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24 February 2014

WOW has this week been a DISASTER. I have basically been off the bandwagon since the 13th. First lets talk Valentines day.. I tried so hard but when your husband gives you chocolate and chocolate covered strawberries and then your mom bakes you cookies... there is no more will power. I don't want to transfer the burden of my weight loss efforts to them and tell them no thank you when they went out and did such touching things for me. How about we just do no more food holidays for awhile?!

On another note, for anyone who read my bio or my first post, you will know that I live over 200 miles from my family and my husband. I am currently finishing up my last years of college and our hometown has a phenomenally better job market then where I live for my husband to be able to make a living. This means that every other weekend I am making the drive to see them all. I have found that my diet goes out the window when I visit. Its difficult because I am not on my regular routine, I don't have my own kitchen (I am normally staying at my mother-in-laws) and my husband and I are always on the go up there, birthday parties, sporting events, so and so had a baby, etc. It gets VERY hard to stick to my plan.

I am also struggling with being 22 and being on this plan. As you may realize a 22 year old living in a large college town... we go out! Whether its to a couple college bars, to a social get together, or if its a night downtown. On my first outing I tried my best to stick to diet coke.. and I did for about 2 hours, but then the delicious fruity cocktails called my name. I don't usually go out often but over the last 2 weeks I've been out 3 times. Meaning 3 days off the plan (Atkins is 0 alcohol in the first phase).

This week with renewed energy I am trying to get my whole life back in gear. I am starting with getting back on Atkins, exercising, and getting some work done around this house. All of this might be possible now that the Olympics are over as well!!

Thanks for all the support guys! Add me as a friend if you'd like to chat.

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10 February 2014

Weigh-in: 267.6 lb

lost so far: 1.4 lb

still to go: 112.6 lb

Diet followed reasonably well

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07 February 2014

So yesterday went well. I live in Eugene, Oregon and right now we are having a "snow apocalypse". Usually Oregon gets a couple of inches of snow a year and its always a big deal. In December we got 7inches and it stayed for over a week. In the last 2 days we've got about 7 inches yet again. Now to most this isn't a big deal but Oregon, and especially Eugene (being outside Portland's metropolis) we just don't have the infrastructure for snow. People cannot drive because their cars are not equip for driving in the snow. We have very few plows and we just plain are not used to it. I ventured out and got some supplies for food. I ended up eating very little yesterday. I just wasn't very hungry. In hindsight I needed more vegetables and that is my challenge for today. I can tel I am getting in the grove of Atkins but I checked the scale today and I haven't even lost a pound. Its discouraging but I am going to keep going because I feel great.

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06 February 2014

WOW was yesterday a fiasco. All was smooth sailing until dinner. I decided to make some meatballs. I made them with ground beef and lots of seasoning. I rolled them all out (I made enough to freeze) and popped them in the oven. I went back to check on them 10 minutes later and was greeted by a HUGE grease fire in my oven. I believe some oil from baked potatoes weeks earlier finally ignited. I proceeded to panic and throw salt on the fire (and subsequently all over the meatballs and my kitchen!). Good news, my house didn't burn down. Bad news, dinner was ruined. At this point I was exhausted and defeated. My kitchen was a MESS and I was just done. I caved and ordered a pizza. I only had 2 slices but I definitely was not on plan. This morning was a new day. I cleaned the kitchen and I have been following by diet. Instead of beating myself up for one bad night.. I am celebrating getting back on plan this morning and not taking this as a big defeat. Positive vibes. We all have bad days.

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04 February 2014

Well started my journey on Atkins yesterday. The first day went pretty well. I did start to have my late night sugar/carb cravings around 9PM but I pushed through and had zero cheats! Today I am having a lot of tooth pain from a persistent issue. It has been making wanting to eat difficult as it is super sensitive to just about everything. I did purchase some Atkins milk chocolate shakes and I have to say they are delish!! I would definitely recommend.

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