So I was wondering if I was actually in Ketosis or not. I've had some people tell me that it's hard to tell when you hit that ... stage? I always thought it was a decrease in appetite with an increase in energy. I'm missing the latter.
[I]Symptoms of ketosis include general tiredness, abrupt or gradually increasing weakness, dizziness, headaches, confusion, abdominal pain, irritability, nausea and vomiting, sleep problems and bad breath. [Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine 68(2001): p.761][/I]
Well, I'm in it .. I have the tiredness, weakness (thinking about Thursdays aerobics class - thought I was going to DIE), dizziness, headaches, always confused and irritable. Thankfully I don't have the abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting or sleep problems. The bad breath ... no one has said anything. Then again, I haven't been that close to anyone today. I'll just have to make sure I brush my teeth ... a lot. I just hope it helps.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Today's Meals
I haven't had hardly anything today.
"Breakfast" - two and a half pieces of bacon (my son took the other half of my last piece)
Lunch - Half of a South Beach Diet Chicken Caesar Wrap Meal
Snack - 1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts and cashews and one string cheese stick (I've got to find some new snacks)
For dinner I plan on having a salad. I'm hoping I can hold of a couple hours for that.
My feelings today. This morning I felt pretty good. It wasn't until around 2:00pm that I started feeling ... lonely. Hubby is at a wedding. My little girl is watching a movie. My little boy is taking a nap (that's a rarity now-a-days). I'm just kinda here. I wish I had someone to call. I wish I had plans for me and the kids. I wish I had a life.
"Breakfast" - two and a half pieces of bacon (my son took the other half of my last piece)
Lunch - Half of a South Beach Diet Chicken Caesar Wrap Meal
Snack - 1/2 cup honey roasted peanuts and cashews and one string cheese stick (I've got to find some new snacks)
For dinner I plan on having a salad. I'm hoping I can hold of a couple hours for that.
My feelings today. This morning I felt pretty good. It wasn't until around 2:00pm that I started feeling ... lonely. Hubby is at a wedding. My little girl is watching a movie. My little boy is taking a nap (that's a rarity now-a-days). I'm just kinda here. I wish I had someone to call. I wish I had plans for me and the kids. I wish I had a life.
Friday, June 22, 2007
Yesterday and Today
Well, yesterday for lunch I had another "Olive Garden [Like] Salad". Dinner ... nothing. Amazingly enough, I wasn't hungry. That and I didn't know what to eat ... probably because, for once, I wasn't craving anything. Nothing sounded good. I did have a few cashews and a string cheese stick about 30 minutes before bed. But I felt good ... and NOT hungry.
This morning was pretty much the same ... I didn't want my usual eggs and a meat and there wasn't anything else that sounded good. Not even the donuts that I purchased for the kids ... I didn't want them! However, around 11am I finally started feeling hungry. I wasn't able to eat until after 1:00 though. We went to a local restaurant where I ordered a bbq chicken salad thing. It was good and HUGE. I only ate 1/3 of it. Normally I'd leave a 1/3.
Some feelings I've had in the last 24 hours?
(1) Excitement - first from finally getting into Ketosis and second from finding and getting a good deal on a ROUND kitchen table (we've been looking for one forever).
(2) Exhaustion - I thought with Ketosis came energy but I've just been so tired
and
(3) Fear - I have this pair of pants I purchased last summer. I was hanging over them then and before starting LC, I couldn't even get them on. I'm thinking I might be able to fit in them now. I want to try them on BUT what if they don't fit? What if I don't try them on but they really might fit now? What do I do? I don't want to be disappointed but I don't want to miss out on knowing that they fit. I don't know ... maybe I should wait until I hit my 135 mark. Only 4.2 pounds to go.
This morning was pretty much the same ... I didn't want my usual eggs and a meat and there wasn't anything else that sounded good. Not even the donuts that I purchased for the kids ... I didn't want them! However, around 11am I finally started feeling hungry. I wasn't able to eat until after 1:00 though. We went to a local restaurant where I ordered a bbq chicken salad thing. It was good and HUGE. I only ate 1/3 of it. Normally I'd leave a 1/3.
Some feelings I've had in the last 24 hours?
(1) Excitement - first from finally getting into Ketosis and second from finding and getting a good deal on a ROUND kitchen table (we've been looking for one forever).
