Our Daughter's Visit....

     Our daughter arrived five days ago, and we've been all over Oahu since she got here.  We've also had excellent dinners every single evening!  We began with broccoli cheese soup and a fresh rotisserie chicken from Costco.  Friday night, we had another steak cookout, and our boys joined us.  We had a nice green salad with homemade dressing.  Turnips are again the center of our sides in the form of turnip au gratin and green chili stew.  I'm showing her that keto can be fun, and then there's no need to suffer or feel hungry because there are many different recipes that keep it interesting, and the participants satiated.  But success requires letting go of the idea of speedy weight loss because that's not the case.  Slow weight loss becomes especially true when you're considerably overweight, and your metabolism has slowed for various reasons.  You must be happy with the incremental losses because every ounce adds up to substantial numbers of pounds over time.  So far, I have lost eighteen pounds, and I continue to lose every single day.  I'm happy because the weight is going down, down, down.  Moreover, I discovered that I lost three inches at my waist after finally measuring myself!  There is a correlation between waist size and heart disease.  For women, anything over 35 is highly correlated to heart disease.  Although I'm still over that number at 36 inches, I'm close to being on target.  Also, my blood pressure is better, and I look forward to improved blood work on my next physical.  In the meantime, we're thoroughly enjoying our keto meals, and visitors seem to like them as well, sides and all!  Today, we're heading to the Dole plantation, and I've saved my carbs for one of their soft ice creams.  Then we'll go to North Shore and meander through the shops, get a late lunch, and travel to the Polynesian Cultural Center for their show.  It's going to be another great day!