The curry was certainly tastier. But maybe using bananas was a mistake. After all, they are very sweet. On the other hand, I did eat a lot of nuts. Which may not have been so clever either. I will try to keep the amounts down today, although I already had a banana for breakfast and nuts for snack...
​Todays weather and temperature: Still a little wet from the rain during the night, but clearing up, getting really nice and getting warm during the day - upwards of 20 degrees again. But then, there was this dust cloud from China....
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Granola, apple sauce, banana, and milk.
Lunch: Bread from the nearby bakery cafe.
Snack: Cheese and nuts.
Dinner: Bread and soup, with shiitake and sweet potatoes.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules.
Todays UA reading: 7.6 mg/dL
Todays step count: 13256 steps, but no stiffness today.
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1 liter, water 1 liter, tea 1.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.6 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10
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Quite ordinary day - except for the kids being at home, which makes for a lot of excitement. Not always positive.
​Todays weather and temperature: It is getting warmer - I put on my sandals. 20 degrees and above during the day, clouds and clear skies interchanging.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Bagel sandwich with fried egg and cheese.
Lunch: Vegetable curry. Surprise - add a banana and the curry gets much tastier!
Snack: Nuts. Have to be careful not to eat too much.
Dinner: Vegetable soup. Actually lunch leftovers in an instant soup.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules
Todays UA reading: 6.7 mg/dL
Todays step count: 8244 steps
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1 liter, water 1.5 liter, tea 1.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.6 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 7
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10
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I have extended my morning walk with a feew hundred meters, which includes two stairs and a long slope. And I definitely need more excercise - my hips were creaking every time I stood up from my chair.
​Todays weather and temperature: Almost 20 deg C, cloudy but no rain.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Granola, milk, and apple sauce.
Lunch: Vegetable curry with cheese. I think it got better by my leaving it for a few days, the taste got deeper. Although remind me to take a tad fewer peppercorns next time.
Snack: Crackers and nuts
Dinner: Vegetable soup and vegetable sandwiches
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules.
Todays UA reading: 7.6 mg/dL. So only purines are less of a problem than purines and sugar, I think that is confirmed.
Todays step count: 11660 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, coffee 1 liter, tea 1.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.6. Some weight loss at last!
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No, uric acid is invisible.
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 7, then the kids interrupted me.
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IIt is getting warmer. The cherry trees may break
out soon, which is a great event in Japan regardless of whether Covid is spreading or not. But this year it is sure to be more subdued.
​Todays weather and temperature: Bit of rain, cloudy but spring warm.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Bread, cheese, and fried eggs. And coffee.
Lunch: Our favorite Chinese - ramen with leek, mabo nasu, stir-fried vegetables, egg drop soup.
Snack: We had cake and coffee (not the kids) in a very fancy store. Lots of sugar in that cake.
Dinner: Vegetable soup and sandwiches with vegetables on whole weat bread.
Todays supplements and dosage: None.
Todays UA reading: 7.0 mg/dL. I was expecting much more, but I suppose my liver is calming down.
Todays step count: 8998 steps.
How much did I drink today?: Water 2 liter, coffee 1.5 liter, non-alcoholic beer-like no-purine drink 0.6 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, day off today.
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We were invited to a barbecue. So I decided to skip
the menu for one meal, and have some beef, and Getman sausages, and a few more than one glass of wine (when we got home, I was driving).
​Todays weather and temperature: Fairly warm but cloudy, slightly colder towards evening.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 2
Breakfast: Bread at the nearby bakery cafe.
Lunch: Salad and tomato sandwich.
Snack: No snack today.
Dinner: German sausages (party pack!), T-bone steak, and sweet potatoes baked on the coals.
Todays supplements and dosage: None
Todays UA reading: 6.8 mg/dL
Todays step count: 14624 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 2 liter, coffee 0.5 liter, non-alcoholic beer-like purine-free drink 0.9 liter, wine 0.5 liter
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 7
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, day off today.
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Low uric acid serum levels means you are not at risk for gout attacks - if you have had them for a while, and if you do not have sustained peaks during which uric acid crystals can form. This basically means you have to have more days with low UA (low then being 6.8 mg/dL) than high UA, so any crystals formed suring high UA days can dissolve. How many more I have no means to measure, but we are probably speaking about at least three times as many low UA days as high UA. At a guess.
