Yet Another Diet Hack
Apr. 24th, 2026 10:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
disappointed_lesbianmct oil. I got the idea from the japanese guy whose youtube channel I linked two posts ago. I'm using it to make a sort of bulletproof coffee; I think the actual bulletproof coffee is made with butter, which is beyond gross and not just because butter is a product of bovine rape. Butter is so rich, I don't know how anyone can bear eating it, and I don't see how it pairs well with the flavor of coffee. Putting oil in coffee is rather weird too, but no oil is as nauseatingly rich as butter, and I got an unflavored mct oil, although the vanilla flavor would probably have been ok too.
My morning schedule was off because I got up late, at eight am, so I had the coffee just after breakfast rather than by itself, just before I go out for the morning walk, which is when I usually have the first coffee of the day. That means that I won't find out today how I'd fare on just the oil and coffee. However, if this combo does what it's supposed to do, I should be able to skip lunch.
It's supposed to improve cognitive function, and I already feel more clear-headed than I normally do at this time of the day (eleven am), but maybe that's because I had caffeine just an hour and a half ago rather than hours ago, as would be the case on a normal day. My morning vocab study time went more smoothly than usual; focusing and remembering was easier than usual.
On the other hand, I don't normally feel this peaceful and steady so soon after having caffeine. Usually it takes more time for me to absorb the caffeine, or, at least, that's what it feels like, and then I feel jittery for a bit. I actually had black tea and like just a teaspoon of actual coffee, instant coffee mixed with instant espresso.
So it's seven pm now. I wasn't able to skip lunch nor my midday snack. I wasn't super hungry at lunch time, but I felt weak.
I'm back to sleeping in the living room. Couldn't sleep last night because I was so cold in my bedroom. Now I remember why I moved into the living room: the bedroom is colder. I've been swallowing iron capsules instead of taking the liquid iron, so my iron is probably low again. The liquid iron has stained my teeth, and I'm tired of the flavor and tired of having to remember to take it just before bed so I won't have to spend the day with an upset stomach. Everything is a goddamned struggle and I'm tired of it all.
Instead of my menstrual cycle depleting me of iron, now I have to worry about my black tea and coffee intake blocking absorption. When I had caffeine just a couple times per day, separating it from meals was easier. Now that I need to microdose it to avoid hotflashes, I'm having it closer to meals.
It's National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
https://www.ovc.ojp.gov/ncvrw2026/overview
Kind of a joke in this country; then again, the large amount of crime we have is probably why this event exists in the first place.
I started to apply to a job with Disney today, but the privacy policy seems to indicate that even job applicants are potentially subject to having personal data sold to or shared with third parties. Goddamned corporations.
My morning schedule was off because I got up late, at eight am, so I had the coffee just after breakfast rather than by itself, just before I go out for the morning walk, which is when I usually have the first coffee of the day. That means that I won't find out today how I'd fare on just the oil and coffee. However, if this combo does what it's supposed to do, I should be able to skip lunch.
It's supposed to improve cognitive function, and I already feel more clear-headed than I normally do at this time of the day (eleven am), but maybe that's because I had caffeine just an hour and a half ago rather than hours ago, as would be the case on a normal day. My morning vocab study time went more smoothly than usual; focusing and remembering was easier than usual.
On the other hand, I don't normally feel this peaceful and steady so soon after having caffeine. Usually it takes more time for me to absorb the caffeine, or, at least, that's what it feels like, and then I feel jittery for a bit. I actually had black tea and like just a teaspoon of actual coffee, instant coffee mixed with instant espresso.
So it's seven pm now. I wasn't able to skip lunch nor my midday snack. I wasn't super hungry at lunch time, but I felt weak.
I'm back to sleeping in the living room. Couldn't sleep last night because I was so cold in my bedroom. Now I remember why I moved into the living room: the bedroom is colder. I've been swallowing iron capsules instead of taking the liquid iron, so my iron is probably low again. The liquid iron has stained my teeth, and I'm tired of the flavor and tired of having to remember to take it just before bed so I won't have to spend the day with an upset stomach. Everything is a goddamned struggle and I'm tired of it all.
Instead of my menstrual cycle depleting me of iron, now I have to worry about my black tea and coffee intake blocking absorption. When I had caffeine just a couple times per day, separating it from meals was easier. Now that I need to microdose it to avoid hotflashes, I'm having it closer to meals.
It's National Crime Victims' Rights Week.
https://www.ovc.ojp.gov/ncvrw2026/overview
Kind of a joke in this country; then again, the large amount of crime we have is probably why this event exists in the first place.
I started to apply to a job with Disney today, but the privacy policy seems to indicate that even job applicants are potentially subject to having personal data sold to or shared with third parties. Goddamned corporations.
