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My husband had his colonoscopy today. So yesterday he was on broth and clear liquids only, and he had to do the "purge," which was pleasant.  He wasn't allowed any food after midnight, not even the broth. No water, either. The good news is that he was second in line this morning for his procedure. We were out of there by 8:00 am, and then we were able to eat breakfast together as I had ended my fast around 2:00 AM. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  357  lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs We had some delicious, fatty barbecue brisket. It's Texas, that's what we do! It was amazing! We ate it with a salad and some homemade ginger dressing. I wasn't too thrilled with the dressing. I used a recipe I found online, and I feel it had far too much soy sauce in it. The taste of the soy sauce overwhelmed the ginger and garlic, unfortunately. Even after this meal, I felt good. No dumping. Success! Now I know how to e...

I had to stop my fast early. I almost made it to the 120-hour mark. I got to 110h:46m. I am very proud of that accomplishment. That is nearly 5 days of fasting with only water and electrolytes. I am fairly impressed with myself, actually. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight: 356.8   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  325 lbs I didn't lose much in these 5 days as you can see. I started at 361.8 lbs on May 26, 2018, and I am at 356.8 lbs today. My weight hasn't changed from yesterday to today. Over 5 days, that is about 5 lbs total. Some of that will come back after I re-feed; I can't avoid that eventuality. I felt "throat hunger," which is the feeling of true hunger, and that's when I knew I had to break my fast. This feels like a lump in your throat that you can't swallow; it's kind of like anxiety in a way. Well, it definitely causes some anxiety, for sure. And you also start to salivate more. There are no cravings or grumbles in...

I think that the keto diet and its restrictions may be driving my husband a wee bit crazy. He doesn't work tonight, but I do, and I left him with some instructions about what foods were safe for him to eat while I was away at work. Well, he pretty much forgot everything I said. He felt just a bit defeated by it, too. I could tell. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  356.8  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  325 lbs In lighter news, look at that 1.8-pound drop fro yesterday! Wow! I completed the 72-hour fast with ease, and I'm now working on 96 hours. I got this! It's also getting a lot easier. I'm not feeling as "hungry" today as I was the past day or so. For my husband, I have decided to make keto snacks ahead of time that will allow him to simply grab and eat without much thought. I'll do all the thinking and the math. Basically, to maintain a good ratio to stay in ketosis, not raise blood sugar, avoid huge insulin spike...

I did it! I hit my short-term goal! Today my scale said 358.6 lbs! I can't believe it. I am so excited, elated, amazed, ecstatic, overjoyed, and all other of the best adjectives to describe this feeling I can't think of right now. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  358.6  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  325 lbs I am under 360 lbs finally! I knew I was still losing fat even if the lying liar of a scale showed otherwise. When I got home from work this morning, my scale had the audacity to say 365.4 lbs! How dare it! I was a bit swollen, and I'm not sure how that happened. I have a theory about the electrolytes, but that's neither here nor there. By this evening at 6:30 PM when I woke to start getting ready for work, the weight dropped to below 360 lbs for the first time in... well, forever! I now weigh less than I did when I was 13 years old! Picture day! And also time to set a new short-term goal. This time, I want to ...

I am about 40 hours in to my newest extended fast. I don't have a planned goal for this one. I am generally just going to keep going as long as I feel good with it. I really hope this works to get me to drop some more pounds. So far this month, I have only lost 6 pounds in total. It's only Day 16 of the current 30-day month, so that's actually a really go amount of weight lost, but I would still like for it to be more. I am a bit impatient. The scale is going in the right direction again, so that's good. Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  361.4  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs I have lost point-four lbs from yesterday to today. It's not a lot, but it's something. I'm hoping that I'll have lost more by the time I get home from work in the morning. It will have been about 42 hours into my current fast at that point. I won't have anything I need to cook today, so there's no danger of my accidentally tastin...

I accidentally broke my fast! Eek! I was working on a 72-hours fast this time, and while I was fixing dinner for my man, I gave it a huge taste! I forgot I was fasting! LOL. It happened. I started over. I'm at about 15 hours of a new fast, and I really want to try to go for a lot longer than 72 hours if I can last. I'm sure I can. The good news is that my weight is down a bit today from where it was yesterday. It's only down by point-two lbs, but down is down, and I'll take it! Starting weight:  401 lbs Current weight:  361.8  lbs   ⇩ Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs I can see the finish line on that short-term goal, but I just can't seem to reach it yet. I will. If I can remember that I'm fasting and not taste the food, I'll be fine! The casserole I made was supposed to be a Quiche Florentine. I tried making a coconut-flour-bases shortbread crust from a recipe I found online. It was a total flop. That crust was the worst! I th...

I made some really yummy broccoli and shrimp today. It created 6 servings of absolute heaven! I served it to my husband with some Lasagna Casserole. He was enjoying it so much, and then tragedy struck! He set his plate on the corner of his table, and down it went. It up-ended and left all of his delicious food all over the floor! It was all I could do to keep from crying. It's not that I had worked so hard, but the loss of such delicious food made me really, really sad. To hide this, I panicked instead. The true emotion was a deep sadness, though. It was a great sense of loss. No one would be able to eat that food. I didn't know I was so emotionally attached to food! I thought I was immune to its siren call. Starting weight:  415 lbs Current weight:  362  lbs  ⇧   Long-term Goal:  145 lbs Short-term Goal:  359 lbs The scale is up again today about point-six lbs. I'm not going to worry, though. I will simply have faith and carry one. This, too,...