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Saturday, February 7, 2026

Sat 7 Feb

Park Run
Swim
Breakfast club

PARK RUN
Phoebe and I just did a walk and talk for the first 2/3.  Only toward the end did we run.  My stride is longer than hers so I ended up in front.  Feeling a bit heavy and weak meant I broke into a walk run walk rhythm.   

Rocks Riverside parkrun results for event #605. Your time was 00:49:54.

Phoebe is more consistent and once she starts running, she keeps going. 

The weather was warm but not stinking hot. 
after park run,  we stopped in at Tim & Ro's and jumped in the pool. 
Then onto breakfast club at Elspeth's (Tim's sister) place in Graceville. It was nice to see Derek & Naomi. Haven't seen Naomi for years. 
Also there were:
Elspeth's husband Steve.
Trupp family, Jenny, Mark, Chris, Robyn.





Thursday, February 5, 2026

Tim's 60th

At the Trupp's place. 
Phoebe and I made a cake. 
Various bands Tim played in played:
Pale.
...?



Glenrich st Windows

I was called back to re clean the windows at Glenrich st.   The owner had emailed the real estate who'd forward to me that the windows looked like they had been wiped over with a dirty rag.

I collected the keys from the real estate and let myself into Glenrich st.  Indeed the windows looked dirty. 

I set about rectifying the problem.  I chose to work on one set of windows in the lounge because they were easy to access. 
 
I tried to clean with weak detergent water mix and also metho but there was a scum on the window.  I then tried a huge range of cleaners.  I could push the scum around on the window but none of the cleaners or solvents seemed to be able to dissolve it.  
 
It seemed that the best option was metho followed by a dry wipe with clean paper towel.  So I decided to go over all the windows with that process.  
 
When I got to the front bedroom I observed a line about 5mm from the edge of the glass.  Initially I assumed this was just as close as I could clean with my finger but upon closer inspection it appeared to be plastic film.  I picked at it with my fingernail and confirmed it was plastic film.
 
I think what was happening on the lounge room windows was the scum I was trying to remove was in fact the plastic film being dissolved by the solvents I was using to try to clean away the scum. In a way, the harder I tried, the stronger the solvent, the worse the scum became.
 
With hindsight,  I think what happened was that several weeks ago, I cleaned the walls and windows with dilute "Ajax Professional".  I later observed there was some mould re appearing on the walls so I rewashed the walls with a weak bleach solution.  I did not re wash the windows because at that stage the windows looked OK.  I suspect that when the owners inspected the house that the mould had grown on the windows.
 
This week I attempted too rewash the windows but as described, the cleaning was quite  
 
 
 
 
 




Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Tim's cake

Been making sponge cake for Phoebe to use construct a cake for Tim Hills 60th birthday. 



Monday, February 2, 2026

Weight Loss & Diet

Need growth hormone to maintain muscle. 

ACTION
reduce carbs 
Add
Salad
Protein and fat
Intermittent fasting


INTERMITTENT FASTING
Don't eat for 16hrs
Eat 6-8hrs
For me, I try to finish eating by 7pm and then have lunch at 11:30.
Black coffee does not break the fast. 

Fast for a long period
Ortifergy 
Body eats damaged cells. 


BAD
Fructose is bad. In fruit. Very high insulin. 
Berry's are ok
Strawberries, blueberries, 

Veggies ok above ground
Peas corn pumpkin.

Bad
Milk
Potatoes 
Bakbeans
Chick peas
Grapes
Kidney beans 

Alcohol inhibit liver from performing neoglenesys.
Diminishes muscle mass.

Carbs for recovery.
Not protein.

1g protein per kg body weight minus the fat. 

Flesh is About 30% protein 
Processed meat (nitrates) is carsonogenic .

To increase or maintain weight
Weights 3 x /week. 

Carbs give a dopamine hit.

Caffeine before exercise
Createen 5g per day. Build muscle. 

RECOVERY
Unless we are elite sports people, having post exercise carbs is not necessary. 

Autophagy is a vital cellular "cleaning" process that removes damaged components, typically triggered by fasting for 16–48+hrs.

INVESTIGATING
YOGHURT 
My recollection is that On Monday night yoghurt was in the bad camp. I totally understand that fruit yoghurt is bad because it's loaded with sugar.  What about the plain "greek" yoghurt at woolies?
as i started to read it,  I realised it's very confusing. 
Protein 11% sounds good but it's %DI/serving. Wtf is that. 
Likewise look at fat total is 11g and shows up as 17%DI/serving and fat saturated is 7g but 32%DI/serving. It's mathematical goobligook.  And the right hand column i think is g per 100g serving but it doesn't add up to 100g.  




Thursday, January 29, 2026

drink stand

Phoebe gave me a lovely and very practical stand to put my drink on. 

Tuesday, January 27, 2026