Ups and Downs

It's all been up and down. Mostly down. I stopped losing weight, and actually gained three back. The pain has been out of this world. On the verge of giving up, I decided to subtract a couple of things from my diet, to see if we can get back on track. I say we because the Mr. has also stopped losing, right about the same time I did. I thought back and realized it all coincided with me adding the sugar free syrups I ordered from Amazon to the coffee creamer. Hmmm. So I bought new cream and went back to just using extracts, as much as I love the pineapple upside down flavor syrup. 

The result was dramatic. Two days with no syrup flavoring in the coffee, and I am back down to five pounds weight loss. And I woke up this morning with no pain for the first time in more than ten days. And the Mr. tells me he is losing again, too. This relieves me greatly, because I was considering going dairy free. In fact I reduced my dairy intake quite a bit yesterday. I am a girl who can't live without dairy. If I were to remove it entirely from my diet, there would be nothing left but meat and vegetables. Or Veg-et-ables as my sister would say. I need my cheese and butter. And my sour cream. What would I put on my salad? My Spinach? My broccoli? Any of those without cheese, and or butter, would just make eating not worth it, in my opinion. 

The switch from rooms is almost complete. I got all my son's stuff out of the front room, where it has been stored for two years. Brought all my stuff in from the garage and put it in the room where the son's stuff has been stored. The front room has now essentially become my garage. 

Then all my son's stuff, which was in the dining room for about two days while we spider bombed the garage, went out to the garage. It was a supreme effort. And I found myself, over the last ten days, losing my mind. I don't know what was wrong. Maybe just a lack of carbohydrates, but I continually found my patience tested. I found myself more irritated than usual. And tired. So, so, tired. Had to stop, constantly and take rests. I just had no stamina. Found myself snapping at the Mr. and the dog. I was emotionally unstable. Finally I googled it, and irritability can be part of the "keto flu" as they call it. Whatever it was, it wasn't pleasant. I'm hoping it's gone, because I didn't like myself last week. I really struggled. 

But the job is almost done now. All the remains is for the son to get home from a short job he has taken, and move his remaining things from the office and into the now ready to live in garage. Then I will have my office back. I am looking forward to this, because I have been unable to create anything since he has been home. It's my art room and I can't access my art supplies. I have so many creative ideas floating around in my head that need to get out. 

I'm a little excited about the thought of getting into my paints, again. Maybe I will finish that giant paint by number I started three years ago. 

My clothes are fitting a little looser. I early voted today for President Trump. I'm in no pain. Yep. It's a good day.