Sick of Being Sick

Going on over a week now.  This morning I woke up before eight with a bad enough cough I couldn't get back to sleep.  Veggie broth sounded good, so I made some.  It is good.  And now I really need to get some more sleep so that I can actually function today. 

Decluttering

One of my goals this year has been to declutter everything I own.  It's a pretty ambitious goal considering I have an amazingly large amount of stuff.  One thing that I finally went through this weekend was a large tub full of stuffed animals, dolls, and various decorations.  There were a lot of things I just got rid of because they had been so well loved they were a bit raggedy.  But I took pictures, so here's some of my childhood:

 These are pillows that I made a long time ago:

 And this lovely purse is NOT a decluttered item.  This was made by my sister and given to me when I just visited her.  And I love it!  It's the perfect size to just pop in my keys and cell phone and go, which is so much nicer than the huge purse I normally lug around (but of course for work I need everything in there).  I just had to show it off:

My Keto Diet

I've been trying to maintain a state of ketosis since I left the fasting clinic.  So far, I've been pretty successful.  I'm basically eating all of the things I decided I never would again, at the clinic.  Meat, dairy, oils.  I eat creme brulee, salad with meat and oily dressings, artichokes with mayo/balsamic vinegar dip, celery with either sunflower butter or flavored cream cheese, eggs (scrambled or fried), frozen veggies heated with butter, and for snacks I eat cheese and tons of nuts.  Obviously not that healthy of a diet.  Major reduction of carbs.  No fruit, which makes me really sad.  I'm never hungry, which is nice.  I've started supplementing with a spoonful of coconut oil twice a day, a green drink powder I mix with whipping cream and almond milk, and fish oil pills.  Recently I added a really expensive multi-vitamin, and suddenly I've had some energy.  I can sleep again, and actually get out of bed and get stuff done.  In August I started exercising again, and so far I've done at least three times a week, usually more.  Mind you, just fifteen minutes or so at a time, but my arms aren't as flabby, so that's nice.  And the headaches?  Much better.  The frequency is really reduced and even the intensity has dropped a point or two.  The diet still sucks, though.