Yup, still here, still in the same boat

I think I have an addiction - a food addiction.  This is no joke.  I have not been able to resist food, especially carbs since I last wrote.  Each week, I start over.  Each week I give in to the temptation.  My husband says "Just don't eat it.  Just say no.  Just don't buy it."  Easy for him to say.  He can buy a bag of candy, just eat one or two and put the bag away with no further thought.  If I have a bag of candy, a box of cookies, a box of crackers, I have to eat it till I'm almost sick.  That's an addiction. 

Anyway, I have the best of intentions.  I want to lose weight, I want to feel better.  I know what I need to do.  I want to finish what I started - a year ago.  It was working, now I know that I need to add some healthy carbs back in so I don't have that zombie feeling.  Today we got up early, I took Cody to the school for a nice long walk because I knew we would be gone all day.  He got muddy so I had to wash his paws before he went in on the newly shampooed carpet.  I got ready, Rick gave him a pill, we ended up leaving 15 minutes later than we wanted to. 

Once on the road I realized I had forgotten the English toffee that I had made.  We actually made good time and made it to Pala at about 9:10.  Liz and Eric were the only ones in line.  We paid and got seated in a booth.  I got Iced tea.  My first plate was a bunch of crab, a bowl of blueberries (fresh, YES), a couple of pieces of pineapple, one potsticker, and a piece of really good sausage.  The next plate was more crab, some rice crispy treat, a macaron, 3 cookies (which I promptly put in my purse),  Then I went and got a tiny scoop of coffee ice cream with a sprinkle of m & ms, a rice crispy treat, a marshmallow and a half a strawberry.  So good.  I made sure not to stuff myself.  We sat there until after 11 talking.

Then we headed out on the casino floor.  I played Pacman, lost $8.00, played Dinero Loco, lost $5, played Heat em up, lost $10, played some stupid lion game, lost $20.  I forget but I lost about $50 total.  Oh well, we had fun.  Brunch was only $47 because I had a $5 off coupon and with our discount.

We got back on the road close to 1:00, it was a long drive home.  We saw a lot of fire trucks, police cars and just people lined up on bridges and the side of the road to watch the procession of the fallen firefighter.  We got home about 2:30.  The dogs were fine, Cody didn't freak out.  We sat around, I worked on the school website and posted my first Tweet, and I started dinner about 4:30.  We had miso butter pork chops, baby bok choy, rice and apple salad.  I had about a 1/4 of a caramel apple for dessert.  That's what I've been doing, eating sweets and then saying that I'll start tomorrow.  I took chicken out to cook for lunch.

I bought some good bacon to eat for breakfast tomorrow, we'll see how this goes.

After the holidays - starting over

I have to admit, I went off the rails a little over the holidays and it has been a huge challenge to rein in my eating habits to get back to where I was.

I was doing so well my first 21 days and then I started to feel really off mentally.  I was literally in a daze all day, couldn't maintain a thought, couldn't carry on a normal conversation and was apologizing to my husband constantly because I would forget what he said from minute to minute. 

It was weird and scary.  One day I decided I wanted a piece of candy and almost instantly I felt better, and I don't think it was in my head.  That told me I was eating way too little in carbs and so I started to up my carbs a little.  Then I lost control, like I thought I would and justified sweets because I still was not eating any gluten.

Anyway I scared myself another day when I really indulged and my blood sugar dropped to 39.  I had never felt that way in my life, I almost passed out, sweat was pouring down my back and my heart rate was through the roof.  I quickly ate a couple of spoonfuls of commercial peanut butter and brought myself back up to 71 within 15 minutes.

So now I'm glad I documented what I ate in the beginning, I am going back to day 1 and I'm going to see how it goes again with how I feel mentally.  What I was doing was working as far as weight loss, although slowly.  I have only gained back 4 of the pounds and I'm still 1.5 pounds lower than when I started.

I'm still eating dairy and have not worked out but twice in the last two weeks so that is another thing I need to change!






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Took a break

I have taken a break from journaling and from the keto diet.  This way of eating had left me feeling like a zombie lately, walking around in a fog, feeling emotionless, and I had a hard time carrying on a conversation.

