1/4 sourdough waffle
strawberries

Snack:
almonds

Dinner:
Pork roast
big spinach salad

Snack:
corn chips
veggies and carmelized onion and garlic dip
chili

Drink:
Apple Juice
water
4 beer

Symptoms: Cant remember

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
sirloin steak
red pepper

Dinner:
sirloin steak
big spinach salad

Snack:
dry ribs

Drink:
water
2 beer

Symptoms: Cant remember.

Breakfast:
4 sausages

Snack:
pecan larabar

Lunch:
2 chicken legs
red pepper

Snack:
almonds

Dinner:
sirloin steak
big spinach salad

Snack:
grapes
rice chips
almonds

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Good day

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
Boun Thai Buffet

Snack:
beef jerky
peanuts

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Pretty good

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
chipolte Pork Steak
asparagus

Snack:
ultimate crunch

Dinner:
4 chicken legs
red pepper

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Bit of pain in the morning

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
chipotle Pork Steak
asparagus

Snack:
oranage
Ultimate crunch

Dinner:
4 chicken legs
big spinach salad

Snack:
beef jerky
peanuts

Drink:
water
1 beer

Symptoms: Still stiff in the morning

Breakfast:
3 egg omelette
3 slices of turkey bacon
half a gala apple

Lunch:
pulled beef
baby carrots

Dinner:
Chipotle Pork steak
asparagus
natchos

Drink:
orange juice
water
beer

Symptoms: Little bit of discomfort in the morning

Breakfast:
4 sausages
1 hard boiled egg
strawberries

Lunch:
ham
peas

Snack:
Riceworks Rice Chips
grapes

Dinner:
Pulled Beef
Big Salad

Snack:
peanuts
rice crackers
hummus

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Pretty sore and stiff first thing in the morning

My Microwave Is Dumb, Part Two

It has already been established beyond a shadow of a doubt that my microwave is dumb. But here is futher proof. The timer on my microwave is retarded. YOu would think it would be pretty hard to screw up a timer and you'd be right. All you really have to do is count down until the time runs out and beep a couple of times. Pretty standard stuff right? Well my microwave handles that just fine. It's when you throw the whole monkey wrench that is opening the door into the mix that it gets confused and forgets what it was doing. The assumption a microwave should make is, unless a button is pressed, and it has to be the 'right' button - not that stupid fan or light button, the timer keeps ticking down. But not my microwave. If you open the door while it is counting down the timer pauses. It's as if it says, "Wait one second there Champ. I've been counting down for a couple minutes now and everything has been going smoothly but now you've opened the door and I just don't know what to think. I'm going to have to stop what I was doing and wait till this whole door opened thing gets sorted out." Ok, whatever (idiot). Fine, stop counting down. But when I go to close the door (remember, i haven't pressed any buttons) I expect that the timer would pick up where it left off. Apparently that is way to much to ask. When the door is closed my microwave says, "YOu really shouldn't have interrupted me counting down by opening the door. Now I'm really confused. First you wanted me to count down, then you opened the door - for no reason(!) - and closed it again and now I just don't knw what to think. I'm just going to sit here with 2:35 left on the timer and wait for you to tell me what you want. Ok? That work for you? Can you try to keep focused next time and just worry about one task at a time?" Moron.
Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper

Snack:
orange
Ultimate Crunch
almonds

Dinner:
pulled beef
big spinach salad

Snack:
dry ribs

Drink:
water, 2 beer

Symptoms:

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper

Snack:
Cherry Pie Larabar
almonds

Dinner:
Pulled Beef
Big Spinach salad

Snack:
Rice Works Sweet Chili Rice Chips

Drink:
water

Symptoms: All is well on the pain front.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
went out to Marcello's
chicken wings, meatballs, chicken, dry ribs
greek salad

Snack:
Orange

Dinner:
pulled beef
big spinach salad

Snack:

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Good good all good.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper

Snack:
Pecan pie Larabar
a couple of each of: ultimate crunch and almonds

Dinner:
pulled beef
big spinach salad
oatmeal apple cookie
Snack:
grapes
apple pie
cashews

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Almost all the stiffness and pain was gone this morning

Breakfast:
2 slices of bacon
2 turkey sausages
2 hard boiled eggs
gala apple

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
eggplant
big spinach salad

Dinner:
ham
peas

Snack:
grapes
cashews

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Very stiff all day, also fatigued.

Breakfast:
4 stips of bacon
golden delicious apple
cinnamon bun

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
peas

Snack:
Ultimate Crunch

Dinner: (went out for dinner to the Almanac)
BBQ Ribs
sweet potato fries
baby carrots
snow peas
salad

Drink:
water
Orange Juice

Symptoms: Very stiff in the morning (I wonder why?) and some pain and spasms developing along the spine in the afternoon evening.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Lunch:
striploin steak
red pepper

Snack:
grapes
cashews

Dinner:
spring rolls
ginger beef
cashew chicken
curry veggies
apple pie

Snack:
potato chips

Drink:
water
2 beer

Symptoms: Still feeling good

Breakfast:
4 slices of bacon
gala apple

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper
asparagus

Snack:
Chocolate Bumble Bar
couple of almonds

Dinner:
Striploin steak
big salad

Snack:
French Onion Sun Chips

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Feeling good.

