The past week was a real doozy, and the upcoming one looks about the same. Between the stress and the PMS hormones, I made a couple of (calculated) less-than-great choices last week, including corn chips three times (no more than 8 or 10 per sitting), beans, alcohol (one night), and extra chocolate a few days. I also skipped my BP coffee and had breakfast on Friday morning. The result is, after seeing a blissful 206.4 briefly early in the week, my weight this morning was up (209.4), and my ketones are down. However, even after the slight rebound in weight my net loss for the month was ten pounds, so I'm not complaining. My feeling is that by the end of the week I'll likely be back under 206.4, whether the gain was simple water retention or something else. Only time will tell!
My food intake today has been almost-perfect. I had my BP coffee around 10:00, then a little after 1PM had tuna salad (I used the safest-looking mayo and relish I could find, but I think next time I will use yogurt and celery instead). Then a little later I had yogurt with blueberries, a tablespoon of coconut oil, and a hint of stevia. Then for dinner, around 6:00, I had wild sockeye salmon (cooked in lots of EVOO and ghee with about a half a teaspoon of honey) with roasted asparagus. I've also had two cups of herbal detox tea and will likely have one more before bed. Anytime I eat two servings of fish in one day, even if they are low-mercury species, I try to do a bit of a cleanse as well to make sure the heavy metals aren't accumulating in my body.
The stevia is a new thing. I used it some for my parents when I was playing personal chef for them, but I don't really feel much need for it myself. I mainly got it to take the edge off of apple cider vinegar when I use it. I feel like it may be effecting my insulin sensitivity, however, so I may cut it back out and try to get the ACV down without it (2T mixed with a glass of water or herbal tea).
Another odd thing, along with the slight weight gain, is that my joint pain has been sneaking back up on me. My best guess is that it is from the tiny amount of breading I actually ate a few nights ago when I ordered a dish that doesn't normally have breading but apparently did at that particular restaurant. It was covered in sauce so I didn't see it on my first bite. The sauce and chips may have also been wheat-contaminated. At the moment, however, I was aware of the risk I was taking and made my choice. It is all part of the learning process after all!
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