Food Bits

Weight: 248.2.  WOOT!

Breakfast: 2 eggs.

Lunch:
One salad. Lettuce bell pepper onion cheese ham pepperoni. Very little ranch.
Toppings off 4 pieces of tandoori chicken pizza

Dinner:
snacked.  some meatballs in bbq sauce, some sausage bits, some cheese.  some carrots.  didn't count or measure anything.  Most stuff I didn't even have access to calorie or carb counts. and 3 petit fours.  mmmm!

I think my carbs were under control.  Not so sure about calories.

Drinkage:
coke zero.
coffee (splenda & coffeemate)
water

Breakfast:
1/3 C Cottage Cheese - 74cal, 3 carbs

Lunch:
Mcdouble, no bun - 240cal, 4carbs

Dinner:
Genghis Khan Mongoloian Grill.  OK, this one's impossible to calculate for me.  Mongolian is done buffett style - you fill a bowl, take it to the grill, and they cook it.  I had 2 plates of food.
plate 1: lamb, chicken, pork, cabbage, onion, mushroom, bell pepper.  added hot oil, vinegar, soy sauce, garlic
plate 2: lamb, spinach, green onion, mushroom, bell pepper.  added garlic, hot oil. 
Note that plate 2 was less than 1/2 the size of plate 1, since plate 1 was 2 bowls - one for meat & one for veggies.  Plate 2 all fit in 1 bowl, with room left over. They're cooked on an open grill, with water tossed on to steam them/keep them from burning
I drizzled some plum sauce (total less than 2tbsp) on each plate after it was cooked.

I don't know where dinner comes out at all.  Based on the volumes and type of food I had, and what I used for filler (I ate more spinach, cabbage, and mushroom than everything else put together), I think I'm ok.

Drinkage:
water, diet coke, diet dr pepper, add SF cherry toranis.

Daily Total: ???

I demanded jalapeno poppers tonight.  I've been craving them SO much.  So Jason made them.

1 jalapeno - 4cal, 1 carb
1 slice bacon -50cal, 0carb
2 tbsp softened cream cheese - 90cal,  2 carb
cut jalapeno in half and clean
fill each half w/ 1 tbsp cream cheese
slice bacon in half, the short way.
wrap one slice of bacon around each jalapeno half. secure w/ toothpick
bake for about 25min @ 400 (just put as many as you like on a baking sheet - jelly roll style, NOT cookie sheet style - don't want the grease from bacon to run off in the oven!)

TADA!!!  low-carb jalapeno poppers
144cal, 3 carbs / 2 poppers

I cooked last night! 


1 bell pepper, 1 onion.  Cooked em up in a pan with a little water (for steaming-type stuff) and various spices.
added to 1 roma tomato, 1/4 C shredded cheddar, and 2 tbsp sour cream.  Split in half.
bell pepper - 24cal, 6 carbs
onion - 44cal, 10 carbs
tomato - 16cal, 4 carbs
cheddar - 114cal, 1 carb
sour cream - 45cal, 2carbs
total: 243cal, 23 carbs

1/2 of this is going to be breakfast, and half lunch.  Also, onion has more carbs than i thought.  wow.

Breakfast + Lunch:
243cal, 23 carbs

Snack:
1 mcdouble, plain, no bun (240cal, 5carbs)
1 meatball (unknown)
1 almond (unknown)

Dinner
5 jalapeno poppers - 360cal, 8 carbs
1 pork chop: 205cal, 0 carb

Drinkage:
Mint tea, add toranis SF chocolate - 0 cal, 0 carb
Coffee, add splenda & coffeemate - 20cal, 2 carb
diet coke - 0cal, 0 carb

Total:  1068cal, 38carbs

Breakfast: Nada.  Wasn't Hungry.

