Almost March & all is well!  

 HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

 https://www.mdedge.com/familymedicine/article/248067/covid-19-updates/coronavirus-found-infect-fat-cells?utm_medium=email&sso=true&utm_content=Coronavirus%20found%20to%20infect%20fat%20cells&uac=307313FR&utm_source=NewsMDEFAMeNL112821F&ecd=wnl_fam_211128_mdedge_4am 

Another article saying the covid virus targets fat cells.   Obesity long known to be #1 risk factor for people <60

 Hit lowest weight in many years, 107.8!     This not a lifelong low, always 100-105 in late teens & twenties.   This weight makes me feel peppy & energetic.  

Thw WW scale arrived, but I've been too busy with tank  projects to set it up.   I watched the nocturnal pink salamanders a few nights on a wildlife cam connected to the iPad and confirmed the male is after the girl constantly and she never gets any rest.   She spawns constantly & I'm reading all this can stress a female to death, so I set up a new 20 G tank and seperated her from the male.   All this took hours.

Had to return to Walmart for a few forgotten items.   So starving that I ate nearly half a container of cherry tomatoes in the car on the way home.  

 Love articles like this that say best to do as I am doing!  

 https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2011/p0711_sodiumpotassiumdiet.html 

Finally saw a .8 pd weight loss overnight after a full week of strick CR.   Ate maybe 750 calories yesteday &  burned off at least half.  

Excited about the WW scale.   It accommodates 4 users.   So there will be 4 of me, a 20 yr old, 40, 60 & 80.  All bogus.   This is to see if they are using algorithms to calculate their metrics.  I had a scale that worked that way years ago.   One entered age & height and it used those.  No idea how this scale works, too busy lately to google.

After we left Walmart, Matt mentioned he saw a Black Friday Charge 4 Fitbit down $99 to 69.  Wish he had said so sooner!   I have a fkaly Charge 3.  I ordered it online & it can be picked up after 11 today. 

 Went to Walmart at 10.   No crowd whatsoever!   Same as any other Friday.   Had to get everything inside.   No slots available until late today when I tried to schedule on Tuesday.   Then went to Lowe's to buy PCV pipe to make axie caves.   Got some small poinsettias for 2 for $3.   Not really crowded there, maybe a little more than usual.

  No fast food lunch out today.   Concerned drive-through lines would be too long, plus I have to atone for that big piece of cake.  

Somewhat disappointed that I've been starving myself all week & haven't lost an ounce in 3 days.   But haven't gained ether.   Ok, so not 100% starving.   Broke down during a nocturnal Chicago Med binge & had a big piece of frozen red velvet cake.   Vegetables only for dinner, that Normandy Blend.   Very few calories in a plateful.  Fiber One & coffee with protein mix during the day.

Can't wait to get my WW scale tomorrow!   Due from Amazon. 

  HAPPY!   This is the Air Fryer I really love!   Sometimes wish I got the red instead of Eggplant 

Woke up at 4. Tried falling back asleep for nearly an hour, but couldn't.   So turned on light and am on the iPad.   Matt should  be up soon & then I'll grab some coffee and hop on the bike. Failed to pass 20k Fitbit steps yesterday.   Wanted 30K, but too many things to do.

Nothing special for Thanksgiving here.   Family & friends far away.   Will air fry a steak for Mark & bake him a potatoe in the microwave.  Will stir fry my beloved Normandy Blend vegetables & eat only that for dinner. Don't like beef much & only really like the air fried potatoe wedges.

Can't wait to get the new WW scale!   and look into all the fancy things it claims to do. Should arrive Friday. 

So now Matt is saying the WW scale in the gym is the best one & he only uses the Heath O Meter to weigh the dogs.   LOL.   Will check Amazon & Walmart for it.

Undermined all yesterday's steps by eating too many shortbread cookies around 1 AM when I woke up and couldn't get back to sleep for hours.  My bad! But only up .2 pd.   Was reading about the Fitbit Aria scale I have at the Fitbit Community.  Endless reports of it's unreliability, weights popping up & down inexplicably, in what sounded like reasonable ranges for individuals who are not over weight.   Oddly, everyone blamed the scale & not fluid retention etc.  Matt says his scale, a Health-O-Meter digital scale is highly reliable & I will probably buy another for my bathroom.

The Bluetooth link from the Fitbit scale failed months ago,  so it no longer goes to the iPad app.   I'm back to my old ways of recording my daily weight on a large 1 year laminated calendar taped to the bathroom door.   primitive as it may be, I greatly prefer it to the app.   At a glance, I can see where I was 3 years back on a given day, not to mention yesterday or last week.   I use wet erase markers.

Estimating I ate 1500 Cals yesterday & burned about half.   Going to look into an activity tracker that does cycling.   May be interesting.

 
  Done for the day!   Hope my toes don't fall off! 

Racking up the steps today!  Focusing on peddling/walking faster.    & spending less time at the fish forum.  Typing slows down my pace.

Snacks for later inspired by Bear.  Not sure of Cals, has to be very low.   Matt has exactly the same boring lunch everyday, except when we do fast food drive thru on weekends.  He always has 1 slice of cheddar, 1 slice of deli meat & cherry or grape tomatoes.   Last week he inadvertently bought 2 bags of tomatoes.  

Went down a full pound overnight, but it's only a mirage.   No way a diet reboot creates a 3500 calorie deficit that fast.  The rapid weight loss always happens with me early on & I'm actually better hydrated because I drink more liquids when not eating food during the day.  But has to be some fluid related thing.

Had 300 Cals during the day & ~700 during my nocturnal TV binge:  two grilled cheese sandwiches (air fryer) and 4 rice cakes with sugar free blackberry jam.  I never did get a handle on how many calories 20K Fitbit steps burn.   Every calorie display I have is bogus, except the treadmill.  A mile is 100 burned Cals, higher at an incline.   Best guess is I burned 500 yesterday.

Ran out of low cal bread & was surprised to see Walmart is closed Thursday. In the past, they closed only for Christmas.  The morning pickup slots were filled for Friday.  Plan is to get up & walk in early, no pickup.   hope it's not super crowded!   will leave if it's bad.

Did it! 20K.   my toes are sore! 

  At 18 K Fitbit steps!  Most from bike.   determined to hit 20K, hopefully more.  300 Cals so far, Fiber One & picking at Matt's air fried frozen battered fish & potato wedges, also cooked in air fryer.   Both 20 minutes at 400 degrees.   Easy! 

BEAR!   Since Maria is getting the big ear muffs, would you like Santa to send you this?

 Healthy eating to resume today! Starting with a cup of Fiber One when I get hungry.   So far coffee & a dollop of chocolate protein drink only.

Challenging myself to hit my college & 20s weight of 105 by 1/1/22.   Matt has never gone over his college weight.   In fact, for inexplicable reasons he lost 5% of his weight last year.   The internet says an unintentional weight loss of 5% or more may mean cancer.   The CT etc showed no abnormalities & he gradually regained the weight.   very strange!  docs had nothing to say.