Ketogenesis

Last Friday, I decided I would finally cut sugar out of my life.  I don't eat tons of candy bars, cupcakes, etc., but enough to keep me addicted to sugar.  I spent 3 weeks prior to last Friday just watching what I ate and reading labels.  Holy shit batman!  Not only was I eating so much sugar in "healthy" foodstuffs, but a lot of other chemicals too.

I've been suffering from sinusitis for a long time now, acid reflux, painful joints, not sleeping all that well, needing to take way too many Advil and I've often just thought it was because I was getting older.  I do ride bikes and love riding them and the more I ride, the better I feel.  I took a yoga class and really liked it, so why am I feeling like I'm just not that healthy?  I try to watch what I eat, but tend to eat too many meals and the resulting bloating and gas is horrific. I just chalked it up to menopause until....

I watched a movie on Netflix called Sugar Free.

It took awhile for the information to sink in, but I started to wonder if sugar and other processed foods (most have sugar in one for or another) are the culprit to my feeling not quite right?  I decided to find out and quit sugar.

Quitting sugar was actually fairly easy.  I guess I wasn't the addict I thought I was.  I also quit bread, starches and anything with sugars that weren't natural.  Reading labels and using MyFitnessPal is helping, a lot.

I rode my bike to work this week on Monday and Tuesday and have never ridden with that much ease and speed and I felt great!  I've taken a couple of days off to recover and back at it this weekend, working back up to fulltime commuting by bike again.

I'm finding I'm sleeping better, thinking clearer and cognitive awareness is much improved.  As of this morning, I have lost 10#.  Not sure how much is fat or excess water, but the scale says I'm down 3% body fat and 2% water, so it's not just water loss.  I'm in full ketosis, so should be starting to burn my own body fat in another week or three or sooner?  Everyone's different and I'm liking the results, even though the weight loss is a drop in the bucket.

I have a lot to lose, but my goal right now is 50#, so we'll see how it goes.