I'm in the middle of week 3 and still doing well. My husband is kind of halfway off the wagon. He caved and had a huge bag of movie theater popcorn Sunday night. He's an adult and can make his own decisions though so I just reiterate that his fatty liver is proof carbs are not his friend but that he's free to eat anything he wants. I will say he's done pretty well the last two days despite his lapse and even managed to lose a pound the day after. I think maybe for him any reduction of carbs is an improvement. He just feels keto is much to strict to be a lifestyle for him and he wants an eating plan he feels can be long term.

I saw my rheumatologist Monday and she is starting me on a 3 month trial of medicine to see if it improves my arthritis. Weird because last visit she said despite my lab results she didn't think I had RA but now she is saying I do fit the profile of early RA. I asked her about the keto diet and she says if I think it helps then stick with it but that she'd like to see more fruits and vegetables in my diet and she's not sure I can get them in and stay low enough for ketosis. She says most of her patients do better eating lots of high antioxidant fruits and veggies and limiting red meat. I'm not on board to limit red meat at all, lol.

So far this diet seems to have made some of my bigger joints feel a lot better. I still have some pain and stiffness. Weirdly my hands have continued to get worse as far as pain goes despite the diet but the swelling in my hands has gone down these past three weeks. I'd be interested to see if further improvements could be made on just diet alone but as I'm losing function in my hands I think maybe it's better to try the medicine and the diet together.

I'm now at the point where I'd like to add exercise. I hate cardio and really prefer weights but my body doesn't seem to. I have an issue where my top ribs keep getting pulled out of place and lifting seems to make it worse.