Lunch:
3 pieces BWW naked tenders - 129cal, 6 carbs
1/3 C cottage cheese - 75cal, 3 carbs

Snack: JITB Burger Deluxe, no bun- 181cal, 4 carbs

Snack 2: worlds smallest burger patty (1/8th lb) - 116cal, 0 carb

Dinner:
Arbys All-American Roastburger, no bun - 200cal, 9 carb

Drinkage:
cup of coffee.  splenda, coffee mate - 20cal, 2 carbs (all from the coffeemate)
water
cup of coffee.  Timothy's K-cup decaf w/ splenda, no creamer - 0cal, 0carb. :D
diet coke

Total:  721cal, 24carbs

Weight: 251.6

Yep, went up a bit.  not surprised after the amount of summer sausage I had yesterday.
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Breakfast:
Mcdonald's egg/sausage/cheese muffin - hold muffin & cheese - 265cal, 2 carbs

Lunch:
Sonic burger - no cheese, no bun - 316cal, 4 carbs

Snack:
String Cheese - 80cal, 1 carb

Dinner:
3 pieces BWW naked tenders - 129cal, 6 carbs (how the HELL do they manage THAT?)
BWW side salad, no dressing - 210cal, 16 carbs (HUH?)

OK, look...the naked tenders are GRILLED CHICKEN.  that's it.  no sauce.  where are those carbs coming from?  The salad is lettuce, tomato, cheese, and onion. ...ok, it had croutons but I took those off.  that's going to reduce both cal and carbs, but i'm not sure by how much.

Snack:
3 BWW boneless wings (yes, breaded.  I failed) - 264 cal, 9 carbs
this was a total fail.  i was watching tv. they were sitting on the table.  they smelled wonderful.

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Drinkage: water, SF NF Vanilla Latte (grande) - 130cal, 19carbs (holy shit, didn't think it was that high)
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Daily Total (more or less)
1394cal, 57carbs

OK, it's a little less, but still.

I'm having some carb fails here.  I need to think about this.

Weight: 250.6

 Breakfast:
JITB Breakfast Jack, bunless
JITB grilled chicken strip - just 1.

Lunch:
Celery
couple tablespoons of 5-layer dip
some summer sausage
few nuts

drinkage:
water, Grande SF NF Cinnamon Dolce Latte

I have never had cramps this bad on my monthly.  Ever.  Or so much blood.  OMG.  It's scary.

On Jason's advice, I did some research

Several sites have info, but these are the 2 best summations I found:
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art17429.asp
http://livinlavidalocarb.blogspot.com/2006/02/does-low-carb-prolong-your-period.html

Basically, estrogen is stored in the fat cells.  Even more so for women w/ PCOS (which is me).  As you lose weight, estrogen is released, which effects the period.  Eventually, it's supposed to stabilize, but periods can be longer and heavier for a while.  In extreme cases, the bleeding seems to be able to last weeks.

OK, so now it's still annoying, but less scary.

It's Christmas!

Weight: 250.6
It went down again.  WOOHOO.  I discovered why it had stopped - it WAS water retention - I started my period and POOF.  weight go down.  Interesting.

Note: It's Christmas.  Diet was turned off for today.  It'll go back on tommorrow.

Breakfast: more of Ami's chili.  NomNomNom

Snack:
nuts (not sure how many - lots.  I snacked on and off all day.)
1 pumpkin mini muffin

Lunch/Dinner:
Chevys.I had a chille rellano, a bowl of corn chowder, half a plate of fajita nachos, and some chips and salsa.

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So, I TOTALLY went off the diet at dinner.  This was planned (ok, originally it was going to be a 0-carb turducken, but we discovered turducken sucks)  I'm glad I did it.  I could tell how much the LACK of carbs was helping me, but the sudden injection of them at dinner, and being able to WATCH the effect was really instructive.

I've spent the rest of the evening with a headache, slightly dizzy, slightly nauseous, and feeling kinda hungry.  Jason kept keeping an eye on me.  It's apparently obvious how much of a difference it made.

We went to the theater a few hours later.  Popcorn was not tempting.  The smell is usually SO enticing.  I didn't even care.  I had NO snacks.

