12 days in and everything is good. After getting overheated golfing yesterday I decided to go out to the reservoir with my family again. I am feeling better physically so a couple of hours swimming sounded good. What a change that is from just 2 weeks ago. I was so lethargic and tired all the time. Just the thought of leaving the house was too much effort for a lot of things, especially to do something that would require physical activity. I am still very much overweight, but the thought of getting out is exciting now, not just because I have lost weight, but because the carbs are no longer drugging me into lethargy. Eating carbs is like taking a downer, you just feel weighed down and tired all the time, especially after meals. Now that I am in ketosis my body feels energized, alert and positive. I'm not trying to sound like a commercial, I'm not selling anything, I just love the way I am feeling even though I am just beginning.
We did tinfoil dinners tonight at the request of my children which was tough. The best part of tinfoil dinners for me are the potatoes and carrots and ketchup. Oh how I love ketchup! But instead I had my meat and put in a generous amount of mushrooms and cauliflower. It was good but a little bland. Next time I will make sure to season it better. I would love to find a low carb ketchup recipe that is tasty. I'll put that on my to do list. I am definitely still losing although I don't know how much. My 2nd weigh in is Monday so I'll just have to wait to see.
Day 12 meals and stats:
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch - Atkins Strawberry Shake, 4 pickles
Dinner - 8 oz hamburger, 1 1/2 cups cauliflower, 1 cup mushrooms
Snacks - AM - Atkins chocolate shake, PM - 1 beef stick, 1 mozzarella stick, 1 cheddar stick
Total counts for day 12, 16.5g Carbs, 1364 Calories, 91g fat, 106g protein
As you can see from my numbers, I am struggling to get all my calories in and some days my carbs as well. I was a little low this day as well. I'm hoping it doesn't affect my weight loss because I'm just not hungry enough to eat more. I try but get so full I just can't stuff anything more down. If I notice a slow down in my numbers Monday I think I am going to start beefing up my snacks a little to get the extra numbers in.
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