conflicting info
scientists like to debate
leaving me confused

This week at work we were discussing caloric intake.  Now, we all know the first rule of weight loss club is not to talk about weight loss club - but it came up and it was addressed.   I was explaining why I chose a salad for lunch (calories) while co-workers were talking about their new-found knowledge of intermittent fasting.

And so, I looked it up and read it.  It seems scientific and has doctors - nephrologists and weight loss specialists - supporting it.  However, there is also seemingly credible science that it doesn't work - different doctors in similar fields saying directly opposite of the first doctors.

Who knows.

 I don't know what the answer is, but counting calories and exercising more always works for me, when I'm taking it seriously.  I've lost 7 pounds in three weeks - but when I write that I think of my sister-in-law's father and a comment once "I could take a shit and lose seven pounds!"  My goal is not to be skinny - goals are supposed to be realistic - but rather to be healthy and strong and get through what this life is throwing at me.