Thank you Susie
I'm doing my best to tackle it day by day and meal by meal! lol. I"m planning and trying to stick with my meal plans etc. I am trying to keep in my mind that this really is a new way of life and that it will be a better, healthier and more enjoyable way of life.. no more bloated, awfully full feelings after eating pasta, potatoes etc.. so yummy, yet so uncomfortable! I"m glad there are so many delicious Atkins and low carb recipes.
Today's menu went like this
Breakfast: Atkins shake (I was called in for relief at 7am so had to scoot out quickly)
Lunch: A couple of Pepperami and one Babybel cheese
Dinner: Cream of green vegetable soup (courgette and broccoli) with a dollop of sour cream and a sprinkling of parmesan
half an avocado chopped with a tin of mackerel and some spinach leaves (a makeshift salad I guess!) and a small gem squash (not sure of the carb value of the squash.. looked online but our internet crashed) with butter.
Snack: 1 'Simply Less' Dark chocolate/peppermint bar (20g 2grams of Carbs -although it states 2 grams of fibre??) So I'm adding that as 2 net carbs? is that right? or should it be 4??)
Water: 2 litres Hurrah!
Exercise: half an hour walking up and down our pool. Walking around school all day! (does that count?) plus I never sit down when I teach.
Alcohol: none (rarely drink but when I do, it's a bottle of wine or a few glasses of sherry/port! lol)
A good day. Looking forward to the first weigh in. Feel full and satisfied, bloated with all the liquids today. Not missing white carbs.. and hardly touched the black coffee with 1 Equal I made at recess ….
Encouraging day happy to keep it going
.. Lunch is packed for tomorrow's relief day: tuna and mayonnaise and an Atkins shake for breakfast.