Here marks the beginning of July! I just spent the last June of my life being unhappy with myself. July brings the month of my life changing surgery and now there are exactly 3 weeks until I fly to Mexico.
The weekend brought a little bit of frustration. I peed on a "Keto-Stick" as normal when on the Atkins diet. It's always very reassuring to see that I am in Ketosis (my body is burning fat actively) by seeing the pink, violet or all the way to sometimes purple color on the stick. I was freaked when I looked to see that the stick read "trace" which means my fat burning had slowed way down. I have been SO good - no cheating whatsoever - so I was mad, sad and frustrated. I still haven't figured out what caused the slow down in my fat burning, but I suspect the sugar free breath mint that I ate at work. There must be something in there that tricked my body into thinking that I had eaten sugar. :(
By this morning (Sunday), I was already back into Ketosis and feeling better. No more risks - even if it says sugar free.
I can see the weight loss now. My shape is slightly changing and the skin on my belly is more loose. That's a good feeling... sort of. I have read that many people use keratin and vitamin E enriched lotion on their skin as they lose weight to help their skin be more elastic and regain it's shape. So, I studied the lotions at the local Walgreen's drug store for at least 20 minutes reading labels and trying to find the one that seemed to be the best. You wouldn't believe how many kinds of lotion there are now and how many things they claim to do! The worst thing I saw was how many lotions contain mineral oil or it's cousin petrolatum. Both words mean the same - the by-product of gas refining. It's a cheap oil, readily available and makes a great filler in lotions and other products. Problem is - anything coming from petroleum products would have a carcinogenic property and should really not be used in large amounts on the skin. Baby lotions are full of it -scary! I finally found one that seems safe and has a slight amount of anhydrous caffeine which gives a temporary firming effect on the skin. My hope is that it will help my skin "re-learn" how it should be.
Today I also invested in L'Oreal Visibly Different facial hydration. There's probably freaking mineral oil in it. I didn't look yet.. ... Crap! I want to start defending my face from the same skin sagging that is likely to happen elsewhere.
Eight days now until the liquid diet starts....
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