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I feel great with the fast yesterday and then it was 10 hours between the late night snack and lunch. Got back down to 257.8 and I'm back on 18/6 schedule too. Love.

I was thinking yesterday that I'm really self regulating the loss. I could be extreme dieting and losing at twice the rate but that would come with physical and emotional issues. I love how I'm intuitively losing at a rate that doesn't seem to trigger anything. If something snaps, I automatically plateau. So very cool to me.

Podiatrist tomorrow. Last night my foot was aching continually but I think it was amplified because of the fast. Don't know how that works.
 
Just touched my toes! Woohoo. And it was effortless. I touched a few times before I realized what was happening.

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CrowFeather said:
I was thinking yesterday that I'm really self regulating the loss. I could be extreme dieting and losing at twice the rate but that would come with physical and emotional issues. I love how I'm intuitively losing at a rate that doesn't seem to trigger anything. If something snaps, I automatically plateau. So very cool to me.
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Just touched my toes! Woohoo. And it was effortless. I touched a few times before I realized what was happening.

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:party: :party: YAY to all the above!:party: :party:​
 
Yay!:D

Switching up breakfast a little. I only use butter as far as dairy but I bought a few slices of cheddar and I'm going to make a little breakfast sandwich tomorrow. Just gotta get the damn egg cooked correctly. Excited. Determined not to eat all the cheese at once!

Totally awake tonight.
 
Success with the breakfast muffin. I was out early this morning and kept considering stopping at a fast food place but the idea of that much sodium kept me driving. So glad. And the 'I must eat it all' cheese thing kicked in...still here...and I'm just waving at it and inviting it to leave. So far so good. I do so love dairy but it stymies my weight loss. Plus I have ethical issues with the corporate dairy industry. There's a dairy farm in Oz that allows the babies to stay with their moms and nurse. I think that is amazing.

Now I'm going to have a rare treat - a banana! Little things.
 
I lost my battle with the cheese but not as horribly as usual. I procrastinated cooking the turkey tenders and so supper got here and I had an hour to wait. So I used .6oz slice and an English muffin to make a grilled cheese. It's something I've been craving for weeks. Well...not an English muffin but you know, it works. Turkey is resting now and I'll soon have tacos. And I'm still under calories and my macros are good.

Driving about 7 hours tomorrow to go get kangaroo for the cats. I need something in reserve that I know everyone will eat. Great thing is driving actually burns a fair amount of calories. My problem comes is I'll be on the road my entire eating time. Gotta figure that out tonight.
 
8.5 hours of driving! My Achilles tendon finally released about three hours in. It's been ultra painful for several weeks and very tight. No amount of stretching has helped and all the podiatrist said was he could give me a cortisone shot. No way. Not ever. I had a feeling driving might do the trick. It's sore and tired now but y whole foot feels better.

I forgot the few things I prepared for the trip so I just drank water for the four hour. I stopped at a gas station after lunch time to get more water. This was a little place out in the middle of nowhere. They had a small grill with Indian and Mexican food. I ordered biryani but got a burrito. I just went with it. I don't think I say biryani correctly. Omg. Best chicken burrito ever. The thing must have been a pound in weight. When I saw it I figured I would eat half today and half tomorrow. Nope. It's all gone! And my macros came out nearly perfect and I'm under intake again.

Feels like my body is doing some healing under the surface. I'm not going to obsess about the scale this week.

The lady from whom I got the cat food hadn't seen me in over two years. "You look really healthy, " was the first thing she said. Sweet.

Gotta do dishes. I'd like to vacuum but I think I'm out of steam and I need to ice my foot and leg. Should sleep better tonight.
 
Almost down to my lowest weight last week. Official weighin is 257.8. Yay. It shows as 2.9 loss from last Sunday because I bounced up last week. I'll take it! Officially 29lbs down and 71 to go.

Foot feels great today. I'm thrilled with that. Very little on the docket today. Dishes, laundry, dropping off cat food I picked up yesterday, and that's about it. I would love to go to the movies but that's not in the cards this week.
 
