After quite a 2017 in politics, it is going to be interesting to see what 2018 brings.
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So far I’m down 10 pounds in the last couple weeks. Calories have been cut way back. Eating mostly Paleo which equates to lower carbs. Workouts have gone well and intensity is increasing slowly. Sundays I meal prep for the week to keep the diet on the right track. At 48 years old very pleased with how my body has responded thus far.
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Spent much of yesterday going over my budget for the next 6 months. Financial improvement is one of my goals for 2018 leaning towards debt reduction and saving.
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Dieting and budgeting are both excellent preparations for your entire life weather or not we ever endure a catastrophe. Congratulations on your progress.
John, paleo works. My son has dropped 35 pounds on the program. I’m 71. The only thing I’m able to drop is the fork.
By the way, saw this Saw this on the Daisy Luther’s Organic Prepper site yesterday.
https://www.theorganicprepper.com/cdc-warns-americans-nuclear-war/
The CDC has warned Americans to get prepared for a nuclear war.
I also saw the same thing on a CBS News announcement that the CDC is having a conference January 16 I think on the topic. Of course you have to have a security clearance and all that good stuff to attend the conference. Not being an alarmist, but it appears some are actually taking the little fat guy serious. I guess it’s time to stock up on toilet paper and other stuff.
Ironically, I printed out the points for prepping for such an event, tried to give it to my sister in law. She wouldn’t even read it. If it happens, I hope she doesn’t knock on my door. I don’t want to have to tell her no. I already have my sister, nephew, and 98 yr old mom living here on the homestead to take care of.
Mouse Traps can also be modified to be used as a perimeter alarm with the addition of either batteries wire, and LED’s with the trap being used to make a connection. Another method is to install a small screw that you can fit a Shotgun primer on to use as an audible perimeter alarm. Very cheap and useful indeed.
re: Paleo
2011, as a start, we eliminated grains and dairy. I dropped thirty pounds in thirty days.
It was all water, edema from inflammation.
With those obvious health benefits, we went Paleo == upping the bureaucrats’ recommendation of 3-5 servings of vegetables daily. Today, we aim for twelve servings of vegetables daily.
This can seem overwhelming, so we start our day with vegetables. One of my favorite fast breaks:
In a skillet, simmer bone broth, add left-overs, then add a few eggs to soft poach.
Another is eggs and veggies scramble in lettuce wrap.
Bacon. Crumbled in left-overs on salad.
I realize a quick sugar buzz of cold cereal with cow milk, coffee, and juice is the standard for a lot of folks. Donut and coffee. That is also a fast-track to Type Two Diabetes.
And what is the direct cause of every disease == allergies asthma arthritis goiter thyroid, liver failure, ADD ADHD and dementia, and thousands of other diseases including cancers?
INFLAMMATION !!!
Why don’t the government agents in the government schools teach this? If they don’t know, they shouldn’t be teachers.
If they know, but mislead or withhold this essential information, that is the worst kind of negligence.
What is on the menu at the government schools? Macaroni and cheese? Zero nutrition. And worse… those empty calories displace healthy foods.
Fresh local seasonal organic.
Since we quit grains, nobody in the family had a dental cavity. Not one cavity in many hundreds of teeth. Coincidence?
Looking back at 2017 it was FULL of ‘the sky is falling’ events, even doing a quick search on stock market crash here shows four posts about it, a lot of preparedness burnout is evident most I’ve seen in a long time. The biggest one is how the Republican RHINOs showed their true colors and refused to do the things they’ve been crying about for the last 8 years if they were in charge – I wouldn’t be surprised one bit to see a bloodbath this November and Democrats taking back a LOT of seats. I’m trying to look forward that far and get the things that may be banned in 2019.
Way to go Rourke and Gramma- Oren I am with you on the fork-smile !!!
Its snowing gently -looks pretty. and the temp is 23 a heat wave at last!! I just plowed. Keep prepping ! If anyone gets more inf. re : the CDC and nuclear inf.I would like to hear about it-thanks. Potassium Iodide (I think that’s what they are called) pills will sky rocket so order them while you can.EmEss. sells them. Lightning
rock on JR. I am doing Keto diet and am at 17lbs so far.
I had lost 33lbs before.