Carbs are bad for me.  Tonight proved that. Diet is back on tommorrow morning.  I do not feel deprived by it. It's turning into more of a security blanket.  I just want the dizzy-sick to go AWAY.

Also, Chevy's doesn't do a good job of chille rellano.  Just saying. :)

Jason and I went shopping.  We looked at a few things.

1) Many things billed as 'low-carb' aren't.  They just have sugar alcohol that they subtract from the carbs and get a 'net carb' amount.  I need to find out if I can count that way.

2) BBQ sauce.  I was horrified to discover the BBQ sauce I have in the fridge has 18carbs/2tbsp.  So we looked @ BBQ sauce.

Best is Stubbs Spicy.  6carbs/2tbsp.  We'll get it later, after move complete.

3) Pickles.  I don't like dill pickles - I like sweet pickles.  Which makes pickles a not-so-good snack.  After poking around a bit, we found Bread & Butter pickles made with SPLENDA! I have 0 carb pickles now.  Yay!

Breakfast: Mcdouble, no bun

Lunch: homemade chili (made by Ami) - described as "at least 5 types of meat, at least 5 types of chilis, tomato, garlic, onion, and a bunch of spices"

Dinner: celery sticks, a little of 5 layer dip, (maybe 2 tbsp?), guac (homemade by Luke - avacado, lemon & lime zest, tomatillo, a couple handfulls of nuts.

Did not count calories.  I may have gone over a little, but I feel like I didn't.

Drinkage: Diet 7up, water, life water


Lifewater is dangerous.  I'm drinking the zero-cal stuff and that should be fine.  No, it's not.  One bottle of life water contains 20 carbs!!!!! and no calories.  I don't know HOW they did that, but they did.  It's most annoying.

Especially since I didn't notice the carb count til after I drank it! :(

This morning's weight: 253.8.  yep, i ate < 750cal yesterday and went up .5 lbs

I don't GET it. It's not like I did nothing.  I went home after work and packed...I walked back and forth from home and the office a few times.

*baffle*

I don't know what to think.  In the meantime, I'm just going to keep plodding along and hope for something to come out of this mess...

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Breakfast:
Veggie/Sausage Omelette. -700cal
veggies (50), 2 eggs (200), cheese (250, 1 sausage (200)

Lunch: 320cal
summer sausage (190cal), 1 slice cheese (100cal), 1 bell pepper (30)

Dinner:
Gyro Express Kid's Meal (traditional meat, feta salad w/ no cheese or dressing, diet coke) - unknown calories.  prolly about 150 on meat, maybe 30 on salad?

Drinkage:
water, coffee (splenda, coffee mate), SF NF Vanilla Latte, diet coke

Weight. 253.2

I'm mad.

I thought I'd been doing really well but it's slowing and STOPPING. I don't get it. I swear, I'd think I'd lose weight with what I've been eating. The whole things is depressing and discouraging. I'd like to know where I'm off.

I still FEEL better (go low-carb!) but I want to lose the weight, DAMNIT.

It's time to call in the calvary. I need my sister's advice.
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After talking to my sister I've got two things to think about.
1) It's a plateau. They happen. They're irritating. They go away.
2) I really need to calorie count. It'll help me see where I'm screwing up, if nothing else. I'm going to see if this blog will let me make a page to list standard counts of stuff I eat
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Breakfast:
2 eggs (over medium), 2 bacon - 300cal

Lunch:
Salad: 154cal
all this is approximate, of course.
3/4 cup spinach: 6, 1/4 cup cucumber: 4, 1 tbsp corn: 10, 1 tbsp peas: 10, 1/4 cup mushroom: 4, 1/2 cup bell pepper: 20, 1/3 cup cottage cheese: 75, 1/2 tbsp sunflower seeds: 25

No dressing. Very yummy.  MMM!

Dinner: 290cal
chicken breast (220cal) + 1 tbsp ranch. (70cal)

Drinkage:
diet 7up, water, diet coke

Weight this morning was 253.2. I've gone down, but not much. To be fair, I've had a couple of big-eating days lately. Time to be more careful!

