Heidle-ee Ho, Huntereenos!

Thanks for the advice and counsel.  Responses follow.

Possum Hunter wrote..
>Being in ketosis can make your tounge
>more sensitive to the acid content of fruits.

This makes the most sense to me.  Congrats on all the weight lost!

Amadeus wrote…
>hm hm cold-blood? Sounds like downregulated thyroid.

I fear you may be right.  Natural means of treatment are great, unless a
pill works better.  With my low-body temperature, high prolactin and other
documented hormonal problems, something's going on up there.  My former endo
suspected a pituitary tumor, but I had my full cranial MRI from a few years
earlier sent to her (malformation in left temporal lobe removed in '93, when
symptoms were the same as before going low-carb) and it showed nothing.  I
went after PCOS treatment options because I knew I had that and, without
insurance, could only afford so much.  Periods are now normal, by the way.
It could well be a double-whammy.  Now I can afford to find out if this is
the case.  I do have Kaiser, though, so wish me luck.*

Todd Moody wrote...
>Hmmm...  I'm guessing that a realistic weight for you might be in
>the vicinity of 150 lbs., given your height and large frame.
>Are your wrists fairly large?  That's another indicator of large
>frame.  So, playing "guess your weight for a nickel" I suppose
>your current weight is about 175 lbs.

175?  Ha!  You wish.  Okay, here's the dirt.  (I can't believe I'm going to
share these numbers!)

I started 1/1/98 at 255 pounds, size 24.  In less than a year on Atkins, I
went to 205, size 16 or 18, depending on the style.  I starting lifting
weights to help things along and put on ten pounds but my size remained the
same, so I still tell people I lost 50 pounds.  I've been at or around 215
for a year and a half now.  My booty just don't wanna budge!  Insert swear
word here.

I can see a difference in the mirror and in the way my clothes fit.  I won't
know the pounds lost in the last week or so until I visit the gym for laps
and step on the scale in my swimsuit.

Todd, my goal is 175!  If I remember correctly, by the Eades calculation
method (from book #1) my 'ideal' weight is 154-165.  Ten pounds over my
ideal?  You'll never hear me complaining!  I don't care about the number on
the scale; it's the number on my clothing tags that counts.  Misses size 14
would be just fine.  My idea of perfection and the fashion industry's dictum
are two separate entities.  I can't remember her name, but there's a "plus
size" model whose physical beauty would stop a train, a bus AND a tidal
wave.  If she's "fat", I wanna be fat when I grow up.

As for calories, I forgot to mention that I won't hold to 1200-1400 seven
days a week!  I think an occasional increase (i.e. one or two meals a week
in which I have a little fun and eat a little more than normal) would keep
the Goddess of Metabolism guessing and serve me well.

To quote an 80's-flashback phrase, Thank yew fer yore support!

Dori Zook
Denver, CO
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