Keto and Calories......

     This week I've been thinking about balance in exercise, work, communication, and friendships.  Balance is also very important in my diet, and I've begun considering calories more than usual, especially calories in snacks like nuts.  I made a colossal peanut snack mistake while waiting for our truck to get serviced and shared my mistake with Steve.  I bought a bag of peanuts, and it turns out it contained eight servings, meaning a little palm's worth of peanuts is 160 calories.  Of course, I'm not constantly counting calories because I'm counting carbs and fats with keto.  However, overeating matters, so I've got to be careful about ingesting too many calories.  I've also doubled my daily miles and my cardio.  It's no problem at all.  I'm doing a YouTube Zumba in the morning and another in the evening while continuing my midday fast-walking routine.  I've also given up my evening wine and replaced it with lemon water.  It's working out just fine, and I hardly miss the wine.  I will try this for a month or two to see if my weight loss is faster.  For now, I continue to lose incrementally.  However, I'm not suffering, and our meals are delicious.  We're heading to Hawaii on the 28th, and I look forward to getting there.  It's very interesting because after we settle into our routine in Hawaii, I start dropping weight quickly.  I'm beginning to think that cold weather has something to do with my body hanging on to fat like Native Americans a because of centuries of "starving times."  It'll be interesting to see if my warm weather hypothesis is verified again.  I'm also balancing my writing with editing for Steve and reading.  I am rereading books from some of my favorite authors.  I began with less intense novels by Lee Ann Moriarty.  I enjoy her work.  I also reread all of the Cormoran Strike novels written by Robert Galbraith, who actually is J.K. Rowling.  Interestingly, she felt she had to use a pseudonym to be respected as a mystery writer.  In any case, I like the books, and I'm also watching the series on Hulu.  In the meantime, I'm enjoying my menus and feeling successful.  Also, I've finally faced the facts and stopped my evening wine consumption, replacing it with iced lemon water.   I'm adding a list of nuts below.  Each shows calories, fat, and carbs per 100 grams.
Chestnuts 213 2 46, Cashews 553 44 33, Pistachio 557 44 28, Peanuts 567 49 16, Almonds 575 49 22, Hazelnuts 628 61 17, Walnuts 654 65 14, Brazil nuts 656 66 12, Pine nuts 673 68 13, Pecans 691 72 14, Macadamia 718 76 14