Breakfast:
veggie & sausage scramble

Lunch:
chicken salad (1/2 can chicken, mayo, onion, bell pepper, spices)
5 grapes

I have a mouse. I'm contemplating eating it. Chocolate covered cherry, almond slices, and hershy's kiss. Cute but I'm sure it's carb-laden.

Update: coworker found mousie a home. I did not eat it. Go me?

I'm not giving up some of my favorite carb dishes. I will still eat spaghetti...i'll just pair it with salad and eat it rarely. ditto on pizza. and baked taters.

But I'd like to find a way to cut the carbs on this stuff anyway. Tonight, I tried a noodle type that's advertised as low carb. Shirataki Noodles. They only have 3 carbs a serving, so that was super awesome. I found some, not too spendy - 2 serving was $1.79. They're made out of tofu, which I've had before so I wasn't TOO concerned - it can be made pretty tasty.

It comes refrigerated, in liquid. The directions were to rinse well and then nuke for a minute.

The texture was very noodle-ish, I was happy with that. The smell, pre-cooking, smelled like a bad day at the coast. Like fish. Not happy 'I have fish and chips' smell but the 'oh my god do they ever clean the fish counter?' smell. TERRIBLE. However, the warnings I'd seen online, and on the package, said that the smell WAS offputting untill it was cooked.

So I rinsed the HELL out of it. And then rinsed it some more, to be safe. Then nuked it.

Yes, the smell is offputting until it's cooked. THEN it's nauseating. They leave that part out. It's...rancid doesn't begin to explain it. I can't explain it. It made the smell beforehand smell good.

I didn't taste it. I wasted a zippy bag to seal that smell inside and tossed it away. UGH.

Experiment 1: failure

Breakfast:
1 egg, over medium.
1 sausage patty
couple bites of Jason's meat omelette

Lunch:
salad. spinach leaves, cucumber, celery, corn, peas, carrots, cheese, cottage cheese, raisins, sunflower seeds, onion, bell pepper.

note the lack of dressing? The cafe was OUT of chipotle ranch, and the ranch they had on the bar had seperated. Eww.
They had this cucumber-dill-yogurt stuff I thought might work, but I didn't like it. So I just ate my salad sans dressing.

Snack:
JitB Deluxe Hamburger, bunless

Dinner:
Chicken Mix (1/2 can of chicken, bell pepper, onion, cheddar, sour cream)

Snack:
some summer sausage, cheddar, and a couple handfulls of nuts.

Drinkage:
water
coffee (splenda, powdered creamer)
diet coke

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ate more than I have lately today. I just got the munchies this evening. I'll have to watch that....I don't want it to be a habit. I still kept it low-carb, but keep an eye on it.

Weight this morning: 253.6

Breakfast: JitB grilled chicken strips. I had ranch, but I used less than 1/4 of one container. Go me!

Then we went to a movie (TRON). Now, I cannot go to a movie without having a snack. I feel incredibly deprived and will be irritiable the whole movie long. This is bad. HOWEVER, my theater is supere awesome, and they have what they call 'fresh packs' - apples, celery, carrots, and ranch. I split one of those with Jason.

They also have a nut/raisin/pretzel package I may use in the future, let jason have all the pretzels (no temptation there, i detest them), and share the raisins and nuts.

Snack: Freshpack @ Bridgeport theater

Lunch: Fuddruckers Burger mmm! I WON MY BURGER!!!
It was composed of:
burger (1/2 lb patty), bacon, grilled onions, grilled mushrooms, pepper jack, lettuce, tomato, onion, cheese sauce, mayo, and bbq.

It was super yummy, pretty low carb. I did NOT have a bun. I did eat ONE of jason's french fries. JUST ONE. go me.

Dinner:
grilled asparagus (left over from my Sat dinner) & grilled veggies (from Jason's Sat dinner).

