So I got through the first day!! After my first ever blog post yesterday, I came home from work and made sugar free strawberry jelly... Something my mum said would take 30 minutes to set... And attempt to whip up some double cream. An hour later, my arm was killing me (Never had more respect for blokes than at that moment in time!) and my cream was finally whipping.. Got a bit carried away and it ended up looking like scrambled eggs.. It was inedible...!! The jelly also did not set until very late at night. In the meantime I had to find something to curb my hunger.
Two more cheesestrings did the trick and luckily, as my flatmate is a chef, he'd brought home some chicken fillets which I was able to just microwave... They had some sort of herbs on them, I wasn't sure if I was allowed them, just tasted like oregano though. I picked some of it off. I had mayo on the side, again, didn't do too well with the mayonnaise. My jelly had set at about 11:30PM, at which point I couldn't help myself to two servings.. They're really good for a sugar craving as they've got next to no carbs in them at all.. Sugar free of course.
My headache went away.. My mum has some theory that something in the bacon could be giving me headaches? I believe it's just the withdrawl from the sugar and carbohydrates doing it. Generally, when I get stressed I get quite headachy too..
This morning I woke up actually looking forward to breakfast and cooked it a bit better today (Will be a whizz with a frying pan soon!) Had about 4 bits of bacon and 3 fried eggs with a table spoon of cream cheese on the side. Absolutely delicious and I felt completely full after that. I had an 8-2 shift at work, I'm usually so bored I'm ravenously hungry.. I took 3 cheesestrings in just incase I got a bit peckish. To my surprise I didn't at all!! I even had to go and rescue the cheesestrings from the fridge at the end of my shift as I nearly forgot them completely and couldn't believe I'd gone from 7AM to 2PM without thinking about food at all!
I've come home and ate my 3 cheesestrings and also had another serving of the scrummy jelly.. It's a beautiful and sunny day and pefect for a bit of jelly! It's day two, I'm still having no side effects whatsoever. I don't think I'm showing any signs at all of ketosis. How long does it take to kick in? I'm not bored of my meals in anyway and I don't miss carbs. The one thing I will say I am finding difficult is having to remember I'm on the Atkins diet!
As I'm not hungry and haven't had to sacrifice a lot (For me anyway, a great meat and cheese lover) I forget I'm on a diet. For example, last night my friend asked me if I'd like to go to her house and have some wine with her on Saturday night.. I sort of half agreed to it and then realised I was on the Atkins diet. She then said "Oh take a day off" and I had to explain to yet another person that this is not how the Atkins works (Which is becoming slightly tedious in itself!!)
Also, today when I walked into work I saw a box of Thorntons Chocolates on the table... I adore the champagne truffles, I salivate just thinking about them.. And almost helped myself to one! Once I realised what I was doing, I then attempted to lift one of the layers up to see what the carb content of a champagne truffle was!! I stopped myself midway through the madness - It's really not worth it!! And my colleague today offered me some appletiser - I would have loved a glass! But again, too many carbs! I am sticking to my Coke Zero, as it's no carbs, and Coke Zero and water throughout the day seems to satisfy me.
I am quite hungry now, I may go polish off the rest of the chicken. I am feeling a little bit hopeless at the moment. I feel so full and yet keep getting ravenously hungry at the thought of more meat (!!!) I feel like I'll be the one person this doesm't work for.. Sometimes I think the main problem with people on diets isn't the diets themselves, it's the confidence and motivation you have in yourself. I mean, look at me - It's day two and already I'm thinking this won't work for me - Which logically is ludacris because I've probably not given my body enough time to start burning fat yet. I'm hoping ketosis might happen soon.. Thinking of looking up what to expect in the first week online.
Any tips would be GREATLY appreciated.. Or anyone's personal experiences.. :)
Date/Time: Saturday 5th June 2010 - 14:53
Weight Lost: Haven't been weighed yet.
Side Effects: None.. Possibly that I'm fearful I'm eating so much, feeling so full and then the thought of more meat makes me ravenously hungry again. Also peeing quite a bit. (Does that count?)