(2) Exhaustion - I thought with Ketosis came energy but I've just been so tired
and
(3) Fear - I have this pair of pants I purchased last summer. I was hanging over them then and before starting LC, I couldn't even get them on. I'm thinking I might be able to fit in them now. I want to try them on BUT what if they don't fit? What if I don't try them on but they really might fit now? What do I do? I don't want to be disappointed but I don't want to miss out on knowing that they fit. I don't know ... maybe I should wait until I hit my 135 mark. Only 4.2 pounds to go.
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Broken Record
I just realized I repeated myself several times in that last post. Not that I think anyone is reading this but ... remember, this is a journal on my thoughts and feelings. The thought of not weighing this morning keeps going through my mind ... like a broken record.
Breakfast
My feeling this morning? I'm slightly depressed ... disappointed in myself. Why? Because I again put someone else before myself. It doesn't take that long to get out of bed, potty and weigh. But I was convinced that I needed to get breakfast started so hubby didn't have to rush through it before heading off to work. I stepped on the scale AFTER eating ... 141.2.
I know that's not terrible and/or valid really. I just ate! So that means I actually weigh less. But how much less. It's killing me not knowing.
My actual thoughts? I want to be able to get on the scale with clothes on in the middle of the day after eating something and NOT see the 140s. I haven't seen 130-anything since last summer. I was really expecting to see 130-something this morning and I know I might have been but I missed it. I'm disappointed in myself for, again, putting someone else before me (meaning I had to get breakfast ready before DH had to go to work). 2 minutes in the bathroom ... I could have done it ... I should have done it. But I just had to make sure DH didn't have to rush through breakfast ... not like he eats slow in the first place. He can be the last one to fix his plate and still be the first one to empty it.
Anyway, for my mad-at-myself breakfast I had cheesy eggs and ham. The idea was to make an omelet but ... not pretty ... AT ALL.
I know that's not terrible and/or valid really. I just ate! So that means I actually weigh less. But how much less. It's killing me not knowing.
My actual thoughts? I want to be able to get on the scale with clothes on in the middle of the day after eating something and NOT see the 140s. I haven't seen 130-anything since last summer. I was really expecting to see 130-something this morning and I know I might have been but I missed it. I'm disappointed in myself for, again, putting someone else before me (meaning I had to get breakfast ready before DH had to go to work). 2 minutes in the bathroom ... I could have done it ... I should have done it. But I just had to make sure DH didn't have to rush through breakfast ... not like he eats slow in the first place. He can be the last one to fix his plate and still be the first one to empty it.
Anyway, for my mad-at-myself breakfast I had cheesy eggs and ham. The idea was to make an omelet but ... not pretty ... AT ALL.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Snack and Dinner
Well ... I'm not real sure what my feelings are. I took a short nap on the sofa while my son watched Dora. Afterwards, the family went for an hour and a half dip in the pool. I guess I was relaxed ... as relaxed as I can be without being asleep, that is.
For dinner, I had pork chops and salad. Earlier today for a snack I had some cashews.
For dinner, I had pork chops and salad. Earlier today for a snack I had some cashews.
Lunch
On the menu ... Salad with dressing from The Olive Garden.
I went and purchased a HUGE three pound bag a salad ... the kind with iceberg lettuce, carrots, and red cabbage. I also got a can of large pitted black olives. All that with the dressing from The Olive Garden ... yum!
My feelings ... Before lunch, I felt a since of relief. I had picked a very good low carb meal. One that even hubby would enjoy. During lunch, the kids were eating while we were so everyone's mouths were busy doing something other than complaining or whining so it was nice. Not that we're all done ... back to being irritated and frustrated. Feeling like I'm a single parent raising three kids.
I'm going to try my best to continue on with my staying out of the kitchen. Even though I just finished a BIG salad ... I feel I NEED something else.
I went and purchased a HUGE three pound bag a salad ... the kind with iceberg lettuce, carrots, and red cabbage. I also got a can of large pitted black olives. All that with the dressing from The Olive Garden ... yum!
My feelings ... Before lunch, I felt a since of relief. I had picked a very good low carb meal. One that even hubby would enjoy. During lunch, the kids were eating while we were so everyone's mouths were busy doing something other than complaining or whining so it was nice. Not that we're all done ... back to being irritated and frustrated. Feeling like I'm a single parent raising three kids.
I'm going to try my best to continue on with my staying out of the kitchen. Even though I just finished a BIG salad ... I feel I NEED something else.
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