I bought some strips this weekend and have been testing myself for ketotis. I was just curious. I have been losing so slowly it's amazing. Who'd have ever thought that 750 calories a day would NOT produce decent weight loss. Well, the even bigger surprise is that I am deep in keotis. The strip tests positive all the time and it's been as dark as the burgandy color which is as strong as it can register. I find this amazing.

For anyone who might not be familiar, this is a strip that measures ketotis and that's a guage of how much fat your body is burning.

In the last month I lost about 5 pounds. I wish I could say I'm blancing this by building muscle w/ exercise but I'm not. My Mom is terminal and has been moved to hospics care so I'm spending more time with her and just do not have the free hours for much exercise. And I've been doing great on my diet. It really does amaze me that as things get more stressed w/ Mom, I'm not missing reaching for food. At least not horribly.

So it's a mystery. I'm staying well hydrated so everything flushes out. But it's enough of an oddity that if they don't pick up in the next week I might be going to see the doctor. Somehow this doesn't seem right.

The stress could be doing it - fight or flight sort of thing, your body knows you are stressed and is storing up for a fight?

The stress could be doing it - fight or flight sort of thing, your body knows you are stressed and is storing up for a fight?

That really wouldn't surprise me. My hair is starting to thin. However, on that topic, I'd love to know why the hair on my head is falling out while the hair on my legs and pits continues to flourish. TMI? Maybe, but it's the truth and you'd think it would all grow from the same source of nutrition.

Stress does crazy things to us. It can certainly stop our loss. About the hair...I swear surgery made me ridiculous amounts of leg hair. I've had my pits lasered so at least I don't have to worry about them.