Mood: Still impatient for weight loss results/Losing faith ALREADY/Fearful it won't work :(
Until tomorrow low carbers... I'm off to stuff my face with chicken.
x Natalie
Two more cheesestrings did the trick and luckily, as my flatmate is a chef, he'd brought home some chicken fillets which I was able to just microwave... They had some sort of herbs on them, I wasn't sure if I was allowed them, just tasted like oregano though. I picked some of it off. I had mayo on the side, again, didn't do too well with the mayonnaise. My jelly had set at about 11:30PM, at which point I couldn't help myself to two servings.. They're really good for a sugar craving as they've got next to no carbs in them at all.. Sugar free of course.
My headache went away.. My mum has some theory that something in the bacon could be giving me headaches? I believe it's just the withdrawl from the sugar and carbohydrates doing it. Generally, when I get stressed I get quite headachy too..
This morning I woke up actually looking forward to breakfast and cooked it a bit better today (Will be a whizz with a frying pan soon!) Had about 4 bits of bacon and 3 fried eggs with a table spoon of cream cheese on the side. Absolutely delicious and I felt completely full after that. I had an 8-2 shift at work, I'm usually so bored I'm ravenously hungry.. I took 3 cheesestrings in just incase I got a bit peckish. To my surprise I didn't at all!! I even had to go and rescue the cheesestrings from the fridge at the end of my shift as I nearly forgot them completely and couldn't believe I'd gone from 7AM to 2PM without thinking about food at all!
I've come home and ate my 3 cheesestrings and also had another serving of the scrummy jelly.. It's a beautiful and sunny day and pefect for a bit of jelly! It's day two, I'm still having no side effects whatsoever. I don't think I'm showing any signs at all of ketosis. How long does it take to kick in? I'm not bored of my meals in anyway and I don't miss carbs. The one thing I will say I am finding difficult is having to remember I'm on the Atkins diet!
As I'm not hungry and haven't had to sacrifice a lot (For me anyway, a great meat and cheese lover) I forget I'm on a diet. For example, last night my friend asked me if I'd like to go to her house and have some wine with her on Saturday night.. I sort of half agreed to it and then realised I was on the Atkins diet. She then said "Oh take a day off" and I had to explain to yet another person that this is not how the Atkins works (Which is becoming slightly tedious in itself!!)
Also, today when I walked into work I saw a box of Thorntons Chocolates on the table... I adore the champagne truffles, I salivate just thinking about them.. And almost helped myself to one! Once I realised what I was doing, I then attempted to lift one of the layers up to see what the carb content of a champagne truffle was!! I stopped myself midway through the madness - It's really not worth it!! And my colleague today offered me some appletiser - I would have loved a glass! But again, too many carbs! I am sticking to my Coke Zero, as it's no carbs, and Coke Zero and water throughout the day seems to satisfy me.
I am quite hungry now, I may go polish off the rest of the chicken. I am feeling a little bit hopeless at the moment. I feel so full and yet keep getting ravenously hungry at the thought of more meat (!!!) I feel like I'll be the one person this doesm't work for.. Sometimes I think the main problem with people on diets isn't the diets themselves, it's the confidence and motivation you have in yourself. I mean, look at me - It's day two and already I'm thinking this won't work for me - Which logically is ludacris because I've probably not given my body enough time to start burning fat yet. I'm hoping ketosis might happen soon.. Thinking of looking up what to expect in the first week online.
Any tips would be GREATLY appreciated.. Or anyone's personal experiences.. :)
Date/Time: Saturday 5th June 2010 - 14:53
Weight Lost: Haven't been weighed yet.
Side Effects: None.. Possibly that I'm fearful I'm eating so much, feeling so full and then the thought of more meat makes me ravenously hungry again. Also peeing quite a bit. (Does that count?)
Mood: Still impatient for weight loss results/Losing faith ALREADY/Fearful it won't work :(
Until tomorrow low carbers... I'm off to stuff my face with chicken.
x Natalie
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