My legs were a little sore from my first bike ride yesterday, but I was still feeling good about it. In the beginning I plan on biking every other day until I feel like I can add more days in. My legs are really heavy right now and burn a bit but it is a good burn. It reminds me of days after a good workout in the gym where everything is delightfully sore. I didn't notice any increase in appetite so that's a good thing. I am adjusting to my increase in carbs under phase 2 and it is difficult, but not why you would think. I'm having a hard time eating enough. I get full so quickly now so I feel like I am just forcing food in there to hit a number instead of really wanting it. Yet, I think it is the right path for me so I'm going to stay with it. I think I will be down some this week with the exercise and increased carbs. I just feel smaller.
Day 23 meals:
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch - 10 oz hamburger with 1/2 cup mushrooms, 3 tbs low carb ketchup, 1 cup cucumber salad w/sour cream
Dinner - 3 chicken legs grilled, 8 stalks of asparagus, 1 grilled zucchini wedge, 8 baby dill pickles
Snacks - AM - Atkins Dark Chocolate shake, PM - Atkins Dark Chocolate shake
Total counts for day 24, 24g Carbs, 2,043 Calories, 133g fat, 173g protein
Very good day again on the numbers. I finished my supper and noticed I was way down on carbs but fine on calories so I added in 8 baby dill pickles to get my carbs up to where they should be. This was a good thing for two reasons, first, I needed the total carbs but second, I also needed veggie carbs so I killed 2 birds there. I am trying to make a concerted effort to get at least 12 grams of veggie carbs in a day. I really like veggies so that isn't the problem, it's just the quantities it takes to get that many grams in is too much for my shrunken stomach.
Here is my yummy meal on the grill yesterday.
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