OK, maybe not the world, but I'm seeing this WOE more and more around me. (Just in case you don't know, WOE stands for Way Of Eating #ketophrasing) Costco dons keto friendly shopping lists. Amazon has keto friendly shopping lists. And now, a new little restaurant/shop has opened in my town. I can walk in, pick up a lunch from the keto section, a couple fat bombs and be on my way!
I'm telling you...I was born to live in the 21st century!!!
This week was good, down 2.5 pounds but only 1 inch. Most people lose inches but barely move the scale, but of course, that wouldn't be me. But, I feel great! My clothes are starting to hang. I have very few headaches. My stomach is continuing to heal. I'm learning to listen to my body. My body is telling me to exercise. I said I'm listening, ok? I didn't say I was responding!! 😏
It does seem about every 6 weeks or so, my body says..."feed me a potato" or "feed me a sandwich" or "feed me some good ole fried chicken!" Sometimes I listen, sometimes I ignore it. Like if it says "feed me a Snickers..." well, I know THAT is the devil and NOT my body. But, Friday night I listened. Scott and I had a date night and split some interesting nachos. Waffle fries layered with cut up fried chicken breast, homemade pickles, a bit of cheese topped with a sour cream aioli and balsamic glaze. Oh. My Goodness. It was worth every cheat.
Now, what does this mean for ketoing?? Well, I'm certain it knocked me out of ketosis, but, I'm hoping it did one of those body shock things. My body seems to react positively to them. Haven't done it in a while, so we shall see the results come Friday. (Checked my ketones this a.m. and they were high! Take that waffle fry nachos!!)
And my last musing for this Monday is a shout out to my boy, Caleb. He ended his whole 30 journey yesterday. I am so proud of him for sticking with it for the entire 30 days and his reward was great! He lost 20 pounds in 30 days. (I hate men!) He will now be joining me on this keto journey and with his permission, I will muse a bit about him as well. We're cruising together in February and if he loses 50 pounds by them I'm treating him to a drink package. 😊 So stay tuned! But, in the meantime, let me know if you ever cheat and if so how does it affect your journey?
Until next week....keto on!
Monday, August 20, 2018
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Patience and Fortitude...Ugh!
Monday Musings? Monday Miseries! But I won't give in! I won't quit! I will journey on with those 2 words that are so hard for me...patience and fortitude!
Guess you've figured out by now this past week showed no gain but no losses. Not in pounds, not in inches. It baffles my mind really how it can happen. Eating wise I had a fairly perfect week. Followed my macros, had 3 good IF days, so yeah, how nothing??
I don't know the answer to that question, but I know my journey isn't over. What are patience and fortitude anyway? Webster says patience is the capacity or habit to bear pains or trials calmly or without complaint. The Bible tells me it's a fruit of the Spirit, so if the Spirit lives in me then patience should too.
Now fortitude is having courage in pain or adversity. See how they go together? Interestingly, I've never thought about it until now. But I see that without fortitude patience would be really hard!! It's probably why I've failed so many other times. My patience only lasts so long before the pain or the trial overcome me and I give in to my flesh! But this time I started in a different way and didn't even know it. I started with fortitude! I determined and committed to myself 1 year on this journey no matter what!!
So, with this new found patience WITH fortitude, I can press on. I can look at weeks that look like no progress and say "I'm still good. I'm still doing exactly what I said I'm going to do. And that in itself is a victory!" I can remember all I've learned and that this WOE isn't just about losing weight. It's about healing my body from the inside out. I've abused this vessel for many years, so it certainly isn't going to heal overnight.
So, my encouragement and even challenge for you this week is this - have you found your fortitude to endure the journey? When your week doesn't look like you expected do you quit or do you give yourself a little grace and find that patience deep inside yourself? It's there my friend, I'm sure of it. How do I know? Because if I can find it ANYONE can find it!!
So, give me some comments on how you endure. How you show patience and fortitude on your journey to keto on....
Guess you've figured out by now this past week showed no gain but no losses. Not in pounds, not in inches. It baffles my mind really how it can happen. Eating wise I had a fairly perfect week. Followed my macros, had 3 good IF days, so yeah, how nothing??
I don't know the answer to that question, but I know my journey isn't over. What are patience and fortitude anyway? Webster says patience is the capacity or habit to bear pains or trials calmly or without complaint. The Bible tells me it's a fruit of the Spirit, so if the Spirit lives in me then patience should too.
Now fortitude is having courage in pain or adversity. See how they go together? Interestingly, I've never thought about it until now. But I see that without fortitude patience would be really hard!! It's probably why I've failed so many other times. My patience only lasts so long before the pain or the trial overcome me and I give in to my flesh! But this time I started in a different way and didn't even know it. I started with fortitude! I determined and committed to myself 1 year on this journey no matter what!!
So, with this new found patience WITH fortitude, I can press on. I can look at weeks that look like no progress and say "I'm still good. I'm still doing exactly what I said I'm going to do. And that in itself is a victory!" I can remember all I've learned and that this WOE isn't just about losing weight. It's about healing my body from the inside out. I've abused this vessel for many years, so it certainly isn't going to heal overnight.
So, my encouragement and even challenge for you this week is this - have you found your fortitude to endure the journey? When your week doesn't look like you expected do you quit or do you give yourself a little grace and find that patience deep inside yourself? It's there my friend, I'm sure of it. How do I know? Because if I can find it ANYONE can find it!!
