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The replies yesterday are so appreciated. Would it be better for me to make replies on yesterday's journal or just address some today? I do Intermittent Fasting continually and without it, I would weigh much more, but even more important my brain would be worse. Nearly 3 years ago I started IF and Keto because I'd had a couple of scares driving that felt like low blood sugar and since I had read several books on Dementia because of my husband's memory loss, I learned that sugar contributes to advancing Dementia more than anything else. Actually, if we can change our brain's main fuel source to fat instead of sugar we can gain up to about 40% more efficiency or thinking. Yes, I was binging on sweets, in addition to what most people consider regular food like bread, mashed potatoes and gravy, tortillas, and even wine. As I said 6 pounds on me is one entire “dress” size which is not the case with most people. Repeating that I'd lost almost 3” in height has now changed to the new truth that I have lost 3 1/4” in height, leaving me at 5' 1/2”. It makes a world of difference in my appearance and I'm looking dumpy and having a hard time standing up straight. The only way I can look almost straight is by clasping my hands behind my back. At 60 this weight still looked great. In three months I will turn 80, and my memory continues to get worse. I have no idea if I will have or get dementia. Did you know that half, yes 50% of 85-year-olds get Alzheimer's? My mantra 3 years ago was “I need my brain”, and I should acutely remember that thought because it's the only way I will be able to be independent. I thought my husband was on the way out and yes, he was in the hospital 6 times in just over a year, the last time being kidney failure. It's a miracle he hasn't been in the hospital since October. I sure was glad for his help in May when I couldn't get out of bed or even stand up by myself. I'm better and can do my own grocery shopping, cooking, dishes, and laundry myself. But if he hadn't brought me some food in May, I may have starved or had to go into a nursing home. I'd rather starve. Yes, I totally agree I shouldn't have brought sweets into the house the last 2 weeks. I got them free at church and that is so tempting. After church, they have probably 20 big boxes of bread and sweets, and some are quite high quality. But I can easily binge on high-quality bread (La Brea Bakery: 1 of the top 10 in the US), potatoes, rice, pasta, fruit, cheese, nuts, sauces, and those things normal people have in their kitchens, and that I need to keep for cooking for my husband. I have to deprive myself to not eat the high-carb things I so want, and more fruit than my body can handle. Sorry, it's just a fact of life if I don't want to wear a size 12 (or higher) at 5' tall I can't eat high carbs and drink wine. The weight doesn't show the real fact that I have paper-thin bones plus fat, but nearly no muscle. Unfortunately, my brain isn't accepting I'm turning 80 because I haven't lost my vanity. I had no wine last night, no high carbs or sweets yesterday, and low and behold for the first time since my back went out, I walked/jumped very gently for 10 minutes on my Rebounder which sits in my living room (mini-trampoline), straight through without stopping. Wow, thank you, Lord.
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53.4 kg
Lost so far: 0.5 kg.
Still to go: 0.1 kg.
Diet followed: Reasonably Well.
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Losing 2.5 kg a Week
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