#11 Checking in.
Almost a month since my conference, two months since I visited my son and his new restaurant, and I have finally made it back under 140 lbs, but only after a fast. That is two pounds heavier than I was after fasting in September.
Oddly, my friend who turned me on to 5:2, and went to the conference with me, told me she has gained back the same 3 lbs during those 5 days that I did. Gotta wonder what that hotel put in their food!
I am starting to think that 137 lbs is my Set Point weight. This is the third time I have reached it and then bounced right back up over 141. I will just keep fasting, but it will probably take developing a wasting disease to get down to 135. And that's not to mention that Thanksgiving is coming next week, both kids will be home. They are looking forward to our family's traditional chocolate chip meringue cookies, cheese cake, and Texas (brown sugar only) Pecan Pie. So am I.
Since both my kids have become much better chefs than I am, cooking for them is a bit fraught. My son owns that artisanal casual sandwich shop. My daughter's boyfriend, who is also coming, is also in the upscale restaurant business . All fall, his boss has been paying for the two of them to eat at the best (read: most expensive) restaurants in Boston and work their way through the tasting menus so they can adjust to the competition. So my supermarket bird, green beans, and sweet potatoes will strike them as, at best, quaint. All I have going for me is that pecan pie, which I found in the food section of the Dallas Morning News back in the very early 1980s. It will stand with anything you can buy anywhere.
All of which is to say, I will probably be gaining another 3 lbs next week. I'm may not even do two fasts next week, either, because I have to start cooking on Weds and my son will be here until Sunday. I don't want to do alternative day fasts beforehand. I am thinking doing them before the last two indulgences might have primed the pump for weight gain. It certainly didn't prevent it! So perhaps next week will be the second week since last February when I only do 1 fast.