An upload to MoreLife.org was done today, July 7. I put off the
quarterly statistics report and other page updates/corrections in
early June due to our preoccupation with the resveratrol group buy.
That is now entirely out of the way and our routine has been more
"normal" the last 10 days, though still very busy both on and off the
computers. Paul's cottage related projects are ongoing, though the
bugs and rain slow things down. When this occurs he's able to get a
little caught up in reading his Science Daily email newsletters and
even make some posts to sci.life-extension. I monitor OpEdNews.com and
got myself somewhat entangled there this past week which contributed
to a couple days of delay in getting this upload completed. Those
interested can see what I've been up to there via my author page -
http://www.opednews.com/author/author6434.html
In addition to our quarterly in-home measured health parameters, I've
added a few updated items to our supplement regimen pages and made the
corresponding changes to the regimen ingredients table. These changes
always take a fair amount of time (much more when LEF makes a change
to the LEF Mix), and it's not uncommon to find that an error of
omission or commission was present in an earlier edition of one or
both of the pages. The Change Notes this time include just such
corrections - nothing major, but just an example of my review each
time I go through this exercise, which corresponds with a supplement
order to LEF. And Paul spends a fair amount of time prior to that
order, reviewing new/changed LEF items to determine how that effects
us. He's frequently monitoring science news from numerous sources to
evaluate our continued usage/dosage of an item or the worth of adding
something new. This takes a fair amount of time which he is currently
working into days greatly filled with more cottage renovations, as
already mentioned.
Additionally some small changes have taken place on other Personal
Implementation pages - all those are noted from the Personal Health
Index page. For those who like photos, I managed to complete a "new"
photo page - the last one from 2007 at the cottage. I've got numerous
more uploaded from my camera taken over the months since then, but
creating pages takes a bit of time. However I've uploaded 6 here to
the Photo Section of Paul in the midst of some major change to the
lake-facing wall of the cottage and 1 of some relaxation. Considering
all the photos I have backlogged and the numerous other things we're
doing, it will be quite awhile before I get the formal MoreLife.org
photo pages to this point in time....
All items available starting at home page - http://morelife.org
As always, please let me know if you find something that appears to be
an error on any of the websites' pages - both MoreLife.org and
SelfSIP.org
Just to give you a bit of a preview, we are in the 6th day of a trial
run of increased intermittent fasting - consisting of consuming
approximately the same amount of calories but in 2 meals over 3 days
(72 hours). This means longer fasting periods and longer meal periods.
It's not been quite as difficult to go without eating for the extended
periods as we expected and we've found already that 6 hours is
definitely needed to eat all the quantity needed so as to not feel
like bursting. More later as we determine if this is really a viable
longterm arrangement for us. So far we feel just fine, even though
we're both a bit lower in weight than when we started and was reported
in the latest uploaded health statistics.
With this schedule, our supplements - except for our before sleep
items - are being taken at a 2/3 rate. Therefore if we decide to
continue permanently with this eating routine, there will be a lot of
changes to the website personal implementation section to reflect all
of this. (whoopie!...%~)
**Kitty
[Just so the meal time arrangement is a little more understandable, it
consists of the following three day schedule repeated endlessly:
Day 1: Eat from 3-4pm until 9-10pm
Day 2: do not eat at all
Day 3: Eat from 9-10am until 3-4pm
This means that our fasting time alternates between 36 hours (when the
whole fasting day occurs) and 24 hours (when we eat early one day and
late the next). This is the most uniform that we can make the two
fasting periods with this kind of schedule and still maintain the same
sleep times and lengths each night with the necessary few hours of
time not eating before we go to sleep.
BTW, when Kitty says "6 hours is needed to eat all the quantity needed
so as to not feel like bursting", this does not mean that we are
eating the whole time. We pause between courses to clean up, prepare
the next portion and even to do a little other work.
The most negative aspect of this schedule is that it is not
synchronized with the biological rhythm of our sleep and wake times,
However, that would also be true with any arrangement of fasting some
days and eating on others. If we ever try an eating every other day
arrangement (which in animal studies has been shown to be as good or
better than CR), then we will certainly need to lengthen the time
during which we eat on the eating day (again with other activities
occurring concurrently, of course. --Paul]