Success!

Yay! Asst. principal flutist of NC Symphony may accept me as her student! I'm so excited! Now I just need to hear from my potential chosen piano teacher. I think I can afford (time- and money-wise) maybe a weekly 1-hour flute lesson and a weekly 30-min piano lesson, now that I'm doing all of my running at oh-dark-hundred before work.

Today is my 2nd day of ketosis and I feel so much better than I did yesterday. Usually the fatigue of switching from glycolysis to ketosis hits me on the 2nd and 3rd days, and then I get extremely hyper on the 4th. Maybe I just achieved it faster than usual, but I can't know without measuring my ketone output. My diet consists of egg substitute (no cholesterol), real eggs, tuna, salmon, natural almonds and peanuts, water, chicken... Basically any form of lean protein, 2 oz. of nuts/day max, and small amounts of broccoli and green beans. It's hard for me to find enough to eat in a day.

And... Running on a true ketogenic diet is no good. I need SOME carbs. I have been eating primarily carbs in recent weeks, which is also no good. Always fun to switch it up some. ;)

What an action-packed morning. Up at 5:05, driving from Durham to Raleigh by 5:45, running 5 miles from 6:15 - 7, and work has consisted of meetings and calls and meetings and calls. I went to S's last night; together we baked rosemary parmesan chicken tenderloins with tomatoes and then watched the UNC/Michigan State game. Ketosis and exhaustion had me out like a light on the couch by about 10:15, when I migrated to bed for the night.

We are definitely getting better at the whole "cooking-food-with-heat-other-than-a-microwave" thing. That's unfair; S cooks for himself much more often than I cook for myself. Most of you know that I've barely cooked a thing in my venerable 27 years. My most complex cooking involves chopping up mushrooms and scallions and scrambling them with eggmates. And cooking meat? Like actual raw meat? NEVAR! Why would I do that when salmon and tuna both come cooked in pouches and cans, pre-marinated for my enjoyment? Why crack eggs open when I can unscrew the top of a carton of egg substitute? Frozen grilled chicken strips come in convenient 8-serving bags. Frozen veggies can be steamed in the microwave. And beef? Who needs it? Not me! When it comes to preparing food for myself, I like to keep things quick and simple.

But, it's finally sunk in that cooking fresh, raw food for two is:

- more cost-effective,
- healthier,
- and a fun joint adventure!