Keep on, keepin' on!

November 28, 2007

Todays's Weight: 270.4 bls



Well I'm still here!! Still living la vida low carb, as they say. Things have been going somewhat well. I'm happy with my diet and my energy level has been amazing. I made it through Thanksgiving with flying colors!! My menu was: turkey, green beans with bacon and onions, creamed cauliflower, and I did allow myself 1/2c of sweet potatoes sweetened with brown sweet n low! Oh, and some sugar free pumpkin cheesecake...YUM~! No potatoes, no stuffing, no pumpkin or pecan pie! I know, huh? But I didn't really feel deprived. I felt empowered, actually. I had the control, not the food. This is amazing because food has been the one to have control over me for most of my life.



So here it is no, almost 2 months since I started Atkins and this blog, and I'm down ALMOST 20 lbs!! Unbelievable! Sadly, the scale hasn't moved nearly as fast as I would like it to, but what can I say? I'm greedy when it comes to weight loss! I want it off NOW! But who doesn't?



One thing that has really helped me the last couple of days, though, is writing down my food choices. For the last 2-3 weeks I hadn't been writing anything down. And I KNOW I was overindulging. On calories, on carbs, you name it. I was eating WAY too much cheese, and nuts for one thing. Just two days ago I was up to about 274. Yesterday and today I stuck to 1200-1300 calories and less than 20 carbs, and as you can see, I am down to 270.4 today! I am hoping to be in the 260s by the time my birthday comes around next week.



My overall plan is to do this the RIGHT way. The way Dr. A advised us to in his book. So for the next couple of days I will stay under 1500 cals and 20 carbs. Then I will increase my carbs by 5 grams a week until I figure out my CCLL (that's the critical carbohydrate level for losing). In English, that basically means....how many carbs can I eat and still lose weight? For everyone, it's different.



I'm in this for the long haul, as I've said before. I truly feel like this is a life-changing event for me this time. I know, I know....I've been here before, you've heard this before, right? Anyone who has struggled with their weight ALL their life like me, has BTDT. I don't know how to put it into words but I just KNOW it's different this time.



I think I'm starting to really realize and internalize how important and precious my body is, and how I need to nourish and take care of it for once in my life.