Today is my day off. I woke up refreshed and ready to meet the rigors of life -- at around 2:00 PM. Sometimes I really do not enjoy working third shift because at 2:00 PM things are winding down for everyone else more than they are starting up.
I had wanted to visit the optometrist today with Eric. We both need it. He didn't really feel up to doing anything at all. His weekend starts a day before mine, so he was up and doing things while I was sleeping. This means that he was ready to sleep when I was ready to get going. So we decided not to do the eye doctor after all.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 366.8 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I'm at 366.8 lbs today! This is the lowest number so far since starting my weight loss journey. I'm so proud of myself. Small victories; right?
I like the victories of the scale variety. It helps me see where I've been, where I am, and where I'm going even though sometimes the scale goes the wrong direction a bit before it turns around and heads back down the right way. Over time I have come to expect it, and it doesn't freak me out too much.
I had a salad today with a huge bowl of greens, one-and-a-half tilapia filets, and an egg fried in butter. I put all the left over buttery goodness from the pan onto my salad. It was tasty. I didn't notice that I had also planned on eating two of those Jayone seaweed snack packages, so I missed an opportunity for delicious seaweed. That's a bit sad. The salad was yummy, though. It was way too filling as always, but it was tasty.
I think I should be a bit more excited about seeing 366 lbs on the scale than I am. I am fully expecting a bit of bounce-back. That's just how my body works. I have been reading through the Facebook group posts, and I see a lot of people who have been stalled for a very long time. They are discussing ways to break a plateau. So if that ever happens to me, I now have a plan to combat it. I know it will happen, I just don't know when.
Another thing that I had noticed is that a lot of weight loss occurs withing the first weeks of Keto because water weight is lost. Then there is a bit of a stall before you start heading down the mountain again. Am I still losing water weight at this point? Am I losing fat? Am I even in keto? These are the burning questions!
I'm not too keen on the idea of buying keto strips to test my urine. That just sounds difficult and unnecessary. I think I'll just trust the process and go on faith. I'm following the guidelines, and I'm tracking my macros. I'm keeping well under 20 grams of carbohydrates a day, so I should be in ketosis. I haven't had this "keto flu" people talk about. That's when you generally feel like absolute crap. I don't. And I attribute this to doing it the "right" way by getting all my greens and electrolytes in as advised by Dr. Berg.
I keep forgetting the seaweed graph:
I had wanted to visit the optometrist today with Eric. We both need it. He didn't really feel up to doing anything at all. His weekend starts a day before mine, so he was up and doing things while I was sleeping. This means that he was ready to sleep when I was ready to get going. So we decided not to do the eye doctor after all.
Starting weight: 401 lbs
Current weight: 366.8 lbs ⇩
Long-term Goal: 145 lbs
Short-term Goal: 359 lbs
I'm at 366.8 lbs today! This is the lowest number so far since starting my weight loss journey. I'm so proud of myself. Small victories; right?
I like the victories of the scale variety. It helps me see where I've been, where I am, and where I'm going even though sometimes the scale goes the wrong direction a bit before it turns around and heads back down the right way. Over time I have come to expect it, and it doesn't freak me out too much.
I think I should be a bit more excited about seeing 366 lbs on the scale than I am. I am fully expecting a bit of bounce-back. That's just how my body works. I have been reading through the Facebook group posts, and I see a lot of people who have been stalled for a very long time. They are discussing ways to break a plateau. So if that ever happens to me, I now have a plan to combat it. I know it will happen, I just don't know when.
Another thing that I had noticed is that a lot of weight loss occurs withing the first weeks of Keto because water weight is lost. Then there is a bit of a stall before you start heading down the mountain again. Am I still losing water weight at this point? Am I losing fat? Am I even in keto? These are the burning questions!
I'm not too keen on the idea of buying keto strips to test my urine. That just sounds difficult and unnecessary. I think I'll just trust the process and go on faith. I'm following the guidelines, and I'm tracking my macros. I'm keeping well under 20 grams of carbohydrates a day, so I should be in ketosis. I haven't had this "keto flu" people talk about. That's when you generally feel like absolute crap. I don't. And I attribute this to doing it the "right" way by getting all my greens and electrolytes in as advised by Dr. Berg.
I keep forgetting the seaweed graph:
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