A month ago I noticed something different in my life: I looked forward to putting on clothes! I’m a full-time pj lover (especially since I started working from home) and usually almost dread getting dressed because previously everything was too tight and uncomfortable including (TMI) my bras and underwear. I felt like a sausage stuffed in its casing. Continue reading “Tight Clothing”
I don’t understand people.
Let me be more specific. I have a friend that has complained about a few things over the years (as all people do): I’m gaining too much weight, I’m spending too much money etc. When someone asks me for advice on how to fix something I happily provide my opinion. I don’t offer it without someone else’s prompting. Continue reading “Motivation and Wanting It Bad Enough”
I’ve done it. Previously my longest streaks of weight loss were 3-6 months. The only time I went 6 months the last 3 months included a scale yo-yo while I fought my body’s starvation instincts. I lost maybe 5 lbs in those last 3 months.
WOOOOAH! I wasn’t sure I would get here in 2017. I wasn’t sure I would get here at all to be honest. I’ve only seen a 1.3. on the scale two other times in my life: after starving myself for 3 months while living on a boat in the Mediterranean and after starving myself during my first 6 months in the workforce, which I’ve mentioned before.
I’m obsessed with data. I love tracking everything and then looking back and analyzing, optimizing. It basically gives me a high. When I don’t have anything to analyze and optimize I get a little sad and offer my services to friends. That…doesn’t usually go over too well 🙂 . Continue reading “A Love of Data and Weighing Myself”
As long as I can remember I’ve gotten sick fairly regularly. Nothing serious, just a cold and the sniffles every 3-6 months. Usually I got sick around exam time in school – maybe because of the additional stress. I’d be the one sniffling in a quiet room and bothering everyone else. Sorry y’all! As a child I had strep throat every few years as well. I think I had it like 4 times which apparently can become deadly with that frequency. Luckily I’m still alive! Continue reading “9 Months Without Sickness”
[Actual interaction at Pyramid Brewing during my company’s happy hour. They don’t serve liquor]
Me (to Bartender): Hi – Can I have a pinot grigio please?
Random Barfly: You came to a brewery and order wine?
Me: Yep! (Walks away rolling eyes) Continue reading “I Don’t Miss Beer”
Another milestone in my keto weight loss journey: I hit the 140s. I haven’t seen a 14 on the scale since I starved myself for the first 6 months of 2012 eating 100 calories a day – usually just an egg white and a tomato for dinner. Now instead of going to bed clutching my growling stomach and looking at fat picture of myself to overcome the hunger headaches and urge to eat I’ve lost all this weight without any effort it seems. This has never been so easy and I’m so incredibly grateful that I found keto. There’s no hunger, no need for self-punishment or unhealthy body shaming. No headaches and no grouchiness. Finally a sustainable solution. I used to think I was meant to be this way, but I’m finding that that’s not the case and couldn’t be happier. Continue reading “Diet Update: 140s!”