Six weeks and I still get on the scale fully expecting to see that I haven't lost any weight. After so many efforts on my own, thinking I was watching my diet & exercising, and then getting on the scale and finding I hadn't lost anything, I just can't quite believe I've really flipped that metabolic switch and I'm losing weight.

But today I'm down another 3lbs. and I couldn't make the scale read any higher even when I tried.

In looking at my daily averages I can see that my net calories have dropped the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure why that is; I haven't made a conscious effort to do that. But my energy level is so much higher (especially with the beautiful weather we've been having) and I'm keeping so much busier during the day that I'm just not eating much.

I'm not going to change anything now but after I make my trip to Ohio next week and when I add bicycle riding to my exercise, I will have to add–add!–some calories to my daily target. I absolutely do not want to get 'run down' and trigger any auto-immune symptoms.

Meanwhile the damn freezer has been running almost 24 hours but it's clean, reloaded and almost down to temp. I think it's okay but I'm going to have someone out today to check it.