25 Carbs

So far, the 25 carbs a day plan has been very, very nice...at least as far as letting me stretch a bit inside the confines of my program. We'll see on Monday how it goes on the scale. The freedom and flexibility to have just one extra tablespoon of dressing on my salad, an extra hard-boiled egg when I'm a little hungry, or a stir-fry with a variety of veggies for dinner is really, really nice. The funny part is that I didn't make it to my full 25g either day! My caloric intake has jumped up a bit, which was one of the goals. I was around 1500 calories each day, which still isn't up to recommendations, but it's closer than it was!

Tuesday
Breakfast: 1 egg, scrambled, 3 pieces bacon - 1.55g
Lunch: Salad - 6.99g
Snack: 1 oz almonds - 2g
Dinner: Beef and veggie stir-fry - 10.67g
Dessert: Hard-boiled egg - .56g
Sodium: 3712mg
Veggies: 12.68g
Total: 21.77g

Wednesday
Breakfast: 1 egg, scrambled, 3 pieces bacon - 1.55g
Lunch: Salad - 8.49g
Snack: 1 oz almonds - 2g
Dinner: Creamed chicken w/mushrooms, 1 1/3 cup frozen green beans - 11.39g
Dessert: None
Sodium: 1828mg
Veggies: 11.48g
Total: 23.43g

I want to touch on an interesting point that Barry brought up in the same message that triggered my rethinking about moving into Phase 2. He had read a news article that suggested that long periods of sitting, even with a period of exercise at some point during the day, can cause weight gain, organ problems, and other issues. While I wasn't able to find the exact article that he referenced, I did find one with a similar message here. I'm going to start trying to move around a little every half an hour or hour. It's certainly not going to hurt me any, and it just might help!