Flare-up

It's a bad week.  Thursday I had a big pile of blueberries with honey on them, and got a sugar high and crash.  For desert that night I had blackberries with honey.  That night I came down with a very bad cold that lasted about 24 hours.  Saturday sore shoulders and PMS.  Sunday morning I realized that this was a Fibromyalgia flare-up, and went back to bed for 5 more hours of sleep, but was still tired in the evening and needed caffeine to make it to bedtime.  Monday I was hallucinating/dreaming while awake at work (my code was talking to other parts of my code, and I was trying to investigate their conspiracy).  It didn't help that I burned my mouth at breakfast.  (Tried to sip the top off an overly full travel mug of recently boiling broth.)  I'm exhausted.  I need to be very careful about my diet and sleep and get back on a regular PT routine again until this calms down.

It's still not as bad as flare ups used to be, I was able to climb the stairs in to work this morning without much trouble.  Flare-ups used to always center on my legs, and this time it's just my shoulder.

Lindt vs. Ghirardelli

I found out that Lindt owns Ghirardelli, so it makes me wonder if there is any real difference between their recipes?

Quick answer: yes, Lindt 70% dark compares most closely to Ghirardelli 72% dark, so there's a bit of a discrepancy there before we look deeper.

Unfortunately Ghirardelli doesn't put nutrition facts on their website, so we turn to caloriecount.about.com.  Lindt data from product page.

Unfortunately I don't trust CalorieCount info, somehow that bar manages to have 17 g of fat in a 3 g serving?  but assuming the rest of the info is correct:

Product	Servings	Fat grams per serving	Protein grams per serving	Carb grams per serving	Fiber grams per serving	Fat grams	Protein grams	Digestible Carb grams	Calories	% fat calories	Ketogenic Ratio
Ghirardelli 72% dark	1.0	17	2	17	4	17	2	13.00	213.00	71.83%	102.27%
Lindt 70% dark	1.0	19	3	17	3	19.00	3.00	14.00	239.00	71.55%	104.76%

It's about a tie there, depending on if you're going with %fat calories or ketogenic ratio it could fall either way.

Fidgeter

I guess I've always been a fidget-er.  In 6th grade I got kicked out of reading class for reading in class.  In 7th grade I incessantly cleaned the desks by rubbing drops of glue dry on them, or munched on pretzels.  In 9th grade I used my compass to draw circles laid out hexagon-ally over and over and over again...  When I had the phone center job I did origami cranes while on calls.  I think the question is not why do I fidget, but why did I do it more in some subjects than others, and why has it not been a problem in my career until recently?  Nobody at work as called me on it, but I feel that I'm getting distracted too much and not giving 100%.  I want to be really good at what I do, and I can't be that if I'm distracted.  Does the type of distraction matter?  Are origami cranes small enough units to not keep me away from typing too long?  Are drawn circles thoughtless enough to leave more room for the primary brain task?  I know tatting is out as a work fidget as my fingers always end up tangled in the work right when I think of what to type next...

Sliced Mozzarella, Tomato, and Chorizo

I missed breakfast, so I had a big lunch:

Product	Servings	Fat grams per serving	Protein grams per serving	Carb grams per serving	Fiber grams per serving
Chorizo	1.0	20	13	3	1
Fresh mozzarella	8.0	6	5	0	0
Plumb tomato	1.0	0.12	0.55	2.41	0.7

Total Calories	842
% carb calories	2%
% protein calories	25%
% fat Calories	73%
Ketogenic ratio	207%