Failed to plan but turned out okay. I woke up feeling not great. I knew I'd have an attack later in the morning but I went ahead and showered and went into work. I picked up a breakfast burrito on the way in - which increased a $1 over the weekend. It's the only near healthy fast food but nearly $4 is too much so won't be eating there often. I had packed an orange so had that around noon. And then the optical migraine started. Those are kinda fun. What I imagine an acid trip is like visually. No pain just waiting for it to be over so I can see again. I got a snickers from vending. No way I could drive. Few hours later I came home. I plugged every to go restaurant into myfitnesspal trying to find something to bring home. Nothing fit my macros. So I got home and cooked a quick meal with peas, golden potato, and turkey tender. Added Worcestershire sauce to the chicken. Not usually a match but it was great. Now the migraine is coming on. I've got about 45 minutes to get the dishes done and be still before the major pain hits. But on the really positive side, my foot and leg did great. Remembered the compression socks. Had to feed Peri baby food for her supper. They usually only go 6-7 hours between meals because of her. Today was nearly 12 hours. So could be stomach or her throat is inflamed. But at least she ate.

Lots to do tomorrow. Laundry, floors, cupboard clean out. And who knows what else. Hopefully I can sleep tonight.
 
Thank you Cate. I slept a solid 8 hours. Still have a lingering headache but otherwise feel great. Peri is still not eating so I'll give her subq fluids later in the morning. I've got 3 more hours of sleep. :p

One thing I love right now is that putting on pants isn't a concentrated effort anymore. I just raise my leg and stick it in the pant. No more holding on to stuff or stumbling or trying to raise my leg high enough. :jump:
 
Gonna go for a 36 hour fast. I liked how I felt last Thursday after the 24 hours. With the input about magnesium, salt, and potassium, it made everything easy. I struggled today with eating. Ended the day with almost 40% protein. Totally crazy. Once again I used a snickers to equalize my macros and the 40% was after the candy bar. Also did an evaluation of where I'm getting calories and macros. The largest input food is butter. I'm going to pull back on butter. Was using it in lieu of oils but not sure that's a smart strategy. Also went shopping for cabbage soup ingredients. No organic green beans but the regular ones were so much cheaper.

Noticed black mold spots on my carpet near the fireplace so gotta get the remediation done asap. Borrowing money goes against my austerity budget but this is our health. So....blah. Stress. Even more reason for the fast. My nervous system seemed to calm way down.

Dishes and to bed. It's been a long day. Vet comes tomorrow so I've got to clean the kitchen and wipe down the bathroom in the morning.

I really want a kombucha. I bought unsweetened tea to drink tomorrow.
 
Fast is going well. 19 hours in and no real issues. I'm more focused and have worked well all day and followed up on several outstanding personal to do list items..

Off topic my cat Peri freaked out with nail clipping this morning. Took me, a vet tech, and a vet and ended with me getting bit. But all her nails on her arthritic arm are clipped. I will never not give her gabapentin again before the vet visits.

I volunteer at the chimp sanctuary Sunday and tried to figure out my food plan. It's gonna be a weird day.

5 weeks ago myfitnesspal predicted I'd be at 253 by next Monday. Still hovering around 258. Not sure what to do.
 
Made it 27 hours but acid reflux started which told me it was time to eat. Fuji apple with sunbutter is my new favorite thing. Omg so good I shall now sleep very well.
 
Jumped on the scale this morning anticipating it to show 256. No. No it glared 259 something at me. I have accepted that I need to exercise. I think my body is working better and exercise won't be toxic. My cells are more efficient especially with the IF. So, starting slowly, I did my morning routine moderately and then an intermittent session on the pedals. Really light sweat. I'm going to apply the anti-inflammatory gel and put my ankle in a wrap and maybe later this morning I'll do half the plus size yoga routine. Maybe I'll do the real yoga once a week. It's one hell of a workout and I can't do or hold all the positions. I am excited that this may be what is going on that I need more movement. Hopefully it is not that I'm getting too few calories.
 
Full calorie day at 1621 with perfect 40-30-30 macros. How'd that happen? Totally intuitive eating today and I made the best guacamole today. Hopped over to the farmers market to get apples and oranges. Love apples and sunbutter.

My chest keeps aching. Dismissing it as indignation but I have no other symptoms. Whatever.

Peri will only eat kibble which upsets her stomach but at least she's eating a little.

Found a little house on 16.5 acres two hours north. Little to no chance I'd ever make an offer especially right now but I'm driving up probably Monday to see it. No agent unless I love it. I sure would love to sell the condo as is and not deal with the repairs. I'd still nearly triple my money. My tendency to avoid!

Jasmine fell asleep in my arms this afternoon. Hasn't done that since she was a kitten three years ago.
 
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