Week 8 of weight loss
November 10, 2008I’m doing OK, but I did a really stupid thing this week: I decided to cut carbs.
The only real carbs I’ve had today was my smoothie this morning. After that, it’s been meat, green veggies, meat, and more meat. It’s 6:48 p.m. and I don’t have the energy to go to the gym, I feel lightheaded, and my body seems very confused.
Unfortunately, I bought 8+ pounds of lean ground turkey and beef yesterday and pre-cooked it into 20 patties, four for each day. The plan was to eat something with carbs in the morning, then four pieces of meat, 4 servings of vegetables, and 1 can of tuna or turkey throughout the day. It’s a good amount of food, slightly above the calories I’ve been regularly consuming, but I had no idea how I would feel without the carbs throughout the day.
It’s kind of a stupid idea, especially since my other way of weight loss was working just fine. I’ve been on the diet for 7 solid weeks, and I’m 20 pounds down with a noticeable gain in muscle and overall well-being. And I had to screw it up with another alteration.
Tomorrow, I’ll buy some hamburger buns, lettuce, and BBQ sauce to get me through this bad decision.
In other news, I’m starting to get into that comfort level at work where you realize you are or could be better at your job than some of the more experienced people there.
Also, I really, really want to get back to writing my novel. Why can’t I?
Howdy there!
Yeah, it can be a bummer when you tinker in the wrong direction with your diet and end up feeling horrible, but if you keep track of changes on a day to day basis, it’s easy enough to fix, as you’re doing
Good work on the 20 pounds so far, I’m only just starting my plan at the moment, so time will tell.
Writers block or motivation? I suffer from both of these from time to time, and the odd rage of my work not being perfect enough so I end up deleting a chunk.
Saw a post on a SP message board, glad someone besides me prefers not to blog on SP. It annoys me to tears that I can’t type <3 without it freaking out on me!