MY SUPER POWER IS I CAN SMELL CHEERIOS THRU THE BOX…

Here’s a weird thing –I have been basically no carbs ( 30 a day) Since Oct 26^th 2015 – and NO grains since that day either. I have not cheated – gone off this way of eating. So the other morning my husband had eaten Cheerios – Honey Nut Cheerios and I came to the breakfast table with my eggs and bacon (can I just say YUMMY??!!)

Anyway As I sat at the table I swear I could smell those Cheerios right thru the box.  My husband had finished eating already so I didn’t smell his bowl full. Nope I smelled those little round O’s right thru the waxed paper bag in the closed cardboard box.

Folks I was jonesing for some Cheerios – some crunchy cereal… I have walked thru the stores and smelled candy thru the wrappers – no not like sniffing candy wrappers but seeing a candy wrapper or a food box and the smell of it comes back to me! 

Now I could get all sciency and try and explain the olfactory system and how smells and memory work but face it we fatties already know about that. What I never realized is that -just as my body remembers  how to walk up steps( seriously have you ever walked up steps that are smaller than normal or all the same but one is a bit off? ) It also remembers the smells of the food I used to love.

I don’t even have to actually smell it to conjure up that beautiful odor of chocolate bars or Carmel apples.

BUT here is the thing – My body is so much better off without all that junk. Yes I miss it, but frankly I wouldn’t exchange my Non scale and scale victories for another bite of anything!!

 I have made a list of Non Scale Victories such as:

• ·         My Constant Planter fasciitis – gone
• ·         My inflammation in my knees and body – gone
• ·         I can walk and breathe at the same time (no seriously!!)
• ·         The pin pricks of nerves as I am trying to sleep -gone 

Just to name a few – But God is good all the time and He keeps me from these things!! 

THE SKINNY ON FALLING DOWN (falling down on the job....and other places)

If a Photographer fall's in the woods and no one takes a picture of it ...did it happen??

I fall down...a lot ... no REALLY ! My  Uncle George nick named me Grace and used to say "she is an accident looking for a place to happen!" (God rest his soul!)

But never the less it is truth. I am clumsy... The first big fall I remember I was 5 and we were at my grandparents cabin at Timber lake, I was wearing a half top and shorts and we went running down a gravel hill... oh yeahhhh recipe for disaster ! I tripped and slid belly first down the gravel hill. I probably did not slid too far - I mean I was only 5, I couldn't have worked up too much speed, but I was a chunky kid so when I went down, it was a hard fall!! I scraped up my belly- ouch!!

Another time as an adult - I had locked my keys in my car and called Scott (my now husband of 31 years) to bring me the extra set. I worked at AFNB bank- where they had just started with the VIP lines. So we had the nice velvet ropes lined up in a snake line . Now me being Me- I couldn't go around them ...nope I went over them and in an imagined hurdlers  jump no less! I am 5 foot 4 inches tall and at that time, while no longer chunky- let's just say I was never an athlete ! Yup my toe snagged the top of one of the ropes which threw me off balance and set the velvet stanchion ropes in their heavy metal bases twirling as I am stumbling trying to regain my balance. Leaving Scott on the other side of the doors a bit stunned and hysterical with laughter! I knocked down the whole VIP line tho my memory says I stayed up right that time but just barely.

Then there was the Girl Scout camp trip that after I lectured the girls about being careful not to injure themselves on this hike, I fall and skin up my knee/ leg in the gravel! I do not remember how I fell but I do remember co leader Peggy's face! Oh the irony of life as she and I sent the girls off with volunteers as we stumbled back to camp!!!

I have hurt my self more trying to stay upright to keep from falling then if I actually fell down!
But falling down at 328 pounds can hurt - you fall much harder the larger you are. Last fall at our cabin which has HARD wood floors in the dining room, my friend Peggy and I were there painting - I do not even remember what I was flying into the dining room after, but once again my toe snagged to top step and I flew! I tackled the dining room chair with my left shoulder and landed with a solid thud on the dining room floor. I was stunned - literally! Peggy rushed in (snickering with concerned LAUGHTER!!!)  to help ,asked me if I was ok?  I couldn't move or breathe for a few seconds ! And then it became funny! Oh my goodness ( later I found out that I had partially dislocated my shoulder on the chair tackle ! ) And also found that I have ab's as my Abdominal muscles were sore!! Who knew??!!

