I think I may be getting into a little bit of a rut. Nothing too concerning but I am having such a hard time eating all my calories and carbs each day I need to make a change. I fully expect to get to next Monday's weigh in and find I haven't lost what I want. Again the concept is a bit crazy for all you low calorie diet people out there but I am simply not eating enough to lose weight. I found myself today after 2 meals and 2 snack at only 7 grams of carbs and around 800 calories. That meant I had to pack in an inordinate amount of food in my 3rd meal to try to get my numbers. I even had a snack after dinner because I was still woefully short. I eventually did get close to where I needed to be but I just feel like I need a different tack to make sure I don't lose it. So I've decided to add a veggie to my breakfast routine to start and see where that takes me. Most likely zucchini as I love zucchini and eggs together. I also need to better plan what I am eating. Lately I just wait until meal time and go out searching for something easy to make. When I do things that way the diet becomes a grind, not because I don't like eating this way, but because I get tired of all the cooking and prep for each meal. You can't just wake up and pour a bowl of cereal. I have often said even when I'm not low carbing that if I had a personal chef making me low carb meals I would never go off it. The thing that gets me is the preparation time for every meal I eat. That's why my hot dog meal is so prevalent in my menu, Some days I just don't want to make anything so I throw some hot dogs in the microwave and cut up a veggie real quick. Now I'm not necessarily saying this is the worst thing I could do. I'm not eating off plan at all, not even once. But I know this is where it leads. I've got to nip this in the bud or it will lead to me losing my motivation. I still haven't gotten my bike tire fixed either so the lack of exercise is hindering me as well. When I exercise I feel like my whole day is better. I'm not meaning this to be a downer or to say I'm on the edge or anything. I'm not. I just see a few warning signs lately and I don't want to even get close to having a meltdown.
Day 32 meals:
Breakfast - 2 eggs scrambled, 2 pieces of bacon
Lunch - 3 beef franks, 1/4 cup peperoncini, cucumber salad
Dinner - 8 oz chicken breast, mushrooms, french style green beans with soy sauce and butter
Snacks - AM - Atkins Dark chocolate shake, PM - 1 mozzarella stick 3 stalks celery with peanut butter
Total counts for day 32, 25.9g Carbs, 1,517 Calories, 102g fat, 113g protein
As I said above I got my numbers but most of them came later in the evening with my celery and peanut butter snack. I will hopefully get this figured out quickly starting tomorrow so I can still lose something by Monday. Zero loss weeks are really depressing. So are zero lost inches which I am on a 2 week stretch of . I would even take less weight loss at this point if the inches would come down. I have 14 more inches to go to get to my goal around my waist. I don't even know what to set for a goal around my belly. I just know I don't want a pooch at all. Maybe that isn't realistic but I'd like to see what that would look like.
Dinner below was good but using chicken breasts was a mistake. I think next time I'll try chicken thighs which are not so lean and dry. I would also back off on salting the meat. The soy sauce is plenty salty. Other than that this was an excellent meal.
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