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 Starting weight:  285.2
 Yesterday’s Calories/Carbs Goals (limits):   1928  / 40.0
 Yesterday’s Intake:  Calories & Net Carbs:   1750 /  36.1
 Yesterday’s Exercise:    30 min. elliptical + 30 min. exercise bike
 Weight Yesterday:: 241.0    Today:  242.0    bmi:  45.73 
 Change today::  +1.0 lbs.         Loss-so-far:   43.2 lbs.    
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I saw a one-pound gain this morning.  So I still have not broken my plateau.  But I knew to expect a possible gain at first with this elevated calorie-level thing I’m trying (thank you realcdn for warning me of that!!!) so I’m not freaked out about it - yet.  Even though I haven’t seen any weight-loss progress yet, there have been some “results” already, just not the kind I was necessarily expecting… 

1)  I definitely do feel more awake and energetic.  I can feel the difference that it makes to have adequate fuel.  I still get tired in the evenings but sh*t, I’m forty-seven years old, I have a house, a cat, a husband, three kids, and a full-time job.  After a long day I get a little tired.  No biggie.

2) I may not be losing weight but I am burning fat.  The ketosis strips show either pink (for a trace of ketones) or purple (for a higher number of ketones).  Ketones are by-products which are created when the body burns fat instead of carbs.  My sticks are usually either light pink or just a little bit purple.  I did it last night and I set the stick aside (supposed to wait 1-2 minutes) and when I looked at it a couple minutes later I was like WOW that’s purple!  It was the darkest purple I’ve ever seen it.

3) Even though I’ve been stalled with no weight loss at all, my body has changed.  I last recorded my measurements at the end of October, at which time I had lost a total of 25.5 inches.  I measured again two days ago and now my total lost inches is …. drum roll … 29.5!  I lost 4 more inches and that is an awesome thing to celebrate.  Also, I noticed today that when I drove my Mustang I had a bunch of room between my belly and the steering wheel.  Woohoooo!!  This is a really good thing because I love my car and it really bugged me that my car kinda didn’t “fit” me.  I had to put my seat back and cinch the seatbelt really tight to keep my belly from rubbing against the steering wheel.  Now, even without a seatbelt, my belly doesn’t come anywhere near the steering wheel, wooohooo!

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One week from today, we leave for the cabin in North Carolina!  Yeeeeeehawwww!!!  I’m really looking forward to getting away from it all and just enjoying our time and making memories!!

Here are some photos of our rented-home-away-from-home.  I hope it’s as nice as it looks!

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