Diario de hi-low, 27 ene. 19

Hi-lo, first I want to thank you for your comments about my visit to my sister-in-law dying of cancer. I'm sorry about the loss of your sister, and yes it does give me hope that maybe she'll pass easily. That was quite something that she lived with you the entire year before her passing. I cared for my mother for about 7 months and she suffered terribly. I've been reading your journals and you have had quite a history. In love may I address your statements that you "have delt with an under eating disfunction for many years, and have been eating more food for 7 months but not healthy choices, proportions or at regular intervals etc". I read this some days ago but was afraid to say anything because I don't want to put any stress on you. But as I read further I see so much maturity in you, even beyond what I have at my "ancient" age. It's wonderful that you are "Learning to slow my eating down and pay attention to when I am beginning to feel full and stop. I was one who would finish my plate if I was full or not. Just because it tastes good. Paying attention to how my body feels". I too, have and probably too often still, eat because it tastes good. Maybe it's something that will haunt us the rest of our lives and we will have to fight against. I only joined FS in December also, for health reasons. I heard about Keto dieting so went on YouTube to learn about it, and with it learned about I.F. which was easier for me than adjusting to Keto. Now when I say easier, I mean maybe 16 hours daily and sometimes working up to 18 which is my goal. I'd heard of high fat diets, but with what little I knew, they did not sound healthy. I now believe I was wrong. I had already learned about wheat: how it had been hybridized over 1,000 times and our bodies can't really recognize it but I didn't realize that until the last 100 years or so, mankind did eat a high fat diet and not the glucose based one our modern society eats. The more I am learning from the doctors on YouTube like Jason Fung and Dr Berg, the more convinced I am. The guy on YouTube that makes the tapes starting with "Butter makes your pants fall off" is very down to earth. My mind is much clearer now (I'd had a scare) and my bladder problems are so very much better I can't believe it. It's been a hard transition. It takes at least a couple of months for the brain to make the hormones to burn fat instead of glucose, but it's worth the work. I want to be independent, I need my brain. In case I am one of the 48 to 50% who will get dementia, I want to slow or reverse it now while I can. Up to 45% of some people's brains stop being able to use glucose, but can use fat if one switches the body over. It took me 10 months last year to lose 8 lb. Now in 2 months I have lost 11 or 12 lb. I will need to slow down now. Eventually in maybe 6 months or so I will go on a modified Keto, adding fruit. I have mixed feeling about pork, but am eating it now. Since you called me sister, I'm wondering if you are a Christian. But I can love you either way. Yes, I will support you but maybe not like the others. I'm afraid to cheer you on when you lose weight because I want balance in your life. When you are strong, and doing right, good, and healthy things I will cheer for you. I even have pom-poms and I will jump up and down. When you mess up, I will tell you I totally blew it Christmas Day, and mourn with you. We can grow and try to make smart decisions. We can even lean on each other. I'm so glad you have so many supporters. Me? I'm going to sneak in that you are eating an awful lot of stuff that turns to sugar in your body. I just about ruined my health doing that. Hugs and kisses.  

Thank you too for the kind comments on my journal as well. This is a great community - a lot of support.