Day 2

Oct 02, 2007

I finally weighed myself this morning so that I can track my weight loss, while I am embarrassed to state my weight here, I am hoping doing so will motivate me to stick to my diet and exercise plan. I currently weigh 152 pounds and am 5'2". For my height and build, I should weigh between 104 and 136 with my goal weight being 120. Wish me luck, because it is going to be a long road to success.

And now for my progress:
Well day two was as much of a struggle as day one. Most of the day I was actually fine. But night time snacking was my downfall. On top of the 'cheating', which I will get into detail about later, the only exercise I did yesterday was 30 minutes of table tennis, which is far from what one would call strenuous exercise.

While I wish I would have done some type of exercising yesterday, I am not too distraught about it as my goal was and is to exercise four to five times a week, which I have been able to accomplish over the past two weeks. Yes, I have been exercising for two weeks, over a week before I started the Atkins diet again. I have had a total of nine workouts thus far, all of which lasted at least 50 minutes and incorporated 25 minutes of Yoga and 25 minutes of aerobics and light weight training. I also play table tennis Monday through Friday for 30 to 45 minutes which supposedly burns up to 200 calories. That surprises me, but the Internet doesn't lie, or does it...LOL! In any instance, I have a long way to go but am hopeful I will keep up with exercising as I am actually enjoying working out in the mornings.

As for what I ate, for snack I had sugar free chocolate coconut candies which are sweetened with Splenda. One serving has a total of 28 carbs which broken down equals 2 carbs from Fiber and 26 carbs from Sugar Alcohols. The serving size includes three chocolates and equals 110 calories. While sugar alcohols 'supposedly' have a low impact on sugar level for most, I believe that does not hold true for someone like myself, someone who is hypoglycemic. In fact, this morning I did a ketosis test which came up negative. Course the Atkins book tells you to take the test in the evening at least one hour after eating, but still, I was hoping to have a little trace of ketosis by this morning. Especially since it has been over 48 hours, which is how long it takes, right? With that said, here is what I ate yesterday

Breakfast
Hardees Low Carb Breakfast bowl w/out Swiss Cheese
Carbs: 6

Lunch
Zaxby's Garden Salad w/out Fried Onions, Texas Toast, or Carrots
Light Ranch Dressing
Carbs: 6

Dinner
2 Pork Chops mixed with a dry rub, salt, and pepper
12 Stalks of Asparagus
Carbs: 6

Snack
Sugar Free Jello
4 Slim Jims
3 Sugar Free Chocolate covered coconut candies (bad, bad, bad!)
Carbs: 1

Total Carbs: 19