day 4-7

Days 4-7 have kinda flew by, I have stuck on target and I am kinda excited to see where I am at tomorrow. My cravings have been less, my headache finally went away, but I noticed my temper seems a little short with people.  While on induction this week I have started browsing for low carb recipes to try.  Yesterday we had "mexican chicken" - made with ground chicken, onion powder, granulated garlic, rotel, heavy cream and cheddar cheese.  I have to say it was quite tasty and while I did miss the crunch you normally get from the chips, I decided it was an acceptable substitute for the real thing.  Today we are going to eat some grilled pork chops and cheesy spinach for lunch/dinner.  Hubs doesn't work this weekend, so we will get to experiment a little more on some eating - plus we got PAID and I will get to load my pantry with low carb goodies once again :)

Day 3

Induction Day 3 didn't turn out too bad.  It could have been much better if I would have gotten to sleep in, but NO, my kids decided to wake up at 5am and go wild, so we got up and made them clean the entire second floor.  We told them no breakfast till it was all picked up.  Needless to say we didn't even eat breakfast 'til almost 11.  BUT their rooms are clean, as is the loft....I however would feel much better if I could get some carbs in me for a quick pick me up.  Since that isn't possible, I ate dinner (braised chicken and broccoli) and drank my one glass of tea (with truvia) and now it's time to watch the Oscars and muddle through my homework.

Induction Day 2

I am on day 2 of Induction.  I have had a headache most of the day....I haven't craved too many carbs....but I know it's coming.  I stayed at 20 carbs yesterday, 19 today.  2 days down, 5 to go.  I didn't exercise today, I instead was in crafty mode.  Iz and Eve no longer have curtains because they keep pulling them down, so I saw a cute idea on pinterest and I have worked most of the day on that....I will share photos once it is finished.  Eve and I also worked on hair bows. Unfortunately I can't find my clips, so we made part of the bows, now I have to go back and add clips to it once I make a run to AC Moore.

Induction

So a friend and I are going to try Atkins for a while - Today starts 14 days of hell - known as "Induction."  The name alone is bad enough.  I mean couldn't they have called it Heaven....or Vacation....or Retirement...anything but Induction.  So yesterday I kinda did carb overload to prep for 14 days with only 280 - 350 carbs total (I have one sheet that says 20 carbs a day - another that says 25).  What can I eat?  Meat, cheese, meat, low carb veggies, oh and meat.  For breakfast I had my cup of coffee with 1 tsp of sugar (instead my normal 3) and 2 eggs, cheddar cheese, and a handful of bacon.  Yeah I said it...Bacon.  If there is one good thing (ok two good things) it's the fact I can eat 2...3...4...5...heck I can eat all the bacon I want because I can. Which reminds me I need to get more bacon.  The bacon we have is maple bacon - which has carbs, so I need to get regular bacon.  I have went through this before - years ago.  Even bought the testing strips to monitor ketosis.  so I know about day 4-10 I will be in a fog...a carb hungry, mind boggling fog.  but it will clear and I will live.  :)