Breakfast:
4 slices of bacon
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper

Snack:
almonds
Ultimate Crunch

Dinner:
Striploin steak
big salad

Snack:
Toasted Almond Crispy Cat candy bar
Sweet Chili Riceworks Rice Chips

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Feelin' good

Blurb:

Breakfast:
4 slices of bacon
gala apple

Snack:
Baby carrot
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
2 hamburger patties
red pepper

Snack:
pecan pie larabar

Dinner:
Striploin steak
asparagus

Snack:

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Little stiff in the morning.

Breakfast:
4 slices of bacon
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
Boun Thai buffet:
ginger chicken
veggies
spring rolls
galanga(?) soup
curry chicken

Snack:
Riceworks chips
Orange

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Little stiff in the morning.

The post with no name

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
meaty chili
red pepper

Snack:
almonds

Dinner:
3 hamburger patties (little ones) w/cheese and bacon
big salad

Snack:
grapes

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Stiff in the morning

Me and Hindus

Hindus and I have something in common; we both revere the cow. My reverence just manifests in a slightly different way. I eat them. And I am thankful for their presence. I'm not sure what the Hindus find so appealing in the cow and I have to assume that it has nothing to do with its taste. Although, maybe, they, back in the day, used to eat cows, became so enamoured with the flavour that they just couldn't bring themselves to consume them any more. Whatever, I don't know. All I know is, there is one thing that Hindus and I can agree on and that is the cow is a sacred creature.

Breakfast:
bacon and egg sandwich
(2 slices of bacon, 2 eggs, ezekiel bread)

Snack:
Riceworks Sweet Chili rice chips
grapes

Lunch:
ribeye stead
big salad

Snack:

Drink:
Apple juice
water

Symptoms: Pretty stiff in the morning

Red Robin

Red Robin has awesome burgers. I stop short of saying "Red Robin has the best burgers ever!" because, well, I haven't tried all the burgers available. But it is a safe bet to say that their burgers are very satisfying. They were one of the first, that I know of, to use 'onion straw' and they've got chipolte mayo (again, a pioneer). While they embrace the new they are still hanging on to the classics, for instance, as long as I can remember (18 years!) they have used the whiskey river bbq sauce, and it still stands up as one of the best sauces ever. So, today Jackie and I went out for a burger. I had a Whiskey River BBQ Beef burger and, here's the thing, they only charge $1.79 for an extra patty. So I had 2 extra patties. Why not, right? That's less than the cost of a pop. How can a beef lover pass that up? Two extra patties might be going over the top a little bit but a double burger isnt so bad right? I think this is one of those little secrets as I didn't see the extra pattie advertised on their menu at all. C'mon, less than a pop!

By the way - it's 'Red Robin' not 'Red Robin's' It's not 'owned' by a guy going by the handle 'Red Robin'. Ok?

Breakfast:
4 sausages
2 hard boiled eggs
gala apple

Lunch:
Whiskey River BBQ Chicken burger w/bacon (3 patties)
tossed salad
Toffee Sticky Pudding (From Upper Crust Cafe - horrible service, by the way)

Snack:
OJ
grapes

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Very stiff in the morning.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
meaty chili
red peppers

Dinner:
ham sandwich
big ceasar salad
roast beef
brownie
pecan pie

Snack:
veggies

Drink:
water
2 beer

Symptoms: Nothing to report

Please, if you suffer from rheumatoid arthritis or even just have chronic pain, consider visiting the link below

When I first got my AS diagnosis I went on-line for info and quickly found Kickas.org. This is where I first heard that diet can affect, even cause (or be a contributing factor), arthritis. This was a few years ago now and a new idea at the time. I decided to adopt the diet whole-heartedly and, with various other interventions (I did a bunch of stuff all at the same time so I can't be sure what help, if it was actually just one of the changes), quickly got the pain under control. Since then I've gotten independent corroboration from 2 other sources that the low starch diet is the one for me.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
double bacon cheese burger (with bun)
large salad (mostly shredded iceburg)

Snack:
Cherry Pie Larabar

Dinner:
Honey Chicken (from wokbox)
big salad

Snack:
spicy peanuts
strawberries
couple of almonds

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Feeling pretty good today both in the morning and after lunch.

Not full, just bored

While I'm on this diet I rarely get full. Usually, I just stop eating because I feel like a glutton if I go on (a problem I don't seem to have at a buffet) or because the food is gone or because I just get tired of eating. Basically, my patience for sitting there trying to satiate myself wears out and I get bored and move on. Within 5 minutes, sometimes less, sometimes as I'm 'finished' I feel as hungry as I did when I sat down.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
gala apple

Snack:
baby carrots
sugar snap peas

Lunch:
meaty meaty chili
red pepper

Snack:
handful of almonds
Ultimate Crunch

Dinner:
Ham steak
big salad

Snack:
grapes

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Still stiff in the morning. Some mild back pain throughout the day.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
fuji apple

Lunch:
meatballs
carrots
sugar snap peas

Snack:
Ultimate Crunch

Dinner:
Roast Beef
Big salad

Snack:

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Still stiff in the morning.

Food on monday

Breakfast:
4 slices of bacon
fuji apple

Snack:
baby carrot
sugar snap peas
almonds

Lunch:
meatballs
red pepper

Snack:
orange

Dinner:
chili - beef, italian sausage, bacon
big salad
apple oatmeal cookie

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Still pretty stiff in the mornings.

Falling behind

Still catching up from the weekend.

Breakfast:
4 sausages
2 fried eggs
fuji apple

Lunch:
Roast Beef
big salad

Dinner:
Meatballs
frozen peas

Snack:
grapes
apple oatmeal cookie

Drink:
water

Symptoms: Quite a bit of pain and stiffness. I always seem to fall off the wagon on weekends.