The Final Fifteen Pounds

June of 2020 and I'm still losing weight. I'm at 185.6 pounds and it seems to be holding there for several days. My weight sometimes comes off little by little, a few ounces here and there, and sometimes I get a big drop all at once -- 2 pounds. In the past, when I would get lower than 188, I would bounce back. This blog was first called The Final Fifteen because I was trying to get down to 173. Then, gradually my weight creeped back up to 217, 218. That's what I weighed in January of this year (2020).  With this intermittent fasting, things have begun happening that I thought might not work for me. The main thing is this: I'm not hungry much.  I get hungry at lunch, but then I go right through dinner time with no food and it's easy. The hardest part is just staying busy. I get little cravings when my family is all eating food around me, but they aren't monstrous (the cravings I mean).  Here's what I think has happened. My body is what they call fat adapted....

To lose weight, you must win your fight with sugar. There isn't any diet guru in any system I've ever read that says, "Eat all the sugar you want." So one way that I handle this is that I make rules for myself. Maybe a rule is too strong a word here. I mean more of a benchmark.  Here's one of my sugar benchmarks: no soda. By benchmark, it's an indicator that I'm not getting something my body probably needs: rest, exercise, unprocessed sugar, human interaction... The benchmark tells me that I need to make some changes. I craved soda this week. And last week too.  Craved Soda This Week I get to fifth period class and find that I'm floundering to find the energy to deliver all the way through to 3 o'clock when students get on the bus. So I sneak over to the vending machine and buy a pop.  I usually drink half of it. I didn't do that today (win). Instead, I took some Dr. Christopher Vitalerbs and drank some water. And guess what...

Had a second good day. Even though I ate fast food. Got stuck out. Kept it under 700 calories. Not bad for dinner. Need to exercise still. Did get my set of push ups in though.  2nd day of coffee less. I'm cool with it. Did have a chocolate craving late in the day though. A few kisses and that was good. Still wanna do better.  Might could have planned my dinner options better.  Gonna work out tonight. I am. No, seriously.