So I did a little experiment and I had a caramel.  Within minutes I felt much better, more like myself.  I know that this is from the sugar.  I don't know why I am having such a difficult time adapting this time around, I know I didn't feel like this 7 years ago when I did Atkins successfully.

My health coach recommended upping my carbs to 70-80 grams with sweet potatoes and other low glycemic starches.  Well, after I ate that caramel, that set off the candy cravings just like I thought it would.  I decided to "enjoy" my Christmas with some sweets and other things that I have been missing.

I have not binged or really overdone it as far as I'm concerned.  I did have some See's candy today, 3 pieces to be exact and it was right after lunch so I made sure to have something else in my stomach.  I tested my blood about 2-3 hours after and it was 112.  I believe that's kind of high.

Today I am actually cooking what was supposed to be our Christmas dinner (we ate out Christmas Eve and Christmas) and we were with friends yesterday having a late Christmas.  So we will be having ham 3 days in a row but that's A-Okay with me.

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices of Pederson's uncured bacon

Meal 2 - Chipotle salad with

              Romaine lettuce

              Steak

              Grilled peppers and onions

              Mild salsa

              Sour cream

              Guacamole

              3 pcs See's candy

              1 peanut butter cookie

Meal 3 - About 8 oz. of ham

              1/2 cup sweet potato

               1 cup brussels sprouts

               3 pcs See's candy

Going to get the See's out of my system because I am back on track tomorrow, starting with the gym since I haven't been since the 21st :(

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Keto Day 21

Well, here I am at the 3 week mark, still can't believe I have stuck to this program for this long!  I worked out this morning here is what I did:

Stairmill - 20 minutes on level 3

Assisted pull up machine - 8 pull ups at 60 lbs.

                                           8 chin ups at 60 lbs.

                                           10 pull ups at 80 lbs.

                                           10 chin ups at 80 lbs.

Chest press machine - 3 sets of 8 reps at 45 lbs.

Bicep curl machine - 3 sets of 8 at 10 lbs.

Tricep extension machine - 1 set of 8 at 30 lbs.

                                             1 set of 8 at 35 lbs.

                                             1 set of 8 at 40 lbs.

Stretch cage

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon

              1 cup organic baby spinach

Meal 2 - 2 grilled chicken drumsticks

              1 grilled chicken thighs

              1/2 medium hass avocado

               3 tbsp. bleu cheese dressing

               1/4 cup peanuts

Meal 3 - 1 pkg. seasoned seaweed

Meal 4 - 5 oz. grilled salmon

              1 cup roasted asparagus

Glucose level:  87

I has some sharp pain in my right side this afternoon that lasted about 30 minutes, I'm hoping it's nothing to do with my gall bladder.

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Keto Day 19 and 20

I've decided that I need to start creating a schedule to manage all this time off I have!  I am such the procrastinator and I'm so not disciplined when it comes to my time.  I sometimes try to justify that I am on vacation and that I should be relaxing and taking it easy but I have a lot to do!

I'm still sticking to keto and I see some changes in my blood glucose levels and I hope that keeps happening.  I have not been as strict as I should be but that will change come January because I plan to join a 30 day keto challenge!

Monday's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon

              2 cups organic baby spinach

              1 cup tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Meal 2 - 1/2 cup peanuts

              1 pkg. seasoned seaweed

Meal 3 - 2 El Pollo chicken thighs

Meal 4 - 3 uncured hot dogs cooked in 1 tbsp. butter

              1 medium hass avocado

I hit 197 grams of fat, 200 is my goal

Glucose level:  81

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon

              2 cups organic baby spinach

              1 cup tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Meal 2 - Chipotle salad with:

              steak

              fajita vegetables

              mild salsa

              sour cream

              guacamole

Meal 3 - 1/2 cup peanuts

              1 pkg. seasoned seaweed

Meal 4 - Iceberg lettuce salad with:

              grilled chicken

              2 boiled eggs

              sprinkle of Mexican cheese

              2 tbsp. bleu cheese dressing

Glucose level:  69  (first time I've seen the 60s!)

I'll be honest, this way of eating has not been difficult since day 3.  That is the day I can say I had the willpower to say no to sweets.  I have been tempted many times but keep reminding myself that I am trying to keto adapt and if I take even one taste of anything, it will set me back to square one. 

