Goals

Well it's been a while since I've blogged and I've reached a few goals. I started Atkins 79 days ago and I'm down 28 lbs.
I reached my first goal which was to beat my lowest weight since gaining after surgery. My lowest was 172.5 and I have beat it.
My second goal was to lose half my body weight which would have put me at 166.5 and I've beaten that. Today I weigh 165 lbs. I have 104 days to lose 10 lbs and reach my final goal of weighing 155 lbs. at that point I will start adding carbs back into my diet.

No Scale Today.

I'm refusing to get on my scale today. I was up all night and all I did was eat. I made sure to eat low carb, but I know I went over my 20 carb limit.
Today is another day. Will be strict with my carbs.

Finding Success At Last.

It's been a while since my last post. For the past 58 day's I've been on The Atkins Diet. I am still on the Induction Phase, but I'm enjoying the foods I'm eating. I'm trying to be creative with my cooking.
I decided to go on Atkins because I've had success in the past.... before the gastric bypass, and I figured the rules of surgery are similar because you can't have sugar with either food plan. Atkins is definitely stricter, but if gives me a head start kicking carbs, sugar and decreasing my appetite. I'm now back to eating smaller portions like I use to.
Since starting Atkins 58 days ago, I've lost 25lbs. I started at 193 lbs. I had really gained with my out of control eating, bad habits and with all the traveling, losing wasn't easy. I am now down to my lowest weight since the surgery.... 168 lbs.
My goal is to get to 155lbs. I still have 130 days to reach it. I think it's very do-able.
Some time in the future, I will start to increase my carb intake. Adding low carb breads, berries, nuts and higher carb meals. I'm on a 20g of carb plan right now, but I'm hoping to add 5g a week till I reach about 40g-50g.
I really think this lifestyle is sustainable long term, especially since I'm not to have sugar anyway. At some point, I hope to just go back to eating the way I'm suppose to post-op, while eating low glycemic carbs.
Since I began to follow this food plan, I have energy I could have only dreamed of. During the school year, it was normal for me to get up at 7am, make the kids' lunches, then go back to bed for 3 or 4 hours and wake up at 11am. I was always so tired. I assumed that as summer began, I would just be able to sleep in everyday. Somehow I found myself getting up at 7am and staying up when I didn't have to get up early at all. I found it odd, then it clicked.... Atkins. I also was taking Melatonin to help me sleep, with the occasional Tylenol PM when needed. I am now able to get to sleep early and stay asleep all night long. It is truly amazing.
Well, I'm going to log off now. I'm going to back a low carb cheesecake. I'm will not be denied LOL. I've sweets to much.

Another Good Day.

Well I started off eating a few small powdered doughnuts, but all was not lost. I took my vitamins,drank my water and stuck to my plan.
I have 1 hour left to do my eating so I plan to drink another bottle of water then have 2 sugar free cookies and candies as a treat. After 8pm, it's just water for me.
Tonight I also got signed up at the gym. So after I attend the Ladies Expo, I'm going to hit the gym and shock my body but good.

Checking In

Just had a boiled egg and a yogurt. When I was getting it together, I was thinking, what else? Well I thought about it and realized I don't need anything else. Remember the rule that says no more then 8oz, but ideally 6oz. I don't need a lot of food. I just need a little more often.
Will soon be working on my next bottle of water. (After my 30 mins.)

I like what I see.

Down 5.5 lbs with only 19.5 to go. I weighed in at 184.5.
I'm not letting myself think " well you were lower then that not long ago". I could easily go there and get discouraged, but I'm choosing to stay focused on losing the 25 lbs. it's a small enough number but a difficult enough goal to reach.

Why Following The Rules Pays Off.

It's not a diet, it's just following the rules of surgery.
So I did well with my rules today. Not perfect, but pretty close.
I ate most of a 5.5oz can of tuna salad. I probably ate 4oz and tossed the rest. The if-y part was I was hungry again within an hour so I had a cheese stick. A little while later I was hungry one again so I had my half burger left over from the night before. There was ketchup and relish on it, which both contain sugar. Not perfect, but close.
For dinner I had a tortilla with grilled chicken breast, fried mushrooms and onions, a little shredded cheese and lettuce.
A few hours later I was hungry again so I had a slice of meat pie.
So, not much sugar happening.
Later on, I went shopping and bought myself sugar free cookies and chocolates. At the same time, I bought the family lots of junk food. They have some really yummy looking muffins that look like coffee cakes. So good I can almost taste them.
After shopping, I took the kids for ice-cream. I asked if the had anything sugar free. Since they didn't, I didn't have any.
Later in the evening.... well after 8pm, I was tempted to have one of those yummy looking muffins. I decided to look at the product info and decided the nearly 500 calories weren't worth it.
As I got ready for bed tonight, I hopped on the scale which is completely unofficial, but I was down to 185.5. So I'm hoping for good news tomorrow.
I'll be honest, I'm really hungry right now, but I know the rules and I also know I won't starve.
Reaching my goal will taste much better then any sugary food ever could.