Where's My Mojo? Week 4

I admit I drank my fair share of alcohol this week. Which was enjoyable at the time, but I paid for it dearly at night! Every night that I drank the 2 glasses of wine, I would wake up with hot sweats, 3 and 4 times during the night.

 The doctor said, "The precise reason for hot flashes is not totally understood, but they result from decreases in the hormone estrogen. It is thought that estrogen production may affect the area of the brain which controls the body's temperature. But its not as simple as that. And whats the deal with alcohol?

One possible theory goes like this: alcohol increases blood levels of estrogen; when these levels suddenly drop after the alcohol is processed by the body and removed from the blood stream, then there is a severe drop in estrogen and it's this drop which causes the hot flashes. An analogy of this mechanism would be what happens when you consume too much sugar.....a short sugar buzz, followed a few hours later by an big energy crash".

 OK then, I've got 2 parties this week so I'm going to limit my alcohol. I only lost 1 pound this week. That makes a total of 7 pounds.  Because of my height and build, I try to stick to around 1200 calories per day.  And I also have 1 Cleanse Day  during the week as well.  That's when I only drink liquids for the whole day. My Hubby has  been around all week and very frisky, I love that about him. So we were able to have 3 intimate  nights together. There was no vaginal dryness or discomfort. I used the Estriol cream only once this week.