Drinkage:
diet coke
water
gingerbread tea (w/ splenda)

Weight this morning was 255. WOOHOO!!!!!

Breakfast:
3 eggs, some ham, some cheese

Breakfast was big, but I ate around 9, and it has to last me til around 3, which is when we're having dinner w/ Jason's parents.

I'm fairly sure I'll eat a lot @ dinner (filet mignon, grilled veggies, parmesan zucchini is the plan - and give my garlic toast away), so I'm skipping lunch. I thought about trying to eat less at dinner and have lunch, but I know I'm NOT going to be able to resist. So my meal is pre-planned to eliminate as many carbs as possible and I'm just planning to ALLOW myself to eat.

...That pretty much worked.

Lunch/Dinner:
Filet Mignon, Grilled Asparagus (the zucchini was batter dipped but i couldn't tell til i GOT there, so I switched up), grilled veggies (squash).
I also tried some fire-roasted artichoke as an appetizer. Yick. And I had a nibble of ribeye. And one macaroni noodle (to verify it was as horrible as the nephews claimed - it was!)

Drinkage:
water
diet coke
NF, SF Raspberry Latte.

One thing we're looking at is that my sugars are now dropping TOO low. In the evenings I get very...moody, all a sudden. I can't pinpoint why, but last night it got so bad I was CRYING.

We're going to finish the week's experiment out...but we may have to add a little more carb back in and see how it affects my mood.

*sigh* I hate this balancing act. It's a nightmare.

Started day with one cough drop. Feel like crap. We were out of sugar-free but I didn't have much choice. Note: Purchase SF cough drops.

Breakfast:
Sausage/Pepper/Onion Omelette. Ate the whole thing cause I was SUPER hungry this morning.
also had sip of the gravy to try it

Lunch:
Salad - lots of lettuce some ham, some cheese. chipotle ranch dressing (used dunk fork then spear method)

Dinner:
2 eggs, over medium (MMMM)
some ham

Drinkage:
diet coke
coffee (splenda, 2% milk - cafe was out of fat free)
SF, NF Strawberry Latte
Water

weight this morning was 257. I smiled.

Breakfast:
Lettuce wrapped BLT. 3 pieces bacon, one leaf o lettuce (Romaine), and 1 tomato slice. add sour cream, roll. EAT. OMG NOM. I think I want it for lunch too!

Today is going to be a lot about planning for failure. I didn't have time to make a lunch this morning, the entire lunch menu is carb-laden, there's a get-together after work which will likely have carby-munchies...and I forgot my nuts. Today will be tough. But I will do it.

Because I don't want to pass out into diabetic coma for the rest of my life, damnit.

Lunch:
Lettuce wrapped BLT. 3 pieces bacon, one leaf o lettuce (Romaine), and 2 tomato slices. add mayo

Snack:
Wendys Jr Bacon Cheeseburger, Plain (Burger, cheese, bacon)
this was so i didn't snack on carb-laden stuff @ company get together since I couldn't go home and eat first.

Dinner:
pork chop. 1 piece ham & cheese.

Drinkage:
Diet coke
pumpkin spice tea, with splenda
Morgan's not-tang orange energy drink.

OK, so the orange stuff. I haven't got a bloody clue what this stuff IS. it's supposedly sugar free, calorie free, orange flavored energy drink POWDER. he bought it in Europe somewhere. He stores it at his desk (Morgan's my manager) and it helps out when you feel like crap. Which I do today (i want my sudafed script refilled!!!!). So I asked him and he let me have some.

right now, i detest salad. I've just had too much of it, and with the limited dressing it's kinda BLEH. So I got inspiration for other ideas from my sister.

