Thursday

I've been off work most of the week - at home, but on vacation.  Had a physical Tuesday and wanted to report some of the results.  

• Weight at the doctor's, fully clothed, but barefoot: 152 pounds.
  
• Blood pressure: 100/70.
  
• Resting (sitting) pulse: 56.
  
• Respiration: 12 (I assume breaths/minute).
  

Haven't got the lipids back yet - possibly tomorrow.  That morning, without clothes, I weighed 150.0 at home - seems likely that jeans would weigh over a pound, so we're close.  Today, I weigh 148.6.  Good trend.

I'll be very interested to see the rest of the tests - 2 years and a bit later.

Working hard at ketosis this week - and fighting cravings.  My body really wants cookies, I think.  Fortunately, we don't have any.

Monday

Possibly the only post this week; I'm on vacation starting tomorrow.  Weight continues to hover in the upper 140s - 149.6 today after a weekend with 150.0 and 149.2, not in that order.  Working hard this week on ketosis - for me and for Lee - although we're going out to dinner with visiting family tonight, for Mexican, so things may not be good.  I'm aiming for fajitas with a side of green chile; if I'm really strong, without the side.  We shall see.

Made coconut macaroons yesterday - surprisingly easy, and sweeter than I would actually have liked.  I think I can cut down the maple syrup component a lot more if we continue to use sweetened coconut (the only kind I could find in thin shreds).  Anyway, worth another try, I think.  They had vanilla bean scrapings in them as well, and that's always good.

I cannot come up with a list of what I ate yesterday, but the macaroons may have been nearly the only carbs.  Well, maybe also the potato starch in meatballs, which were dinner.  Fairly low, I think.

Friday

149.4 this morning.  So I guess the fast was somewhat useful.  Sleep last night was not so great; the cat woke me up at 2:30 and I wasn't able to get back fully asleep  until around 4 am.  So the alarm was a rude awakening, literally.  As a result, we skipped breakfast again, and I may well skip lunch while I'm at it.

Here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• cheese
  
• vegetable soup
  
• cashews
  
• chocolate (milk with almonds, and chocolate coconut bark)
  

I'm fairly sure that was it.  

I can't be sure, but I think the hot flashes are looming again.  On the one hand, that should mean I can drop some weight.  On the other hand,... hot flashes.  Blecch.

Thursday

It's not like I don't know that McDonald's is a bad idea in general, so the fact that I'm up 2 pounds (151.0) from yesterday shouldn't be a surprise to me.  Double QP with cheese, no bun, small fries, small Eggnog shake for lunch.  Delish.  And maybe I don't regret it much.

Fasting today - looks like I'll make it until dinner, which will be beef-vegetable soup (it's in the Crock-Pot).  I had a brief craving for Skittles earlier today, but since I have a lot of meetings today, I wasn't able to act on it - and won't bother now (it's 3 pm).

Slept crazy-good last night - went to bed around 8 and didn't last 10 minutes, I'd guess - and slept pretty much right up to the alarm at 5:30.  I begin to think I had a lot more pain than I'd realized until the Rolfing session.  Another effect I noticed today: I can sit in an armless chair for an hour without feeling like my upper body is on fire.  This is new.  And I wish now that I'd tried it years ago.  I'll be very interested to see how the remaining 9 sessions affect me.

Yesterday also included our standard breakfast and a dinner of chicken and salad, and a chocolate candy (Godiva truffle thingie), some bark, and the last of my most recent batch of homemade eggnog  (still trying to capture the elusive "eggnog" flavor that I don't have in it) with a dribble of rum (which was not the elusive "eggnog" flavor).  So not the greatest eating day on earth.

Wednesday

I had my first Rolfing session last night - the one that concentrates on breathing, of all things.  When it was done, I stood up and felt like I'd been issued a new body.  Wow!  I'm a little stiff this morning, but not in pain, and I'm finding that I'm no longer feeling pain I didn't even know I had - that's the best way I can describe it for now, anyway.  Kind of amazing.

149.0 this morning; here's yesterday:

• tea with cream
  
• the usual supplements
  
• beef jerky
  
• a bag of M&Ms (started to type, "a gag of M&Ms"; maybe that would be a better description)
  
• Chipotle barbacoa with salsa, guac, cheese, and sour cream
  
• iced tea
  

That was it.  Not quite a fast, but not much, either.  Effective in shedding a pound of something.

Tuesday

150.0 this morning; here's yesterday:

• scrambled eggs
  
• tea with cream
  
• bacon
  
• the usual supplements
  
• beef jerky (2 bags)
  
• taco salad with sour cream and cheese and beef
  
• egg nog (1 glass, homemade)
  
• cashews
  

I think that was it.  My head is less stuffed up and nasty, and for that, I'm grateful.

Monday

148.8 yesterday morning, the second day of reduction after a night on Advil PM (that is, I took it Friday night).  I think that the "PM" component, which is an antihistamine, has some diuretic properties, since taking Advil PM seems right now to be the ONLY effing way to make the weight go down.  150.8 this morning, and my head is stuffed up and decidedly uncomfortable.  I did some sinus irrigation yesterday that seems only to have made things worse - yippee.  So I feel like crap, I cannot get the water to go away for more than about 24 hours, and I'm frustrated.

I ate things like bacon, cheese, coconut oil, and meat and salad yesterday - the only carbs were 1 (yes, really) Nacho Cheese Dorito and a twice-baked potato half, and whatever carbs are in homemade eggnog (2 Tbsp sugar, and whatever is in 1.5 cups of milk, divided among 6 portions).  Granted, the coconut oil was in chocolate bark, but it was made with Lindt's 85% and a piece of bark probably has about 1/2 square of the chocolate in it, which equates to maybe 1 g carb, I think.  I don't have an exact list of what I ate yesterday, though; my head is so stuffed up that I can't do justice to coherent thought today.  I don't think it's an illness, but it is annoying.

Hoping for a better day tomorrow.