Over the past month or so, I have been eating quite a lot of junk. Our
family decided to not spend a lot of money on presents we really don't
need and to give that money to charity instead. So we made a rule that
we'd only give each other fancy food treats. I was thinking fancy cheese
and pate, but, unfortunately, the Most Perfect Man in the World really
overdid it with the fancy chocolates, leading me to eat an awful lot of
it. Plus, you know how things get at this time of the year.

I stopped counting calories and had stopped weighing, too, because I was
sure I wouldn't like what I saw. I figured I'd get back to some serious
calorie counting come January 2nd when the world clicks briefly into
diet mode.

So imagine my surprise when I got on the scale this morning and saw that
I weighed a whopping 140.5!  I haven't gained anything!

I'm completely amazed. I ate a whole lot less last December and ended up
gaining almost 5 lbs.   All I can figure is that the Metformin I'm
taking, by controlling my insulin resistance, has turned off the "eat
anything, turn it immediately into fat" response that I had previously
had, even after years of low carbing.

The only other explanations I can think of are these: that the DHEA I'm
taking, seems to have driven my blood sugar down another 20 mg/dl to
completely normal levels and it is possible that this is helping too.

Also, we turned down our thermostat because oil is so expensive this
year and it has been extremely cold this month. Our house temperature is
pretty close to 60 degrees except for a few hours a day, and I work at
home. I've been feeling the cold a lot and am wondering whether perhaps
I'm burning a lot more calories just keeping warm.

Whatever it is, I'll take it.  This is the first time I've eaten freely
without gaining in seven years.  What a wonderful holiday surprise.

Now I'm wondering if I should do the usual January diet anyway, or give
myself a break.  I look pretty wattle-y when I get much under 140 lbs.

--Jenny  Type 2 diabetes since 1998. Hba1c 5.7%
         Low Carbing for 5 years. 140 lbs (goal)

Cut the "carbs" to respond to my email address.
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