David Cameron.

Midlife crumbling body check-in: after vacation (we leave tomorrow morning), I need to schedule a mammogram, colonoscopy, and need to find a dermatologist to make sure my cave fish-white self stays skin cancer-free (in the meantime, I have SPF 1 billion for the beach). I'm posting that for accountability, so I make those appointments.

Despite the best efforts of Awesome Doctor to appeal to our insurance, they refuse to pay for weight-loss drugs (which seems very short-sighted of them, because they have access to my records; they can see my BMI). And my blood sugar is like 70, so he can't get it covered for pre-diabetes. The good news is, I'm fat but otherwise pretty damn healthy. I am, however, still on a mission to lose the Covid weight, so at the beginning of June I started tracking my food, which I haven't done in a long, long, long time. Since then, I've lost 10 pounds (which I honestly can't tell, because that really isn't that much on my frame), which I'm pretty happy with for 2 months. I took my measurements back in April when we bought Indian garb for our niece's Hindu wedding ceremony, and compared to my April measurements, I've lost 2.5 inches off my bust, 3 inches off my waist, and 2 inches off my hips. So I guess I'll keep tracking my food and my insurance can go jump in a lake.

(I am, however, not going to track my food very strictly on vacation. I have seafood to eat!)

Boo on short-sighted insurance, but yay on the healthy direction that you're achieving in spite of it! Enjoy that vacation.

No vacation here, but I drove a group from our sister Assisted Living from Lexington to the Boston MFA (and back) to see a collection of gowns and jewelry. It was good that most of it was behind glass, because it was so luxurious that I would have been absent-mindedly running my hands over the material.

It was also interesting to me that the only dresses that I could absolutely have fitted properly were stage dresses for Donna Summer. She had a Real Body(tm).

Boo, indeed, on stupid insurance company. Yay on tracking + desired weight loss. I've been tracking mine for about a week now, and it's def making a difference. Imagine that! Anyway -- you have a tracking buddy now!

Just had a good catch-up dinner with a friend. Much needed. Then I bought more chocolate oat ice cream bars at TJs, because, yum and also, they are serving as a really tasty replacement for my addiction to Snicker's (Snickers' ?) Ice Cream Bars. Holy Hell, I love the shit out of those things. So, yeah, oat bar replacement it is.

I'm for sure going to see Deadpool & Wolverine this weekend. Can't wait.

Cereal:

Theo, I would have had the same compulsion. I often make people take off their rings and such so I can handle them (I mean, not random people; friends who know about my quirks).

Yay on tracking + desired weight loss. I've been tracking mine for about a week now, and it's def making a difference. Imagine that! Anyway -- you have a tracking buddy now!

I thought tracking would make me obsessive and control-freaky, but it's mostly just interesting to see the data. Like, I get a lot of fiber on a daily basis. A LOT. But I have to actively work to hit my protein goal (which is a pain in the ass).

Yeah, that's a large part of why I started -- to get my ratios right-ish among carbs, fats, and protein. My doc was like, "Do you eat enough protein?" And I said, "Well, I'm pretty sure, because if there's no protein in my meal, then I don't really think of it as a meal, so..." Turns out I was right.

The apps have gotten so fast and useful now, I don't get stuck/sucked in getting every little detail right, so it helps me not be obsessive.

Anyway -- you have a tracking buddy now!

Yeah, it seems to make a big difference with me too. Doing keto it is easy to have too much protein and not enough fat. Getting to 70% fat is a challenge, but macadamia nuts FTW. (90% of their calories from fat) I get so much protein from the collagen peptides I take for my deteriorating bones, and I drink a max protein ensure most days. I didn't eat meat for 35 years so I still am not in the habit of eating a lot of it. Just the peptides and ensure have me at 50 grams of protein. But now that I rejoined the carnivores I will down a cheeseburger from time to time.

I am pretty loose about the tracking, while DH is a freak even asking me if it was 6 or 8 cherry tomatoes in his salad. Weighs everything. Dude!

chocolate oat ice cream bars at TJs

The keto ice cream bars are so super tasty! I wonder if I could make keto ice cream. Probably, I shall research.

I've been back on keto about a month. I miss my morning oatmeal with fruit and nuts, but a spinach feta omelet and bacon would comfort that loss.

Tracking is the only way I have ever successfully lost weight. Which apps do y'all use?

I did not take any decongestant last night and slept fine, breathing and feeling fine, but the Covid test is still strongly positive. Maybe not QUITE as strong but…ugh. I want to get back to normal life. Had to Amazon more Covid tests to myself. Which of course meant I had to throw in a few other goodies as well. Like you do.

Keto would not work for me. But I’m crossing my fingers I can stay anywhere near my current weight. But protein is hard! I’ve been not only using the high protein fairlife milk in my iced coffee but also adding in half a scoop of protein powder. Hoping that helps.