Adjust & Adapt

On Christmas Eve, my soul mate became my fiancé.  He composed a note to my father who departed this earth over twenty years ago.  He put that letter and an abbreviated version in a beautiful metal box, the size of a standard Bible.  After dinner, we were to exchange a solitary gift for "our Christmas," knowing we had celebrations in other venues to come.  He opened his box first, at my behest, and then I opened the package he had wrapped for me - the box.  Then, he went to the closet and removed the helium-filled balloons he secured from a local florist, secured the abbreviated version to the attached ribbon, and we released it to the night sky.  I thought that was my Christmas Eve surprise; but once we re-entered his home, he placed me on the loveseat, beside the Christmas tree, got down on one knee, and presented a heart-shaped, lit box containing his paternal grandmother's ring...and the rest is history.

That ring is on my finger as I type, but it required adjustment.  It's quite a bit too large for my fingers, so he had a sizer installed; but it was still too large.  I attempted a quick adjustment, and the sizer fell off entirely.  So my first temporary fix was to wear it in tandem with my promise ring.  Then we purchased "snuggies," but I had to use two of them at the same time and it just didn't work out well.  Finally, I bent the original metal sizer so it would take up more space around my finger and put one of the snuggies in the space so the thin wire would have support.  We're going to have it sized down after we go see his family out of state for a belated Yuletide celebration, but for now, it's working well enough. 

What's the point and how does any of this relate to my mission at ScriptedWellness?  We must adapt and adjust any plan or program to work for us, and that might take some trial and error.  It also can change from one season to another.  

My fiancé and I have also been eating within a low-carbohydrate, high-fat, moderate-protein paradigm, commonly referred to as "keto," we are counting on our lovingly-crafted bodies to produce and perform on ketone bodies.  Those are produced when the body digests fat, and that only happens when the quick fuel of carbohydrates is relatively sparse.

We began this quest of sorts in October, and it's been fun to do together.  How on earth could a "diet" be fun?  Because we adapt and adjust recipes and routine orders out to make the food-math work.  We play!  

In case you wonder, the app I use to do the aforementioned "food math" is https://keto.app.  I have no affiliation whatsoever other than being a user of that software on my phone.  There are many other options, of course.  Also important to note:  tracking in such an app or other methodology is not required, because intuition is far clearer once the adaptation to ketone-burning has been completed (which is bio-individual, like all other things).  

Please also let me take this opportunity to tell you that if you are considering a ketosis-focused paradigm, don't let anyone tell you that any purchase of any kind is required for success.  There are a lot of products out there, and the companies will gladly take your cash; but your body is likely capable of making the switch without your wallet losing weight.

As always, you and your physician know your body better than I ever will.  Practice wisdom in any and all health related decisions.  This post isn't in any way suggesting you attempt otherwise.

Back to the meat of this post...  It also helps to have a "battle buddy" (and I don't feel badly using that term, because I'm a Veteran, so don't judge).  I like experimenting in the kitchen, and he is a good sport; so my whole-foods approach works for us; and we also avail ourselves of packaged foods.  Yes, that is one of my adaptations.  We live in the real world and sometimes a carefully chosen packaged food is the better option.  They're portable and helpful for us.  People, if you've never tried a quality protein shake in your coffee, let me just say, "yum."  

I've said it before, and it's worth repeating:  

in order to be a viable lifestyle, it's got to be flexible and fun.  

Otherwise, the desire to engage in said activity or food paradigm 

will be fleeting (and eventually fail).

Jotting with Johnna:

• What adaptations and adjustments might make your food life more fun?
• With whom can you partner to make the adaptation more of an adventure?
• How might you overcome obstacles you perceive in a given lifestyle, diet, or paradigm?

Remember:

You are so very worthy to find what fits you, and to add to or alter that choice so it is custom-made.  

Stay focused.  Stay tuned.  Stay well.