Well, I was down to 223 for a nanosecond, but I sure haven't seen that number again! Still solid at 226 but ... I'm not working out with weights or anything, but through all this exercise I am putting back muscle which was once there, which I hear is rather faster the second time (like language learning). I am very aware of how my body looks in the mirror, and I can tell you that I have new definition in my calves, quadriceps and triceps this last week. You may very well have put on some muscle too.
As far as food, I have been sabotaged by LC candy etc before as well. Not only is it very expensive but it seems to screw me up very badly and I end up eating all of it in a sitting. So, I limit myself to ONE LC item ONCE a day (0 carb stuff is rationed as well but not so strictly). For me, that means one CarbSmart fudge ice cream bar after dinner. It's nice and cold, only 3g for a nice hunk of ice cream. Being altogether carb-containing, ice cream, and dessert, is a triple signal to my body that it's the last thing to eat today, so I don't go binge with my little blood sugar spike.
Other than that, turkey bologna and hot dogs have 0g carbs, so I buy them, along with 8oz wheels of brie or camembert cheese which I crosscut into 1oz pieces for snacks. Bacon, which I bake in sheets, frozen chicken and family-size ground beef, some shrimp, maguro (fresh Japanese tuna) or salmon when it's on sale, cheddar slices, pork chops, nuke-able sausages, spam, canned sardines, tuna, salmon, or herring, turkey meatballs (0g carbs), lettuce + 0 carb italian dressing, broccoli, cream cheese (+ sugar twin can make some neato pastry-like things), spare ribs, diet soda, and lots of eggs, assorted canned meats sometimes. Most of it is in my fridge right now. There are lots of nitrates, some sucralose etc. in there, and other things which Atkins is serious about banning, but I eat this way and live fine. And the vast majority of it is just meat.
How bout the rest of you?
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