Busy busy busy

So the holidays have come and gone, and all of our plans to spend them with family went out the window when we realized we'd have to have the leave time and money to make this move a month after Christmas (roughly). It's mid-January now and the time to head north is almost upon us! We are both so excited, it's hard to contain ourselves.

We found a house to rent, very close to a good friend in Washington, close to the post for ease of access for Gerry to get to work, pets allowed, and within our price range. Can't ask for more than that, can we? 

Besides the new place to live, I've begun a new eating lifestyle that...amazingly...I've stuck to with ease for the past three months. It's called the Ketogenic diet, and it's one that doctors have used for years to treat seizures in children. The Atkins diet was based on this, but I like this better because there's not some industry making money off of selling me products that are supposed to be good for me, but likely keep me dependent on their supply of food items. This is basically just a straight out low-carb, high-fat diet. I had blood work drawn three weeks into the diet and all of my numbers came back normal except for my hbA1C, and that's because it measures the spikes and dips in blood sugar over a 3 month period. I'm sure I fluctuated a ton before starting this diet.

Anyway, I haven't lost a whole ton of weight yet, but I know it's because I'm pretty sedentary. I need to get more exercise than I do and the weight will melt right off. But that's okay, because I already feel good, I've lost 14 pounds, and I'm not constantly hungry. There's no special foods to buy (unless you want to get creative), and I eat a lot of eggs, cheese, butter, steak, bacon, broccoli, asparagus, and cauliflower. I've ditched sugar, flour, root vegetables like onions and potatoes, and learned how to cook with things like almond flour and coconut oil. Snacks, if I get hungry and want one, consist of cheese, nuts, or a spoonful of peanut butter. I drink a lot of water, curing another issue I was having, because I was dehydrating myself before and this diet requires a lot of water to flush the ketones away.

I just want to say, because I don't feel deprived at all, I didn't even have the desire to cheat or go off the diet for the holidays. My Thanksgiving consisted of turkey, broccoli and cauliflower with home made cheese sauce, and a pumpkin dessert that had no sugar and about 5 grams of carbs total. For Christmas, we had a prime rib, shrimp scampi, and deviled eggs. I made another concoction for dessert that was something like a coconut cream pie dessert, minus the crust. I have stopped drinking years ago, so New Years Eve didn't have me wanting alcohol.

Overall, I think I'm doing very well, I'm happy, getting healthier, and still very much in love after eleven years. What more could a girl want? I wouldn't ask for anything more anyhow, as I'm already blessed enough. Let others have their wishes, mine have all come true.