One more example was when I had my foot surgery- I was wearing a boot . Well you can't tell where you are stepping in those heavy walking boots and we had gone to see Giggles our new dog. She was at a Dog Breeder having just had a new pup about 7 weeks ago - Giggles is an AKC show dog whose puppies go for $1,500.00. So I put the stupid heavy boot down as I took a step and hear a squeelie sounding yelp and realize I have stepped on the puppy. Since I can't feel anything -I throw the booted foot up- hip high and that of course knocks me off balance ! And down I go... hard onto the cement floor! I have by now lost about 50 pounds but at 275 I weigh enough that when I go down, I fall hard!!! As I struggle to jump up, I looked at the horrified Breeder (whom I am sure at this point is seeing her new business swirling down the drain in a squished puppy and a law suit by me!!!) I look at her as I am struggling to get up off the hard floor and said "No worries! I Fall Well!!!!"

And now to yesterdays stumble. I am a photographer . On a shoot yesterday to take a nice family from our Brown County church's photos, I once again caught  my toe in some downed tree limbs and fell! Now I am holding a very expensive camera so my focus (haha) is on saving the camera not catching myself!! Here is the greatest part of this whole story... having lost 81 pounds in this last year -getting up is much easier!!! LOL
And we still got great shots!!

Wow it's been a long time since posting...

Most of my post's have been about losing weight - needing wanting yet not succeeding in losing weight.
That has changed ----Last June 2015  I was put on a long lasting daily insulin shot my fasting blood sugars were at 258-- after a month of shots they kept raising the amount but my blood sugar also kept raising it was now 268 my in office A1C was 9. I couldn't walk due to the inflammation in my body - I couldn't breathe life was hard and getting harder.

Sept 27th in the Sunday Star was an article that I believe has saved my life.
Study:low-carb, high-fat diet fights bulge, disease -(Sept 27,2015 By Shari Rudavsky)  it was about this study going on in Lafayette IN - thru IU Arnett  hospital - a 2 year diet study for diabetics . I called the number and never mentioned it to Scott at all. I mean sheesh why - this is just another of Kim's weight loss schemes. Anyway I made the appointment to go hear about it - went to Lafayette by myself-  made the appointments to go back for blood testing and such to see if I qualified for the study- I DID!
Then I talked to Scott told him what it was about and all. He said ok! anything to help you.

I will take a moment to say I have the kindest most loving husband in the world!!

So this study they talked about induction and onboarding... sounded like a science fiction movie -- I told a few friends I would NOT onboard if there was a space ship!!! LOL But that- onboarding was where we went back after our blood-work -received the results (OMG look for another post on THAT!) and received our study materials -which included a special Virta Scale that sends our weight to the cloud - the Virta App on our phones - a food scale and blood pressure cuff and the ever delightful Blood/Ketone testing kit. and our food list -(ha that is a post unto itself!)

So how does this work you ask?? We are to weigh daily and check our blood sugars and ketones - they are trying to see how dietary ketosis works  with blood sugar and then they go all sciency on us -
lets suffice it to say I loose weight not being in ketosis -- so I am of course going to be THAT Person in this study!!! LOL

So my 1 year is coming up -October 26 is my onboarding date  as of today tho I am at -81#
yup an 81 pound weight-loss-- I have gone from a 58 in waist to a 49 inch waist  that is 9 inches of FAT off of my waistline!! My fasting Blood sugars have gone from 268 down to this mornings 128 I am no longer on insulin nor the glipazide that I have taken for over 10 years. I am also off of 2 of my 4 Blood pressure meds.

It is incredible!! my energy levels are high my pain levels are low I am sleeping well - and the food is great!!! I have a whole list of NSV - non scale victory's!

I have a low carb high fat cheese cake I make that is out of this world - I eat sausage and eggs every morning for breakfast - some days I actually skip meals!! yes you heard me I  SKIP whole meals!!!
so ok now that my life is a changing that will be some of the focus of my blog... have I got some great stories to share!!!

peace out!