Back on Track

Well, no posts for awhile, as you know, for various reasons (as you know).

My official excuse was that you were temporarily too gimpy to exercise, so why should I post all my wonderful progress and make you feel bad.

Plus, I think I'm giving myself carpal tunnel, with all the typing I've been doing for school lately.


ANYWAY...

I haven't been getting much exercise in the past week. I've missed so much sleep that I think I am coming down with something -- swollen glands, sore throat -- that sort of thing.

I did, however, want to update you about konjac/glucommanon. I've been taking it with meals. boy, does that stuff fill you up! I'm curious to see how it affects my cholesterol, etc. I bought it here, where it seems to be cheaper than the health food stores:

http://www.iherb.com/store/ProductDetails.aspx?c=Herbs&pid=NFS-03550

This is the brand that Dr. Mark "UltraMetabolsim" Hyman recommends. He also recommends not taking it with medication, or other supplements, because the gelatinous fiber tends to absorb other stuff in your gut while it's there.

Curiously, Glucomannon's scientific name is Amorphophallus Konjac. I wonder how closely it is related to our giant Sumatran flower?

In addition to the fiber, I've been taking fish oil, B complex, vitamin D (those sunless Montana winters...) and CoE Q10. I still get fishy burps for the first hour of my day.

Not so great with coffee.