Old Doug
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Cuing up some Burg for solo consumption in a few months. Have not drank anything alcoholic in 3 months now for medical reasons, but in a few months I will be permitted by my doctors again to drink. But I will work up to it slowly--I imagine my tolerance is very low at this point. But my tastebuds are fresh as a babies, no longer coated by a daily dose of tannins. Breaking out the "subtle" Burgs for this reason.
Take care of yourself, Slaughterer. Best wishes, Doug.
It has been a long time. Today is the 23rd wedding anniversary for my wife and I; can't remember the last time I drank a whole bottle of wine by myself, or the equivalent in liquor or beer (hard as that may be to believe. 😄😁). Until today.
While I now see it was coming for decades upon decades, I wasn't diagnosed as a Type 2 diabetic until April, 2017. Prior to that, my life was rather dedicated to excess. And that has not changed, entirely - who, really, can change like that? It did put a scare in me, and I lost ~60 lbs/27 kg in six months, eating less, fasting, and eating very low amounts of carbohydrates often. I only got the one HbA1C test (measures glycation of the red blood cells - reflects one's average blood sugar over the past 4 months or so) in the fully 'diabetic' range, ever. Then from late 2017 to earlier this year I mostly went sideways. I was somewhat 'better,' and it's so easy to slip back into our habits/compulsions. So, 5.5 years later, there I was, early this year.
My wife and I have been living in a Midtown Atlanta (right north of 'Downtown') condominium since 2012. Last November we bought a single-family house on the outskirts of the Atlanta metropolitan area, and I've been renovating it before we move all our stuff in and put the other place on the market to sell. I stay at the new place through the week, and thus have total control over what's in the house, in the refrigerator, etc., as far as food and drink. Been going harcore 'keto' (ketogenic eating) i.e. very low-carb, and fasting at times; no booze at all. Did a five day fast 4 or 5 weeks ago, and just finished one last night. Ate last night, including a good bit of salt and liquids, so gained 4 lbs of water weight overnight. Even after that, I'm at my lowest weight in 26 years. More to go, but the direction is right.
Wedding anniversary - we had fried eggs in the morning, then some great salmon later today, and an awesome salad. Margaritas, my own mix, that included 26 ounces or 0.77 liters of tequila. My wife probably had 5 or 6 ounces of it, thus leaving me having consumed 20 or more ounces/0.59 liters of tequila. So - the equivalent of one bottle of wine - I think I definitely qualify.
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