• blt with lettuce instead of bread - this sounds so yummy i want it NOW.
• zucchini peppers & onions sauteed up.
• 'cole slaw' w/ homemade dressing. actually, homemade dressing may be a way to get yummy low-cal ranch that i am not fork-dipping. and cole slaw, using cabbage instead of lettuce, gives me some variety
• chicken salad. she suggested tuna salad, but i don't eat tuna.
• hard boiled eggs. oh yeah.
• cheese crisps. basically, take shredded/grated cheese, put on baking sheet, stick in oven. apparently makes crispy cheese snacks.
• Lunch meat rollups - booyah baby.
• mushrooms and onions mix.
• green beans, onion, soysauce. yummy!
• hummus. not a big fan, but maybe i could try a flavored one, use it for dunking instead of ranch?

Breakfast:
1/2 meat omelette

Lunch:
salad (lots and lots of lettuce mix (like 3 cups), one slice ham

Snack:
1 mcdouble, dry, no bun.

We were going to go to costco to get a few things. Costco has samples. LOTS of yummy samples. That are high carb. Jason didn't want me to end up eating cake, so he planned for failure and got me meat first. MMMM.

Costco samples: 1 lil piece of cheese. and 1 sample of french onion soup, with no bread in it. We did not purchase because unlike my sample, the actual soup has bready stuff. bleh.

And see? I was good. No carby things! At costco we got chicken, and pork chops, and hot dogs, and eggs. YAY low carbs!!!

Dinner:
finished off the KFC cole slaw. Pork chops didn't happen, mostly cause I just wasn't that HUNGRY.

Drinkage:
water
coffee (made w/ splenda & fat-free milk)
diet coke

My weight this morning was 259.0 I'm under 260. WOOHOO!!!!

Breakfast:
veggie omelette. Note to self: in future, share omelette w/ Jason. SOOOOO FULL.

Lunch:
taco salad. Involved chicken, lettuce, salsa, olive (just a little), cheese, chipotle ranch dressing. Took up about a 3rd of a plate, so small too! I was dumb and talking while making it tho and put dressing on the way I'm used to. Argh!

Dinner plans have changed - a friend gave us a 2 quarts of spicy chili. no beans, minimal tomatoes, so both Jason and I can eat it! Dinner will be chili and salad.

Then Dinner plans changed again. Jason forgot the chili. And he didn't want to go shopping so I didn't have pork chops available. So I had salad for dinner.

Dinner:
Salad. lettuce (prolly 3-4 cups. I had a ton)
1 slice of ham, all cubed up
Ranch (and i remembered to do the fork dunk thing. WOOT. I used less than 1/2 a tablespoon of ranch for my giant salad. Twas awesome. I still get the ranch flavor, but the texture is more crunchy. I'm undecided whether I like it

Drinkage:
Diet coke

So, I had that piece of candy last night to fill the craving. This morning, I was checking it out.

What I ate

And the Nutrition Facts

2 pieces have 120 calories, so I had about 45cal. I also had roughly 7 carbs in that piece of candy.

That seemed high, so I did some other research. There isn't a direct non-SF version of this candy, so I had to go with something close

Here's my comparison

And the Nutrition Facts

It seems close, same size candys, similiar makeup - chocolate with stuff in the middle. The SF is 2 pieces a serving, the standard is 3. So to make this simple, i'm going to convert to 1 piece

Sugar free: 60cal, ~10carbs
Standard: ~64rcal, ~8carbs

Yeah. Standard candy isn't that different. Hell, according to this, I'd be better off eating regular candy.

*boggle*

I have heard back on where we're eating lunch at Saturday.

Claim Jumper

Well, hmm. They've got lots of HIGH-carb options. ALL of their soups have extra carbs (even the simple veggie soup has rice!)

I have salad options, but I'm eating salad all week! By saturday, I'll be sick of salad.

So, after much discussion with Jason, my plan is:

Filet Mignon, with Parmesan-crusted Zucchini, roasted veggies and garlic toast.
I'll give the garlic toast to someone else.

Today I've had:

Breakfast:
1 sausage patty, couple bites of egg w/ cheese

Lunch:
1 piece KFC grilled chicken, some cole slaw

Dinner:
1 piece KFC grilled chicken, some cole slaw

Drinkage:
mint tea w/ toranis SF chocolate
SF, NF carmel latte
Diet coke
1/2 diet 7up, mixed w/ toranis SF chocolate & SF creme de menthe
water

Snack:
3/4 piece SF Russel Stover Chocolate - Raspberry Souffle

As of this morning, my weight is 263.6. A week ago, it was 268 and change, so I'm not too upset.

