Moose Gossage

My daughter suggested a Thai food Thanksgiving and I’m so down with that. A huge cuisine that I don’t know squat about except I rarely encounter a dish that I don’t like.

Earlier this evening, my wife picked this up, looked at me and said something like, “you used to weigh this much plus two more whole bags full.” With help in large part to beans but to a whole food plant based diet in general I’ve lost a significant amount of weight over the past several months.

She’s been after me for years to eat vegetables and now it’s coming back to haunt her perhaps. My kids are less crazy about all of this but they’re in high school so they’re pretty much shrugging at anything my wife or I do anyhow. Now they’ll perhaps get a few more years of shrugging at us.

Earlier this evening, my wife picked this up, looked at me and said something like, “you used to weigh this much plus two more whole bags full.” With help in large part to beans but to a whole food plant based diet in general I’ve lost a significant amount of weight over the past several months.

I’m beyond excited. I have seen many of my elders in my family as well as some siblings and peers struggle with keeping numbers in check, and I’m well aware of some of the bad outcomes that can happen. I have certainly had the good fortune of responding really well to diet and exercise sure;

Earlier this evening, my wife picked this up, looked at me and said something like, “you used to weigh this much plus two more whole bags full.” With help in large part to beans but to a whole food plant based diet in general I’ve lost a significant amount of weight over the past several months.

A few weeks ago when I visited my folks I ordered up a cholesterol panel - good to get out of the house for an hour even if it’s to get jabbed a bunch. When the results came back I was pretty floored. I knew it’d be better just due to the fact that I was paying more attention to what I was eating,

Picture from a few years back when I met my parents part way across Idaho. They in their camper, me on my bike, coming in from SeaTac en route to Missoula. My family joined up too since they were visiting family in Boise! Big rendezvous, lots of fun.

I may be in silent prayer there knowing that Whitebird Grade lay ahead, and I was just coming off a nasty bout of food poisoning.

Picture from a few years back when I met my parents part way across Idaho. They in their camper, me on my bike, coming in from SeaTac en route to Missoula. My family joined up too since they were visiting family in Boise! Big rendezvous, lots of fun.

I may be in silent prayer there knowing that Whitebird Grade lay ahead, and I was just coming off a nasty bout of food poisoning.

Picture from a few years back when I met my parents part way across Idaho. They in their camper, me on my bike, coming in from SeaTac en route to Missoula. My family joined up too since they were visiting family in Boise! Big rendezvous, lots of fun.

Homemade tempeh, shown here fried up in garlic oil, some soy sauce and the usual Mexican spices alongside tofu chili over farro. So good!

Next morning tempeh check: no signs yet of mycelium

Took it out of the bottom oven (set to proof) so I could start up the oven. Condensation visible, warm to the touch. Maybe I see mycelium starting to grow? I could be hallucinating.

THIS WEEKEND