Bittersweet

I lost an awesome 4.8 pounds this last week! I'm almost 40% of the way to my goal. I am right on target with my weight loss goals. But...there is a kink in the plan. My LFT's are still elevated (and quite a bit too). The doctor ordered blood work to rule out hepatitis and I'm getting a gallbladder sono. I don't know what this will mean for the fast. I'm assuming that no matter what the results are that I'm going to have to increase my caloric intake to help my liver and gallbladder out. Or I will end up having to have an elbow-ectomy cause it will be elbow cancer.

I've been thinking about this all day. I eat the same thing as everyone else in my group. In fact, I eat extra as I have 2-3 servings of pickles every week and I eat 6 shakes at least 2 times a week if not more. Yet, I'm loosing weight a lot faster than anyone else in my group. I think maybe my body's set weight point is so much lower than where I've been that it's really trying to reach it's homeostatic limits. There are some studies out which point to the fact that exercise during childhood will lower your body weight set point even if genetics dictate that you should be obese and I have plenty of memories of being athletic during my childhood. Then again, almost every study recently has shown that exercise will improve or completely reverse any problem. While I think this may be a contributing factor to my rapid weight loss, I'm not exactly sure exactly why my body is using up it's fat stores so quickly.

All I can do is wait for the results from the current tests and fill my mind with conjecture over the possibilities the future holds.