What Am I Doing Wrong?

November 6, 2008

I’m feeling a bit healthier today. I slept rotten because I kept choking while I was laying down. I got on the scale today, as soon as I woke up, and I was at ____ So, I know I’m still losing weight. I really need to go to the store today and buy some lettuce. I had to run to McDonalds last night for a grilled chicken salad. And of course that came laden with parmesan cheese. I picked off as much as I could.

Yesterday and today I’ve been pondering the question “Have I been doing anything wrong?” Is there anything I am doing that could be slowing down my weight loss process? On the Take Shape for Life Do’s and Don’t sheet it says:

DON’T: Eat extra carbohydrates. Just one slice of bread or a single piece of fruit can put you out of ketosis, you risk losing energy, becoming more hungry, having stronger cravings and experiencing slower weight loss.

The coincidence is that (know I realize that I’ve been sick also) but I’ve felt excessively hungry, especially yesterday- and completely out of energy. I could hardly wait two hours between my meals. So, I am assuming that I must be eating too many carbs. They say no more than 10 carbs in your lean and green meal. That means if I am going to continue to eat Veggie burgers, I have to have carb free dressing on my salad or figure out another green vegetable. So, that’s my big epiphany of the day.

Meal 3 3:00: peanut butter bar. I did the craziest thing today. I wrote down that I was eating at 11:30 and I went into the kitchen. I draw a blank from there. I have no idea what I ate or if I ate. I am pretty sure I didn’t eat. I looked for dirty shaker cups, food wrappers, anything and I found nothing but my breakfast mess. I was wondering why I was so hungry at 1:00. Now I know! I hope I didn’t throw off my groove too bad. So, I’m sipping a cranberry mango (meal 2) juice while I eat my peanut butter bar. Making up for two meals. All this after wondering what I was doing wrong above. Good grief.