Day 21 Check In

I probably should have started checking in here when I started my Atkins journey, but I wasn't the most confident and I was ready to quit by day seven. 

But here we are at day 21 and I've lost a total of 7.6 pounds lost. I haven't done my measurements lately since I am only doing them once a month, but in the first two weeks I did lose two inches off of my waist. 

I'm sure I could have lost more if I'd stayed on phase one longer than I did, but my body just couldn't handle it. The lack of carbs was flat making me ill. I will be staying on phase two with 25 carb limit for now to see if I can keep losing that way before I up the limit up five more carbs per week until I start to maintain. 

So far my favorite thing has been that I can still eat my eggs and spinach in the morning since that's totally Atkins approved. I do miss sweets sometimes, but not often. I made my son a bowl of cranberry and flax oatmeal this morning and tasted it and it was disgustingly sweet. I'm sure it won't take long for me to not really like sugar at all. I still crave salty snacks like you wouldn't believe but that can be curbed with a handful of almonds or dry roast peanuts with sea salt. Doesn't taste near as good as a Goldfish cracker or a Cheez-It.

I have been slacking on water recently so I need to step my game back up on that. I always aim for nearly a gallon a day. For reference that's three of the big Fiji waters, the liters, plus a little more. It sounds like a lot of water until you break it down into smaller terms. 

I'm doing a lot of exercising when I can. The past few days Ive slacked because my knees sound like Rice Crispies cereal when I stand up. I twisted one of them on Friday and it's been a little sketchy since. Getting old sucks!

Now that the sugar angries have settled down I'm really enjoying eating the way I have. I'm rarely hungry, and if I am I can solve it with a quick protein shake or bar. I don't have crazy cravings for everything junk that exists in this world. My self control has gotten loads better. On Father's Day there was cheesecake and ice cream cake at the gathering I attended and I didn't eat it. I didn't eat anything but a little bit of shredded chicken with some crema on it to get in my proteins and fats. It was also spicy af and I nearly didn't make it through the whole bowl. 

I'm really tempted to start making youtube videos about  my journey, I'm just not that comfortable exposing myself that much on camera. I still hate my body. Yes, I'm down to 162lbs but I am still flabby and hate it. I don't have the courage to show that to the world.