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Today my husband and I finally tried adding the 100% Premium Ghiradelli Baking chocolate to our BPC. It wasn't easing trying to get that grated and shopped up so I could add it to the Ninja for blending. At first, I wanted to simply grate it using the food processor. I tried, it failed. Then I tried simply processing in in the food processor. Again, this was a no-go. My husband found the tiny grater that is used for zesting citrus fruit. That worked, but it was so difficult. Finally, he just grabbed a knife and chopped it up. That was the best method! It was worth it! Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  361.4  lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs The scale is not being very friendly to me these days. I'm wondering if it's due to stress, or whether I'm somehow eating too much or eating the wrong foods. I don't know. I raised my calories a bit, but not much. My meal today was 1288 calories in total. That shouldn't hav...

I'm only point-two pounds down today from yesterday. This feels like a stall to me. it could be the calm before the woosh, though. I'm not going to enter into a new 72-hour fast for another day or so, but i really, really want to. I know I can lose more weight if I fast. I liked fasting. I lost a lot of weight doing it. I mean, technically, I fast every day, but what I'm talking about is an extended fast. That's a fast that lasts longer than 24 hours. Generally, when I eat OMAD, I fast for about 23 or 24 hours. I try for 22 hours at least. Some days I go a bit longer, but usually no at least 22 hours. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  360.6  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs This last pound before I hit my next short-term goal sure it being stubborn. I think it has developed a mind of its own. I think it may be sentient... it's sentient, and it's mad at me! I want to get rid of it, and it knows it. I want to get ri...

Plateau! I'll take it! It's far better than gaining weight. Gaining is for the birds! LOL. My husband is feeling much better now that he has had an opportunity to speak with his doctor. The doctor was fully on board with the plan to go keto to try to reverse the  blood glucose issue. She will follow up with him in three months to see how he is doing. In the meantime, we have ordered a blood glucose monitor, and we will make sure that he is doing well, and his blood glucose is dropping. He is coping much better with his new diet, too. I'm so glad. I was really worried about that. He was so glum. He was definitely experiencing a bit of mourning. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight: 360.8 lbs Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs I'm hovering just above my next goal weight. I know that it is going to be stubborn. I wonder if my mind can affect my weight loss. Maybe I should stop settings goals. Instead, I could simply record the weight loss ...

I have been thinking very seriously about trying another extended fast for even longer than 72 hours. It felt great to do it, and there are a number of benefits to doing it. Also, I have plenty of fat stores to be able to keep myself "fed" for a great amount of time. I think I wouldn't do it unless I first get under the care of a doctor, but I am thinking very seriously of trying this. I had a "re-feed" today. I ate after not eating for 3 days (72 hours). Immediately after, I felt sick, and I found myself in the bathroom quite a lot. I was expecting to gain some weight, but I only gained 0.2 lbs. That's not too bad. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  360.8  lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs My husband is eating the same foods as I am eating. Today he has decided to also fast more than 20 hours a day with me. I advised him not to do it as it is too soon, but he is convinced that he can tough it out and do it. If...

While I am elated and excited and ecstatic to be losing my weight, my poor husband is now suffering general malaise because of his recent high blood glucose result from the physical he had. He didn't feel up to coming to work tonight, he was feeling so out of sorts. It's not just the blood work that has him down. He has decided, begrudgingly, to choose the keto way of eating (WOE), and he is really in mourning for his old eating habits. It is truly a mourning period for him. I am doing all I can to help him through it, but this transition is not what he would have chosen for himself. He is being forced to change for his health. The alternative is far worse. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  360.6  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs My good news is that I am down more than a pound from yesterday! Woo! I'm less than a pound away from my goal of 359 lbs! This is exciting, for sure, but that "woo" was halfhearted; who a...

Woohoo! I'm doing nothing but losing weight now! I love it! My husband and I went grocery shopping, and I got all the fixings for making the Bacon Cheeseburger Casserole -- this is my husband's favorite keto casserole so far -- and I developed and bought ingredients for a new Lasagna Casserole. I hope he likes that one. I think I will. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  362.2  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs My sweetie is really concerned about the state of his blood glucose. He is starting to manifest psychosomatic symptoms of diabetes. He is really scared of losing limbs and dying. I keep trying to keep him sane and assure him that we got this. We can reverse what's happening, and we can cure his diabetes before it's a real issue. I get that he's scared. I know how that feels. We will take care of it, and I hope I can get him to trust me. I feel as though God gave me this answer to my weight problem at the rig...

I had a non-scale victory today when I got to work. My boss hasn't seen me in many moons, and I walked into his office. He said I looked fantastic, and he wondered whether it was diet or exercise or something. I let him know it's keto. I'm really very proud of myself, and that made me feel so happy all during my shift! Woo! I have actually dropped 23 lbs since i started Keto in April, and I think that's stellar! Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  363.2  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs On a less-than-stellar note, my hubby got a bit of bad news today. He got his results from the physical, and everything looked good except for one thing: he had a high fasting blood glucose result that was over 160. This scared him a bit. He hasn't really been doing keto with me, but hes been eating my food along with his carby sides. He has decided to try to turn this around by doing keto with me. We will discuss things with his doct...