Year Four, Day 160: Beginning to Exhale

I'm back! Oh it feels good to be writing again. And comforting to know that people are reading my inner thoughts. It makes me feel less alone! I have been buried, but finally feel like I can come up for air.

Speaking of air, Today is July 3rd. My son's birthday. He is 27 years old. I feel like I can almost start exhaling. Good things have been happening in our lives. And he made it to 27! There were many years there when I thought I'd better take a mental snapshot of our time together, because I feared it was the end!

But we really should live like that always. Because we never really know when the end will come. Right?

Today is also Day 17 of my keto diet. I have lost 6 pounds. And I am still loving this new way of eating. I am also on Day 21 of intermittent fasting. I think I found a lifetime regimen for eating!

I am constantly learning more about the keto diet. I have started paying more attention to my "macros" (counting carbs/protein/fat). It turns out I was a bit high on the protein and low on the good fat.

I downloaded a new book on my Kindle called DIRTY, LAZY, KETO: Getting Started: How I Lost 140 Pounds by Stephanie Laska.

I LOVE THIS BOOK!

The author is chatty and funny. She gives you some useful tools to be effective in keto, without weighing you down with too much info and without trying to sell you on more product!

I have so many more thoughts as usual, but no time to share them.

I will just leave you with warm wishes for a wonderful day and Happy 4th if I don't get back to you tomorrow!

But I hope to!

Happy Wednesday!

Love,

Zita

P.S. I am still hooping! Day 99!

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