Last night, we went to a work party. I was watching all the cute girls bouncing around in their skinny little dresses, and I was upset. Last night, I cried myself to sleep. Today, I was depressed most of the day.

Tonight, I have a new plan. It involves breaking down the issue to the base problem and tackling it. And it involves help, and rewards. I like the plan.

Issue: I want to lose weight
Obstacle: Carb issues. See, my blood sugars are a nightmare to control. I get hungry, I eat something. My body reacts to carbs by spiking up and then CRASHING low. They get low and I have to eat something. This doesn't help with weight loss at all. The medication they COULD put me on also acts as an appetite suppressant. Which means I don't eat as much, and then the blood sugar doesn't spike, the meds aren't needed and my body over reacts to meds + proper diet and again I'm in trouble.

In short:
meds + diet = blood sugar issues
meds alone = good
diet alone = good
no diet, no meds = blood sugar issues

And since meds alone haven't worked previously, I'm obviously going to have to go by diet alone. Which I've been trying for a while, and it's not working well at all. My body does not process carbs right.

Solution? Kill the carbs.

Now, some carbs are necessary for life, obviously. And I don't want to go overboard. So, after breaking down completely, and sobbing while Jason hugged me, we have a plan. :)

1) Remove obvious carbs. This means no: bread, crackers, chips, rice, pasta, potatoes (!), breading (like on fried chicken or fish sticks or jalapeno poppers). It also means cutting out obvious sugars (like in ice cream and cake and cookies and candy and marshamllows and chocolate sauce).
2) Ignoring incidental carbs. I'm not going to go overboard. Yes, there are some carbs in milk. Sure, green beans and spagetti sauce have some. So what? The amount is minor enough that I'm not going to worry about it.
3) Lots of meat and veggies in reasonable portions. No, instead of steak and potato i'm having 2 steaks. More like I shall have the steak, and some low-carb veggies.
4) Limit (without cutting out) high-carb veggies and fruit. I'm being careful with corn, carrots, and peas. Ditto with juice and fruit and such. But I'll have it...in LIMITED quantities.
5) I'll be eating lots of salads i suspect. And things that like dunking. So I need to be careful with Ranch. So, I'm going to switch to the 'dunk the fork in the ranch, then get the food' method, to avoid going overboard.

Jason's doing all this with me. It'll be awesome to have some help and support. Also, If I can do this through Saturday, on Sunday, he's taking me to fuddruckers. They have super-awesome burgers. :D I can smell them now!

Today, I ate:
Burger King Side Salad. Using dunky method in ranch. No idea how much ranch, very very little though, comparatively. It looked like I hadn't eaten any. (AWESOME) Piece of KFC grilled chicken. about 1/3 Cup of KFC cole slaw. 6 A&W mini corn dogs (last carbs, been craving them for a week, Jason surprised me with them, and they were REALLY yummy. They also don't count towards my 'being good through Sat)

Now, for the rest of the week we have a plan!
I'm skipping breakfast (or having some sausage or bacon, if needed)

Monday:
Lunch: Chicken, cole slaw
Dinner: Chicken, cole slaw

Tuesday:
Lunch: taco bar at work (lettuce instead of tortilla, skip rice & beans)
Dinner: pork chops & salad

Wednesday:
Lunch: salad
Dinner: salad

Thursday:
Lunch: salad
Dinner: hamburger patties & salad (or green beans, if we're out of salad mix)

Friday:
Lunch: salad...or ham and green beans, or some soup
Dinner: bacon & eggs

Saturday, Jason's parents are visiting and we're doing christmas and going out to lunch. Don't know where we're going to plan around it, but Jason's promised we'll find something where I can avoid carbs.

This shall be GOOD!