September 2020. I am updating my weight-journey journal, because sharing my Optavia experiences seems to be helpful to people. After my 2017 Optavia posts on this blog, I moved into a maintenance phase: more or less, I had 2-3 Optavia fuelings a day, eating a light lunch and healthy(ish) dinner, which lasted about two years. My weight stayed close to 153-155. I kept in casual touch with my coach, Craig. I think I note, in a response elsewhere on this blog, that I found myself gaining weight again earlier this year (2020) after my husband unexpectedly passed away; I sold … Continue reading Optavia as an antidote to the COVID “15”

(NOTE:  This was written originally in 2017) Mid Week 3:  I had a fun conversation with Craig yesterday about the theories of training for endurance sports with a ketogenic diet found in the book Primal Endurance.  I looked up some book reviews online, and decided to buy the book.  I have been wondering for a few years if i wasn’t over-training, or doing too much cardio, but I haven’t been able to find enough conversation anywhere about that to help me analyze what I’m doing, and what I might be doing differently to accomplish my goals.  I ended up ordering … Continue reading Optavia: The journey continues