166.2. Considering that I was flying out of bed with leg cramps enough last night to change my name to Wallenda, I really think we could have lost a bit more than that. Oh, well. It's back in the right direction, albeit still leaving me muttering nasty things about my mother's mental programming that is just not wrapping itself around the whole Paleo eating approach, although she is supposedly following it (I sent her Kurt Harris' 12 steps) and losing weight. It's not her fault - mostly, anyway; I did make the choices to eat what I did, but I hate to hurt anyone's feelings and she'd made so much food, and she's getting to the stage in life where my job is to honor my elders and not attempt to change their ways... It's not a setback, just a pause. But I want that 165.0 back, darn it! Now!
I had - and satisfied - an odd craving last night. For shortening - Crisco - the original trans-fat. As a kid, I used to swipe and eat bits of it any time we made cookies or pies, and even as an adult would occasionally eat raw pie crust for the taste. Pica? Maybe; I don't really know. Anyway, I had about a tablespoon of it after dinner because I was hungry, and it did stave that off. I know it's poison, basically, but it tasted rather good. Don't think I'd be similarly tempted to filch a spoonful out of a bucket of lard, somehow.
I also read something yesterday about coconut oil being a good moisturizer and possibly a sunburn preventer. I can't test the latter out, but I had a jar around the house that we weren't using for food (I don't like the taste much), so I used it this morning instead of the usual lotion. Fortunately, it doesn't smell very strong, and absorbed in pretty quickly. We'll see how it works.
As for the leg cramps, I'm going to hunt down another coconut product to see if that might help - coconut water. It's supposed to be better at electrolyte replacement than Gatorade and have more potassium than a banana, so it's worth a shot. I've heard mixed reviews about the taste though, so don't think I'll start off buying a case...
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