Metabolism Matters.....

​     Last week I said that I would report what I discovered about how to look less witchlike, but instead of researching that, I decided to delve into my slow metabolism and find out what I can do, if anything, to speed it up. I was talking about it with my son, explaining that I was dramatically reducing calories while doubling my daily cardio, and still, my weight loss is crawling along in ounces.  Given these facts, I should lose much more quickly, so we discussed boosting my metabolic rate. I was astonished when he suggested introducing nicotinamide, which might be similar to my physical response to nicotine long ago.  I know that it sped up my metabolism.  When I stopped smoking, my weight increased rapidly.  After I made that observation to my son, he started looking at the chemical structure of nicotine and compared it to nicotinamide and showed me that the two are very similar chemically. He further explained that epilepsy links to metabolism as well.  I'll explain more about that next week. I've introduced other things that might help boost my metabolism, including matcha green tea powder, vitamin B12, vitamin D, and advanced iron. In addition, I've ordered the nicotinamide and will get it soon.  I hope it will help speed up my metabolic rate significantly along with these additional items, which I will add to my statin smoothie. So, my morning smoothie becomes both plaque-busting and metabolic-boosting. I'm hoping it all works to help me with cholesterol and metabolism.  We've had another fantastic week. The weather is absolutely gorgeous, and we've been enjoying ourselves. We play golf every week, and I do some trotting between holes during our game.  I get all of my day's cardio trotting, so that's working out very well for me. We're excited because we're having dinner with our Canadian friends, so we plan to head out to White Rock later this evening.  We'll go to Vancouver for a lovely meal and look forward to it. It's always fun to get with Aline and Troy. I'm also excited because Stef will be showing up for the 4th.  I'm anxious to take her to White Rock and other places in Vancouver to see things like the suspension bridge, Stanley Park, and other places we haven't taken her to yet. I'm still losing weight slowly, slowly, slowly, slowly, and getting pretty tired of the "slowly" part. That's why I decided to start working on my metabolism. However, no matter what happens when I finish my weight loss deadline, I will continue with keto because it has helped me in many other ways.  Also, I've discovered an excellent exercise place up the street. Washington Parks started Zumba classes every day in my area, and it's so inexpensive and convenient that I feel compelled to participate. I quickly realized that one 40-minute workout in the Zumba class equals my bay trot and a little bit more. It also gives me more varied exercise, including a range of other movements, which helps, especially since I've been doing the same things for so long.  I'll report back next time on the metabolic issues related to my seizure disorder.  In the meantime, I hope my weight goes down a little faster.  We'll see.