So, give me some comments on how you endure. How you show patience and fortitude on your journey to keto on....
Monday, August 6, 2018
One Month Down, but My Lifetime to Go
I've hit the 1-month mark since starting back on the keto journey! Wish I hadn't taken the 2-month hiatus, but I did and lesson learned from it! But, I'm super excited to say that in that 1 month I have lost 7 1/2 pounds and 4 inches total from my chest/waist/hips!!
Now, if you're on this journey to lose weight fast, well, I'd say take another journey. Some people drop pounds quickly, but most stories I hear, my own included, take a little longer. Remember back, in the beginning, I said "We get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy?" (Thanks Dr. Berg for my mantra!) I love knowing that my body is healing. My gut health is better! I was taking Nexium every day! No more! My liver is healing. I no longer have that right side pain. I have more energy and I just overall feel better.
This week I get my labs done for my yearly physical. My numbers are never bad. My blood pressure is great. My cholesterol is good, not great. My A1C has been borderline 6 for the past 2 years. I'm not going to lie though, I'm a little concerned. Why you ask? Well...after the first few weeks on keto, numbers can get a little skewed. It's that healing thing. The body is purging and detoxing and trying to learn to operate as it was designed to do. So, meanwhile, cholesterol readings may be high as the body is beginning to break off plaque and it's more prominent in the bloodstream. I'm eager to see if my 2 months off make everything like starting over. I'll know soon enough!
The last time we visited I had just returned from a mini-vacay and we talked about ketoing on vacation. Since then, I went to a youth camp for a week! Now, how in the world do you keto at youth camp?? Pizza. Hamburgers. Moes!!! The list goes on and on. But, I didn't go into the week blind. I know what they feed kids at camp. So to do this correctly I have 3 words for you:
Seriously! Prepare! I went with peanut butter, pork rinds, BPC ingredients, nuts, cheese, celery. And I went with determination. I hung out in a hospitality suite that had a table full of chips, M&M's, brownies, cookies, fruit, bagels. But by sheer determination I did not take even a single M&M!!
So, how did I fare that week? Well, I lost 1/2 a pound and 1/2 an inch. Was I disappointed? Yup! Did I sulk? Maybe a little. I don't know why that's what happened, but I speculate I did not eat enough veggies and overall, probably did not eat enough. But, that's ok, because guess what? I stayed on it! When I was back home, it wasn't hard to get back to it. I never left it! By the end of that week, I was down 2 more pounds and 1 inch!
I really pray you are getting the point of all this. It isn't a diet. It isn't something you can hop off and on at will. It is a lifestyle. A determination that you are going to stick to it simply because you want to live a longer, healthier life. I'm 54 years old now and I know I have my best years ahead of me. So I choose health over a donut!! And you can too...
Keto on.....
Now, if you're on this journey to lose weight fast, well, I'd say take another journey. Some people drop pounds quickly, but most stories I hear, my own included, take a little longer. Remember back, in the beginning, I said "We get healthy to lose weight, not lose weight to get healthy?" (Thanks Dr. Berg for my mantra!) I love knowing that my body is healing. My gut health is better! I was taking Nexium every day! No more! My liver is healing. I no longer have that right side pain. I have more energy and I just overall feel better.
This week I get my labs done for my yearly physical. My numbers are never bad. My blood pressure is great. My cholesterol is good, not great. My A1C has been borderline 6 for the past 2 years. I'm not going to lie though, I'm a little concerned. Why you ask? Well...after the first few weeks on keto, numbers can get a little skewed. It's that healing thing. The body is purging and detoxing and trying to learn to operate as it was designed to do. So, meanwhile, cholesterol readings may be high as the body is beginning to break off plaque and it's more prominent in the bloodstream. I'm eager to see if my 2 months off make everything like starting over. I'll know soon enough!
The last time we visited I had just returned from a mini-vacay and we talked about ketoing on vacation. Since then, I went to a youth camp for a week! Now, how in the world do you keto at youth camp?? Pizza. Hamburgers. Moes!!! The list goes on and on. But, I didn't go into the week blind. I know what they feed kids at camp. So to do this correctly I have 3 words for you:
- Preparation
- Preparation
- Preparation
Seriously! Prepare! I went with peanut butter, pork rinds, BPC ingredients, nuts, cheese, celery. And I went with determination. I hung out in a hospitality suite that had a table full of chips, M&M's, brownies, cookies, fruit, bagels. But by sheer determination I did not take even a single M&M!!
So, how did I fare that week? Well, I lost 1/2 a pound and 1/2 an inch. Was I disappointed? Yup! Did I sulk? Maybe a little. I don't know why that's what happened, but I speculate I did not eat enough veggies and overall, probably did not eat enough. But, that's ok, because guess what? I stayed on it! When I was back home, it wasn't hard to get back to it. I never left it! By the end of that week, I was down 2 more pounds and 1 inch!
I really pray you are getting the point of all this. It isn't a diet. It isn't something you can hop off and on at will. It is a lifestyle. A determination that you are going to stick to it simply because you want to live a longer, healthier life. I'm 54 years old now and I know I have my best years ahead of me. So I choose health over a donut!! And you can too...
Keto on.....
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