It's been quite a few months since my last update on this blog. I think its an important one to keep up on though, so here I am. As I mentioned in previous posts about 4 or so months ago, my son and his family moved in with us. They found their own place in August. It was nice having them here, and I did enjoy the grandkids a lot, but my diet suffered. Around Mother's Day, I caved in with a big chocolate truffle. And then, it was downhill from there. I had all kinds of carbs and really just stopped the Ketogenic diet altogether. This was compounded when I visited the doctor and she told me I shouldn't be doing the keto diet as well. Honestly though, I could tell she didn't really know much about it and so it makes sense that would be the case. But, I used it as an excuse for eating things I shouldn't be. Anyway, to make a long story shorter...over the months I packed weight back on.
In August, I came down with a sinus infection and that spiraled into pneumonia. I visited the doctor twice in that time and on the first visit I was around 196 pounds and then on the last visit, I was at 199 pounds. That really was a wake up call for me. I had this feeling if I went back over 200 lbs, I was a goner. The following week, despite feeling lousy with pneumonia, I started back on Keto. It was made a little easier because I had a couple sick days from work and since I was already feeling ill, I knew that the kept flu I had previously would just be part of my general illness anyway. It worked out fine. According to testing of my blood, I was in mild ketosis within about 3 days. It's been 3 weeks now, and I am back down to 190 pounds. I can see the 180's right around the corner.
I was looking back through all my charts and it looks like my lowest weight since surgery was 167.7 on 6/15/17. And, at that time, I was feeling pretty "skinny" for me, so maybe 165 will be my new goal weight? Or something close to that anyway.
I have also signed up, through my insurance with Omada. They sent me a scale that I weigh on each day and it automatically sends that information to be charted. There is no specific food plan with the program, so that is perfect for following Keto while I am doing this. My main focus is trying to stay within my macros and drinking enough water.
My 2 year anniversary from my surgery is in November, and personally, I would really like to weigh around 175 if possible. That would be very satisfying for me. And I think with about 10 weeks, I should be able to achieve that realistically.
So, that is the latest update.
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