And good riddance to the 280s!!
Now Keto eating is a super strict way of eating, your goal is to keep your carbs below 30g per day. There are carbs in so many things though, like I had a V8 vegetable juice and that is 7 right there. I did not want to commit to such extremes, especially since I am a type 2 diabetic and am on lots of medications and don't want to low carb myself into a coma. I don't like to mess with my meds without my doctor being involved, but if I would start feeling a little funny like my blood sugar was getting very low I would skip the next metformin dose.
Eating this way totally isn't the worst. For breakfast it is usually eggs and breakfast meat. Today I am enjoying the other half of a delicious omelette I ordered yesterday after church - eggs, spinach, bacon, and corned beef. It is delicious! Lunch is my usual random assortment of grab and go foods. Sometimes I bring more eggs, sometimes I wrap up lunch meat and cheese around a pickle spear, or I find a nice lower carb soup that doesn't have rice or noodles or potatoes. Dinner is meat and a veggie side, or I just straight up don't eat the bun off a burger or sandwich. Basically if it is any sort of bread/grain/carb thing, I won't eat it, and nothing with sugar either. Some keto eaters will eat berries since they are low sugar, and that was my treat for the weekend. I am not trying to be a totally control freak over it - like I will eat something breaded(like a chick fil a chicken egg and cheese bagel, hold the bagel) and it hasn't seemed to have a negative effect. My carb ranges have averaged in the 60s, but that feels low enough to me.
I have to say, the results thus far keep me motivated day to day, and I treat it kind of like smoking or AA. Maybe CSA? Carbs and Sugar Anonymous? Kidding aside, the first three days of giving up carbs sucked, I got headaches and I wanted to go eat an entire chocolate cake by mid day. I had to just suck it up and just stick with it and by Thursday it was smooth sailing. I feel like if I were to have a 'cheat day' and just eat anything I'd have to go through that hellish three days again. No thanks! This mindset has been a Godsend for the weekends. Much to my delight, eating this way has made it extremely easy to stay well under my calorie limit as well. The premise of this way of eating is LCHF - low carb high fat, so you can be as liberal as you wish with the butter, the cheese, the fatty cuts of meat, etc. This is so helpful in keeping you full and not focused on you next meal constantly.
I'm not trying to evangelize this diet, (it has only been a week, after all) but I about fall over dead with shock when I check my blood sugar in the mornings. Before, under 150 for me is alright. (These are first waking up readings) When I cut calories it would be about 120 give or take. I'd get really proud of myself if it was under 110, and it was a rare day when I was even under 100. Like maybe I fell asleep at 6pm and skipped dinner. Now - freakin' 80's for several days in a row now!! I even check twice sometimes because that just seems unreal. Shouldn't I feel weak and dizzy with sugar that low?? (no, because this is a completely normal and healthy blood sugar level to have). I have an appointment with my endocrinologist next month and I am looking forward to knowing the results of my lab work and getting all the compliments about the pounds I've dropped.
I plan to keep on with this plan and hopefully I will keep my sugar levels in the fantastic range they've been in and the weight will just continue to fall off. At this rate, maybe I will be on the the 260s in a matter of weeks?? After being in the 280s for months, it would be a welcomed change!
That is 14.8 pounds down!
Can I tell you about these jeans for a minute? I was in desperate need for new jeans at the end of last year, and I ordered 3 pair in a size 24. The two pair I order fit like a dream, but one pair was a lot smaller for being all the same size. I even stacked them on top of one another and this pair was a good inch or so smaller in the waist on either side compared to the others and the legs were very borderline skinny jeans. I try them on and they fit but it was muffin top city. I didn't return them because I forgot, then I was a month into calorie counting when I remembered and assumed eventually they will fit better. Well today was that day! My other jeans are in need of a belt but not too huge that I wont wear them anymore, but I tried this pair on and I was only muffin topping a regular amount! Now I have 4 pairs of jeans in the rotation, yay! (and I have around 6 pair waiting in the wings for when I am ready to size down fit into my old clothes again)
Good week! Going to keep on doing what I am doing for now because it is working, but I do have a cheat meal planned for our trip to San Antonio this weekend. When you get a chance to eat Oscar's Puffy Tacos, you take it. Look for my March month end recap on Friday!
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