Day 3 and 4

Everything seems to be going great.  Interestingly the craving aren't too bad this time around.  I haven't been had a cup of coffee yet - mostly because it has been spring break and the kids and I have slept till after 9am most of the time.   Next week when the kids are back in school I plan to kick up some dust on the treadmill, but this week proved too difficult because every time I tried I got thwarted by someone needing me for some sort of "emergency" or another.  Tonight (if the kids have their rooms clean) we promised them we'd do s'mores and hot dogs on the fire. I kinda doubt this is going to go down - mainly because of the stateof their room last night as they went to bed, but if it does I will allow myself one s'more :)

DAY 2 - welcome back spinach

Spinach - I protested eating it for years - now I love it, especially cheesy spinach.  Today was good, I woke up late so I just had a light snack for breakfast.  Followed by a turkey wrap for lunch (low carb tortillas) and then a bun-less hamburger patty with cheesy spinach for dinner.

So this was day 3 of the kids spring break.  Yesterday we loaded up their bikes and took them to the park/walking track and walked/biked once around.  Today we took the kids to play their first game of putt putt golf then for ice cream.  Tomorrow we were supposed to go to the Aquarium, but since the weather is supposed to be rainy, so we may make it a day of movies and stay curled up on the couch.

Day one of Round 2

I came so close to making my goal last month - but failed.  I took it out on my Easter feast and ate creamy mac and cheese, potatoes, and cheesecake.  Today I started round 2 up 6lbs from where I ended round 1.  So I am starting back on the Atkins Induction today.  Another girl in our group lost quite a bit on the low glycemic diet, so I am debating on after my 2 week induction to go into the low GI diet.  I need to first read a bit more, so I plan to buy a book here in the next day or two to see if it is right for me.  I know from my guide to PCOS that both the low GI and Atkins diet are both recommended for PCOS so I might switch - but who knows!

Almost there

So as of today I have lost 16.8lbs.  (my ticker only shows 16.7 - but lose it shows 16.8....I'm going with the bigger number ;) )

My goal for the first 3 months was 20lbs - so I have 3.2 to get there, and 14 days to do it.  

My next goal will be another 20lbs by the end of June.  That equals to about 1.5 lbs a week starting June 1st.  I know that some weeks will be more, some weeks I will fail and gain, but I really do think I can make my goal.

I am also pretty much done with induction.  However I plan to stay low carb, just in the 30-40 carb range instead of under 20.  Of course I will adjust this if I stop losing, but it should give me a little more flexibility with my food planning.

death by carbs

So I did really good, stayed on track till this weekend.  I was so looking forward to eating some carbs, especially cheesecake.  I did pretty good - I ate baked salmon and steamed broccoli for lunch (ok it also came with mashed potatoes - but I seriously only ate a bite or two.

We then went shopping, Andrew got lots of new clothes from Brothers (super great sale!) and the kids got a Lego set, and I got them some stuff for Easter at the Disney store.

Then it came....CHEESECAKE....a huge case of choices...Mike got red velvet, I got vanilla bean....I kinda panicked with all the choices and went with something simple, which still, it was sooo delicious.  We only got 2 pieces for the 5 of us, so I only ate about 1/3 of a slice, but honestly as good as it was what came next I could have did without.  I ended up getting sick at my stomach, then a migraine ...a migraine that is still here 24 hours later.

Tomorrow I am going back into another week of induction to clear the carbs from my system.  Tomorrow I will post photos from the trip!

My review - Super Chili bowl.

So yesterday I posed my meal plan part one.  Today I was to try out a new recipe for Super Chili Bowl.

Next time I will take photos ( I promise)

Overall the recipe was super easy to make.

I omitted the jalapenos (we were out)

The taste of cinnamon was different.  I am not saying it was bad...just not your normal chili taste...next time I may omit it and see if it tastes any different.

The best thing, it gave me another induction friendly recipe in my arsenal.


So today I searched for a few more - one thing I came across was a cheesecake/muffin hybrid made with cream cheese, eggs, and splenda.  I am intrigued and my make it in the near future to see how it goes, if so I'll be sure to actually document it and share it with all of you :)

March Menu part 1.

As predicted I completed my menu for the month....hey I can't eat my homework...lol  I have included links to recipes I am using,

3rd - Steak and salad

4th - Chili 

5th - Cheddar burgers (bunless) - cheesy spinach

6th - Spanish chicken and salad

7th - Baked tilapia with homemade rub with cheesy broccoli

8th - Burger (we are going out - and eating at Red Robin = YUM! - you can get your burgers here on a lettuce bun - the bacon cheeseburger with no bun is only 3 carbs)

9th - well all bets are off this day - we are making our annual voyage to the Cheesecake factory - then going to a hockey game.  I have no intention of skipping the cheesecake factory however I will not eat a whole piece by myself (last time we split 2 pieces between the 5 of us)

Back on the low carb track....

10th - pigs in blankets (minus the bread) with salad

11th - baked rotisserie chicken with cheesy spinach

12th - smothered pork chops with cheesy cauliflower (will sub crushed pork rinds in place of bread crumbs)

13th - baked salmon (with homemade rub) - salad

Until the 8th this meal is for lunches because my husband works at night.  When we return from our trip he starts working days, so this will be for dinner.  My meals from when he's not here usually consist of leftovers from the night before.  My plan is to go grocery shopping again on the 13th, but before then I will make my next half of the menu.

I have decided that even though I should be done with induction on the 7th, I am going to start it again on the  11th and do one more week before adding more carbs.