Ketosis and a jiggly pannus.

When I woke up this morning, I thought I must have been sleeping with my mouth open. I had a strange stale taste in my mouth. But it didn't go away after brushing my teeth, or even eating. It was starting to bug me. Then, while I was wandering around at work, it suddenly dawned on me: that yucky taste in my mouth is from ketosis. So that tells me two things: I'm burning fat, and I'm not drinking enough water or I wouldn't be tasting it.

Drinking enough water has been a struggle for me, mostly because of the cold. When I'm at work, I'm fine. But at home, where it's cold because I'm trying to keep my gas bill down, I don't want to be drinking ice water. And warm water hurts my teeth (weird, right? Makes drinking hot tea during a cold miserable!). So I pour myself a glass, and then it takes me a really long time to drink it. Sipping it isn't working; I might have to resort to chugging.


One of the first things I notice when I start losing weight is that my belly fat starts feeling really squishy. I generally feel softer all over. Some of it is de-bloating right at first, but I think so of it is shrinking fat cells too. It's interesting; usually my belly fat is very solid, and doesn't wiggle around when I walk. Then I get these little hollows right in front of my hip bones. And for some reason that makes my hanging fat even jigglier, I guess because there's less securing it to the fat higher up.

Had another day of not eating a whole lot; I got my protein in, and ate some carrots and kiwi because I knew I needed some produce, but I always find it difficult to eat when I'm not hungry.