Hanging in There

Well, I got through Day 2 and it's on to Day 3. Although I really felt crappy yesterday as my body attempts to deal with the shock of starting this program and switch from a carb-based metabolism to a fat-based one, the great news about my starting weight helped keep my mood up a little bit. I was still more depressed than usual, very lethargic, headachy, and cranky though. I'm really hoping this part passes off quickly.

Once again, I missed lunch yesterday. I've got to stop doing that. I was hungry at lunchtime, but I was really trying to get some housework done and I didn't want to weigh myself down with food when I was already running on dregs of energy. I've got to try to remember that eating on a low-carb program doesn't make me feel heavy and sick afterward like eating normal food does. By the time I decided I'd done as much as I was going to do, it was too close to dinnertime to be eating lunch. So yesterday's intake was...

Breakfast: 2 eggs, scrambled; 1/2 lb. sausage - 2.7g
Lunch: None
Snack: None
Dinner: Creamed Chicken with Mushrooms; 1/2 cup canned green beans - 16.3g
Dessert: None
Total: 19g

So I managed to stay within my 20g, but that was without lunch. I've got to eat during the day, so I'm going to have to change how I'm doing dinner. The recipes I've had the last two days have both been out of one of my Atkins cookbooks, but they've been "double" portions. Their idea of a portion leaves a lot to be desired, in my opinion, since I'm still hungry after eating two! But if I'm going to stay within my designated number of carbs, their portions is what it will have to be from now on. The thought of how hungry I'm going to be is really scary. That must have been how I ate when I was on this program before, though, since I distinctly remember being able to eat lunch. It's been six years so the details are a little fuzzy, but I would remember going without lunch every day. We'll see how it goes today!