The one with the weigh in...

Well, it's been 1 week without carbs. You know what that means? That's right... WEIGH IN!!!

*drum roll*

I lost 8.6 pounds! At one point this week, I was down 10 pounds. I don't know what the difference is.. but I'm happy with that loss. Why? Because I lost the wedding weight!

So, we're onto week two. I'm going to be honest with you- I ate an atkins product last night that was for phases 2-4.. but it was good and I don't regret it!

Today, we're having a cookout at work and then there is a BBQ tomorrow. I'm hoping I can resist everything for these 2 days.. but if I can't.. i'll just pick up where i left off and deal with the consequences. Life happens.. as they say...

But here's hoping to being on point!

The one with the first low carb weekend re-cap..

I took the weekend to not eat carbs. I'm not going to lie, I had a moment of "what the hell am I doing??" on Saturday and almost gave up. But, I've committed to 1 month, so I'm going to give it an honest shot.

Well, my wedding weight is gone. Beyond that, I'll report on Friday.

So, I've been eating mainly meat. It's a lot more meat and a far fewer veggies than I had been eating previously. I'm not used to that. On Friday, we had chicken with cheese and bacon. After that, I was immediately over bacon. J and I ended up having bacon wrapped scallops on Saturday. So far, Sunday's dinner was my favorite- eggplant pizzas.

Now, I loaded my pizza with meat and cheese (sorry.. that's how I've *always* liked my pizza), but it was very delicious! It was a fork and knife kind of pizza, but I'm sure I can fiddle with the recipe and make it more "french bread" like. Basically, you cut an eggplant in half- hollow it out, fill it with toppings/sauce of your choice. What I like about this is I can make it for low carb friends, healthy eating friends, and people that don't care about either of that! The strangest part? I hate eggplant.. but it was gooooood!

Rewind. Saturday was the worst day so far. I really wanted some bread. That's all.. a piece of bread. I felt sick and tired and hated this all. Twon said that 2 or 3 days in I would be very sluggish and it would be the worst.. then I would get over that hump and be okay. I'm hoping that was the hump.. 'cause it sucked. Yesterday, I felt okay.. but I had gone out to lunch with my mom and husband. I had a small cup of chili (which while still low carb.. had more carbs than expected) and seared ahi tuna.. which had a sweet sauce that I had to dab off... so maybe that little bit of sugar made the rest of my day better. Plus the eggplant.

So.. that's about all I have for now. I'm hoping the worst is over.. but I promise to freak out if I need to here :)

The one with no carbs...

Well, it's Friday. My day 1 at low carb. I remember when I was in high school, I tried to do low carb with my mom. I didn't really care about it and did fine, but she couldn't stick to it. As soon as she gave in, I was like, "ok." I dunno.. I've never had an urge to do low carb before. Here's hoping for some stick-to-itiveness.

So, I had a weigh in this morning. I was expecting a 10 pound gain (I've been eating like mad and I assumed between weight and water retention, it'd be there), instead, it was a 6 pound gain. This brings me down 14 total. I expect my first week or 2 to be a big loss if for nothing else than the water that my body is clearly hanging onto (as I'm able to tell by the tightness of my ring). I love my ring. Yes, it's very pretty which I love the most.. but it's a great gauge of sodium and water retention!

So, yeah, 6 pounds I have to lose before I'm back in the real losing-ness.

Breakfast was delicious. An omelet with chicken, cheese, chia seeds, and love. Lunch will be a salad with chicken and feta. I don't have any snacks on hand.. I'll probably pick some up on my break.

Well, I feel good so far. I had my lemon water, I'm drinking iced tea, and I have a healthy plan for the day including many veggies.

Also, I'm back to posting in my other food blog (or will be by mid-day).

That's all I have for today. I'll be back on Monday full of zero sugar crankiness. It'll be awesome!

The one with[out] all the money..

Growing up is hard to do.

I knew that after getting married J and I would be combining both finances and debt. I was always prepared for this. He has more debt, but much better credit. He also makes about twice what I do. I was prepared for my stuff to be the crutch- that which overwhelmed. I was mistaken.

I guess because of the fact that my credit sucks.. and I've been working on it.. I don't have much in the way of debt. I'm not used to such high monthly payments.

I'm not complaining.. It's just very strange making a budget with someone else.. someone with bills... I'm not used to how this works- his money, my money, our money..

Did I mention growing up is hard?

Tomorrow starts the low carb. It cannot come any sooner! I'm so sick of eating crap- but getting in the last little bits. Fun times.

The one without the title...

So, I'm reading the Atkins book.. well.. skimming it anyway. It has vegetarian options which makes me giddy! I don't eat much in the way of meat and don't want that to change. Also, I think i'll be able to combine it with WW's Simply Filling plan.. which is, as I understand it, basically low carb/mostly whole lean foods... which will all combine with my efforts of natural eating.

I feel like a freak- combining all of these options. I really don't use sweeteners much, so I'm hoping that this doesn't increase it. Anyway... I'll give the program one month. I'm not taking the month and saying "if I lose [X] pounds, I'll stay on it." What I am saying is that if it works and I find that I'm able to keep it in line with my... what's the word i'm looking for here... preferences? then, I'll continue. If not, I'll go back to healthful eating and counting points.

My dear sweet Twon is going to work with me on it. He's going to talk me through things (I like to talk ad nauseum about things I'm doing) when I need an outlet.. and we'll be able to relent.. and I won't tempt him with pizza and breaded foods.

Well, I'm weighing in on Friday. I expect to have gained 10 pounds because I have been gorging myself.. plus I'm having last hurrahs with carbs (something I've never given up!).. but then the weightloss posts will be more constant. I'll be weighing daily, but I'll announce on Fridays as an official weigh in. I have an app on my iPod touch that will help me track everything.

I'm very scared... nervous... thirstyexcited. This is really supposed to help with PCOS (I tried to link an article.. but there are a ton) and I want to be able to conceive when J and I decide to try to have kids. That is honestly and truly my motivation. Sure, i need to lose weight (which is what I've been doing here all along.. or trying anyway), but my biggest reason was for my future.. not for a bikini.

Ok.. i really need to drink some water.