No worries - I'm still here!

I know, another weekend goes by and you wonder...will Katie make it? Will she be blogging again on Monday??? Or will it be months?? lol Actually probably none of you really wonder that, and that's good haha, but here I am.  

So Thursday and Friday I was actually up a lb each day, which yes, is to be expected when weighing yourself every day.  But it was still discouraging. I was doing everything right.  I was still being really good until Saturday night when I was just frustrated and talked myself into feeling deprived.  It was about 7 p.m. so I told myself I could have the evening.  I ordered pizza and had 3 slices....yeah, I know... but I also had a lot of salad.  I only had half of a kit kat (hey, that's a big deal!!!), and one of these little cookies that I had gotten free to try.  So it was definitely a big splurge but I got it out of my system and was 100% back on track yesterday!  So I went over my carbs on Satruday by 107 g. YIKES!  But that was one day. One evening really.  And now I'm feeling good again.  :) 

I went back and forth on weighing this morning but I wanted to do it. I know I had been great yesterday, so I figured what the hell! Today I was back down.  So I'm back down 11 lbs total so far.  Moving in the right direction...a good start for the week!!

It was a good weekend -- just really crappy weather. I cannot believe that it's the middle of April and we're still seeing sleet and snow.  This weekend is supposed to be much nicer, so I'm really hoping!!! 

I hope everyone has a great week!  

xoxo Katie

Happy Friday Eve

Still going strong.  Got a chicken fattoush salad for lunch with all intentions of eating the delicious fried pita bread that makes it what it is.... but instead, I listened to my conscience...errr... a cute baby named Clark that shook his finger at me and said no, no, no and I picked every piece of pita out of it.  I enjoyed my salad with garlic sauce and avoided the carbs!  So I think I'm good today, I just need to figure out dinner.  Up until yesterday I had been really good about having things planned out.  Today I'm winging it.  Mmm...maybe wings?! That actually sounds amazing.  LOL  I may be on to something.

I'm glad it's Thursday. That means tomorrow is Friday!  YAY!  

Not a whole lot to report.  The scale hasn't really moved.  But that's okay.  I know it won't move in the right direction daily.  About time to stop weighing every day. LOL Hard habit to break!!

xoxo
Katie

Winning!

Not only survived my first weekend on this plan, but rocked it completely!  I'm really proud of myself. On top of that, it's not like we were home all weekend and did nothing.  We had a birthday party where I passed up pizza and cupcakes and chose a small salad instead.  We also went to down to Eastern Market for "All Things Detroit"  Let me start off by saying, it was INSANE!!  So many people, but I'm so glad that it was such a successful event.  So many food vendors, along with all the crafty stuff.  But I had one tiny kale chip (I had checked the ingredients before sampling and they did have some carbs in it, so I didn't pick any up... plus they were kinda pricey lol) and I had a little sip (didn't even finish my sample..) of a local energy drink. Holy crap this stuff was AMAZING though.  313 Energy -- look them up!! This is made with cane sugar.  20 cals in a can, and only 5 carbs. So I mean, I would've been okay drinking it, but I'm committed here. lol  Seriously though, you need to try it. It has this awesome cherry flavor and doesn't taste like an energy drink at all.  LOVE.  Will def be getting more! Steve even loved it and he's so anti energy drink :-P 

Okay, so for the numbers.  We remember that I started last Tuesday and weighed in at 297.  Today, I am down 11 lbs at 286!!!!  Holy cow!! Not even a full week! I have been so strong and dedicated to this way of eating.  I've been feeling great and not really deprived.  Sure, some pad thai or chips and dip sound amazing, but it's all good.  Each day I am getting closer to my goals.  I feel like I'm actually a decent way away from 300 now.  Thank GOD.  I'm trying to realize more and more that I am stronger than I think....that I can do more than I could imagine... that I deserve to treat myself better.  It's hard, but I am trying.  I'm proving this to myself.  

This week should be pretty low key.  Not much going on.  I'm going to try to get to the gym a couple times.  That can only help :) Can't wait til my knees don't hurt from walking and where I feel more confident in my abilities.  Getting there one day at a time!  

Have an amazing week everyone -

xoxo Katie

It's FRIDAY! Hooray!

Made it the work-week!  Only mild crabbiness and feeling deprived. I'll take it!

So from Tuesday, I'm already down 4.3 lbs.  I'm getting closer to being in the 280s again.  So that is awesome!!  This weekend I'll have to pass on birthday cake....but I'll live. :) I'm thinking that I should be in ketosis so my body should be burning fat now.  So you might be wondering what my typical day looks like:

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, a couple pieces of bacon
Snack: 2 slices of cheese
Lunch: Salad with either meat or tuna salad on it, maybe some avocado, egg, cheese and some oil and vinegar for dressing
Snack: Egg or cheese or some nuts
Dinner: Meat and non starchy veggies


Meat/Cheese/Eggs are my friends.  Veggies too.  Fruit, not so much.  I think that's the hardest to rationalize. But the sugars in the fruits will knock you out of ketosis.  Berries are okay- still not something you want to have often at least in the beginning, but they're lower in sugar and high in antioxidants and whatnot.  Here we're adding healthy fats in too.  Like avocado. Yum!  

