So today I got active and went golfing. It was a lot of fun although the St. George heat really got to me at the end. I didn't want to eat lunch when I got home. After a nap I felt a lot better and remarkably even energetic. I was way low on both carbs and calories so I planned a higher carb meal with larger portion sizes but was only able to eat 2/3rds of it before being too full to continue. So I ended up just fine on carbs but way low on calories again. I will see what this does to my weigh in. It's been tough to keep my calories up.
Last night I had heartburn for the first time since starting. I'm not sure what caused it. One thing I have noticed on Atkins is I rarely get heartburn any more. I used to get it almost daily. So I took a Tums before going to bed last night and suddenly it occurred to me that there might be carbs in the Tums tablet. Sure enough, I looked it up online because it wasn't listed on the bottle and the tablet had 2 grams of carbs. Nothing that is going to bust my count but certainly something to be aware of. If this plan is going to work for you then you have to know the count of everything you put in your mouth and I mean everything. You can't assume that because something is no sugar or if it is a meat product that it has no carbs. An egg has a small amount of carbs, sour cream has a small amount of carbs, cheese has the same. I mentioned this earlier but I had a polish sausage meal a few days ago as well as yesterday, it had quite a high carb count per oz.
Another warning I would give is to check servings sizes. You can look at a label and see an acceptable carb count but then find that there are 2.5 serving sizes in the container. If that happens watch out, you have dramatically increased your carbs for the day and won't even know it. I have known too many people that have tried Atkins and then complained that they haven't lost weight. But what they didn't know was that they were consuming way too many carbs for the plan and somehow expecting it to work. This diet works on almost anyone if they stick to the plan. If you aren't succeeding then use an app to track every item you put in your mouth. If you are definitely within the parameters of the carb count then next check your calories. 1,500-1,800 for women, 1,800-2,200 for men. If you are too far over either count or if you are significantly under then you will not lose and may even put on weight. If you are hungry when you start this diet take heart, after feeding the right amounts into your system enough days in a row your body will adjust to these levels and will stop asking for more. Have faith! Your body is the most amazing machine on Earth, consider it an ally in this process.
Day 11 meals and numbers:
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch - 2 beef franks, 1/8 cup pepperoncini peppers
Dinner - 8 oz polish sausage, 1 1/2 cups cauliflower, 4 TBS dipping sauce
Snacks - AM - Atkins chocolate shake, PM - Atkins strawberry shake
Total counts for day 11, 19.8g Carbs, 1447 Calories, 105g fat, 91g protein
Although I had a low day for calories my fat grams and carbs were in a good range so I'm not going to freak out about it. We'll see what my results were on Monday. I definitely feel like I am losing. My stomach has shrunk for sure. Still a long long way to go but it is nice to see my body responding so well to my new approach. I have to admit that I was worried about trying to lose weight at the age of 46. The pounds don't melt off like they did when I was 30. The good news is, this works for all ages.
Here is my loaded up plate for dinner. I was too full to eat the zucchini so I gave it to my kids.
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