Today is day 3 on the Atkins Fat Fast. I am thoroughly impressed with the results, and am thinking I may just push myself to four, or even five days. One thing I definitely need to remember though, is to pick up multivitamins while out today. I know I am depriving my body of important nutrients, and I don't want to cause problems on that end. That being said, I weighed myself this morning, and found I was down another 3lbs. I am now at 118.5lbs. I cannot believe that I have managed to lose about 7lbs in 2 days. This just blows my mind. Seeing results helps motivate me to want to stick it out a little longer, even though I am missing food like crazy.
I noticed that a lot of the foods on the fat fast are more on the savory side than the sweet. So I had a little goof up yesterday, because I was craving so bad. A few days ago we bought red velvet mini cupcakes. Like the day before I started the fast. So it makes sense that I can't stop thinking about them. Well, my youngest daughter was given one as a treat last night, but she didn't finish it, and I noticed it sitting on the table after she went to bed. Without even thinking, I snatched it up and ate it. Whoops. What feels good though, is that even with that goof, I managed to lose weight. But, of course it brought along another problem. I just put some sugar back in my diet and I. want. more. So this morning, I made a sweet breakfast. 2 tablespoons of sour cream (= 100cal), 2 tablespoons of whipping cream (= 100cal) and 2 tablespoons of cream cheese (= 90 cal), plus a little vanilla and maybe a half tablespoon of coconut. And a packet of stevia. Whipped it all together and ended up with a sort of a coconut mousse. It's not bad. It is definitely better with the sweetener than it was without. It is hard getting past the aftertaste. But it's the closest I can get it seems. I'm not sure what's on the meal plan for the rest of the day. I have 700 calories ahead of me. I'm thinking of maybe making a tuna and egg salad, and diving that up into multiple servings. I think today's meals will be 300, 200, 300, 200. We will be out for a while this afternoon, so I'm going to bag a serving of macadamia nuts, and snack on those while out. Then I'll make a 500-calorie salad and divide it into two. That will be my dinner and evening snack. Sounds simple enough I think. The other issue I'm having is I know I should be increasing my water intake, like 300%. And I know I've been drinking more water than I was. But I'm still feeling like it's not enough. So I am going to push myself to get more water in today. And I'm not going to commit to 4 or 5 days. I will decide tomorrow whether I am going to continue. For now, I'm just going to look to today, and completing day 3. It's always easier to talk about how we'll follow a diet than it is to actually stick to it. I am hoping for no slip ups today, but will remember that this is a big change for me, and I shouldn't beat myself up if I can't make it past today.
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