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I'm homing in on the 8 credenciales that I'll need
I am more and more likely to delay this to the beginning of January.
I'll be getting in touch with the Santiago Pilgrims Office at Lourdes this coming week for the eight Credenciales I'll need to start with (they close for Winter after October) ... a good enough number to start with, because even should I end up needing a couple more at the end, I should just be able to pick those up when I arrive there, if needed for the final 1000 K to home.
I'm still amazed at how better my walking has become since starting this carnivore diet !!
I'm walking faster and easier than I was at the start of my 2014 which was when I consigned my knee braces to the collection of "useless stuff I should have left at home" in my backpack, very few stages after my day of prayers at Lourdes ...
Before the diet, I thought I'd need 8-9 months -- now, I'm thinking I can manage it within six. I've not really lost much weight, yet, from abandoning cereals and veg (though strangely, barley beers seem not to have any negative effects against the diet, which is most strange) -- but I have lost flab and gained muscle, and regained stamina and strength.
NOT to recommend the carnivore diet to anyone else
(I've actually been wanting to follow it for about ten years or so, but it is only very recently that it has become affordable on a daily basis -- but I realise there's a certain fashion for it that has arisen in the past 6 months or so, and it's not something that should be followed just for fashion "reasons" ; except as a limited duration pure elimination diet that can do no harm for those having some weight-loss and/or detoxification/convalescence purposes and needs) --- it would seem that only a minority of people would need to to follow the diet for basic health reasons, though it seems quite clearly that I'm in this minority group.
Rule of thumb -- if you do not suffer from uncontrollable weight gains and/or autoimmune diseases, or if your routine hiking regimen etc is enough to keep you fit with what you're eating now, then it's probably not the diet plan for you.
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whooops, off-topic I suppose, but hey ; MY Camino, MY Way !!
why didn't you make your own big long customised credencial?
I like the small cream-coloured French one, but I stick them all together into a single mega-credencial.
it does look lovely (lots of text, though)
Ha! Yeah, I can well imagine. But one step at a time is just that one step. And that's not so crazy.This project still seems entirely crazy to me.
As if you haven't been all this time?And well, it would seem that I am now, most officially LOL a Pilgrim.
Ultreia y Suseia, JabbaPapa!
...We can't ALL be as reckless as I am !!!
Thanks for the update.Day 11 ...
I'm somewhere in the middle of the Var, and sleeping mostly in churches. Gets down to about 0°C at night, so I'm abandoning all my precious principles and phoning ahead
Still hovering at about the 15K mark, and it's week 2 so the Camino pain is kicking in -- we'll see how long it takes me this time to move past it and get towards the 20K mark
Lidl has great hot/cold packs with wraps, about 5 euro each.Hey man,
Sorry to hear of the physical woes. I'm currently giving my right ankle free reign to get to know the nearest bag of frozen peas, due to a sprain, and I won't be doing any walking this weekend either. As long as you have the freedom and time to do so, nothing wrong with grabbing some home comforts as you recover, plus I guess the costs of going home outweigh accommodation etc. Best of luck once you're back on the road!
... but was hurting a lot more today
pffffffffffff
My brother messaged me two days ago to tell me he was so proud he'd had a day where he'd been over 30k steps. As we are both office workers, that is a seriously big deal. The next day he could barely walk, and he's not beaten 3k since! It's natural for it to hurt when you've not been doing it every day is my message!!!
May you have an abundance of patience, @JabbaPapa, and rest well until that thigh is healed and you can walk on. And may that be soon.
Buen camino, peregrino...
Good to hear you may be on your way again soon. Glad you had the humility to admit you needed to heal and the patience to let your body do so.
Good plan!The thigh is substantially better today -- but I'm still waiting 'til April before starting again.
Ah, the freedom of the summer weight backpack load (well spring a least) is upon you now...no pesky gloves to keep track of or winter coat to try to stuff into the bag in the warmth of the midday...
OK, I want you to really think about this...if you need it to continue your journey, will you use it or will you just go home. Sometimes in order to reach a goal, compromises must be made. My husband said a few weeks ago that bag transport or me carrying some of his load due to his bad shoulder was just not acceptable--until I said we could not go at all if he was not willing to accept help. We often set our own barriers. When the body is not able, then we can either let it crush our dreams or consider alternatives which might allow us to continue.But crikey !! I really do hope it won't force me into patronage of the silly Jacotrans !!!
will you use it
Happy Easter. Hope you are in a place where you can participate in the community celebration.
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