And something occurred to me. She probably looked at me and saw a not-so-fat person who probably wouldn't understand her weight struggles and would judge her for them. Because I'm not as fat as I used to be.
My peak weight was 255 lbs, or around that. I didn't weight myself much at my peak weight. I took the weight off first through low-carb, down to the 220 to 210 range, and there I plateaued.
Keto took me down to the 190 range, and now on my current fast, I found I weighed 188. I have not broke below 190 in years, maybe since I was in high school.
Sometimes it's hard to remember I'm not so fat anymore. I was buying 2X clothing for years, and now I am tossing it for XL sizes. I just had to order some new pants from Haband company because I was running out of jeans that fit and that hadn't been ripped by my cat, Eleanor. (She's got neurological problems and digs claws in when she jumps in my lap so she won't fall, and ripped a hole in my favorite properly-fitting jeans that expanded until the jeans had to be discarded.)
Fasting, Day 3
I have only recently done a fast that lasted 40 hours, and now I'm on a fast that has gone in to the third day. Dr. Jason Fung, author of The Complete Guide to Fasting (see sidebar, BUY THE BOOK!) allows home-made bone broth as a fasting fluid, and I had one cup the first day and two the second.
I felt no hunger the first day, which is why I fasted in the first place, and a little the second. When I feel a little hunger, I drink some tea and wait a while and the hunger passes. The bone broth helps, but I don't want to drink it too often because home-made bone broth has some fat in it and so some calories.
I have done my HeavyHands walking all three days, and actually felt more energetic than I had been. I have had chronic fatigue for years, and the keto diet helps some, but not as much as a fasting day helps. My blood sugars have been 94 and 111. And I'm getting caught up on dishwashing since I'm not dirtying new ones! (I don't have a working dishwasher.)
My New Facebook Group
Some of my author friends have been starting Facebook groups instead of author pages because Facebook pages are no longer very useful. I've decided to start a Facebook group for this blog, and will be posting new blog posts from this blog there.
I'm still working on setting the group up, but if you want to join, the group is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/583596832037760/
