Hi all.
Lori---OMG, doesn't it just fry ya to hear that kind of stuff?! I have to say, LC may be catching on a bit---but now they call it a "ketogenic diet." Which is fine. But it's nothing like the way "low fat" took off and remained to lead many of us down the wrong path for a very long time.
I SO get what you were feeling. The urge to set a few things straight, fighting with why bother when they start talking stuff we've long past experimented with and finally walked on by. The idea that one MUST have grains and fruits and vegetables on a regular basis. to be healthy.
Now for me it's true, I cannot live on meat alone. But that's more about my need for variety. And yeah, I do think my body likes the right fruits and vegetables. I don't think it EVER needs grains or sugar. So that's treat fodder, not lifestyle fodder.
We all find our own zone where all that's concerned. But, after going on 7 years mostly cutting my carbs way back, and hearing everyone's opinion about it--- sometimes so antithetical to so much I've read and more importantly, experienced--- I mostly have learned to just shut my mouth unless someone is asking questions. Which actually has happened.
If the door is open, I shoot right in there w/what I know and have experienced, otherwise I have learned to just smile like the Mona Lisa, LOL. Let them find out for themselves what works for them, PARTICULARLY as menopause sets in.
Sounds like you are making headway w/your shoulder. Although I certainly wouldn't have wished this on you, it has been quite inspiring to me in terms of your search for answers and your refusal to say "uncle." It's taught me a lot about what the medical profession can or will do for you, and how much you're left to explore alternatives.
Jaz---Thanx for caring, but I am just fine, if a bit wiped out by work and social demands in this last month. And yeah, I'll be honest to say I am learning to release to letting some things go here and there. I try not to make it here, w/you gals but sometimes that's what happens. This passage/journey I'm on is new to me, so I'm learning along w/it.
Haha, I bet you want in on the conversation Lori brought up. Don't we all, haven't we all been there?!?!
Hey, I'm curious. Have you made an appointment w/the hormone doc yet? Honestly, it just PO's me how hard you work at this and how little reward you are getting.
Like Lori w/her shoulder, I am learning we cannot sit back and accept what we don't like, until we have exhausted our choices. I am eager to hear what your choices might be, once you consult w/the proper doc. Because something is stopping you, and it ISN'T your commitment to LC, which you do a fab job at 98% of the time!
Trig and Nic---
I know Trig is out of dodge as she stated. Nic, appreciate your on the way out of town post, and hope you share as you go if you can. TOTALLY understand if you can't. I am particularly interested in your experience at that restaurant where servers use their talents while they wait for their break.
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I am 100% on plan. Have done OMAD for 3 days in a row.
For some odd reason, today I was bloaty nevertheless. I could so feel it and see it. Don't know why. DO KNOW it's not weight that's going to stick.
Looking forward to weighing myself again, but not yet. My goal/challenge is to stay on plan till this Saturday night, when my BFF is coming over here for a sleep over and a swim. We'll go out, or we'll order a pizza, but that will be my next teat night, and if I can do it, it will be 10 days since my last one.
And that will include going out for dinner for my SIL's birthday on Thursday. But I know where we're going and I know the menu very well. I can stay on plan and I'm going to.