This week has been good though. It's at least making me a lot more conscious.  I've turned down candy, bagels, donuts, cake, homemade bread and muffins at work.  Our house is still full of chocolate bunnies, kit kats (my fav!!!!!), chocolate eggs and more too and I've been good. I've been tempted with chips and dip TWICE in the past 3 days and have stayed strong....and I LOVE chips and dip.  But then I think about the calories and fat that I've saved myself..... I would've had at least 15 pieces of candy (they're "fun" size......), at least one bagel, probably 2 donuts.... probably 500 calories in dip alone.  I'm just guessing but it's probably all pretty accurate.  Accurate and sad.  This brings it all to light.  Everything adds up.  The junk food, the drinks, just need to keep doing better.  

I've been making much better decisions and I'm feeling great.  I keep chugging away at my water and tea.  Keeping going.  Happy Friday you guys!!

xoxo Katie

Today is brought to you by the letter D

...as in DON'T you DARE eat these Donuts... wtf people.  Actually they don't even look good...or sound good...so yay!

Between the donuts, candy, breads, and everything else that people just like to bring in and dump on everyone else, this place will always be tough.  I sit right next to a candy dish full of GOOD candy.... not like the mints and hard candies your grandma pulls out of the bottom of her purse.  Instead I'll just sit here and drink my tea and water and be all like 

It's all good though.  I'm feeling great. I feel like I'm making good choices and really on to something here.  Yesterday was a fantastic day.  I stayed within my limits/goals for my macros.  I walked a bit and got over 8000 steps in.  I wasn't tempted by chips & dip and beer.  I did good!!  Proud of myself...and that means a lot.  I know today is only day 2 but I'm really trying to keep a positive attitude.

I started my day off with some ham and 2 hard boiled eggs.  I was feeling a little off so I did have some of my pumpkin seeds and pecans.  Lunch will be tuna salad on top of spinach.  Should be good!! The plan for dinner is steak and asparagus.  Gotta love it! :-D 

I hope everyone has a great day!

xoxo Katie

2 months later...

WOW - so it's been 2 months since I've blogged. I'd love to rave about the progress I've made, the challenges I've overcome, buuuut not so much.

I really haven't changed any weight wise.  Today I'm starting LCHF (low carb, high fat) - Atkins-ish.  Giving it a go, to see how it works for me.  I did Atkins back in college...twice.  The first time, it worked great - I lost and felt great.  The second time, I didn't really stick to it long because I was feeling sick.  Sooo we'll see. I of course didn't prep the right way yesterday. Instead, I loaded up on sugar and junk. I mean, it WAS just Easter....the carrot cake, candies, creme brule... oh MY! So today I'm starving. But loading up on water and tea.

Here's the starting number.  Goodbye!  I know some of that is from all the garbage yesterday, but I'm using it as my starting point.  I want to see how far I can come in 60 days.  Get me close to my birthday.  I would like to see the 260s.  With this approach, it's doable.  I belong to some FB groups, and just the photos, stories and everything are so inspirational.

I'm also going to really try to work on that confidence issue I have....you know, the nonexistence of it.  I put makeup on today!  It's not always something I do for going to work....but I think that may help. It's one of those little things that makes a difference on how you look at yourself.  Just that, may give me a little boost to start my morning. So I took some "before" pics. Hopefully, as we go along, we will see some great progress. Nothing like bathroom selfies to start the morning off right ;)

Not feeling glamourous, but feeling good.  I'm tired of being tired - tired of my knees hurting - tired of the fears that come from being this overweight.  I've known I've needed to do this for a long time. I've tried. I've succeeded. I've failed. But I need to do this for me.  For my daughter. For my life. So I'm ready. Ready to embark on this. Ready to ignore the candy dish. Ready to have energy and the desire to do more. Ready to lose 100 lbs.

As I go on, I'll blog more about what this "WOE" (way of eating--- fancy way of saying diet) entails and what the struggles are.  It took me a while to get lunch together today just because I was looking up carbs and nutrition info.  I'm sure I'll get used it though. I'm going to print up some Atkins cheat sheets so I know what some good zero carb snacks are.

Until next time -
xoxo Katie

                    

Who am I?!

I woke up at 4 a.m. this morning and couldn't fall back asleep...so what did I do?? Went to the gym!

Now I stayed in my calories yesterday but was pushing it.  And I did have a couple (okay... 4.... crescent rolls) last night with my chili.. They just melted in my mouth though...and I was only going to have two, but then they were just staring at me... damnit. haha  Oh well.  I freaking went to the gym at 4 a.m.!  

I don't know - don't really have much more to say than that today haha.

Peace!

xoxo Katie