Sandy701's Journal, 06 August 2013

Up early today to take DH to work. He has an eye appt. later so I need to shuttle him to/from that. While he's at the appt., I'm getting a haircut....better than just sitting in the waiting room and I'm not really in the mood to go shop for anything close by.

UGH Index has been a solid 10 for well over a week now. Bleh! But, by being up earlier today, the dogs got to go for a bit longer walk with me when I got home. In fact, my Collie went the entire distance.

My focus on very low carb (for me) continues. I have found, however, that if I don't keep up my level of fat, I get RAVENOUS and that pretty much spells disaster (aka peanut butter). I had dismissed someone's notion that I might gravitate toward PB because my body wants/needs fat, but now I'm wondering if that might be a possibility.

What this little experiment of mine is showing me is that if something isn't working, change it. I'm not talking about the folks who lament that they're not losing and it's been 3 days. You need to give your body time to adjust to ANY WOE....and you need to follow the rules of that WOE consistently. But......if you've done that (and that's a big "if"), and you're still not losing, then change something!

I think it's the Atkins book, but I could be wrong, that says to wait it out. I disagree. At some point, SOMETHING needs to change. It might be subtle, like changing brands of a food item to eliminate a particular ingredient. Or, it might be more involved like rechecking the portion/serving measures on all the foods you "know", eating at different times of the day, rebalancing your meals so you're eating the largest one at a different time, rebalancing your allotment of carbs (assuming you're doing low-carb) among your meals, kicking-up your exercise 1x/week or taking an extra day of rest from exercise, or focusing on total carbs instead of net (again, assuming you're doing low-carb).

For me, my change was dropping my total carb level significantly. Surprisingly, on most days, my hunger was gone and I ended up eating far fewer calories with no cravings. So, is it the carbs or the calories that directly affect my weight? I'd still bet on the carbs.

As an aside, I'd also say that if you've been successful on a WOE previously and you KNOW you should be losing and you're not, perhaps a check-up with the doctor is in order.

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843 kcal

Fat: 55.71g | Prot: 71.75g | Carb: 5.88g.   Breakfast: Shady Brook Farms Original Lean Breakfast Turkey Sausage (links), Publix chia seeds (bulk), Egg, Spectrum Organic Virgin Coconut Oil. Dinner: Broiled or Baked Pork Chop, French's Honey Mustard. Snacks/Other: Egg, Jones Dairy Farm Cherrywood Smoked Sliced Bacon. more...

1883 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 53 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 7 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...