Survivor Diet Day 3 | Good Friday Morning - trout fishing #Survivor

Survivor Diet Day 2 | Will Work for Food - salt from seawater process

Survivor Diet Day 1 - How To Begin the Adventure #Survivor

Survivor Diet Origin Story

SDC 2019 | Day 00: How to Make Maple Syrup

SDC 2019 | Day 00: How to Make Maple Syrup

Day 44 - Sleeping In and Missing Out

Uhg.  Poker night means a LATE night out.  I didn't get home until 2:30am.  Fortunately the weather forecast was for continued rain throughout the night and most of the day.  Unfortunately the weather forecast was so ridiculously wrong and I slept right through my softball game.  I had assumed that the game would be cancelled due to rain but it wasn't.  I was out cold though.  No way I would have been good shape to play.

Day 43 - The First of the Fluke

I really miss pancakes.  Seems an odd thing to say.  I do though.  This morning Jamie got up to go to work and she asked if I would make her some pancakes.  No problem.  I make a pretty awesome stack of banana pancakes.  Extra eggs, lots of bananas, a bit of honey, some Bisquick, and milk.  I must also say that I couldn't resist having a few.  It's been so long and I felt comfortable having a few small pancakes for breakfast.  They were mostly eggs and bananas so what real harm could come?  I certainly didn't gorge myself on pancakes.  If it's one thing that I think I'm learning - it's moderation.  Slowly but surely I'm figuring out how to stop eating when I don't feel hungry any longer.  I don't have to finish everything on my plate.  I can always save food for the next meal.  If I can keep just that one thing going then I will be in much better shape - no matter what the food.

Day 42 - Fishing Not Catching

Before work today I went to check the killie traps across the street.  My neighbors were nice enough to let me put my traps on their dock which is very convenient for me.  In the past my killies and traps have been stolen when I have left them in public places.  I think this will solve that problem.  I have three traps total and one of them I closed up the entrance and exits so I can use it as a culling and holding pen for the large ones.  So far I have accumulated a good number of large killies - perfect fluke bait.

Day 41 - Luvin' Some Lobsta

Weight: 181.4
BP: 192/88

Weight's good but BP is still not where I had expected it to be after 40 days of surviving.  In addition to my assignment to establish some type of work out program, I am also going to commit myself to figuring out how to get me BP and cholesterol numbers regulated without the use of prescription  pharmaceuticals.  Perhaps the two assignments are one in the same. . .

For the seafood lover in you!

Day 40 - The Unofficial End

Day 40!!!  I have bitter sweet feelings about Day 40 this year - let me tell you why.  Sure, it's great to have another SDC officially in the books but I did state earlier in the middle of the challenge that I would be extending the Survivor Diet by one week this year because of the trip that I took to Florida.  However, the trip to Florida was mostly a Survivor Diet supported excursion.  With the exception of a few minor things here and there, I was Survivor Diet all the way when I was away.  Not to mention some of the delicious fish and lobster that I brought back with me from that adventure.  I would not feel guilty at all ending the challenge after today.  But I also feel like I should stick to my word and trek on for another week.