Once my tastebuds have had that taste of sweet, I would have no control, my pancreas would be vomiting insulin (as my coach stated), and I would immediately be kicked out of ketosis.  All that hard work is not worth one bite of anything.  I keep telling myself when I get healthy and I am keto adapted I can have some sweets once in awhile and it won't be so hard to get back into ketosis.

All this I tell myself as I am baking and making treats for other people!  My weight loss has not budged past the 4 lb. mark and that's okay with me, I know it's because I am not working out like I should.  I'm supposed to be exercising at least 4-5 times a week - this is where the need for that schedule comes in!

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Keto Day 17 and 18

I have been experiencing a little bit of brain fog and I suspect it's from eating peanuts but I am doing an experiment today to see if that's the case.

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 1 cup tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil
               10 oz. T-bone steak
               3 eggs fried (IHOP)

Meal 2 - 6 chicken wings (leftover Wing Stop)
              2 tbsp. bleu cheese dressing
              1/4 cup peanuts

Meal 3 - (3) 1/3 lb. hamburger patties
               grilled onions
               pickles
               jalapenos
               iceberg lettuce bun

Glucose level:  79 (yippee!)

Saturday's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs scrambled in bacon fat
              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon
              2 cups baby spinach
              1 cup tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Meal 2 - 1/4 cup low salt pistachios
              1/4 cup peanuts

Meal 3 - 8 chicken wings
              3 tbsp. bleu cheese dressing
              6 celery sticks

Meal 4 - 8 oz. prime rib
              1 cup steamed broccoli
               Couple bites of peanut slaw

Glucose level:  92

I've had a few things making me wish I had started this ketogenic thing after the holidays and not before:  See's candy, decorated sugar cookies, macarons, the fact that I'm baking and making goodies that I cannot even taste.  I have to rely on my husband as my "taster".  But then again I have to celebrate that I have stuck with this for 18 days now, 17 days longer than I have stuck to anything over the last 7 years.











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Keto Day 15 and 16

Have you ever felt like time is your enemy?  It seems like the more time I have, the less I get done.  I have been sleeping in till about 6 every morning when I am usually up at 4:45 on the weekdays, not that it's bad but I should be accomplishing a lot if I'm going to bed at 10!

I had fully intended to go to the gym Thursday morning but ended up reading an e-book, doing research, and cleaning.  I finally made it around 10:30 and here's what I did:

15 minute warm up on the elliptical

assisted pull up machine - 8 pull ups at 60 lbs

                                           8 chin ups at 60 lbs

                                           10 pull ups at 80 lbs

                                           10 chin ups at 80 lbs

chest press machine - 3 sets of 8 reps at 45 lbs

bicep machine             3 sets of 8 reps at 10 lbs

stretch cage

I felt like I could do more, especially with the pull up machine - for some reason I felt much stronger than I did last time.

Thursday's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs, scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon

              2 cups organic baby spinach

Meal 2 - 1/2 cup low salt pistachios

              1/4 cup peanuts

Meal 3 - 4 grilled chicken wings

              2 tsp. tapatio

Meal 4 - 4 oz. raw ahi tuna

              green onions

              jalapenos

              seaweed salad

              cucumbers

              spring mix

               seaweed

              1 cup tulsi tea with 2 tbsp. coconut oil

Glucose level:  100

Today's eats:

Meal 1 - 2 eggs, scrambled in bacon fat

              2 slices Pederson's uncured bacon

              2 cups organic baby spinach

Meal 2 - Chipotle salad with

              lettuce

              steak

              fajita vegetables

              mild salsa

              sour cream

              guacamole

Meal 3 - 1/2 cup low salt pistachios

              1/2 cup peanuts

Meal 4 - ElPollo Loco

               2 chicken thighs

              1 cup broccoli

               1 cup garden salad

              1 tbsp. bleu cheese dressing

Glucose level:  122 (WTF)

Ketone level:    0.2  (again, this has not changed at all WTF)

Weight:  -4 lbs

I notice that my chest is shrinking (yes!).  That makes me happy; with all this weight gain I was gaining in that area and I am used to having a smaller chest.

So, my numbers as far as glucose and ketones are getting worse but my weight is going down.  I seems to notice a correlation with doing a workout the day before as far as elevated glucose.







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