No Popcorn since March 4th!

As another day goes by, I am reminded of how lucky I am.  I had an amazing opportunity to battle against a life-long fight with obesity.  Since I was a small child, I lived with the chubbiness and then grew into a teenager with all sorts of emotional and social feelings of inadequacy because I carried extra weight.  As an adult this spiraled into a serious problem with obesity that affected me in so many ways, not to mention my health.  I had tried so many times to lose weight.  Strict diets and exercise plans that made me feel deprived and a failure because I could stick with them to my goal.  And accomplishing goals is really overrated.  I probably do not have anyone that would agree with me on this, but because goals have end dates, why would that mean you hit a goal and magically attain perfect?  Nope, doesn't happen!

A Ketogenic diet is really working for me!  I get plenty to eat, I never feel hungry or deprived and for the most part have not craved any carb-laden foods.  Popcorn and candy.  Those were my 2 carb-demons, but none since March 4th!  It could be the 5th.  Im actually not sure, but I was pretty official on my switch over on March 6th because that was my official date to start.

I think I am finally fat adaptive now.  I am not really sure how someone knows this, to be honest.  I only know that after the initial drop in water weight, there wasn't really any loss of weight, but more of a maintenance of that water weight drop.  But last week and the week before, a slight decrease at the scale was detected!  Yay!  It can't be all about the numbers, however.  My clothes are slightly more comfortable and less tight, and that's even better.  I do, however, want to reach at least the lowest weight after surgery, which is still, 15 more pounds.  Then I will have to decide what my real goal weight will be and start maintenance.  Possibly, another 5 - 8 pounds, but we will see.  My guess however, is I will be deep into summer before I find that range.  (or later, I don't care...)

One thing I do have occurring is a follow up appointment with my WLS surgeons office at the end of May.  I want to be able to NOT be up around 190 where I was when they saw me in November.  I think I can make it at least into the 170's.  Here is hoping!!