...And We're Off!

Great news to start the post today! I dragged my ass down to the doctor's office to do my starting weigh-in , and found out that I'm actually 18 pounds lighter than I'd been estimating. I'd been guessing I was about 415, based on my last doctor's appointment in the spring when I weighed in at 410. But my starting weight is actually only 397! It's like I lost 18 pounds in a day...or at least that's how I'm going to think of it.

I've already accomplished my first goal, which was to get under 400 pounds by the end of September. New end-of-September goal: 375 pounds. That one should be a little more difficult. I've got about two and a half weeks to lose 22 pounds. I think it should be do-able.

So yesterday's intake was a little strange because there wasn't much low-carb food in the house until mid-afternoon after Chad went shopping, but I managed to stick with the program even though I was starving!

Breakfast: 2 eggs, scrambled; 5 pieces of bacon - 3.3g
Lunch: None (no food)
Snack: String cheese - .8g
Dinner: Chicken with red wine sauce; sauteed zuccchini - 16g
Dessert: None
Total: 20.1g

I ended up going over goal by .1g, but I think that's probably tolerable, particularly since it was the first day and my eating schedule was completely screwy. I got a carb-tracking app for my iPhone last night, so that should help some. There are a few things I don't like about it, so we'll see if I stick with this one or try out another app.

I'm proud of myself for managing to not go crazy and eat yesterday when I was so hungry, particularly since I didn't get any lunch. I was pretty crabby by the end of the day, though, and hungry even as I was finishing my dinner. We'll see how it goes today!