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