nmarsden's Journal, 28 July 2010

Negligible weight loss (actually .2lbs gain) today. I can track this thing by how I am sticking to the diet. The first couple days, I was doing it perfectly, then yesterday, I slipped by eating too many Atkins "treats" and today, I didn't eat enough carbs. I probably won't lose for a couple days now. But that's alright. I've made progress.

I discovered the reason I'm slipping is because I'm running out of food. I miscalculated how much I was really going to eat and didn't buy enough. I'm out of veggies, pretty much, and have only frozen chicken breasts for meat now. I'll go shopping again on Friday.

I find it hard to make meal plans, because I've never been the type to cook my own meals more than 2-3 times a week (during a good week). I was all about convenience foods, fast food and eating out. Now I have to pay attention to my food needs myself. So judging how much I'll eat in a week is something I'll get used to.

No bowel movement at all today. Ate no veggies at all today either. Had a big breakfast, ate a small snack that counted as lunch and a very small dinner. I'm not ravenously hungry, though.

I'll pick things up again tomorrow and get back in the saddle. I have the next two days off work, so it'll be easier to cook what I need to eat.

280.0 lb Lost so far: 5.0 lb.    Still to go: 95.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1924 kcal

Fat: 142.69g | Prot: 126.96g | Carb: 29.33g.   Breakfast: cheese, eggs, Italian Sausage. Lunch: hamburger mcdonalds. Dinner: egg, Day Break Peanut Butter Fudge Crisp Bar. Snacks/Other: dill pickle, pepperoni. more...