Introduction

To whom it may concern:

The following represents a sincerely peaceful attempt to record the cooking and eating experiences of the author. This is for a modified Paleo diet, so those of you purists out there, this isn't your place to read. While I will have accomplished at least one 30-day period of pristine eating in the next 120 or so days, I didn't start off perfectly, but I'm continuing notwithstanding.

I'm a Type 2 diabetic. I want to reverse that, and eliminate the meds completely. This does not mean that I will ever go back to eating like I did before I had this condition, because in general diabetes never dies until you do. For Type 2, some people can block it out by loosing the extra weight. I'm 5'8" and 145 lbs. I can't just dump weight or fat and get rid of my problem. I need to gain some muscle mass and cut my carbs, apparently by a lot. So, it would seem that Whole30 and Paleo Diet would be a good choice. Lots of individuals swear by it.

Now my language and attitude are way too blustery for the W30 web site, since I essentially got kicked off there. I don't resent 'em for it, but I don't need any TLC or even encouragement. Or scolding for that matter. I'm furious at the state of modern nutrition knowledge; you can just about sell any arbitrary diet out there these days, and nobody can stop you. W30's draconian start-up phase rejects all additives in foods, and requires immediate restart every time you find something you ate had the wrong thing in it.

Well, I can't be bothered with waiting to get started until everything's perfect. I can read labels (if their still on the bottles) but I'm damned if I'm going to sit in the penalty box at all here. Good luck to the W30 folks, but I've got something serious started here for half a month, and I'm counting it all for myself and against my diabetes, thanks very much.

And just to show them up, I'm holding onto their specs for 120 days, not just 30. If not all 120 are perfect, lets just see if there are 30 contiguous days that are, in that period, and see who wants to claim credit for the improved or eliminated diabetes symptoms at that point, eh, mateys?

(I'll give the proper credit for the specifications, but this gold medal is mine, if I win it. I'll be doing it w/o their coaching.)

In all honesty, you have to keep an eating plan (aka "diet") stable for at least 90 days for the A1c measurement you get at the end to have any meaning regarding the efficacy of the specific food plan. While I could do a strict W30 only and then back off according to the canonical plan, but what would be the affect on the bloods? And which diet should I be following? I'd have to stay paleo at least, and who needs another W30 after all that? If the damn thing has to be so strict to begin with, why bother adding "banned" sulfites and preservatives, of all things, just to have the clean them out again, and hope you don't grab the wrong one. If the whole house did the Whole30, it'd be fine, but I don't have the space to dedicate to periodic purges. I figured I was being pretty damn careful when I found that damned unmarked lemon juice the first time!

Disclaimer
This is a dark blog, not intended for public consumption, which is being put up by a tank-cannerous show-off who fantasizes that someone beautiful will actually want to read it, and find it sexy. There, I've said it. So if you can't stand such a person, get the hell off my blog! Read further only at your own risk.

If you are post-modernist, a progressive, a feminist, a Democrat, a socialist, or anything but a classical liberal, you and I don't need to talk to each other. Go away. Your feelings are not a method of cognition. Either get it right, or get off my blog.

It's a shame to have to say that in this age. "It's earlier than you think!" - Ayn Rand