Yep, still here yet.

I thought I was going to get back on the wagon and haven’t done it yet. For what it’s worth, I’m still under 220. Last I weighed, which I think was two days ago, I was at 216. Remember, I started at 237. So this is good.

Sort of related to low-carbing, I have been reading some very interesting stuff about agriculture, and some of the latest thinking about why we adopted agriculture wholesale even though it did not lead to overall better health, a more peaceful society, etc.–in short, why’d we pick something up that was so maladaptive?

The thinking among some mavericks is that there are substances in cereal crops in particular which behave like endorphins do in the human body, only they come from outside the body so they are called “exorphins.” Basically, the gist is that we developed cereal agriculture and made such a huge cult and social transformation out of it because we’re addicted to grain. The other major crop we developed around the time we were beginning to farm grains was opium poppy, if that tells you anything.

For more, read here.

Meanwhile, the blog I’m keeping nowadays is here. I do not know whether I will get back on the wagon, although I’ve not gone back to sugary soda (which probably explains why I’ve kept most of my lost weight, well, lost), but if anybody randomly wants to keep up with me, that’s where you go.

Still around.

So I think I was off the diet officially for about a week and a half. Gained some weight in that time. When I got done getting it mostly out of my system I dropped my carb intake again and immediately the weight started coming off. By now I’ve lost what I regained and then some; I’m down to about 213. Very not shabby.

I know I need to restrict carb intake but am in the process of assessing whether it’s Atkins specifically that I want to follow or whether it really matters if I follow a specific plan or not. Meanwhile the weight drops off. Sometimes it ticks upward a bit for a day or two but heck, that’s natural fluctuations going on there. It’s never more than a pound or two at a time.

I’m trying to wrap my mind around having lost 24 pounds since starting this thing in July and not… quite… getting it. Maybe it will sink in better when another 24 are gone.