Oh maybe that's not victory I smell, it's the sweet (sometimes) smell of ketosis! The past few days my breath has rotated back and forth between smelling (and tasting) like maple syrup and acetone (nail polish remover). I was actually worried about getting pulled over this weekend (4th of July in the US, and in Texas we have a "no refusal weekend", which requires anyone suspected of drinking and driving to submit to a breathalizer test) because my breath can totally be confused with the smell of alcohol. Ketosis is a state that the body gets in when it is using stored fat for energy. I believe the liver processes the fat then the kidneys process the byproduct and processing the byproduct creates the acetone smell. But don't quote me on that description, I'm no doctor ;-) Lots of people strive to stay in ketosis because it means their low carb diet is working and the fat is melting off. Which could TOTALLY be true because this morning:
120.4!!!
Now, I will admit I got a hair cut and lost about 3 inches off my very thin hair, and I was wearing a skirt instead of lightweight pants. But those combined shouldn't account for too much weight. My original goal was 120 with an estimated completion date of 7/15/2011 but I think I'm still going to shoot for 118, much closer to my "skinny" weight. I didn't eat anything new this weekend, but i did make a tofu scramble. And I took one bite of it and spit it out and threw the rest out. It tasted EXACTLY like scrambled eggs, which make me gag. I think I'm officially done with tofu. Actually, I did eat something new - artichokes! I found some frozen ones at a fancy grocery store here and they are really good with some vinegar and garlic powder. Today I had a "latte" for breakfast, I brought a salad, some grilled eggplant, some artichokes, a ff feta cheese and cherry tomato caprese style salad, and a slice of ff cheese. I've been averaging 850-1000 calories and that is after forcing myself to eat sometimes. And I am now fitting into ALL of my skinny jeans, and am now striving for another pair of jeans that I super shrunk. They are a size 25 in 7FAMK - yikes!
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