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WELL today has been sort of “iffy” as far as low carb. I HAVE stayed “low carb” today but I had decided no cheese and had cheese for breakfast!

I am not sure what happened but before I knew it I was munching on some smoked sharp cheddar I had picked up for the genius I married’s lunches this week.

I LOVE cheese.. adore it so much and was going to abstain because I want to sort of do LC “anti-candida” style for a while and that means no cheese or mushrooms or wine (and a few other things that normal low carbers CAN have) for a while.

Anyway I slipped but I am not concerned, I will still come in under my 20-30 grams of carbs for the day.

I got a deli roasted whole chicken (quick and easy) – a nice way to ease myself into all the cooking that has to take place to do low carb WELL. I am making asparagus to go with. Simple foods for me for a while. I got too enamored of my food and cooked too many fancy recipes when doing low carb in the past. This really stalled my weight loss because YES calories do count.. they just happen to count a little less on low carb than a normal counting calorie diet. I really want to keep it very simple and eat to live.. not live to eat you know so my meals will pretty much just be meat and veggies and nice salads with homemade dressings.

Speaking of dressings I wanted to share my fav. one right now.
It’s a Japanese style ginger dressing sort of like you would get on your house salad at a Japanese sushi restaurant:

Low Carb Ginger Dressing (also works as a great marinate)

Grated orange rind or a few drops Boyajian tangerine oil
Soy sauce - small amount
Ginger (fresh grated.. lots)
Celery (fresh grated, a bit)
1 stalk green onion chopped fine (only a bit of the green – too much is bitter)
Rice vinegar
SF apple flavor crystal lite (a bit for a touch of sweet)
Sesame oil (just 2-3 drops more and it gets bitter)

Water as needed

As you can see I don’t give amounts because I have never measured, I just make it to taste. There is no oil but you could add some if you wish. I make it stronger for a marinate. It’s such a nice fresh flavor!

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Will be glad with ketosis kicks in!! Loves the lack of appetite I get.

I need to set a weight loss goal. I think I will shoot for 8# in the next 6 weeks. That’s a good goal for someone like me that loses pretty slowly!

Oh did you know that Greek women munch on fennel seeds to help with weight loss? “Fennel seeds-greek for "to grow thin. Is known to help metabolize fat”



I have seen a few Indian restaurants that have small bowls of seeds by a table as you leave (sort of like we have mints in our American restaurants). It’s interesting. I have some in the freezer. I like them but I love licorice. I think I will have a few thru the day…

I am going to start posting my previous days carbs and calorie counts each day. My official weigh in day is Monday (keeps me real thru the weekend) so I will list my pounds lost on Mondays.

Yesterday's counts were 25 carbs and 1700 calories. I of course am not in ketosis yet.. it usually takes me 3-4 days.

Well my dears, Cheers to Atkin’s Induction - Day two. Oh and I lost a half pound overnight!

Monday.. I LOVE Mondays.

Well my friends, today I am back to my old fav. Low Carb. (I usually do Atkins with extra veggies and start with 30 grams of carbs a day - this will take me into ketosis, I know from experience I don't have to go to below 20 carbs IF my carbs are from mostly veggies. I ALSO know from experience that I don't lose well on Atkins IF I don't watch my calories. I can eat WAY too many cheese and nuts so for right now, they will be off my plate.



A NOTE to anyone just starting out on Atkins. I recommend doing the program by the book for several weeks (to months) to really get to see how it works. I know Atkins (New Diet Revolution) very well and have done it on and off for years. I know from experience what works the BEST (more veggies a little less fat) for me but certainly gave the program 100% for quite a while before I started tweaking. PLEASE do the same. READ the book. It can change your life even if you are NOT overweight.

OK, so I am doing VERY good weight loss wise lately with my counting calories so now I will be combining both calorie counting and carb counting. It sounds daunting but actually I know the carbs in just about any REAL (not packaged) food without even looking it up so it's EASY for me.

This morning I was up a pound but only had 1400 calories yesterday so I a didn’t actually GAIN. I am supposed to start my period on Wed. so I am retaining water... This actually does not bother me in the least.. to the contrary, I love how my body is predictable about this. Like clockwork.

I woke in the middle of the night with this old itching (the start up of eczema) on my way lower back and the front of one of my shins. It's been around for years, I think it is caused by blood sugar (maybe Candida related?) or a food allergy but every time I go on LC for a while, it disappears.

So I am going back to my Low Carb diet for at least 2 months. That will put me in October. Then I will see about starting back on a normal calorie counting diet for rolling thru the holidays. It's easier for me.

I don’t expect to lost 10# right off the bat with induction this time because I am sure my glycogen stores are already fairly low simply because I have been dieting.

I AM going to count freaking both carbs and calories damn it.. I am doing too good with low cal. It should be easy to stay low cal because I don’t get extremely hungry on low carb.

I always come back to LC. It’s such a great way of life for me. The energy I get is incredible BUT it takes a couple of weeks for my body to adjust and in that time my energy is NIL.

I am excited actually..
Having a couple of soft boiled eggs with butter for breakfast! My fav. LC way to make eggs. I will make Patrick scrambled with cheese (I will be staying away from cheese for the first month).

I want to find some good turkey ham to go with.

One thing NOT good lately is I am back to drinking Diet Cokes. My nemesis, well I quit smoking so it's my last vice left. I had quiet Diet Coke for quite a long time...

Love you my LC peeps!

XOXO

Nice Peaceful Sunday Morning...

I really am doing well, this last week was near perfect. It is a rewarding feeling and has not been all easy.

It is getting difficult the last couple of days. I am three days out from my period.. or in three days it SHOULD be the day I start. I am wondering if I am going to have a normal cycle now that I am off Low Carb for over a month. I really would like it to come back to normal. Low Carb screwed with my cycle. or at least I THINK it was LC. Will see soon enough.

Last night was pretty hard. I wanted to munch… I was truly not hungry but I just wanted to FILL. I had pigged out (well ate lots, maybe not a pig out, calorie wise because the total for the day was only 1800) on Sushi the night before last and knew I had to get motivated again, it's difficult at night and the last couple of days have been remarkably harder.. I am thinking it has to be hormonal. I just have to be ready for days (nights actually) like this. I have to stay motivated and be prepared with good mental thoughts - I have an "emergency" text doc. I made just for these times (wish I knew more about building a blog.. would add it as another page here if I knew how!.

I did fantastic on calories yesterday. This morning I woke up feeling the best (emotionally) that I have in a while. I have a glimmer again of the fact that I AM IN control of my weight.

If I want this enough, I actually know now that I can do this. I felt it. An interesting feeling/thought flashed thru my mind quickly as I was getting off the scale this morning.

A feeling of just knowing. I don’t know how else to describe it.. but I know I am going to do this. It was a certainty I felt almost felt like a thought from my future self, sending me a message... sounds strange I know but thats what it felt like.