2 days in

Day 2

Starting off my morning/afternoon with another tall glass of green tea.  I hope it will last me as long as it did yesterday.  My stomach feels flatter but I don't dare weight myself yet.  Getting on the scale and seeing little or no progress after hard work is what always discouraged me in the past.  I'll resist it at the moment.  I feel pretty good now, not weak and not cranky at all.  My mood has, if anything, improved because of the fact I'm actually doing something to lose the weight.

2:15 pm.  Went ahead and ate my first meal of the day.  Greek yogurt with honey.  Decided to ward off the sugar crash today so I could eat less.  About 200 calories again, but more protein and less carbs.  I know I should have done without the honey, but I can't stand the taste unsweetened.  I need to buy some things that are easy for me to eat without needing extra sugar.  Again, I am poorly prepared for this but I am trying to make do at the moment.  Feeling really full after that yogurt.  I am getting used to this a lot quicker than I thought; maybe having the right mindset makes it easier to not want to eat so much.  The fact that I know I won't learn anything by giving in makes me want to keep trying. 

5:10 pm.  I ate some early dinner/late lunch, mainly experimenting how I can get by with more protein and less carbs.  So far I have had no bread or cereal today and I haven't crashed.  I have felt a little hungrier when I do start eating, but I managed to eat around 200 calories (an egg which I added cheese to).  I know I should kick the cheese but as I said, I felt really hungry and seemed to be craving dairy.  I don't want to deprive myself too much so I gave in a little.  It is only the second day, my body is still getting used to the diet.  I think the low carb thing will work as long as I don't have many carbs to begin with.  That was my problem yesterday; I started off with carbs so as soon as they burned off my sugar crashed.  Today, I ate little carbs in my breakfast of greek yogurt and honey so now my body isn't demanding it so badly.  I think protein can work if I do it right.  When I do eat I'm going to try to eat more protein than carbs.

Late dinner tonight, I managed alright with ground turkey in spaghetti sauce (no pasta).  But I did give in and have a carb, small piece of 9 grain toast.  It didn't make my sugar crash, but I do find that the more I eat the more I want to eat, so holding out for as long as possible is definitely important.  I had an estimated 400 calories at dinner, bringing me up to 800, which I added around 250 to with an after workout snack.  I feel like I should skipped that, a lot of it is getting into the habit of not eating and accepting having an empty stomach.  Today was ok, tomorrow can be better.  Green tea helped me a lot.

Quick recap of day 2:

1050 cals.

Not weak or cranky because of less carbs.

Tea helped.

Here's to day three!

Best regards,

La Ballerine