​Todays weather and temperature: Nice spring weather, patches of cloud and sunny, but not hot (around 13 deg C).
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Rice, egg and natto - and blue cheese melted on brown bread.
Lunch: Carrot gratin with cinnamon. Yes, they went quite well together.
Snack: No snack, too busy.
Dinner: Vegetable soup with rice and brown bread.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules.
Todays UA reading: 6.8 mg/dL
Todays step count: 11687 steps
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1 liter, water 1 liter, tea 1.5 liter, non-alcoholic beer-like purine-free drink 0.3 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 9 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? I completely forgot it, I was so busy today.
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The kids came along for my walk this morning, which made it somewhat shorter. But not less interesting.
​Todays weather and temperature: Warm-ish, around 15 deg C, and cloudy.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)):3
Breakfast: Granola and yoghurt.
Lunch: Vegetable curry and fried onion.
Snack: Whole wheat bread sandwich with cheese and Japanese pickles.
Dinner: Blue cheese mashed potato soup and a green smoothie.
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules.
Todays UA reading: 6.3 mg/dL. Phew!
Todays step count: 8204 steps
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1.5 liter, water 1 liter, tea 1.5 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 7
Was my urine strange in any way? No, maybe a bit red since I had beetroots.
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, kids in the house means little calm time...
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The kids spring break starts today. With three kids they sometimes play nicely - sometimes fight like crazy. My stress level is likely to go way up, because I am not getting any spring break.
​Todays weather and temperature: Frost in the morning, almost 20 degrees around lunch, then dropping temperature at night. Beautiful clear day.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 3
Breakfast: Toast and coffee.
Lunch: Sushi - the restaurants here have plenty of vegetarian choices. But I did have a couple of small pieces of tuna. Hope they were small enough.
Snack: Crackers and cheese
Dinner: Vegetable soup (instant), and a green smoothie for dessert.
Todays supplements and dosage: Fish oil 6 capsules.
Todays UA reading: 7.2 mg/dL. Better add McDonalds pancakes to the list of things to avoid.
Todays step count: 11207 steps
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1.5 liter, water 2 liter,
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 3 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6 again
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10, during a boring meeting.
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The kids had a sudden day off, as they will finish the school term on Thursday, but the school decided to close for everyone but the 6thgraders who will be graduating and leaving the school today.
​Todays weather and temperature: About 15 deg C, colder in the morning, sun and clouds interchanging.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 4
Breakfast: Pancakes, scrambled eggs, and a salad - at McDonalds on the kids insistence.
Lunch: Vegetable curry and gammo tofuburger
Snack: Crackers, cheese and almonds
Dinner: Vegetable soup and insri-zushi (sushi rice in a fried and marinated tofu shell).
Todays supplements and dosage: 6 fish oil capsules, 2 grams of vitamin C. And then I ran out of vitamin C.
Todays UA reading: 6.8 mg/dL
Todays step count: 10246 steps
How much did I drink today?: Water 1.5 liter, coffee 1.5 liter, non-alcoholic purine-free beer-like drink. 0.6 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 8 times, #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? None, running around the house fixing things between meetings.
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So that delicious cheese cake with dried fruits was a gout bomb, genetating lots of uric acid. Well, I have to do better today.
​Todays weather and temperature: Around 12 (10-15 degrees C), windy and clear.
Current stress level (scale from 1 (low) to 5 (high)): 2
Breakfast: Leftover pizza (without meat), plenty of cheese.
Lunch: Japanese buckwheat noodles (soba), with grated yam and inari-zushi on the side.
Snack: Crackers and nuts, and interestingly enough there was vacuumdried or freezedried cheese pieces in there too.
Dinner: Leftover pizza (minus the meat) and my potato and couscous cheese gratin which was left over from yesterday.
Todays supplements and dosage: Vitamin C 3 g, 6 fish oil capsules.
Todays UA reading: 6.3 mg/dL. So it was the cake.
Todays step count: 14129 steps
How much did I drink today?: Coffee 1.5 liter, tea 1.5 liter, water 1 liter.
This weeks weight: 118.8 kg
​Waist circumference: 115 cm
How many times did I go to the toilet today? #1 7 times #2 2 times.
My urine pH this morning (for why this matters, read more here): 6
Was my urine strange in any way? No
How many minutes did I use the Sixpad Foot Fit Plus? 10
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