closetothesilence

I've been doing keto and IF OMAD since the first of the year. My last weigh-in I was down 43lbs, I've gone from the biggest notch on my belt to the smallest, I rarely ever feel hungry, and my carb cravings are minimal at best. I'm saving so much money not buying breakfast and lunch at the office, I'm allowed to work through my "lunch break" because I don't eat, and get some extra overtime every day. My mood had improved dramatically, my anxiety and depression are a world away from what they were, and I'm no longer using alcohol. My biggest vice was craft beer, I'd normally kill a 4-pack of high gravity beer (at least) 5-6 days a week.

I know it's all anecdotal but for me it really works and it's something I can see myself sticking with indefinitely.

A little floor spice makes everything nice

Yup, I was in the fast lane to self destruction. Never again. Life is too fragile and far too prescious to piss it away like that.

I've found I gravitated towards cauliflower fried rice as a base and I'd change up the meat, additional veg, and seasoning. Very filling, tons of possible combinations, cheap, and easy to make. And a variation on that called "egg roll in a bowl" I got from the Keto Connect YouTube channel, just put your cabbage and meat and stuff you'd normally have in an egg roll and eat it in a bowl instead. I guess I stuck pretty heavily with Chinese food flavors as greasy spoon American Chinese is one of my weaknesses. Once the snow finally melts though I'm gonna be grilling like mad. I love grilled meat and veg!

My mom is in her sixth straight year of fighting stage 3 metastatic colorectal cancer and while it's not getting any worse it's also not getting any better. She's been on a chemo regimen nearly the whole time, and was diagnosed at only 52. Do you have some words of encouragement I could pass along to her? She's a fighter and the most positive person I know but we can all use a boost sometime... Especially facing this sort of insurmountable challenge.