The Third Day In The Institute
Greetings, you most pleasant of the pleasant!
First, a report, then plans. So here’s the report: I slept like crap — woke up at 3 a.m. and wandered the hospital in search of lost happiness. Didn’t find it. At 5 a.m., for reasons unknown and without taking any meds, I suddenly powered on, and, wasting no time, went for a run in the nearby park and hit the outdoor gym named after Klitschko (they have those all over the city).
My medication schedule changes daily — so far, I like it. The result is almost excellent: I get turned off for a couple of hours each day (whereas before, I’d be turned on only for a few hours). Still, I’m not sure how long this will last — only time will tell. I believe it’s the combination of factors: adjusted dosage, changed timing of intake, no alcohol or cigarettes (day 12, baby!), paying attention to food quality and quantity (day 3 of that), 14/10 intermittent fasting, strict timing of medication (before/after meals — not during like I used to), and the fact that I do nothing in the hospital, so dopamine has nowhere to go. Push-ups and 30-minute walks don’t count — those losses are minimal.
The first full day of fasting was tough, naturally. Especially considering that the average person spends more than half the fasting period asleep, while I only slept 2 hours, giving my brain way more time to craft gastronomic hallucinations. At 3 a.m., I opened the “Recipes” tab in my calorie tracking app, and after 30 minutes of saving all the dishes I liked… I ate four cherry tomatoes.
But even the app says that you can sip broth or eat raw veggies if it's hard. Four cherry tomatoes are nothing. I’m not losing sleep over them.
But oh man — how delicious that bulgur tasted at 9 a.m.!
By the way, I have no idea what the hospital diet planners were thinking, but for breakfast we got:
- 150g of bulgur in water — ~150 kcal
- 100g of shredded raw carrot — 35 kcal
- 1 boiled egg — 80 kcal, and a slice of bread.
If you’re military, three slices. To be fair, there were 6–7 slices on each table so you could take two or three, but there was a notice on the wall listing the official portions. So with bread, that’s around 300 kcal — not a feast, right? The funniest part? They gave boiled eggs to Parkinson’s patients without peeling them. I looked around, and everyone stared at their eggs like, “What now?” 😀 Might’ve been a prank.
Alright, here’s what was for lunch:
- 150g boiled buckwheat — 210 kcal
- 50g stewed cabbage (no oil) — 23 kcal
- 70g fish patty — 92 kcal
- 300g pearl barley soup—144 kcal.
Total: about 470 kcal.Maybe this is a revolutionary new Parkinson’s treatment—starve the patient until they don’t have energy to move, and their tremors stop!
But I’m no fool — tonight I’m sleeping at my parents’ place. Officially, I want to wash up and do laundry (sure). But the second I stepped inside, I headed straight to the kitchen. Now it’s 7 p.m., so I must hold firm until morning. It’s going to be tougher than at the hospital, because there’s nothing to cheat with there, and here… there’s a whole fridge 😀
My weight is currently 104.5 kg (-3 kg), but that’s not real progress yet — still within natural fluctuations. Eat-poop-weigh — you know the drill.
Tonight, I plan to map out a training schedule for next week (when I’m back in the village). I’ll share it with you tomorrow and see if my methods hold up. First, I want to review my old notes on biochemistry and biology, refresh my training and recovery principles, and then build my plans. I might not finish it overnight, so expect a post later.
Cheers!
