I'm pretty proud of me.  At this point, I have written on this blog more than any 1 of the many, many journals I collected as a teenager.

Went swimming today.  My arms haven't started to kill me yet, neither have my inner thighs (thank you breast stroke), so that's pretty cool.  I had a lot of other stuff to do, but I still managed to do 25 laps.  I'm shooting for 32 next time :).

I'm officially at 280 lbs, just about to move the 10's digit down for the first time in this new dietary lifestyle- that's pretty exciting.

Yesterday I made costco chicken bakes at home for the boys, and used the Fat Head Pizza crust base for the base/breadding for mine.  I had enough for 2 chicken bakes, and had the other one for dinner tonight while the boys had pizza.  Also, green beans.  Green beans are amazing.

I don't think I've mentioned "the boys" before.  I live with my boyfriend of 10 years and his younger brother (doggie supervisor while I'm in class and the boyfriend is at work).  

Still haven't cheated since the first, disasterous cheat day.  I'm starting to come out of the keto fog I think, energy is starting to come back, and I'm definitely losing weight.

Later guys!

I told ya!

So...I was totally right.

If I remember properly, I dicked around on the computer and did not go for my walk.  I didn't go for many walks this summer.  My bestest buddy boy, Captain (my 2 year old Golden Retriever), ended up having surgery this summer, and was laid up...and I was honestly pretty freaking lazy.

It ended up being a really...weird summer, but I'm super excited that class has started up again.  I used a pre-quarter trip home to California as a reset on some diet and exercise habits, and I am excited to come back to my blog...of 1 post.  :)

So, I have restarted my ketogenic diet- no carbs for me.  At this point, I'm 2 weeks in, and had 1 slip day...it was not a pretty evening, and I have no desire to go back to carbs at this point.  Of course I say this now.  About an hour ago I had a massive craving for sourdough toast with butter.

One nice thing about going back to the keto diet is a renewed interest in bone broths.  I've made 2 batches of beef broth, and currently have chicken stock going in the slow cooker.  The soup, the soup!  It's soooo good!  Last week I made a low-carb zuppa toscana with my homemade beef broth as a base, YUM!

So, my starting weight was 290...and I'm down to 285.  One day at a time.

Speaking of one day!  The boyfriend and I joined a new gym today, complete with a year round pool. One day, a long time ago I was a swimmer.  Swimming is awesome, I like swimming, sometimes I bitch and moan about swimming.  Also looking forward to the weights.  I have a personal trainer meeting tomorrow, I'll let you know how it goes.